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IrMMiti VOL. XLIIL NO. 13,542. PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1904. PRICE FIVE CENTS. LOST M MEN Russian General Re ports on Yaiu Battle. WOUNDED KUMBER 700 St Petersburg Officials Are Almost Stunned. FEAR IT MAY BE STILL WORSE Greatest Loss .Was Sustained In Ef fort to Save, the Two Regi ments Which Were Occu pying Antung. ST. PETERSBURG, May 5. 2:47 A. 1L The Russian losses at the battle of Klu Lien Cheng: were 2000 men and 40 officers, far greater than previously reported. This Is the official estimate of Major General Kashtallnsky, who directly com manded the division that suffered the brunt of the attack, and -whose report has not been received by the Emperor. Many are Inclined to place the Russian losses oven higher. General Kashtallnsky mentions also that moro than 700 wounded had arrived at Feng: Wang Chens:, and these may not be Included In his calculations. He made no attempt to estimate the Japanese losses, merely stating they must have been colos sal. The magnitude of the Russian losses had an almost stunning effect on the au thorities, and aroused general grief, miti gated only by satisfaction at the bravery displayed by the Russian troops. . Never Intended to Pay Such Price. Not for a moment was there any Inten tion to pay such a terrible price for delay ing the enemy's crossing of "the Yalu. This fact was known throughout the city, and gavo rise to renewed reports, at tributed to official sources, that General Kuropatkin had officially censured Lleu-tenant-General Zassalltch. If this was so, General Kuropatktn's teleghaphed criti cism of Zassalltch was carefully cut out of the dispatches which have been pub-' llahed, and the general Impression now held Is that he will remain In Manchuria. Kashtallnskys report establishes the fact that the Russians sustained the greatest loss in order to save the two regiments which were occupying Antung. The Eleventh Regiment was given the post of honor at the rear, with Instruc tions to hold back the oncoming Japanese. The Twelfth Regiment and the Third Bat ' tery's quick-firing detachment were direct ed to retire. By the time the latter movement commenced, the Japanese had almost surrounded the Russian 'position. The Twelfth Regiment was compelled to charge with bayonets and succeeded in breaking through the enemy's line. The Second Battery's quick-firing de tachment, without horses, could not move the guns, and were compelled to abandon them. The men of the Sec ond Battery put their shoulders to the wheels in an effort to push the guns up the mountain side, but the Japanese fire was so hot that they returned to the protection of the Eleventh Regi ment. Nearer and nearer approached the Japanese, and a charge upon the Eleventh Regiment and the Second Battery was Imminent, so the guns were abandoned. Priest Leads Terrible March. Then a priest lo4 the troops and they began the terrible march across the valley. "Klu Lien Cheng is history, and we must deal with impending events," said an officer of the general staff to the Associated Press. The Idea has prevailed that the Rus sians would not make a stand at Feng "Wang Cheng, but the fact that a Jap anese occupation of that point would enable a movment to the southwest. WRITE US FOrt SAMPLES AND PRICES OF ELTI, PACKING ID HEADQUARTERS FOR ALL KINDS OF RUBBER GOODS GOODYEAR RUBBER COMPANY K. H. PEASE, President. n AND 75 FIRST STREET. PORTLAND, OREGOX. DARK ROOM ABOLISHED Demonstration of the KODAK DEVELOPING MACHINE by an expert from the factory at our Photographic Department on Thursday afternoon from 2 to 6. Bring a roll of film and have it developed free! BLUMAUER-FRANK DRUG CO. 142-146 FOURTH ST., PORTLAND, OR. SHAW'S PURE MtA' IAM4W3 r BLUMAUER & HOCH 108 and 110 Fourth Street ftol DlatrifeuUra for Oregon and Washington. thus cutting: oft the Xiao Tung1 Penin sula, which Is taken into considera tion by the authorities, leads to the expectation that General Kuropatkin will dispatch strong reinforcements there and make a determined stand. The activity of the Japanese, it is remarked here, is not only north of the Yalu River, from which there is con stant scouting, but also of the Llao Tung Peninsula, though the failure to