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EVENTS OF THE DAY
0ATHERED FROM ALL PARTS OP THE
TWO HEMISPHERES.
Comprehensive Review of tho Import
ant Happenings of the Past Week,
Presented In Condensed Form, Mont
Likely to Prove Interesting to Our
Many Readers.
Tho czar nntl a council of wnr havo
decided to ndviso Kuropatkin to en
deavor to relieve Tort Arthur.
Russia has dispatched tho first of
eight submarine- boats to Vladivostok
by rail.
Tho Japnncso are landing a second
army nt Tnkushnn. ,
Tho president has ordered an attorney
to Alaska to investigate the olllccs of
governor and judges.
Superintendent Potter, of tho Cho
niinvn Indian school, may bo trans
ferred as n result of tho charges nguinst
htm.
Largo forces of Clilncso bandits are
collecting in the hills northeast of tho
Lino river and aro preparing to cut the
railway north of Mukden.
Transports loaded with troops con
tinue to leave Westorn Japnncso ports
dally for the theater of war. A largo
proportion of thoeo dispatched during
tho past week woro to reinforce General
Oku.
A now striko of what promises to bo
rich oro has been mado nbout 111 miles
from Cripplo Creek. Over n thousand
claims havo nlrcndy been staked out.
A sovcro bnttlo is reported to hnro
occurred six miles from Port Arthur.
Tho Russians cannot hold tho second
lino of defenses and must fall back to
Port Arthur.
An Alaskan hermit has died declar
ing ho is TubcoU, the long sought Chi
cago murderer.
Tho Washington, D C, Post advo
cates John Darrott, of Oregon, for tho
Republican candidate for vice presi
dent. Franco has been asked nnd has
agreed to assist in securing tho rolcnso
of tho American bold by tho Moroccan
bandit.
A friond of General Kuropatkin says
that tho gcnoral will not mako n move
until July when no will have tho over
whelming musses needed.
Tho Moroccan bandit demands n ensh
ransom of $70,000 and n subordinate
kingdom with tho right to lovy taxes
on travelers for tho release of his cap
tives.
A Tokio dispntch says that Gcnoral
Kuroki lias coniplotoly defeated General
Kuropatkin's forces near Saimntzo.
All tho positions east of Unit Chang
havo been abandoned. Several guns
havo been takon and tho whole forco of
Cossacks captured.
Attack on Port Arthtu is ezpoctod to
begin about Juno 20.
Clashes botweon Japanese nnd Rus
sian skirmishing parties continue.
Gcnoral Kuroki is harassing Kuro
patkin so as to give Oku a clear road to
Port Arthur.
Mayor McLean, of Baltimore has
committed suicide. No causo for tho
act is known.
A bridge ovor tho Arkansas river at
Salida, Colo., collapsed and four peoplo
were drowned.
Tho Russians havo abandoned Cheng
Ko Chen Pan, Huang Shan and Liu
Shu Tun, moving in closer to Port
Arthur.
Flro in Cloveland, Ohio, destroyed
100,000 worth of property. Tho prin
cipal loss will bo that of tho St. Clair
stroet school.
Tho czar is very much displeased
with both Kuropatkin and Alexieff and
it is said ho would relievo them woro it
not that he fears tho effect o'f public
opinion.
It 1b said an agroemont has been
drafted whereby Germany promises
armed support to Russia if necessary
to prevent England and tho United
States from attempting to submit tho
Far Eastern question to an interna
tional congress.
Senator Quay, of Pennsylvania, is
dead.
The Chinceo are assisting tho Japan
eso in every way possible.
Tho Presbyterian general assembly
will ask tho senate to oust Smoot.
The Baltic fl-wt cannot bo in shape
to sail for tho Far East beforo October
at tho earliest.
Major Langfltt has asked that Oregon
be allowed f 50,000 out of the emergen
cy river and harbor appropriation.
Black smallpox, brought from the
Orient, has stirred the people of Vic
toria, 15. 0. A passenger from one of
tho liners died of tho disease soon after
reaching shore.
The news of the fall of Kinchou was
first published in Russia while the peo
ple were celebrating the coronation of
the czar.
The new explosive ueed by Japan is
a surprise to all military exports, It
eeems the strongest known, piercing the
heaviest armor plate easily. Its manu
facture is a profound secret.-
Four men entered a Chicago store
one block from the Central police sta
tion and compelled tho nix clerks and
14 cuetomers to stand back while they
robbed tho cash register. They secured
38S.
