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Newspaper Page TextTHE OREGON MIS nn VOL. XXII. OF THE WEEK In Condensed Form for Our Cosy Readers. IAPPEMNGS OF TWO CONTINENTS PUSHINQ FORWARD AT CENTER, ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 7, 1905. Japan ,ri Fortifying Each vill.s. I ny UCCUpy. I II... I . - ... ..u.iu.rroi wm KiimiIiii Army vfwKaumu, mane hurla, July euruing 10 iiiiuraiklioii lriMiKlil ,y I tons arriving from Mm etlrem wel. Ih rKirt that ll.o ((in rjlt i.u.i I . (men lurried ar Ineoriwt, On tlio cor. trarv. It U mI.I ii.-i i: i .. army which, on jim n . , u, t! westward of th other Japanese srmiea A R.ium cf Important but lt tine Wn moving n th direction Hoi lM lmf" "! vMi.iuni, ami ui pressure brought f h Ptt Wk. wwr agtlnt th. KiimImii r.v.lry nan u wm (bought iuk the purpose I oi covering ll.t iB,t ,.f .i.u ,., Tlmsiitlr Hiiiwlait III fleet I I force. In .a revoll. Tl. Japanese r, , . FLOOD IN MEXICO ATTACK8 INDICTMENT. Thurston to Say It It Impottiblt Convict Mitchall. Portland, July 1. Htill another day hut passed and the lat word it yet to be spoken in behalf of Senator Mitch ell. It wa fully expected that when ex-Senator Thurston began yesterday MINING TOWN IN PATH OF FLOOD t In the afternoon, hut he wa. yet half an hour away from hit Water Sweeps Down Narrow Can yon, Drowning Many. a . . ... n.porii of uad Vary From 100 to 1,000 8lorm Cam Suddenly In Dead of Night. eluding remark, when Judge De Haven adjourned th court until 10 o'clock tins morning. This meant that the cane will not go to tlmjury before late tint evening, if then, for United States District Attorney ileney must answer Mexico City. July 4. Report are argamehts made hy both of Senator I. very angry at tlrwit Ilflt. ward th.ir ri ' "... ... I". "1 , " "7 r""n ul- "mt wmey. ' " I - - ... aaitj pirifiitfiv i wnii, wiiii una rHiMiri r mm ntf avun n .1 . 1 .. f..niflH. 1. -in.... , . . I run 1...-1 . ""' speaxer law aside ma eu. " - "m '"if3 iniiiiiMMi iiv I ! uiuwiinj m m urv&i 1. 1.., , ., . Ury Tall wyt ! d.t not . thain, and am making a l.montratiun 1 uu,,)u'. 'inlg city, -u. ... pk! o tutwl lha lat Hrf rUry Hay. ol cotisldrahl f..n- n-ar llailunm hn.ii ll,e ln,Iort"t ' activity hy '""l Klven ulience a glimpte of the WirlnM lWra.hy hiu Imx.ii euwHK nm. on. nangiuiu. Thi.,r. h,llr awd on Chi.'aao Altun tralnt. -l'"-"' ioiy, aim a June V, Tr.y, of Albany, N. Y. ku barn iniiiill aawM'ialn (tiatlit of Ui Kuprrms court ol I lis i'lilliplne nJIii"ii. m that Norway and Ru am on the vi rj of war. Tha tinlftof Mb nation am Mng rll jr BKhlliMd, goral VKgagviuent la lmrobahle be- or in vmi ol July. FORCED TO DELIVER COOD8. Chicago Partl Enpreit Compani Enjoined by Court. Chicago. July 4 Artiwi Ukrn ye. aeveral large American and llritiah companir. The wiiet were down all lay yeaterday, and the roada were I in MUalle. ,o newt hat been received. im .wo rviKin are current, one nv iiv 1,(100 were kilted, another Myt that a I'i''1 'ie I'1 the defendant and turned leaat ltKl were drowned. the floodifatea of bit oratorv and letral Ijite tulingt are that (iuanaluato ii I.-I.rt ........I . , . "I"' .v....... U....O. " ' "T'r ,rl'"y which Senator Mitchell i. feint trie,! living room of Senator Mitchell in Washington, a room which he aaid con tained a fed and a trunk ; when he told of the love, veneration and honor in invading the higher part of the town. bile there it fear that the feoila dam may give way, which would mean com Tli meeting of th TnMiaiaid "rday by Judge lloldom, of the Hup, plete and general ruin. neirra lii b held In Portland In A a. put pruuilwn to le the tnot Intnreet- lll any y beta, A company ha Imn foinml In Han fiinc lira to pliH-e on th market gat wbicb it claluinl k be Ire from the jo)0"u matter that rauare delli lodirtwrnt have fen rvlnrnnl apiiwl 7 packing liou oflicial by Ife ItdMal grand Jury titling In I bu-ago. Tea uonu tbow vU.Uliout of the 8kew at Mlbirtwt