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About Lane County leader. (Cottage Grove, Lane County, Or.) 1903-1905 | View Entire Issue (July 29, 1904)
RUSSIAN DEFEAT A L A R M IS ¡B r itish KEEN. P r e s s S e e s Peace In the Balance. Hanging THIRST FOR WAR nest Capture Kiao Tung I-ondon, Ju ly 23 —The authoritative British People Favor Using | assurances th a t the Malacca will be re- After Stubborn Fight. Forte With Russia. I leased, cabled by the Associated Press COVITES LOSE 1 ,0 0 0 | fr„m S t. Petersburg to the United MEN States, do not appear in the B ritish PRESS I m orning papers. Special dispatches yvAtc' on the Stronghold It Made j to a som ewhat sim ilar effect from St. Heavy Fire and Succett Is Only ! Petersburg do not allay the alarm ist UMlcr views of the leading organs which con ¡Mined by Two Days’ Fighting. stru e Prem ier Balfour’s post-m idnight announcem ent th a t the government had lute 25.—G eneral K itroki. received no confirm ation of tire report , , severe ti«ht. occupied k ia o Tun* ed release of tire Malacca to mean th a t th e incident tem ains unsettled. uiy I*- Tlie r 1““ ,iaJ been iort* ' A nother cause for great apprehension by the Ruaoinno, who defended it is the broader question of R ussia’s lly. In the fighting G eneral K uro- right to send vessels of her volunteer tr001,i drove the Kunniann from fleet through the Dardanelles. A strik ing evidence th a t the danger of the r ttroi'Kiy lortiOea pooition on the situ atio n Iras not been m itigated in the river, which ia northw est of Mo least, so far as B ritish official an I pub pM> and east of An l ’in, inflicting lic opinion is entertained, is afforded «the enemy more eerioue loeeee by tire Daily T elegraph, w hich, under a „they sustained them selves. The large heading, “ An Acute A ffair,’’ de c la r e s th a t “ relations between Great ,1 began on the lHtb and ended on B ritain and Russia have reached tire 19th. The Japanese lost 424 m en sla te of an acute crisis, hut behind the jd »ml wounded. T he R ussian incident of the Malacca is the far larger question of the statu s of the Bo ealled tt are estmated a t 1,000. volunteer fleet. Jenerai Kuroki began h is advance “ I t lias, we believe, been made clear |y in the m orning of th e 18th. to th e czar's government th a t the tran s ;he fighting continued u n til dark, form ation of m erchant vessels passing ,en the Japanese forces bivouacked. thrmriih the Dardanelles into armed cruisers cannot be recognized under any Russians m ade tw o counter at- pretext whatever a« justifying R ussia’s ks, but were repulsed in each case. interference w ith B ritish shipping. It * Japanese renewed th e atta ck a t is not im possible th a t as a concession dniglit, posting th e ir a rtille ry iu to R usiian dignity, the government i valley below and on the high may offer to perm it the Malacca to put into some neutral port where her cargo on,l to the south of th e R ussian po- may lie exam ined and the statem ent on. The main Japanese body was verified th a t w hatever m unitions she ¡•ned to attack th e R ussian center, carried were intended for tire use of the snail detachm ent sent tow ard the B ritish C hina squadron.’’ *t flank and another to w atch th e emy's left flank. lifter these positions had been taken e fighting ceased for a tim e, b u t it u resumed at daw n. T he Russians id 32 guns in action, and th ey vigor- ¡sly shelled the Japanese. To th is ie the Japanese replied, and th e bonr- irdnrent lasted for four hours. Dttr- f this time the Japanese in fantry loved forward and th e flankers had eded in sealing th e heights on the _an right by 3 o ’clock iu th e after- »on, at which hour th e m ain force as ordered to storm th e R ussian cen- r The Japanese a rtille ry protected it movement splendidly, hut th e in jury met with a severe fire and loBt ^atiiy in training tire h eig h ts. The final successful charge w asdoliv- wi at 6:30 in th e afternoon. The jpanose succeeded in p a rtia lly c u ttin g If the Russian re tre at, and th is soon «am« a rout. T he enem y retired in wo directions, to th e n o rth w ard and 5 the eastward. Tire R ussian forces »guyed included, in a d d itio n to the rtrllery. seven battalio n s of in fantry nd a regiment of Cossacks. NO MORE R A ID S . .ussia Will Release Malacca and Put End to Red Sea Incident. St. Petersburg, J u ly 26.