The Good Roads convention in 1005
will be held in Portland.
JAPANESE MINDS EXPLODED.
Russians Continue to Clear the Port
Arthur Roadstead.
St. Petersburg, Juno 4. The follow
ing dispatch from Viceroy Alexieff to
tho emperor has been received here:
"Rear Admirals Wittsoeft and Grig
orovitch report that up to May 28 nu
merous Japaneeo mines hnd been dis
covered and exploded In tho roadstead
of Port Arthur. Tho Japaneeo evident
ly havo replaced tho flrcshlpB which
they formerly usoJ, by mines sown by
merchant steamers in their scrvlco."
Tho emperor has received tho follow
ing dispatch from General Kuropatkin:
"All is quiet in tho direction of
Feng Wang Cheng. Siu Yen has not
been occupied by Japaneso detach
ments. "On May 30 two camps of Japanese
infantry nnd 30 dragoons advanced
nlong the Tnkushnn road towards Ona
lassl for tho purposo of turning tho loft
flank of our outposts. Our scouts dis
covered tho movement nnd firing en
sued, in tho course of which nno Cos
sack was wounded nnd ono horso killed.
"Tho Japaneso detachment, which
our cavalry successfully engaged Mny
30, is now stntioncd four vcrsts from
Vnfnngow, fortifying its position.
"There hnvo been further Japnncso
advances from Snlmntza toward Feng
Chow Ling Pnes on tho Liao Yang
road." ' .
FLOOD IN HOriBS.
Cloudbursts Compel Six Hundred Kansas
Families to Flee.
Topoka, Kan., Juno 4. Kansas
streams nro rapidly rising tonight.
CloudburstB nro reported from Emporia,
Newton, Strong City, Florence Man
hattan, St. John and Salinn. At Lin
coln Center moro than four inches of
water foil in thrco hours.
Heavy rains nro roportcd from up
stream in tho Kaw valley, hut most of
tho high wnter troublo is being experi
enced in tho botom lands between Em
poria nnd Newton. At Emporia tho
Neosho nnd Cottonwood rivers nro re
ported ns rising n foot an hour. At
Florence, the Santa Fe tracks nro
washed out in soveml places.
Six hundred peoplo woro forced to
leave their homes in Nowton, and res
cuo parties will bo nt work nil night
saving people from the flood.
Tho town of Elmdalo, eight miles
from Cottonwood I'alis, Is reported as
being under throe feet of water.
A so veto wind accompanied the rain,
greatly damaging fruit and growing
crops.
Tornado Injure Twenty.
Omaha, Juno 4. Additional reports
from Toknmnh, which was struck last
night by n tornado, indicato that about
20 persons woro Injured, somo of them
seriously hurt. Thero wero no fatal
ities. Tho storm wrecked most of tho build
ings in its path, which was a block in
width and soveral blocks long. Tho
opora house, two gcnoral stores, n
blacksmith shop nnd sovernl icsidencos
wero destroyed. A high school com
mencement rehearsal was in progress
in tho opera Iioubo whon tho storm
struck tho building, carrying awny tl.o
i oof nnd partially wrecking tho walls.
A number of pupils weio injured.
Tho peoplo of tho town had ltttlownrn
ing of tho coming storm, nnd many had
narrow escapes. Tho property loss is
henvy.
MBBT AT FULL SPUBD.
Electric Car In Ohio Collide and Six
Persona are Killed.
Norwnlk, O., Juno 4. Six persons
wore killed and a dozen or moro hurt
this afternoon ns a result of the collis
ion on tho Lako Shoro Elcctrlo railway
botweon an east bound fast electric pas
sengor enr and a westbound "package
freight" car nt Wells Cornem, n fow
milos east of this city.
Tho ncident occurred nt a point qulto
distant from any immediate means of
communication, and assistance was
sent from Norwnlk, whero every phy
sician ami nurses in tho city was hur
riod to tho place. All thoeo killed
wero in tho smoking compartment of
tho passenger car. Tho cars wero su
burban electric rare of tho largest typo,
and were smashed to pieces. They met
in collision at full speed.
