THE
OREGON
MIST.
vol. xxr. " " :
ST. IIELENS, (Ml KG ON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 1904. NO. 35.
WEEK'S DOINGS
Newsy Items Gathered from All
Ports of the world.
Or INTEREST TO OUR READERS
General Review of Important Happen.
pcniga Presented In Brief and
Condensed form.
The Japan licit ha mat a reverse
oil Port Arthili .
New York liiiUlian will Juln tlio
piikirn' strike,
1 lie government hai abandoned (lie
Harney valley, Ulegon, hrlgallon pro-
jcet.
General 8bael, in command at I'urt
Anliur, la repotted to have committed
luclde.
Tlia IliilUli strainer Calchas, from
Taeoma, wised by Kuatlane, liaa been
lowed Into Vladivostok.
Klhgly-lwo bodlee have been rerov
rml limit ttir wreck ni Pueblo, Col').,
ami inoia aia known to la loot.
Famine condition at Port Arthur
are lirromlnn aiallin ami hospital
are crowded wlih alck ami wounded.
Koraitan aia busy atienglhenlng tha
iMi-ntra cj I I'urt Artlior fur tlia final
atruggle, which they ara expecting al
snyt ime.
Muta tutnoia that I'ort Aitliur haa
fallrn continue to arrive In 81. IVtei.
biiig, Imt it la brllaved In Ilia Kueaian
capital that Ilia Japanee are UII un
able to raptura tlia ouiworka.
German pepris condone Ilia (Inking
ol tha steamer Tliea.
An attempt waa made on lb Ufa l
the pieaidml ul Uruguay.
Kuropatkln' poalllon at Mao Yang
haa truiig railroad defeneee,
Tlic dcatroycr tinldeboioogh wlltaoon
have another trial on the Hound.
Parker ronllnua to add to their
form and are confident of victory.
No new forcal rearrvea ara to ha cia
aiod In tha Weal until alter election.
A railroad culllelon at Boxrman
caiiHtd trie death of tieveling engi
neer. French tioopa aia being hastily for-
ardrd to Toii'iiln by tha Flench go
aitllliehl. Hid on Oram! Honda rranrtathm
land ar to ha Dial) puhlio and sent
on to Washington.
lack ol new from Tort Arthur for
enteral daya la Interpreted at Ht.
Pvteiahurg aa good newt.
Thirty thonmind Chicago aturkyartl
atiikrra paraded tha streets to music of
Un.la ami headed hy a platoon ol police.
Japan haa rent a at' org flmt of gun
boat and torjmlo boata up the 1 lao
rlvpi to beaul on the retreat ol the Hue
mna to tlx' weal.
Montana etorkmcn have ent a depu
tation to Chicago to try and patch up
pmc.
Tha Ituwlan government baa given
ordet that no mora merchant atramer
lie sunk.
Intormalon hat bean given the Inder
al limpector of an Infraction of the law
by the beef trual.
Tha Japanese have taken advantage
ol mountain pan to outmaneuver the
Nuaalans east ol Liao Yang.
The fall of Port Aithnr and the anr
render ol General Kmopatkln ara pre
tliclel to occur on tha aame day.
Allen B Paiker, Democratic nomi
nee lot president, haa realgned Irom the
bench ol tba New Yore court of appeale.
The Chlneae general, Ma. niy cut
off retreat of Kuiopatkin If ha Irlia
escape the Japanese by going thiough
Mongolia.
Two Huaalan cruiser from tba Baltic
are chiming a eteamel which h it Eng
land lor Canada, carrying ammunition
loi Yokohama hy way ol tha Canadian
1'acitic railway.
Germany haa a Heat near Cbefoo.
F.xGovcrnor Jamea T. Lewis, ol
Wisconsin, la dead.
Port Arthur la preparing for a final
land against tha Japaneaa.
While the battle waa raging July 31
the thermometer waa np to 102 digreea
near llalcheng.
The old Cirimea hotel at Beaalde baa
burned. It waa one of the oldeat build
Inga at the coait.
The Japaneaa army attacking (ieneral
Kuropatkln la climated at 200,000.
A laat train on tha FrUcoayatem waa
derailed In Indian Territory and a num
bm ol peiaoita Injured.
While trying to coma aabora from a
atiandcd yacht number of peraona
were drowned In Nova Bcotla.
