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THE
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OREGON
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VOL. XXI.
EVENTS OF THE DAY
QATHEKCO FROM ALL PARTS OP TUB
TWO HEMISPHERES.
Comprthnlv Review at Ute
ant Mappenuiga of th Put Week,
Frenta4 In C on Feraa, Mast
Likely to Peeve laterwetfcag t Our
Many Ittor.
HiimI ha railed on I more rearevea
Mirny (li'imrUHl union miner am ar
riving at I'enver,
Tint HiiiMilan force at Ping, smith of
N i it I'liaang have lieen forced to evacu
t.
I!iiimIb wilt Hot bead (ho proteat
Hrllalii agatnat declaring foodatuflecoii
trahaild.
An uilcinpt liaa twn made In kldnatj
the Italian rtinaul at Tangier, Muiocco
y lunula.
All Kttaaian warshlpa at Port Arthur
ate niMU'twd lo I ready tor service
within a fortnight.
The (nil li avmlanuual reunion o(
8. lnli HIU) Manona of Oregon U In
amnion at Portland.
('miirrwiiittn MeU-alf, of California
lit littd to atiiveed Coitvlyou aa neoe.
tary of commerce nil labor.
The national head of th Kathbons
Hiir' il Pythian Htatera, at a rn
Irrrnre, have preiiared a titan for the
runaolidallon ol tliii two older,
A cluudhnrat on th tableland alja
rrtit to Hlrrling, Colorado, canard I
lic-l nf aater 10 tn I Indira deep to
r. vrr the lower portion of the town
.Mm 1 1 ilamattn was dona to growing
croi In that arotloo.
1 he una nfn- at uregon vity may
m moved to I'rotlanil. ,
Aimer Mi Klnlr), brother of the late
l'r. i lnit Mckinley, la dead.
the Colorado train roblter have
a?aiu eluded the poena and are further
Into i lm little.
The man who attempted to kilt the
tij.aotnh premier haa been aent to firm
on fir 17 yeara.
The of Mayor Pallinger, of feat'
tl', haa liren warned of a plot again!
her hudiaiid a life.
I hiure report that battle wa
f.iufc-l,i June it within aeven mitre of
the iimrr forte ol Port Arthur.
Tim I'miauia rnmmfaalnnere are rmr
a rurtrnrv system acceptable to the
t'liitrd Maine will tie adopted by I'atia
lua.
Mure union nilneia ait being deport'
nl Iroin Colorado and the work will be
kept up until all are taken out of the
tale.
Tin- JapeneM are constructing a rail
r.l Irmii Feng Wang Cheng to bliak
illi, in I lee to Ihe southeast, near
the mouth of the Yaln river.
It.Miwu-lt deelrra AmbaaaadorChoate
to KiiTtwl Kniii aa attorney general.
John W, Mlnto baa Im-n anointed
I..iii.iitri at Portland, to take charge
July 1.
IVrdlrarla, the Amerlran held by
Muroriaii bandita, will aoon be re-
Irnnxl.
The Jatianeee have dialwlged Ruaalan
Inrim in a nuuiher of town a along the
Mao Vang.
A nt.TMMit In Oklahoma wt the
caiim- oi thrro deatha and waahed aay
inany hnnana.
KaiiMia iii'J-cta to lielng made the
lumping ground for the objectionable
I .olorado uiiioniata.
Many union mlnera are twing de
poried from the Vlrtor, Colorado,
iiiiuiiig illatrirt every day.
Cripple Creek alllaiu-e haa d.ldel
It will mil try lo bieak up the print,
fin' union, fearing that the papera will
UH'IU.
Four Imiidied arliool children were
thrown in a maa at Han Joee, Cat., by
lln- lucakitig down of a platform in a
thiatnr. Nona weia aerloualy Injured.
The aocretnry of the Mlneownert' a
m intlon miva the dealre to make all
loin the union and not tha eight hour
lay la the real laaue In the Colorado
trouble,
I'oalinaatar Bancroft, of Portland,
li renlgned. '
The American Mwllcal aaeooletlon
Hill mret In Portland In 1006.
The alleged leader In thfl Victor,
Colorado, riotf haa been captured.
In a buttle between Coloiado ranch
era ami train robbtira one of the Utter
waa killed,
HuiiHla ! not negotiating with Tur
key for the paaaage of the Baltic fleet
tli rough the Dradanellea.
tlnnoral Kurokl'a niovementi ate a
1'iiialu to the KiiHHlaua and they do not
know what to expect next.