law. la tpaaklng of the death of tWfwtery Hay, lb pmttlent aald "th Ameriran novw have nvr fed a giaalar wr lary of iti than Joim Hay, end hit km u t national calamity,' Ma 1). lUkidell-r bat given f 10, (W.Oiu for higher xlucation in th I'aitrd Hlatr. JI.ilUI U baa been drt larnl at any point and th entlrw Ituaaitn taplra la .li.krn with rvvolt. (irvat fiitain view with alarm the ffualh of lb navy of the t'nited iMi, and !! ) will Ihm br an pfrmx y of b pciBe in th ner lulor. Julin 1. Wallar. nth let englmwi f Hi Taiiama canal, aayt b will flrt a .taWm.nl to tb public which till (how lial b waa iuallfle-l in ton oVring bit leilgnation. ti.im.n powm tak an ettremety ui( view ol tb Ituaaian aitualion II It not livllcvnl that tha govemmenl an drprnd on It army, and, with tb mvy alrewly In revolt, a revolution 1 tart to cum, Th German Neval league declare that ol lb H battleebipa littcd In the "rar aavy, is tie called "old Met" trarcely fit for harbor dabroa. Knwbwr "3 hat not vet fevn bw I. I.L.I. ... . . I l r. . ... n.iw ii-aii oi i i ne cny it hum in t great gorge in in teauiMera trlke to the drlveia em- the mountalnr, and the etreeta ramble pluyeil by th local n-ehi epr up the mountain eidct in nictureaoue cumanie, who no uii.iiii-m llirougli I laahi.m A ttorm liegan furiously nn the niiiht I of June 3U, and after midnight no one dared to go la bed, to trrmendout war, the fury of the element. The water I roe in the lower or butine atreett. I Hooding thojit and damaainK thouaandii I ol dollart' worth of merchandise The lower street became raging tor' I rents at th water poured in riven down the upper streets. Doors were Ismaslied in by the fore of the water, and wlndowa were no protection against the lurioua flood feter advicet ttate that it it known that over KHI live were lot at (iusna iuato. A dispatch to ('resident Itobin I son, of the Mexican Central railroad, I aayt tin re are I,(K)0 dead at Uuana iuato The town of Marafllo, lust below (iuanaiuato, it completely wiped out : hi1' -) PEACE ENVOYS NAMED. Th Let John Hay lb city and suburbs. The Kmployers' aMorlatlon flled, two days sun, an ap plication for an Injucntion preventing lbee companlea fmin refusing to make delivvriet t and from the iMiyiotlnl house, as they bav been refusing to do slur lb commencement of the ttrlk. Joudir llolilom isaeud a teinxirary injunction againat three of th express eomnaniea which have relueml to tie- liver merchandise. Tlioee against wliom tb Injunctions were issued are: The Johnson Kxpreet company. Paire Bratlwra Kiurvea enmpany. and the Sooth Chicago Steamboat Eapreat com Russia and Japan Announct Repre ttntativet to Wathington, Oyster I lay, July 3. Ullicial an nouncement was made by President Koosevell tmlay of the namra of the Kuasian and Japanese envoys to the Washington pesce conference. The harat'ler and ability of the men levied by both belligerenU it an earn est of the desire of their rwiwvtive gov ernmenta to conclude if possible the tragedy being enacted in the rar hast Hy direction of the president, Bocre then be became the lawyer and pleader Usteuing members of the bench and bar who listened to this argument mar veled at tiie adroitness with which this document was attacked. It was done with such skill and cleverness, for each count was taken up and riddled and tconed at that now the government must make answer. The attack upon the indictment fol lowed the lines of the argument that ex-Senator Thurston had made before Judge le Haven. He tUted that the indictment held that Senator Mitchell had received money from Kriht, and be showed by the testimony of both Kribt and Tanner, that Kriht had never paid money to the defendant. The tpeaker held that before the government could mate tint count in tbe indictment ttick, it must prove that Senator Mitch ell had received bit payment either in gold, silver or currency. He cited that the Supreme court had held that check was not