The government la awaiting f miliar
nowa ol the anlaure of part of tha Ara
bia'e cargo liofore taking action.
The Japaneaa aia auppoaed to be de
layed in the puranll ol the Huaalana by
a lack of ammunition, which la being
hurried to the front.
No word baa been received from (Ion
erala Btftkolliorg or Zaroubaloff for aev
eral daya ami It may be that Genera
Nodiu baa cat them off Irom Oeneral
Kuropatkln.
The London Tlmea doclarea the (Ink
ing of merchantmen piracy.
The aaaaaaln of Von Plehve haa bean
Identllled aa a atudont at Khaikoff unl
veralty. lie baa died of hla Injuriea.
Inaurance laUa have iccreaaed amce
the return to Vladlvoatok of tha Una
lati raiding acjuadron.
AMtRICAN ( ONSULATt STONED.
Troops felled Out to Protect Charge
anuircs al Uogolj,
Panama. Aug. tO.-No Information
nan iiern rii elveil at tlia American h-ya
tlon here Irom Itouola n.ui.r.11.,.
porta circulated in tl, ;uiu,i ,,,
i aam hi nave neeii aunt Irom Pana
ma that an ontluvak occurred at llngota
Friday laat v. hen the American con
aulaln waa atoned bv a im,!i ami irru....
called out to pioti-ct Allx-n U. Hnyder,
the charge d'affalrea.
T'lie Amclii'iin litlnl.l..r 1u.1I..ua
the coiiaiilatt waa atoned and allegiMl it
aaa me a t ol Irreapoiitihle peraour,
cauaed hy the fi-eliiigaaainat Ilia Unik-d
Htaka, which ohtaina in Colomlila.
Waahlngton. Aug. lO.Althouah the
'Hie ilepartinent liaa not lecelved any
iulormation ol the reported atoning of
the Aiueiicaii legation at llogota, yet
the olllclala luanil jat a live Intercut in
everything pertaining to the matter.
ery recent advlcea-liom Colomlila In-
dlcated a peecelol condition ol affaire,
with the eiceptlon ol poralble political
coniplicationa glowing out ol Uenetal
Keyea' preaidentlal candlilacy.
i'reaumalily the feeling ol il Iimi tit-
la. I Inn that followed (ieueial Iteyea'
failure to obtain any money (ruu the
I'nltod Hlalea In payment ol Panama
till exlaia In CohnnMa, and thii may
have given riae to unfriendly demon-
etiationa agalnat the A met. can lepra
aentallvea at lttiola, if thia haa nc
curied. Mill the confident heliel heie
ia that (ieneral Heyea will iiroiniity
deal with any trouble that might occtn
ami lima evoid rompliiatiuna with thia
govern men t.
Tha charge d'affalia ia a Wcat Vir
ginia appointee and a brwmpapti work
el by piofettlon.
PU'NOC IN 1RCCK.
tnfllnc and rive Coaihcs Wrecked
In Colorado.
Pueblo, Colo., Aug. 10. Train No.
11, tlie Mitaiuri Pacific liver, rraahed
through a brige over an arroya, on I'ry
rieek, near Kden, on the lenver & Itio
li ramie railroad, a Unit eight mi Ira
Irom Pueblo at o'clia k thia morning.
The accident waa canned by the
heavy raina which wrecked the bridge.
The extent of the injuriea to the paa
aengera haa nt Ixen rei-eived here, but
it la rumored that eome latalitiea re
tailed. it la ettlmaUd that of the 125 paa
aengera on board the lll-latel train, be
tween 10 and 100 loat theli live,, eith
er hy the aatera ol the raging torrent,
or Iwneath the wreckage.
l'Min the new a reaching Pueblo a
aecia! train, b-aring all the available
tiirgeoiia and the Kio (iracde and Mia-
louri Pacific olllciala, left lor the acene.
About 11 o'clock a eecend train, carry
ing atretchera, cidlina and a Dumber ol
olllciala, waa ecnt out Irom the union
elation.
About I '.4ft o'clock the rellel train
returntHl to the city bringing thoae who
eeraped with their livea, numliericg 17,
all ao far aa now known who have not
fallen vlctima of the Uiaaatvi.
ruND.s tor riGiiT.