The mother of Lewie Ktael, the
American correspondent killed by Chi
nee, haa fllod a claim lor ,20,000 with
China.
Attorney General Knox haa been
cluiHon to ancceed the late Benator
An attempt wna made naer Granta
1'hbh to wreck a paaeenger train on tho
Houtliern I'acilic. Tlea placed on a
curve wore dlBcoveied by the engineer
in time to prevent aeiloui leaulta.
No trace haa boon founl of the Victor
aHiiMalna,
Genernl Kuropatkln, with hit main
force la at Lino Yang.
tBT. HELENS, OttECJON, jtttlDAT, JUNE,7.
KTO. 27.
I II II
I II M A iJlJLTIVTIIVTfZC UPnil IT AnrnAlt II
n nni ruiiniuo 11CIVC in UKCUUll II
1 1
UtiCISION ON SWAMP LAND. J 200,000
M.lp
A Paw llmple Riilaa Which WoaM
Oer Highwaya.
Among tlie element! and forcta of
nature there are aeveral eneiulei of
g.xid roada, but the greateat ol them 1.
water. It waahei away th. materl.l
of the road. It aoaki Into the road and
"ftena it o that tha wagon wheela cut
into the aurfaoe making rut a and hole
11 perumaien ami aoftena the fl.un,l.tl,.n
w that the turface of the roal aluka or
-.. up. in me winter the water
that la In the road frwi. .t.,..i.
nd liHMena ami dlalntigratea the road
materiel,
i ...
iiiemoai minor ant th (.. n,
ounoing 01 roaIa la lo lernen or prevent
the ravagee ol water; yel no feature of
the work la ao neglected aa thia. Many
ha al rid iiiirvimira aeem lo lIVM tin
noiiauierauon lo Itie (pieallon of eraln
g, and th reault la a regular mini
lilkai(e during aoveral weeka or
ttiontha uf the year,
The following are a few almoin ml..
the obaervame of which would go far
lowaid Iwttering the roada of thlacoun.
try!
rirat, The road ahould he eo locatnl
and Conttructed aa to avoid ateep
giadiadown which the water runlie
duilng heavy raina tearing up and
Mhlng away the road material.
Mecond, The foiiudallon of the road
ahould he thoioughly drained by on
iue oiicnea wim-ii will carry on the
ater, ami a here neieaaarv tile diaina
ahould be laid in the foundation itaelf.
riitnl, The aurfare of the roal
ttotiid lie hard and tmooth and have
etiihfleut 1 1 ui toward the aidea loaded
the an rim e ea'.er.
Fourth. Kill and holea on the aur
face of the tlnlahed roal ahould be flllnl
aa fa.it aa made ao that no wate ran lie
on the auilaee to be worked Dp Into
mud,
Th erne i nlre are ainiple and eaay to
ollow, and any one who givea any aeri-
one thought to the matter can nee the
ledum u( following them. Hllll they
re almoat uiiiveraaily Ignored aa the
condition uf our ruada abundantly
pruvea.
hat thia country ncede la a radical
lange, a new era In road building.
The people have been moving In rut
in mute arnaea than one, and II each
x-al community la left to work out the
road problem alone, they will continue
move in the aama ruta, and every
year milliotia of dollar will be thrown
n lo the in ml, to aay nothing of the
neulting from the urn of bed
nde. 1 w l lire on road Improvement
vein to do very little good. Hooka and
lulletin on road building appear to
have very little effect.
What the local cummnnltiea need la
radii n I object leeaona and actual an-
aiaunce, and theev ran come only fiom
the tate governmenta and the federal
ivernment. It la for thia reaaon that
road reformcra everywhere are turning
toward elate and national aid aa the
only eoloton of the road problem.
The bad roada of the United State
are a blight, a curee, a diagrare and all
patriotic, progreeeive citirena ahouiil
make a giand united etTort to wle
them out and put our nation on a level
lib the advanced nalluna ol r.urope
the matter of roada.
the
Peeiltoece la Slaerla.
Pari. June 15. Iltera leceived
from rorrenpondenta who have Investi
gated the condiliona prevailing In Hi
lierta alio lliat tlie natlvea are Buffer
ing aevercly a a reault of the war. An
vntdemic ha broken out among the
laboreia alio lire around Lake Paikal,
and It I feared the dilteaiie, the exact
natuie of which haa not yet been as
certained, will affect Ihe troopa who
re pnlng through on the way to aian-
hum. The unfortunates Biiecieti oy
thedimae umially die within forty-
igtit hour aitei lieing Brat attaigea,
and ao far all known tenieuiea liavo
proven inelea.
