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VOL, III. NO. 140.
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ART
iUR'S
FATE IN DOUBT
, .Chefoo, Aug.N18. A report has been received here that the Japanese bombardment of, Port Arthur, whfch has pro-'
gressed steadily for the past few days, has resulted in the silencing of the puter works around the town, and that the Russians
are therefore driven to the last stronghold. :'''',..' " V'' ;."-..'''
The report is without confirmation, and cannot be accepted until further advices are received. ."-'s ' . - V
' ' Still' another report has, it that the Japanese .made 4 strong advance yesterday, but were unable to hold the . positions'1
gained. ' . .-, ' ' t , , -; . - V,' '.:. .' ; wVr ..' ''.; ' .
The Remnants of the Port Arthur fleet, which gained the port and sallied out yesterday, were intercepted, according to ad
vices received here, and retreated to the harbor. ... -'v.. ,'.'..,'' ' , , '
A sortie was again made by the fleet this morning, but the Japanese vessels had withdrawn , and were not. encountered.
The Russians, fearing a ruse, again retreated to their anchorage. . , ;...... : ; . s l'l . ,
fLEEr IS
HARASSED
Remnant of .Russia's Navy
After Sortie Retreats
to Harbor.
IS HEMMED IN BY TOGO
Conditions at Port Arthur Now Des
perateRussians Claim Japanese
Arc Xoncealing the Loss of "
a Warship. - : '
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London, AUS.-16. At no tlm lno
th' eaitant war htgan .bai Interest
reached a gTeater. height .than today
In the anxiety to learn the exact out
come of yesterday' operation. A spe
cial from Cbefoo eaya It la reported
, there that the Ruaalan fleet, after max
lng a aortl from Port Arthur, waa In-
tercepted by Admiral Togo's fleet and
compelled 'to return to the port, where
it can hardly eecape almost constant
danger' from .. the Japanese bombard'
menta.
There has been no, news received at
Chefoo, according to the correspondent,
to Indicate whether a naval engagement
, followed the attempt of the Ruselana
to escape, but it la believed probable
that a brief battle waa fought when the
Zlusstsna, recognising the hopelessness
f either, an attempt at flight or ac
ceptance of the gage of conflict, retired
to their shell-stormed anchorage.
Despite the reports received J'eeter-
' day from so many sources that a gen
eral attack had been made on Fort Ar
thur, today's news contains no story in
confirmation. If auch an attack waa
made, it could be inaught more than an
' exceptionally vigorous renewal of the
operations that have been carried on for
many days, wherein ceaseless bom bail
ment and constant anoroachment has
rendered the position of the valiant de
fenders of the fortress an almost un
bearable one.
. Rays Japanese Misrepresent. 7
From Klao Chow today came a dis
patch which contained an Interview with
the officers of the Russian cruiser
Cxarowita, who declare emphatically
that the Japanese are- not giving out the
full lists of their casualtlea. i They as
sert that on Wednesday last, when the
battle waa waged that resulted in the
scattering of the Port Arthur fleet, they
saw at Japanese warship1 alnk beneath
the waves, while small boats from near
by members of the squadron rescued the
struggling crew.
No mention has been made by ttie
Japanese of a losa and hence it is pret
turned here thst If a vessel waa sunk it
must have, been one of minor impor
tance. The movements and names of
Japanese ships havej been kept so care
fully concealed by the mikado's advis
ors that it is a matter of impossibility
to gain any accurate knowledge of what
vessels were engaged. - t
. - War experts here are Inclined to the
view that the reports of both warring
sides have been fair, but admit that they
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YAQOlS hOLD ENTIRE
DISTRICT IN TERROR
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Ouaymaa, Mex4 Aug.. H. Terrorised by th boldness and cun
nftic the cruelty and swiftness of the Yaqul Indians and appalled
at th outrages perpetrated within the last few weeks and days, titer
entire district north of this port is now In a state of turmoil.'. " ; '
', A trains and stages leaving Ouaymaa todny ara accompanied by
military escorts-. Detachments of soldiers are constantly arriving with
Yaquls who have been captured and will be . deported.' Everywhere
th city present a war-Ilk appearance. ' -- , ' t
The last killing was reported last night and waa that.of Cres
canslo Mavtorena, a trader, who was ambushed near EotomataL Th
Taquls shot him down, cut out hi heart and plundered his Wagons.
