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I? VCU WAT IT A PAPER. JUST SUITED TO YOUR. PAR.TICULAR. TASTE IUAD THE SUNDAY JOUiU ,Y." . , J - - r OOP EVENING. J j tee ascuunos ; , CF THE JOURNAL YESTERDAY WAS 141 ' if . ; TUB WXATXZaV ' J - t Tonight and Sunday, fair; possi bly light froet tonight; warmer Sunday; northwesterly winds, v PORTJ-AND, OREGON. SATURDAY EVENINO, MAY. 7. 1904. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ' ; HAVE NOT M ' . v .'. , Vf LAW , c-4?v , w.m ii ii ii nr ii ii jii ii ' i iiSl FEWGf HtMG f GHENG IS 11 litlMBm -'V'; ''V--'v - '..;-'V:.;;CX., .-. .-. .. "-v ' : Heavy Losses Reported on Both Sides -Battle One ; of : Fierceness--Russians. Fall Back on . Moantainsr- . i$m JAPS CAPTURE MANY usslaa to. Guard Stands I'utJl Sur- ; ., . rounded 'it HemraetanPort :'Jli ; Arthnr Cut Off ty Land and. Sca 1$ btHI Dellant. - . London, May 7 Dlspatchea rcoetred T" hnra todair" f rotri "i .' rellabla a'ourca " In Antun. through Seoul, atau that Feng v Huang Chenr waa captured Mar 4 after a terrlflo battle In which both aides , loat haavllr. The Japanea, leaving but a email por- tlon of tbelr men to car for the 1m- menae number of wounded and dead left on the prevloua battlefleld. concen trated their troopa and almoat before the Ruealana reallaed the altuatlon. threw thetnaelvea forward en masae. . White the report give but few dctalla, It la aUted that the battle lasted aeveral tioura, the Ruaalana with their amaller . force being fairly compelled to light to ' the dath. Whole detachment were an nihilated, but would not yield.. . The Ruaalana withdrew towarda the rugged paaaea of the mountain, where thv wre -aaalrr forming for defena ifhlch : wlllle tha.jaoat.ofXactlv-yet made, aa they will have greatly the ad vantage of . position. In thlo paaa for . daya mountain " batterleg ' have been placed. , nnd'oboutd the Japaneae at. tempt to atorm their way lntc the jmee " the loan of, ilia vlU ,N w , far the greateat of Jhe preaent war. . - Xnaslaaa Admit Defeat" A Bt Peteraburg dlapatch received here thla afternoon atatea that an of ' f lclal dlapatch ha been received report ing the defeat, at Feng Huang Cheng and admitting mat me japaneae are now occupying the city, and aurroundlng territory."-. -.- , " A dispatch received nere from Wlju thla afternoon atatea that another Rue- alan reoulao haa taken place in Mancnu ria and - that a thouaand Ruaalana of the rear guard made a heroic atand at Hemmetango on' the Liao Yang roa.V" ,: . - . ' ApaaeM Capturo Onard. . ' , The dlapatch atatea tha the Ruaalan I rearjTiardf ought foot by foot up the llao xang . roaa, mjinf cunrtu uyva i time and and again by the Japaneae, i but etubbornly 'Tealatlng. y At Hemmetanao a ' final atand wai i r made In square formation against the t . base of a hill. The Japanese were here i relnXorced and made a terrlfla daah upon . the guard. - The . Ruaalana seeing that . further attempt to escape with the guns ; was Impossible, spiked their gum audi 1 retreated In disorder. v , . A portion of the guard. Including the! v artillerymen " fought until their com-1 f-jrA- had -esca pe4 -and -they-tkieAaelv j J were surrounded whan they surren dered. . -. A " ' ... The Japanese captured 485 men In the last stand aa well aa taking in many stragglers m the line of march. -The battery's ammunition and a quantity of equipment was alao taken. t OBT. AXTSTTS ZSOKATSB. , l Togo Peolarea fmall Boat OaJf Oaa ass Channel. v ... (Joaraal Special Bervtee.) . 1 ' London, May 7. Port Arthur, which r as furnished nearly all the dramatic . features of the war In the far east la to become the atorm center of valor far ! both forces which are now grappled Ui - fl nal conflict for control, and perhaps I .? aA.i umlnl - ' "f!ut off ' hv ' aeo. ind Uni ilia niiaa holds tenaciously to hial JL'ffiS te"r: , alege guns nor fierce charge of tt Mikado's troops can drive him from his grip on the lone apex of the Lla Tung peninsula. mt. not. " ' Russian viceroy studiously endeavors to .".. vv u I "' o" rvuu. " """T" inai ne is naeiy at any hxhw v I With htS torpedo boat ana - Sliacx tranaporta. St Petersburg Jdlspatchea 1 are SO anxious to throw out this new 1 that their shallowness la becoming ap.