VUlta lb Baealt'a Caaip.
Tangier, June 15. J. W. 8. Unger-
" . , ..f .1.- M.,.w.an
man, coinmiaaioner oi un .....-..
ition at the Ht. Uiul expoeiuon, .r-
ived here today from the camp oi ai-
II. the liaiulit. In an Interview giv
en to tlie Af-latel Preaa. Mr. banner-
man aid: "I met Kaiauli ana uib
Iwiid fully armed and auaplcloiu oi ine
ait. For a few mlulea me biiuwm
rritical. but all paed on wen.
.m Perdlcari is much bettor and In
good apirita over the preepeci oi u.
peedy relcaae."
Quna Drove Bee Train,
T.xii i I ii it 1ARear Admiral Togo
'l.yt Tneadav a nart of the fleet
,mlarded the wcat coaat of the LIo
Tung iKMiliiaulB. n'
rove back a niimery "'""-,-"
or,-ching .outhward. No train
have ten m-en Bim. The enemy wa
moving In troop, and erecting work
leiitly expecting a ibho.i.r
Japaneaeat that polnl anu """"""
prt paratlona to prevent It. Small g nn-
ogo bombarded tne i'""
ork.
Port Arthur Left to Fat.
... TmiA IB Belief in
felt In mllllry circle. t the remval of
diaaemlon in mi'ltary circles.
uder.to,Hltliat the aol. rasp, ibll Uy
Involved upon uonera. '"-
d that no lerlou. - "
. ...u..., inrt Arthur. It 1 re-
Z' dt. Th Viadlvoatok .q.m.lron
roncla.l. It "-7c.
that Iha piadron no e-w -
on with 1 Aruim
uriuinar In Japan.
Tollo. Juno 15.-The Ku.alan pri.-
' " r. t- I.. Innill llUIlllKT
oner. In the t"'"'mim s
64, Including i n,i J wulle
of varloiti iJit.
Oaveraor Itrctlve the Teat From
Inltrlor lirpartmant.
rwium ttovernoi ChamtMirlaln haa
received the full text of the declaion of
the aecrutary of the Interior rejecting
win i-iaim oi tliu atato of Oregon to th
awamp inmla within the Klamath In
Ian reservation, llrielly ataled, the
ueciBion quotes the awamp land act of
moo, winch apecillrally provide! that
the grant to the atnte shall "include
any lamia which the government may
have reserved, aold or diapoaed of (In
puraiiance of anv law lieretofoie enact.
ed) prior to the coullrmatlon of title lo
lie made under the authority of the
BUI Bl'l.
The treaty (renting the Klamath rca
ervation Waa not made until IHH4, but
the deciaion bolda that the right or
vine oi oewancy of the Indiana ex
lated t rior to that time, aa recovnized
by the act of 1K4H, eataldiHhing theter-
rilorlal government of Oregon, wherein
it waa piovhlwl:
"That nothing in thia act contained
hall tie conatroed to impair Ihe lighta
of jwiaon or property now pertaining tn
the Indiana in raid terriUiry, so long a
mil right, ahull remain unextin
gulahed by treaty lietween the United
htete and audi Indiana, or to affect the
authuilty of the government of the
United estates to make any regulation
reetiiiig audi Indiana, their landa,
property or other right., by treaty, li
or olheraiac, which it would have been
coniH tent to the government to make
if thia act had never iibmmh)."
The eecrctary of the interior hold
that thia proviaion recoknini the title
or right of occupancy of the Indian.
lo all the country occupied by them
and that the treaty of 1NH4 0eruted
merely to cede to tlie United State the
righta tho Indaina held in lands otbei
than thoee net apart a. a place of mi-
dence the Klamath rcaervation. In
other word, the treaty of 1H04 but re
timed the extent of the poeeenion of
the Indiutia, whoee right existed prior
to tlie awamp land act of INMO and .till
exiata.
MILLION SHLKP Bti ROUTE.
Oolag to the Blue Mountalna for tbe
Summar Hang.
rendleton Ten of thousand, of
aliecp are en route to summer range in
the Blue mountain acioe. various
parts of Umatilla county. Between
0,000 and 80,000 traveled last week
up the Walla Walla river road through
Kreewaler and Milton, numerous bands
went up the I'matiila, and flocks are
moving southward up Birch and simil
ar crecka Into routlieru iniaiuia.