Chit ago I'nlonsi to 6e Asue.ised for
Mrlhlno Meat Patkers.
i. i. iu ID All the labor
uniona In Chicago have lndored the
atwkyarda atrike. After llatenlng to
the atiikera' tide of the tontroveray,
.t.i..i. mm nt. wt to them hv Mich
ael J. IVmiielly, preai.lent of the atrik
ing llutchera' union, the Cliicago Pad
nation of Ubor, which la compoeed of
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eveiy lahor orgamiaiion in v.nua""""
haa a menibeiahip of neatly 300,000.
adopted reaolntiona tonight pleilging
the moiai ana nnanciai eupiMMi u, m'
linlerated lHiy aa long aa u ....
conttniiea. ...
K.a. h memlwr of the central inxiy
...mi t... ......u..l .mall torn ier week.
will 1 n.--"- - ' :
and the whole amount will le turned
tinionii to lu'lp in
tha etippnrt of the atrikera ami their
famllica during mo airuggie mm
packeia. The exact amount each
mcmlKT ia to le aaaeated waa left In
the hande of a committee, with ordera
to report reaulls tomorrow.
While the olliciale of the reileration
ltl tnniiflit to llive
an exact cetimale of the amount of
money they would ercure fioui thia
aonrce. It waa ataUtl that the total aum
would be well up 111 tlieinoueaima
week.
Vessels Will Carry Coal.
Conatantinopie, i ---
baa practically accepted the verbal
notification made Saturday by the K.ia-namba-aador
M WhJ . d to
nipelKillig paaannf -hv
aoine vefiede of the volunteer fleet
laden with l. Thia notification waa
.ccompanied by '
vcaaela wouut preierve v. - -
the merchuntmen throughout the voy
go. To avoid dilllculty. it al.o In
eluded a lextual leprod.utlon of the
Kuaaian.hH-h.rationlnth.ollcIal note
addreaaed to tha IMHaian eniUaay.
Lose at Port Arlhur.
. ..... i,, 10. A tele
gram from Cbefoo, dated AK" 7.
?ya that, according to Chlneae Infor
J . i..ii . lomiht on
ma ton, a nerce imiv.w
r.hml aide of Po.t Arthur Augnat 6.
The Japaneae a.e reported to have been
reputed with great h.aa, ho killed
lone being eatiniatcd at 10,000. '"e
,he Ituaaiana' h about 1,000.
The klegram aaya Lieutenant Genera
peiaonally in command
ol tho truopa.
Advancing on Mukden.
Mao Yang, Aug. 10.-The Japaneae
ar i advancing on Mukden and It ia
pohaWethat. """""j'K
llllbe made on Mukden and IJao
Yang, In which cuae a deoialva bailie
) aaaured.
P0RESTS BURN
Great Damage Throughout
Montana by Tire.
IDAHO TIMBER SIXERS ALSO
Homes of Settlers Destroyed and
and Many People Have Narrow
Escapes With Their Lives.
ltulte, Mont., Aug. 8 A Kaliapell
apecial to the Miner aaya: Foreat Area
aie atill raging with unabated fury in
the timber landa of thia county and
from all reporta received thua lai, the
damage will run into tha thouaanda ol
dollaif . 8malt holder, of timber landa
are the chief eufferent. They are not
only loeing their timber but their cab-
ina and home bulldinga at well aa their
atock of provlaiooa, hay and grain are
being rapidly conaumed. Their condi
tion in many inatancea will be deplora
ble. Tha lire, are not only confined to
the foreata tiirrounding thia city, but
the lineal lumber aectiona In Northern
Montana are differing. The thickly-
wooded aectiona about Hterling, Atlanta
and Piaher river ara binning, aa well
aa the timber weat of I.ihby and be
tween Troy and ltonne re Kerry, Idaho.
About half a doxen frame build nga
or) the outakirta ol White Kieb have
been burned. Kevcral buildinga be
longing to a rancher named Hoffman
near by alan have been deetroyed. Tha
aawmill of Baker Broa., waa burned.
The ieople living in the timbered aec
tiona are all fighting the fire, but are
alinoat powerleaa to check ila advance.
Much bay between White riah and
Columbia fall, baa been burned, aa
well aa all meadow land in .the aection
where the Urea are raging.
lire raging in North Pork of Hat-
head river country are doing much
damage to the timbei in the Flathead
foreat reec nation, and people returning
from that aection report that the die
lance aiound the firea at that point at
preaent rxneda 16 milea.