— The steam er Malacca is at Suda Bay, Island of rete, where, under an agreem ent rcFeti by G reat B ritain and Russia, he ( will i be perfunctorily inspeted jo in t ly by the Consuls of th e tw o countries nd released unless p a lp ab le contra- I of war intended for th e Japanese hall be found, in w hich case th ec o n tra - I only will be h eld . B ritish gov- rnrrent stores aboard th e vessel w ill not lie examind. The Russian reply to th e B rittish protest was handed to A m bassador IHardinge in the afternoon. Russia agrees that the Malacca shall not be brought before a prize co u rt, and u n dertakes th at no in cid en t sim ila r to this will occur in tire fu tu re . A claim foi dam ages as a re su lt of delaying the steam er w ill he presented indue course of tim e th ro u g h th e B rit ish embassy. The captain of th e St. P etersburg, in his report, gives as his reason for sum marily making a prize of th e Malacca •he fact th at the B ritish m aster of th e Malacca declined to province th e m an i fests of Ilia cargo. Torpedoed by Accident. Tientsin, Ju ly 25.— A letter was received here today from Niti Chang esving th a t tlie com m ander of a Rus sian torpedo-boat had reported th at while in tire gulf of Pe C hi Li he had accidently torpedoed a B ritish steam er. It is surmised here th a t tlie vessel le- ferred to is tire llip sn n g , now five days overdue from Nu C hang. T he llipsnng belongs to tlie Indo-C hinn com pany. It is reported here th a t a heavy bom bardment of Port A rth u r occurred yes terday and heavy gun-fire was heard at iou Chuang the sam e day. Case o f S en ator B u rto n Up. Washington, Ju ly 25 — Ju stic e Brew er, of the Uniter] States suprem e court has granted a w rit of e rror to tire I nited States d istric t c o m t for th e eastern d istrict of M issouri in th e case of Senator Joseph B. B urton, convicted jn Ht. 1.oil is of accepting a fee for serv- >ng before the postofiice d ep artm en t While a member of the U nited States senate. The tase will be reviewed by the United States suprem e court, prob- *l>ly in the fall. T R Y TO D R A W TOGO A W A Y . V la d iv o sto k Pleef Hopes fo W eaken Squadron af Port A rthur. St. Peterbsurg, J u ly 23.—The news of th e first appearance of th e Vladivo stok squadron in th e Pacific since the outbreak of th e w ar, telegraphed from Tokio, causes no surprise a t the adm i ralty here, although it is saiil Vice Ad m iral Skrydroff purposely has not noti fied them of th e squadron’s departure in order to prevent the possibility of th e inform ation leaking out. Vice A Imira! Bezobrazoff’s action in giving th e slip to Vice A dm iral Kam i- m ura and passing Ts gar stra its is re garded as evidence of the insufficiency of th e Japanese naval forces. I t is probably th e purpose of A dm iral Bezo- brazoff to raid th e coast tow ns of J a pan, capture m erchantm en, m ake a naval dem onstration off Yokoham a, and generally create a panic am ong the population, in order to coni pel Rear Adm iral Togo to reinforce Adm iral K am im ura, and th u s weaken the ficot off P ort A rth u r. T he idea th a t A dm iral Bezobrazoff would seiiously attack large ports of Japan is, however, rejected, owing to t h r danger from subm arine boats, m ines, torpedo boats and shore batter ies. The report is cu rre n t th a t th e V ladi vostok squadron is hom ew ard bound under orders to effect a ju n ctu re w ith th e first division of Vice A dm iral Ro- jestvensky’s Baltic squadron, w hich is ready to go out on a tria l tr ip in the Baltic. ON TO MUKDEN. Japanese Break Into the E n e m y ’s Left riank. Liao Y aang, Ju ly 23.— News was re ceived from Ta Tche K aio yesterday th a t th e Japaneee had broken through the Russian left flank between L ieuten a n t G eneral C ount K eller’s position and th a t of General Rennenkampff, and th a t they were inarching on M ukden. The rum ors to th is effect are persist e n t, but th ere is no official confirm a tion of them . C o n firm s Japanese V ic to ry . London, J u ly 23.