- parejit. I jrori vnaonbteoir eaiea. Port Arthur's harbor Is undoubtedly , i sealed. Everything points to this. The Japanese wouia scarcely nave mauo uio . bold transport dash had It been other wise and besides this. - there la : other confirmation. A dispatch received here from Chefoo today aaya that Chinese coaatlng vessels report a succession of tremendoqa ex plosions at the entrance to Port Arthur harbor-and that it 1 evident that tho Russians are trying to clear the chan net of obstructions and mlnea placed there by tna japaneae squadrons. Tha A I .rviJ t r i arIHa that tk. mwIum I r-Tn&n'a riar- a r lvin. - a" tn tha nn..i,iit. r h I channel being cleared and a daah made by Russian torpedo boats against the Another Fight 1 Reported 7' h .c5t??sU'.-' xst'. :u2rni -1 i 1 W 4 Jf TOWOO tr TAHUSHAAf. ' ' ' ' lJlIl - H " 'J. ."V? , - I; S Many Fatalities Reported; Big Damage to Cotton : and Corn Crops. , (7ooraal Special 8eryle. St Loula, Mo., May .7. Advicea from Northwestern Texaa . state , that : owing o i..' .k. .--n' over that -ctlon of ;th. iUf cannot be had. From reporta thus far received it Is thought that at least a acore'of Uvea were loat and hundreds 'of livestock killed la Bhackleford and adjoining counUeo. :The damage to crcpa ta also T IZZZZ.J'Z": ---- by to atorm. From Houston. ,Texasr comes tho re- port that at Sunset nearly20 buildings wra .wrfkt. and whlla nrt-nni la ra. portad aa fayUly Injured at that" place. 4t , ta known that . thar wara mn fatailtlea .In different , aecUonai of the state due to the severe atorm. ' Cotton land corn trope suffered heavily and the money damage will run Into tha hun- dreds of thousands of dollara. SXTUATZOir IS ZMFmOTXaTO. Water raaUne Has Been Averted , and . .. Bleelng Taaijlles Betura.. - ?' 1 (Joaraal Special Serriee.) Kansas City. Mo.. May 7. Although rain continues to fall' the flood situa tion la Improving and no further damage is expected. v ' - - . Several hundred families at Roaedale who had been forced to flee from their homee by the.-rtalng -waterwere able to return to their dwellings today on ao- count of the waters receding. " . ,n !I7'C" oas Deen pracucaiiy c 'v-if vi V. '-vAi:-'J';.laaWSBsaaajBjsss eral railroads. JAUNESE sppov amut auwi oloieta maa ' thm glaaea aarpa irf TTii Taiianaai army bonding poatoeas for mse ea tko Tain. Xldola la map aaowtag tha geU of operations daring the Ave days fighting betwaea ha advancing , Taraaa foroea an the Kosalaas. Xwer shows Oenaral ruymrik, ao emamaaoaM - ef the xnaslaa troopa ta taa Taltt rhrtt diatzlet, vraan Cha Tiranaai : save Mt.goeradLaV brllllaajg vtetoryV' ", ; "r.?i'V, ra 't,-f,' BRITISH FOE Two Hundred .and Fifty tenipting to Prevent Cyang Tse , Pass . . . . (Joaraal SseeUl Sarviea.) London. May 7. Tha offlolal resort of Viceroy Curaon telllnr of the British advance into Tibet was received today. He details the march up. to the time of the battle and Include in hi atatement the official reports of .officers who par ticipated in that engagement The report aaya that when the expedi tion neared Cyangate it waa met In force by. the enemy, who had taken stations at the foot of a broad paaa The British started toward the paaa, when the enemy charged upon them and battle was waged..