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Lincoln County Leader.
T. f. BTBWA.RT, Fabllshar.
TOLEDO OREGON
AFFAIRS OF THE NAVY.
The Annual Report Submitted by Secre
tary Herbert.
Washington, November 29. The
Secretary of the Navy in his annual re
port says that the Marblehead, Colum
bia, Olympia, Montgomery and Minne
apolis have been completed and tried
since the last annual report. The Ore
gon, Indiana and Texas have had un
official preliminary trials and the Maine
her official machinery trial. The de
partment has finally decided upon the
construction of topedo boats of the gen
eral type of the Ericsson with a slightly
greater displacement, and to attain an
average speed of not less than 24.6 knots
on the acceptance trial. Advertise
ments for proposals have already been
issueu, ana the department hopes to
award the contract for theirconstruction
within a few months. No speed premi
ums will be provided for in the con
tracts for the hnildinir nf thenn vug
In the contracts for the construction of
gunboats Nos. 7, 8 and 8 small premiums
and penalties were provided for. This
system undoubtedly had its advantages
when adopted, but reflection has con
vinced the department that the time has
come when, with the experience thut
lias been gained, it mav with oroflt 1
abandoned. The construction of torpedo
uuuib id buu actively carried on abroad,
seventeen countries having 1,283 such
vessels on hand and 182 in course of con-
Dirucuun. j ne smallest number pos-
ncnacu uv any one oi mem is twenty'
two, wiiiie me united claws with more
seacoast and more ports than any of
these nations has of this class of naval
vessels only six, and in this number are
included the three now about to be built,
A summary of the conditions of the
vessels under construction is as follows
The first-class battle-ship Iowa is ex
pected to lm comnleted dnrin tho jntt
part of 181)0. The first-class battle-ships
In.liano M nn..l Ii.. - .1 r ' 1 1
''uiuuu, wnMonuimDckba ami vregoil will
be in condition for acceptance by the
tuvuiiiuoiit nun i ii uie coming year,
jub Bixonu-ciiiHS Dattie-Bhlp Maine wil
be ready for commissioning before th
end of this fiscal vear. The second-dima
battle-ship Texas is practically ready for
nor nuvciniiery trial, anu Bliouid tots colli'
pleted and ready for commissionim; i
few months Inter. The armored cruiser
.Brooklyn is expected to be completed
uuruig uiu eariy months oi IWIMJ. Th
uuuuiH-iurreied monitors I'nritnn nn
Monadnock will probably be ready for
tnai uuiore uie end oi tins tiscat venr.
Work on the double-turrcted inoiiitors
lerror and Amplutrite is so well ad
vanced that in case of an emergent
these vessels could lie prepared for serv'
ice within a few month. The armored
ram Jvatahdin will probably be com
pitted during the earlv Dart of the nex
fiscal venr. Th thrpo mmltnala N.ia 7
8 and I), now being built nt the Newport
"iff" ouii-uuiiuiiig uuu i-iry uocK uom
pany's works, will probubly be completed
niLiiui tiia contract time.
LOST IN THE WOODS.
Two Poor Orphan Ulrln Whine Llvea Are
ICiidnngored.
Haktkokd, Conn., November 20.
Lizzie Carey and Carrie Duye, orphans
11 and 12 years old respectively, who
said they were from Potighkcepsio, ar
rived here yesterday, and walked to New
Ingleton, whore they were going to work
as milkmaids on a farm owned by one
lerry. They played "hide and seek"
all the way to New Ingluton, and wore
seen to enter a piece of woods near New
. B
"riuiin, wnicn in parts is very dense,
gerous place, followed them in ordur to
save them from getting lost. The little
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iri
girls saw their pursuers at a distance.
wer8 afraid of tliom, and ran screaming
into tue thicker pans oi the woods,
They were too quick for the farmers and
disappeared entirely. J ust night the
ninle residents in the vicinity band
themselves together and instituted
search. Twelve men. each carrvimr
lantern, divided themselves into uruiiim
of three and, entering the woods at the
lour points oi the compass, yelled and
whistled as they made their way to the
center, iney lound no sigiiB ol the chil
dren. To-day other parties have searched
for them. It is feared that, if they are
not lifeless when found, exposure to the
oilier com win lead to their death.
WILL FALL ON SMALL INVESTORS
Two
I'or Vent to lte Delimited From
Kariilng-a lo l'ay Income Tax.
Nkw Yokk, Novembor 21). The action
of the Catawissa railway directors (the
road leased to the Philadelphia and lieiid
lug) in deducting 2 per cent from the
net earnings to meet the new income tux
lias created some consternation among
small investors, who had believed thev
were safe so long as theiraunual incomes
wero within the tl.lUK) limit. "Our road
has not taken any action in the mutter
said Chauncey M. lopew. "Some time
ago I delivered an opinion at a lamrd
meeting that the law was unconstitu-
tional, and I believe it is. In the first
..I Y 1 . . 1 ! . ...
innco i uo not ueueve the law will ever
be put into force. There is no appropri
ation adequate for the purpose, and un
less the present Congress provides money
before next March ' becomes in
operative. If me law is carried mil. I
.""O that the New York Central and
all Bther roads will deduct the amount
oi me tax from their earnings, in wind
case itwill fall on the stockholders. This
makes the law pretty hard on investors
who own small hold inns of Block, hut
whose incomes do not even approach the
limn established by the new law."
Illew I'p a Supper Tarty.
