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MM 141 -Nl iBS)!DBS3MHSSBBOtSan3HH ASTORIA, OREGON, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1904. 'NUMBER 286. VOLUME LVIII. FULL RETREAT 0LYMr..tiS ATANENDAT WORLD'S FAIR New York Athletic Club Has Scor ed Most Points in Games, but Chicago Club Has Protested. If Protest Is Allowed Tie Will Re sult Between Two Leading Clubs Entered. DVORAK WINS POLE VAULT I'uolly OiitvitultN UN oii'tl tors While Kliei'Muii Cap ture IHm iih Throw From IConc. HI, Louis, Kept. 3,-Wltli the finish of Inteiuillnlial (earn run-, the last event on today iitil, the IH04 olym ilrul mini' tu mi villi. umIhii u protest made ly the i'hl- unto Athletic Association, award of the mniiiilM' cut loving cup emblematic r the Olympic championship wa 'mil made to thi athletic ricnnlr.tlii whose representative scored tht mont point In the Olympic t hainploimhlp event luring tli" meet, Th Itiml score, ac cording to ht unit-till record of the f.llll lull. I! If IIM fiiovn: New York Athletic Club, 63; I'liU-tiKo Athletic Association, 59; Milwaukee Athletic Club, 4; (JrfutiT New York Athletic Association, 31. Tilt" Cilbngll ilHHlM'ltlllOII. llOWI'Vff Iihn rotfHtl the fiilry of John It le wlt! of the New York Athletic I'lub. Alio won second place III tile ll-pnuild hammer event, and tlw New York Atli Id If Club tun of war team, whlrh tin-iHht-tt fourth In tlmt event. Khi'iilil the protest be allowed It will reMiilt In il tl-. Jinttn 1). Llghtbotl of the Chicago Athletic Amih liitlon clipped 3-5 of a second off the Olympic record for the l.Wil-nieter tun. There wan tin uiiUHimlly Hue th Id In the pule vault content. Five men broke the Olympic lecord before the event unrroweij ilown to the Anal Jump, ('hill-leu Dvorak of the Chicago Ath letic Association then demonstrated his i-tiiM uiul from the 11-foot murk he competed nlone. Dvorak' bent wan 11 feet Inches, breaking the Olympic record. The keenest competition of the en tire week' program developed In the discus throw. M. J. Sheridan of the enter New York Irlnh Athletic An- i. ...... n..l..k tit (),,.. nt (h iciauon nu ni mi " CMcliKn Atniclic imnociuuon iicu .... , i .i .i... flrnt pluce, with thrown of 128 feet 104 Inches, breaking the Olympic fee ord by more than 10 feet. An splitting point. In not allowed In the Olympic champlnnnhlp, the men were forced to throw over the tie. The bent Rone could do was 120 feet l-Ji Inches, while Sheridan made 127 feet 10 Inchen. ARRESTED FOR ROBBERY. Men Captured for Holdup -of Oregon Exprete In Wyoming. Kemmerer. Wyo., Sept. 3. "Kid" Riley wan arrented here today and 1 being held for alleged connection with the robbery of the wentbound Oregon rire here hint Wednenday, when three men ntole a pnekage containing $'.100 In nllver. Riley had $310 In sil ver when arrented. He had come Into town for food. Riley declaren he In Innocent. THERE WILL BE NO FAMINE. Meat Dealers So Declare, But Do Not Explain Matter. Chlcngo, Sept. 3. The member of the Association of Meat Dealer met tonight at one of the downtown hotel to dlacuna the tand taken by the ntock- yardn trlkera In endeavoring to force a meat famine. No specific action waa taken by the meeting, but It wa an nounced there would be no famine. Marshal Oyama Has Captured Liao Yang', the Slavs Taking Flight to the Northward in the Direction of Mukden. Responsibility for Appalling Disaster Is Placed Upon General Stokelberg, Who Is Said to Have Ignored Orders, and Whose Detachment of 25000 Men Has Been Cut Off and Is in Imminent Danger of Annihilation by the JapsFighting Is Still in Progress at Liao Yang. The Yang. itiiu ,.f Jiiniin Ale over Mao Held Marshal OyarnH, who led hi famoun Second nrrny into I'ort Ar thur during the Clilno-Japanese war of 1S9I-95. and who In that ntrus.gl' nlo captured Wei Hal Wei and Tailed wan, today hoM way over Mao Yang i.ixl Kiiropatkln, through whom tin Russian believed their arm would be successful. I In full retreat northward, while one of b! chief aide, denerat Stukelbeig, with hi loniiimnd. In cut off lo Ihe westward of Mao Yang The Russian are concentrating nt Yentiil. but the dispatch.- limn far give no Intimation an t" wneiner or mu they will make a ntninl there, or even If the Japunene are purnulfig tneir nw III It flight. It In not known whether the Japaneite will ntop at Mao Yang and fortify, mid with the Tlte river between them and Kuroputkln, will endeavor to either be come tlcfeiulern In cane the Runnlann nhould attack, or by Inaction, nhould they not, end the campaign at Mao Yung. Thin hint blow to the RunHlan ftrmn, though npoken of In Ht. I'etemburg an th logical coimeiuen,e of the Kuh- nlail plan, doubtlenn will b taken much to heart by the nubjet t of Em peror Nlcholan, who, tifier nu.