money, and contended that when Tanner deoeited the Kribt checks, those checks were purchased by the bank, waa their proerty to burn or tear up if they wished. The money that the senator received as hit share of the monthly receipt of the firm's business, no matter if that share con tained a part of the Krife' payment, could not be construed at having been paid to Senator Mitchell by kribt SECRETARY IS DEAD John Hay Passes Away Very Suddenly. FAITH IN CZAR GONE. WAS THOUGHT TO BE IMPROVING REFUSE TO FIRE. have notified him that they have ap pointed plenipotentiaries to meet here Crew of Second Russian Ship Joint In th Mutiny. London, July 1. A telegram bat been received here from Odessa timed 10 o'clock thit morning wbicb aayt The men of a second battleship have mutinied. Can tee no possibility The governments position undoubtedly it critical." tary uieb made the formal announce ; . .1.. f, . 1 1. ,. i .,. .i.i..,,.. ii . "The president announce that the "J"""""P""U Kuatian and Japanese Ofn ortwr. will fe compelled to make deli- trie lot all mrvlnta without discrim ination. STUDENTS MAKING BIO FUSS tiodsra battleship of other power. By an agitetonnt fetaeen tb nil tuauftctnring compani- 0f Kngtaod, srsnce, uermany and Belgium. In Eu I, tud those of the United titatre. tlx market of tha world have, I -mi divided. American cumtMnfel art to Chlntte Oovarnmtnt Doe Not Want poui oi Kuroe and In return will Coolie to uome 10 omenta, , B"l'tMd control ol the Detroit, July 4.Charle I)enby, tailed State. I.ii..i...il ,!vi.r tn tha vicemv ol Four soll.l-r. .r-il n North China, who la vlsiliim relative Honolulu fur Itiftk Inxr .rsitrlmiai tilil her, doe not tak serious view ol lliines inreais i oojio good owing to the Chinese exclusion act. Mr. Uenby, who baa for 20 years i-wn in rlo-e touch with mllllcal ami U.mmerelal affair in China, said: "The Chinese government is not hark Annual aa possible. Tbe two Kussian oleaipotenllsrlet ar Ambassador Mar tvieff. ex-minister of Justice, and now amfeteador at Koni. and Ambassador lloeen. Tbe Japanese plenipotentiaries are Itaron Komura. now minister of foreign affaire, and Minister Takabira. Ixmdon, July 1. In a second edition issued today the London Daily Mail print a dispatch from it correspond ent at Odessa, timed 1:23 Saturday morn inn iu which ht aayt: It waa at first reported by th au thoritie here that the battleship Pu- temkine surrendered unconditionally It la now confirmed that the mutineer coin lllSrlea J. IL,Iairla I,.. anl.H.1 Into his dot ics la secretary of lb Navy """iriiuiMll Seven negror and a white man were U-n from the Watklnavilla, Ueorgl. of thit agitation, and It is not support ". alio tliol by mob. 8ix jwrMiiis were killed and 30 in ire.i, in oi the latter seriously, in a 'otm at I'hilllpsburg, Kansas. it Is said thai former employe of l is lienf trust haa told the president all ueiaiia oi me working of tb trust in the official announcement Secre tary Taft scores J. F. Wallace, Tanama "tuieera, and demanda bit reelgn' Hon. Waabimiton haa appointed John V cam), chief eniiliiwr i u' lli residence on The crew n( ll, TJ....1.. l....ll.ln I Mr Mlevmiii aiuveeils hnlss Poteliikliia Arl t.l,a IhIa i i.. l vi-.ll.... Mr. HlevellS also lllS city of UitnaaA I.M,lnrt n..t !ir,l.a I .i ti I niafiniyer of the mo Oil d i ina In t in until nf tlia ra wav. lie H ill nor. lie a member of the latlimlan canai enuuius tend on or more addilional represent lives. The plenipotentiaries of both Itussla and Japan will bo entrusted with full rtower to negotiate and con elude a traatv of peace, subject, ol course, to ratification hy their respect ive home government. Coal From Captured Collier. (Idea. July 4. It 1 announced bat the crcwa of the warship which have mutinied have tent on shore dele ed by th merchant. It Is profeble gale to confer with the port omeials that Chinese student aie making tbe regarding terms of turrender.