Th party which set out from Ban Jose de Ouaymaa In pursuit of
the slayers of , Mavtorena 'overtook them at Agulla ranch, where a
doxen members of the band had Just been driven . back by the -pro- -prletor
and his vaqueros. The Indians ' wer SXirTOurided and OJd"
Illanco, or Whit Eye, a famous old desperado, and 11 of Ms follow
ers captured after a hard fight.
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RUSSIA ISSUES HER
PROTEST TO POWERS
(Journsf Special Service.)
London. Aug. K. Russia, has
taken action relative to the sels
ure of the' Ryeehltelnl, which '
will bring the matter before all-
the powers.
Russian Ambassador Benken
dorn this morning presented
Minister Lansdowne with an of
ficial protest issued at St. Peters
burg against 'what : Is termed
"flagrant violation of . interna-'
-tlonal laws and the rules of neu
trality . by a Japanese torpedo ,
boat destroyer at Chefoo." ' ' e
The protest is In the form of a
vigorous circular note to all the
powers and it la presumed si ml- t
lar protests will be handed In at
other capitals before the day is d
over. - . ..t . . 7
Lensdowne accepted tha pro-,
test and said that it would be
given immediate and Impartial
attention. . It has created some
thing of a stir, ss although it
was expected that a note might
issue, it was not believed that
it would be given, such general
circulation. . '
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Exciting Day on Chicago
Board of trade Makes
V New Records. : "
Wheat " ' Mlgh. ,
Close. .
$1.95, .
108 Hi
1.05 1
06 .
Rise.'
0.01
.01
New Sept......tl.064-
Old Sept. ..... 1.0 H'
December . ., 4. 1.05
May , '. ...... 1.07
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Chlcago, Aug. K. The wheat market
waa on a rampage . again today. The
cause of tha rise Is mysterious, but is
attributed by some to the very heavy
buying orders from large northwest
wheat people.
The Illinois report was considered fair
and about as expected, so did not have
much Influence on the ton of the mar-,
ket either way.
The top flgurea of the year were
reached today with May wheat at 11.07.
The marker as a Whole opened practU
cally the same as the atrong close of
yesterday, but the ton waa good all the
way through. '-, .
- New September had a higher opening
at 11.03 tt but almost immediately the
price advanced to a higher level and
closed at $1.05, a rise of tH ceata since
yesterday. New September struck its
highest point at $1.05 K. and the low
mark at $1.0$. '
During th day session old Septem
ber waa very strong, the closing figure,
$1.04, being a rise of IH cents since
the i cents rise of yesterday.
Decerpber wheat opened strong at
$1.024, but on. very active buying
$1.05 H was touched as the high figure
for the day. As its low mark Decem
ber dropped to $1.0IH. but at this fig
ure it did not remain long. - December
dosed at $1.05, an advance for the day
of cents, and a gain from the close
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WHEAT ON
STEAM IS
CHARTERED
Harriman Line Will Send
the Aztec Here
; August 25.
WILL - CARRX BIG LOAD
Ail Fear, of Seizure by Russian Ships
Ends and Shipments to the East
; Will Be Resumed by, Sep
;.v -."- tember 1. "
This morning th Portland aVAslatio
oompany chartered th American steam
ship Asteo. one - ol tha Pacific Mall
liners, now lying at San JBrknolsco, to
carry ' freight between this city and
Japan. Plana are being mad to ha,v.
the vessel her on August $5, and have
her loaded with flour and ready for sail
ing by September 1. - 1
Had not unlooked ror ' complications
arisen the. deal for the vessel would
have been ' consummated yesterday.
There was a disposition on the part of
the owners t"walt a day or two to see
If there would not soon be a 'big decline
in war risk policies. But the local ex
porters were insistent upon having the
matter attended to at one. They were
anxious to have transportation forthelr
freight during the present month. Many
of them argued that slnoe the decisive
naval engagement in which th Russian
squadrons were badly disabled and put
to rout that commerce from th Paolflo
ooaat is no longer likely to be interfered
with. R. P. Schwerln. 'general manager
of th Harriman, steamship lines, un
doubtly entertains the same viewy When
asked for a statement of lb situation
after th charter had been effected he
replied: .
