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OORVALLIS OREGON
WEEK'SJDOINGS
General Review of Important Happen
pcnigs Presented in a Brief and
Condensed Corm.
Oregon again leads all other states
In the sale of public lands.
A Rock Island train was derailed
near Princeton, Mo., and 45 persons
injured.
Disguised horsemen in Crook coun
ty destroyed a band ot 1,000 thorough
bred sheep.
Lloyd's agent at Niu Chwang re
ports that Liao Yang is likely to fall
at any time.
The British consul at Shanghai has
ordered Russia to stop repairing ships
in that port. (
Japan is said to be treating its
prisoners of war with great consid
eration and allowing them many lib
erties. Mrs. Maybrick was met on her ar
rival in New York by a throng of cur
ious people, but she refused to say
anything.
General Chafee says that so long
as he is in command the army head
quarters of the Columbia will remain
at Vancouver.
A portion of the British press de
mands that navy sweep the sea of
Russian cruisers if diplomacy cannot
prevent their stopping ships.
The czar has shown his joy over
the birth of an heir by abolishing cor
poral punishment, liberal treatment
of Finlanders and In divers other
ways.
Mrs. Maybrick has arrived in New
York.
The loss by the tornado at St Paul
will reach $2,500,000.
Late reports from Port Arthur say
the fort has all but fallen. .
Souvenir Lewis and Clark coins will
be ready early next month.
The Japanese continue to sacrifice
thousands of lives at Port Arthur.
A Santa Fe passenger train was de
railed near Topeka and six persons in
jured. The Russians estimate that the
siege has already cost, the enemy
28,000 men.
A mob of 500 burned a negro at Ce
dartown, Ga., for the assault of a 13-year-old
white girl.
A hurricane swept over Watertown,
S. D., killing two people and injuring
many others. Great damage was done
to property.
The Russian cruisers Gromboi and
Rossia are fast being repaired at Vladi
vostock and will soon be ready to as
sume the offensive again.
John Eiland, a wealthy sheepman of
New Mexico, has fallen into the hands
of brigands in Mexico, where he went
on business. A heavy ransom is de
manded for his release.
The czar has summoned all reserve
officers to the colors.
Japan holds that the nutarlity cf
China at Shanghai is imperfect.
An engagement with Kuropatkin will
porbably be forced at Liao Yang.
The inteiior department is in no hur
ry to create forest reserves in Oregon.
The Japanese have captured all forts
on the Pigeon bay side of Port Arthur.
Five persons were kilied at Manden,
Mo., by the explosion of a car of dyna
mite. Rioting continues at the Chicago
stock yards. Another man has been
shot.
Japan in showing utter disregard for
lives is bieaking all precedents at fort
Arthur.
The loss caused by the tornado in
North St. Louis is much heavier than
at first reported.
Ihe anniversary of "Mad" Anthony
Wayne's victory over the Indians was
observed at the St. Louis fair by an
imposing parade.
The rains are stopping around liao
Yang. The roads aie etill in bad con
dition and active operations are not ex
pected until they are in bettter shape.
Forest fires continue to lage in the
reserves of Montana, destroying much
valuable timber.
Japanese ships are cruising off Che
foo in search of the Russian boats Di
ana and Novik.
A felling almost akin to despair
reigns in the Russian admiralty.
Paraguayan rebels have demanded
the city of Asuncion, allowing it 24
houis to surrender.
A cloudburst near Globe, Arizona,
caused a loss of seveial lives and great
damage to property.
A Russian gunboat was sunk by com
ing in contact with a mipe near the
Liao Tung peninsula.
The Russians will sink their ships
at Port Arthur iather than let them
fall into the hands of the enemy.
The corporation counsel of Chicago
has decided that the packers have no
right to house employes in their plants.
Forest fires in Clarke county, Wash.,
are doing great damage. A number of
homes have been burned and much
cordwood destroyed. A suspect has
been arrested.
Indications are more favorable than
ever that .Russia will agree to the
American definition of contraband of
war.
AVOIDS A TIGHT.
Directors to Choose Convention City
tor 1903.
Portland, Aug. 24. Politics, arriv
al of delegates, speeches, and adop
tion of resolutions occupied the sec
ond day of the American Mining Con
gress. And a busy day It was, with
the buzz and hum of the rival dele-,
gations filling the cool air of the con
vention hall. Yesterday morning the
convention adopted a strong resolu
tion urging congress to create a De
partment of Mines and Mining, and
last night another was passed advo
cating the protection of forests.
