Corvallis gazette., May 06, 1904, Page 2, Image 2

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CORVALLIS. .OREGON
EVENTS OF THE DA
CtprhBnfv Review of the Import.
mat Happeafags of the Past Week,
Presented la Condensed Form, Moat
rJOufy to Prove laterestiag.
Convicts at the Oregon penitentiary
.have struck for better food. -
A strike on the Santa Fe railroad
baa been inaugurated and 8,000 men
are out. r
An Ohio man is on his way p San
Francisco with a wheelbarrow, paying
an election bet.
The divers who have been searching
for the body of Admiral Makaroff have
abandoned their efforts.
Baron Hayashi, Japanese, minister at
.London,. says the mikado's troops will
push jn. to Mukden and probably to
Harbin.
Russians will continue to retire, as
they asy they will not offer any serious
resistance until the fighting forces get
into Manchuria.
The central military adminsitration
has already dispatched all guns and ar
' tillery stores necessary for the rearma
ment of the Russian army in the Far
East.
In memory of the first American gov
ernment west of the Rocky mountains,
many people visited Champoeg May 2,
where 61 years before the Oregon pro
visional governmnet was established.
Speaking and other exercises were held.
A larger crowd was present than at any
time since the annual celebrations have
been held.
Russia has issued orders forming a
third army corps.
The William C. Whitney mansion in
Hew York has been sold for $2,500,000.
In the battle on the Yalu the Japan
ese had 16,000 men and -the Russians
80,000.
The trouble between the Santa Fe
road and ita machinists is still far from
settled.
Plans for the government building at
the 1905 fair are likely to be delayed
slightly.
The lumber mills of Washington and
Oregon will demand a rate to the Mis
souri river.
Superintendent Potter, of the Che
mawa Indian school, denies the
harges made against him.
Prince Outomsky of Russia who is at
the St. Louis fair says the world does
not understand hia country.
Russians believe that while the Jap
anese are victorious for the present,
Kouropatkin will trap them.
- A iast train in Missouri was wrecked
by running into an open switch. Eight
persona were killed and 16 wounded.
Chile and Peru are said to be on the
verge of war.
Massachusetts has appropriated $15,
000 for the 1905 fair.
A Japanese squadron has been sight
ed near Vladivostok.
It seems probable that the gold stan
dard will be adopted by Panama.
The canal commission has about de
cided to have the waterway dug by con
tract. Ex-Presdient Kruger, of the Trans
vaal, is very weak and constant care is
necessary.
Ambassador Cassini says of Russia
had expected war she would never have
evacuated China.
Serious charges have been filed
against Superintendent Potter, of the
Chemawa Indian school.
The monitor Wyoming and torpedo
boat destroyers Preble and Paul Jones
will call at Portland on their way
north.
Russia has nearly completed arrange
ments for a French loan of $160,000.-
000 for three years one which 5 per
cent interest will be paid. The gov
ernment will establish a coaling sta
tion on the California coast at Cali
fornia City, Marin county.
v Congress has adjourned. The house
tendered Speaker Cannon a great ova
tion. The alleged attempts to blow up Rus
sian warships at Nevesky is reported
to be false.
Russins' have suffered disastrous re
pulse on the Yalu.
A cave-in at a Spanish mine resulted
in many miners being buried. Fifty
bodies have already been recovered.
The Russian foreign office has issued
a circular to represenatives abroad,
declaring that Russia will not accept
mediation to terminate the war, which
the circular declares was forced on her.
Plans for issuing money orders by
banks have been adopted by the execu
tive council of the American Bankers'
association.
Grand Duke Cyril is on his way to
St. Petersburg.
Two hundred Japanese went down
with the transport sunk by the Rus
sians rather than surrender. The czar
ia reported to be indignant because the
commander sent the ship down with
the men on board.
The Japanese have crossed the Yalu
near Wiju. -
President Loubet, of France,
-warmly received in Italy.
was
NEKVE OP JAPS.