- c - - - i After scattering .the enemy ins .Briu tsh found ISO dead and wounded. The British lost only two. wounded, although the battle was fought for nearly two hours. la that time the tribesmen charged repeatedly la the face of -the British fire, but were unable to do any execution as their weapons were either antiquated or badly aimed. The report calla attention to the fact that many modern rifle were found upon the field, some of which were evi dently of Russian make, although, bear ing no manufacturer's stamp. in dealing with the latter, feature Cur- son-' makea no comment but leaves it practically understood that the weapons must have beeb furnished either through the Russian government or through some Russian agent possibly acting In an Independent capacity. i According to the report the expedition Is still. forging ahead to the sacred city and Is meeting with no effective teslst ance. It Is given as a possibility, how- JOHN MITCHELL v ON ARBITRATION : : uooraai special oerrice. I , New York. May 7. John . Mitchell, prealdent of the United Mine workers of America, addressed the executive com mittee qf the National Clvlo federation today on the Joist trade agreement in the bituminous coal fields. He said that he thoroughly believed in the strike and the lockout whenever all other means failed. "Arbitration," said he, "is use ful in preventing strikes, but funda- i - - t'Xl:S: I TEXAN-KILLS T1V0 ' IN A FAMILY FEUD tui . " " ' " ' .'i (Journal Special Servie.) )r Lullng. Tex.. .May 7.L. M. Nixon,' s, member of the state executive commit tee and a wealthy planter, this morning shot and killed R. W. Malone and Colo nel Veaaey. both prominent cltlsens.! ;H vThe trouble Arose from a family feud that smouldered between the . two, fac tions for many years but has not been Attended with bloodshed for decade.; ROUT IN TIBET Natives Killed in At- Progress of Troops at Curzon's Report. ever, that the Tibetans will maia desperate stand before the capital im In vaded. It Is doubtful It the expedition would have met such hearty annroval her in London did not the atatement regarding me anna touna near out the ministry' a contention mat tne lnvaalon waa a po- uuca necessity rauier than' a eommer clal entry. .. Without exception the belief prevail among the maaaea of the people that Russia haa had a hand in Tibet and that nothing other than prompt action can avert a serious uprising which would.-, actually -threaten -the -British Indian possessions. Accompanying Curson's official report it Is said are private meaaages giving his views, as an Individual rather than aa a high official. In which he goea out of his way. to urge -the most drastto and emphatlo action ' for tha complete uujugiuuo or xioei. it is probable that the action would 'take the form of trade concessions made to the British empire omy and shutting out forever. as far.' as" poaalbler all foreign inter ference in me aomain. . The war department professes to be lieve mat the expedition will, be suf ncient-ln a las to enforce its demands and that no trouble will be had m penetrating the forbidden city, L'hasa, lUelf. The Dalal-lama will undoubtedly. urg on xouowers to prevent thla, even at the coat of their Uvea, but the war department trusts to the superior arma and fighting qualities of the British to carry the invasion through. FEARED SEALING . SCHOONERS LOST (Special Dispatch to Tb Joaraal.) ; victoria,., B. C: May 7. It la feared that the aeallng schooher Umbrlna Is loat The achooner Jessie, just returned. saw the Umbrlna before the storm of March 19. She had loat three canoe and sustained other damage, and In tended tfoming to the coast to land one of the mates who was sick. She has not done so and It Is feared she may be tost. r No word has been received from the Schooner Triumph yet and fears are entertained by- friends of the crew that ah . may be lost : alaat. The schooner ahould have called for aupplles about a month ago. The sealing company per- slits there Is no cauae for alarm respect ing the . Triumph. which haa orobabl v gone to the. Copper IsWid.coast;::,'''-:-'-, The two schooners o carry combined crews of about 48 men, ' A . . .''