— According to a special disjiatch Irom Moscow, the Rim sky Listok of th a t city confirm s the As sociated Press report from Liao Yang th a t th e Japanese have broken through th e R ussian left flank and are m arch ing on M ukden. More Men Charged W ith Outrage. C ripple Creek, Ju ly 23.— Inform a tion ( barging I’earl Skelton w ith m ur der and com plicity w ith the Independ ence depot outiage on June 3 was filed in th e d istric t court today. It was an nonneed th a t inform aiton m aking sim ila r charges w ill he filed against W il liam A. A krem an, F. II. Mtilaney, A. I.. Nugent and W illiam Gaffney later. Frank J. Hangs, local a ttorney for the W estern Federation of M iners, said today th a t none of the men arrested for the k illin g of Roxie Magee on June 6, in the Victor street riots, was guilty. In crease o f Capital Stock. L ouisville, Ju ly 23.— At th e stock holders’ m eeting of the Southern Pa cific held a t Beeclimont today, 1,520,- | 000 of th e 1,978,000 shares of stock I were represented by proxies in the I han Is of Judge 1C. P. H um phrey, who acted as ch airm an . A resolution in creasing th e capital sto' k of th e com pany $100,000,000 by the issue of p re ferred stock was adopted. A ttorney J. B. W eaver acted as secretary. None of th e other stockholdera was present. Panama Now Gold Standard. Washington, Ju ly 26.—The Panam a <*na] commission today received infor mation from the governm ent of Pana- m* of the ratification of th e money system of the new governm ent in ac- cor< ance with the agreem ent reached °y the joint com m im ion. Panam a is now a gold-standard country. H ears She W ill Release Ships. P aris, Ju ly 23.— Inform ation reach ing governm ent q u a ite rs here leads the officials to believe th a t Russia w ill re lease the B ritish and Germ an m erch antm en seized in th e Red sea, as a means of a verting intern atio n al com plications. IS WITH THE Ministry Is ia a Dilemma PUBLIC It Realizes That the Policy Fostered by the King Will Be Repudiated by the Masses. London, Ju ly 22.— The Associated Press tonight intei viewed m any prom i nent persons connected and in close touch w ith the governm ent relativ e to the seizure of B ritish vessels by steam eis of the Russian volunteer fleet in the Red sea. As a re su lt of these inquiries, th ere is shown to be a hos tile feeling against R ussia, of a strength and bitterness alm ost w ith o u t piece- dent. T he m ost conservative m en, who have been in the service of th e government for m any years, and who openly deplored th e haste w ith w hich they th o u g h t G reat B ritain had plunged into tlie T ransvaal mar, ton ig h t tran k - I' declared for a policy o i reprisal against w hat is regarded as R ussia’s v i olations of treaty and her p ira tita l a t tack on B ritisli commerce. The w arlike tone of such papers like tlie Tim es, th e h tan d a rd , th e M orning Post, and th e D aily Tele graph, which in national crises h ith e r to alm ost invariably have advised c au tion, lias Intd its in evitable effect. There hat; been stirred up a storm of indignation among a ll classes in the U nited Kingdom , th e stren g th of which the governm ent itself can scarcely gauge. Those who deplored the o u t break of tlie w ar betw een Ja p a n and Russia and insisted publicly and p ri vately th a t G reat B ritain, crippled fi nancially, after her South African e x periences, m ust not, a t a ll costs, be drawn in to the Far E astern struggle, are am ong th e m ost outspoken ch am pions of a physical force th a t will p re vent the repetition of th e M alacca in cident in th e Red sea. Those few officials a t th e foreign office who are in full possession of all d etails of G reat B rita in ’s desire to a r rive a t an entente w ith R ussia are in desjtair. They realize th a t the policy so carefully fostered by K ing Fldward and Foreign M inister Landsdowne w ill now be