A White riah report aaya tbe timber
ia on fire on both aidea of the county
wagon Mad and it waa with difficulty a
counei waa aide to urge hie horaee
through, having a narrow escape from
the fiie. The roada are now aaid to be
utterly Impaaaaiile.
The fire at Helton waa extinguished
thia week after it had done gieat dam
age to the timber, but at Coiain and in
that vicinity it ia atill eating ita way
through the heavy loieata.
A (orvat die In the Craxy mountaina,
30 milea north of Dig Timber baa done
contiderable damage In the laat few
daya. Tbe fire alarted Holiday and haa
gradually increaeed until it haa burned
over a large it retch of heavily wooded
country. Among the timber burned
ia me of tbe moat valuable in that
liatrirt.
MONTANA NCCDS MOISTURE.
Unless Rain Soon Comes, Loss of
Stock Will Be Great.
Hutte, Mont., Aug. 8. Advicee re
ceived lioni throughout the etate the
paat week depict a eericua etate ol
affaira on tbe big rangea in Kaaternand
Northern Montana, and unleaa heavy
rain ia aoon furthcoming considerable
loet ol atock will enaue. The Northern
Montana rangea in many localities re-
eeinble a deeert, former watering holee
and rprlnga being dry and patched.
Many of the range have had to be
abandoned and the atock driven long
dlatancea for water. So bad have the
condition become that the atate hu
mane olllcere have interfered and com
pelled atockmeu to drive herd Into lo
calities far removed, where aome graea
and water atill remain, though even
then the aupply ia ecanty.
Stock ehiniiienta have been aimoet
entirely euapended aa a reault of the
atrike of the packing house employe,
and the thousand of head of rattle
roaming the plaina whicb could other
wise have been shipped East make the
problem of caring for the animal one
of extreme seriousness. vtnlle the
Kaalern Montana range atill bear con
siderable gra?, those in the Northern
aection of the etate are in many In
atancea almost devoid of feed.
Montana's Mineral Production.
li,iit. Mont.. Aug. 8. The repoit
of Aesayer B. 11. Tatem, at Helena,
shows that the leceipts oi uie uuiveu
u,.i. iuv ntllce in Montana for the
month of July. 1904, were $184,453.24
from Montana, as compared wuu
aiiio K4 82 fur Julv. last vrar. The
grand total of receipts from all sources
ies $221,403.66, againat $216,152.08
foi a year ago. The biggest increase in
vAnullitH WAS reuorted from Fergus
county, the leceipts from that quarter
being $92,664, showing an increase ol
3,883.
Hope Incident Is Ended.
a. nAal.,irfl Amy. 8. The X tl-
nouncement in the dispatcher ol the
Associated Preas from Vladivoatok.that
......,.,. imbla will lie released.
HID OHm. - -----
and that only a portion of her cargo
consigned to Japanese polls w'lll be
held, win. " s ueiievou,
. i..i. mlir aa tha United
Statea is concerned, as the United
States asked nothing more man promt-v
action lor the immediate release of the
ship.
rorest rire.s In Montana.
n.... Mm,!.. Aim. 8. Tbe Miner
advices from Missoula state that infor
mation ha been receved there that two
big foreat fires are raging In the vicini
ty ol Heron and Vermillion, on Cherry
creek, one of the most thickly wooded
aectiona in MIbbouU county.
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TO AVOID DELAY.
Philippine Army Supplies May All
Co by Transports.
Waahlngton, Aug. 9. The war de
partruent la conaldering the advisabili
ty of shipping all supplies for the Phil
ippine by army transports, until the
hostilities between Japan and Kuasla
are concluded. Commissary (ieneral
Weeton, In a letter to the ancretary ol
war, call attention to the possibilities
ol delay on shipments made on com
mercial si earners and strongly urges
that all shljraient be made by trans
ports until the danger of seizure is
over.
Contrary to previous reporta, it Is
learned that the British steamer Ar
dova, seized in the Ked aea and subse
quently released, carried United Btates
army supplies, but that ia the only in
stance ao far in which the Itnseians
have interfered with the supplies of
this government. Under the new law
all army tuppliea must oe carried by
American bottoms, so the only Pacific
linea affected, if the department
adopts Cieneral Weston's recommenda
tions, will be the Boston steamship
company and the Pacific Mail.
