PAGE SIX.
ASTORIA, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1904.
GREATEST IN
ALL HISTORY
Battle of Llao Yang, Recently
Fought, Enjoys Peculiar
Distinction.
800.000 MEN WERE ENGAGED
exhibit oi il-.o Au.e. l.v.' i'ik-
In the plac of libera) arts tit the
world's fair.
A VnlteJ Stiits flag made entirely
of corn husks, the work of the high
school sirls of AUrhlwn county. Kan..
floats over that stale's exhibit In the
pa'aoe of agriculture at the world'
fair, f
Next GVeatest Number Was En
gaged at (iravltte, Whore
300,000 Men Took Pint
in Battle.
The battle between the Rutins a:U
Japanese at Llao Yang must be scoorl
ed as the greatest in the worM's his
tory in t:ie iwint of numbers enjago.l.
More than 400,000 were engaged on
either side. A comparison with other;
A giant photograph, 70 fM long and
eight fet t wide, the largest camera pro
duction that v.M3 eviv made, Is exhib
ited In the American p!iotc:;r-nhlc sec
tion of the pL'.:ae it Lit-ei-i! :rts nt
the world's fair. It revrescn'.s u -cone
in the SwWs A'js and the r. ky pciks
and tnaws of tea ad :iow ,r p !:?
in"!y r'.Ustio.
SLCCUM FL'ND DISPOSED OF.
GOVERNMENT
MEETS REVERSE
Two Thousand Killed and Four
Thousand Wounded Report
ed From Uraguay.
VICTORY TURNS TO DEFEAT
Less .Thsn 1 For Cent Consumed in
Cltjy-iir- Exe:r.::s.
Total contriotuions t t'.ie vicinal
iSlocum d'-s.sster relief fun J. :u'( oilin.?
great battles is Intf resting in this con- to. the nvwt of t:e relu'f committee
nection. ' appointed by Mayor McClellan, amount-
In the battle ef Marathan, on Sep-Jed to $124.2C5.S9. The committee bur
tember 28 or 29, 450 B. O., 11.000 Greeks) id T05 of the !:.$ persons who were
deefated 110,000 Persians. The total j icst. the averase cost per funeral bo
loasea In killed and wounded were sins ?tia..'. Meillcn? attendance cos;
640O.
ti-4. Temr"'.:r aid was given to 1SS
At Hastings. October H, 1066, the; families, amountii!? to $2042. To care
Normans defeated the English. There 'for dependent children a:u! adults in
seems to be no record of the numbers 39 f.ir.ii!ies, appropriations of J1S.2S1
engaged, but the total losses in killed w'-re requirad, nd 35,'0 Tva expended
and bounded are placed at 30,000. -torsstet 2! additional families in neces-
liv olutloiiists Itut iovt'i imniit
Forces Alter Terrible F.attle
Lasting Three Ihxyn, St
i iti itiir IikIi Plunder.
New Yoili, Sept. .?. Two thousand
men were killed ami 4t00 woun .led I"
the recent battle between the Uruguay
an government forces and the revolu
tionists, according to a Herald dis
patch from Buenos Ayres". ( I
General Vasquez, minister of vr w ho
led the government troops. Is asserted
to have been defeated and driven hack.
abandoning arms and munitions. In
a previous battle the revolutionists
were driven back and General Vichimm
while pressing his victory wis sud
denly met by s'.ubooni resistance.
The rebels reusse'ibled their scat
tered forces and e)txKd the j.tinvni-,
meat troops. For thre days the tattle
V I v .v ' ? ;V ivvt ' s w- ,
'. Jt J?il"5!t..
THE JAPANESE ARMORED CRUISER ASMA.
At V.'aterloo, June 18, 1S15, ti'S Eng
lish and Prussians dereited the French.
There were 71,847 French, 67.631 En.r-,
' lish and 50,300 Prussians enp:?.g?:I. The
total losses were 57. COO.
At Bcrodino. Sepf.'tnfcer 7. 113,
000 French defeated 111.00') Ru:,i.'.5.
The total losses were 8?.1C
At Eull Run, July 21, 1811. '31.000
'confederates defeated 28,000 fedprfds.
