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Newspaper Page Text2 CORVALLIS GAZETTE duett PubUshbnr Co. CORVALLIS. . . . OREGON EVENTS OF THE DAY Comprehensive Review of the Import ant Happenings of the Past Week, Presented in Condensed Form, Most Likely to Prove Interesting. Port Arthur officials claim the Jap anese army is too small to take the fort less. Mayor Jones, of Toledo, Ohio, is very low and his death is expected at any time. Employee of all the big packing plants have gone on a strike. Forty thousand men are affected. Washington officials believe a climax is approaching at Fort Arthur , such as marked the passage of the Tain. Daring a heavy wind storm at St. Louis one man was killed and five others injured. Many buildings were unroofed. A number of Japanese transports have been sighted off Kinchou. It is believed they intend to make a land ing at Yinkow. Sixteen persons were killed and about three score injured in a rear end col ison between trains on the Erie rail road at Midvale, N. J. After a day of hard fighting at Kai chou the Japanese were surprised next morning to find that the Russians had evacuated the town during the night. A number of foreign attaches and newspaper correspondents have been informed that they can go to the front July 20. This causes many to beileve that severe fighting will take place then. Knropatkin may retreat further north. The capture of Kaichou will permit of the Japanese armies combining. F. C. Robertson, of Washington, made the speech placing Ex-Senhator Turner in nomination for vice presi dent on the Democratic ticket. Six of the 19 passengers on the ill fated steamer Norge, who landed on the Faroe islands, were in such an ex hausted condition that they were una ble to speak. William Clark Crittenden, a student of the University of California, has been selected as the first Rhodes scholar at Oxford to represent Califor nia. Seven candidates passed a suc cessful examination. Massachusetts is the only state where as many men suc ceeded in passing the qualifying exam ination, eight having been successful there. Topeka believes that the worst of the flood is over. After severe fighting General Oku has occupied Kaipmg. The Demociatic platform as adopted contains no financial plank. The Japanese have captured 10 guns and 50 prisoners near Kaiachou. The British fleet has left Wei Hai Wei hurriedly under sealed orders. Cholera is spreading rapidly, in Northern Persia. There are 300 dying daily. Good weather again prevails in Manchuria and there is probability of heavy fighting. In a short but severe engagement at Hoang the Russians were driven off with a loss of 300. The Japnaee are advancing along their entire front between the coast and the Chinstan valley. Dr. Swallow, candidate for president on the Prohibition ticket has invited Bryan to join that paity. Alaska Indians, jealous of white man's property, started a fire that de stroyed the village of Point Gravina. A division of the Baltic squadron will sail from Cronstadt July 28 under sealed orders. Complete mystery sur rounds her destination. Japanese generals are proving them selves great strategists. A Japanese gunboat struck amine off Talien Wan bay and was lost. Russia objects to the presence of a British gunboat at Niu Chwang. The Democratic national convention denied a vote to the Philippine dele gates. The czar fears a revolution in Rus sian Poland and a state of siege will be proclaimed. The Russian war office admits that a battle of consequence has taken place near Liao Yang, but has no advices as to the outcome. A waterspout, accompanied by a terrific wind, passed through Clinton, O. T., killing six persons and injuiing several others. Japanese and Russian ships have en gaged in a battle in the Corean straits and it is believed two or thiee of the farmer have been lost. Russian officials claim that the heavy rains in Manchuria will do much to ward giving them ths upper hand. One man was killed, another fatally injured and a score of others slightly injured in a collision on the Reading railroad at a suburb of Philadelphia. The correspondent of a Paris paper says be saw at Krone tad t the Ameri can built submarine boat Protector. He states that he was also Bhown two other submarines of American manufacture. LOSS OP KlMCnOU CONFIRMED. Qencral Sakbaroff Sends Account to the General Staff. St Petersburg, July 13. Lieutenant Gneral Sakaharoff in a dispatch to the general staff, confirms the report of the Japanese occupation of