The question of the selection of the
meeting place for next year's con
gress will not be fought out on the
floor of the convention as has been
anticipated, but will be placed solely
in the hands of the board of direct
ors. A resolution to this effect intro
duced by Dr. Buckley, of Missouri,
was adopted at last night's session of
the congress and met with enthusias
tic applause from those present.
This will prevent El Paso from mak
ing an open fight in the convention
for the honor of entertaining the 1902
congress.
As yet the credential committee
has made no report, and therefore
the membership of the congress will
be and unknown quantity, officially
speaking, until Thursday morning.
This prevents any definite action on
the settlement of any question until
that time, but a great deal is being
done indefinitely. The permanent
home agitation is being kept up by
the Salt Lake men, who are-hard at
work trying to get the membership
of the congress into line for 'their
city. The Denver delegation is rep
resented by two or three men, and
though it has been announced that
there is a carload of delegates on the
way from Denver, the car has not
been sighted and the cause of Denver
is suffering a little from the tardiness
of the Colorado men.
PORTS ARE LOST.
Russians Meet further Reverse at
Port Arthur.
Chefoo, Aug. 25. A junk which left
Liao Ti Promontory the night of
August 21 has just arrived here. She
reports that the Japanese have suc
ceeded in occupying Antszshan as
well as another fort, probably Etse
shan, about a mile southwest of Ant
szshan. They have driven the Rus
sians from the parade ground, which
lies about two miles north of the har
bor; they have destroyed two forts
at Chaochanko, which is within the
eastern fortifications, and they have
advanced to a point near Chaochanko.
This news confirms information re
ceived here previously, and which the
local Japanese were not inclined to
believe.
The junk heard firing until mid
night of August 22. Scarcely a build
ing in Port Arthur remains undam
aged. The town hall, whis was used
as a magazine, has been destroyed.
Four large warships unable to
fight, are at Port Arthur. Only one
ship, a vessel with two masts and two
funnels, has guns on board.
The fire of the forts not captured
by the Japanese, together with the ef
lect of land mines, is given as the
reason why the Japanese have not as
vet conquered the Russian strong
hold. JAPANESE PEANS DEGANGED.
Port Arthur Campaign May Cause In
itiative to Pass to Russians.
Berlin, Aug. 25 In a dispatch
from Liao Yang, under date of Aug
ust 23, the correspondent of the Lokal
Anzeiger says:
"The indications are that the initia
tive is about to pass to the Russians.
The Japanese plan of campaign, in
cluding the attack upon Liao Yang,
has apparently been deranged by the
unexpectedly stubborn resistance of
Port Arthur.
"General Kuroki's army has been
withdrawn to the south of Taitze
iver. and only outposts reported to
be in the Liao River Valley.
"It is rumored that the Mikado has
recalled General Ngi and has ordered
KMpM Marshal Marnuis l amasata.
chief of the General Staff at Tokio, to
assume command of the besiegers at
Port Arthur."
America Asks for Information.
Washington, Aug. 25. Acting Sec
retary of State Adee has cabled Min
ister Conger, at Pekin, a request that
he report as soon as possible the
facts concerning the situation at
Shanghai. A similar request has also
been addressed to Consul-General
Goodnow, at Shanghai, and Consul
General Fowler, at Chefoo. Although
no admission on that point is yet ob
tainable, it is believed that instruc
tions have either been sent or will be
sent to Rear-Admiral Sterling to co
operate with the minister and consuls
in the protection of American inter
ests in treaty ports.
London Papers Excited.
London. Aug. 25. The Standard
this morning, unable to conceal its
disappointment that the United
States government is not prepared to
protect the neurality of China at
Shanghai, editorially contends that
the United States could have taken
the lead in the matter without arous
ing the jealousies which must follow
intervention by any European power.
The Daily Telegraph publishes a
strong editorial demanding that the
government adopt rigorous measures
Russian Ship Hits Jllne.
Tokio, Aug. 25. Admiral JCataoka
reports that as the Russian battleship
Savastopol was emerging from Port
Arthur yesterday 6he. struck a mine,
and afterward was seen to be listed
to starboard. She was towed back
into the harbor.
OREGON NEWSOF INTEREST - j
SILETZ RICH IN TIMBER.
Railroad Survey Party Loud in Praise
.of Country.
Independence. The surveying party
of the S. Chapman Lumber Company
that has been In the Coast range
mountains since May 28, has com
pleted its task, coming out at a point
no one guessed. The survey as com
pleted intersects the Southern Pacific
scarcely half a mile south of Inde
pendence, near the old racetrack.