Charge Through Water WaUt Deep la
Face of Heavy Fire.
Tokio, May 4. The war office has
received a dispatch from General Kur
oki, commanding- the Japanese.advance,
which tells of a complete Japanese
victory in the first general engagement
on land of the war. The Russian army
of 30,000, which General Kuropatkin
boastfully declared would sweep the
Japanese into the sea, is completely
routed and was compelled to retreat- in
confusion on Feng Huan Cheng.
The Russian losses are very heavy,
while those of the Japanese are de
clared to have been much smaller than
might have been expected, considering
that they.had to wade the Yalu river
in the face of a withering fire from the
Russians, who were very strongly en
trenched. The Russian artillery had
been silenced by the Japanese guns,
and they carried the Russian entrench
ment in a gallant bayonet charge in
which the men vied with the officers,
to be the first to reach the interior of
the Russian position.
The unquenchable valor which re
sulted in the uninterrupted series of
victories during the war with China
was again very much in evidence.
Nothing could stop the troops, who,
tired with their long stay in the
trenches near . Wiju, were anxious to
show that the aimy was fully as able
to bring honor to the mikado's colors
as has been the navy.
The scenes in Tokio this morning are
well nigh indescribable. -The streets
have been filled all night witn anxious
people waiting to. hear the latest news
from the front. Unfortunately, beyond
the fact that a great Japanese victory
has been won, there is little else to be
learned. If the war office has received
a complete report, it is withheld for
strategic reasons.
BULGARIA MAY HAVB TO FIGHT.
The Turkish Movements Are Regarded
aa Very Hostile.
Sofia, May 4. Despite the fact that
the Turkish-Bulgaiian agreement has
been dratfed into a treaty and sub
scribed to by both powers, tbere is a
gi owing feeling here that Bulgaria has
been deceived by the sultan and his ad
visers and that instead of danger hav
ing been averted for good and all, the
conflict has simply been postponed for
a time. As an indication that this
feeling is shared by the higher Bulgar
ian officials the following facta may be
cited :
In the past it has been customary to
grant free leaves of absence to officers
of the army during the spring and
early summer months and a large num
ber of applications are now pending.
However, within a short time, several
general orders have been issued by the
minister of war, the effect of which has
been to do away with all leaves for the
present, while all officers have been
ordered to bring their commands up to
the highest degree of efficiency.
This is held by well informed Bul
garians to mean that Bulgaria may yet
have to battle to retain her inde
pendence. In conversation .with an
officer of the Bulgarian general staff,
whose identity for obvious reasons can
not be revealed, the correspondent was
assured that it is generally recognized
that war cannot be averted, although
postponed for a time by the new treaty
How the Mines Were Laid.
Port Arthur, May 4. Details of the
demonstrations off Port Arthur April
27 disclose the ingenuity of the Japan
ese. Their squadron set afloat a string
of connected rafts carrying burning
matter.. About 1:40 m the morning
when five miles off shore, the combus
tibles were fired, the wind and waves
bringing the burning floats toward the
harbor.
Under cover of this screen of fire
eight Japanese torpedo boats, towing a
launch filled with mines, slipped
around to a spot near where the Petro-
pavovsK was punk, but they were de
tected by the Russian- searchlights,
when the batteries opened fire and
drove them off, but not before the
mines had been placed.
The mines have since been des
troyed. The Japanese, knowing that
the Russians would intercept wireless
messages, tried a neat trick to deceive
and -rorry Viceroy Alexieff . For sev
eral nights in succession they sent by
wireless telegraph orders to prepare for
a landing, to send in hreships, to at
tack with submarine boats, etc.
Sweep Away Opponents.
Tokio, May 4. After five days of
fighting, largely, with artillery, the
first Japanese army, under General
Kourki, has forced a crossing of the
Yalu river and drove the Russians from
Chiu Tien Cheng and the heights on
the right bank of the Iho or Aida river,
which enters the Yalu from the north
almost opposite Wiju. The Japanese
turned the left flank of the Russian
position, and in the battle of Sunday
they swept away the new front inter
posed by the Russians to check their
onward movement.