Kaichou. He says that the Russian loss did not ex ceed 150 killed or wounded. General Sakharoff adds that they are on the Yinkow road. "Our detachment remained during Jaly 8 at Kaichou station, having its advance posts on the right bank of the Kantkhe rivei, ihe enemy occupying the heights on the left bank and forti fying themselves thereon," says Gen eral Sakharoff. Our battery on the river bridge opened fire at the enemy's patrol which appeared in Kantakhe village. Toward noon a fusilade oc curred between a detachment of the enemy and our company, which ob served the enemy retiring. Our losses were six wounded. "Toward the evening of July 8 the enemy's force, consisting of four di visions and a brigade, could be made out in front of Kaichou, extending along the seashore. At dawn, July 9, the enemy resumed tire offensive upon the lear guard of - our detachment, which retired about 6:30 in the morn ing from Kaichou to 2s miles north ward, toward the Shauanlnsa Pass. "At 10 o'clock, under heavy pres sure our rear guard retired on our posi tion at Makhunts Guiga and Yaolintas, three miles north of the Shuanlunsa Pass. The rear guaid held this po sition under heavy fire until 2 o'clock in the afternoon, when, in accordance with instructions, it retired Blowly and in perfect order on the third po sition at Tchjoutzziandiandza, just as our main body was concentrating at Datchapu and on the position at Mak hunts Guiga." ACRB DISPUTB NBARS END. Pern and Brazil Will Come to an Amica ble Understanding. Washington, July 13. Information has come to the state department of a prospective settlement of the Acre boundary dispute, which for a long time has been a Bource of friction be tween the governments of Brazil and Peru. The contention involves the ownership of a large tract of country, rich in rubber production, which is claimed alike by both countries. The information reaching the state department is to the effect that the plenipotentiaries of the two countries, who have been meeting at Rio Janeiro and Petrupolis, Brazil, have come to an agreement on the disputed questions. The nature of the agreement is not known here. Recently Brazil secured a quit claim to a certain portion of the disputed ter ritory made by Bolivia and was in turn met by the demands of Pern, which also laid claim to portions of the tract. SULTAN OIVBS IN. Threat of American Fleet In Turkish Brings Him to Time. Vienna, July 13. A dispatch from Constantinople eays that American Minister Leishman has handed a note to the Porte saying that unless a prompt settlement of the school question was arranged a United States fleet would appear in Turkish waters. The Sultan ordered the Grand Vizer to comply with the minister's demands The American demands on the sul tan are for privileges of schools and col leges conducted by American teachers equal to be given to foreign teachers, for permission for American profes sional men to practice on equal terms with foreigners, and for the direct ac cesss of the American minister to the sultan in the transaction of business. Reform of Congo Judiciary. London, July 13. A dispatch from Brussels to the Daily Telegram says that King Leopold has decided to re form the judicial system of the Congo Free State in order to avoid the estab lishment of British consular tribunals. Henceforth only Judges and magistrates belonging to the Belgian courts will be allowed to sit in the Congo Free State, so that, the best guarantees of justice can be given all foreignei b there. Anti-Christian Riots. London, July 13. The Cheefoo cor respondent of the Standard, in a dis patch says : The American consul gen eral, John Fowler, received new last night that anti-Christian riots have broken out at Cbao Yuen, about 65 miles from west of Chefoo. Immedi ate easistance was asked. The Taotai dispatched troops and telegraphed the authorities at Hwang Hsien and Teng chou Foo also to send assistance if re quired. Foreigners are not believed to be in danger. The cause of the riots is not known. Smolensk Sails From Suez. Suez, July 13. The Russian volun teer fleet steamer Smoensk, which passed the Bosphorns from Sebastopol, July 6, has sailed southward from here. The vessel took two Red sea pil ots, one for herself and one for the vol unteer fleet steamer St. Petersburg, which passed the Bosphorua July 5, coal-laden, and which was reported at Port Said on Saturday. . It is rumored heie that the transports intends await ing the arrival of the Russian squadron. Captured Eight