Cieneral Weston a recommendation
has been referred to the quartermaster
general for his opinion. Hi recom
mendation will probably be carried
out. While tha department doea not
fear that any of its supplies will be
confiscated by the ltusaians, it ia not
leaired that there should be delay in
the delivery of these supplies, many ol
which are aent on short notice, or to
fill emergency oiders, and might, if
sent by commercial ateamers, have to
go along with the contraband goods.
PRODUCTION Or PETROLEUM.
Oeologlcal Survey Gives figures for
Last Year.
Washington, Aug. 9. The United
States geological survey haa issued re
port on the production in the United
states during the year 1903 of petrol
eum, aspbaltum and bituminous rock
and copper.
The petroleum production waa 100,-
641.337 barrel, valued at $94,694,050,
againat 88,766,916 barrels, valued at
$71,178,910, In 1902.
ProJuction in California increased
more than 10,000,000 barrels, while
the Texas production decreased more
than 1,000.000 banels.
The production of aspbaltum and
bituminous rock was 101,256 tons,
valued at $ 1,005, 46. This waa a
smaller anrount by more than 4,000
tons in quantity than the previous
year, but ita value waa 81 per cent
greater. Of the total production, 46,-
178 tons, valued at $522,164, waa from
California.
ASK DIG SPACE.
Can Mil foreign Building at Lewis
and Clark lalr.
St. Louis, Aug. 9. The determina
tion of the Japanese to foster American
friendship and introduce themelvea
thoroughly to the people of this coun
try haa again been striatngly illustrat
ed by the commissioners from Japan to
the St. Louis exposition, who, it is
stated by Colonel Henry E. Poech, tbe
St. Louis rcpresentitive of tbe Lewi
and Clark centennial at Portland next
year, have asked for the entire floor
apace of the foreign building at tbe ex
position of 1905.
When it was explained that nearly
all of the foreign countries now partici
pating in St. Louis have promised to
send part of their exhibits to the Pa
cific coast next year, and that all the
exhibits from foreign countries will be
housed under one roof, the nature of
the request made by the Japanese com
missioners may be better understood.
Although Colonel Doerh, as director
of tbe exhibits at Portland, was forced
to tell the commissioners that he could
not grant them all the space in the
building, he states that he w ill prob
ably erect a special Japanese pavlllion
for them. Thia has never been broach
ed at tbe meetings of the exposition
managers, but Colonel Doach says that
from present indications it will have to
be done.
"I waa very much surprised," he
said, "at the iqeuest of the commis
sioners here, and told, them that they
could not use all that space, but they
replied ao earnestly that they could
that I was forced to consider the pro
posal seriously."
Decision Sent to United States.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 9. Kuasla has
communicated to the United States tbe
decision of the Vladivostok prise
court, August 4, in the case of the
Portland A Asiatic line steamer Arabia,
captured by the cruiser Gromoboi, of
iU Vladivostok aniiadrnn. Julv 22.
confiscating such part of the cargo aa
1 . . Tk.
was consignea 10 japan purm, iiw
foreign ofllce is carefully considering
the objections raised abroad in regard
in Unaaia's list of contraband, but no
decision has been readied.
Claimed as Lawful Prize.
Vladivostok, Aug. 9. The priae
i.oa ..liiit1rul tha sunken ateamei
Knight Commander and ita cargo a
lawful priae. me inai oi tnecane anu
..., I ml inn nf hn atfamai'a oa-
pei a, etc., established the lact that the
cargo, consisting principally of railway
n.oiAt-ial. waa eniialirned thromrh a Jap
anese port to Chemulpo, leading fairly
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to the lnieience inai n warn uemgucu
for use on the military lailway under
constiuctlon uomseoui to me laiu.
Monster Coal Combine.
Pittsburg, Pa., Aug. 9. The Post to
day prints a story that a new $2C,000,
000 coal combine composed of 28 inde
Mnilunl comnnniea ia in Drocesa of for
mation. The principal objecta of the
new combine, It is earn, are to main
tain prices.
GIRL IS HANGED
Charged With Treason Against
Russian Government.
ONLY dGHTEEN YEARS OP AGE
Said to Have Placed Seditious
Pamphlets In Supplies Sent to
Soldiers at the lront. .
London, Aug. 6. According to the
8t. Peteisbnrg correspondent of the
Daily Telegraph tbe youngeat daughtel
of Professor Mersheyeffesky, the well
knewn Kusaian educator, baa just been
banged in the fortress at Scblnaselburg
for high treason. Every effort has
been made by the Kusaian authorities to
keep the matter from the public Be
cause of tbe outbuist of indignation
which followed the banging of another
young student for an alleged attempt
on the life of the caar aome months
ago.
