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COLUMBIA REGISTER. iPF TIP VOL. I. IIOULTON, COLUMMA COUNTT, OltEGON, FRIDAY, JUIA" 15, 1904. NO. 12. EVENTS OF THE DAY GATHERED FROM ALL PARTS OP TUB TWO HEMISPHERES. Coaiprahtiuhr Review of the Import at Happenings of tn Put Week, ProMotod In Condon 4 Form. Moot Lflwtjr to Prm IntcrMtiif to Oar Many Reader. th Jap- Ukt the ti at LOSS OP KINCHOU CONFIRMED. Port Arthur officials claim anese army Is too small to fort i en. Mayor Jones, of Toledo, Ohio, very low and bla death U expected any tluie. Employes of all the big packing plants have gone on a atrike. Forty thousand men are affected. Washington officials ludleve a climax ii approaching at Port Arthur auch ai marked the passage of the Yahi. During a heavy wind storm at St. Louis one man wan killed and five otheri injured. Many buildings were unroofed. A number of Japanese transits have been siiihted off Kinchou. It la believed they intend to make a land' ing at Yinkow. 81 1 teen persona were killed and about three score injured in a roar end col iHon between trains on the Erie rail road at Mldvale, N. J. After a day of hard fighting at Kal choti the Japanese were'surpriswd next morning to find that the Russians had evacuated the town during the night. A number of foreign attache and newspaper correspondents have) been informed that they can no to the front July 20. Thia causes many to believe that aevere fighting will take place then. Kuropatkia may retreat farther north. The capture of Kalchoa will permit of the Japanese armies combining. F. C. Robertson, of Washington made the speech placing Ex-Senbator Turner in nomination for vice presl dent on the Democratic ticket. Six of the 10 passengers on the il fated steamer Horire, who landed on the Faroe islands, were in such an ex haunted condition that they were una tie to speak. William Clark Crittenden, a student of the University of California, has been selected as tho first Rhodes cholar at Oxlord to represent Califor nla. Heven candidates passed a sue cessful examination. Massachusetts i the only state where aa many men sue reeded in passing the qualifying exam ination. eitiht having been aucceatfu! there. Topeka believes that the worst of the flood is over. After severe fighting General Oku has occupied Kaiping. The Doinociatic platform as adopted contains no financial plank. Tho Japanese have captured 10 gune and 60 prisoners near K a Inchon. The ISritinh fleet has left Wei Ilai W'el hurriedly under sealed orders. Cholera is spreading rapidly in Northern Persia. There are 300 dying daily. Good weather again prevails in Manchuria and there ia probability of heavy fighting. In a shorr but severe engagement at Iloans the Russians were driven off with a loss of 300. . The Japnaee are advancing along their entire front between the coast and the Chinstan valley. Dr. Swallow, candidate for president on the Prohibition ticket has invited Bryan to join that party. Alaska Indians, iealons of white man's property, started a fire that de stroytd the village of Point Gravina. A divifdon of the Baltic squadron will sail from CronHtadt July 28 under Bealed orders. Complete mystery sur rounds her destination. Japanese generals are proving them selves great strategists. A Japanese gunboat struck a mine off Talien Wan bay and was lost. Russia objects to the presence of a British eunboat at Niu Chwang. The Democratic national convention denied a vote to the Philippine dele gates. The czar fears a revolution in Rus elan i'oland and a state of siege will be proclaimed. The RusHian war office admits tbat a battle of consequence has taken place near Llao Yanc. but has no advices as to the outcome. , - A waterspout, accompanied' by terrific wind, passed throngh Clinton ' O. T., killing six persons and injuiing several others. Japanese and Russian ships have en gaired in a battle In the corean and it is believed two or firmer have been lost. General lekhuroff Sends Account to the . Osatral Staff. St. Petersburg, July 13. Llcuteuant Gneral Sakaharoff in a dispatch to the general staff, confirms the report of the Japanese occupation of Kalchoa. lie says that the Ruaalan loss did not ex ceed 160 killed or wounded. General Pakharoff adds that they are on the Yinkow road. "Oar detachment remained daring aly 8 at Kalchoa station, having iU advance posts on the right bank of the Kantkha rlvei, the enemy occupying the heights on the left bank and forti fying themselves thereon," says Gen eral Pakharoff. Our battery on the river bridge opened fire at the enemy's atrol which appeared 'in Kantakhe village. Toward noon a fusilade oc rurred between a detachment of the enemy and our company, which ob served the enemy retiring. Our losses were six wounded. Toward the evening of July 8 the enemy a force, consisting ol lour ai visions and a brigade, could be made out in front of