Oiiovim.k, Cul.j Novemlicr 20. News
reached here to-day of a tragic affair at
(Juincy in Dumas county, which oc
curred Sunday. Nathan MclXmnhl in
vited six companions out to lfockwell
Park, about mile and a half from
Qulncy, for supper. When all were en
joying the evening together, some one
prompted probably by Jealousy placed
giant powder Iveneutli the building and
wrecked it, killing one of the party and
wounding all the others, James Hotter
son, foreman in the office of the Plumas
Independent, was killed. The injured
were: Fred Kaulbaek, leg broken;
llemy Morton, arm broken; N, McDon
ald, leg seriously Injured; Will Holxrt
son, injured, and Will Clinch. The lat
ter, though severely hurt, made his way
to Quincy and obtained help for the
others,
flood Vtm for tlia Surplus,
Pan Fbancihco, November 211. The
management of the State Board of Trade
adopted resolution to-day to ask the
management of the Midwinter Fair to
turn 2,000 of the 1200,000 surplus real
ised from the fair over to the Hoard of
Trade, so that they can pay it debts.
THE AWARD OF BONDS.
The Bid of the Bunkers' Syndicate Hal
Been Accepted.
Washinoton, November 28. Secre
tary Carlisle to-day acted in the matter
of the allotment of the t&O.OOO.OuO a per
cent bonds, bids for which were opened
at the Treasury Department Saturday.
He accepted the proposals submitted by
the syndicate represented by John A.
Stewart of the United States Trust Com
pany of New York and others to take
the entire issue at 117.077. It is the ex
pectation of the treasury officials that
the deposits of gold for the payment on
the bonds will be made very promptly,
and as the understanding is that none of
the gold is to be taken from the treasury,
an early restoration of the gold reserve
to above the $100,000,000 mark will be
the result. The bonds, including pre
mium, will realize to the government
about fo8,o00,000. The gold balance
will, if the expectations of the officials
regarding the deposits of gold bonds are
borne out, be increased to about $111),
000,000. Before to-day, however, there
has been $4,550,000 in gold drawn from
the subtreasury at New York, presum
ably to be used in payment for the
bonds.
Assistant Secretary Curtis learned
during the morning unofficially that 18,-
000,000 in gold has been deposited in the
subtreasury for bond payments. The
bonds are deliverable as soon as the gold
is deposited, and as the bureau of en
graving and printing has been busy at
work preparing for the issue, it will, it
is expected, soon oe reauy lor uiBinnu
tion. The denominations of bonds which
the syndicate will take are as follows:
Coupons Fifty dollars. $25,000: one
hundred dollars, If 25,000; one thousand
dollars, x.i4,W.r0,000; registered ten thou
sand dollars, $15,000,000.
The conditions on which the bonds
are accepted are shown by the original
proposal of the syndicate, which is in
the following terms, minus the names of
the companies composing the trust and
the denominations wanted:
"We hereby propose under the terms
oi your circular ol .November 1.1,1804,
to purchase United States 5 per cent
ten-VPRr lunula, dem-rilied in ill circu
lar, of the face value of $50,000,000, and
we agree to pay therefore at the rate of
117.077 and accrued interest per $100.
This bid is for the whole $50,000,000, but
not for any lesser amount. We further
agree, upon due notice of the acceptance
of this -subscription, to deposit the
amount thereof in gold com or certili
cates with the United States Assistant
Ircasurer at either lioston, New York,
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington,
Cincinnati, Chicago, St. Joiiis, New Or
leans or San Francisco, in accordance
with the terms of said circular. We de
Bire (registered or coupon) bonds in de
nominations as stated below, and we
wish them to be delivered to us as fol
lows i
'$40,000,000 at New York, $:i,000,000
at lioston, $.1,000,000 at Philadelphia,
$2,000,000 at Chicago and $2,000,000 at
San Francisco or other United States
treasuries as may be approved by the
Treasury Department."
LOSS OF THE CHINESE.
Two Wiirahlpa Are Knported Hunk on'
1'ort Arthur.
Yokohama, November 28. It is now
elated thut the Chinese loss at tho battle
of Port Arthur was 3,000 men. It is re
ported that during the hottest fighting
a portion of the Chinese forces fled to
the warships, which wero held in readi
iicsh for emharkingof troops in the event
of the position becoming untenable,
The JapnncHO squadron fired and sun
two warships. The advance guard of
Field Marshal Oyaniu's armv and the
second Japanese army has started on tl
march to New Chwang.
TO ATTACK WEI II AI WKI.
hilANUii.w, November 28. The renor
is continued of the capture at Port Ar.
tiuir ny mo .iiipancBeoi the special cor
respondent of lieuter's Teleuram Com
pany. lhe JupancHc suspected him of
being an officer in the Chinese cause,
llo was suhscmiontlv released. It is hit'
lieved hero that a Japanese army will
land west of Wei llai Wei. attack that.
place in the rear, and after its capture
march to Peking.
IIKI'OIIT I'llNl'lllMKI).
Wakiiiniiton. November 28. The Jan.
nurse legation mis received official con
Urination of the caul lire of Purl. Arthur
tne report being in the same terms as
marshal uyama a report already given
T1IK I'lttl'K OK I'SACK.
Hniu.lN, November 28. It is oflicinllv
announced here tliat.lanan recoiriimw
United States Minister him atTokio as
a suitable channel throunh which China
can open up negotiations for peace. The
bowers will simply remain spectators,
t in coiiNiiiereii mail lima s in u noxi
tion to pay tho Japanese demands if the
war ceases now, Japan to hold Port A r
thur until the demands are satisfied
The third Japanese exnedition. which in
auoiu, is opposite Wet llai Wei.
on ii noon okku ks.