seal Port Arthur may interfere with the operations they had been expected to carry out on the West Coast of that peninsula. INFORMS RUSSIA OF REVERSE. General of the Yalu Engagement Re ports in Detail. ST. PETERSBURG, May 4. The Em peror today received the following dis patch from General Kuropatkin: "Major-General Kahtalinsky reports as follows: " 'I consider it my duty to report the circumstances of the grievous, yet glo rious, battle fought by the troops un der my command with the superior forces of the Japanese on May 1. " 'Early on the morning of April 30, the Japanese began to oppress our left flank, having on the previous evening occupied the Khussan Heights, after an attack, in consequence or which I ordered the Twenty-second Regiment, which had occupied Khussan. to retire across the Ai River to our position at Potletensky. " 'I received orders from Lieutenant General Zassalltch to accept battle, and to retain my position at Potleten sky. My left flank was defended by two b'attallons of the Twenty-seventk Regiment and the Third Battery of the Sixth Brigade. " 'The Japanese took the offensive at 5 o'clock in the morning, despatching at least one division of Infantry which, advancing in column, sustained enor mous losses, but crossed the ford and attacked our position, which we ex posed to the fire of 36 field guns and siege batteries. The Japanese advanced and occupied the position. " Toward noon I ascertained that the Japanese had routed the battalion of the Twenty-second Regiment posted at Chin Gow and were turning my left flank. At 1 o'clock In the afternoon my left flank was reinforced to two battalions of the Eleventh Regiment and a battery commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Moravsky, which were sent from the reserve by General Zassa lltch with orders to hold their ground until the departure of the Ninth and Tenth Regiments from Sakhodza. I or dred the Eleventh regiment to occupy a commanding position In the rear, from which they could fire on the en emy from two sides. " 'I held lieutenant-Colonel Moravskys battery In reserve and ordered the Twelfth Regiment, the Third Battery and the quick-firing guns to retire under cover of the Eleventh Regiment. My chief of staff led the rear guard to its position. " 'At 1 o'clock the Japanese approached so closely to the position held by the Eleventh Regiment that the Third Bat tery could not pass along under the cross fire and, taking up a position a short dis tance from the Japanese remained there until the end of the fighting; losing its commander, Lleutenant-Colonsi Morav sky. " 'A company with quick-firing guns was brought up from the rear guard and the officer commanding this force, seeing the difficult situation of Moravskys battery, took up a position on his own initiative. He lost half of his men and all his horses and attempted to remove bis guns by hand to the shelter of the hills under the Japan ese crossfire. The quick-firing pieces dis charged about 33,000 bullets. The Twelfth Regiment cut its way through and saved Its colors. " The Second "Battery of the Sixth Bri gade, having attempted to rejoin the re serves by another route, could not ascend the mountain slopes with only half Its horses and, returning to its original posi tion, received the Japanese attack. " The Eleventh Regiment, which held Its ground for two hours more with heavy losses, forced a passage at the point of the bayonet, and crossed the ravine with Its colors. It lost its Colonel We lost 40 officers and about 2000 noncommissioned officers and men. " 'The Japanese losses must have been enormous. " 'The Russians retired in good order on Feng Wang Cheng. f " The men of the Third Division main tained their excellent morale and over 700 wounded proceeded with their regiments to Feng Wang Cheng.' " Building Torpedo-Boats for Russia. SPECIAL CABLE TO THE LONDON' TlilES AND PORTLAND OREGONIAN. BERLIN, May 6. It is reported that the Vulkan Shipbuilding Company at Stellin, Is busily engaged In the construction of torpedo-boats and destroyers In sections for the Russian government. These sec tions, with all needed machinery, are to be shipped to Libau, where the boats may bo completed, or they may be sent by the railway to Port Arthur or Vladi vostok. Whether the construction of these vessels In sections Is a breach of neutrality Is a subject upon which it is impossible to secure an official opinion. America's ORIGINAL MALT WHISKY Without a Rmd Today MALT NOW GETS LAND Hitchcock, Decides in Favor of Oregorr. OLD DISPUTETHUS CLOSED Use of School Tracts as Base Will Be Allowed Hereafter, INVOLVES GREAT LAND AREA They Are Located In the Lakeview, Burns and The Dalles Dis tricts and Are Much Desired. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, May 4. The trouble which the State of Oregon has been having with its selection of indemnity lands in lieu of school lands embraced within the dis puted portion of Klamath Indian Reser vation has been satisfactorily adjusted for all time by the Mitchell amendment to the Indian appropriation bill, which specifical ly gives the state the right to make in demnity selections on such school lands as base. Following his action of yester day. Secretary Hitchcock today returned to the General Land Office four Oregon school indemnity lists which had. hereto fore been disapproved because the. state was unable to establish its light to use the school lands in the Klamath Reserva tion as base." These lists were before the Secretary on appeal. Today lie directed Commissioner Richards to reconsider the cases in the light of the Mitchell amend ment, which Is equivalent to ordering an approval of the lists. These lists are No. 104, In Burns district. Involving 279 acres; Nos. 167 and 181, In Lakeview district, in volving 8195 acres, and 400 acres respective ly, and No. 2SL in The Dalles district, in volving 6317 acres. Other lists of a sim ilar character that aro pending, or may hereafter be appealed, will be similarly disposed of. POSTOFFICE PLANS APPROVED Work on Portland Building WIP. Be Resumed in a Few Weeks. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, May 4. Work on the Portland Postofflce will probably be resumed the latter part of the month. Supervising Architect Taylor has received and ap proved the report of Special Agent Grant, who recently went to Portland to ascer tain exactly what alterations were desired by Judge Bellinger and the postofflce officials and the modified plans will at once be forwarded to the contractors in CONTENTS OFjTODAY'S PAPER. Russo-Japanese War. Russians lost 2000 men In Yalu battle, and 700 were -wounded. Pace 1. More heavy flthtlnc Is expected at once. Pace 3. Togo blocks Port Arthur. Pace S. Political. Hearst men control Iowa Convention, but hisses are frequent. Pace 2. South Dakota Instructs for Roosevelt. Pace 2. Root Is to be temporary chairman of National Republican Committee. Pace 2. Struggle of Hearst and Turner forces at Olym- pla may disrupt "Washington Democratic party. Page 1. National. Hitchcock rules In favor of Oregon In land selection case. Page 1. United States takes formal possession of the Panama Canal. Page 5. Taft asks Army officer to explain -why he Jilted young glrL Page 2. Domestic. General conference of Methodist Bplscopal Church opens at Los Angeles. Page 1. Building trades strike Involving 60,000 men Is Imminent In Chicago. Page 3. Sam Parks, the noted walking delegate, dies at Sing Sing Prison. Page 3. Pacific Coast. Members of the Oregon Federation of Labor very bitter against George C. Brownell. Page 4. Starving cougar attempts to make 'Prey of boy of Lane County rancher. Page 4. Pursuit of Imnaha Postofflce thieves, believed to be pardoned convicts. Page 5. San Francisco carmen sign new agreement with street-railway company. Page 5. Commercial and Marine. "Weekly review of local produce and Jobbing markets. Page 13. Steel weak. Union Pacific strong, at New York. ,Page 13. Firm close of Chicago wheat market. Page 13. San Francisco potato market well controlled. Page 13. China Commercial Line withdraws its Oriental eervice. Page 12. Government will call for more forage bids. Page 12. Indraeamha's sailing delayed. Page 12. Sport. Pacific Coast League scores: Oakland 8, Pert land 3; Tacoma 2, Seattle 1; San Francisco S, Los Angeles 4. Page 8. Manager Ely Indorsed by baseball club direc tors. Page 9. Cricket club organized. Page 9. Portland and Vicinity. Frank Wilbur killed on scow near "Warrendale. Page 8. Clackamas County is safe, says State