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VOLUME LVIII ASTOHIA, OREGON', TUESDAY. LAST SALLY TO BE MADE BY INVADERS Japanese Landing Troops at Dal ny Preparatory to Final As sault Upon the Forts at i Port Arthur. Kurokl Has Begun to Retire, Heavy Rains Cut Him Off From Supply Base. RUSSIANS ARE NOW HOPEFUL retreat. The Japanese are differing greatly from lack of supplies, the court try bdn devested. Japanese activity In the country In aleo suspended, Ku rokl being threatened by Russian troopa from tb north.' "VJ. -' ' .f 5 Early cessation of boatllltlea la tx pected, and when they are resumed the Ruealana aay they will be able to take the offensive. Troopa are arriving here dally. Say They Will Aaauma the Often she When Operation Are lteauniel After Ceaaatlon of Present Downpour. London. July 5. The Standard's Tientsin correspondent, under date of July 4, any that alnce June 17 the Japanese main squadron has own en gaged In landing m-n at Dnlny pre pnratory to a final attack on Port Ar thur. Me adds that the Japanese land opratlona In the rear of Port Arthur wilt probably bring matters to a final Issue within the next few days. KUROKI IS RETIRING. Off Incessant Rains Have Cut Him From His Supply Base. Tatcheklao, Jujy 4, (Via Lino Tang.) General Kurokl has begun to retire, probably as the result of the rains, which have flooded all the rivers and cut him off from his base of supplies. Nearly all the customary roads are now Impaaaable. A flght between Russian torpedo boats and Japanese transports was re ported off the coast this afternoon. Heavy cannonading was heard to the northward. An officer who came In declares that, from a hilltop near the coaat, he aaw vessels engaged in a fight, but he was too far away to dis tinguish them. WILL ASSUME OFFENSIVE. COUNTER CHARGES MADE , BY JAPANESE GENERAL. Denies Allegations of Cruelty and Cites Instsnees of Barbarous Actions of Russians Toward Wounded. Toklo, July 4. General Oku has for warded a detailed report to imperial headquarters, answering charges pre ferred by the Russian authorities that the Japanese troops were responsible for atrocities committed on the field during the engagement at Wufangtien preceding the battle of Vafungow. lie says the charges are totally un founded, but, on the contrary, that he has proofs that the wounded Itusslan prisoners highly appreciated the hu mane treatment they and their com rades received from the Japanese. It Is the Russians, he declared, that have cruelly mutlluted the Japanese who fell into their hands wounded. General Oku then makes the following charges: That on June 1$ six Japanese scouts were overpowered by Russian troop ers, who ran bayonets in their mouths, in their heads, and cut their breasts open; that oh June 27 the Russians captured a Japanese cavalryman, whom they bayoneted and then cut his ab domen open. On May IS the Russians beheaded a Japanese cavalryman whom they hud captured. General Oku asserts that acts of cruelty on the part of the Russian troops are numerous and announces hla purpose to report In the future every cam. of It which Is brought to hla notice. H says he feela that he Is not fighting a civilised army. Associated Press correspondents are unable to furnish any proofs of the charges which he presents, because no neutral observers were permitted to be present on the field at either of the engagementa which took place at Wu fangtien and Vafangow. NUMBER 233. OPPOSITION IS UNABLE ' : TO GET TOGETHER AND PARKER 5T0GK GOES UP Friends of Now York Jurist Declare He Will Be Nominated on First or Second Ballot. Adherents of Other Candidates Are Seeking to Sap Away the New Yorker i Strength, For Which Purpose Judge Gray Has Been Boomed, But His Opponents Fail to Name a Man Who Will Be Satisfactory All Round. Russians Mesn to Fight Whsn Hos tilities Are Resumed, Llao Tang, July 4. The Japanese are evidently nonplussed at Kuropat kin's tactics, as is proved by their alternate advance on Llao Tang from Feiigwangcheng and their subsequent arrests were made. EaHy Celebration at Chicago. Chicago, July 4. In aplte of the law and the police, Chicago echoed all day yesterday and most of the night with the roar of premature Fourth of July celebrations. The downtown streets resounded all day with the booming of torpedoes and along the principal resi dence streets the celebrations were no less enthusiastic. Eight