- They ,..i.u The student of ('hint, like aw-nred a Quantity of provisions from itwA ..I Rnaaia. are a factor in politics, it,, captain of the port and later vnnnii. hot-headed fellow, educated captured collier and replenished their abroad and with advanced reiorm meaa. bunker. It It ueueveti mai iney be granted amnesty ana mat loiiowing fti.w.ns Succeeds Wallact. such action by the govemmenl nicy ... i.. a u,,,i..M Tail I will surrender. Jl IS announced innv . I.. I It I pwalbt that each aid may on board that jip m joined Ity th crew of tbe battleship Georgi Pobiedo- noetseff, whose otiicera were taken pris oner and are now con Hoed In tue ship's brig, "lloth snips are now anchored in tue roadated, cleared for action, and using their searchlights vigorously, appar ently expecting an attack from the rest of the fleet, which is 15 mile distant. 'The commandant of the port here has received a telegram from St. Petersburg directing him to sink the rebel ship without regard to any possible Bombardment." No other London paper hat any such information, all printing: 'Official dispatches from both St. Petersburg and Odessa declaring that tha crew of the Potemkine surrendered uncondi tionally without a shot," detail at 6 o'clock last evening. Inn hells. "imiblance of order hat been re- wen In Odessa, but the situation la "111 most critical. Troops tired Into i (too inaclhiie gun, killing .Inn ll ssn nrv will tie s.iii.uuo a year. sir. ruevens is now 10 m Ice of the Philippine commission as Inspector In tb construction of 1,000 miles of Philippine railways. SUivens, of Chi- the loss of the recent rioting it between of the Panama IL'O.OtHl.lHiu aim si-o.uuu.uou. residence on . Armituc netrs who uapan. Ht. Petersburg. July 4. ftegotia tiona for a armistice between the armies of Russia and Japan, it can l detinue- Iv slated, are now in program, presum. ably at Washington j but they have not reached a stage where any further an nouncement can be made. The decis ion seema to rest with Japan, which country it weighing me relinquish fl'Jor (Imieral Wood baa been yrsnusi two month' leave of absence "m inn Philippine. Optn to Jtpanat Trad. Washington., July 4. The Stute de partment has been Hdvismi ny .ne American minister at Toklo that the Japanese military commander has, by appropriately marked. I .,r,-.lamiitloii. opened to the Japanese Vice Admital '!... l.., I ..,. chants for trudo and travel tha fob ' the Ilhick ' .leelln! to lowing MHiicliurlan towns: riishiko, m! tho post of Itiiui.ii lolol.tor of (old Nlu Chwang), lliaclieng, Anchiin , J ha ....... . r. .11.. v.,,, .1 , im iiiuiiy rimer, ine lero- 'US of Hiu I, ..1.1. 1 1. .1. I... I 11:.,.... ....,.uiul.ir haa . ..... uaiwu 01 ...Ulllliuillil, 1" I japaiietW HUlltMl ......... - Skims Over City Like Bird. Toledo, July 3. One of the most re markable llights ever made in an air ship was performed bnlay by A. K Knabenshue, who sailed through the air at a distance of three miles, landed on top of t ton-stroy office building in 25 minutes from the time of starting And then returned to the depot from which he started. The day wat ideal tor the daring feat. A light wind was blowing from the east, and Knabenshue . ni.nr.iaiMctsof bettering her sailed his aerial craft directly in the nretent advantageous position against face of the wind without any apparent . -1 11.... .,! iiumnu I .lilllt'llltv. . tue enormous cobv ui uyct. ...w...v 1 - j of another great battle. "'trine, A passenger train collided with 'riglit iu the suburb of Kansas City. brakemen were killed, teveral re vived fatal Injuries and a number of IMMsngnr received slight injurlo. Preaiil.mi i 1. 