Tne mountaian range of thia county,
and portions of Union and Grant coun
ties, are the ultimate dcaiinationa.
The annual orotmt la also beginning
to go from water uaer. in the irrigated
eecttona, who are afraid that the How
of their vai ioua atreama will be lessened
through aheep eating out underbrush
at the beadaalers of theae stream..
Whether the increasing deficiency in
flow during the dry Bens.un i. due to
extra demands made by the constantly
growing number of irrigators, or to the
dimpiH-aram e of mountain shrubbery
and Connecticut lack of anything to 'e-
tain the anoalall is a deputed issue
lietween sheepmen and water user., an
laaue which brings up the old conten
tion aliout whether sheepheiders burn
out the undergrowth to help grass for
the next season or not.
Meanwhile, the bands whose aggre
gate will fill the Blue moiintaina of
three counties mentioned witn nearly
1,1)00,000 sheep are pouring in, and
can lie encouutered on any mountain
highway.
Hay Crop I Short.
HilUiboro The Washington county
hay crop will not be more than a half
vield thia season, owing to tlie extreme
dry weather during the nioii'h of May.
In the lowlAinls along me luaiaun aim
other small streams the timothy I.
much belter tlirn on the plains, where
iu many places there Is not a third of
a yield. Tlie way things look, Wash
ington countv, which lias always aeiiv
out thousands of ton. of timothy each
season for Philippine shipment, will
not tie able to enter the markets to any
appreciable extent.
Oood Strawberry Crop.
Salem The strawberry harvest is
now in full awing in this vicinity and
one of the largest crops ever seen i
lieing gathered. Hie bulk or the crop
la going to the Salem fruit cannery,
where about 160 person, aro employed
nacking tlie fruit. The berriea are ex
ceptionally good thi. season. They are
now coming to the cannery at the rate
of 12,000 pounds per day, and a uni
form price of 3 l4 cents per pouuu w
paid.
No Word of Land Office Change.
n.ann Cltv Register A. 8. Dresser,
of the Oregon City land otllce. in reply
to an inquiry concerning the proposed
removal of the local land otllce from
Oregon City to Portland, said he had
received nothing of any ofllclal nature
from Washington a. to me propose.!
change. People ot uregon vny ie sur
prised at the proposeu cnange na
tion of the land office, and will strive
to retain tlie otllce Here.
Union County Seat Fight.
t a nn,ln The complete election re-
turn, of Union county show a majority
i.. tha ruinova o( tne county bci.
The vote on the removal of the county
seal from Union to wv uranuo ,
552 for removal and 1,008 against,
making a total of HV more man me u
per cent required.
POUNDS OF WOOL.
Owlnn-laaacs Llvsatock Company DU-
poa of Imasena Clip.
Pendleton Two hundred thousand
pound, of wool have liecn sold by tbe
Ciwlnu-Isiiacs livestock company, of
which J. II. Gwinn, secretary of the
Oregon Woolgrowers association and a
resident of Pendleton, is partner
The Uwinn-Isaacs company is consider'
ed an Idaho sheep firm, although a
large portion of its animals range In
summer in the western spur of the Blue
mountain, in Grant county. The com
pany Is one of the largest sheep con
cema operating in the Northwest.
I .ale as it is, some of the Owinn
Isnucs bands are not yet even sheared.
r.ight bamla were trailed into summer
range in Grant county from the rinrke
river country in Malheur county.
Here the company has over 60,000 acres
leased from the old Dalles military
laud company which secured control of
an immense area in Grant and one or
two other counties for cutting a road
through the interior in the early days,
and the Gwinn-Iasac people have 80
sections on a long lease. A. govern
ment sections alternate with each sec
tion granted to the military road com
pany, the sheepmen have an immense
territory available. In spite of the
normally overciowded condition of the
Grant range, no trouble i. experienced
with settlers by the Gwlnn-Isaac peo
ple, partly because their land is leased
and partly because there are few or no
settlers in the district they occupy. In
addition to thin, their sheep trail 1.
through sparsely settled and barren
country.
The remaining five bands of this
company are in the Wood river country
in Idaho.
Asks for Receiver.
Kugene R. McMurpby, one of the
stockholders of the Willamette Valley
Woolen Manufacturing company, has
begun suit ful sequestration of tbe
Kugene woo, en mill property and ap
pointment of a receiver. This action
is the reault of too email capital to be
gin with and mistake, in building the
mill, eo that by the time the mill was
in condition to become productive and
profitable the capital and resources
were so nearly exhausted that it suffer
ed for operating money. Thi. caused
the null to be unprodcutive.