Rales for Decoration Amended, '
St. Petersburg, May 4. The regula
tions prescribing the acta for which the
decoration of the order of St. George
shall be conferred will be amended so
as to meet the conditions of modern
warfare. The present regulations were
framed in the area of wooden ships and
are hardly possible in this day of steel
ships. Under the new arrangements,
the entire crew of a , torpedo or sub
marine vessel sinking an enemy's ship
will be decorated.
Anton g- Boraed aad Deserted. .
Tokio. May 4.-The Russians were
forced to abandon Antung yesterday.
They burned the town and retreated to
Fenghuan Cheng. The Japanese
now
control the estuary of the Yalu.,
HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON
FROST BLIGHTS PRUNES.
Change of Weather Catches Frult In
i Blossom Pears Also Alrected.
L Albany The. prune crop of Linn
county will be almost an entire failure
this year, according to an - orchardist
who was in Albany a few days ago.
The frost that visited the valley came
at a very inopportune time for the
orchards. The cold weather that held
on until an almost unprecedented late
date for this valley had kept the fruit
back until orchardists were confident of
escaping the spring frosts that usually
catch the fruit in March, if at all.
But the warm weather during the first
week of April brought the fruit out
rapidly, and when the cold rains came
again, fruit of every description was in
full blossom. The heavy frost found
the fruit in full blossom and did much
damage.
The prune trees were well loaded
with blossoms, which had begun to fall.
A close examination of the trees re
veals now that although the embryo
fruit within the blossom is green, yet
the fruitstem leading from the limb of
the tree is turning yellow. This ia
said to mean that the fruit will drop
from the tree just as soon as the prune
becomes large enough to add weight to
the stem. The dead stem can not bear
up any load. The statement of the
prunergower is that . at least three
fourths of the prunes are affected in
this way, and that orchardsits will do
well to save one-fourth of this vear's
prune crop. As prunes constitute the
greater part of the fruit crop of the
county, the loss will fall heavily upon
fruitgrowers in this part of the- valley.
Pears are affected in the same way.
The young pears were just beginning to
form when the frost came and were hit
just as hard as the prunes.
Apples are looking well at this time.
They were not affected so seriously by
the late frost, and " the trees are now
covered withrblossoms that look healthy
and give every promise of developing
into fruit of Oregon's, usual excellent
varieties. This ciop will, however,
depend largely on the weather during
the next two weeks. Another frost
such as that of recent date would in
jure the apple crop.
GOLD IN GREAT LUMPS.
Rich
Pocket Struck In the . Bonanza
Mine, ia Eastern Oregon.
Baker City A wonderfully rich
strike is said to hav been made in the
Bonanza mine in the Greenhorn dis
trict recently. A pocket of very rich
ore was opened upon the 1200-foot
level, out of which less than five tons
of ore were taken which is reported to
have yielded $04,000 in gold bullion.
It ia against the policy of the mine
owners to give out any facts about rich
strikes of this nature, and it is only in
a roundabout way that anything can be
learned about the opening of the
pocket.
It is unusual to find such rich pock
ets so far below the surface. The old
Virtue mine, near this city, has the
best record for rich pockets, but they
have all been found near the surface
and uusally by professional pocket
hunters, who make it their business to
search for these phenomenally rich de
posits. -
It has always been the theory of ex
perts that while rich ore might be en
countered in the depths, that there
never would be any "pockets," as the
term is usually understood, found be
low 500 feet from the surface.
The Bonanza has been yielding stead
ily for several months, since the new
three compartment, shaft was sunk to
the 800 -foot level, about a year ago
This strike will encourage deep mining
in this part of the state, something that
has not been attempted until within
the past two.years.
May Fly to St. Louis.