, Sohwerln's Tiews. '. ,
The fact that we are going to dis
patch a steamer from Portland direct
to Japan is sufficient evidence that we
believe th . danger point has about
passed. - '
"Will all th Harriman steamers be.
gin at onoe to carry freight from the
Pacific coast to Japan 7" waa asked.
'Twill shortly be In a position to give
a definite answer to that question." he
replied. '1 have sent a cable to Japan
to ascertain th true situation. 80, far
my information aa to th status of
events in the orient is based largely
upon - newspaper reports. Immediately
after a decision is reached to resume
traffic both f rorn Portland and San
Francisco th publio. will be apprised."
Without exception -almost all of- the
local exporters are of th opinion that
there will no longer be any risk as-
sumed by sending flour or any other
product for1 commercial purposes to tha
land of the mikado. They explain that
Russia's warships are no longer in con
dition to harass shipping. Th state
ment is made that what few vessels re
main flying th flag of the.csar are
badly scattered and' undoubtedly-seek.
lng places of safety. On of th ship
pers this morning saidj
. -. rea Bossla Ho store.
It la no longer possible for the rem
nants of th two fleet to assemble at
Port. Arthur; 'their only place of refuge
is Vladivostok. They have to have a
baae of supplies in order to make any
showing at all. In this respect it Is
highly probable that they will be un
fortunately situated ' at the Siberian
port. This Is the only place in the en
tire country that they can get coal.
From now on they do) not dare to get
too near the Japanese coast .. It seems
to me that the .outlook for the Russian
naval forces is about as gloomy as it
could well be. . Under . these circum
stances there la no reason why shipping
should not be resumed all alon the line
with Its old-time sotlvlty. I think there
Is no doubt that this decision will be
reached very shortly." .
.v WM Bates -Will Drop.
Althouah tha war rate Imuran la
still quoted Mgh the belle Is freely ex
pressed in weii-inrormed circles that
there will be . a steady decline In the
rates from now forward until they again
reach the low-water mark. - Today M. C
Harrison V Co. are quoting a rate of $Vi
per cent to Japan. 1 H per cent to Hong
Kong by way Of Japan, and per cent
to Hong Kong direct A representative
of the company, however, admits that
there lav sure to be a big decline In these
figures during the next Yew days.-
The Asteo Is owned and operated by
the Paclflo Mall Steamship company.
In teallty a vessel has not been "char
tered; the Harriman . people are only
sending a steamer to Portland to look
after their-own business.- But they do
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CREFFIELD h'EWARD
WILL BE RETURNED
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(special mspetes to The Journal.)
CorvaUla, Or., Aug. 10. Th
$S60 Cref field- reward has been
placed in the- hands of Sheriff 4
-Burnett. -and -th $200 of thlST 4
amount that was contributed by
Individuals will be returned to
the donors on request '
Th $100 offered by Benton r '
vert to the county.
The cause of. this Is that O. V.
Hurt., the father of the boy, Roy 4
Hurt, who discovered the) Holy , 4
- Roller leader and caused his ar-' 4
rest, refuses positively to allow 4
hla aon to accept the reward, Mr. 4
Hurt today declared that to per-
mlt any of th members of his '
family to - accept the reward
would seem ss though a bop .. 4
of gain was all that Influenced
his actions In th matter. His . 4
position is being received with
commendatory comment by thoae
who have witnessed the Strang
chapter of the Holy Roller erase
as they unfolded themselves and
were brought to a finish In th
capture of the leader. . :
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Statesbpro Mob : Over
powers Guards and
v Wreak Vengeance.
Savannah, Ga., Aug. , 1$. - (Bulletin)
$. o'clock p. m. Advices Just received
here by telephone say th mob over
powered the guards and took Oato and
Reld to stakes, where they ar at this
our being burned.
Flv negroes wer also given a terrlfto
rawhide lashing, and others warned to
b more respectful to whites. Two of
the negroes laahed may not recover from
their wounds. : ;
Savannah, Ga., Aug. lV (Bulletin.)