Komk, November 28. An official din
patch lias been received from Tokio sav
ing Japan has intimated that, ns soon as
China may make peace proposals, .In,, in
win accept uie good unices o the I'hited
Mates in the negotiations.
The ClgKrtttttt (Inly.
Ai.amkiia, Cal., November 28. Super
intendent Sullivan of the Alameda
schools, who has been ordered by the
Hoard of School Directors to exercise
ensorship over the literature e ven In
tho public schools hv the Woman'
I hristian lempeiance Union, declared
that the pamphlets and tracts iiiiihI lur.
after be limited to teachings uhout the
iinriiiiuihcps ol cigarettes, and that noth
ing leaning to prohibition, temperance
or uio less injurious lorms ot tobacco
nsuii can bo permitted to enter the
class rooms.
Ted I'rlli'lmrd Wlilpa lllik llurge.
1.0NHOS, November 2S. Ted Pritchard
ami Dick Purge, middle-weights, met
ueiore a big crowd in ttie l;.len theater
this evening. Pritclianl had a slight
aiivHiiuige in uie iieiiing, aim ilctcat
his man in the second round. iriMidl
leleated .Moore in the eiiHit h round m
. I. v.. . : I o ; . . .i i
uiu national oporiiug v HID.
KIUhIiiiiimmii' Auvr lu Mnher.
Boston, Novemlicr 2. Peter Maher's
challenge to Fitzsiniinons has received a
rompt answer from the Australian.
le said that ho will take on Muher and
forfeit all the nurse nionev if li. ,)..
not delcat him in six rounds.
llellgluua l.lliprtjr Itllla,
Vibnsa, Novemlier 2S. If tho House
of Magnates rejects the religious lila-rty
bills again, the Hungarian Cabinet will
probably resign. In religious circles
these hills aro regarded as more perni
cious than the civil marriage hill.
Kuuuth Takei lhe Oalh.
Uuda-Pkiitii, November 2(1. Francis
Kossuth ha taken oath ot allevl alien Ia
the King. I
TERRIBLE TURKS
Further Information of the
Massacre of Christians.
WHOLE VILLAGES DESTROYED
Cholera Has Broken Out In a Virulent
Form mm a Iteeult or the Wboleiale
Slaughter Number of Maiiaacred
Iteaches Between 8,000 and 10,000.
Boston, November 28. Further in
formation as to the massacre of the Ar
menians near Bitlis, Turkey, has been
received by Secretary Guilson of the
United Friends of Armenia. One letter
dated Bitlis, September 25, gives the in
formation that news had been received
from the region back of Mooah that
forty-eight villages are said to have been
wholly blotted out. Another, dated Bit
lis, October 3, states that the day pre
vious a letter from Moosh had been re
ceived, which told of the outbreak of a
virtulent form of cholera, which was
killing from twenty-five to thirty-five
persons daily. It is caused, it is said,
by the stench of the carnage, which took
place not fur back in ttie mountains.
The number of massacred will reach be
tween 8,000 and 10,000. The Governor
tried to have the people here sign a pe
tition to the sovereign, expressing satis
faction with his rule and disclaiming
sympathy with the Armenians, who have
" stirred up matters." The people have
refused to sign the address. Another
letter dated Constantinople, October SI,
states that information has been re
ceived from Bitlis that twenty-seven vil
lages have been annihilated in Sassoun
and 6,000 men, women and children
massacred by the troops and Kurds.
The massacre occurred in the early part
of September, and was the result of an
afl'ray between Kurds and Armenian
villaiers, from whom the Kimln rind
stolen their flocks. The Sultan ordered
infantry and calvary to this place to put
down me Armenian rebellion.
The Armenian Catholics have written
to the London Society of Armenians to
commend the ellorts oi the Armenian
colonies in Europe to expose the wretch
edness ol Ulinutians in Armenia.
Suit Agiiiimt Kenator Squire.
Utica, N. Y., November 28. Before
Justice Williams in a special term of the
Supreme Court this morning was be'
gun the suit of Floyd C. Shephard
agaiiiBt Senator Watson C. Squire of
Washington State. It is alleged that
about twenty-five years ago Colonel W
C. King of Minneapolis, Philo Osgood
John N. Goodwin and P. Humington of
Ilion, N. Y., purchased a large tract of
land near Seattle, Wash, In 1873 the
property waB turned over in trust to Mr,
Kemington. v hen Air. Kenungtondied
Bomo years afterward, the property came
into the lianda of Senator Squire. This
suit was instituted on behalf of King,
Osgood and Goodwin to compel an ac
counting, it being alleged that none has
ever been made.
The IiIhIiii Miner' Strike.
Waiiunku, Idaho, November 28. The
strike situation remains unchanged.
iiccremry niurpny Bays: A wrong im
pression has gone out relative to' the
union's demands. All we asked was
that the non-union men be discharged
There is no controversy over wages.'
It is rumored to-night that a telegram
was received this evening lrom the otli
cers of the company to shut down in
definitely. Manager Bradley refused to
column or deny the rumor.
t'liptuhl lliiwgiite'i Trlnl.
Wahiiinuton, November 28. C. W,
Doing, the jail-guard fiom whom Cap'
tain liowgute escaped in 1881), waa ex
amined before the grand jury to-day to
show that Howgate was a fugitive from
justice. W. C Bone of the Treasury
Department was culled, but could give
no information ahout the missing vouch
ers, which the District Attorney biivs
win t-siuoiisn uio dcieniiant a guilt.
uiu argument on tne demurrers was
concluded this afternoon, and Judge Mc
Comus took the matter under advise
ment.
Coureiiiieil Their Crime.