.' -anaaa.HHBaaMaBBMMMaMMaMaHaaaaMa- . ? gXOnr BtTBAt BBBTTCg.' (WasBlagtoa Boreaa ' of The Joeraalt ? ; Washington, - D. C, May 7. -Rural rout number one haa been ordered es tablished June 1 out of xntln. Union county, with one carrier, 7 Li LL Democratic Leader Sees Chance for Great Landslide. (WaaMagtoe Boraaa af Tbt Joaraal.) Washington, D. C, May 7. Repre sentative John Sharp Williams of Mississippi, tho Democratic leader of the house who la advocating the nomina tion ojf Judge Alton B. Parker aa the Dem ocratic, nominee for the presidency., eaja that he bellevea If the Democracy can win at all It can win with Parker -.He adda: : 1 believe that with a good, brave fight with a sound and. unequivocal platt form asserting Democratic policies in connection with real and living Issues, the Democracy stands a better chance of winning than it has stood . since uieveiana was electee: m i. - ougntthe charter ehangea. It aimply voiced me tp win, And it will win because Demo- demand of thousand of voters, who in- crats are now together. We may not be united upon every- ining tnat naa occurrea or every pout- leal laaue, but about the thlnga that are !!MW-?UeL,haIl.n;..m! bila.?: ftivaiivu vt a. u uuauieuiai jLSuiKri. o.i.u doctrine to present actions and - conttl- u. -.. mwvJ"um -vmivw. . uZ''By' W'KC," wm Lor noin?' dence that every one of theae le caa Kl. ZiZlSSSJ&I n" h"n?rJ dldatea who wlU not or dare not declare always bold and brave. Now it has be come a party of passivity, of postpone ment ox evasion, negation; in a word, 'stana-patism.' "The Democratic general orders are. "close ranks, eyes front forward march 1' The Republican general orders are ex. aotly the contrary, Oet behind the peat. avoid anything preaent remain con cealed from the enemies' fire.' That is its attitude. "The live Issues In my opinion, con sist or legislation which me Democrats in the bouae of representative have at tempted to have the Republicans enact Into law. This legislation wo have out- lined in. bills and resolutions we offered for consideration. Chief Live lint. -Without .going into details. I be- lie ve the ehief live .. Issue will be the sane and businesslike , revision and re duction of the tariff;, the enforcement of the laws upon the statute books af fecting the trusts and Interstate com merce; reciprocity in trade relatione, es pecially with Canada; a reduction of governmental expenditures, especially those Of a warllka and llnrnlatlc chin acter;' the unveiling and punlahment of corruption in depaxtmenta; me cessa tion of executive usurpation of legisla tive junctions; whether by president, of ficers of the cabinet or heads of bureaus or divisions; an unalterable oppoaltlon to Brltlah colonisation, whether exer cised by Great Britain la the eighteenth century or by the United States in the Philippine Islands in the twentieth cen tury; in a word such a course in con. necuon witn ail matters which are actually issues as - to approximate aa nearly as possible all attempted legisla tion and . the . Democratic ideal of equality of opportunities and equalities of burdens In the relationship of the individual to the government." ' ANARCHISTS WRECK JESUIT COLLEGE (Journal special Service.) Barcelona, May 7. A dynamite bomb was exploded on the roof of the Jesuit college today. The explosion blew in the roof, but no one was. injured. ; It is thought the perpetrators of the outrage are friends of the anarchist who recently attempted to assassinate Pre mier Maura, and the motive one of re venge on account tof the college fathers having sheltered Premier Maura at that time. - - WAXDXCX-ftOSSSATT ZXPBOTZ8. ? 'f : . M . ' i- v ' 'MSawakaaaaaf-. " ' (Joaraal Special Servtce.) Paris, May 7.- Former Premier Wal- deck-Rosaeau Is Improving and It is now believed will recover. ' The shock of the recent trying operation seems to have left nine- - ,.,,, , rjurmAjr FxxnXDxarv bzad, - (Joaraal Special Serrlca.1 , Waahlngton, May 7. 