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Zs VOLUME LVII. FINE TEST TRIP MADE BY AIRSHIP United BUtc, Myi a Herald dispatch from Rio de Janeiro, flraxll. It Is be Ileved the same favor will be ac corded to the product of Argentine and France and several other coun tries. The Industrial Association has adopted a resolution declaring that the concessions made to the "United State are prejudicial to the intereata of lira I IHm n lft4iirtw anil mmBma T ka. Ur. Umn, me inventor. 8nd til' hequeeted the government to recon- tflneer Sill Through Air f aider is action, - - . ASTORIA, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 3, 1901 ADMITTED IN ST. PETERSBURG THAT RUSSIANS RETREAT BEFORE JAPANESE mm High Rate of Speed Toward San Jose. FRAUD TRIALS POSTPONED. Slight Break In Machinery Causes Navigators to Decend to the Ground for Repairs. NOTHING ABOUT CAR INJURED Would Make Trip From Ban Francisco nod Hlx Mllea of This Journey Is Blade at High Itute ol Hpced. Mr, Watson Arraigned in Court on Charge of Conspiracy to Defraud. Portland, Mar J. The beginning of the alleged land fraud trials was tig- nailed today In the United States court when Mrs. Emma L. Watson was ar raign d on the charge of conspiracy to defraud the United States government Mrs. Watson's attorneys demurred to the Indictment. The demurrer was overruled and Mrs. Watson pleaded not guilty. Owing to the fact that the prose cution was unprepared to commence Mrs. Watson's case and those of others alleged to be Implicated in the so called "land fraud ' ring" the trials Oreth were postponed until May It, although .us name morning ana repulsed t " j- m the enemy's infantry and artillery after J1N I KUL Bl J I II J minutes of sharp fighting. Fire was seen rising from the town, and a native says that the enemy Bed from An Tung after setting Are to If Quite Possible That Loss on Both Sides Will Reach Figure Sent Out From the Enemy's Source. While There May Have Been 17,000 Russians Commanding Stretch side of the Yalu. of River for Distance of 30 Miles Not Probable That More Than 5000 Were Actually Engaged in Battle Some Reports Are Not Confirmed. Retreat in Confusion. London, May z A dispatch to the Central News from Seoul says that after the Japanese charge which re sulted in the occupation of the Rus sian lines at Chi Cheng, the Russians fell back In confusion. The Japanese, the dispatch continued, have now se cured a firm hold on the Manchoriaa Ban Francisco, May I. Dr, today tried to make a trip to Ban Jose Llorneyg for th defen fouRht hard " '. '"rirvungaoouuMH,nt a continuation. The case of Ave miles some slight disarrangement Charles Cunningham, the eastern Ore 0 . .....Ul.. (I . m I . .... nmwmiery ww u.scoverea ana , rtlw,p klngi undl.r arrMt charged the aerial voyagers were forced to wth defr)1U(1ing the government, was make a landing, Greth was arcom panted by Knglneer Frederick Hell, lie went up ati:S0 a. m., with the car attached to a rope. When the rope was cant off Dr, Oreth let out his machineries still higher, then made a circular figure about a quarter of a mile in circumference and continued until Thursday or Friday. MERCHANT UNDER ARREST. Charged With Having Burned His 8tore to Collect Big Insuranoe. Everett, Wash., May 2. The dry then started off to the south at high goods and notion store of A. II. Finney, peed. on Hewitt avenue, was purtlully de- Everything went well until the air- utroyed by fire at 3 o'clock this morn- ship arrived over Dianke't slx-mlle Jug. The flames also damaged the house, on the San Bruno road. It was then going rapidly toward Bun Jose, but something went wrong with the machinery which caused the airship to top. The inventor and engineer tried to adjust the break and then, after a pause the funs were started going and the ship began to descend. Eye witnesses of the descent said the airship came down gradually and touched the ground gently, allowing the men In the car to step out. Noth lug was Injured either in the car or about the great gas bag. Dr. Oreth stated that what had happened could not be set right without certain tools and he deemed It wise to descend. Do Not Favor Concessions. New York, May S. -It is understood that the government has decided to accord to Belgium the same tariff re-j stock of the Sound Shoe Company in the adjoining building and the Vir ginia hotel, a three-story frame. , Evidences of Incendiarism were plain after the firemen had extinguished the flames. Finney has been arrested ori a warrant charging him with arson. lie admits having been in the store yester day and says he had a hot fire In the stove. He left the store at midnight or Inter. He says his stork was over Insured, and admits ha, realizes the situation an ugly one. Fire in Stock Yards. Indianapolis, May 2. Forty acres of livestock sheds and pens are burning at the Union stock yards, and It la be lieved will be totally destroyed. There Is no Immediate danger of the Are spreading. Two cars of cattle were i i burned. The loss la estimated at 1200,- ductlons which it has granted to the 1 000. Origin of the fire Is unknown. , , . 