Senator Brownell. Page 8. Master Builders declare for eight-hour day. Page 14. Another great crowd of settlers arrived. Pkge 12. City Council kills Alder-street assessment ordi nance, and forbids traction engines on streets. Page 14. Five warships to take part in Fourth of July celebration. Page 14. Bids "opened for repair of Bumside bridge. Page 14. Retail liquor men prepare to fight local option. Page S. George H. Hlmes says he did, not steal the McTavish monument. Page 8. order that they may submit a supple mentary bid covering the extra cost of the alterations. The principal change to be made Is to remove the courtroom from the new WlnJT and restore It to its fornwr Inentlrm m the old building; as previously ordered by the department. A number of minor alterations, however, -will be made, which will slightly Change the location of par titions, doors, etc. If the figures sub mitted by the contractors is deemed rea sonable by the department, orders will be issued that work be resumed and the revised plans be followed. "Moore Does Not Want Position. OREGONIAN NEWS .BUREAU, Wash ington, May 4. Representative William son received notification from Walter Moore, of Baker City, that he dqes. not desire the appointment of Forest Ranger In the Baker City forest reserve, and would not have been a candidate for the supervlsorshlp had he known the position paid so little salary. This puts an end to the delegation's controversy with the Interior Department. Recommended for Alaskan Office. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. May 4. Alaskans who have spent the Winter in Washington today filed with the President recommendation that S. I. W. Blair, of Virginia, b3 appointed United States Marshal in Alaska, to succeed Grlgsby. Recommends Powell for Marshal. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, May 4. Senator v Fulton desires that Judge W. C Hale, of Grant's Pass, be iriven appointment as Judge In Alaska, and T. C. Powell, of Portland, Marshal for the territory. CLEVELAND PB0TJD OF IT. Ex-President Writes of His Part. In Famous Bond Issue. PHILADELPHIA, May 4. The Saturday Evening Post of 'May 7" will contain an article contributed by ex-President GroVer Cleveland on "The Cleveland Bond Is sues," In which he gives the history of "the issue of United States bonds in the years of 1S94, 1S95 and 1896 for the purpose of replenishing tho stock of gold In the public Treasury." Mr. Cleveland con cludes as follows: "I have attempted to give a detailed history of tne crime charged against an Administration which 'Issued bonds of the Government in time of peace,' without shame and without repentance. I confess my share of the guilt, and I refuse to shield my accomplices in this crime, who with me held high places in that Admin istration. And, though Mr. Morgan and Mr. Belmont and scores of other bankers and financiers who were accessories In those transactions may be steeped in de structive propensities and may be con stantly busy In schemes, I shall always recall with satisfaction and self-congratulation my collusion with them at a time when: our country sorely needed their aid." RUSSIA: "WHY Split Threatens Wash ington Democracy. TURNER'S STAND IS FIRM Refuses to Be Tied Up With Hearst's Fight FACTIONS MEET SEPARATELY Spielers at Doors of Caucus Rooms Invite the Only True Democracy to Enter and Jo'n--Bitter Speeches at Meetings. OLYMPIA, Wash., May 4. (Special.) The preliminary negotiations by delegates to the, Democratic Convention on the question of indorsing National candidates have at a late hour tonight resulted only in deadlock, with a threatened breach In the convention and perhaps the state party tomorrow. 