indignanty repudiated by all jiarties in the house of com m ons, and involve w ith the public th e dow nfall of any m in istry advocating it. Every nerve w ill be a ttain ed , how ever, by th e foreign office to secure from Russia an explanation th a t w ill pacify tlie aggrieved feelinge of th e B ritish public, and no step w ill be taken officially th a t will ten d to p reju dice subsequent d iplom atic negotiations looking to th e settlem ent of all im p o rtan t questions now o utstanding be tween R ussia and Great. B ritain . LIO N L IE S IN W A IT . SHOT AS SPIES. W a rsh ip s W ill Com pel R u s sia lo Give Up O riental Liner. London, Ju ly 21.—I t is believed by leading naval officials here,- who are cognizant of certain sw eeping orders is- j sued yesterday by th e ad m iralty , th a t 1 th e B ritish governm ent intends to com- | pel Russia to surrender the Peninsular & O riental liner Malacca, seized as a prize of war by the •RueaiaiFcruiaer 8t. P elershurg, and en route to Libau under a prize crew. It is also gener ally understood in naval circles th at no o ther B ritish sh ip s w ill be stopped by the R ussians a fte r the B ritish cruis ers reach th e scene. The orders to com m anders of th e la t ter vessels are declared to be sh o rt, but explicit, and provides th a t B ritish ves sels shall tie free to navigate Eastern w aters, w ith o u t Recognizing th e w ar ships of any o th er power, or th e rig h t j to search them for contraband. One of th e developm ents yesterday was the d etachm ent by A dm iral Dom ville, com m anding the M edterranean fleet, of his two sw iftest cruisers to pro-, ceed a t full speed to P o it Said, which is a t tne n o rth ern end of th e Suez ca nal. I t is understood th a t these two vessels w ill arriv e a t Port Said before the Malacca, and be there w hen the la tte r em erges from th e canal. I t ie considered likely th a t they w ill compel the R ussians to give up th e ir prize, a l though, of course, th e ir future action is carefully guarded, and laym en can only conjecture and reason from the a t titu d e of th e naval chiefs. Naval officers generally agree th a t such actiop can be confidently expected, and they are for th e most p a rt now d is cussing th e probable a ttitu d e of Russia when the Malacca is taken by force. FLEET ON RAID. V la d iv o sto k S h ip s Enter Pacific and Take Japanese Steam er. E X E C U T IO N O F TW O JA P A N E S E O F F IC E R S AT KHARB1N. An eye-w ltneas of the execution of the tw o Jap an ese officers, Colonel T'koko and C aptain Ottl, a t K harbln, has furnished a n artlst-corresrpondent of London G raphic w ith an Illu strated account of the scene. T he tw o officers w ere cau g h t a tte m p tin g to blow up th e railw ay bridge over th e river None, in M anchuria, and w ere brought before a court-m artial, w hich sentenced them to be hnngeil as sptea. G eneral K uropatkin, how ever, ordered th a t they should be shot. T hroughout th e ir tria l and the prelim inaries to the execu tion the tw o men displayed th e utm ost courage. On th e execution ground both officers requested th a t th eir arm s should not be tied to the bo art Is behind them , and C aptain O ttl asked th a t his eyes should not be bandaged. Colonel Ukoko, who w as a C hristina, received the holy communion from a R ussian priest, and m ade a w ill leaving a sum of a thousand roubles to be devoted to Red Cross w ork. "B oth o f the officers,” w rite s tlie correspondent, "died like heroes." Tokio, J u ly 21.