1 r. .... m . oovii ami oocruim 1 ' "ve conferred are not "onnceinont. Kalplng, Sengvang- The In format ion wat tien, Lyaonoang, .ti.nn Ualniaehl. g vn th American minlHter that this and a member 0 theexeci ?.'n " nnrelv militarv mensuiet. tee fo the Isthmian Canal Maroon Minister to Panama. Ovster Hay, July 3. President Kmisc- v It tKlav authorised ineaiinouiiceiueiii that he bad apiolnted Charles fi. Ma goon as United Statet minister at Pan ama. Judge Magoon It at present gov- emor of the canal tone, at 1'anmn, member of the executive commtt- commisslon, Flood Brings Big Snake. New York, July 3. The recent In undation of tbe River Parana has had strange consequences, cables tbe Her ald's correspondent at Buenos Ay res. Hy the great extension of the Kiver Platte, the dinks of Buenos Ay res and the harbor have been Invaded by float ing islands of laud torn from the banks of the Parana. These have brought ready on to Darlln Offered Steven' Place. Washington, July 4. W. A, Purling ( rhieaiin. who s connected Willi me canal matter u(N,K Island Hallway, lias noon lenuereu make any an-l.n amwilntinent to succeed J. . Slev- Prior to hit appoliitmont on the canul hosts of tropical animals, hundreds of commission he wat in lawouicem oig oei, ...... v.v..... 10. Inanlar affair bureau of the VVitr Even a tjger cub has been captured ituiiurtiii.tni'.. " 1 fa m Cltl lmn-t.P -m ' I rurifiiiifi wmnipiivi wvriigt Advanc on Vladivostok. I Panama, July 3. The sanitation of London July 4. The correspondent the city it Improving, tbe number rf I . ... n k . I I 1 1. l,,s Tiito lautni OR 1F runt am cm in th work of railway oousirucHo, . -- - . MV. Lwths for June being 25 per cent les UiS appOllltllHIH OI.WI. fl.uriio.a ;-'- .,-: ,l,, f..r M.v thnh June 1 ocntidered the worst month of year T), M . . . .....I...., th. l:rj rmumi bat awiisiieu m me - """ r that the Japanese are advancing on - 01 uie twora on board waranipt nat no. yei oeen ...uu.,... . . - , t, . , battle it im- Jun VCZrrd- Solver, will but It I. underttood he will accept the hjgJSS L Mj. Hay at Bedside of 8tstmau Death Wat Du to Pulmon ary Embolism. Newbury, New Hampshire, July 1. Secretary of Stat John Hay died at 12:25 thit morning. The tignt imme diately preceding hi death were those of pulmonary embolism. Mr, Hay 1 conditiou during all of Friday had been entirely satisfactory Tbe bulletin of Secretary Hay't death wat tigned by Charles L. Scudder. M D., and Fred T. Murphy, M. D. Mrs. Hay and Drs. Scudder and Mar phy were at tbe secretary's bedside when the end came. The secretary bade good nigh to hi wife and to hi attending physician about 10 o'clock last night, at the close of one of the best day be has bad since hi illness Tbe local trouble was clearing np satis factorily, according to r. Scudder. The secrteary suffered none of the old pansi in nit cbest which characterized his earlier illness. He had been per fectly comfortable a'l day and happy in the anticipation of leaving hit bed for tbe greater freedom and comfort of couch. At 11 o'clock he wa deeping quietly. A few minute after 13 o'clock be called the nurse, who at once sum moned Dr. Scudder. Both Dr. Scudder nd Dr. Murphy hastened to tbe bed' aide. The sercetary was breathing with difficulty, and expired almosat immediately afterward at 12:25. RUSSIAN OFFICIALS FRANTIC Grave Fcart That Army May Join in Rtvolt of Navy. St. Petersburg, July 1 . Tbe Rassian government, although it hsa been al most paralysed by tb terrible event at Odessa and tbe new that the sailors at Libaa have also mutinied, it making desperate and even frantic effort to stamp out the flame of revolution be fore tbey can spread to thearmy, which is now the last bulwark of the an toe racy. With Poland red with the spirit of revolt, the Caucasus already almost in a ttate of civil war, agrarian disorder spreading rapidly, the whole country profoundly stirred and the intelligent classea arrayed against the government, all condition seem ripe for the long predicted revolution. Tbe first act of the government after dispatching Admiral Kruger's squadron from Sebastopol wa to summon tbe Kniaa Potemkine, whose mutineers have now been joined by the crew of tb torpedo boat which accompanied it to Odessa, to surrender, under