'The state de partment haa been advised of the death I of Auel Candamo, the president of Peru, , , . . mm yet Ten Legislative Candi dates Hide Intentions as Jo Charter. REPRESENT A MACHINE All Republican Nominees Chosen by Courteoey's Committee Their CoK 'of These Easily Explained. . A. A. Courteney, Blgmund Slchat George W. Holoomb, Jr Thomaa Craag, A. J. Capron. & B. Unthlcum. M. T. Henderson, W. R. Hudson. Madlaon Welch and B. B. Colwell are the ten leg islative nominees who refuse to declare whether they are for or against allow ing the gamblers to revlae the city charter. Their alienee Is a plain declaration that they regard the Intereata of tne gamblers and of the Republican ma chine aa superior to the Interests of the people. . On no other ground Is their silence explainable, unless they regard It aa an Impertinence for the voters to ask the views of a candidate who la seeking election. . In tha scheme to ehange the date of the city elections and to prolong tne present administration until lo. tne Republican machine and the gamblers atand band In hand. Their Intereata are Identical,' and "the Oregonlan. ever ready to truckle to each, has lent- Itself to the conanlracv. The Dubllo protest when It became known that an aaaault was to be maee poa the-cKye- bard-wen ehaxter. waa Indignant and general. When The Journal called upon the leg Illative nominees of ' both parties to state whether they were for or against -i,t UDO knowing the attitude of the -.nAMataa . Tha Journal almnlv became ,h. -i.n,,-. ti,rn,i, .hlnh thla demand WM .xpre,sed and through which the candidates might make reply.: Of the i e at Aa wAAm aaai f tk. fmt ZS W si Vsl ' TB . ded to tn que,Uon. Mkd. 0nly . refuBe1 ta ao iIt - to .tfMbtiw-mOT.-thM a eolneK their poaltlon, is directly indebted to the Republican machine forvbls nomination. All are on, the regular Republican ticket Other county nominations were made on the floor of the Republican county con ventlon. but the legislative ticket was made ub by a committee of five, ap pointed by A. A. Courteney, cnairmaa oz the convention. In effect tha nomina tions were made by Courteney himself. which means the machine, and the con. rention was not .permitted to -so much aa suggest a single candidate for the legislature. A few of tne machine's selections xor the legislative nominations are men of standing and Independence, chosen that they might giver 'Character and strength to the ticket These men have already .EER"! chine In any-assault which tt may make upon the city charter. But ' the- majority or tne machine's nominees are men who will respond like puppeta when the bosses pull the wires. These men can tell nothing of what they will do if elected to the legislature, for they cannot know until they receive their ordera. Their first duty Is not to the people, but to the machine. QUEEN W1LIIELMINA . IS SERIOUSLY ILL (Joaraal Special Service.) - The Hasrue. May 7.-Owing to the se rious condition of Queen wuhelmlna's throat all her engagements have been canceled Her majesty's Illness Is caus ing great worry to her physicians. . The announcement cornea is a sur prise as it had been believed by the peo ple that she had entirely recovered from the affection which a year ago was threatening. , BXCt MAaTTtA TXMM 'ACLS. , ' (Journal Special Servle.) t Manila. May 7. The Paclflo V Ori ental Trading Co., one of the largest mercantile houses of Manila has sus pended. Its liabilities and assets have not a yet been announced. EXERCISE PLAY e T'r Dr. George 1T Meylan, physical director of Columbia unlvern!ty, will tell in tomorrow's Journal how youngsters may becom str-.