1 , St. Petersburg, May I. -At S o'clock thla afte rn on the Associated Press was notified that beyond the fact of the re treat of the Russians before the over whelming superiority of the Japanese on the Talu river, no details have been received since the report of General Sussulftrh, commander of the Second Siberian army corps, yesterday of the retirement from Kullen Cheng to An- tung. It Is quite possible that the loss on both sides In the week's fighting may reach the figures given by the Japanese, as the reserves were not brought up to support the Russian position at Kullen Cheng, where the lighting was the heaviest, The Russians made a special effort to hold as long as possible the heights of Clio Sun on an Island opposite Kul len Cheng, whence their guns com manded a considerable stretc h of the river to the south, but a Japanese bat tery on a hill above WIJu dominated the position which the Russians even tually, were forced to relinquish, thus losing the key to the river. The des perate character of the struggle there may have been due to the necessity for gaining time for the withdrawal of the Russian detachments above and be- low mand of the entire force on the Yalu which extended over a distance of SO miles, with a reserve support IS miles back. The while, according to the best Information obtainable did (not ex ceed 17.000 men. What was the actual force engaged Is not known at pres ent, though probably It was not more than 6000 men, If It was so large. No confirmation has yet been re celved of the reported capture of 28 Russian quick-firing guns, or of the waundlna- of General Sassulltch and General Kashtallnsky. Russians Resist Stubbornly. Chicago, May 2, A Dally Newt spe cial from Kobe says: Details of heavy fighting iii the neighborhood of Chlu Uen Tohen, received here this morn ing state inai me Kusaiaaa made a stubborn insistence to the Japanese advances, but were driven successively out of seven lines of trenches. BANKS OF YALU Tenor of Dispatches Now at KarJ Show That the Japanese Have . Gained Decided Advan- . tage Over Enemy. Artillery of Russians Diminished Nearly One-Third by Oper ations of Orientals. CHILD THROWN FROM CAR. REJOICING IN LONDON. Russian casualties amounted to over 100. General Kurokl and his staff entered Chlu Tien Cheng at li: 30 Sunday evening. General Kurokl has telegraphed that the Imperial prince and the officers of bis command are In high spirits, and that all the troops are in excellent CrmraA i, - rj u. a. P'rtta, . . L.. wrria iv mil DUDjr. Spokane," J Wash-, May 2. Driven crazy, It is supposed by lack of food and the care of nine children on a Jour- Newt of Japanese Land Victory Pleases I ney across the continent, Mrs. Mary Britishers as Much as Japs. Flgleski threw her 4-months-oId baby London, May 2. The latest dls- through the window of a Great North- patches received here confirming the era train near Columbia Falls last completeness of the Japanese victory night. She tried to follow it, but was on the Yalu river could hardly have held by passengers. given greater satisfaction In Toklo than The train backed op and the Infant In London. Despite the tack by the was found. Amjarentlv It had fallen Japanese of good cavalry to follow up on some shrubbery and rolled into a her victory It is believed that she will mudhole and was practically un- sneedily drive the Russians out of harmed. The mother was brought to Feng-Huan-Cheng also. la Spokane hospital. BARON HAYASHTS OPINION No further details have yet been received, but It seems that the Jap anese Imperial guards fought with conspicuous bravery and sustained the brunt of the fighting, losing heavily. It is evident that the Japanese sue- General Sassulltch was In com-, fcrgely due to the superiority of their artillery, the Russian guns being too light. The Japanese victory has caused a complete surprise In European capitals an 1 It Is expected to lead to. difficulty In Russia's efforts to raise a loan. Unconfirmed reports of severe fight ing between 3000 Russians and a slml lar number of Japanese at Gensan are sent by the Standard's St Petersburg correspondent, who says the Japanese were compelled to retire into Gensan both tides losing heavily. BASEBALL SC0RE8. Bie Price To All I Do You Know What That Gleans? mw 4 A1 wim COY can buy a Suit of Clothes from our im mense stock, and get as good a bargain ' and' as good a fit as though his father made the selection. FAIR and honorable treatment and the Lowest "PRICES consistent with Honest Goods have given our store the reputation of being the LEADING Clothing house of the city. RETREAT BEFORE JAPS. armaria aaat imoaa.imXI ID) Ad Quns, Carriages, Horses, Men Cap tured by Little Brown Men. Toklo, May I, 11 a. m. After the Japanese carried the line of hills ex tending from Chlu Hlen Sheng to To shoka, on the right tank of the Rio river, yesterday, the Russians made a second stand on a hill northwest of Chlu Tien Cheng, but they began re treating at 1:60 in the afternon. The Twelfth Japanese division ad vanced toward Tah Lang Fang, which Is due west of the village of Makao; the division of the Imperial guards ad vanced toward Hama Tan, which Is west of Chlu Tien Cheng, while the Second division moved down the river, with Antung aa its objective. . The gen eral reserve advanced over the main road to Lift Yang, which runs, In j, westerly direction from the