-cennlon of defeat and retirement by their army, had expected the finality of the ntriuKle at Mao Yang would be In their favor. n the Ion of Mao Yang by the Run nlann the Japanese will probably gain little except In the way of a strategical point, for the Kunnlaim blew up the nuigaxlne and net fire to the eu(riiioun quuntttle of army ntoien and provis ion there before they evacuated. What the effect of the retirement from Mao Yang will he on the be- nleged gurrlNon at I'ort Arthur can only be conjectured, but certainly It can not but cuune deprennlon among the valiant defender!, who have been hoping eventually they would be re lieved. RUSSIANS IN SORRY PLIGHT. Ditanter to Kuropatkin Ceunee Great Anguith at St. Pttertburg. Ht. Peternburg, Sept. 3. All Rlinsla will learn by the morning newnpapern that Kuropatkln'n army 1 In full re treat to the northward; thnt Mao Yang lum ben abandoned, and that Stakel berg'n corpn I surrounded and cut off. CLOSE FIGHT FOR CONGRESS, Congressional Chairman Babeock's Opinion of the Situation. Washington, Sept. 3. -This year's congress campaign will be the closest since 1898, according to Representative Joseph W. Babcock, chairman of the republican congressional committee. Chairman Babcock hu five auccessive successful campaigns to hi credit, and hi forecast of a campaign are ex ceptionally accurate. There In not a great deal to be ait Id regardlng our work no far," said air. deemed tour uisincis iwo yearn ago, Babcock this evening. "We have hard- j but they are all very close two hun ly got down to detail; It 1 almont too died,' three hundred or four hundred early for that. A good many districts have not yet nominated their candl dates, although probably 75 per cent have made their selection. Some ntaten Massachusettn, for Instance do not nominate their candidate for con gre.a until early In October." "What are the conditions which ren der thl uch ft clone campaign?" Mr. Babcock wan asked. , "They differ In localities," ' heyan- wered. "In some they are a refitoU: the ehara ter of the national i l a ,ipa,TT 'oriiiiHUider In chief publlnhed thl ult eiiiooii, Maying the Runnlann had ad vanced against Kurokl Friday and the attack on the KuhhIiui right had been repulned, proved nhort -lived. Kuroput kln bad ncarcely begun the ofTennive The hopes of victory rained In Run lan brcasln by a telegram from the St. Petersburg, Sept. 4. A dispatch hai been received here from Kuropatkin announcing that he hae ordered the army to evacuate Liao Yang and withdraw to the northward. The Russian had blown up the magarinen and set fire to t!-3 army store and provisions at Lito Yang before evacuating the place. Kuropatkin says the First Siberian army corps, which, during the 0 past few days, suffered considerable lose, was obliged to retire several kilometres westward as a result of the Japanese attack on Sykwan- tun, hence the order to evacuate L'ao Yang. Kuropatkin says further: "On the night of September 1, Kuroki attacked 8ykwantun, 11 miles east of Liao Yang, and captured ihe majority of the Russian positions. The ocoupation of the place was completed on the night of September 2, the Russians retiring six mile distant. ' "The First Siberian army eorp waa almost surrounded. This corps previously saved General O'oloff' detachment by attacking the Japanese flank when Oroloff was threatened with annihilation. Oro- 4 toff was seriously wounded." against Kurokl army., when h was conielled by an overwhelming force if Japanese In flunk movement to give up all Idea of continuing bin advance, and hurriedly withdrew In the direc tion of Mukden. The retreat Is the logical consequence of tin- Runnlan plan of Icadin on and tiring out the Japunene at successive Millions of the road to the northward, tliua placing their foe at a constantly growing disadvantage and lengthening the lines of communication. The suc i ess of this plan was marred by a bluu- ler of Stukelbeig. who, In the words if Kuropatkin, Insisted on placing his own interpi elation on orders Insteid of fulfilling them. Stakelberg erred in falling to cross the Taltze river when Kuropatkin desired that the whole army should retreat to Its northern bank. This blunder, it Is feared, will Involve the loss of the First Siberian' unity corps. The abandonment of the whole po sition at Mao Yang Involves the loss of a great accumulation or stores. though it Is beUeved many of these had already been sent north before the commencement. It Is more than pos sible, however, that the Russians de stroyed what they could not remove. Something