Big laaaae Asylum Rolls.
Salem The monthly report of the
state insane asylum for May show, one
of tlie largest monthly increases in
enrollment in tbe history of the insti
ution. The total number of Inmates
now the highest it ha. ever been.
The report .hows: Number of patient.
April 30, 1,238; received during May,
43; ecaies returned, 8; discharged 10;
died, 9; eloped, 6; nomber remaining
June 1, 1,350. Tbe total expenditures
were 114,245.
Wool 5ella at High Price.
Pendleton Practically all the re
maining wool of Umatilla county wa.
disposed of at tbe second wool sale
under the auspice, of the state Wool-
grower.' association. Eleven grower
disposed of clip., aggregating 198,000
pounds. The clip of Isaac Knots of
'lot Hock, consisting of 16,998 pounds,
topped the market at 1SH cents. The
average price was 14 cents.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Walla Walla, 70c;blueatem,
8c; valley, 79c.
Barley freed, f23 per ton; rolled.
24.5025.
Flour Valley, 3.904.05 per bar
rel; hard wheat straights, $4(34.25;
clems, t-3.854.10; hard wheat pat
ents, $4.40(94.70; graham, $3.50(94;
whole wheat, $44.25; rye flour, $4.50.
Oats No. 1 wbite,$1.25;gray,$1.20
per ton.
Millstufls Bran, $19320 per ton;
middlings, $25.50(327; short., $20($
21; chop. $18; linseed, dairy food, $19.
Hay Timothy, $15(316 per ton;
lover, $8($9; gram, $11312; cheat,
$11(12.
Vegetable. Turnips, $1.25 per sack;
carrot., $1.50; beets, $1.25; cabbage,
2(S2c; lettuce, head, 25(S40cper doi;
aulitlower, $1.75(SZ per dos; celery,
75w 90c per doa. ; cucumbers, $1.25
1 .50 per doz ; asparagus, 50c ; peas, 6c
per pound; rhubarb, 8c per pound;
bean., green, 12Hc; squash, $1 per
box; green corn, BOc per do..
Honey $33.60 per case.
Potatoes raney, 75c$l percental;
new potatoes, $1.75(32 per cental.
Fruits Strawberries, Oregon, 45c
per pound; cherries, 50c$l per box;
gooseberries. 0c per pound; apple.,
fancy Baldwin, and Spitxenbergs,
$1.60 2. HO per box; choice, $11.60;
cooking, 76c$l; canteloups, $5 per
crate; apricot, $2.25 per box.
Butter Fancy creamery, 17s20c;
store, 13o per pound.
Kggg Oregon ranch, 18018)0 per
dozen.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, 1212s'c
per pound; small, spring, 2022c;
hens, 12123c; turkeys, live, 1617c
per pound; dressed, 1820c; duck.,
$78 per do.; geese, live, 78c per
pound.
Cheese Fnll cream, twins, new
stock, 12K13c; old .tocr", 10c;
Young America, 14o.
Hops 1903 crop, 239)ic per pound.
"Wool Valley, 1920c per pound;
Eastern Oregon, ll15c; mohair, 30c
per pound for choice.
Beef Drefsed, 67Jc per pound.
Mutton Dressed, 46o per pound;
lambs, 8c.
Veal Dressed, 6W7( per pound.
Fork Dressed, G7c per pound.
FORCB WIPBD OUT.
Twe Batallloa. ef Japanese Arabasbe4
a Peng Waag Cower Road.
Haicheng, Manchuria, June 14. A
flanking movement of the Japanese
around tbe Hussion left from Feng
Wang Cheng, June 9, wa. repulsed
with a loss of two whole battalions.
A large Japanese force moved out in
the morning along the Feng Wang
Cheng and Haicheng road. The Rus
sians had a force strongly posted in
ravine SO mile, southeast of Haicheng.
Tbe Japanese were preceded by two
battalions, who walked into tbe Kus
sian ambuscade.
They received a murderous rifle and
artillery fire at close range and were
wiped out, only one or two escaping.
The main Japanese 'orce, which waa
greatly superior to tbe Russian force,
tried to outflank the Russians who
drew off without losing a man. The
Japanese, closing in, found the ravine
vacant, save for their own dead.
RUSSIAN AR.1Y SWELLING.
on the Faag
Exultation Over Victory
Wang Crwag Roa4.
Liao Yang, June 14. The army here
ia increasing rapidly, a fresh squadron
arriving daily.