The surveying crew, comprising 15
men, is in charge of Engineer L. M.
Rice.
The timber found in the Siletz basin
was a revelation to the party, many of
whom are experienced timber men
and surveyors. There is enough tim
ber in the Siletz country, says Chief
Engineer Rice, to last 50 years after
it is made accessible by rail. The
route terminating at Independence is
a very feasible one and, according to
the survey, it is not over 45 miles into
the heart of the rich Siletz basin.
Terminating here, timber over the
proposed route could be handled by
rail or river, and the Southern Pacific
is just completing a spur from within
a few rods of where the survey ended
into the bed of the river. A road over
this survey would also afford a short
cut to Newport.
STIRRING UP DAIRYMEN.
Effort to Induce Valleygfarmers to
Produce Butter Pat.
Albany. An important meeting of
the dairymen and farmers of Linn
county was held at Shedd last week.
The meeting is the result of the ef
forts of prominent creamery men of
Portland and of State Dairy and Food
Commissioner J. W. Bailey.
Curtis' Grove, one mile from Shedd,
was the scene of the meeting, which
took the nature of a farmers' picnic.
A Portland creamery provided gallons
of ice cream free, and the attendance
was large for this season of the year.
The great importance of the meeting
in the eyes of friends of diversified
farming in Oregon is in the fact that
it is the beginning of an effort on the
part of the large purchasers of dairy
products in Oregon to induce the
farmers of the Willamette Valley .to
devote more time to raising blooded
stock, and particularly dairy stock.
County Is Worth More.
Oregon City. Assessor J. F. Nelson
has completed the assessment of
Clackamas county property for the
1904 roll. The aggregate of property
valuations, represented by the roll, is
approximately $10,250,000, or an in
crease of $300,000 over last year's
roll. It is not expected that any ma
terial changes will be made in the
assessed valuations by the board of
equalization, which will be convened
on Monday, August 29. This is the
earliest date for years that the assess
ment of property in this county has
been completed. .
Raise Timber Land Values.
St. Helens. The assessment roll
for Columbia county will be complet
ed and ready for the board of equal
ization in a few days. It will show an
increase of about one-third in the
assessed valuation of the county. The
valuation of the timber land has been
raised from $2.50 to $3 and $5. This
bears heavily upon the non-resident
land-owners, but it is not nearly as
high as in Clatsop county, and is far
below the actual cash value of the
property. The assessment of the
Benson Company amounts to $128,000,
and the cash value is certainly three
times that amount.
Start Work on Pair Grounds.
Baker City The survey of the
ground for the Baker County Fair As
sociation is completed and the work
of constructing the new speed track
begun in earnest. The grounds ad
join the city on the north, ana are
within easy walking distance. The
land is comparatively level and ad
mirably located for the purpose.
Work on the grandstand and . fair
building will be begun at once. The
date has not yet been set for the fair,
but will likely be the first week in Oc
tober. Umatilla Wheat Moving.
Pendleton. Wheat buyers estimate
that 1,000,000 bushels of Umatilla
county's wheat crop have been sold
so far this season. Sales are being
made constantly, sometimes amount
ing to 50.000 bushels per day. Consid
erable wheat is being shipped from
Eastland, 10 miles northeast of here,
to New York, to the cereal market and
to.fill contracts made on the board of
trade. Harvesting is more than half
done, but in some localities will con
tinue several weeks into September.
Seven Williams Name Camp.
Albany. Because seven men whose
first name was William were the first
settlers of the proposed mining camp;
the town was christened Billville. It
is in the Blue river mining district
near the line between Lane and Linn
counties. Billville is now a busy min
ing camp.
Northwest Wheat Markets.
Portland Walla Walla, 78c; bine
stem, 85c; valley, 83c.
Tacoma Blnestem, 84c; club, 79c.
Albany 75c.
Salem 80c.
Colfax Club, 68c; blnestem, 73c.
Pendleton Club, 58)c; blnestem,
73 He.
La Grande Club, 62c ; blnestem, 68c.
WIND DAMAGES HOPYARDS.
Poles Blown Over and Vines Torn
by Brisk Breeze.
Independence. Quite a little dam
age has been done to hopyards in this
vicinity by wind. Walker Bros., two
and a' half miles north of here, are the
heaviest losers. Fully 25 acres of
their yard is flat on the ground.