I.os Anuki.ks, November 28. llealy
and Sealy, the two men charged with
having murdered Camillu Klikan, the
young merchant of Ixmg Peach, a few
nights ago, had their preliminary ex
amination this morning. They con
fessed the crime, each blaming the shoot'
ing and sandbagging to the other. The
officer found all of Khkan's money hid
ueii in uiuereni places.
Million mid a llnir the Price.
San ItKiiNAitniNo, Cal., November 28.
C. Phillips of San Luis Obispo countv
has purchased the Chino rancho, the
price paid being 1 1, 500,000. The bran
erty consists ot 41,000 acres of land, and
memoes tho initio alley railroad.
I his ranch is one of the most valuable
and productive in Nnithern California
I'pon it stands the ( hum heet-Niumr
i - .
iiiciory.
Another .lack the Hipper Murder,
I - T . .
i.omiox, riovemner l'm. a comely
woman of the unfortunate class, about
10 years old. was found dead in a ii.n. l.
frequented thoroughfare near Holland
Villa rosd, Kensington, at midnight.
Her throat was cut from ear to car.
Nime of the newspapers charL-e the
rime to "jack tho Kipper.
French silk Inilimtry.
P.Miis, NoveinW 28 The Lyons silk
weavers society has sent a memorial lo
the Ministers of Commerce and Foreign
Aiiairs, ilircctinir the r attention in tb..
serious decline of tho French silk indus
try since the Franco-Italian tariff war.
1'hey say Milan has In-come the principal
market of the world.
Torpedo Cruller Iteportril I. oat.
lioMK, NovcmlH-r 28. It is reiKrted
that tho torpedo cruiser Monainbano
foundered oil' Istriu to day. The crew
s said to have U'cn saved. The Mnn-
amluino was built at Spvxia. and wan
nunched in 1887, She was a steel vessel
of 7:0 tons displacement, carrying mi,!
six-pounder and two uiagiuinc guns, and
nun a speeii oi iweniy Knots,
Kneta to Vlalt Washington.
Sam FitANi isoo, November 28, Gen
eral Antonio Fteta of Salvador is plan
ning to visit W ashington and other Kast-
ern cities shortly. He does not believe
he will be an exile much longer.
Anarehlata Surrendered.
Bkrnk, November 28. Switzerland
has surrendered to Italy the anarchists
Isiloli and Partlnott. and has warned
tliera who have recently rami
U bordor.
THE CLIFF DWELLERS.
Village DlieoTered Which Has Merer
Before Veen lean by White Men.
Pbescott, Arli., November 27. Re
cent arrivals from the Bradihaw Mount
ains report the discovery of a cliff
dwellers' village in one of the mot ii.
accesEable canyons of that range, which
has never before been seen by white
men. The discovery was made by two
prospectors, White and Williams, who
did not attempt a thorough exploration,
but from their description this is the
largest village of the wonderful people
that has ever been discovered. The vil
lage is located along the high banks on
either side of Willow Canyon, and the
houses are estimated to be 200 in num
ber. It ia very difficult to reach this
canyon even with pack animals, which
accounts for its having so long remained
undiscovered. There are three natural
terraces along the canyon wall, and the
dwellings open back from these. Nar
row steps in the rock, now almost worn
away, seem to indicate that this was a
method employed for ascent and descent.
Several of the houses were explored, and
large quantities of potterv and some in
struments, evidently used for cultivating
the soil, were fount!. In one the skele
ton of a man not over four feet eight
inches in height was discovered. The
canyon at this place is half a mile wide,
and shows evidence of having been
cultivated. If this theory proves to be
true, it will throw new light on the hab
its of this little-known people. So far
as known no other evidence has ev r
been discovered of the cliff dwellers hav
ing cultivated the soil. A party is now
being organized to thoroughly explore
the new-found village, and the result of
the researches will be awaited with in
terest.
THOSE INDICTMENTS.
Governor Hogg of Texai Sayi He Knows
Nothing of them.
Austin, November 26. Governor Hogg
was interviewed to-day about the indict
ments alleged to have been returned by
the McLellan county grand jury against
John D. Rockefeller, William Rockefel
It, H. M. F!?.s!er and others of the
Standard Oil Company for violation of
UieantL-trnst law. Iledisclaimed know
ing anything about them. No renuisi
tion papers for the gentlemen had been
issued nor have thev been asked for,
In the Attorney-General's office theonly
information vouchsafed was that the
case was in the hands of Assistant At
torne.y-General Bob Henry, who is in
Tyler. The law provides that foreign
corporations violating its provisions muv
be prohibited from doing business in the
state by injunction or other proper pro
ceedings in the District Court of Travis
county, and it is made the duty of the
Aitorney-Lienerai to institute such pro'
ceedings, but uo papers have been tiled
in the court here nor does the Prosecut
ing Attorney know anything about the
case. It is believed here that, if the in
nicimentB nave been lound, they are
against the chief officers of the com
pany. The law exempts farmers from
its provisions, and good lawyers claim
this clause invalidates the whole law
and makes it unconstitutional.
VOUCHERS MISSING.
Serious Complications In Connection
Willi llovgate's Trial.
Washington, November 20. The trial
of ex-Captain Howgate is threatened
with serious complications by the dis
covery to-day that vouchers signed by
Howgate and supposed to bo fraudulent
are missing from the office of the Second
Auditor of the Treasury here. They
had been held for use by tbe government
in prosecuting tbe case against Howgate.
Their disappearance was. it is suimosed.
caused by persons who would sutler no
little embarrasement during the course
of atrial of Howgate by the presenta
tion of these vouchers, and the impres
sion in some quarters is that a consider
ation of some nature to somebody famil
iar with the Second Auditor's office has
much to do with the loss of these impor
tant papers. The amount of money in
volved is !fl30,000.