the threat ol firing upon and linking the vessel. This wa followed by the dec laration of martial law at Odessa and Libau and the slothing of the military commander witn plenary power. Tbe newly formed council lor imper tal defense met last night nnder the presidency of Grand Duke Nicholas, and was in session long after midnight. tfeyond toe tact that tha temper ol the army wa 'considered at length. nothing is known aa to what occurred in the council or regarding the decis ion at which it arrived. Great fear it expressed that many regiment are honeycombed with sedi tion, and there it grave doubt of their loyalty should they tie called upon to Ore on tbe revolutionist. Indeed the moet startling stories involving the un reliability .of the troops are being re peated in St. Petersburg, but the truth of many of them is more than questionable. Fast Train Goe Into Ditch. Cleveland, July 1. A fast esat bound passenger train on the Cleveland-Pittsburg branch of the Pennsylvania road wa derailed and wrecked near Atwa- ter, 0., today. At least one passenger was killed, while a dozen others were injured. The train is one of the fastest between Cleveland and Philadelphia, making the run ol 140 mile between the two cities in three hour and 15 minute. When the accident oc curred, the train wa probably running 50 miles an hour. A section crew was repairing the track. Progretl I Reported. Washington, July 1. Diplomat in Washington are looking to Ovster Day tor the official announcement within the next few days of the plenipotenti aries who will represent Russia and Japan at the Washington conference. Tbe president is in communication with the Russian embassy and the Japanese legation by telegraph, and It ta learned tonight that progress is be ing made, but 110 definite date for the announcement is suggested. Stir Up Hawaiian Chinese. Honolulu, July 1. A Chinese mass meeting has been called for tonight to Indorse the effort being made in China to effect a boycott nt. A inwrlcan goods. on account of the operations of th ex- ! clution lawt, Thoutandt of Russians ar Rising All Over the Empire. Chicago, III., June 30. Cabling from St. Petersburg, tbe Chicago Daily Kewt correspondent says: Nicholas has been decided in favor of peace in tbe Far Kast on account of the revolution in Poland. It bas been arranged wuri tne kaiser mat in case of revolt iu Poland, German troops will occupy Warsaw, and that thus the czar might continue to dispatch the Russian garnsions in Poland to the front. I ne roles, learning of this arrange. merit, made preparations to declare their independence, with tbe support of the Prussian Polish province! of Poten and Silesia. This ha paralyzed to a certain extent tbe kaiser a Moroc co scneme and compelled the czar promptly to consent to President Roose velt's proposals for peace. Count I tocki, tbe head of tbe famous Polish house of that name, said to your corre spondent today: i n less immediate measure are taken, Russia will shrink to its former dimensions, in Peter the Great's time The Nationalists, Socialists, Jews and Rutbeniana of Poland demand autono my. They refuse to delay. The mo ment it favorable to their wishes. The Hapsburg monarchy is falling asunder Hungary is on the point of separating from the dual empire. Herr Schnorer, the Aubtrian-German spokemssn, bold ly proclaims in tbe reicbstag the alle giance of bis party to tbe German em peror. "Only the Slavs, Pole and Bohemians are npbolding the shattered empire of the liapsburgs. Tbe emperor s death will be the signal for the country s en slavement by Germany. Should the czar pertevere in bis despotism, 30, 000,000 cultivated Western Slavs, in Poland and Bohemia, will found a state to resist the yoke of tbe czar and kaiser." Russia bas lost faith in the czar' promise and is disgusted with the du plicity of the bureaucracy. Every where tbe people are riaing. Blood flowed freely yesterday in tbe street of