About five acres of thex- Patton &
Sloper yard and three acres in John
Burton's yard are also down. R. D.
Cooper will have nearly 2000 hills to
straighten up, and a few trellis-poles
are broken in one of the Hirchberg
yards.
A gale from the west sprang up
about 4 o'clock in the afternoon. It,
was not severe enough to do any dam
age ordinarily, but only very sub
stantial poles were able to withstand
its force where the wind had a clear
sweep.
The owners promptly set to work
repairing the damage by sharpening,
redriving and propping poles. The
expense to Walker Bros, alone in re
setting poles will be over $1000.
Pruit Shipments from the Cove.
La Grande. The Cove, 6 miles
from La Grande, which is considered
about the best section of Eastern Ore
gon for fruit, thus far this year has
shipped the following: Twenty thous
and boxes of cherries, 5000 crates of
strawberries, 3000 crates of red rasp
berries, 1000 crates of blackberries.
Owing to a lack of pickers the loss on
strawberries was about 20 per cent, on
the raspberries about 40 per cent.
Plums are now .moving and the indica
tions are that of these there will be
about 4000 crates. There will be
about from 25 to 30 cars of prunes and
about 40 cars of apples. The pear
crop will be light. The cherry crop
amounted to 100,000 boxes. The apple
crop will reach 100 carloads.
Restored toDomain.
The Dalles. The Secretary of the
Interior has authorized and instructed
the officers of The Dalles land office to
restore to the public domain portions
of the following-named townships, em
braced in the temporary withdrawal
for the Blue Mountain Forest Re
serve: Twenve south, 17 east, 13
south, 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21 east, 14
south, 19. and 20 east, and 15, 20, 22
and 23 east. These lands were with
drawn from entry at the creation of
the reserve June 28, 1902, exclusive of
townships 15 and 22. Twenty-three
thosuand acres of land are released
from the withdrawal by this order,
out of which 14,500 are already filed
upon.
Malheur People in Earnest.
Ontario. The committee of 17 for
completing the organization of tne
Malheur Waterusers' Association met
in Mayor Lackey's office and appoint
ed committees for drafting by-laws
and for dividing the territory to be ir
rigated into districts. The committee
for securing stock in the association
reported that 50,000 shares have been
subscribed, or 5000 more than was re
quired to organize permanently. Work
on the Malheur project is expected to
be begun this fall unless something
unforeseen occurs. A meeting of
stockholders will be held ia Vale,
September 27. ,
Exhibit of Grasses and Grains.
Albany. A. F. Miller, of Portland,
is getting together a display of grains,
grasses, vegetables, leaves, mosses,
etc., for a state exhibit. Mr. Miller
was in Albany in connection with his
work anl left a number of orders. It
is a little early yet to collect a large
display, but arrangements are being
made for materials to make up a dis
play to be collected later. Mr. Miller
has been making these collections for
the last 40 years and knows just what
part of the state to visit for the best
collection of every variety of product
New Linen Mills.
Albany. Eugene Bosse, who has an
nounced that he will establish a linen
mill in Salem, is looking over the
field in Albany with a view to estab
lishing a linen mill here. Mr. Bosse
says he will establish a number of
mills over the valley, and that flax
should be grown here in large quanti
ties, as the Oregon product is the best
in the world. At the present time the
linen mill at Scio is the only one in
this locality. It has proved success
ful in every way.
Surveyors in Grand Ronde.
La Grande. The surveyors who are
out locating the route for the new
electric belt railroad in Union county
for the Eastern Oregon Development
Company are now in the center of the
Grand Ronde Valley and will reach
La Grande in a short time. The ex
pense up to this time has reached a
total of $85 per day, and the company
have the greatest confidence In the
best outcome of the undertaking.
New Albany Tannery
Albany. The Star Tannery Com
pany has been incorporated in Albany.
The incorporators are Henry Lyons,
John Shea, James H. Curran and Har
ry Shea. It is capitalized at $8000,
the stock being divided into shares of
$100 each. This is the second tan
nery for Albany.
find Scab on Cattle.
- Albany. Drs. Wells, of Albany, and
Hutchinson, of Portland, Inspected a
number of cattle at Halsey, Linn coun
ty, prior to their shipment to Nevada.
Considerable scab was found among
the stock. This was ordered eradi
cated before shipment.
FLESH AGAINST POWDER.