Has Cloned lis lloori.
Si'okank, November 20. The Browne
National Bunk closed its doors to-day
and went into insolvency. The failure
was not a surprise, as the bunk was
known to be crumped for funds. The
suspension caused no Hurry in business
circles. There was a Binall withdrawal
from other hanks, but thev aro in nn
danger. Individual deposits subject to
check at time of the last published state
ment amounted to f 4:1,000. Since then
the bank has paid oil' most of its depos
itors. Cashier Show puts the assets at
$I1,(I50; liabilities, $77,000; deposits,
$20,800. The bank was organized in
1S8II: J.J. Prow uo was the chief nhiclt.
holder and President.
The llarlng l.liitildutlon,
1xndon, November 24. The Daily
News will say to-morrow in an article
concerning the Baring liquidation : "It
has been arranged to issue X1,000,000 in
per cent mortgage debenture bonds
redeemable at par within ten vears. nm.
tenth each year, and 500.000 in 5 per
cent second mortgage debenture Ismds
redeemable at 105 per cent. Both issues
will be offered at pur, and will be secured
by a guarantee of 1500,000 cash executed
by the leading financiers connected with
the Parings. This is in addition to the
securities that the bank already hold
A prospectus is expected eurlv tl.u
week."
Ha Joined the HlrimKrr Side.
London, Novenilssr 27. The Moscow
Gazette protests against the
liuscian entente, saying " Previously,
whenever Russia was in difficulty. Vn.
laud aimed to turn the situation' to her
ow it prom. e do not believe that Knir-
lanu ia curuiai 10 uiissia. Mie appears
so only because she is convinced of the
Franco-KiiKsian solidity and the waning
power of the triple alliance, and hastens
10 join me stronger side."
N milled bjr Denmark.
Wasiiinuton, November 2(1. The
State Department has been untitled that
the Danish government has established
a mission and trade station nt Angina
gasalik on the east roast of Greenland,
hut that navigation along the coast and
inland of the Danish colonies is forbid.
ien save with the consent of the PanUli
government.
Another Mt'Nitilul.
I.os Anoki ks, November 2t!. The ex
amination of Mrs. " Dr." J. 11. Smith,
charged with a criminal operation upon
Ada Faulkner, a society belle of Santa
Ana, took place this morning in the Po
lice Court. No sensational features were
developiil, and she was held in the Bum
of fcl.OOO for trial.
Settled With the Harlot Kutate.
Montividko, Urnguary, November 1.
The financial affair which have long
been pending with the Baring estate
have been settled. The necessary docu
ments are now beinu sinned bv th
rnmsnt and representatives of tbtflrm.
TRIUMPHANT JAPS
Field Marshal Oyania Succeeds
in Taking Port Arthur.
HIS REPORT OF THE FIGHT
Two Hundred Will Cover the Japanese
Lou In Killed and Wounded, While
That of China Ii Cnknown-Navy
Took No Part In the Fighting.
London. November 27. The Times
this morning publishes a dispatch from
Hiroshima, Japan, giving the report of
Field-Marshal Count Oyama, whose
army captured Port Arthur. The re'
port Bays:
"The second army began the attack
on the landward forts at Port Arthur at
dawn November 21. The Chinese of
fered a very strong resistance until final
ly we seized the forts to the west of the
cavalry and artillery parade grounds at
8:30 o'clock. We took the forts on
Golden Hill at 4 in the afternoon of No
vember 22. All the forts were then
taken. Over 200 Japanese officers and
men were killed or wounded. The Chi
nese loss and the number of prisoners is
still unknown. The spoils are abund
ant, and include a specially large num
ber of guns and a quantity of ammuni
tion. The Chinese garrison at tho low
est estimate was H0.0U0 men."
A Chee Foo dispatch to the Times
savs that Port Arthur is still burning;
that twelve Japanese warships have
been Been there, and that the Chinese
fleet is at Wei Hal Wei, while a bhang
hai dispatch to the Times states that i
is reported from New Chang that the
Ghinese army commanded by (jenerai
bung has been divided. One part is
firmly holding Mot Hei Ling and con
stantly repulsing a part of the first Jap
anese army. The other part ih niakimr
a forced march to Port Arthur to attack
the Japanese there. A part of the first
Japanese army i8 following the Chinese
on the way to Tort Arthur.
A STORY MOKE IN DETAIL,
London, November 27. A dispatch
sent from Port Arthur via Hwang Ju
Thursday has been received here. It
states that the Chinese fought vigorous
ly. The Japanese lost 250 men killed or
wounded. The Chinese loss was over
1,000. The dispatch adds that for over
a fortnight past Count Uyama 8 army
has been steadily marching in two di
visions down the peninsula to Port Ar
thur. No organized resistance was of
fered by the Chinese troops for three
quarters of the march. Afterward, how
ever, there were occasional brushes with
the enemy. Tuesday the right division
oi tne advance guard had a skirmish
with the enemy, who retired in good or
der. In the afternoon the fort and vil
lage of Shui8y Ching was captured.
Both divisions -moved forward during
the night. Karly in the morning the
right division crent uo the ranee of low
hills to the northwest of Port Arthur
and carried them with a rush. Guns
were then dragged up and (ire opened
on a Btrong redoubt l,wo yards distant.
The enemy returned the fire briskly.
The Japanese infantry advanced against
a well directed fire "without faltering,
A little before 0 o'clock the fort was car
ried by storm in most gallant fashion.
