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Heavy Losses Reported on Both Sides -Battle One ; of
: Fierceness--Russians. Fall Back on . Moantainsr- .
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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'
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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.)
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