Warsaw, Lodz, Kiev, Riga, Odes Vilna and other centers. A PATHETIC PLEA. Judge Bennett Declare Prosecution of Mitchell To Be a Plot. Portland, June 30. Another day will send to the jury tbe case of Sena tor Mitchell, who bas been on trial be fore Judge De Haven in tbe United States court. Yesterday morning when court was convened Judge Bennett be gan his argument in behalf of the de fense, a plea that was attractive in sen timent, impressive in delievry, and undoubtedly one of the greatest efforts ever attempted by this well-known lawyer. " For more than three and a bait boors Judge Bennett held the closest atten tion of all within bearing. When he closed at 3:35 a blur of tear dimmed the eyes of tbe senator and many of his closest friends were much affected Tbe attorney's theme throughout wa that Senator Mitchell waa not guilty of any wrongdoing, and that the de fendant was the victim of a plot en gineered by some unnamed persons be hind tbe prosecution. It was a plot brought to a culmination by United State District Attorney Heney, whoee chief aim in the prosecution, according to Mr. Bennett, waa tbe glory of having convicted a United State senator. Skilfully counsel for tbe defense turned the construction that the prosecution had placed upon the letter between Senator Mitchell and hi former law partner, Judge Tanner He pictured Tanner a a rat in a trap, who, when once caught, waa a willing tool in the hands 01 jur. Heney in order to save hi own son from prosecution. Russian Army it Falling Back. Gunsha Pass, Manchuria, June 30. The most disquieting feature of the stragetic situation of the Russian ar mies is the persistence of the reports that Japanese cavalry and light infan try with field and machine guns are working northward of Kirin and west of the Grand Trade route toward Bo dune. Tbe Japanese cavalry on the west is under the command of Generals Tamara and Akiama. General Linie- vitch it not attempting seriously to oppose the Japanese advance along the front, but is drawing in bis outpost lines upon pressure. Report on Panama Canal. Washington, June 30. Reports re ceived at tbe office of administration of isthmian canal affairs show that on June 1 there was a grand total of 9,702 p.'rsons employed on canal work. Tbeie were 2,0ba in tbe department of gov ernment and sanitation. During May thero were six deaths from yellow fever on the isthmus, two canal employes and four American without employ ment being among the number. Dur ing June theie have been nine deaths from yellow fever on the isthmus, four of whom were canal employes. Bubonic Plague at La Boca. New York, June 30. The quaran tine against La Boca, three miles from Colon, because of a bubonic plague case there, has temporarily stopped freight t rathe by one of the steamship lines between New Y'ork and Panama. Unless other cases appear at La Boca, here trie runama ireigiu is trans ferred, tbe quarantine will be lifted July 0. Tbe embargo doe not affect direct shipments to Colon, nor hinder transportation of government supplies. Open Cuba to American Rice. Havana, June 30. Tbe house of rep resentatives today passed the rice bill. 7 he passage of this bill, it is expected, will open the market to American rice and encourage Uie cultivation of rice in Culm. RED FLAG HOISTED Crew of Russian Battleship Rebel and Kill Their .Officers. TRAIN GUNS OF SHIP ON ODESSA Great Arm! of Striking Workman Inflamed by Revolt of Sailor Tumult and Disorder Reign. Odessa, June 29. The red flag of revolution is hoisted at the masthead of the Kniaz Potemkine, Russia' most powerful battleship in the Black sea, which now lie in tbe harbor in th hsndi of mutineer. Tbe captain and most of the officert were murdered and thrown overboard in the open sea, and tbe ship i com pletely in the possession of tbe crew and a few offiors who have thrown in their lot with the mutineer. The guns of the Kniaz Potemkine are trained on the city, and in tb streets masse