The total losses were 4704.
At Bull Run, August 29-30, 1862, 45,
000 confederates defeated 35,000 fed
erals. The total losses were 23.400.
At Fredericksburg, December 13, 1362,
40,000 confederates repulsed 110,000
federals. Th total losses were 18,03?.
sary readjustment after the loss or a
wage earner or because of Illness or
los3 of work as a result cf the disas
ter. The total oparr.tln; cspe.tsss 'ot
t:ie committee during tho we. i v: '.
cf its active work were only tV)e or
less than 1 per cent of the rel'ef fund
disbursed.
The number ot fsm:!l?3 ;i'u".i ry t.i'
comir.i.tee vyas 427. vliic'.i U
' fourths of the 530 families hr.'j'.vn tf
have been represent? I on tht G'r.era
Sloctmi at the tlms of the disaster.
The disaster caured 120 men to tot
their entire families. In all' there v.ere
12 families in whk-h orphan c.u'id:e:i
were left. The children 1-ft or;ihanr.
nsged w ith terrible fosse? to both sides, j
Gradually1 the rebels drove Vuxgues j
tack and, .acoo. ding to. tut reports,!
.he minister o:' war v.-.i.-: i.. full rstreat. j
Reports frcni ? ra a:.t ; t.t the'
eyolutk.r!NH
i ".vn.
;ire
hfl.:i.T their!
At Gettysburg, July I, 2, 3, 1803, witlij1" these 12 families numbered 27. Fif
between 70.000 and 80.000 on each sHe.iteen were under 15 years cf ape. nnd
the federals defeated the confedratei. j two others, e.lthousli of .'!u!t ye .ts
The total losses were 54,807. , were l'-c-tlves, and, for that reason.
At Gravelotte, August 18. 1870, 200,-! dependent. The other 10 orphans were
. 000 Germans defeated 120.000 Frenrh.jovr !"' 'ftars ot a?e, an1 in mort wer.
The total losses were 33,659. jEelf-support:.-.?.
At Sedan, August 29 to September l. ; 11 w "-n'1 lh:lt wog!i be
1870. 250,000 Germans defeated 84,000 : required to meet the future neeos of
French. No accurate record of the j tlioee who had been made toane ex
losses is available. tent dependent by tie disaster, or had
suffered so severely as to Justify a:i ap
propriation in their behalf, leaving a
balance of something over $15,000 un
appropriated. , In reference to the bal
ance remaining in the hands of the
treasurer, and the S20.000 already set
side for the future care of individual
families, the committee has appointed
a gub-committee to oversee periodical
payments.
WORLD'8 FAIR NEWS NOTES.
The Jlissourl Press Association will
hold Its fall meeting at the world's fair
September 27 to 30.
RESUMED El' SI NESS.
)
3;v!eru!id Gse in Yellow stcne Prk;l
Acain st Work.
neaiue, oepi. i. a telegram receivea
in this city f. ,,m Mammo.h Hot I
Springs, T-?ilowstne .N'.rJun : p irk,
announces that Splendid geyf.er, in the i
upper Geyser basin, .vhlc.i has be?n !
dormant for years, began sv-juiliig en '
Moiiday afternoon and ha t -en svout-1"
ing regularly since at Int-rvals of three
hours, Just us It did years a?o.
Admiral Wintteld Scott Schley will
be the orator of the exercises In cele
bration of Maryland day at the world's
fair, September 16.
The Grenadier Guards band, Eng
land's foremost band, is noiv. playing
an extended engagement at the world's
fair. The band is one of the oldest
in the world and visited America in
1872 at the time of the peace Jubilee In
Boston.
Two thousand cattle entries for the
world's fair live stock show have been
received. They include representa
tives from the herds of all the prom
inent breeders of dilTerent types, of
cattle- In the United States and Can
ada. A number of breeders from Eng
land have also entered the competition.
Nine Chippewa Indians from White
Earth, Minn., have Joined the camp of
the red men near the Indian school at
the world's fair.
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