1 For an hour and a half tonight a Tur ner caucus in one' room of the Olympla Hotel and a Hearst caucus divided from them only by folding doors,, held sway. Democratic leaders orated and divided fac tions rent the air in applause. Heart or ators cast slurs at Turner, and Turner supporters Inveighed against California Interference In Washington affairs. This afternoon 50 or 100 delegates who were sufficiently scattered as to home counties to be fairly representative agreed upon a plan of action for tomorrow, and all was to be apparently smooth sailing. The convention was to instruct for Tur ner, Hearst efforts toward suppression of the trusts were to be Indorsed, but there was to be no Instruction for the paper man. The delegation was to be controlled by Hearst men, and the unit rule was to prevail. Turner Spoiled the Plan. Frank Hogan represented Spokane County and Is said to have indorsed the plan, subject to the approval of. Judge Turner, But when Turner arrived at 6:30 DON'T YOU TAKE SOMEBODY this evening it took, but ten minutes to break the slate. Senator Turner declared positively that; he would not. consent to an indorsement of any man for Presi dent. "They'll maybe cram it down our throats," he was told. "Let them cram," was the .retort. "I don't wan the Indorsement for Vice-President from thJa state if It is tied to Hearst's fight." Senator Turner declared thathe believed the convention could be prevented from Indorsing a Presidential candidate and that his fight should be made on that line. Steering committees held hasty confer ences during: the early evening, and at S o'clock a Hearst delegate lifted his voice and announced that the friends of Will iam Randolph Hearst would convene in Hearst's headquarters immediately. Like Spielers at a Circus. F. C Robertson, of Spokane, followed by climbing the hotel lobby steps and an nouncing a meeting of the Turner men in parlor A adjoining. Then followed a re plica of sideshow "spieling" at a circus. M. J. Maloney continued to summon the "true Democracy" in stentorian tones to parlor A, and Hearst delegates urged "true Democrats, whether Turner's friends or not," to join in the Hearst cau cus, until long after the two caucuses had begun business. Democrats who desired harmony at any cost looked askance and. remained in the hotel lobby and refused to join either caucus. The Turner men chose Richard Saxe Jones, of Seattle, as chairman. Speeches by Jones, Robertson of Spokane, Maloney of Stevens at once showed the tenor of the meeting to be radically opposed to Hearst Instructions or even Indorsements, while many times the speeches were drowned by the "spielers" In the halls and the boisterous shouts from the Hearst cau cus adjoining. Ronald Pleads With Turner' Men. J. T. Ronald, of Seattle, left the Hearst meeting and entering the Turner caucus after it had gained good headway, plead for an hour for action looking to harmony in tomorrow's convention. He asked only that Hearst's action in regard to the trusts be endorsed and insisted that no instruction would be required, except for Turner. Arguments passed back and forth until finally Robertson, of Spokane, announced In behalf of Senator Turner that Turner would not consent to an Indorsement for himself If Hearst's name .were mentioned in the resolutions. - With bowed head Judge Ronald said he accepted the re sult. The caucus soon thereafter passed a resolution declaring for Turner, and Turner only, and then dissolved. Murphy's Unkind Remark. The Hearst caucus was more boisterous, but not more enthusiastic Judge J. N. Phillips, of Whatcom, was called to the chair, 'and was "but fairly launched into (Conclude! on Page Four.) "-f YOUR SIZE?" BEGiN.SITSWORK General Conference of Methodists Opens. ATTENDANCE VERY LARGE Delegates Come From Quarters of the Earth. All NEW SECRETARY IS CHOSEN Rev. James B. Hingeley, of Minne sota, Wins on the Third Ballet -Lively Debate on Work of Deaconess. LOS AUGBLES, Cal., May 4.-The ab sence of many delegates at the opening session of the 31st General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, due to belated trains, disrupted to some extent the programme that had been mapped out, and the- first day's work ended at 6 o'clock this evening, with nothing accom plished, except the election of a confer ence secretary. This honor fell to Rev. James B. Hingeley, of the Minnesota con ference, and it required three ballots to make a choice. The afternoon session met at 3 o'clock, and spent three hours in balloting for secretary and in receiving and referring to committees various resolutions bearing upon questions to be considered by the conference. This evening at 8 o'clock the reception of the general conference by the citizens and churchmen of Los Angeles was held at the Pavilion. Addresses of welcome by representatives of the