persons were Injured, four of them seriously, and five Clothes For Active Men Tho harder you are on your clothes the more reason for being sure th ey're Hart, Schaffner & Marx clothes. These clothes are not only made to look well; but they're made for wear. And as long as., they wear they look well. You will find them the most economi cal clothes you ever had both for the service they'll give you "and for the satisfaction in ap pearances you will get tUn Sctulorl HmlTulfKd CTV ' ' ' ' -' ' ' ' ' ' ( I 'f': r n U"J 11 I . P. A. STOKES, 0ne Price To Everybody J pPlWOd m JO 9JVip UJ JB OU.M UaU! 10 JO lUtI. m S )U.UO) IBtJX jsjtf m uo ednqjad )onq puooos am uo xnjd Xjnf 'ainoi ng fairs of the New York candidate. All day long the Parker opponents have tried to perfect a program which would prolong the balloting and afford an op portunity to name another candidate, but apparently they have not succeed ed. Many combinations ; have been suggested, but so far they seem to have proven Incapable of being assembled Into ahape sufficiently substantial to show the independent and unlnstructed delegates how another candidate can be named. Don't Want Cleveland. The men who are supposed to hold the balance of power have asked the Parker opponents to say what would be done after Parker has been put out of the race, but tonight they aay they have received no satisfactory answer. Gorman, Gray and Cleveland have been suggested, but no one is prepared to give the assurance that either could receive the nomination. The mention of Cleveland has a tendency In some quarters to solidify Parker's strength. for many delegatea aay they do not want to take even the slightest chance of allowing Cleveland a fourth nomina tion, t. Gormanites Are Too Late. While there la a very friendly feel ing for Gorman among the southern delegatea. Including those who are un der Instructions or bound by the unit rule to vote for Parker, yet the pre dominate expression from this element Is that the effort now making In behalf of the Maryland senator Is too late. They also point to the fact that when delegatea were being chosen Gorman gave no aign that he desired the nom ination. It is too much to expect, they say, that delegates who were chosen pas Parker men, whether under Instruc tions or not, will desert him now, or as long aa there is a possibility of se curing the nomination of the New York Jurist, Two Nsw Csndidates. The opposition to Parker has brought out two new candidates in the persons of former Governor Pattlson of Penn sylvania and General Miles. The op position leaders appreciate to the ut most the difficulty which would be ex perienced in preventing a stampede to I Developments of the day before the national committee also Indicate that Bryan will be in evidence when the committee on cr dentals reports. Bry an was engaged during the day with callers, many of them representing as pirants to the presidential nomination. He discussed the situation with all of them, but committed hlmsel fto none. The Chairmanship. The selection of John Sharp Williams for temporary chairman seems to have given general satisfaction. No deter n;lnatlon has been reached as to who will be permanent chairman, but sev emi men have been suggested, and possibly all will be considered by the committee on permanent organization before the selection Is made. Expect Gray to Hurt Parker. Headquarters was established today at the St. Nicholas hotel in the in terests of Judge George Gray of Dela ware. The members of the Delaware delegation then . visited the different state headquarters and urged the ad vantage of nominating their man. The candidacy of Judge Gray is being en couraged by the opponents of Parker. who hope Gray will get some of the Parker votes. Big Boost for Parker. What is considered the beginning of a stampede to Parker took place tonight in the action of the Pennsylvania dele. gation in adopting by a vote of 57 to 5 resolution Instructing the chairman of the delegation to cast Pennsylva nia's 68 votes for Parker. , Hopkins Faction Wins. After an almost continuous session of nine hours the sub-committee of the national committee, to which was sub mitted the evidence in the 14 contests in the state of Illinois, went Into ex ecutive session at midnight, with every indication that the verdict would be a victory for John T. Hopkins and his faction. The discussion at