1:10 o'clock p. m. The laat communica
tion received from Statesboro was at
1:$0 o'clock this afternoon. This was in
th nature of a hurried telegram from
th telegraph operator at that place,
saying that th mob wer pouring into
hla office and Intended to seise him and
cut off all communication. This abrupt
ending of advloes with the outside world
waa evidently carried out, as sine that
time no word has been received from
that point ., . , ;
Statesboro, Aug. 11. This town is
crowded with hundreds of determined
men. who from -all appearances are
coolly biding tbelr time and making
careful preparations ror wreaking sum.
mary vengeance upon th negroes lm
plicated in tha confession mad by one
of their number, of being members of
gang, whose ultimate purpose was the
robbery and murder of numerous vic
tims.
Paul Reed and Will Gates were found
guilty of . the murder ' of the Hodaea
family today and received sentences of
death. They ar to be hanged Septem
ber .
Read mad a statement in which he
said that a negro preacher headed a
gang numbering seven, who bad planned
the execution of wholesale murders. As
soon as this became known an angry and
excited mob surged about the courthouse
and in many Instances' guns were
wrested from the hands of the mllltla
men, who wer on guard. For a time it
looked as though all efforts would prove
unavailing on the part of the officers to
prevent sn onslaught Upon the jail, but
finally the mob waa calmed down,
though by many It is thought the quiet
ude is only the calm that precedes th
storm. - v . - . - ,
State -iroobs have been mobilised at
Savannah and preparatlona . made to
rush them here at a moment'a notice.
and It is thought that sn order has al
ready been Bart to that effect.
JOSEPH JEFFERSON "
IS ON DEATH BED
' (Journal ftpertal servlee.) . .
Busssrd's- Bay, - - Mass Aug..- II.
Joseph Jefferson, th veteran actor, fa
mous ss Kip van winxie. is oying at his
summer home her. Old stomach trouble,
coupled with general debility. Is given
as the cause. When the doctor called
last night Jefferson snld: .
Vell Rip Is nearly ready for hla long
sleep without an earthly swakenlng. '
Doctors hold out . no hop for hla re
cvvry. : ... . '
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THE
HERERGS SLAUGHTER THE GERMANS
(Journal Rpeelal service.)
Berlin, Aug. 1. All Germany la
stirred to fever heat by the report made
public today by the war office of a bat
tle between the German, forces, under
Command "of General Von Throtha and
the rebel Hereros In southwest Africa,
In which the. German uiaualtlea ar re
ported a 14 killed and (1 wounded....
General Von Throtna's report says
tliat on the morning of August 11. a
battle between his force and the rebels
began. ', and was continued throughout
the day and tilarht. and August 12 waat
resumed with redoubled vigor. On thf
afternoon Of the latter date the rrheLn
i-wer driven back and th town of llui-)
GIANT AND THE DWARF.
akari raptured and occupied by the Ger
man troops. . 1 , "
Th losses to both sides wer exceed
ingly heavy, several officers being In
cluded among th killed and wounded of
the German forces. . .. t
- The extreme- heat, coupled with tho
continued lonjr duratlon-of the battle,
proved a oonslderaMe source of disas
ter to the Germans, many of whom were
affected and had to be carried to th.
reir. thus seriously crljipllng the force
of General Throtha, Jit at a time when
every available man aa needed to revel
the snvsere onslaughts of the rbI, who
sevrril times durti: the, twit daya' bat
tle almost sucre-rted in ovrwhe,','tf
th Gorman forces.
According to th rvyort th German
army la making a short 'slop at th
captured town of Haraakart, probably
to allow tha men to recuperate after,
their terrible two daya' strugatle The
rebel chiefs ere said to be hurrying to
gether all the available men tby can
secure from neighboring districts, ami
It la evident that an attempt will be
made to annihilate General Von Thro
tha's men with an overwhelming artny
of eavaaes. which,. If aueressful, w:il
mean th complete . ei tfi mlnnt ! tt
Wery fnrelsner lo the district, an T' t
well un1r(xl lhat nriT will.
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