state, city and tho church In Southern California, and re sponses by eminent leaders in Methodism made up the programme, which kept the tired and travel-worn delegates occupied until a. late hour. Delegates From Every Quarter. When Senior Bishop Stephen M. Merrill rapped for order this morning he faced one of the most notable gatherings of churchmen in the history of Protestant Ism In America. Seated in -the auditorium proper were 748 representatives of Meth odism, gathered from the four quarters of tho earth. Upon the stage were the Governor of California, the Mayor of Los Angeles, representative citizens of South ern California and leaders of Methodism in this end of the continent, ready to ex tend a welcome In behalf of the state, the city and the church. The great building was. a bower of beau ty and fraerant with th hlnnm nt nu- A fornia flowers. Fifteen thousand calla lilies formed, a hedge extending entirely across the front of the broad stage, and beneath these a beautiful frieze work of smilax. and ferns reached the floor. Bishop Edward G. Andrews presided at the afternoon session, and Secretary of the General Conference D. Y. Monroe, of the Central Pennsylvania Conference, who arrived Just in time to take charge of hi3 work at the afternoon meeting, called the roll of delegates. After finishing this task Dr. Monroe asked to make a statement to the General Conference. He wanted to ask, he said, to be excused from further service as secretary, not because he was in feeble health, as had been stated, al though he is 71 years old, but for other and sufficient reasons. Dr. Monroe told of his service as secretary, extending over a period of 20 years, and asked the con ference not to consider him as a candi date for re-election. Photographer Taken to Task. Dr. James M. Buckley, of New Tork, presented, a set of resolutions commending the great work performed by Dr. Mon roe during hl3 tenure of office as secre tary to the General Conference, and ex pressing the appreciation of the church. While Dr. Buckley was reading his reso lutions, a photographer set off a flash light in the gallery, and the sudden flash and report so startled the eminent New York churchman that he took occasion to express his condemnation of such meth ods. "I want to say." said Dr. Buckley, paus ing for a moment after the flash, "that the man who did that may be a good photographer, but he Is Ignorant of hu man nature. I trust that those In charge of this hall will not again permit such nerve-racking occurrences without due no tice to those present." "I shall ask," said Bishop Andrews, "that the superintendent of the building and the officers of the law protect us from another such shock." Dr. Buckley's resolutions were adojpted unanimously, and a copy ordered present ed to the retiring secretary. Nominations for general conference sec retary being in order, the following names were put before the conference: Dr. James B. Hingeley, of Minnesota; Dr. Ste phen O. Benton, of the New England con ference; Dr. E. M. Mills, Dr. C. C. Towns end, of the Northern New Tork confer ence, and Dr. E. W. Lane. Three ballots were taken before Dr. Hingeley was se lected, tho first ballot giving him 146, tho second 246, and the third 351 votes. Lively Debate on Deaconess' Work. " The subject of the deaconness work, which was brought before the conference on a motion by Rev. Brushingham. of Rock River conference, stirred up a live ly debate that occupied more than an hour. Rev. Brushingham's motion was for a committee on deaconness' work, composed of 50 members, one-half min isters and one-half laymen, three to be appointed by each of the 14 district con ferences and the remainder by the bishops. This was amended by Rev. Dr. Hughes, of St Louis, so as to give the bishops power to appoint the entire membership" of the committee. The Hughes' substitute was carried by a large majority, and the committee will be appointed by the bish ops. The Episcopal address was made a spe cial order for tomorrow morning, at 10:40 o'clock. Tonight, at Hazard's Pavilion, Governor George C. Pardee welcomed the general conference In behalf of the State of Cal ifornia. Mayor M. P. Snyder spoke for the City , ''' 4 1 ' oii m ,,..-.- ,.TtI,. (Concluded on Second Face.)