There is no fresh news from Port
Arthur, nor has any confirmation of
serious events having occarred there
been receired. On tbe contrary, ac
cording to tbe beat information, every
thing ia going well.
Tbe officers and men here are very
enthusiastic over tbe driving back of
the Japanese on tbe road between Feng
Wang Cbeng and Haicheng June 9
Only a comparatively short distance
separates tbe Japanese and Kossian
armies and the soldier, are, all anxious
for active operations to begin.
KUROPATKIN RE5TS LITTLB.
How Famoaa Russian QenaraJ Direct
Mis Canpalga.
Liao Yang, June 14. The entire Rus
sian plan of campaign is directed from
a railway cariiage here, in which Gen
eral Kuiopatkin works, eats and sleeps
Tbe car is divided into a saloon,
study and a bedroom. Tbe commander
in chief passes the most of his time in
the study at work, surrounded by his
aides. Although small of stature,
Knropatkin is at once distinguishable
among his entourage, however brilliant
may be their uniforms, by bis deter
mined gestures and .tardy figure. He
has the reputation of being just and
his word is law. His officers repon
the fullest confidence in him and he ia
tlie idol of the common soldiers, and
the foreign attache, find him most
pleasant. He takes little or no rest ex
cept a half hour', siesta after lunch,
when the heat i. excessive, and he oc
casionally indulges in the distraction
of reading literary works. Dispatches
from the scene of operations are
brought to him at any boor of tbe day
or night. The general eats well, of
simple dishes, but be seldom remains
at tbe table more than a half hour.
He drink, wine, smokes a cigar or two
after breakfast and sets an example of
abstemiousness to his officers. He
rises at 7 o'clock and retires at mid
night.
SQUADRON WILL BB READY.
America Can Send Mora Ships ts Tea-
glar H emergency Arises.
Paris, June 14. Information has
been received from Lisbon concerning
tha plan, of tbe American battleship
squadron. Rear Admiral Barker ex
pects to leave Lisbon June 16 for Gib
raltar, where the squadron will remain
until the Moroccan incident ia settled.
n the arrival there of tbe Illinois and
Missouri, the rquadron will consist of
six of the mrt modern battleships, be
sides tbe two squadrons of cruisers and
gunboats now at Tangier. Although
Admiral Barker doe. not expect that
the necessity will arise of taking the
battleship, to Tangier, yet he will re
main at Gibraltar for the purpose of
meeting any possible contingency.
Wben tbe American squadron leave.
Gibraltar it will not go to Villefranche,
as at first intended, but will go to Pie-
raus and cruise through the Grecian
archipelago. Later, the squadron will
go to Corfu and Treste.
Ol Oreat Strategical Importance.
Tokio, June 14. The town of Sin-
yen, now occupied by the Japanese
army, is of great strategical Import
ance, being situated about 40 miles
east by south of Kaiking and 45 miles
southeast of Haicheng. It commands
perfectly the roadstead of both places.
Saimatsa is also an important point, as
it control, the road, to Liao Yang and
Mukden. By following this route, the
Mao Tien Lin pass, a i-trongly fortified
and almost impregnable Russian strong
hold will be avoided on tbe advance of
the Japanese army northward.
Robbers are Beaten Off.
Johnstown, Pa., June 14. A desper
ate attempt wa. made this afternoon
by four masked men to rob Superin
tendent W. H. C. Ramsey and Secre
tary Frank Howard, of the Johnstown
water company, of about $8,000 in
cash, which the) were conveying to
the new Dalton Run dam, near this
city, to pay off tbe 400 men employed
there. The two men made a plucky
run for it and escaped, but not until
two horse, had been killed.
Ruaalan. Killed Number 700.
Tokio, June 14. The military com
mission assigned to bury the Russian
dead In the battle of Nan.han hill ' at
Kinchou May 28, presented its final re
part today. It was found that ten Rus
sian officers and 604 men -who fell in
the battle, had been carefully buried,
and 30 men were buried by the out
posts, making the total number of killed
left behind by the Russian. 704.
F00LTHE RUSSIANS
JAPANESE MAKE FEINT AND KILL
600 OF CZAR'S MEN.
Defeated Troops Fall Back on Kalcbo
Show Indications of a Loaf, Forcta1
March, but Will Give Out Ne Infer-
siatloa to tbe Correspondents Wbo
an Along Their Line of March.
