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PAGE FOUR. ASTORIA, OREGON, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1904. t i) c mo f n i n 0 71 $ t o r i an ESTABLISHED ISTtt . PUBLISHED BY ASTORIAN PUBLISHING COMPANY. RATES. By mail, per year . . . $6 00 . Rv moil rr month oO J i ---- ? By carriers, per month 00 THE SEMI-WEEKLY ASTOIUAX. By mail, per year, in aJvanoe SI 00 ; JAPAN'S GREAT BATTLE. Tlip full statement of casualties in the battle of Liao Yang is not yet at hand, but from the partia reports made for the several days of the continued action it is evident that in killed alone the number will exceed the total casualties in any action at arms since the invention of gunpowder, says the Call. The greatest modern battles were fought in our eivil war. In those actions it was pluck against pluck and grit against grit. The largest number engaged in one action was at Fredericksburg, where the Union army had 113,000 men and the Confederate 78.513. a total of 191.513. The Confederate loss was 1284 killed; 9606 wounded and 1769 missing; the Union loss 608 killed, 4116 wounded, and 653 miss ing, making a grand total of casualties of 18,036. The next great battle, measured by the number of men in collision and the casualties, was Gettysburg, the decisive battle of the war. There the Union army numbered 97,361 and the Confederate 75,268, a total of 172,629. Though the number of men in action was less than at Fredericksburg, the casualties were much greater. The Federal army lost 3072 killed. 1,4,497 wounded, 5434 missing, the Confederate army loss was 2592 killed, 12,709 wounded and 5150 miss ing. This was a grand total of 45,354, of which the killed in both armies numbered 5664. It was a great and stubbornly fought action, in which every form of offense was used, artillery, rifle, bayonet charge and cavalry charge, and desperate courage was dis played by both sides. Yet looking back upon it the number killed on the field "was surprisingly small Since then, however, there has been great im provement in arms. The army rifle has a larger range, and the fired ammunition and explosives are all different. Not only in small arms has there been a substitution of more efficient weapons, but the ar tillery istf greater range arid more rapid fire. These things alone account somewhat for the greater de struction in the battles fought in the current war in eastern Asia. , ........ In. the action at Liao Yang it is believed that a half million of men have faced each other. The Rassiaas have labored under the disadvantage of having no reserves. Kuropatkin's policy of choosing his grqiuia for a stand and gathering upon it his en tire force, has brought his entire army under Jap anese fire, so that there could be no reserve main tained, out of danger, to come into action and re lieve-the troops jaded , by -long fighting. The Jap anese geenraLs in this respect outclassed him. They repeat Napoleonic tactics, by having immense re serves, rested and fresh, ready for duty, while the jaded recruit. These tactics permit that incessant assault which gives the enemy'no rest. ' The outside world will have to wait for the re ports of the several commanders, before knowing just what has happened in that awful battle. Both armies exeiude war correspondents from any close view of the fighting. On the Japanese side the newspaper men were permitted to snuff the battle afar off, at the comfortable distance of eight miles. It is evi dent that none got any nearer the Russian side, so that reports from that source are mostly the result of imagination. It is the first modern war, modern in the sense of the rise of the newspaper, in which the belligerents have succeeded in completely muz zling the war correspondents. In the Rasso-Turkish: war Forbes, the great English war correspondent, had the right of way in both armies. He sat alone with the czar in his field tent, and was able to write vividly, as an observer in touch with events. Now the newspaper men, except for what local color they get, can write up the war just as well at their home desks. . ' ; " '; The Japanese officers have been very soldier-like fn their reports, which are believed to be accurate, and lack the dramatic elements entirely. The Rus sians are the same, though they employ a pardonable euphemism when they call a retreat "a change of position." From the reports given out by both sides it is evident that the total killed will equal all the" cas ualties of Fredericksburg and Gettysburg combined, or a number but little short of the whole Confederate force at Gettysburg. While no man can foresee the effect upon the world's political and coinmi-rcial geography, it is with no desire to underestimate the! effect of Gettysburg or Sedan that one may predict that the battle of Liao Yang will have the greatest permanent effect upon the world's future history of any action since Marathon or Tours. Some of the continental military critics try to minimize the Japanese victory at Liao Yang because Kiuvpatkiifs army was not captured. Hut Leo's army was not captured at Gettysburg. It ret rented into Virginia, but the forces of Meade were left in possession' of the field, and the battle was decisive of the war. A WEALTH IN THE HAY CROP. 20-aere farm near La Conner has produced 122 tons of hav this season, savs the Post-Intelligcneer. The irrnss was harvested during the ideal Paget sound dry summer and is in tine condition for mar ket. At present prices it will bring $1500, or an average of $75 per acre. Such yields are the rule and not the exception for western Washington meadows. In the central part of the state, where irrigation is practiced. 