Ouns. London, July 13. Special dispatches to the Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail from Tokio asset t that the Japan ese captured eight guns during the fighting around Port Arthur, Juiy 4, and that they reconnoiteied from a war balloon. JAPS ADVANCING MOVING ON BELEAGUERED PORT ARTHUR BY TWO ROADS. Their Losses are Heavy Dalney Is Aga'n Itself Mikado's Men Repair the Des truction Wrought By Russians on Abandoning the City and Commerce Is Again Brisk. Dalny, Manchuria, by steamer tc Chefoo, July 13. The Japanese are advancing against Port Arthur by two roads, one army moving eastward from Dalny, and the other along' the center road from Kinoom, the foimer assisted by the navy. ' On July 4, the Japanese, by a bril liant charge, captured the Miaotsui fort, which gave them a strong position from which they immediately began a heavy bombardment of the eastern section of the Port Arthur defenses. The Japanese losses in the series of en gagements culminating in this capture were enormous, but this fact had no effect on the rank and file. The second Japanese column afso did excellent work, and is reported to have taken the outworks of Shuishiying, one of the cardinal defenses of Port Arthur, and only four miles from the town itself. This town, which was left in a dismantled condition by the Russians when they abandoned it, has been practically restored by the Japan ese who are miantaining rigid disci pline. Commerce is again brisk, and the Chinese who were driven out be fore the evacuation, have returned. The waterworks have not yet been re stored, but the wharves have all been repaired. The entrance to the harbor is still dangerous, owing to the pres ence, there of the sunken hulks of 14 small craft sunk by the Russians to keep out the Japanese. It is also be lieved that there are some sunken mines in the bay, but it is very diffi cult to locate them. RUSSIAN POSITION BAD. Japanese are Assured of Command of the Liao River Valle j . St. Petersburg, July 13. With pressure on two sides, if the Japanese have any serious intentions of pushing home their advance in the direction of Mukden, General Kuropatkin's po sition would seem decidedly dangerous Their northern advance posts are at Taidin and Siao Syantai. Whether the Japanese operations will be pressed in the face of the rainy season, which is not regarded as probable here, the Japanese seem assured of the command of the mouth of the Liao river valley, which will give them a new base with two railroads, one direct to Mukden and the other to the Sinminting river and the imperial high road. The Sinmin ting road opens vast possibilities for flanking, if an advance is begun at the end of the rams. Severe fighting is not improbable north of Ta Tche Kiao, but the belief is growing that General Kurokatkin does not intend to accept a general en gagement at this time. Additional details of the Hoiyan fight of July 4 describes the Russian bayonet charge as being the most bril liant incident of the war. Japanese and Russians were found dead in the trenches with their bayonets through each other s body. RUSSIANS WON'T FIQHT HARD. Kuropatkin Plans No Decided Stand at Ta Tche Kiao. St. Petersburg, July 13. General Kuropatkin, according to private ad vices from the front, will not make a serious attempt to hold Ta Tche Kiao, above Kaichou, midway between that place and Haicheng, and where the railroad connects with the branch from Niu Chwang. Developments of the Japanese strength on the Siuyen roads seem to be forcing a Russian concen tration between Haicheng and Liao Yang, but preparations seem to be making to defend the former as long as possible. Count Killer's force, which was a little southwest of Liao Yang, has apparently moved farther south ward direct from the Feng Wang Cheng Haicheng road. Fleets Again In Action. Tokio, July 13. The Russian cruis ers Bayan, Diana, Palalda and Novik, two gunboats and seven torpedo boat destroyers, came out of the harbor of Port Arthur on Saturday morning, July 9, preceded by a number of steamers engaged in clearing away mines. In the afternoon the Russians vessels reached a point between Sensikau and Lunwantang, where they were attacked by a Japanese flotilla of torpedo boats and torpedo boat destroyers. At 4 in the afternoon the Russian vessels re treated to the harbor. I In Fear of Brigand. Tangier, July 13. According to news from the interior the bandit Raisuli and his tribe made a raid on Chard and after' two days' fighting, Raisuli was victorious. The