The Chinese stood for a minute or two
against the final onslaught, fighting
iicrceiy. men tney lied toward the
dockyard, lhe right division then in
vanced in force against the Kokin San
fort, which was armed with several
heavy Krupp guns, which were we
served. Scores of men were killed or
wounded in tins brief advance. At noon
the fort itself was stormed and captured
after a short but desperate tight.
By 3 o'clock in the afternoon the right
division was in full possession of the
western part of the etronirho Id. Mean.
while the left division had been fiercely
engaged on tbe southeast, where the
ground was less Uillicult, but far from
easy. Their progress was momentarily
checked by a heavy fire from the forts
that were connected by trenches. These
torts were strongly held, and were well
placed on the highest ground in the
vicinity. The Japanese artillery and
the Chinese guns in the fortB kept up a
steady fire. The first assault was
splendidly delivered, the Chinese being
unvt-ii neauioiig irom tne works arte
uniting a guuant stand. By evening
Port Arthur was in possession of the
Japanese, but tbe eneniv still had mm
eight or ten redoubts with a total of
iweniveunson t becoast ne Tim .Inn.
anese bivouacked in the hills and nn it.
Ii,r..l f.x.l l.'l.. n,i , . 1
J...C. muB, j-.nny iiiursuay morning
i.i u nnu me upper ions were at
tacked in succession, all being captured
Without 8eriOUS loss on thn .lnio.i.,D
aiilu U.,..l .1 1 m 1
idcmi muni-ami viunese were
taken prisoners. The Japanese have
taken quite eighty guns and mortars
that were m use in thn pnntnn.i fr..i
and redoubts and manv others that
were found in the dockyard Tim.. i.....
also captured an imme'nese quantity of
ammunition, completely equipped tor
pedo stores and large quantities of rice
mm ueuiis.
Another dispatch from Shanghai de-
senn ng me ngnt says that the chief
maim was mane at the chain of forts at
nnu V..I1U1 1 nang, overlooking the nar
row channel leading to the inner nort
luunireuBoi ciunese were killed there.
th
NAVY r-RACTlCAIXY TOOK NO I'AHT.
London. November 27. i .li.nn..i.
from Hiroshima, Japan, gives the text
-no unpawn sent by Admiral Ito
Commander of the Japanese navv, froi
lort Arthur Saturday. It savs: "
in
ibis place was captured by Field
Marshal Oyama Thursday. The united
squadrons srood offshore tnerelv ati.
ing seaward the attention of the coast
batteries. Since Friday morning the
men of the HeVt have been hard at work
removing torpedoes and protecting the
month of tbe entrance to the forts. The
dockyard, arsenal and ships in the port
have been handed over to the Japanese
Navy Department. The dockyard and
arsenal are in perfect working order "
liieroi respondent remarks that d
iniral Ito neglected to spec! fy more close
ly the ships captured, and he denies the
report that there was a naval battle. It
is believed, he says, the ships in qne
ion are the Chinese warships which
K.k refuge at Port Arthur after the bat
t e at the mouth of the Yalu and kl.
thou,h fully repaired, did no" ve ure
out again. Inofficial news is that Ad
niral Ito d,d not take part in the attack
iHvimse the entrance to the port was
studded with torpedoes and ttie u-ual
andmarks for guidance for pilots had
been removed.
CHINA SKSDS OCT A PKNIAL.
London. Nnviml,.i- o? , .,. . ,
from Paris says that the ChiiH.e.,.,ii!..i.!i"
are telegraphing everywhere that the
story of Port .Arthur'. .l.,f..ii " :
wicked invention, and that 1)0,000 brave
hold0-6 8ti" lK'fe"d ,1,at8trns:-
Till INTENTION OT JAPAN.
J.Nln',"INOTOS Novelf S7.-That the
Japanese government proposes pushing
iU past and present dv
a view to me cttfM.no v-. -
.t doubted here. The capture of 1 oit
. .. l: i tli.Mallu i-nnHrmfHl at
Artnnr, wincii o ,
the Japanese legation to-day through a
message lrom tne iniei
val headquarters to Lieutenant Myaoka,
the naval attache here, makea easy the
progress of the Japanese troopB to the
Chinese capital. Competent military
authorities, who are thoroughly familiar
with the physical conditions of China,
say that a"Japanese army could march
from the east coast of the Gulf of fe
Chi Li to Peking in ten days. It is be-
Mevecl that me imru uruij u"w
Marshal Ayama, which is vaguely re-
1 i ft. a rnnonf. HipnatCIieS 110111
the Fast, is not in fact a third army, but
"implv a division oi tne irojpa iui.u
X.ni.,.0.1 Pnrt Arthur. These, it is
imiCUB 'Hl'tu . .v..' i
said, will be pushed across the gulf and,
when suitably reiniorceu, uumcu m inking-
THE ENGLISH PRESS.
London, November 27. The Times
Perhans Japan's
policy will continue until the arrogance
of the Chinese be beaten down. Al
though tbe capture of Port Arthur is oi
I.L.l.aaf DlMloifif imnnrtunCP. it IS no
reason why the powers should depart
from their neutrality.
TI,o llcillv Vou-a will Bftv ! To further
prolong the struggle would be an offense
against humiimtv. we nope uiai Jiau
wiil h-ar favorably her abject enemy's
oveiturcs.
The Standard will say: Trobably Wrei
llai Wei and New Chang will be cap
tured in a few days. Japan ought now
to accept Mr. Altring's oiler of peace.
