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ASTORIA, OREGON. T1WSDAY, FEBRUARY ,23, 1001.
NO. 119.
SEX
VESSELS
HOAR SAYS HE
IS TREATED
UNFAIRLY
Assertt That His First Speech on
Panama Is Misrepresented
and Greatly Distorted
by Associates.
No Reflection on President Roose
velt Intended, Information
Only Desired.
HE NAMES SENATORiFORAKER
Ohio Member Taken Fluor ami
JtcplleM to Hour Jiistlfylnir
III Previous Remark
By Quotations.
Washington, Feb. i. The feature
of today! session wan a speech from
Hoar In explanation of his former
speech on th Isthmian canal situation.
Be complained of criticisms on hla ut
terance! at that time, saying he had
been misunderstood and misrepresent
ed, and contended that hla Intention on
that occasion had been to secure ful
Information concerning the Panama re
volt and not to caat refle'ctoln on the
president ; 1
Foraker was mentioned among others
who had criticised the first speech, and
after Honr had coiifhijed," the Ohloi
senator replied he had not meant un
justly to reflect on Hoar, Justifying his
remarks by ijuollng from Hoar's orlg
Irani speech. Hoar replied. accusing
Foraker not only of having misrepre
sented him on the first occasion, but
Of misrepresenting him today. The re
sult was a shurp colloquy at short
range and when It came to a conclusion
the senators did not appear to have ap
pro whed any nearer to an understand.
Ing thim at tho beginning.
Other speeches were made during the
day by Carmack, whose remarks were
devoted to a censure or Minister Hunnu
Vnrllla, and by Cullom, who us chair
man of the committee of foreign rela
tions, has had charge of the treaty,
the senate adjourned until 11 o'clock
tomorrow,
proprlatlon bill toduy encountered op
position on the republican side of the
house. Burton, of Ohio, chairman of
the Hver and harbor committee, an
nounced In a vigorous speech that he
could not support the bill which de
clares the United States, which In his
view should be leader In all work tttr
peace, Is going to double, .treble end
quadruples Its naval establishment, all
under the assertion that U Is done for
peace. Consideration of the bill was
pending when the house adjourned. ;
Tin Deposits Found,-'
New York, Feb. H. Large deposits
of tin are reported to have been 11s
coverel In lower Buimah, near the
Siamese frontier, by Colonel K. M.
Foe. In charge of a party of engineers,
says a Times dispatch from Colombo,
Ceylon. Coal was also found In the
neighborhood. The tin deposits are as
serted to be as great as those of the
stralu settlement. , ' .
bill Opposed By Republicans,
Washington, Fet 22. The tiavy ap-
STARTING EXHIBIT EASTWARD,
Committee Active In Connection With
Oregon Mines and Fair.
Portland. Feb. 22. -The mining com
mittee of the World s fair commission
In getting the exhibit In shape for ship
ment to Louis, There are only
two oil the committee at present. Dr.
Dav Baffety and Frank Williams. They
go to Baker City this evening for the
purpose of ascertaining . the exact
amount' of space that the collection
gathered by Fred It. Mellis will need,
and also to examine the character of
the exhibit. '
Dr. Baffety, said this morning: "I
wnt to see a good exhibit and have the
Interests of mining In view, knowing
It great Importance to the building up
oTTne w'est."' rwpre6r tHrtrWtr in
this matter, and wlh to do so consci
entiously, and could not do so without
seeing the entire rolledlon. VY also
wis tp find out the eract amount of
thut space thut we can now fill. We
wish at on.e to Ret the entire mineral
exhibit together and ship It as soon ai
possible.
"We will sum at some other points
between here and linker, as I under
stand there are pome commercial prod
ucts which we wish to see. We will
be gone three or four days, and on our
return will be In a position to act."
J. H. Flak is at present In the south
ern part of the state, where Ik Is add
ing to the exhibit. ,
. i ' Mack Ooti Oown, ' ,
Chlcngi. Feb. !i.Jack O'Hrlen. of
Philadelphia, defeated Charlie Mack, of
Mllwauki. In the third round of n six
round bout tonight.