Kaichou, extending along the seashore. At dawn, July 9, the enemy resumed the offensive upon the tear guard of onr detachment, which retired about 8:30 in the morn ing from Kaichou to 2)t miles north ward, toward the Phauanlusa Pass. "At 10 o'clock, under heavy pre sure our rear guard retired on our posi tion at Makhunts Uuiga and Yaolintas, throe miles north of the. Shuanlunsa Pans. The rear guatd held this po sition nnder heavy fire Until 2 o clock in the afternoon, when, in accordance with instructions, it retired slowly and in perfect order on the third po sition at Tcbjoutwiandlandza, just as our main body was concentrating at Datchapu and on the position at Mak hunts Guiga." JAPS ADVANCING Mow Ex- moving: on beleaguered port ARTHUR BY TWO ROADS. ACRQ DISPUTB NBAR3 END. Pern ao4 Braxll Will Com to an Arnica ble Understanding. Washington, July 13. Information has come to the.state department of a prospective settlement of the Acre boundary dispute, which for a long time has been a source of friction be' tweeb the governments of Brazil and Peru. The contention involves the ownership of a large tract of country, rich in rubber production, which ia claimed alike by both countries. The information reaching the state department ia to the effect that the plenipotentiaries of the two countries, who have been meeting at Rio Janeiro and Petrupolis, Brazil, have come to an agreement on the disputed questions. The nature of the agreement is not known here. Recently Brazil secured a quit claim to a certain portion of the disputed ter ritory made by Bolivia and was in turn met by the demands of Pern, which also laid claim to portions of the tract. Tbalr Losms are Heavy Dalacy Is Aga'a Itself-Mlkado's Mea Rapalr the Doe traction Wrought By Russians oa Abandoning the City and Commerce Is Again Brisk. Dalny, Manchuria, by steamer to Chefoo, Joly 13. The Japanese are advancing against Port Arthur by two roads, one army moving eastward from Dalny, and the other along the center road from Kinoom, the foimer assisted by the navy. On July 4, the Japanese, by a bril liant charge, captnred the Miaotsui fort, which gave them a strong position from which they immediately began a heavy bombardment of ,the eastern section oi the Port Arthur defenses. The Japanese losses in the series of en gagemenU culminating in this capture were enormous, but this fact had no effect on the tank and file. The second Japanese column also did excellent work, and is reported to have taken the outworks of Phulshiying, one of the cardinal defenses of Port Arthur, and only four miles front the town itself. This town, which was left in a dismantled condition by the Russians when they abandoned it, has been practically restored by the Japan ese who are miantaining litfid disci pllne. Commerce is attain brisk, and the Chinese who were driven out be fore the evacuation, have returned. 1 oe waterworks nave not yet been re stored, but the wharves have all been repaired. The entrance to the narbor Is still dangerous, owing to the pres ence there of the sunken hulks of 14 small craft sunk by the Russians to keep out the Japanese. It is also be lieved that there are some sunken mines in the bay, but it is very diffl cult to locate them. Saburbs of Kaataa City Caa pect Relief. Kansas City, July 12. Flood waters at Armourdale, Argentine and Lower Kansas City, Kan., on the raging Kaw snd west to Manhattan, half way across Kansas, have fallen steadily since late yesterday, and today continued to re cede. In Armourdale, however, the water stood over six feet deep in the owest places. At the stockyards the fall was slow and conditions were still bad. Most of the pens were flooded and it will not be possible to handle receipts for another day. The rail roads ate recovering, and today every line west and south operated tome trains in and out of Kanaas City, al- RUSSIAN POSITION BAD. Of WATERS ARB RECEDING, Jlii PARKER IS CHOICE FLY FROM FLOOD. DEMOCRATS NOMINATE KIM ON THE FIRST BALLOT. ALTON B. PARKER Democratic Candidate for President Threat of American Fleet In Turkish Bring Him to Time. Vienna, July 13. A dispatch from rViiiutiintinmitu Bflva that. Amnrimn - It .1 i v-:i Miniver Leiahman has handed a note V, K" . . B U1 . ur" the Porte saying that unless a to prompt settlement of the school question was arranged a United btates fleet would appear in Turkish waters. The Sultan ordered the Grand Vizer to comply with the minister's demands, The American demands on the sul tan are for privileges of schools and col leges conducted by American teachers equal to be given to foreign teachers, for permission for Ameriian proles- sional men to practice on equal terms with foreigners, and for the direct ac- ccsss of the American minister to the sultan in the transaction of business. thiee straits of the SULTAN QIVES IN. Japaneae are Assured of Command the Ltao River