St. Petersburg, June 15. I. is re
ported that a naval battle between the
fleets of the Japanese on the one side
and tbe Russian fleet and jhore bat
teries on the other side occurred off
Port Arthur on June 10. The naval
battle waa accompanied by the advance
of the Japanese troops to the rear of the
Poit Arthnr defense. The Russian
forces within the fortress were in com
mand of General 8toe.se!, wbo, it i.
reported, i. wounded, it was neces
sary to amputate bis leg at the knee.
Niu Chwang, Jnne 15. Information
has been received here through beieto-
fors reliable channels that part of the
Japanese force left at Pu Lan Tien to
checkmate tbe Russians' southward
movement to reileve Port Arthur was
attacked southeast of Shung Mao yes
terday. After slight fighting, the Jap
anese made a false retreat, the Russians
hotly following them, when tbe Japan
ese made a flack movement, catching
the Russians in a trap. The Rnsian
losses are placed at 800 men. They
then felt back on Kaicbon and began
to retreat along the Baimatgu-Tsai
Chou road.
About 2,000 Russian infantry from
Eaicbou passed through Niu Chwang
yesterday, accompanied by a large sup
ply and hospital train. Several carts
contained bandaged men. The troops
appeared to be fagged out, and shewed
every indication of a long, forced
march. The officers refused to furnish
any information, but a noncommi.
sioned officer told a correspondent of
tbe Associated Press that all tbe troop,
were retreating from Tsai Cbon. Be
fore be could say anything further, he
was reprimanded by a captain. Strag
gler, are closely watched by noncom
missioned officers to prevent them
from talking. Tbe Russians have
abandoned the ground mines eight
miles south of here.
A native messenger just in from the
Russian camp west of here reports that
there are many wounded men there.
REVOLT AT PRISON.
Fear Condemned Men la Ohio Penitenti
ary Attempt to Escape.
Columbus, O., June 15. An attempt
waa made by four of the nine con
demned men at the penitentiary to es
cape at 1 o'clock thi. morning by over
powering the guard. The guait was
badly beaten, bnt two guards from the
hall came to hi. assistance and the pri.
oners were forced back into their cell,
and locked up.
Tbe prisoners in the plot to escape
were Moses Johnson, ot Scioto county;
Philip Nagle, of Wyandotte county;
Lewis Harmon, of Franklin county;
and Ben Wade, of Lucas county.
Guard Richards, of Williams county,
was in charge of the prisoners. He
waa unarmed, no weapon, being al
lowed in the annex. The prisoners
beat him down with their fists, and
secured the key to the cage in the an
nex, bnt failed to find t'.e key to the
outer door.
Guard Richard, made such an outcry
that two guard, in an adjoining hall
were attracted, and they came to hi.
rescue. The prisoner, were overpow
ered and locked up. Guard Richards
was badly beaten, but his condition is
not considered serious.
It was evidently the purpose of the
prisoners to get out of the door of tbe
annex which lead, into tbe prison yard
and scale the walls. They had no
weapons, but expected to secure them
from the guard. It is not believed
that the five other men in the annex
were a party to the plot to escape.
. W hlpplnf Poat Rrgtma Revived.
Lexington, Ky., June 15. Police
Judge John J. Riley today revived the
old whipping post regime when be sen
tenced Simon Scearce, a 15-year-old
negro lad to be whipped in the public
square. Scearce had struck a white
boy. The court decreed that the boy,
mother take the boy to tbe public
square and give him 20 lashes with a
buggy whip. The mother, in the pres
ence of a large crowd, administered tbe
punishment as directed. Thia is tbe
first time such an incident has been
witnessed since the Civil war.
ONLY FIVB SHIPS CAN dO OUT.
Believe Big Ships are Heat.
Chicago, June 15. A special to the
Daily News from Chefoo says: Accord
ing to the captain of one of the ships
comprising the Japanese blockading
fleet, the cruiser Novik haa been out of
the harbor on several occasion, hunting
Japanese destroyers. The captain
thought the obstruction, at the mouth
of the harbor prevented the exit of the
larger Russian vessel.. The Russian,
have three submarine boats which have
been put together at Paya.
Dowie Coming Home.
London, June 15. It is announced
that John Alexander Dowie has decided
to return to the United States by the
first .teamer. In strongly-worded de
nunciatory editorials, tbe London
papera thi. morning express unbounded
satisfaction with Dowie'. speedy departure.
Chinese Machinist Tells ot Conditions at
Port Arthur.