One Squadron Annihilated,
fit. Petersburg, Juno 4. General
Sakaroff has telegraphed us follows,
under today's date, to tho general staff:
"According to reports, tho Japaneso
commander in tho action of May 30
near Vafangow had three battalions of
Infantry in reserve. Our losses were
17 men killed and 23 men wounded
and Lieutenant Meyer nnd another offi
cer, whoso name has not been ascer
tained, wounded. The Japanese losses
wero very considerable. Ono squadron
of tho Thirteenth Japaneso cavalry was
annihilated."
Ruaslant Find Food Scarce.
Seoul, Juno 4. Tho Russian Dands
scattered throughout Ham Heung pro
vinco aro encountering commissariat
difficulties. The countrysldo is Illy
supplied with food and forage, owing
to the bad crops of the past two years.
Since the first Russian raid there has
oeen no trado at Yensan and Songjin,
and consequently no importation of
foodstuffs. Tho Russian movements
in Corea caused widespread starvation,
Report! Battleship Aground.
St. Petersburg, Juno 4. An uncon
firmed rumor has reached hero from
Mukden that the Japanese battleship
Fuji is aground on a reef off the Mlao
Tao islands, between tho Kwan Tung
and Shan Tung promontories, where
she is being guarded by torpedo boats.
THEY ARETO RETIRE
RUSSIA WILL ABANDON ALL
SITI0NS SOUTH OF HARBIN.
P0.
Reallte That Manchuria Cannot Be Meld
Czor Olves tils Consent livery Pre
caution Uetnic Alndc to Withstand
Siege Hope lintertalncd Enemy Alay
Find Too Many Lines to Ouard.
Moscow, Juno 3. Tho Russian gov
ernment is beginning to realizo that
its troops in tho field will hardly bo
able to retain possession of Manchuria,
and that oven moro reverses nro in
store for General Kurorotkin's army.
It is learned from an absolutely do
pendablo sourco that Harbin 1b being
fortified and placed in condition to
withstand n siego nnd that it is gener
ally believed in government circles that
tlie army will bo compelled to abandon
jHUKiion ana all positions to tho south
ward nnd retire to Harbin, thero to
await tho Japaneso armies. Tiro in
formant states that all tho heavy siege
guns which havo been roported as
shipped for use in tho Russian lortifl
cations In Southern Manchuria during
tiro last fow weeks nro in reality in
tended for service at Harbin.
Nor is that all. Kronstadt nnd
other first class fortresses nro being do
nuded of their heaviest guns, which
aro bieng prepared for shipment to tho
Mnnchurinn border, there to be mount
ed nt Harbin. It is tho hope of tho
cznr nnd his advisers that this placo
may bo mado impregnable, and the
Japaneeo can bo compelled to extend
their lines over eo much territory that
they will exhnttst thomselves guarding
their lines of communication.
It is certain that General Kuropat
kin's insistnnco that it is Impossible to
retain control of Manchuria has had n
painful effect on tho cznr, who hns
triiBtcd implicitly to Admiral Alexioff.
Tho Intter declared that no Japaneeo
army could over secure n footing north
of Yalu, but this dream has been dis
pelled and now tho Russian govern
ment is facing tho fact that tho Japan
eso not only hnvo obtained a foothold,
but also that their forces nro equal, if
not superior in numbers, to the Rus
sians, nnd nt the same time aro much
better equipped.
WILL END KIDNAPPINQ.
France Will ExercUe More Authority
In
Morocco In Future.
Furls, Juno 3. Tho requost of tho
United States for tho co-operation of
Franco in bringing nbout tho releaso of
Perdicaris and Vnrley has produced u
very favorable impression at tho forolan
oillco here, whero much significance is
attached to tho request, ns embodying
tho first distirtct international recog
nition of Franco's paramount influence
in Morocco. It is expected that this
will lead to n moro emphatic exorcise
of French authority over Morocco with
tho view of suppressing lawlessness and
tho protection of foreigners, but tho
nnturo of tho future steps is not an
nounced pending the negotintions on
the subject.
Ambassador Porter called nt tho for
olgn oillco this morning nnd conferred
with Foreign Minister Delcasso relative
to the course of tho Washington cabi
net. Yesterday M. Delcasso stated that
negotiations wero now progressing at
Tangier and nt Fez, tho chief reliance
being placed on tho sultan's yielding
beforo tho united representations of
Franco, Great Britain nnd tho United
States.
Will aive Japan Large Sum.