China will waive all rights to Corea and
pay i-2.),000,000, if Japan insistB on such
a sum, all hough China could not raise it
without being crippled for half a cen
tury. The countries which hitherto have
stood aside must decido soon whether
they will allow Japan to crush China ut
terly, not alone politically, but ulso com-
...mjiinlll, Tha A m.li .. P II QSI H n dntPtltA
Vlt.llJ . J. ... ....... ' -
can be directed to urging Japan to be
temperate m me use oi uer vicioiy.
FATE OF THE IVANHOE.
One of Her Life niloy Una Iteen Found
on Vancouver Island.
Seattle, November 27. A special to
Uiu ruoL-JiiLciiigelicel' fiuiii Vii.toila
says that the wreckage reported ashore
on the northwestern end of Vancouver
Island as that of the ill-fated Ivanboe ia
now proved beyond a doubt, and when
the steamer Mischief returns it Is more
than probable that Captain Foot, her
master, will have definite news of the
fate of this long-missing vessel. The
coasting steamer Maude rehired to-night
from the west coast, having gone ns far
north as Kyukot Sound. The weather
during the trip was too rough to permit
much investigation, and ttie captain had
not heard before starting of the reports
brought by the steamer Mystery last
week. Almost his nrst words on land
ing were, however, of the Ivauhoe. He
said :
" I guess there is no further hope for
the Ivanboe. She's made another of the
long list of vessels battered to pieces on
the west coast of this island. When we
were at Barclay Sound we heard of her.
Two white miners called last Tuesday at.
an Indian's hut near the entrance to'tho
sound, and the first thing thev noticed
in the place was one of the Ivanhoe's
life buoys hanging on the wall. There
was no doubt as to tbe identity, for the
ship's name and her port were clearly
marked. They waited for some time for
the Indians to return, so that they might
question them regarding the buoy, but
all hands were away fishing and there
was no telling when they would be back.
The men looked around, but could see
no other signs of wreckage, so they came
uown and reported what they had seen
to me, requesting that I make known
the fact on reaching port. As a large
muiiner oi me inuiatis along iiarclay
Sound iilBt now have recentlv omucl
from farther up the coast, it is most
likely that tho Ivanhoe's buoy had been
brought down from Kyukot or Cape
Scott. I had not heard of the wreckage
found there, as reported hv the steamer
Mystery's engineer, but this would nn.
pear to corroborate it and settle its iden
tity as mat oi tne ivanboe."
THE KNIGHTS ADJOURN.
Vigorou 1'roteat Agiilnxt the Proponed
Iloml iHmie.
New Ohleans, November 20. The
Knights of Labor in convention to-day
adopted a resolution protesting against
the issue of $50,000,000 bonds by the
government, characterizing it a fraud
and outrage upon the toiling masses, in
tended solely for the benefit of tin
money powers and the hnnd.l,oi,i:
istocracy. The only other business of
Keneiui interest was the reduction of the
v.ciierui .uasier workman's salary. Th
was ordered upon the motion r,f AT
Sovereign himself. T
. - : vw wiiiftiVD U1C
notion proj.erly he called Mr. Kenny of
the Kxeciitive Committee to the chair
.. kiok uie noor. 11 ib motion was that
the salary of the (.ieneral Muster Work
man be reduced from $:l,500 to $2,500 per
annum. Tho mni;,,.. . ' ...
: I 7. nm unmeu Ulian-
mously lhe C.eneral Assembly was
, V- ijuiirueii. jne next con
vention will ln i.oi.i i- ..!.! .
v- , "v '' in it nauingion in
November of next year. The members
Ot the r.xecntivo Rn,,l ...:n ... ,
, .-.... ..u,,,, remain in
e city until the work left in their hands
win uiienueu to.
Oolil In the Okanogan Illatrlct.
N'okane, November 27. Michael
onuinan, a well-known mining man, re
turned to-duv from h
anogan district. He reports the find of
a veritable lmnan.o i.i ...i... . ..
J ill IIIC WrY
(turn mine m tno
Tery summit of the Cascade Range of
niOlintllina nno.ttl.l I- k
men m Tt. vo voting
nsh. urn tl,n i....i. ...i.
, ,my miners. Miuman
says that the boys after a week - work
cleared no ! n,in " ","B.ve
.v.m ( I I llll'HL III 1 m tMamn., n 1
same riclwlirUn .Li. m? ie
miners of tl,U T""' . "?
ii, , i v .' "alc uocKed to
the new Lldorado and staked out claims.
Callfornh,., mg Fruit Shipments.
San Fkaxcisco. NovpihW oi t,u.
total fruit shipments to dnio .i,J . .i.
.... cuvn a we-
cided increase over those of last year.
1 lie aggregate shipments have hon
cars, as against 5,650 last vear. Moat of
16 'r" M,-h.iPId before the strike
and but for that unfortunate experience
he figures would have been greatly "n
lanred. In ra.,n..i t...... . . .'.v
... ..,,,,. M HIlu vegetables
the shipments show a gain of 100 per
cent over lust year's shipments The
exportation of prunes and other dried
fruits this year show an increase of
per cent.
Production of American Tin,
WaSIIIXUTOS. nramlm. Ol! T .
, irartyer,
special agent for the Treasury Depart
ment, has anlimilloJ t c .
...... lu cccreiary car
lisle a report as to the production of tin
and terne plates in tile United Sta es
during the quarter ended June 30. Ii,,
!S"j.Ji"itn,e '.r,y Frmt -""ifactnred
JtUbtl.oJo pounds of tin and terne plates
proper, against an outpnt of a?iiiiit
r
THE NAVY AT WORK
Haste Being Exercised in Mak-
mg Cruisers Ready.