tribe looted many cat tle. Owing to threats sent by Raisuli and the neighboring tribes to Moham med El Torres, the foreign minister, woik on the new custom house, in course of erection at Tangier, has been discontinued. The tribes said they would raid Tangier if continued. Russians Everywhere Retreating. ' Niu Chwang, July 13. Chinese com ing in from the country report' the Russians everywhere retreating befoie the Japanese, who are 'soon . expected here. Active preparations are being made for defense at Ta Tche Kiao Business in this city, despite the situa tion, is brisk and many ships are in port. 1 WATERS ARB RECEDING. Suburbs of Kansas City Can Now Ex pect Relief. Kansas City, July 12. Flood waters at Armourdale, Argentine and Lower Kansas City, Kan., on the raging Kaw and west to Manhattan, half way across Kansas, have fallen steadily since late yesterday, and today continued to re cede. In Armourdale, however, the water stood over six feet deep in the lowest places. At the stockyards the faU was slow and conditions were still bad. Most of the pens were flooded and it will not be possible to handle receipts for another day. The rail roads aie recovering, and today every line west and south operated some trains in and out of Kansas City, al- ALT0N B. PARKER Democratic Candidate for President though with little regard for schedule. The relief committee of Kansas City, Kan., which is caring for 5,000 or 6, 000 homeless in the suburbs of that city, have decided that no outside aid is needed, except that granted by the war department. Two thousand ra tions were sent from Fort Leavenworth today, and additional food supplies will be sent each day as needed. Many persons are returning to their homes in the higher parts of the flood district as the water recedes, but will be many days before the great majority of the floded houses are inhabitable. DAVIS HIS MATB. Bx-Senator From West Virginia on Tick et With Parker. St. Txuis, July 11. Ex-Senator Henry G. Davis, of West Virginia, was yesterday morning nominated for vice president by the Democratic national convention, which adjourned sine die at 1:31. Others in the race were ex-Senator Turner, of Washington, Congressman Williams, of Illinois, . and ex-Senator HENRY G. DAVIS Democratic Nominee for Vice President Harris, of Kansas. Mr. Davis won easily on the first ballot. Ex-Senator Turner, the choice of the West, was only third in the race. The vote stood : Davis, 654; Williams, 165; Turner, 100; Harris, 58. Guards and Bandits Clash. St. Petersburg, July 12 The war ministry today received a dispatch from General Kuropatkin's chief of staff reporting a couple of unimportant affairs between frontier guards and small parties of Chinese bandits near Port Arthur, and adding that the troops forming the garrison are in ex cellent spirits. Skirmishes occur daily. The Russians captured 50 Japanese scouts on July 1 and the chief of police recently captured 240 head of cattle. There is an abundance of ammunition at Port Arthur. Much of North Topeka Flooded. Topeka, Kan, July 9. The Kansas River is 20 feet 3 ?nches above low water mark and rising at the rate of three inches an hour. The north end of the Rock Island railway bridge has been partly wrecked and Rock Island trains are now being mn over the Santa Fe bridge. Director Jennings, of the government weather bureau, does not expect a dangerous flood unless there are heavy rains further west to night. Predict Downfall of Port Arthur. Tientsin, July 12 j German military experts here are of the opinion that the Russians position at Liao Yang and Haicheng are untenable against a three sided Japanese attack. They ex pect that General Knroptakin will withdraw, and they predict the down fall of Port Arthur. PARKER IS CHOICE DEMOCRATS NOMINATE HIM ON THE FIRST BALLOT. Result Is Obtained After an Entire Night Consumed In Speeches Vice Presi dency in Doubt Middle West Man Wanted Turner, of Washington, Has Many Friends. Convention Hall, St. Louis, July 9. Parker has been nominated for presi dent. On the completion of the first ballot he received a total of 658 votes. Before the vote wae annoucned Idaho changed her six votes, giving him 664 votes. West Virginia added three votes, giving him the 667 votes or two thirds necessary. Washington changed from Hearst to Parker. This was followed by a motion from Champ Clark to make the nomination of Parker unanimous. A monstrous American flag was unfurled from the dome of the building. The band struck up "The