Chicago, Juno 3. Ito Ilimatsu, n
Japaneso merchant of New York, Iras
arrived in Chicago with a common
split-Uather valiso containing f 1,200,
000 in United States money, which ho
will give to the mikado to help defeat
Russia. Tho cash Is till in United
States gold notes nnd bank hills. The
monoy was deposited hero with n trust
company on tho advice of tho local Jap
atieso consul. Ito Himutsu expects to
sail from San Francisco on Juno 11.
Ho is n recognized authority in America
on Japanese ttrt, and his discourses for
tho last five years have been tho sub
ject of many written disquisitions on
the influence of Japaneso arts and Jap
aneeo ideals upon modern aestheticism.
Japan Willing to Prohibit Emigration.
Victoria, II. 0., Juno 3. A passen
ger by the steamship Empress of Jupnn
wuk T. Aoygi, special immigration coin
miesioner from tho Japanese govern
ment, to confer with the Canadian arid
United States governments regarding
the immigration of Japanese laborers.
He says that he comes empowered to
accept the suggestion of each govern
ment that still further restrictions bo
placed on emigration from Japan. Tho
Japaneso government is perfectly will
ing, ho says, to prohibit tho further
emigration.
Will Uulld Road In Alaska.
WashiriKton, Juno 3. A 10,000,000
railroad company, to be known us the
Yukon-Valdes Railway company, was
incorporated irr Richmond, Vu,, today,
Tho object of the company is to build n
road 350 miles long in Alaska from
Valdes to Eaglo City, Tho president
of tho company Is Ambler J. Stewart,
of New York, nnd John II. Summer
field, of Brooklyn, is secretary and
treasurer. Tho principal offices of tho
company will bo in Norfolk, Va.
Hall Breaks Car Window.
Hutchinson, Kan., Juno 3, This
section and all southwestern Kansus
was drenched by n heavy rain, accom
panied by hail. Between Bucklln and
Meade, on tho Rock Island road, hall
did much damage to crops. Hail broke
nearly every window on the north sldo
of an eastbound Rock Island train, and
broken glass cut several passengers.
PORT ARTHUR SITUATION BAD.
Famine Prices Bxlst and Many People
Eat Chinese Food.
Niu Ghwnng, Juno 2. -SomoChlneso
fugitives from Port Arthur, who havo
just arrived hero, descrlbo the situa
tion of tho inhabitants thero ns dospor
nto. Fnmino prices exist. Tho cost of
provisions increases weekly. Many
persons aro reduced to eating Chinese
food, nnd oven that is dear. Millet
flour costs $0 n bag. Whole strcots
and soveral public buildings havo been
wrecked by Japaneso shell lira. Tho
hospitals aro packed with sick and
wounded.
Tho work of repairing tho damaged
warships has been stopped. All civil
ians havo been given military duty.
Tho general health of tho inhabitants
is goal, except Chinese, who nro dying
of starvation. Theft hns been made
punishable by death.
Tho railway is completely destroyed
as far as Kinchou, and thero nro fre
quent gnpa botwoon Kinchou nnd Wn
1'nng Ting. There nro 16,000 Japanese
troops there, but no signs of troops fur
ther north. During tho fighting nt
Kinchou 209 Chincso were killed by
tne Japnncso lire.
Tho very highest Rursian authority
hero, whllo not bolloving thnt Port
Arthur wl'l fall, admits Its loss would
bo n terrible loss to thoMtusolnn arms.
Tho samo authority says Russia may
send n largo army to tho south of Niu
Chwang in tire evont of Gcnoral Stoes
sol being nble to hold his own nt Port
Arthur. This, howovor, Is not posslblo
nt present, owing to tho positions oc
cupied by tho Jnpnneso nrnilcB operat
ing from tho Yalu river nnd Tnku
Shnn. Tho Russians nro not snngulno
ns to tho outlook for Port Arthur.
Moro contraband of war Is nrrlvlng
horo. Two cargoes of flour nnd tinned
monts nnd somo spolro woro rushed to
Mukdon ns soon ns thoy wero unloaded.
Heavy rains are daily making tho
roads almost Impnssablo. Tho Chincso
brigands nro becoming nctive.
OLBO LAW VALID.
United State Supreme Court
Hands
Down Decision.