akin to consternation pre- j In more they are a result of local clr- leumstancen. In some Instance the I difficulty rests w ith the Individuality 'of the candidates. In Nebraska we have a fusion of the democrats and the populists tp contend with. Tiiey have not got together on the electorlal tick et, but they are a unit on the congress and legislative nominee The repub lican nail, liat lui.unlttee will have no work to do In Nebraska, but tll; con gressional committee has a large task I cut out for It. Nearly all of the dln- trlcts In that state are close. We re- votes and In some instance, oniy zu 40 or 60 votes. The congressional com mittee has got to go In there and make a fight without the usual support which come from the national committee." Referring to the Wisconsin situation, Mr. Babcock said: "They are making a hard fight on me In Wisconsin. La Follette and those with him will leave no tone unturned to Uefeut me. I h.i aTnaJority of eight thousand, but, course, If they could Induce forty ili !ehundred republicans to vote against valln among the Runslatin, who have learned of the disaster to Ktakelberg's torpn. Ail realize there la nnwll hope now for the relief of Port Arthur, but military official are unanimous In the belief that It would only be folly for Kuropatkin to remain and run the risk of being nurrounded, while hln with- j-iwal north hua actually converted wl.at. ftilgii have teen a disaster to himself Into what In regarded as a re verse for the Japanese, for the failure of the Japanese to hold Kuropatkln'n army and Indict a decisive blow. It Is claimed, can not be regarded other wise than as a reverse. Kuropatkln'n retreat will undoubted ly have a discouraging effect on the garrison at Port Arthur, which can no longer hope for any relief from thU source, it is tlouotrut, However, ir me Japanese are In position to press the siege, and more than probable that thy have diverted a portion of the be sieging army to reinforce their coj-ps operating In Manchuria. This would account for the temporary lull in the fighting. It Is noticeable that siege reports reaching here do not mention further assaults on the fortress, but only spoke of bombardments. STAKELBERG CUT OFF. Jape Have Surrounded 25,000 Men West of Liao Yang. St. Petersburg, Sept. 3. The Jap-; anese have occupied Mao Yang. The First Siberian army corps, numbering 25,000 men, under General Stakelberg, waa cut off westward of Mao Yang. me It would overcome that majority. However, I shall go prowling around that neck of the woods after some dein - ocratlc votes." Mr. Babcock added that he would be able to spend no tlmejpaity. The Tatham concern oegan dus In Wisconsin from now on. BIG FIRE IN MEMPHIS. Three Hundred Thousand Dollar Fire in Which Firemen Were Injured. Memphis. Tenn., Sept. 3. A tire of unknown origin destroyed the six-story building occupied by the Oliver Finnle Company, wholesale grocers, on Front street at an early hour this morning causing a loss estimated at $.100,000, partially covered by Insurance. Frank BufTenbaugh, a fireman, was seriously injured by falling from a ladder. Six other firemen were over come by heat and smoke and were re moved to hospitals where It is stated all will recover. Shot Plant Absorbed. New York, Sept. 3. Tathan and Bros., one of the oldest and largest shot manufacturing concerns In the country, has been absorbed for $1,000,- are concentrating at DESPERATE BATTLE WAGED. Jap Win Costly Victory Over Russian at Palichuang. Chefoo, Sept. 3. On the night of August 2S the Japanese surprised the worn-out Russians at Palichuang and Inflicted seevre losses. The Russians retired and the Japanese occupied their position. Next morning at 3 o'clock the Japanese, moving from their new vantage ground, In heavy force, desper ately assaulted Palichuang and an ad Joining fort repeatedly, until 2 o'clock In the afternoon, when they were com pelled to retire, losing over 1000. Find ing those forts Impregnable, the next morning the Japanese forces hurled themselves again another fort near Pa lichuang. By hand to hand fighting they succeeded In driving out the Rus sians, and occupying their position. Artillery was brought up and, after enduring for seven hour an artillery Are from the other forts, the Japanese were compelled to retire. The Japanese succeeded, however. In rendering the position useless to the Russian, and It In now unoccupied. It In believed thin weakening of the Russian li;ie will attract further ef forts to break through in this quar ter. The bombardment of the town continues. The foregoing information wuf brought from Port Arthur by an In telligent Chinese, who speaks