La Grande Union county is to have
an entry in the flying machine contest
which wiH take place at the St. Louis
exposition. -For several years Grant
Key, who lives on Cricket Flat, near
Elgin, has been experimenting along
the lines of aerial navigation, and now
firmly believes he has devsied a plan
whereby a journey through the clouds
will be easily made with his apparatus.
He has ordered the engines and is
erecting a large shed on a flat near his
home, where he will assemble the vari
ous parts of the machine.
Ellis Loses the Meteorite.
Oregon City The jury in the replev-1
in suit of the Oregon Iron & Steel com-
pany vs. JUiis ungues, tor possession
of a meteorite discovered near this city
last winter, found for the plamttiff.
The property in dispute is a metallic
mass weighing about ten tons, and is
the largest meteorite ever found in the
United States, while there is but one
other in the world of larger size. This
is the second case of the kind ever
been tried in the United States.
More Butter From Tillamook.
Tillamook Tillamook county's out
put of dairy . products will be much
larger this year than formerly, owing
to the quantity of excellent grass feed
now on the grazing lands. The late
season delayed the grass growth for a
time, but the herds and
especially the
milch cows are now in good condition. I
Gift to Willamette University.
Salem Banker A. Bush has-donated
$2,000 to aid in . the erection of a
building for the medical department of
Willamette University. - The building
will.be erected on the university camp
us, and when completed will cost $15,-
000.
NEW BUILDING FOR PACIFIC .
University President Hints of Plana for
the Future.
Forest Grove President W. N. Fer
rin has left for the East on an extended
trip in the interests of the Pacific Uni
versity. He will visit "Chicago and
other Eastern cities,-and will not re
turn before the middle of June. In
speaking of his trip President Ferrin
said: '"'
-"We were never more encouraged
over the prospcets . of the university
than at present. Our finances were
never in a better condition and every
thing indicates an increase in the
school's endowment in the near future.
Although I do not wish to make a defi
nite statement, I believe that we will
erect several buildings before long.
We are planning to build one of the
largest and best equipped gymnasiums
in the Northwest. We also look for
ward to a new science hall and will
provide a building for the exclusive
use of the literary societies and other
student organizations as soon as possi
ble." City Hall Plans Chosen.
La Grande At a special meeting of
the city council ' held in the council
chambers for the consideration of the
many plans submitted for the $25,000
city hall, those drawn and adopted by
J. L. Satler, a La Grande man, were
selected. The building will be two
stories high, not " including the stone
basement, 83x91 feet. All the offices
will consist of a suite of two rooms.
The offices of the water superintendent
and city recorder will be provided with
roomy vaults for the proper protection
of records. - This will be one of the
finest buildings of the kind in Eastern
Oregon..
Foster Ranch Sold Well.
.Pendleton The sale of the real prop
erty of the C. B. Wade bankrupt estate
was held last week: All the property
was sold at figures above the appraised
value. The most important parcel was
the Foster ranch, located on Umatilla
river west of Pendleton, which was bid
in by R. N. Stanfield, of- Echo, for $8 -700.
-Its appraised value was $5,000.
The Dixie stock ranch was sold to J. S.
McCloud for $8,050. The ranch con
sists of 21,000 acres and is considered
one of the finest in the county. The
city property sold well.
Corvallis to Have Poultry Show.
Corvallis The Corvallis Poultry
as-
sociation has been formed and its pur
pose is to hold a poultry show of elab
orate character in this town on Decem
ber 8, 9 and 10. A committee on
permanent organization and another on
membership was appointed, and anoth
er mesting is to be held in two weeks.
Prominent business men and poultry
men are in the movement, and it is
certain that the coming show will be
successful in all thinga.
a
Heavy Rainfall at Ashland.
Ashland The rainfall for the season
at Ashland thus far has broken all rec
ords and amounts to nearly 25 inches.
The average for the past 23 years, ac
cording to the official records of the
weather bureau, is only 14.13 inches. -
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Walla Walla, 73c; blue-
stem, 81c; valley, 8385c.