Tbe correspondent slates, however,
that it has been learned that the girl,
while assisting the empress some
weeks ago to pack a quantity of sup
plies for the troops at tbe front, chiefly
reading matter and delicacies, amug
gled into the packages a number of
seditious pamphlet which were not
discovered until aome of them had got
into the hands of the soldiers. When
accused the young woman ia aaid to
have admitted ber guilt and to have
declared that she gloried in tbe deed.
Klie waa court martialed, found
guilty of treason and promptly hanged.
No announcement of tbe punishment
baa not been made in the Oflicia? Jour
nal, and now none la expected to be.
Tbe young woman waa but 18 years
old, and the government is conden ned
lor its action, aa it is believed that she
wss but the tool of older conspirator.
ice cut orr.
Presh Meat Will 5c Scarce in Chi
cago as a Result.
Chicago, Aug. 6. The threatened
spiead of the atockarda atrike to out
side industries came tonight, when an
order was issued by the Teamsters' un
ion foridding driven of ice wagona to
make any deliveries to retail botchers,
who, since the packing house teamstera
went on strike, have been handling
meat from tbe packing house in their
own wagona.
As the refrigerators in most markets
do not bold enough ice to last longei
than 48 hours, the order to cut off the
supply of ice, if it can be forced, means
tbat many persons in Chicago will be
compelled to forego fresh meat. Offi
cers of the teamstera' union have ap
pointed pickets to watch retail markets
all over Chicago with Instructions to
aee that the boycott is carried out.
Outaide of tbe decision of the strik
ing unions to extend tbe atrike to the
ice men there waa little change from
yesterday in the situation at the atock
yarda. With their new employee and
those tbat have deserted tbe nnions tbe
packers managed to dispose of f ul ly 60
per cent as much work as ia carried on
under normal conditions.
SURROUNDED ON THREE SIDES.
Kuropatkln Must Move West or
Surrender.
Niu Chwang, Aug. 5. The report
that Haicheng haa fallen ia premature.
The Kusaian t loops have only been
driven back to their inner intrench
menta, which they now occupy with
o.er 76,000 men. A detachment of
2,000 Japanese, with large snpply
trains, is leaving here for Haicheng,
where the greatest battle of tbe war ia
expected to open tomorrow.
General Kuroki, with 100,000 men,
is now behind the Russian forces; Gen
eral Okn, with an army of 60,000 men,
is on their front, while flanking them
on the left i General Nodxu, with his
division of 50,000 men.
If General Kuropatkln ia defeated In
this battle, he must either move west
ward or surrender.
The foreign military attachae are with
tbe second army on the way foi the
front to witness the battle.
The Kusaian troops at Port Arthur
have been driven back to the last line
of their defenses. Tne Japanese at
tacking force has 350 gun in action.
Alaska Boundary Survey.
Vancouver, Aug. 6. For the purpose
of inspecting the work ol tbe survey
parties engaged in establishing the
boundary line between Canada and
Alaska, the two boundary commission
ars representing Canada and the United
States aie here en route to tbe north
0. H. Tittamann, superintendent of
the United States ceast and geodetic
survey, is the American commissioner;
Canada's interests are in the bands of
Professor W. F. King, chief astronomer
of Canada. These two commissioners
will remain in the North two months.
Gunboat Is Blown Up.
London, Aug. 6. Tbe Daily Mall
this morning has the following from
Nni Chwang, under date of August 3
The KuBBian gunboat Si vouch (which
has been in the Liao river since the be
ginning of tbe war (has been deserted
and blown up near Bancha, and the
crew, with the vessel' guns, have
started (or Liao Yang. The Japanese
gunboats went on Monday to teconnoit
er the position of the Sivouch and were
fired on.
Driven Back by Warships.
Toklo, Aug. 5. Twelve torpedo des
troyers, tour torpedo boat destroyers
and some gunboats emerged from the
harbor at Port Arthur on the night of
August 1, but were driven back again
by the Japanese warships on guard out
side. '
HAWAII NOT A DRAG.
United States Treasury Enriched at
Minor Outlay.