Question Whether Japanese forces
Will Hold Out.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 24. The latest
reports from Port Arthur indicate that
the garrison there is holding out with
wonderful tenacity In the face of per
sistent desperate assaults. The only
question is how long any body of
troops can withstand such awful pun
ishment, and whether the garrison in
the fortress can outlast Japanese am
munition and men.
The report that 3Q regiments have
been drawn from General Oku to
strengthen the attackers is believed to
indicate that the Japanese southern
army is in desperate straits and seems
to show that the Japanese have not
enough men to prosecute simultan
eous campaigns of great magnitude in
the north and south.
The report that the Novik has
been sunk has not yet been published
here. If it is true, it will be greatly
felt, for the gallant cruiser, which has
been frequently mentioned in dis
patches, has endeared herself to the
whole nation-by her tireless activity
at Port Arthur, and It has been great
ly hoped that she would reach Vlad
ivostok in safety.
The attitude of the Japanese govern
ment in regard to China has caused
increasing uneasiness here. While it
is believed that the dictatorial attitude
assumed by Japan was adopted large
ly for its moral influence on the Chin
ese, it is also taken to indicate that
Japan intends to make herself the
dominant spirit in the Celestial em
pire.
PORTE VERY SILENT.
Embarrassed by Reminder of Verbal
Plekge to America.
Constantinople, Aug. 24. A note
from American Minister Leishman,
dated August 16, was handed to the
Turkish authorities within 12 hours
after the receipt by the Minister of
the Turkish note Monday. In this
note Mr. Leishman holds the govern
ment to its solemn undertaking, com
ing direct from the Sultan, respecting
equal treatment with other nations
for the United States concerning the
question of educational institutions.
This allusion to the imperial pledge
apparently embarrassed the Porte,
which had previously announced that
it would ignore the former verbal as
surances which Minister Leishman de
clared he had received.
It is considered improbable that the
Porte will reply to the Minister's note
and therefore the question is looked
upon as shelved pending the execution
of the process of recognition, when it
is considered not improbable fresh dif
ficulties will arise.
Notwithstanding the assertion by
Izzet Pasha, the secretary of the Pal
ace, that $250,000 has been deposited
as compensation due to an American
citizens at Smyrna for land illegally
taken, no such deposit has yet been
made.
fLEET APPROACHES SHANGHAI.
Consul Goodnow Calls Consular Body
Tdgether for Action.
Shanghai, Aug. 24. The steamer
Haiting, which arrived here today, re-
pqrts having sighted a Japanese
squadron last night off Gutzlaff Island,
about 65 miles southeast of Shanghai
The squadron showed no lights.
The United States monitor Monad
nock and two torpedo-boat destroyers
have been ordered to be ready to pro
tect the neutrality of Shanghai.
American Consul Goodnow called
the meeting of the consular body for
10 o'clock tomorrow .morning. It is
believed that the foreign consuls will
arrange means to strengthen the
hands of the Taotai in dealing with
the matter of the Russian warships
here.
Later reports declare the Japanese
squadron to be 20 miles from Woo
sung. Woosung is the outside harbor
of Shanghai.
Rrin Stops Pild Operations.
At the Headquarters of General
Kuroki, in Southern Manchuria. Aug.
20, via Fusan and Seoul, Aug. 24. It
has rained steadily for four days and
both of the lower roads are covered
with ten feet of water and are abso
lutely impassable. A number of
Chinese and horses of the commis
sary department have been drowned
crossing the Lang river at the ford.
Russian spies have been located hid
ing in the cornfields near the outposts
and large scouting parties are search
ing for them. The relative positions
of the two armies remain unchanged
Vessels Stick to Port.
Shanghai, Aug. 24. The Russian
consul-general here, replying again to
the demands of the Taotai of the port
that the Askold and Grozovoi disarm
or leave port, stated that he considers
the demand unreasonable and a vio
lation of the Tights of Russia as a bel
ligerent. He refused to order the war
vessels to quit Shanghai. The Chin
ese rewspapers here are urging the
Peking government to send enough
warships here to uphold the Taotai,
but so far nothing has been heard
$t. Petersburg Advised.
London, Aug. 23. A dispatch to a
news agency from St. Petersburg says
news has reached the admiralty there
to the effect that the missing Russian
cruiser Novik has arrived at Kors
akevsk, a port of the island of Sak
halin, and that the . Russian cruiser
Diana, concerning whose fate there has
been considerable anxiety, has been
seen off Hong Kong. ,
MINERS MEET
Seventh Annual Convention at
Portland.