Chefoo, June 11. A Chinas for
merly employed in tha machine shops
at Port Arthur, who arrived her to
but three of the five sound ves
sels. All the gun. from the damaged
hips have been removed to the forts,
and the sailor, from these ships have
gone to the front with the troops. The
Russian warships, which formerly
were painted black, are now painted
gray, as are the vessel, of tne Japan
ese fleet. Russian torpedoboata leave
the harbor occasionally for half an
hour, but the larger warships cannot
get through tbe entrance.
The Russians are refusing permis
sion to skilled workmen to leave Port
Arthur, but many are escaping. Lit
tle work ia being done In ine machine
abops because ol tbe confusion among
-orltmea eaea. time firing is
beard. One shell recently wrecked a
machine shop building, but did ne
damage to tbe machinery. Anotner
ahell wrecked the offices in the dockyard.
Three hundred and fifty mines have
been laid In tbe roadstead, and many
others have been placed around the
ships in the naval basin. Some of the
latter were exploded last week by
lightning, but no damage was done.
Ihe Chinese who have come out of
Port Arthur complain of tbe treatment
accorded them by the Russian sol
diers, declaring they were maltreated
If they did not supply tbe soldiers with
money and liquor. Villagers in the vi
cinity of Port Arthur are compelled to
supply the soldiers with rice, and Rus
sian horses are turned loose In their
wheat fields, destroying the crops.
Japanese apies who entered Port
Arthur last week distributed notices
assuring the Chinese liberal treat
ment in case the Japanese were vic
torious.
MINB 15 CLOSbD.
Colorado Troopa Seat to Union Property
to End strike.
Victoria, Colo., June 11. In a blood-
leaa assault made by 150 militiamen
and deputies, led by Adjutant-General
Sherman M . Bell on the Portland mine
today, the mine was indefinitely
closed, to be opened later on terms
which will prevent any workman ae-
curing work without presenting satis-'
factory working cards from the Mine-
owners' Association. General Bell
says the mine was closed because of
military necessity," as the men
working In it were contributing to
the support of the strikers, and there
by continuing the present conditions
In the district. His proclamation also
states that dangerous men in the mine
should be held.
What promised to be the bloodiest
time the district ever saw passed
away as mildly as a summer shower.
Without the firing of a shot or a
harsh word, the General and his fores
marched up to the mine, took posses
sion, read the proclamation, concern
ing the present disposition of the
mine and then left, with employee of
the company in charge of the plant.
Following the closing of the Port
land it was announced that the mine
wiu begin to reopen tomorrow, the
nonunion mines first and others later,
and that business is to be resumed In
the district at once. All miners who
want work must first secure a work
ing card from the Mineownera' As
sociation. ,
RUSSIANS WILL GUARD SHIPS.
No Stranger Will Be Allowed to Visit
the Navy Yarn a.
Odessa, June 11. Extreme meas
ures are being taken to safeguard the
various Russian arsenals and ship.
All magazine, are watched day - and
night, and It would go hard with any
stranger found prowling around them,
as the orders to the guards are to
"shoot first and investigate after
ward." These exceptional measures are In
spired by the fear that there will be a
repetition of recent deliberate at
tempts to wreck some of tbe warship
in the nary yards. The attempts are
believed to have been made by work
men, who had been bribed by Japan
ese agents, and as a result no work
men are now permitted to enter th
yards or arsenals without a large
metal number, which they are com
pelled to wear in a conspicuous posi
tion to establish their identity.
Liberty Bell at St. Louis.
St. Louis, June 11. The historic
Liberty Bell arrived here today in re
sponse to the petition of 90,000 public-school
children of this city, and
will remain in the Pennsylvania build
ing until the close ot the World'
Fair. Accompanied by a squad ot
mounted police and a long line of mil
itary organizations, the famous old
bell wan taken to the exposition,
where formal exercises were carried
out. The itateg had been thrown open
to the school children ot tbe city and
the day had been proclaimed aa a hol
iday by Mayor Wells.
Attack Is Begun.
Indianapolis, June 11. A special re
ceived by the News from its staff war
correspondent at Chefoo says:. "The
long-contemplated attack by the Jap
anese on Port Arthur began early thia
morning. The Russian forces around
the beleaguered city were reinforced
by the troop, which had garrisoned
Dalny and Kinchou. The Russian
vessels in the harbor with their great
guns aided tbe land forces in repelling
the attack. The fighting still goes
on."
Russians Bntrwnchad Near Kalchaa.
Tientsin, June 11. Ten thousand
Russian infantry, with several batter
ies of artillery, are entrenched In
strong position at Pochichla, 12 mile
south of Kaichau, and 35 mile from
Niu Chwuf.