Valley. Pt. Petersburg, July 13. With oreasure on two sides. If the Japanese have any serious intentions of pushing home their advance in the direction of Mukden, General Kuropatkin's po sition would seem decidedly dangerous. Their northern advance posts' are at Taidin and Siao Byantai. Whether the Japanese operations will be pressed in tlie face of the rainy season, which is not regarded as probable here, the Japanese seem assured of the command of the mouth of the Liao river valley, which will give them a new base with two railroads, one direct to Mukden and the other to the Sinminting river and the imperial high road. The Sinmin ting road opens vast possibilities for flanking, if an advance is begun at the end of the rains. Severe fighting is not improbable north of Ta Tcbe Kiao, but the belief is growing that General Kurokatkin docs not intend to accept a general en gagement at this time. Additional details of the Hoiyan fight of July 4 describes the Russian though with little regard for schedule. The relief committee of Kansas City, Kan., which is caring for 5,000 or 6, 000 homeless in the suburbs of that city, have decided that no outside aid is needed, except that granted by the war department. Two thousand ra tions were sent from Fort Leavenworth today, and additional food supplies will be sent each day as needed. ' Many persons are returning to their hfimn In .the higher parts of the flood district as the water recedes, bnt will be many days before the great majority of the floded houses ate inhabitable. Reaatt Is Obtalsed After aa Entire Night Contused ta Speech We Presi dency la Doabt-aUddle Wet Maa Wanted Taraer, af Waabiagtoa, Has Many Friends. Convention Ilall, St. Louis, July 9. Parker has been nominated for presi dent. On the completion of the first ballot he received a total of 658 votes. Before the vote was annoucned Idaho changed her six votes, giviag him 664 votes. West . Virginia added three votes, giving him the 667 votes or two- thirds necessary. Washington changed from Hearst to Parker. This was followed by a motion from Champ Clark to make the nomination of Parker unanimous. A monstrous American flag was unfurled from the dome of the building. The band struck up "The Star Spangled Banner." Great uncertainty still exists con cerning the vice presidential nomina tion. The same candidates who have heretofore been mentioned are still mentioned, and some are being pushed with a great deal of earnestness. No one man has yet been singled out by the leaders and large delegations to be supported for the second place. There seems to be a desire to select a man from Illinois, Indian or Ohio if possi ble. Continued efforts have been made to secure the consent of Marshall Field, of Chicago, to allow the use of bis name, but he has given an absolute refusal The Western men have secured quite a large number ol delegations to sup port ex-Senator George Turner, of Washington. OKU STRATEQIST. Kaaaas People Deserting Then homes Damage Win Reach TboMsaada. Kansas City, Mo.. July 9. Tho Kaw overflowed its banks near the Missouri Pacific bridgs at 11 o'eolck tonight, and the water is now spread ing over the west bottoms, or wholesale district. The water has approached within two blocka of the Union sta tion, and will reach the Union station before daylight. The Armourdale dis trict of Kansas City, Kan., has bees deserted, its inhabitants having been driven from their homes br the over flow of the river for the second time ia IS months. Mayor Gilbert, of Kansas City. Kan., is using all the means at his command to care for the thousands of homeless people driven from the flood stricken district. Tonight he sent the following telegram to the secretary of war: "Ten thousand people have been duWen from their homes in Kaaaas City, Kan., by flood. I earnestly re quest that you direct! commander at Fort Leavenworth to issue rat'ons as we may need." Tonight, all Kansas streams are high and thousands of acres of rich farming lands have already been inundated. causing losses to crops that will doubt less run into the hundreds of thousands of dollars. Farmers at a dozen different points have been forced to flee from their homes, driving their cattle before them and taking horses and what household goods that could be gathered hurriedly. By tomorrow noon the Kaw will have risen two feet and a half higher than at present snd will begin to sub- s.der rapidly. The Missouri river at Kansas City, although up from the overflow of the Kaw at this point, ia still in no danger of causing any serious flood, and after a further rise of 18 inches, Observer Cooner predicts, thia stream will begin to fall tomorrow. Across from Kansas City, the Missouri has flooded Harlem, a sparcely-settled place, bnt none of the manufacturing concerns along the stream has suffered. nu BxSriator From West Virginia oa Tick et With Parker. St. Louis, July 