10 tons per acre is u common report made by the best hay farmers. Land pi dueing such crops should be worth, as an investment, at least one thousand dollars au acre. The hay crop of the United States is one of the most important farm products. It ranks second to the commercial worth of corn, which is the mast valuable single crop in the country. One-fifth of our agricultural wealth conies from the hay meadows. An official report shows that last year the hay crop was valued at $535,000,000, or nearly $100,000.(KK more than the combined wheat crop. What is true of the count rv in general applies with equal force te the Puget sound section. Hay is one of the great agricultural kings. There is no danger from overproduction of hay. It is a staple forage in every country. Dairymen must have hay for their cows on which they expect to make profits. Horse owners require hay to feed their animals whether in the harness or standing idly in the barn. Every trans portation line reaching the orient or Alaskan cities must carry hay as an important item of ship ping. It goes to all ports and commands first-class prices. The demand for hay increases with the opening of new fields of commerce. This will con tinue to expand. Hay farming offers superior inducements to men owning farms or thase who can get lands in any section of this state. The grass does not die be cause of cold winters or dry summers. It is a per petual evergreen in western Washington and almost the same in the central and eastern portions of the state. Only a few months in the year Te required to be devoted to harvesting the crop. When once planted a field lasts for a lifetime. Wise manage ment of a small tract insured an income throughout a generation. There are thousands of acres of cheap lands ready for the occupancy of hay farmers. DOYOUBELCH Or have Heartburn nftr your motits? If no, you kiiow htv mWriihlt you fwl. You're ttfruM to eat this or Unit nnJ it a result you litHome thin itiul rundown. Tulw our udvlee nml try n up of Hon (Uor'st jStotnueli UlttiM before cm h m:l. You vlll notice tin lmirvtmMit from the very llrst tloxr, . mt vht; takon ivRultti'ly always euren u Weak Stomach, Weak Kidnoys, Poor Appe tite, Narvoutneie, Indigestion, Dyapop. tia and Malaria. HOSTETTER'S STOMACH HTTERS REAL WEDDING ON THE STAGE SOUND SENSE AND LAW. A recent ease decided by the Pennsylvania supreme court will be of interest to men who prefer riding on the rear platform of trolley and inter-urban cars; instead of taking seats provided for them inside. In the Pennsylvania case, the plaintiff, who sued for $10,000 damages, preferred the open air and the rear platform and was severely injured by a rear end collision, the facts showing that there was care lessness on the part of the company through the conductor of" the' car. The lower court held, how ever, that there was contributory negligence, or care lessness, on the part of the passenger because of his remaining on the platform, where he had no business to be, and refusing, or neglecting, to take a seat with in the car. The supreme court said : "A passenger who stands on the platform as sumes not only all the risks of the road, but all the risks of his position. Unless he can give a valid reason for not sitting within the car the passenger must hazard all the perils of being elsewhere." The opinion of the court will strike the average reader as sound in sense as well as in law. Follow ing out reasonable deductions from the opinion, it would seem that the passenger lias no right to oc cupy the platform when there is room for him even to stand within the car. It is true that if all seats were occupied he could give what the court calls a valid reason for not sitting within the car. But the space within the car is for the passenger, sitting or standing, so far as the perils of the road are in volved, and he can only use the platform when not only the seats, but the entire space within the car, is occupied. At the same time, either more cars or larger cars would not come amiss to the users of traction' or .of inter-urban lines. Anderman Make Kitty Woods Mrs. Wells at Port of Show at Miner'. Now York Sun: Jusi before the Inn net of "Looping the World" (it Miufr'n theater, in the Howery, l;;t nlvht, Tom Miner, nuuiiiser if the hous", stepiet before the curtain. ilieieB mom to be u real veMlnit here In about a minute." ald he, "Till ain't no ires njcelit riik. It will be the real thlnir. Your old friend, Abler- twin -Marks, will tie the knot." There wan wild nplaue. Milornmn Market appeared baek on the Mlatfe leading; by the hum! Kitty Woods and Hilly Wells, both 'of whom aro play iiik in "Looplnir the World." Hilly had made a quirk ihniiK from the Ret -up of a Jhiteh eomedlun Into it Tuxedo and a clean face, and Kitty wan hloomlmt In a black and wrung satin kowii uu! u picture hat with the same brilliant color effect. Alderman MurkH per formed the ceremony with people In the audience climbing all over each other trying to see the show. Somebody threw a bag of rice and then It mined rice for five minute. Occasionally an old sho or an pple was thrown on the Ntnge. One en thuslastie person threw a alas of beer for which he hud no more use. He was removed by the police after Kitty had Informed him that he wan no gen tleman. .11 TTTWBiYSiii VI H 1 Band at the Star. Tomorrow there will be a new bill ;it the Star, with the Koyal Italian bund of Portland, featured. Thin band In the best In Portland or the. north west and is the favorite In the metrop olis. 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