3
f,j Our 20 per cent reduction
V sale on clothing' is vSTILL ON
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Han Schiffner
U Mux
I land Tailored
P. A. STOKES
FOUR TORPEdO BOATS TAKEN
AND TWO BATTLESHIPS
ARE DESTROYED
News Not Authentic But Report IsCurrent
ThatJaps Attack Port Arthur Aain- .
Decieves Enemy With Signals.
Viceroy Alexieff Retires to Harbin-Pori Arthur Strictly a
. Stronghold, Forts BeingJManned by Naval Gunners-
Story Told of Attack on Steamer by
- , s Russian Warships.
Naval
thur February 13, and which another
ocount said ran on the rocks while en
deayorlng to pick up a number of
mines which had been brought to the
surface during a violent storm. It was
stated In the St. Petersburg dispatch
that the entire crew of the Boyarln,
193 In number, were lost.
, , Headquarters of Viceroy. '
Ylnkow, Feb. 22.- Viceroy AlexiefT
and his full staff have Just arrived at
Harbin, where headquarters has been
eatabllHhed. '
London, Feb. 23. The Nagusakl
correspondent of the Dally Telegraph,
cabling under date of February 22. re
ports the Japanese squadron has cap
tured four Russian torpedo , boats at
Port Arthur by using Russian signals,
This dispatch appears to confirm re
ports from various quarters of a frenh
attack on Port Arthur by the Japanese.
The report reached Nagasaki from
Chefoo and It adds that the Russian
crews of four torpedo boats have been
transferred. '.-,'
No other news of this attack! has
ten received In London, but the Che
foo correspondent of the Morning Post,
In a dispatch dated February 22, says
the statement Is current there that th
Japanese torpedo boat destroyers, In
an attack on Port Arthur on February
14, miitjrog, damaged two Itussiatj: bat
tleships, in addition to the torpedo
boats already reported. It Is possible,
therefore, the report of the Telegraph's
Nagaxakl correspondent also refers to
the earlier attack. '
Viceroy AlexlefTs retirement to Har
bin Is now an accomplished fact, and
the correnpondent of the Associated
Press cables that Port Arthur Is now
strictly a naval stronghold and the
forts are being manned by naval gunners.
steamer Chlng Ping, belonging to the
Chinese Engineering tt Mining Com- j
pany, of Shanghai, has arrived here
from, Port Palny and reports she also
was fired upon by the Russians and
was hit several times arourd her water
line. The Russian pilot boat, coming
out of Port Ualny to meet the Chlng
ping, was olown up by a mine.
DISCREDITS THE REPORT.
Jaan't Minltter Doei Not Believe Rus
Is Suffered Big Lots.
London, Feb. 22, The latent advices
of Baron Hayashl, the Japanese minis
ter to Great Britain, lead him to be
lieve that the Japanese troops may now
wait possibly two or three months be
fore undertaking aggressive operations
In Manchuria. He said:
. "We have found that Russia Is so
unexpectedly unprepared that I should
not be surprised If the Japanese land
forces contented themselves with es
tablishing a thorough organisation and
advancing as the construction of the
railroad toward ,the Yalu river pro
gresses. Russia appears to be less pre
pared than was China in 1895. I be
lieve that only three trains a day can
be run through Manchuria. Suppo'ns
these are equally divided between
troops And - supplies, 'which would be
necessary, Russia could not perceptibly
strengthen her land forces before Al'r,l
Japan's naval coup has been so suc
cessful that I rather think our troops
will take their time! The shallow In
lets are now frozen over, retarding the
disembarkation of our forces. This Is
especially true atTort Arthur, where
another landing of troops la Impossible,
owing to the ice.
Baron Hayashl does not credt the re
port that 2500 Russian soldiers have
been killed in an outpoat engagement
at tht Yalu river. He says there Is no
Japanese force In that vicinity large
enough to inflict such a loss.
The only naval development Baron
Hayashl expects In the near future is
an attack on the Japanese fleet by the
powerful Russian torpedo flotilla at
Tort Arthur and hitherto unused. On
the Japanese side, except possibly ac
tions against the Russian Vladivostok
squadron,, the Japanese minister does
not look4. for developments at present,
believing Admiral' Togo will be satis
fled to keep JJie , disabled Russian
squadron prisoners at Port Arthur.