Star Spangled Banner." . Great uncertainty still exists con cerning the vice presidential nomina tion. The same candidates who have heretofore been mentioned are still mentioned, and some are being , pushed with a great deal of earnestness. No one man has yet been singled out by the leaders and large delegations to be supported for the second place. There seems to be a desire to select a man from Illinois, Indian or Ohio if possi ble. . Continued efforts have been made to secure the consent of Marshall Field, of Chicago, to allow the use of hie name, but he baa given an absolute refusal. The Western men have secured quite a large number of delegations to sup port ex-Senator George Turner, of Washington. OKU STRATEGIST. Japanese General Js Advancing His Army With Little Loss. Tokio, July 11. Late telegrams from General Kuroki's headquarters at the front show that the rains have not stopped the working out of the Japan ese plans, either in the interior of Manchuria or at Port Arthur. The fianl assault on the fortress is thought to be very near, although there is much work to be done in the way of constructing siege batteries. The Rus sians have abandoned the outer po sitions, after a great deal of fighting, and have strengthened their main de fenses. ' Japanese correspondents allowed to send dispatches reveal the ski'l with which the generals maneuvered their columns so as to capture the mountain passes between the Yula and the Liao valleys without heavy loss and with out riskaing the least temporary con fusion in their extended line of battle General Oku's forces pressed north' ward and west until they cleared the lofty ridge east of Kaiping. This de prived Kuropatkin's men in the de files of their mountain shields, and compelled the withdrawal of their sup ports to check. Oku's" army. There upon the armies of Feng Wang Cheng and Takushan, availing themselves of such flanking opportunities as local conditions allowed, forced the enemy out of their strongholds down upon the plain of Liao Yang. FLOOD UP TO EAVES. Conditions in Suburbs of Kansas City are Very Serious. Kansas City, July 11. rFlood condi tions in Kansas off the Kaw wateished are still serious, the streams of Abilene, Ottawa, Emporia and Wichita still be ing high and continuing to rise at some points. At Riverside, hundreds of employes of the packing houses and West Bot toms factories were driven from their homes, and tonight only the tops of their houses are visible above the sur face of the water. Scores of houses have been washed away. Looking southwest and northwest from River side, the view is a dismal one. Czar Fears Revolution Vienna July 11. A report re ceived here through diplomatic chan nels from Warsaw states . that the governor of that city has ' notified the czar that if an outbreak against the Russian government is to be prevented a state of siege should be at once pro claimed throughout Russian Poland. He declares that be has positive evi dence that the revolutionary leaders are about ready to start an uprising, and recommends that additional troops be placed at his disposal to keep the people under control. His Three American Submarines. Paris, July 11. Cabling from St. Petersburg, a well-known correspond ent states that having been authorized to visit the naval station at Kronstadt, he had the opportunity to see there the submarine torpedo boat Protector on the deck of a Norwegian steamer there. The correspondent further states that he was also shown there two other sub marines of American manufaacture be ing prepared for shipment to the Far East. Floating Hospital Off for Far East. Odessa, July 11. The volunteer fleet transport Orel, one of the six largest transports in the Russian flag, sailed from here this afternoon, after having fitted out as a floating hospital.. She flies the flag of the Red Cross society, and it is officially announced that she carries a large cargo of flour, barley, tobacco, foodstuffs and wine. FLY FROM FLOOD. Kansas People Deserting Their Homes Damage Will Reach Thousands. Kansas City, Mo., July 9. The Kaw overflowed its banks near the Missouri Pacific bridge at 11 o'colck tonight, and the water is now epread inr over the west bottoms, or whnlefta.la district. The water has approached witnin two blocks of the Union sta tion, and will reach the Union station before daylight. The Armourdale dis trict of Kansas City, Kan., has been deserted, its inhabitants having been di iven from their homes bv the over flow of the river for the