both Eng lish and Russian. He adds that tin Russian warship occasionally reply t the Japanese bombardment. ARMIES STILL BATTLING. Fight in Progress Today West of Walls of Liao Yang. Toklo, Sept. 4. (Noon.) Marshal Oyama reports that the Russians burn ed their storehouses near Liao Yang Saturday. Kurokl, leaving a force at Satsuago to protect his right flank, has swung sharply westward, reached the railway and enveloped Mao Yang. Oynma's left and center armies Hre still attacking the Russians south and west of the walls of Mao Yang. I It In officially announced that the Japanese forces occupied Liao Yang 'at 9 o'clock this (Sunday) morning, 000 by the I nlted Lead Company. The i j hitter was Incorporated In January, i 1903. by interests amilatea wttn me Amerlcnn Smelting and Refining Com' 1 Iness In 1840 and had large plant In Philadelphia and New York. PRACTICAL IDEA AT ST. LOUIS. Filipino Children at World. Fair to Be Taught English. The Russian Yerital. St. Louts. Sept. 3. World s Fall , , ' ... I or the way in which it disappeared, but grounds. Arrangements have beenja weuUhy Xew Tork woman visiting completed for teaching the Igorrotcs, : frPnds In California Is said to have Moros and Negritos the English lan- been the loser. gunge, and a school will be i-egularly .. conducted at the Philippine reserva- New Star Bill. tlon until the close of the exposition. Commencing tomorrow the Star will The first class will be held next Mon day morning and Instruction will be commenced with the Moros. The Igor rotes will comprise the second class and the Negritos will be taken last The Negrito Is one of the most primi tive races known to the ethnologist anA efforts to Instruct the member of the tribe In English will be watched with Interest. STREET CAR DEMOLISHED AT ST. LOUIS Wabash World's Fair Strikes Elect ric Car at Sarah Street Crow ing, Cutting It Squarely in Twain. Car Carried Twenty-five Passen gers, AH of Whom Were More or Less Seriously Hurt. SEVEN SUCCUMB TO INJURIES Suburban Conveyance Comes to Full Stop in Front of En gine and Collision Follows. St Louis, Sept 3. An appalling dis aster, resulting In the death of seven person and the Injury of about a core of others, occurred today, when a Wa bash train collided with a street car. The street car was stopped at a cross ing and the train struck it squarely In the center. The smaller car was de molished and every one of its occu pants Injured. The Wabash world fair shuttle train was returning to the t'n'cn de;o. from the fair grounds when the col lision occurred. A suburban electric train had been brought to a full stop at the Sarah street crossing. The shut tle train was running at a lively rate of speed, and the street car was stop ped In front of It so suddenly that s collision could not possibly have been averted. The car was stopped directly In front of the engine. The trucks of the street car were knocked 100 feet away, while part of the roof of the car was carried 200 feet further by the train. There were passengers on the electric car, all being more or less seriously Injured. Seven of those most seriously Injured died, but the Injured will, it Is be lieved tonight, all recover. No satisfactory explanation Is yet forthcoming as to the reason why the suburban car was stopped In the mid dle of the track. ASK NON-UNION MINERS STRIKE Attempt to Tie Up Coal Mine by Call ing Out Strike Breakers. Trinidad, Cola, Sept 3. President Howells and Secretary Simpson of District 15. United Mine Workers of America, have Issued a call entreat ing the non-union coal miners who have assumed the positions made va cant by the striking union miners, to strike September 7. The call appeals to every non-union man In the south ern Colorado coal districts and guar antees them the same protection and help that Is being furnished the union men w ho are on strike. Lott Valuable Jewel. New York, Sept. 3. Detectives are searching the pawnshops of New. York and other eastern cities for a pearl necklace that disappeared In Los An geles. Cal., last May. It Is valued at $20,000. The necklace consists of 63 first qual ity pearls with a clasp of 21 small diamonds, and Is said to be an ornu- merit or more man oru.nary oeaUl). """"mmon nas oeen auoweu to ' l,o,, iino nnhlic rnncernlntr the owner offer the Two Benns, In a spectacular comedy sketch, filled with artistic vocal solos; Margery Mandeville, In a sing ing, dancing and contortion act; Swede I Fisher, the great dialect comedian Zarnlta. the Parisian electric dancer; the Illustrated songs and moving pic- i tures. It Is a great bill from top t -i ! bottom. Every act Is attractive, re- fined and entertaining.