-- ' nt.i hearty.. Thla is the second paper in The Journal's cour. in I culture and la a, sensible., straightforward expoeitlon of t'i i f ods of meeting the needs of the growing boy. Boys, you will .want to . read It to learn whether things the doctor aaya you should be atle to e Father and mothers, If you find .t l v Dr. Meylan, It may eet you to t t I rrove his physical conil.'tlon. Court Deciding. Tax Sale Case Vindicates the ; . : Defendants MULTNOMAH IS VICTOR No Hooey Judgment for R, However, Either Against the National Bask "10n,rWhlte--SlmpIy Nxxl-r : Hfles i Transfer, - l deeree was rendered this morning la favor of Multnomah county in Its suit against ' the. First. National bank and W. 7. White. la effect the. decree acts aside the transfer from the county ... to the defendants of over $7,000 of tax sale certificates, made three years ago without consideration.' and also declares that the rights of the county aa owner of these certificates are unimpaired by the transactions between the parties .to '. the suit - No money judgment was given against either the bank or Whit, and Judge Praser took occasion to say that "while the acts of the defendants in procuring these certificate from the county were constructively fraudulent in law. there Is no evidence of any actual fraud or Of " any intention on the part of either of the def endanta to do aaytntng unrair. - The suit was brought last year as one of the results of the Investigation made .. by Expert George UUck into county affairs, i The facts upon whtca the suit was based are theae: : o. :-,'', . .. Origin of tie --r"iV.- Ten years ago the first National bank became the ownsr of certain road war rants, amounting to a little over 14,000. Though the bank . purchased them for value, it subsequently proved that the warrants were tainted with fraud and valueless, so that the circuit court en- Joined the bank from presenting them for payment and tne county xrom pay- lng them. They remained In tne bank s vaults until June, -1901, when the bank presented a petition to the county court asking that it be allowed to exchange these warrants for aa equal amount of tax sale certificate, owned: by the eoua ty. To support this request the bank set forth the fact that it had been an Innocent purchaser of the worthleea war- , rants, and further 'alleged that the tax certificates which it sought to get, 1a exchange were of little or no value to the county. r-H,--"'-";.-v' This petition was granted ana tne bank thereupon filed with the county ' clerk a direction to deliver the tax-sale certificates to , W. F. White, legent." For some unexplained reason the clerk gave Wblte certificates to ; the amount - - of T41. . or.neariy. twice me faa. or ..- the i warrants. White then . sold tnese tax sale certificates to the owners of , the property described la' them and the certificates were returned " for - eancclla- - -: tlon to the, county clerk's office. . . The County Oot sTothlng. f '' The-county' realised nothing at any : stage Of the tranaaction and all that It got for the certificates was me worm- less i ioiS waxranta. - If further appeared " on the trial that the agreement between the two defendants was that. White hould nay the bank 11.008 . and mat - this was all that the bank made out of the deal. White admitted on the wit nesa stand that be realised from the. sale of the tax sale certificates not less than IttOO. -Ti ':'-.! , ... The county. In Its bill of complaint . aaked that it be granted either (1) a judgment against u, defendants for - the proceeds derived by them from the tax " sale certificates; or (X) "a judgment against the defendant for the face value of the tax. certificates s Or (8) a decree that the county is still the owner of the certificates and that Its Interest was not divested by the sales or trans- -fers to or by the defendants. This third alternative is the relief granted by Judge Fraser's decree.:'.:;..;.":;. Many ' complicated legal points were raised during the trial of the ease and these were reviewed at length In Judge : Fraers opinion. In conclusion he ex pressed the belief that as the action of the county board In granting the bank's petition and In turning over the tax sale - certificates to White was illegal, the county could not be deprived thereby of Its rights. ' i f , ! Tt follows then,'; said the court, "that the county t In exactly the same posi tion aa It would have been if the trans- . ' (Continued on Page Three.) IN FOR BOYS your hnv ! tiili." , . - .j - t - , i Ml t v-f " a . V w r '