Sacramento, Cat., Aog. 6. In an in
terview today, Governor G. C. Carter,
of tbe Hawaiian island, aaid to a rep
resentative of the Bee:
"The annexation of tbe islanda to
the United State haa not been a com
mercial tucceas, ao far aa the islands
are concerned. Since we have been
United States territory w have not
made great progress. One reason for
thia ia because the laws by which we
are governed ara not suited to the
country. For Instance, we have to
obey the United Btates law and cannot
rent government land for a period of
more than five year at a time. As it
take from two to four years to raise a
crop in our climate, we cannot find
anybody that will rent land for such a
shoit period aa five years. Thus we
are deprived of a big income from gov
ernment land.
'Since we have been annexed con
gress baa never dredged our harbor.
It is filling np and tbua preventa tbe
landing of the 'argest vessels. 4a a
result of this onr traffic is falling oil.
We have dredged the harbor at our ex
pense since we have been annexed, but
unless it is dredged again we will lose
much of our trade.
'Annexation haa cnt off all of onr
internal revenue. On the othei band,
from Uncle Sam's point cf view, an
nexation haa been a decided success.
Over $4,250,000 haa been paid into tbe
United States treasury from tbe is
landa. Tbe wtole cost of annexation
waa only $4,000,000."
riLL ALL ORDERS.
Chicago Packers Say Plants are
Doing Well.
Chicago, Ang. 6. In .a statement
given out tonight by tbe packeia, the
report tbat negotiations are in progress
to bring about another conference be
tween the packers and tbe labor lead-
era ia declared to be unfounded. The
packera assert that there ia not the
slightest poeaibility of farther confer
ences with tbe strikers.
According to this statement, the pro
gress making at tbe planta ia satisfac
tory to all tbe packera; more men are
employed daily; all contracts and cur
rent orders are filled and there ia a
normal aupply of beef, mutton and
provisions at all planta in the United
States, while tales are made at lower
pricea than before tbe strike began.
In a table accompanying tbe state
ment it it shown that the total number
of men at work tonight at all points ia
more than 29,000. With this number
of men at work tbe packers say they
shipped 831 carloada of fresh meats
from all points yesterday.
Beyond trying to enforce tbe order
forbiddng the delivery of ice to retail
er who have been hauling meat from
the stockyards themselves since tbe
teamstera' strike, the strikers did little
today. Up to date tht ice supply of
100 retail markets has been cut off.
rooDSTurrs not contraband.
United States Will Not Recede from
Position Once Taken.
Washington, Aug. 6. Tbe state de
partment is in telegraphic communica
tion with its agencies abroad respecting
the Russian seizures and destruction of
American goods, but it is not yet ready
to define precisely Ita position aa to the
whole subject of seizures. These ex
changee are not confined to St. Peters
burg and Washington, bnt are in
tended to develop the purcoeea of the
governments cf other nations, and par
ticularly of Great Britain and Ger
many, whose shipping haa suffered
moie than that of any other. It is
said here that the precedents already
established in the Spanish and Boer
wars, aa well aa in the operation in
China during the black flag uprising,
have worked so satisfactorily and have
received such universal approval that
under no circumstances will America
now recede from the doctrine tbat food
stuffs not directly intended for the use
of a belligerant army or navy cannot
be regarded as contraband.
No Second Trial of Ohio.
Ban Francisco, Aug. 6. The bat
tleship Ohio will not be given another
tilal. Engineer Robert Foisythe, who
bad charge of the machinery of the
Ohio, Btates that the machinery work
ed without a hitch, and that tbe fail
ure to make the required speed was due
solely to the tidal conditions. The
horsepower developed was over 2,000,
more than the contract called foi. The
etakeboats Fortune, Preble, Paul Jones
and Undilla teturned today from the
south, but the Annapolis will not ar
rive here until tomorrow.
Lend Money In New York.
New York, Aug. 6. The republio ol
Panama haa made another big loan on
real estate in this city. Aloan of $900,
000 at per cent was made by the
epresentativea of the republic on a
large Brodaway building. The sum is
part of the $10,000,000 which tbe ran
ama republio received from the United
States for the Isthmian canal conces
sion, and its representatiea have al
ready loaned out on mortgage nearly
$1,600,000 on real estate in this city.
Payment on Cuban Loan.
Havana, Aug. 6. Manuel Despaigne,
fiscal agent for the Cuban government,
In a cable dispatch from New York to
day aaya that Speyer A Co. have paid
him $10,000,000 of the $36,000,000
Cuban loan.