WILL SELECT PERMANENT HONE
fight Is Between Denver and Salt
Lake, With the former Bity
in the Lead.
Portland, Aug. 23. Under the folds
of the flags of the world, the seventh
annual convention of the American
Mining Congress was called to. order
yesterday morning at 10 o'clock at the
Armory. The day was spent in begin
ning the work which will for five days
take up the time and attention of the
delegates, who have come from all of
the mining states of the country to
make an effort to better the conditions
of the industry, and to bring it before
the people on the plane where it
should stand.
Preliminary work, addresses of wel
come and responses occupied yester
day and last" night, and today the real
work will commence. The powers
that are behind the management of
the congress, the wishes and desires
of the delegations are beginning to be
made manifest by conferences and
caucuses, and the hopes of cities and
the desires of ambitious men are now
being settled. .
The one great question that is now
before the convention of miners as
sembled is that of selecting a perma
nent headquarters for the congress, of
choosing some one city in which can
be erected a home for the organiza
tion, and where can be maintained
permanently the offices of the con
gress, the exhibits to be collected and
the records of the proceedings.
Denver and Salt Lake are both out
after the permanent home, and are
bending every effort to secure it, both
by offering bonuses and concessions
and by velvet-tongued arguments.
Which will secure the prize is now un
known, though it looks as though it
might be Denver, for that city has
many warm supporters and friends.
The question of the permanent es
tablishment is a serious one, as the
members well know, for it means' the
presentation . to the city securing the
headquarters of every annual meeting
after the one held next year. It is
the opinion of a great many of the del
egates that the only business-like plan
of proceeding will be to give the an
nual convention to the city securing
the permanent home. The records,
the exhibits, the secretary and his as
sistants, the building and headquar
ters of the organization will be in the
place known as the home of the con
gress. It will be, therefore, conven
ient and .more practical to hold the an
nual meetings at that place than to
send them to new cities each year, ne
cessitating the establishment of tem
porary quarters and transfer of re
cords. AMERICA KEEPS OUT.
She Will l ake No Part in the Shang
hai Trouble.
Washington, Aug. 24. The United
States Government does not intend to
insist upon the neutrality of China.
It does not intend to insist that the
Russian warships now in the harbor
at Shanghai shall be disarmed or be
forced from their present haven. It
does not intend in any way to prevent
the Japanese from capturing the Rus
sian warships.
It does not at this time propose pro
tecting American interests in Shang
hai or any other Chinese ports, if, by
so doing, it is found necessary to in
terfere with the freedom of the war
ships of any other nation.
This is the decision that was reach
ed this afternoon by the Department
of State after a conference between
the State and Navy Department offi
cials with President Roosevelt at Oys
ter Bay over the long-distance tele
phone. Instructions in accordance
with this decision were sent to Rear '
Admiral Sterling, in charge of the
Asiatic squadron now at Shanghai.
An impression exists here that
Consul-General Goodnow may have
unintentionally paved the way to com
mitting this government to a main
tenance of the neutrality of China,
when he ealled the meeting today of
the foreign representatives to take
such action as was deemed necessary.
But before that meeting had assem
bled, a cablegram had been sent him
carefully to abstain from any action
that could be deemed to be interfer
ence.
Railroad Shops to Work Less.
Altoona, Pa., Aug. 24. The Penn
sylvania Railroad Company today
made the most sweeping reduction in
the time of the men employed that has
taken place since the panic of 1893.
The employes of the machine shops
today were notified that, commencinsr
with tomorrow morning they would
be divided into shifts, one shift to
work Monday and Wednesday and
the other Tuesday and Thursdav.
eight hours to constitute a day's work.
The remainder of the week the shops
will be closed entirely. It is. not
known how long the order will con
tinue in effect.
No Prospect of Big Battle.
Liao Yang, Aug. 24. Japanese
troops in considerable force are con
centrating on the southern front of
the Russian army and there is contin
ual skirmishing, but no immediate
prospect of a big battle. During the
night they kept up firing on the Rus
sian outposts, but the Russian troops
have strict orders not to reply. The
Chinese say that 30,000 Japanese
troops, with 200 guns, have landed at
Ylnkow, part of these troops gome: to
Niu Chwang and part to Haicheng.
Port Arthur to Be His Tomb.
London, Aug. 24. No further war
news has reached London. According
to the Moscow correspondent of the
Morning Post, Lieutenant-General
Stoessel concluded a telegram to an
intimate friend there with the words:
Farewell forever. Port Arthur will
be my tomb."
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