Barley Feed, $23.50 per ton ; rolled,
$24.5025.
Flour Valley, $3.904.05 per bar
rel; hard wheat straights, $44.25;
clears, $3.85(24.10; hard wheat pat
ents, $4.404.70; graham, $3.504;
whole wheat, $4 4.25; rye flour,
$4.50
Oats No. 1 white, $1.171.20;
gray, $1.12&1.15 per cental
Millstufls Bran, $1920 per ton;
middlings, $25.5027; shorts, $20
21; chop, $18; linseed, dairy food,
$19. .
Hay Timothy, $15016 per ton;
clover, $10(311; gram, $1112; cheat,
$1112.
Vegetables Turnips, 85c per sack;
carrots, 80c; beets, $1; parsnips, $1;
cabbage, 2c; red cabbage, 2Jc;. let
tuce, head, 2540c per dozen; parsley,
25c; cauliflower, $2; celery, 7590c;
cucumbers, $1.75 per dozen; aspara
gus, $1.25; peas, 45c per pound;
rhubarb, 3c;
Deans, green, loc: wax.
I 90n nninng 'Yellrmr TlaTiiroi-a 49 RHOI
3 per sack- '
Honev s3,l 50 wr oas
potatoes if ancy, 5 1 1 .&u per
cental; common, $11.25; -new pota
toes, 34c per pound; sweets, 5c.
Fruits Strawberries, $2.502.75
per crate; apples, fancy Baldwins and
Spitzenbergs, $1.502.50 per box;
choice, $11.50; cooking, 75c$l.
Eggs Oregon ranch, 1818c.
Butter Sweet cream butter, 20
22e per pound; fancy creamery, 17
20c; dairy and store, nominal.
. Butter Fat iSweet. cream, 1921c;
sour cream, 19c.
Poultry Chickens, . mixed, 13
13)c per pound; springs, small, 20c;
hens, 13M14c; turkeys, live, 1617c;
dressed; 1820c; ducks, $89 per
dozen; geese, live, 8c per pound.
Cheese Full cream, twins, 12(3 13c;
Young America, 14 15c.
Beef Dressed, 57c per pound. ,
Mutton Dressed, 66.Jc per pound;
spring lambs, 8c.
Veal; Dressed, 67c per pound.
"Pork Dressed, 7 8c per pound.
Hops 1903 crop, 2325c per pound.
Wool Valley, 1617c; Eastern Ore
gon, 11 14c; mohair ,3032e- per
pound for choice. . "
FORCE THE YALU.
Charge of . Brown Men Irresistible and
Russians Pall Back.
Tokio, May 3. Advices received hero
state that the Twelfth division of the
Japanese army forced a crossing of the
Yalu river above Wiju just before dawn
Saturday, morning. The second pon
toon bridge across the river near Wiju
was completed at 8 o'clock Saturday
night and the imperial " guards of ths
Second division crossed during the
night.' I
The Russian left flank . has. been
turned and a general attack began at
dawn Sunday by all the Japanese bat
teries on the south side of the river and
a flotilla of gunboats co-operating with
the army.
The Japanese have the advantage of
positions and numbers and are confi
dent of routing the enemy.
. - The News From St. Petersburg.
St. Petersburg, May. 3. The general
staff account of the operations on the
Yalu river Saturday ia aa follows :
"At 4 o'clock this morning Japanese
field batteries and 47 guns opened a
terrific fire on our position at Turen
chen and our troops near Potientensky.
"The overwhelming superiority of
the Japanese in artillery and the heavy
losses their fire inflicted on our troops
occupying these positions made it clear
to General Sassulitch that it was im
possible to hold Turenchen. Conse
quently tiie troops were ordered to re
tire from Turenchen while still holding
the Potientensky road.
"When General Sassulitch dis
patched his telegram the Russian
troops were retiring in good order from
Turenchen and Schakhedzky to their
second position, and the battle was
continuing at Potientensky and Tchin-
WILL TRY TO KEEP FLEET IN.