— The Vladivostok squadron has overhauled a Japanese steam er eastw ard of T sugar stra its. The nam e of th e vessel captured and her fate lias not yet been learned. T he Vladivostok squadron, unac com panied by torpedo boats, entered the Pacific ocean today a t 7 o’clock. ItB destination is unknow n, but it is suggested it possibly plans to raid the east coast of Ja p a n and th en e ith e r re tu rn to V ladivostok, escaping to th e southw ard, or a tte m p tin g to form a junction w ith th e P o rt A rth u r fleet. The squadron was discovered in the stra its of Tsugar a t 3 o’clock th is m orn | HOW EDISON SUCCEEDED. | ing, steam ing rap id ly eastw ard. A t 3:30 A. M. i t was reported off Tappicape, and a t 7 A. M. observers a t Few tru e stories of m erited com m er H akkodate discovered and reported to Tokio th a t it was th en steam ing east. cial success Illu stra te th e value of W arnings have gone out to shipping pluck and perseverance m ore clearly along th e eastern coaBt of Ja p a n and th a n th a t of T hom as A. E dison and m erchantm en are h u rried ly seeking the Incandescent electric lig h t I t w as cover. I t is expected th a t m ost of the on October 16, 1879. says Gassier'» shipping w ill be warned before the M agazine, th a t Mr. E dison deem ed he R ussian sh ip s can inflict serious dam hail reached conditions un d er w hich BIG S T R IK E ENDS. age, if a raid is intended. a carbon filam ent m ight be m nde luto O rd in arily , a lack of ccal would pre a lamp. A ccordingly a cotton th read P a ck e rs and Union Have A gree d to vent an extended cruise, but it is possi w as laid In a hairpin-shaped groove Settle Trouble by A rb itration . ble th a t th e R ussians possess a collier In a nickel plate, p u t in a nickel mold Chicago, Ju ly 22.—The strik e of the at a rendezvous in the Pacific ocean. and covered w ith charcoal a n d cooked packing-house em ployes begun nine five hours, i t w as then thoroughly days ago, and w hich has dem oralized A R M IE S M EET N E A R T O N G SCHU. carbonized, b u t unhappily It broke to tlie packing industry th ro u g h the coun pieces w hen the Inventor a tte m p ted try , was settled here to n ig h t a t a con R u ssia n L o s s e s Pu t at 2,100, Jap to tak e It from th e mold. ference between representatives of tlie R epeated experim ents brought sim i anese L o s s e s at 1,200. packers, officials of the M eatcutters’ la r failures, until late a t night on the Chicago, Ju ly 21.—A special to the 18th one w as rescued In ta c t; b u t It union and representatives of a ll tlie a llied trades em ployed a t the stock- Daily News from N iu C hw ang says: broke w hile being fastened to the con H ard fighting has been going on for ducting w ire. N either Mr. E dison nor yards. The whole controversy w ill be subm itted to a board of a rb itratio n , several days in th e neighborhood of his a ssista n t, C harles Haohelor, had both sides agreeing to abide by w hat Tong Bchu, eight m iles east of Ta Tche had any sleep since beginning work Kiao. It is rum ored th a t the Russian tw o daya before; hut they determ ined ever decision th is board m ay raeeh. Pending th e decision of the a rb itra loss in laBt n g h t’e engagem ent was 2,- to keep a t work and m ake a lam p be tion board, th e men w ill be taken 190 and th e Japnaeae 1,200. The J a p fore they slept. hack to worx as rapidly as possible by anese also have been in active contact On the lu th they m ade several fila the packers, and ;t is agreed by the w ith th e RuasiaDa east of H ai Cheng, m ents. b u t all broke In the clam ping w here th ere have been m any m inor ac packers th a t all th e old em ployes are process. On the 20th one w as success to be reinstated w .th in 45 days from tions. fully clam ped, and hope ran high th a t A ll along K u ro p a tk in ’s flank and the d a te work is resum ed, tf any of th e lam p w ould soon be done; but front th e Japanese are m oving into po the form er employes are still unim - a s It w as being carried from the shop ployed a t the ex p iratio n of th a t tim e, sition b u t the general atta ck ¡B being w here It w as m ade to th e glass blow such persons a te to have th e privilege postponed u n til supplies a n d reinforce ing room to be sealed In a globe a of su b m ittin g th e ir cases to th e a rb i m ents come to the front. Progress along th e m uddy roads and m ountain breath of w ind cau g h t it and blew It tratio n board for settlem ent. aw ay. The strik ers w ill re tu rn to w ork as passes is slow. Mr. Bachelor w as dism ayed and d is soon as they can be notified of the gusted. Both men w ere exh au sted and peaceable fkljustm ent of th e trouble, Liao S aid to Be Sealed. nlmoat discouraged, b u t they kept at and it is expected th a t by tom oi row- London, Ju ly 21.