times was very acrimonious. , POPULIST CONVENTION BUT SLIMLY ATTENDED. Only One-Fourth of the Delegates Show Up and the Mayor's Wsloome Goes by the Board. Colorado today adopted a platform for the fall campaign and pledged Its sup port to the democratic state ticket If the democratic platform shall embrace the provisions of the labor platform. The salient features are; A definite eight-hour law; defeat of the present state administration; a constitutional amendment taking from the governor the power to suspend the writ of habeas corpus; repudiation of the military contracted by the Peabody administration. MR. SCOTT RESIGNS. Will No Longer Act as President of Exposition Company. Portland, July 4. H. W. Scott, presl dent of the Lewis and Clark Centen nial Exposition Company, at the annual meeting of the stockholders of the cor poration today, declined re-election as a member of the board of directors, and will consequently be succeeded by another as president of the exposition company at the next meeting of the board of directors. H. L. Plttock was chosen to succeed him. The next meet ing of the newly elected board will be held next Friday at 4 o'clock, and there Is little doubt that L N. Fleiscbner, first vice president of the corporation, will be chosen to succeed the retiring president. The, declination of Leo Frlede for re-election was received and Herman Wittenberg elected In his stead. .. .-" President Scott in declining re-elec tion to the board, stated to that body that he did not think he was equal to the work that will devolve upon the chief executive officer during the next year. "I feel that It will be a greater burden than I can well undertake," said President Scott. "There will be a large amount of work to be attended to within the next year, many functions to be observed, and duties that will require a great deal of time and en ergy, and I do not see how I can go oa.",:- - , .. w,, ... NORGE SANK SOON AFTER SHE STRUCK The Uf-Fated Steamship Remained Afloat Only About Twenty Minufes After Hitting Sunken Rocks. BASEBALL SCORES. Pacifie Coast. At Portland Morning: Los An geles, 5; Portland, fl. - Afternoon:, Los Angeles, 0; Portland, 1. At Taoorna Morning: San Fran- clsca, 7; Tacoma, 9. Afternoon: San Francisco, S; Tacoma, 8. At Seattle Morning: Oakland, 2; Seattle,, it. Afternoon: Oakland, 2; Seattle, 6. Paoifio National. -At Spokane Morning: Boise, 4; Spokane, 1L Afternoon, Boise, 5; Spo kane, 12. American. At Chicago Morning: - Detroit, Chicago, 2. Afternoon: Detroit, Parker should his lead become pro- rwiti k.i, thaw n. m.. I ...-.. I " "t" i than 600 delegates failing to put uuing mm uy appeuung 10 me iochi pride of the dlfftrent favorite-son dele gations to hold on as long as possible. Talk of Judge Gray. The men who are talking about Judge Gray are met with the question as to where the votes are to be secured to nominate him. The delegates with favorite sons as yet manifest an un willingness to enter Into combinations, and in the interest of their own candi dates hey do not desire to antagonise Parker. If by any chance there is a deadlock they all hope to secure votes from the Parker column In the break up. Parker Very Strong. Nor are the favorite-son delegations such as can be transferred. In several cases Parker is the second of the choice of the delegates. This Is noticeably true of the votes instructed for Hearst. Sprlnfleld, 111., July 4. When the na tlonal populist convention was called to order this afternoon there were less than 200 delegates In the hall, more in an appearance. There were not more than 75 citizens present besides the delegates. Mayor Devereaux, who was scheduled to extend a word of welcome, did not attend, nor was his absence from the convention hall explained. Only 23 states were represented in the convention. But three names are mentioned now In connection with the nomination for the presidency Wlllium V. Allen of Nebraska. Samuel Williams of Indiana and Thomas E. Watson. FIFTY HURT AT TACOMA. Fireworks Display Went Off in Bunch, Creating a Panic. Tacoma. July 4. Fireworks which were to have been set off here this evening in Wright park caught fire from almost the first rocket sent up, It Is not believed the editor candidate end in an instant the entire heap of could control them for any other can didute, while it is evident quite a large number from the northwest are ready to