The minister credits the Russians
with' having barely 100,000 troops In
Manchuria.
HEADED FOR NORTHERN COREA.
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Expected That Japan Will Make Daih
For Strategic Position. '
London, Feb. 23, Indefinite reports
of movements of troops Vn the vicinity
of the Yalu river and statements of
attempts to cut the Siberian railroad,
are; published ths morning. i ' , ,
I. The Wel-Hal-WCI crrs jf.d t, of
the Times describes'. visit to Chemulpo
February 19. and the Japanese landtag
operations there, which he says demon
strated that the Japanese military or
ganisation Is superior to that of any
European sower. i
It is believed that while the sea
power of Russia at Vladvostock is in
tact, the Japanese wUl'hot attempt to
land on the eastern coast Of Corea.
As an evidence that Japan's Intention
Is worthy of note, her cruise are busy
putrollingtoward the northwest of Co
rea and she Is not landiiig artillery, at
Chemulpo. Everything suggests an
Immediate dash for a strategic position
in northern Corea, the correspondent
concludes, and possibly the Russians
are considerably further south than
supposed. ' j .
GUNBOAT STAYS IN PORT.
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Aetion of Chinese Officials Deemed Un
- friendly by Japanese, a.
Gunboat Fol war
London, Feb. 22. The correspondent
at Toklo of Reuters Telegram Com
pany, says he learns from a reliable
source that the Russian minister to
China, Paul Lessar, has successfully
bribed Chinese otlicials, with the result
that Instructions given the Russian
gunboat Mandjur to leave Shanghai
were cancelled. ' ,s
The. Japnnese government considers
this to be a breach of Chinese neutral
ity and Is tuklng steps In the matter.
FIRE ON JAP STEAMER.
Four Russian Warships Make Very
Cowardly Attack
Nagasaki, Feb. 2'. In an Interview,
the captain of the Xnkoura Maru says
that on the morning of the 11th, four
Russian warships were sighted at a
distance of four miles. The warships
signalled the Nakoura Maru to follow
them and afterward signalled that all
on hoard should leave the stenmer In
15 minutes. In the meantime the war
ships opened fire on thesteamer. The
second signalling was Intended to save
the crew,
While the steamer was lowering her
boats two men were wounded and fell
into the sea. The remainder of the
crew were taken on board the cruiser
Gromobo arid provided with clothing.
Tiey.were later transferred,' on the
' 15th, to the steamer Stolberg from
'Vladivostok, but the Stolberg, after
! proceeding five miles, was stopped by
! i ' j ...WSl .Via lath
Russians mm ufiiii uii.
Blown Up By Mine.
Wel-Ilai-Wel, Feb. 22. The British
Vessel Probably Boyarin.
New York, Feb. 22. The small' Rus
sian cruiser reported destroyed in the
above dispatch was probably the Roy
nrln nrevlouslv announced to have
I been blown up by a mine at Port Ar-i
Port's Approach Covered.
Nw York, Feb. '22. Heavy guns
are being put In position on the coast
about 10 miles from Odessa, covering
the approach to the port, according to
a Times dispatch from Warsaw.; The
correspondent points out that these
preparations are being made in view
of possible untoward happenings
around the Black sea. The efTects of
the war in the far east upon the Bal
kan situation Is the chief diplomatic
topic in many European capitals.
PARTY EXCITES REMARK.
Company of Russians Embarked and
Are Chased By Warships.
New York, Feb. 22. Russian war
ships are reported between Japan and
Corea, says a Toklo dispatch to the
American. Transports carrying troops
across are heavily convoyed tn-eonse-
The prefectural office has received a
telegram from the chief magistrate of
the Island of Mlyake, south of the gulf
of Corea, reporting that 12 Russians
debarked in a boat from a vessel In the
oB5iig'.oa-l'h-J9ti -' Tbv. twstiert
movements of ', Otis', mysterious, party
are not reported, but Inquiry Is under
way. The' crew of the Tamagawa
Maru. which arrived at Shlmonoseki
Sunday, report that the ship was fol
lowed by four warships from a point
seven miles off the harbor of Fusan un
til close to the Island of Tsushima,
where the chase was abandoned.