11. Ex-Senator Henry G. Davis, of West Virginia, was yesterday morning nominated for vice president by the Democratic national convention, which adjourned sine die at 131. Others in the race were ex-Senator urner, of Washington, Congressman Williams, of Illinois, and ex-Senator liant incident of the war. Jnanese and Russians were found dead in the trenches with their bayonets through each other s body. RUSSIANS WON'T FIQHT HARD. Kuropatkla Plane No Ta Tche Decided Klao. Stand at Reform of Congo Judiciary. London, July 13. A dispatch from FrusselB to the Daily Telegram saye that King Leopold has decided to form the judicial system of the Congo Free State in order to avoid the estab lishment of British consular tribunals. Henceforth only Judges and magistrates belonging to the Belgian courts will be allowed to sit in the Uongo iree Mate, so that the best guarantees of justice can be given all foreigneis there. ' Anti-Christian Riots. . London, Julv 13. The Cheefoo cor respondent of the Standard, in a die patch says: Te American consul gen eral, John Fowler; received news last night that anti-Christian riots have broken out at Chao Yuen, about 65 miles from west of Chefoo. Immedi ate twiBtancs was asked. The Taoti dispatched troops and telegraphed the authorities at Hwang liBien and Teng chou Foo also to send assistance if re quired. Foreigners are not believed to be in danger. The cause of the riots is nortnown. St. Petersburg, July 13. General Kuropatkin, according to private ad vices from the front, will not make. serious attempt to hold Ta Tt he Kiao, above Kaichou, midway between that place and Haicheng, and where the railroad connects with the branch from Niu Chwang. Developments of the Japanese strength on the Siuyen roads seem to be forcing a Russian concen tration between Haicheng and Liao Yang, but preparations seem to be making to defend the former as long as possible. Count Killer s force, which was a little southwest of Liao Yang has apparently moved farther south ward direct from the Feng Wang Cheng Haicheng road. Fleets Again In Action. Tokio, July 13. The Russian crule ers Bay an, Diana, Palalda and Novik two gunboats and seven torpedo boat destroyers, came out of the harbor Port Arthur on Saturday morning, July 9, preceded by a number of steamers engaged in clearing away mines. ' In the afternoon the Russians vessels reached a point between SenBikau and Lunwantangf where they were attacked by a Japanese flotilla of torpedo boats and torpedo boat destroyers. At 4 the afternoon the Russian vessels re treated to the haibor. Captured Eight Quna. London, July 13. Special dispatches to the Dally Telegraph and the Daily Mail from Tokio asset t that the Japan ese captured eight guns during the fighting around Port Arthur, Juiy 4, and that they reconnoiteied from a war balloon. Russians everywhere Retreating. Niu Chwang, July 13. Chinese com ing in from the country report the Russians everywhere retreating befoi the Japanese, who are soon expecte here. Active preparationsv are being made for defense at Ta Tche Kiao Business in this city, despite the situa tion, is brisk and many shipB are in port. . . . . ....... DAVIS HIS MATE. ii 'i iiisastwi Japaneae Qcnemi Is Advancing Army Wlta Llttla Loss. Tokio, July 11. Late telegrams from General Knroki's headquarters at the front-show that ther-rains have not stopped the working out of the Japan' ene plans, either in the interior of Manchuria or at Port Arthur. The Hani assault on the fortress is thought to be very near, although there is much work to be done in the way of constructing siege batteries. The Rus sians have abandoned the outer po sitions, after a great deal of fighting, and have strengthened their main de fenses. Japanese correspondents allowed to send dispatches reveal the eki'l with which the generals maneuvered their columns so as to capture the mountain passes between the Yula and the Liao valleys without heavy loss and with out riskaing the least temporary con fusion in their extended line of batte. General Oku's forces pressed north ward and west until they cleared the lofty ridge east of Kaiping. This de prived Kuropatkin's men in the de files of their mountain shields, and compelled the withdrawal of their sup ports to check Oku's army. There upon the armies of Feng Wang Cheng and Takushan, availing themselves of such -flanking opportunities as local conditions allowed, forced the enemy out of their strongholds down upon the plain of Liao Yang. CANNEKYMBN ALL PLEASED. Mo. International Conic re nee Results la taal Understanding. yancpu.Ten.JB. C. July 9. The first t international conference between the cannerymen of Puget Sound and the Frazer river was held here today, and was productive of eminently satisfac tory results. All the principal opera tors were in attendance. It was agreed that tor mntual protection a patrol boat be placed on