vote for Parker on the second bal lot. A real contest on the platform Is as sured. No one yet knows what the platform will be, but it Is known the majority draft will prove unsatisfac tory to Bryan and his followers, and there are enough of them tonight to make an interesting fight upon the floor of the convention. explosives was flying in every direc tion through the audience of 80,000 persons, creating a panic. Several were struck by flying explosives and burned. It is estimated that 50 were injured, some seriously. APPEAL TO THE DEMOCRATS. Colorado Laboring Man Seek to Over throw Military Monarch. Denver, July 4. The ways and means committee of the organized labor of Chicago, 1. At Cleveland Morning: St Louis, IS; Cleveland. 10. Afternoon: St. Louis, 4; Cleveland, 8. At Washington Morning: Boston, S; Washington, 2. Afternoon: Bos ton, 5; Washington, 2. At Philadelphia Morning: New York, 9; Philadelphia, 3. Afternoon: New York, 5; Philadelphia, 2. National. At St. Louis Cincinnati, 6; St. Louis, J. -At New York Morning: Philadel phia, 1; New York, 4. Afternoon: Philadelphia, 8; New York, 11. At Pittsburg Morning: Chicago, 2; Pittsburg, 7. Afternoon: Chicago, 6; Pittsburg, 11. , . At Boston Brooklyn, 2; Boston. 6. Afternoon: Brooklyn, 1: Boston, 10. Six Hundred and Forty-six ol Passengers Are Supposed to Have Been Lost STORY OF CAPTAIN GUNDEL Says Crew Worked Heroically to Sa? Lives of Passengers - Small Hope Entertain ed For Missing'. London, July 5. Of the 774 passen gers on the Danish steamer Norge, 128, including Captain Gundel, are known to have been saved up to this hour. One of the children died in a lifeboat which brought others to safety. For the missing 646 persons small hope la entertained. In addition to the 26 persons who landed at Grimsby 102 survivors were landed at Stornoway. They were all in a pitiful condition. Many were takes to the hospital and most of them had to be carried ashore. ' Captain Gundel said: "All went well until about 7:40 o'clock last Tuesday. When about 18 miles south of Rockall I felt the steamer strike heavily for ward on sunken rocks. I stood on the bridge With the chief officer and the carpenter. Soundings were made and It was reported that there was five feet of water in the forward hold. Orders were given to commence pumping and to the passengers to put on life belts and be ready to get Into the boats, which were ordered to be put out. "The crew worked nobly under the leadership of the chief officer. Seven boats got safely away, the life-savers were cut adrift and the steamer went down by the bow. "I went down with the steamer. My right leg got jammed between two stanchions and was very much Injured. When I rose to the surface I noticed a number of bodies floating. The Norge was afloat only about 20 minutes after striking." TWO KILLED AT vOGOEN. Exploding Bomb Deals Death and' In jures Five Others. Ogden, Utah, July 4. By the prema ture .explosion of a fireworks mortar tonight at Glenwood park two persons were killed and five injured In the presence of about 3000 people. The display of fireworks was given from a pontoon erected in a small lagoon in the park. The small -mortar for the purpose of throwing bombs into the air was being used and a bomb became fastened In it and exploded, and pieces of steel were hurled several hundred feet across the lagoon among the spectators. WRECK OF WABASH FLYER DUE TO ACT OF VANDALISA Switch Into Which Train Ran Had Hot "Been Used For Twelve Hours Road Officials Declare. Litchfield, Illy July 4. In place of the usual celebration, accompanied by exploding firecrackers and the glare of typical Fourth of July night, Litch field has been converted into a hospi tal, and all day relatives and friends sought to relieve the suffering of those Injured In the wreck of the Wabash flyer from Chicago, in which, accord ing to unofficial reports, 16 persons were killed and more than 50 seriously Injured. It Is possible the death list: may be still further Increased by later reports to the authorities. The state authorities are conducting rigid investigation into the cause of the accident. Many persons believe the wreck was the work of a vandal, as the open switch which caused the pas senger train while running at a high rate of speed to collide with the sta tionary freight had not, it is asserted by the Wabash agent at Litchfield, been used for 12 hours.