THE BLACK SEA FLEET.
Possibilities Are That Bottled up Ves
sels May Be Released.
New York, Feb. 22. A dispatch to
the Herald from St. Petersburg hazards
the forecast that some morning the
Russian Black sea fleet may be unex
pectedly found In the Mediterranean,
Turkey being assured that this once
an accomplished fact no one of the
powers would have a word to say In
objection. Diplomatic negotiations to
ward this end are alleged to be pro
gressing, r j rf
Such egress from the, Black sea
would release the big armored ships
Knlazpotemkim and Tayrlceskl, 12.500
tons each; the Skaterlna and the Cls
ma, l,00 tons; the Sinope, 10.000 tons;
the Trisviatltolla, 13,318 tons; the Geb
rgl Pobllednoseo, 12.000; the Dvlenad
sat Apostolov and the, Restislav, about
9000 tons each; 10 torpedo catchers and
about 20 torpeclo boats a fore? which
would turn the vital question of the
command of the sea In the far east In
favor of Russia.. Trans-Caucasian
troops are being mobilized and order
ed to occupy the frontier of Turke
stan and Persia. .
. General McClellan's Brother.
, Philadelphia, Feb. 22. Major Arthur
McClellan, brother of the late General
George B. McClelland and uncle of the
mayor of New York, died suddenly to
day at Drlfton, Pa., aged 65.
RUSSIA HAS A
HARD LUCK
STORY
Complains That Japan Repeated
ly Violates International Law
- In Method of Carrying
on War.
Addresses Note to the Powers and
Hopes for Their Earnest In
terest in Matter.
NEUTRAL PORT IN DANGER
Claims That Japan Threatens to
Attack Chemulpo If ICusslan
. . Fleet Does Not Come Ont
to He Auiiihilated.
Washington, Feb. 22. Russia is ad
dressing to the powers a communica
tion charging Japan w th repeated vio
lations of the laws of nations, first. In
threatening to attack the neutral port
of Chemulpo, Corea, unless the Russian
ships within came out to face an over
whelming force, and, second, in attack
ing Port Arthur before war had been'
declared.''"-. s i f ' .'.,...!
A diplomat whow government is In
clined to sympathize with Russia, said
jhat JtuJa.,,.ctMUnot- -espwt ttr ra
tions to pas on the attack at Port
Arthur, but as to the threatened attactc
on Chemulpo this diplomat said the
Russian .1 government expected the
powers, In the Interest of law, would
give the matter their earnest consideration-
CRUISER POSITIVELY LOST.
Statement Confirmed By Statement of
German Captain.
Chefoo, Feb. 22. The captain of the
German steamer Pronto, just arrived
her from Palny, says positively that be
sides the torpedo gunboat Yenesei. ac
cldently destroyed by one of her own
mines, the Russians have just lost an
other ship by accident on the 12th. This
was a small cruiser whose name was
not learned. In avoiding some mines
she ran upon rocks from which she
eventually slipped off into deeper water
and sank. There was no loss of life
attached to the casualty.
The Russian authorities Insist that
there Is no . truth in the story that a
force of 1000 Japanese landed at Pigeon
or Dove bay had bee annihilated. Port
Arthur is said to be entirely Out of beef
and vegetables and drawing upon Dal
ny for a slight supply. Troops are be
ing' rushed toward the Yalu with all
haste possible. .
The Pronto was sent from Port Ar
thur to Dalny for refugees, chiefly Jap
anese women. While leaving Port Ar
thur with all lights out she was fired
upon by a Rusinn crXilser, 15 shots
striking her upper works. It was sub
sequently explained that It was thought
she was a Japanese torpedo boat The
entrance to Dalny Is honeycombed with
mines. Nothing was seen on the pas
sage to this port of the Russian or
Japanese fleets.
Clyde Bills, of Portland, spent Sun
day In the city.'
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