SOME TROUBLE ANTICIPATED
Administration Expect to he Sustains
In Its KfforU to Prevent Foreign .
terference at ltluelleliU-The Pr,,
dent and Secretary Gresha,,, Confer.
Washington, November 29. a8
suit of a conference at Woodley to-day
between the President and Secretary
Gresham the cruiser Columbia, which
had Ijeen for several weeks at Kingston
Jamaica, was cabled peremptory orders
to proceed at once to Bluefielda for the
protection of American interests. Mr
Gresham's visit to the President's coun
try home lollowed immediately upon an
interview he had with the Nicaragnan
Minister. All the officials acquainted
with the affair refuse to divulge the rea
son of the hurried orders to the Colum
bia or to confirm statements of trouble
in Panama in regard to a refusal of Great
Britain to recognize the Nicaratnmn on
ernment. Acting Secretary McAdooBaid
uitti, u u were irue uint the (Jolumbia
had gone to Bluefields, it was probably
on a cruise, conforming with the estab
lished policy of the government to keep
a ship in Central American waters n
. 1 . .. - 11 l A 1 . ' 3
uie navy ipiim luicnt nnu no recent re
ports from Bluefields indicating trouble
there. It is learned, however, on excel
lent authority that not only the Colum
bia, but the Marblehead, which arrived
at Kingston to-day, will remain at Blue
fields continuously this winter, and that
the Montgomery may be sent there from
Mobile, but that preliminary orders have
been sent to New York to have all the
ships in commission of the North Atlan
tic squadron prepared for a West Indian
cruise at the earliest possible
In addition the sailing orders for the San
Francisco, which was to leave December
15 to become the flagship in European
waters, have been withheld, and she may
be sent immediately to the Gulf of
Mexico.
The Castine's cruise to the South At
lantic, which was to commence early
next month, will in nil probability be
interrupted when she reaches the West
Indies. Instructions to prepare the
Minneapolis for sea at once have also
been sent to the Navy Department
chiefs. There seems to be in fact almost
a war scare pervading the navy, brought
about by diplomatic rumors to the effect
that Great Britain, which several
months ago expressed a willingness to
recognize the full jurisdictional rights of
Nicaragua over the Mosquito coast,
shown a disposition to resent what ap
pears to be the practical annexation, ol '
the territory and its complete incorpora
tion aa a portion of Nicaragua. As long
as the interoceanic canal bill seemed un
der favorable consideration at the last
session of Congress Great Britain re
mained quiescent in the Mosquito con
troversy, and as a result of conference!
which were held at Washington Lord
Rosebery's Cabinet consented to receive
a special envoy from Nicaragua, whose
mission related solely to abrogation of
the treaty, which gave Great Britain a
guardianship over the now almost ex
tinct tribe of Mosquito Indians. This
envoy, it ia understood, haB been in
London for some time, but when Con
gress adjourned without acting on the
canal bill the organization committee of
the canal company went to England in
September laBt to seek money, and the
suggested abrogation, of the British
treaty has been put in the background.
Not until to-day was it definitely learned
that Great Britain had declined to recog
nize the legality of the new order of
things on the Mosquito coast, and that
it had so notified Nicaragua; although
such action has been anticipated for
several weeks, which accounts for the
fact that the Columbia and Marblehead
were not long ago brought home. It
may also explain to some extent why
the Montgomery was sent south to Mo
bile, ostensibly to test new description
of coala. The near approach of the
meeting of Congress, it is said, gives the
President assurance that he will be sup
ported to the fullest extent in prevent
ing foreign interference near the route
of the proposed interoceanic canal.
DIVISION IN A CHURCH.
Meeting of the United KvaiiRiillcnt Con
ference In Illinois,
Baltimore, Md., November 21). A
special session of the general conference
of the United Evangelical Church will
be held in Napierville, III., beginning
to-day. Delegates will be present from
Pennslyvania, Maryland, Ohio, Illinois,
Iowa, Nebraska and Oregon. This spe
cial session is made necessary by the
schism in the Evangelical Association.
It is claimed by the lenders of the new
denomination that the chief cause of the
division waa the assumption of unwar
ranted episcopal powers on the part of
certain BishopB, who claimed the right
to interpret such law in their own in
terest even to the rending asunder of
annual conferences and the exclusion of
large numbers of members and preach
ers without trial, and the organization
of a new conference without authoriza
tion by the general conference, whose
province alone it was to establish bodies
of this kind. The Supreme Court of
Pennsylvania recentlv passed upon the
case. The meeting, which will open at
Napierville to-day, is for the purpose of
formulating such rules and regulations
as may be necessary to perfect the or
ganization. Charges Against Judge Illcka.
Cleveland, November 29. The hear
ing of the charges against Judge Ricks
closed to-day for the present. Charles
Beatty and Miss Lillis, a former stenog
rapher under Judge Kicks, were ex
amined concerning the compensation of
Miss Lillis in the Birdsell case. Miss
Lillis said she received $1,000 and signed
a voucher for 3.000. Judee Kicks
counsel waa given fifteen days' time in
wnicn io prepare explanatory papers m
regard to new statements made by At
torney Green. This cloeed the hearing
in Cleveland.
HoUllended Kolbltea.
Birmingham, Ala., November 20. It
has just been learned that Beveral hot
headed Kolbite leaders have issued se
cret calls for armed men in companies
of from 100 to 500 to volunteer to go to
the .Montgomery inauguration next i-at-urday
to Beat Kolh nn Governor. The
call is made to Kolb followers "to main
tain their righta and carrv out the will
of the people," and it is said that com
panies are being organized. All the
troopa in the State have arranged to go
to Montgomery, and it is understood that
they will carry their guns loaded.