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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.