each side of the boundary line. by the respective associ ations or governments, with a view of co-operating to prevent thefts of fish or gear and bring the guilty parties to punishment. The matter of hatcheries was laid over until the next meeting, to be taken up with the minister of marine and fisheries when he visits the Coast. The question of a joint close time dur ing the packing season was referred to a committee. It was further agreed that no British Columbia canners shall buy fish cn Puget sound, and no Puget sound cannners shall buy fish in Ca nadian waters, except and through the authorised representatives of the re spective cannerries and the independ ent trap owners. It was reported that the first trap in stalled in Canadian waters this season under the new regulations was working to perfection. FLOOD UP TO EAVES. HENRY G. DAVIS Democratic Nominee for Vice President Hams, of Kansas. Mr. Davis won easily on the first ballot. Ex-Senator Turner, the choice of the west, was only, third in the race. Tbe vote stood: Davis, 654; Williams, 165; Turner, 100; Harris, 58. Conditions In Suburbs of Kaaaas City are Very Serious. Kansas City, July 11. Flood condi tions in Kansas off the Kaw wateished are still serious, the streams of Abilene, Ottawa, Emporia and Wichita still be ing high and continuing to rise at some points. At Riverside, hundreds of employes of the packing houses and West Bot toms. factories were driven from their homes, and tonight only the . tops of their houses are visible above the sur face of the water. Scores of houses have been washed away. Loosing southwest and northweet .from River side, the view is a dismal one. in Quants and Bandits Clash. St. Petersburg. July 12 The war ministry today received a dispatch from General Kuropatkin's chief of Btaff reporting a couple of unimportant affairs between frontier guards and small parties of Chinese bandits near Port Arthur, and adding that the troops forming the garrison are in ex cellent spirits. Skirmishes occut daily. The Russians captured 60 Japanese scouts on July 1 and the chief of police recently captured 240 head of cattle. There is an abundance of ammunition at Port Arthur. , - v Cxar Fears Revolution. Vienna, July 11. A report re ceived here through diplomatic chan nels from Warsaw states that the governor of fiat city has notified the czar that if. an outbreak against the Russian government is to be prevented a state of siege should be at once pro claimed throughout Russian Poland He declares that he has positive evi dence that the revolutionary leaders are about ready to start an uprising and recommends that additional troops be placed at his disposal to keep the people under control. Predict Downfall of Port Arthur. Tientsin, July 12. German military experts here are of the opinion that the Russians' position at Liao Yang and Haichenz - are untenable against a three sided Japanese attack. They ex pect that General Kuroptakin will withdraw, and they predict the down fall of Port Arthur. Floating Hospital Off for Far East. Odessa, July 11. The volunteer fleet transport Orel, one of the six largest transports in the Russian nag, sailed from here this afternoon, after having fitted out as a floating hospital. She dies the flag of the Red Cross society and it is officially announced that she carries a large cargo ofj flour, barley tobacco, foodstuffs and wine. JAPANESE) PUZZLB RUSSIANS. They Appear to Be Trying to Enter by All Doors. Liao Yang, July 8. Reports havs been received here of the appearance nf Japanese outposts on the loads leading to Munkdm. On the other hand, the Japanese have withdrawn from the passes taken June 26 and 27, and their advance from Lien Shan Kwan has ceased. The Russian Eastern corps has moved forwaid to Khawan and Ho zamn, which the Russians had evacu ated and reoccupied. The tactics of the Japanese are diffi cult to understand. They seem to be. trying to enter by ajl doors. Probably the armies commanded by Generals Kuroki and Oku are combining to op erate against Ta Tceh Kiao and Hai cheng in order to gain possession of the railroad and enable them to advance to Liao Yang. . America Asks Her Object. London, July 9. The Associated Press learns from a high British source that exchanges of views are taking place between America and Great Britain with respect to Thibet. Being a' de pendency of China, the fate of Thibet is of considereble importance, especial'' ly to America; not thatAmencans have interests of value in that country, but becaues of its acquisition by any other power would mean a violation of the principles of the integrity of China, which is the key note of Secretary Hay's Far Eastern policy Declared President of Colombia. Washington, July 9. Mr. Snyder, United States Charge at Bogota, has caoled to the state department that General Reyes . was declared elected president of Colombia today. ,