Yalu river. At 6 o'clock yesterday evening the Japanese army held line extending from Antung northwesterly to Lauku- ku, and running from there in a north easterly direction to Llshukau. At Hamatan, where the Ihlo river makes its first bend to the west, the Japanese succeeded in enveloping the Russians on three sides. At this place, after shajp fighting at close range, the Japanese captured 20 Russian guns, with their horses, carriages and am munition, and more than 20 officers and as many men. The Russian troops at Hamatan retreated toward Feng Huan Cheng. A Russian officer who was taken prisoner said that the effect of the Jap anese artillery fire on Saturday and Sunday waa enormous. Lieutenant General Zasalltch, com mander of the Second Siberian army corps, and Major General Kashtallns ky, commander of the Third East Si berian rifle brigade, were wounded by shells. A Russian lieutenant colonel was captured. It it estimated that the FOLLOWING OUT PROGRAM. Latest News From St Petersburg Con flicts With Former Reports. St Petersburg, May I. The state ment that the Russians have fallen back to Feng-Weng-Chang Is declared to be untrue. The advance has retired and will continue to retire before the main army of the enemy, according to the Russian program. Skirmishing, more or less of a serious character, Is expected as General Kuorkls advances. The general staff believes that Gen eral Kurokls forward march on Feng Wang-Cheng will be accompanied by landings at Ta-Tung-Kau, not far from the mouth of the Yalu river, and other places along the coast as far as Taku Shan, under the protection of warships. Japanese have arrived to turn the Rus slan position at Feng-Wang-Chang. At army headquarters there Is not the slightest evidence that the Rus sians consider they have sustained a reverse. Crossing the Yalu by the enemy waa taken for a matter of course and as part of the program. The losses are regarded as pawns In the real game which Is to follow. GUNBOATS N ACTION. Japanese Ships Silence Russian Shore Batteries Along the Yalu. London, May 2. The Japanese lega tion gave out today an official dispatch from the admiralty at Toklo, reporting an engagement between Japanese war ships on the Yalu and Russian shore batteries, t reads as follows: "The captain of the gunboat Maya reports that a flotilla, consisting or the gunboats Maya and Ujl, and some torpedo boats ascended the Yalu May 1, bombarding the enemy. While they were returning the enemy's artuiery suddenly attacked the enemy after a severe engagement lasting 30 minutes, and the flotilla all returned to Yongam- pho. There were not casualties. "Our armed launches reached An Pacific Coast At Seattle Portland 4, Seattle 6. At Tacoma Oakland 2, Tacoma S. At San Francisco Los Angeles 2, San Francisco 1. . American.- At St. Louis Chicago , St. Louis (. At New York Washington 0, New York 5. At Boston Philadelphia 3, Boston 0. At Detroit Cleveland 2, Detroit . National At Boston New York 2, Boston 0. At Philadelphia Brooklyn 3. Phila delphio 0. At Chicago Pittsburg I, Chi cago 8. At Cincinnati St Louis I, Cincin nati I Japanese Minister to Great ltrifc iao Expresses His Views Re garding Encounter of Land Troops Sunday. London, May 2. Baron Hayashi, the Japanese minister, said to the Amot slated Press regarding Sunday's en counter: "The immediate result of General Kuroki't success will probably be a movement on Feng-Huan-Cheng. 1 understand, thougn I cannot vouch for the absolute accuracy of the state ment that Russia had only 100 guns in Manchuria. If that is the case her artillery strength hau been diminished almost one-third. "The announcement that the Rus sians would not contest their crossing the Yalu has proved, aa we thought, to be misleading. Thirty thousand men is far too large a body for any general to leave in the face of an enemy if It were merely Intended to hamper hit movements. "I take it from dispatches that we have now practically secured control of both banks of the Yalu. In con sequence our base will probably be moved to Antung." Stormed Alt Day. Denver, May 2. A heavy storm con sisting of rain on the plains and snow in the mountains has prevailed over nearly the entire state today. Con siderable damage to railway property and delay by washouts was caused. Crops Badly DamageB. Pueblo, Col- .Mm JL Pueblo vicinity was visited today by the heavi est wind, rain and hall storm of tb season. Crops are reported badly dan aged. Our Ladies' Suit Business Grows apace. Must be a reason back of such growth; there is. It is price and quality. Suits from $9.00 to $25.00. Dress skirts, walking skirts, skirts for all occasions from $1.75 to $10.00. We have the largest assortment of shirt waists in the city; prices from 50c to $5.00. If you are looking for something nice and stylish in dress goods we can satisfy you , every piece and pattern is an inspiration. . We have just received a lot of crushed leather belts in all the most stylish shades. Have you seen the new silk PEAU DE CREPE ? We have it. Laundries like muslin. The newest thing for waists and dresses. Let companions witness the truth You can buy them CHEAPER AT THE BEE HIVE The Finest B00R Yet , THE REAL DIARY ; - OF A REAL BOY, Price Ol.OO, at A: JNO, N. GRIFFIN