Togo Wants No More Raids Made by tbe
Vladivostok Squadron.
St. Petersburg, May 3. A dispatch
received here from Viceroy Alexieff
says:
"The continued presence of the Jap
anese squadron off Vladivostok has con
vinced the authorities that Vice Ad
miral logo has taken to heart the sharp
lesson taught him through his failure
to consider the possibilities of mischief
by the formidable Russian division at
that port, and is now seeking means to
stop further raiding operations in the
Sea of Japan. It is evident that as
soon as the Japanese were informed of
the operation of the Russians in Corean
waters, the government instructed Vice
Admiral Togo to dispatch a strong
squadron and send it to Vladivostok to
cut off the Russian ships and confine
them to the harbor so they could do
no further damage. The former pur
pose failed, owing to the celerity of
Rear Admiral Yezsan's movements."
While there is ho expectation that
Rear Admiral Yezsan will risk an en
counter with a superior force by put
ting to sea, even on a raiding expedi
tion, it is said he is a bold, careful
commander ana will spring surprises
upon the Japanese.
FAIR GATES OPEN.
Great Throng Witnesses Ceremonies at
St. Louis Exposition.
St. Louis, May 2. The Louisiana
Purchase exposition was formally
opened Saturday afternoon. The in
augural exercises were simple and were
carried thiough . without delay and
without halt or delay of any descrip
tion.
The weather was without a flaw
The handling of the crowd, the guard
ing of inclosures and the police work
generally could not have been im
proved upon. This work was in the
hands of officers of the regular army
who directed the exposition guards in
their duty.
At 12:15 the signal was given to
President Roosevelt that all things
were ready, in a few minutes came
the answering touch over the wire from
the White House. This officially
opened the exposition.
The crowd was fully as large as that
which filled the grounds one year ago
when the exposition buildings were
dedicated.
Oregon Cannot Get Lands.
Washington, May 3. The secretary
of the interior today confirmed the de
cision of the general land office cancel
ing two selections made by the state of
Oregon under lists 434 and 444 in lieu
of school lands relinquished to the gov
ernment. The selection under list 434
is rejected because the lands assigned
as base are within unsurveyed town
ships. The other list is canceled be
cause the lands used as base were made
base for a prior selection of school in
demnity lands.
Russia Heaves Sigh of Relief.
Ft. Petersburg, May 3. Without a
dissenting voice the Russian press ap
proves of the decision of the govern
ment, as announced in its circular note,
not to permit mediation and warning
the powers that they must keep their
hands off when the terms of peace are
settled. The Svet says: "All Russia
heaves a sigh of relief. We are going
to establish ourselves on the Pacific
without sharing the spoils of
vic-
tory." -
. Russians Find Japs Laid Mines. -
Paris, May 3. According to the St.
Petersburg correspondent of the Echo
de Paris, specialists who have exam
ined the spot . where the " battleship
Petropavlovsk sank, declare the Japan
ese had laid a large group of connected
mines, each containing. 80 pounds of
lyddite, in Port "Arthur roads. These
have now been found and removed by
the Japanese. : . -
VICTORY COMPLETE
BATTLE ON YALU PLACES JAPANESE
, IN ABSOLUTE CONTROL.
Crossing of Troops to Islands Above and
Below Wlja Was Only to Conceal
tbe Route of Their Principal Move
mentsTheir Front Extended for
Twenty Miles.
Tokio, May 4. As the details of
Sunday's battle and the Japanese vic
tory at arms, and maneuvers preceding,
rome to hand it is plain that the plans
of the Japanese general staff were fol
lowed to the minutest detail. The
main attack was made by the Japanesa
right wing, which consisted of the
Twelfth division. It crossed the Yalu
13 miles above Wiju at the same point
where the passage'of the river was ne
gotiated by the Japanese army of inva
sion in 1894.