Washington, Juno 2. Tiro supremo
court of tho United States, in an
opinion by Justico Whlto today, uphold
tho constitutionality of tho oleomargar
ine law. Leo W. McKay sued tho gov
ernment in tho Southern district of
Ohio, to recover $50 paid by him ob a
penalty forthesalo of a 50 pound pack
ngo of colored oleomnrgariue, contain
ing n stamp tax of threo-qunrtors of a
cent a pound instead of 10 cents a
pound.
McRay'n counsel nrauod first, thnt.
although tho "oloo" was colored to
look liko bttttor, tho color was obtained
by tho uso of buttor, which was Itsolf
artificially colored, but tho uso of
which ns nn ingredient in tho manu
facture of "oloo" was authorized by
law j and, second, thnt tho tax of 10
cents a pound was prolbltivo and con
fiscatory, nnd an attempted fodornl
usurpation of tho pollco powers of tho
state. Tho court said tho tax contem
plated tho finished product and not tho
uotnlls of manufacture. Tho court
therefore affirmed tho judgment of tho
lowor court, upholding tho validity of
tho law nnd tho tax.
Tho chiof justico and Justices Brown
and Peckham dissented.
MACHINISTS QO OUT.
Three Thouaand Chicago Men Proteat
Against 10-Hour Day.
Chicago. Juno 1. Tho 3,000 ma
chinists employed in tho companies
that compose thnt Metal Trades associ
ation wont on striko laet night ns n pro
test against tho 10-hour dny, nnd prac
tically all of tho 115 shops represented
in tho association are closed today.
No effort will bo mndo to opornto tho
shops until tomorrow, nnd then tho
forco of tho ourployers will bo central
ized at a fow plants.
Tho 10-hour tiny was Inaugurated by
tho omployors for tho purposo of bring
ing the striko to n crisis. In n state
ment sent out tonight by tho officers of
the association, it is declared that tho
omployors hadno Intention of return
ing to tho 10-hour day, but thoy were
compelled to tako this stop to combat
tho slow Individual striko campaign,
which wafl commenced by tho Mnchln
ists' union some time ngo.
Russian Commands Consolidated.
St, Petersburg, Junu 2. By nu im
perial uknso just issued, tho control of
the ports of Roval, Svoaborg and Tibau
and nil the naval forces of tho lialtlo
has been transferred to the commandant
of the port ot Cronstadt, with tho title
of commander in chiof of tho fleet nnd
ports nnd of the defenses of tho Baltic
sea, lite oDleet oi tlte consolidation ol
tho commands is to insure uniformity
In tho measures adopted in tho dofenso
ot tho coasts of tho Baltic during tho
existing stnto of war.
Horscthlevrs and Olficcra Battle.
Salt Lako, Juno 2, According to a
Herald special from Buffalo, Wyo.,two
horsethieves, members of tho gang of
which "Driftwood Jim" McCloud, rrow
serving a term in the penitentiary, was
leader, fought a battle with Sheriff
Webb, of Natrona county in tho Big
Horn mountains recently, Ono of tho
thieves was shot from his horso, but
his companion picked him up and thoy
fled to the Bad Lands on ono horse,
The sheriff and posse are in pursuit.
Disproves Koch's Theory.
London, Juno 2. Tho royal commis
sion appointed in August, 1001, to in
quire into tho relation between human
and animal tuberculosis has arrived at
a conclusion justifying the issuance of
nn interim report according to which
the commission finds that human and
bovine tubercolosls aro practically
identical,
NEEDS A RAILROAD
CENTRAL OREQON IS RAPIDLY
INQ TO THE FRONT.
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State Land Board Touring That Section
Examining Irrigation Projects Mem
bers Surprised by What They Saw
Lately Only Sagebrush Now Thriving
Farms ace to Be Seen Everywhere.
Hnystnck, Or., Juno 1. "I nro as
tonished that Central Oregon has not
long ngo been tapped by n railroad con
necting this section of th state with
Portland," said Govornor Chamberlain
today upon his arrival horo from Shan
Iko, In company with Secretary of Stnto
Dunbnr nnd Stnto Treasurer Mooro.
Thoso state officers, as members of tho
stnto land board, aro on tholr way to
tho Uppor Deschutes country to exam
ine tho irrigation projects which hnvo
been started undor tho provisions ot
tho Carey arid-land act. Thev came
out to Shnnlko, In tho southern part of
Shorman county, ovor tho Columbia
Southorn, and from thero took a
prlvnto conveyanco and aro traveling
across Crook county, learning what
thoy can of tho country, so that they
may the moro intelligently net upon
questions that will nrise in tho transac
tion of business relative to tho irriga
tion enterprises.