PULL RETREAT
The Russian Army te Hurry
ing to Harbin.
JAPANESE ARE VERY ACTIVE
Empty Cars Being Rushed South
Liao Yang Troops to Be Re.
moved as fast as Possible.
Tokio, Aug. 3. After two daya'
fighting, General Knroki baa defeated
the Russian forces in two separate ac
tions fought at Yoshulikzu and tbe
Yangee Pass.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 3. A report
from an apparently reliable source late
laat nigbt waa to tbe effect tbat General
Knropatkin'a main force had been rap
idly moving north for several daya.
According to thia report no troop
proceeding to tbe front from Russia had
gone past Harbin in tbe past three
daya. They will be detained there and
every available piece of rolling stock
will be rushed south empty for the re
moving of troops to Liao Yang and
other points to tbe northward. leaving
a skeleton force to contest tbe Japan
ese advance on vital positions.
If it ia true, aa pointed out in the
foregoirg, it ieavea the Russian forces
in an exceeding serious position.
Lacking definite information, and if
the Russian information baa not been
broken by tbe capture of Simoucheng,
the anthoritiea here say that if Kuro
patkln accepts a general engagement,
they believe it will occur near Anscban
shan, half way between Haicbeng and
Liao Yang, in which case the Haicheng
force will fall back on the Simoncbeog
force nnder General Mitachensko, on
the northward road to Yanzalin, which
ia already fortified, with a view to such
a contingency. -
Yanzalin would then become the
advanced position for Anschantschan,
the natural strength of which is shown
by the fact that it waa the only posi
tion the Chinese successfully defended
against the Japanese. It ia possible
that if Simoucheng is evacuated it may
be in pursuance of the above plan and
it ia also possible in this case that
General Stakelbeig may get away
north, but in any case bia retreat with
Geneial Oku hanging to hie rear must
be a difficult operation, even with the
railway to help him.
KUROPATMN'S ARMY CRIPPLED.
Losses Have Been Heavy During
the Past Tew Days.
Tokio, Aug. 3. It is reported at tbe
war office tbat the reault of the fight
ing which haa been in progress in the
vicinity of Haicheng since last Wednes
day will be a aweeping victory. While
a number of official communicationa
from tbe commanding officers bav
been received, their contents are care
fully guarded for the present.
It ia believed, however that tbe re
lief columns have been divided by a
successful outflanking movement on the
part of General Kuroki's army, which
turned the Russian flank. Thia move
ment ia believed to have resulted in
the isolation of Lientenant General
Stakelberg's divisions and they are now
believed to be practically surrounded
by the victorious Japanese.
General Kuropatkln is understood to
be endeavoring to withdraw the rem
nants of bis scattered army toward
Mukden and Japanese officers, who
should know exactly what the condit
ions are in Manchuria, declare that
both Liao Yang and Mukden must fall
wihin a very shoit time.
Tho Russians' losses within tbe past
five days have been such as effectively
weaken General Knropatkin'a army so
that the Japanese combined forooa are
now much more than a match for the
crippled Russians opposed to them.
At last accounts tierce fighting was (tin
in progress with everything pointing
to ultimate and complete Japanese suc
cess. Search to Proceed.
St. Petersburg Aug. 3. The govern
ment has issued an official announce
ment of tbe release of the steamer Ma
lacca, which was seized in the Red sea
by the Russian volunteer fleet cruisers.
It states that tbe liberation of the ves
sels waa due to the declaration by the
Britieb government that the cargo waa
the property of the state, but says it
must not be deducted from this fact
that the impel ial government abandons
ita intention of sending out isolated
cruisers aa well aa warships generally
to search tor contraband ol war.
Give Up at Kansas City.
Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 3. Today's '
developments in the packer' strike
were serious from the standpoint of
the strikers, aa hundreds of their num
ber returned to work, many of them be
ing skilled workmen. ' The serious
break in the ranks of the strikers today
aa caused by their growing , tired of
waiting for strike benefit money prom
ised from Chicago and because they
could not afford to remain idle for a .
longer time without pay. .
Arabia's Trial In Progress.
St. Petersburg, Aug. S. Tbe Asso
ciated Press Is informed at tbe foreign
office tbat the trial of the Arabia ia
now progressing at Vladivostok and
that it will have to be completed be
fore the question of her release can be
determined upon.