The Guard's division, constituting
the center, and th3 Second division,
forming the left wing, crossed respect
ively to the islands above and below :
Wiju. These were feigned advances,
designed to cover the main movement,
and were to be continued in the eent
of the success of the contemplated ad-.
vance. Opposite Sukuchin ..ies Hu
shan island, in the center of which is
an eminence called Tiger's hill", which
commands both sides of the river, the
Twelfth division, having effected lodg
ment on the island on April 29. drove
the enemy from the banks, and crossed
the main channel of the river the next
day. Meanwhile the Guards and the
Second division alsociossed, their lines
extending nearly to Antung, with the
reserves in the center on the main,
road.
Thus, at dawn of May 1, the army
had a front of 20 miles, with the left
near Antung and the right opposite
Mako. When the advance was oidered,
the Twelfth division, wading the river
with the water waist deep, rushed the?
enemy's entrenchments, ultimately
swinging around toward Chiu Tien
Cheng, while the Guards and the Sec
ond division converged near the same
point. Thereupon the Russians retired
before the fierce Japanese attack, which
was directed from the three points.
BRITAIN IS MUCH PLEASED.
Comment -of Press' Shows She Was fas
Doubt as to Japan's Ability.
London, May 4. The latest dis
patches received here confirming the
completeness of the Japanese victory
on the Yalu river could hardly have
given greater satisfaction in Tokio than
in London. The editorials in the
morning papers ring with admiration
at the success of Geneial .Kuroki's
strategy, in a manner indicating that
Great Britain had been in considerable
doubt aa to the capacity of her " ally's
troopa, when matched against the Rus
sians, and despite the lack by the Jap
anese of good cavalry to follow up her
victory it is believed that she will
speedily drive the Russians out of Feng
Wang Cheng also.
The Japansee victory has caused com
plete surprise in the European capitals
and is expeced to lead to difficulty in
Russia's efforts to raise a loan.
AS KUROPATKIN DESIRES.
He Wires the Czar He Is Glad the Jap
anese Have Crossed the Yalu.
Paris, May 4. The St. Petersburg
correspondent of the Echo de Paris in
a dispatch this morning. Bays a high
officer of the general staff made the fol
lowing statement to him :
"General Kouropatkin has telegraph
ed the emperor expressing satisfaction
that the Japanese have crossed the
Yalu, because this lengthens their line
of operations, whereas the Russians
are approaching their base.
"General Kouropatkin will probably
allow General Kucoki's 20,000 men to
Advance and attempt the siege of Port
Arthur, but General Smyrnoff and Gen
eral Stoeseel are disoosim? of the 33-
000 men under their command so as
not to allow the Japanese to reach that
place.
Cloudburst Causes Damage.
Florence, Colo., May 4. A cloud
burst in the Green Horn range, eight
miles south of Florence, today caused
the Arkansas river to rise between eiehfc
and nine' feet here in less than an
hour. The unexpected rush nf votur-
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caused great damage. One bridge
across the river and the Santa Fe and
Florence & Cripple Creek railroad
bridges are in imminent danger. In
the northern end of the town the streets
have been transformed into rivers, and
cellars are being flooded. Business ia
suspended.
Hail Plays Havoc With Orchards. -
Denver, May 4. A heavy storm, eon-'
sisting of rain on the plains, and snow
in the mountains has prevailed ovw
nearly the entire state today. Consid
erable damage to railway property and'
delay by washouts was caused. TJV.
accidents are reported, however. Hail
and high winds in certain sectmna'
played havoc with orchards "and gard
ens. The moisture will prove of incal
culable value to the ranges and agri
cultural sections.
New Russian Battleship Aground.
St.. Petersburg, May 4. The new
Russian battleship Orel, to which the
finishing touches are being put, .ran
aground on a sandbar in the Neva yes
terday. As difficulty is expected in
refloating, her, the icebreaker Ef mak
has been sent from Constadt to assist:
the tugs in pulling her off.- , ,