Though tho member a ot tho board'
know something of tho general charac
ter of tho country and hnvo read statis
tics Bhowing tho quantity nnd values of
tho products of this part of tho stnto,
thoy admit that thoy had no fair con
ception of tho progress that lias been
mado in tho development of industrial
rcnourcos and of tho possibilities for
future growth. With ono accord thoy
cxproBs tho opinion thnt Oregon should
bo looking nftor her cornmorclnl inter
ests in Central Oregon nnd not -permit
California to step In and tako trado
thnt naturally bolonga to Portland.
Whllo thoy havo not yet visited tho ir
rigation projects, thoy havo seen
enough of tho nowly-settled country to
convince thorn thnt this section of Ore
gon ia destined to bo n great producer
ot wealth through its agricultural re
sources, and that if tho irrigation enter
prises provo to be tho success that is
now expected of thorn, Crook will bo
one ot tho most important farming
counties of tho state
BANDIT TOLD TO BBWARB.
America Will Hunt Him to Hit Death If
Captive U Harmed.
Washington, Juno 1. Rnlsulll, tho
Moroccan bnndit, was today notified by
Secretary Hay, through United States
Consul Gonornl Gummoro, thnt if seri
ous injury comes to iris Amoricnn enp
tlvo, Ion Pordicnris, tho United Statea
will hunt him to his (loath. This will
bo dono whothor it takes weeks,
months or years. Consul Gcnoral
Gummoro was Instructed to mako this
message to Ralsulll us forciblo ns pos
sible, nnd to Inform hint thnt no Euro
pean nation will bo permitted to pro
vent his punishment.
Tho cablegram was sent in response
to tho ono from Mr. Gummoro advising
thnt Ralsulll would kill Perdicaris and
his stepson unless tho torma of Iris pro
posed ransom mot with prompt com
pliance. Mr. Hay Iras reached tho con
clusion that the terms imposed cannot
and will not bo accepted. If Rnlsulll
carries out his threat and kilts his cap
tives, tiro sultan of Morocco will boiin
medlatetly notified that ho must hunt
down nnd execute tho bandit. Ameri
can ships will remain in tho harbor of
Tangier until the matter ia sottlod. If
necessary, Amoricnn cavalrymen will
bo sent thoro to assist in capturing tho
brigands. Such an intervention will bo
a friendly ono nnd would moot with as
sistance from tho sultan.
Secretary Hay is still hopeful that
he will tako up the matter nnd insti
tute the necessary measures to capture
and punish the bandits. In any event,
ho feels sure thnt Great Britain will
assist the United States, ns Cromwell
Vurloy, kidnapped with M. Perdicaris,
is a British subject.
Two Hundred Made Homeless.
Ottawa, Kan., Juno 1. Tho Mario
des Cygenes river hero is higher than
ever known, and tho overflow has
caused a serious flood. Above hero,
howovor, the stream is falling, and tho
worst probably is over. Two hundred
fariiilles aro homolesB in the lowor por
tions ol Ottawa nnd vlclnty. In North
Ottawa sovernl .business houses aro
flooded, thoro are two foet of water in
tho Santa Fe depot, and tho lower
floor of tho Marsh hotel Is covered with
wntor. Tho Suntu Fo yurds aro two
feut under wator.
Fresh Sensation In Dreyfus Case.
Paris, Juno 1. A fresh sensation ia
promised in tho Droytua case. Tho
minister of wnr hns caused tho arrest
of nn officer whoso identity ia kopt a
profound secret nnd who is charged
with having expended a largo amount
of money at tho trial of Dreyfus at
Rennes in order to secure tho convic
tion of the accused. The officer is in
close confinement in the fortress of
Valerian and no Information regarding
tho case will bo made public at present.
Mined by the Japanese.
Vladivostok, Juno 1. It la believed
from information receivod hero that
tho Japanese havo mined Poter the
Grout Gulf, on which this town is situ
ated, a task of easy accomplishment be
cause of tho recent heavy fogs. A
smull Corean sailing vessel was blown
up yesterday, The region is quiet so
far as military operations aro concerned,
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