of striking workmen who fled before tbe volleys of the troop ar now lnnuned by tbe spectacle of open revolt on board an imperial warship and are making a bold front against the military. Ali day long firing has been heard in many cnartera of the city. A number of barricade bave been erected, and tumult and disorder reign. The main squadron of the Black sea fleet, consisting of the battleship George Pobiedonosteetz, (George the Victorious), Tri Sviatelia, Rotislav, and Ekaterina II, with two cruisers. are expected to arrive here tonight, and a regular naval battle ia in prospect. Tt rioter are in a, moat defiant mood, and are not inclined to surrender without fighting. Report of the mutiny, which oc curred while tte battleship waa at tea, are difficult to obtain, aa th mutineer refuse to allow communication with the shore, bnt it is ascertained that it arose from the shooting of a sailor who was presenting on behalf of the crew a complaint against bad food. HENEY FINISHES. Government i Heard and Defans Presents It Case. Portland. June 29. District Attor ney Heney spoke for three hoars in th United State court yesterday. With hardly a change of muscle. Senator Mitchell sat through this verbal lash ing. Once, while holding a whis pered consultation with Judge Bennett, he shook his finger. His hand wa pointed toward Mr. Heney. Whether he was protesting at something that the speaker was saying i not known, bnt his counsel shook his head, and th senator settled back in his chair. Dar ing tbe long year of his public career Senator Mitchell must have been the storm -center of more than one stormy verbal outburst. Perhaps during most of these controversies he was so placed that he could fight back by word of mouth. Perhaps during bis career a a lawyer, he ha given client before the bar, just such another denuncia tion, as he received yeet rday, but in all oi hi varied career he ha never been bound and gagged r he was dur ing all the hour that he wa forced to listen to what Mr. Heney wa saving. Hi dignity as a senator wa brushed aside with a single breath. Mr. Heney was pounding into tbe ears ol the jury the fact that it was John H. Mitchell who waa not above the law, and not Senator Mitchell, who was on trial. It bad been expected that Mr. Heney would finish his argument by noon. When the court convened be announced that he would try to close at that time, but when the noon hour came he wa still an hour away from the end. It is believed that Judge Bennett will take np the entire day in hi argu ment. Ex-Senator Thurston will he heard after this, and Mr. Heney will close for the government, so the indi cations are that tbe case will not go to the jury nntil late Friday afternoon. and perhaps not untit some time Saturday. Kept Gold in Stateroom. Seattle, June 29. Jamea B. Wood beat the express and steamship com panies on their elevated bullion charges. He brought his gold from Nome to Seattle in his stateroom. When Mr. Woods left Nome, he say the only boat then in port and not in in the combination to raise rate from H of 1 per cent to X of 1 per cent wat the Zealandia, which was to sail for San Francisco. Wood confirm the statement that unless the rates ar changed the bullion from Nome will go to San Francisco instead of to Seattle. Big Order of Cartridges. Washington, June 29 A contract for 9,000,000 rounds of ball cartridge! of caliber .30 was awarded today by Acting Secretary Oliver, of the War department, the contract being divided equally between the Winchester Re peating Arms company, the Union Metallic Cartridge company and th United States Cartridge company. Tb bids of the three companies wa iden tical in every particular, the price ol each being $42.60 per 1,000 rounds. China Detiret Repretentatlon. Pekin, June 29. Tbe correspondent of the Associated Press here is informed on good authority that China desire to be represented in theaRu880-Japan peace conference. " v, . , I lll.VV