second time in 13 months. . Mayor Gilbert, of Kansas City, Kan., ia using all the means at hin command to care for the thousands of homeless people driven from the flood stricken district. Tonight he sent the following telegram to the secretary of war: "Ten thousand people have been driven from their homes in Kansas City, Kan., by flood. I earnestly re quest that you direct commander at Fort Leavenworth to issue xat'ons as we may need." Tonight, all Kansas streams are high and thousands of acres of rich farming lands have already been inundated causing losses to crops that will doubt less run into the hundreds of thousands of dollars. ' Farmers at a dozen different points' have been forced to flee from their homes, driving their cattle before them and taking horses and what household goods that could be gathered hurriedly. - By tomorrow noon the Kaw will have risen two feet and a half higher than at present and will begin to sub B.der rapidly. The Missouri river at Kansas City, although up from the overflow of the Kaw at this point, is still in no danger of causing any serious flood, and after a further rise of 1& inches, Observer Cooner predicts, this stream will begin to fall tomorrow. Across from Kansas City, the Missouri has flooded Harlem, a sparcely-settled place, but none of, the manufacturing concerns along the stream has suffered. CANNERYMEN ALL PLEASED. International Conference Results In Mu tual Understanding. Vancouver, B. C, July 9. The first international conference between the cannerymen of Puget Sound and the Frazer river was held here today, and was productive of eminently satisfac tory results. All the principal opera tors were in attendance. It was agreed that tor mutual protection a patrol boat be placed on each side of the boundary line by the respective associ ations or governments, with a view of co-operating to prevent thefts of fish or gear and bring the guilty parties to punishment. The matter of hatcheries was laid over until the next meeting, to be taken up with the minister of marine and fisheries when he visits the Coast. The question of a joint close time dur ing the packing season was referred to. a committee. It was further agreed that no British Columbia canners shall buy fish cn Puget sound, and no Puget sound cannners shall buy fish in Ca nadian waters, except and through the authorized representatives of the re spective cannerries and the independ ent trap owners. It was reported that the first trap in stalled in Canadian waters this season under the new regulations was working; to perfection. v JAPANESE PUZZLE RUSSIANS. They Appear to Be Trying to Enter by All Doors. Liao Yang, July 8. Reports have, been received here of the appearance of Japanese outposts on the roads leading to Munkden. - On the other hand, the Japanese have withdrawn from the passes taken June 26 and 27, and their advance from Lien Shan Kwan has ceased. '' The Russian Eastern corps has moved forward to Khawan and Ho zamn, which the Russians had evacu ated and reoccupied. The tactics of the Japanese are diffi cult to understand. They seem to be trying to enter by all doors. Probably the armies commanded by Generals Kuroki ar.d Oku are combining to op erate against Ta Tceh Kiao and Hai cheng in order to gain possession of the railroad and enable them to advance to Liao Yang. America Asks Her Object. London, July 9. The Associated Press learns from a high British source that exchanges of views are taking place between America and Great Britain with respect to Thibet. Being a de pendency of China, the fate of Thibet is of considerable importance, especial ly to America; not that Americans have interests of value in that country, but becaues of its acquisition by any other power would mean a violation of the principles of the integrity of China, which is the key note of Secretary Hay's Far Eastern policy China to Pay Etzei Heirs. Washington, July 12. Minister Conger has cabled the state depart ment that the Chinese government after making a thorough investigation of the incident, has ordered the pun ishment of the officer and soldiers who fired on and killed Louis Etzel, the newspaper correspondent. In addition it has undertaken to pay an indemnity of $25,000 (Mexican), which sum will be turned over by the state department to the estate'. Declared President of Colombia. Washington, July 9. Mr. Snyder, United States Charge at Bogota, has cabled to the state department that General Reyes was declared elected president of Colombia today.