—T he T im es’ Tokio 1 m orning everything w ill he in norm al correspondent, cabling under (tate of w ork. A t last, on the m orning of the 21 at. th e fifth day Blnce they had shape a t all th e p lan ts in tlie diffeient Ju ly 19 says: “ Japanese m ilita ry cities w here th e em ployes were on critics an tic ip a te renewed efforts by slept, they had the happiness of see ing a lam p finally com pleted and light strik e. G eneral K uro p atk in to recover the Mo ed. T he tw o m en th en w ent to bed Tien positions, w hich are essential to nnd slept several hours. W hen they J a p s Retreat A fte r H ot Eight. th e security of his arm y if it rem ains nwoke tlie new- lam p still burned. Mr. S t. P etresourg, Ju ly 22.— The czar in th e present p o sitio n .’’ The corre Edison Increased the c u rren t, slid the has received th e follow ing dispatch spondent adds th a t i t is rum ored in lump burned m ore b rightly—fnr more from G eneral K uro p atk in , dated Ju ly Tokio th a t th ree Japanese torpedo boat brightly th an they had dared a n tic i 19: “ There has been no special change destroyeie have sealed th e Liao river, pate. It wns th e first m odern Incan in tlie situ atio n since J u ly 17. “ At 5 w here th e R ussian gunboat Sivoutch descent lam p. Mr. Edison believed It o'clock in the afternoon of Ju ly 18, and a Russian torpedo deetroyer are wus a successful one, but It lasted Japanese advance forces of considerable anchored. only tw o days, a n d then burned out. strength were observed in th e direc A t once a host of em ployes w ent to tion of Sikseyann, on th e Liao Yang- E o rty -S ix C lerk s Em ployed. w ork carbonizing every available sub- Paiiftnti za road, m oving ag ain st a de Y ankton, 8 . D., J u ly 21.— Seven sance In search of n b e tte r filam ent. tachm ent of otir troops. A fter tw o thousand people registered for Rosebud In th e m idst of th e w ork a passage days’ fighting, th e la tte r force is re land here today, and the rush tomorrow In one of H um boldt's books, describ treatin g Koward th e village of H outsi- w ill be still greater. T he M ilwaukee ing n certain kind of bam boo fiber, atsze, oast of A n p in g ." road divided its m orning tra in into six suddenly occurred to Mr. Edison, and sections and th e evening tra in into two. | suggested to him th a t the vegetable Sh o o t Japanese fro m Trees. The to ta l registration a t Y ankton alone i stra n d w ould tie ju s t the thing. At Ta Tche K iao, Ju ly 22. — All is is now over 40,01)0, and w ill reach the | once he hunted up th e passage a n d quiet in th is region. N eith er side is «0 000 m ark before closing Saturday, j reread It. T hen he began a search for m oving. The only a c tiv ity ie a t the F orty-six clerks are now employed, and | th e proper bamboo. outposts. The Russian sharpshooters th is force w ill be increased indefinitely A corps of train ed Investigators w as are having good practice sniping tlie to tak e care of th e people. gent out all over th e w orld on th is Japanese from tlie m ountain sides. search, and scarcely a region of the Sm all d etachm ents creep out a t n ig h t, R u ssia Is Pleased. known su rface of the globe w as left steal u p to the Japaneee pickets in the fit. P etersburg, Ju ly 21.—The U nited unvisited. A hundred thousand dol darkness, hide •themselvee in treetops States has inform ed R ussia th a t she j lars w ere sp en t In th is w ay before and th ere aw ait su n rise. So soon as w ill be glad to join G re at B ritain in j W illiam Moore found th e p ro p er bam th e lig h t is strong th ey get fine shots th e protection of the seals a t tiie Kom- j boo In N orthern Ja p a n . T o Insure a before th e pickets can get away. m ander islands. T his act will dou b t good supply, he bought a tr a c t of land less m ake th e best im pression. I t ia and p u t It In charge of tw o native May Intercept A m e ric an Ste am e rs. understood th a t Rusaia w ill com m uni farm er*. P aris, July 22.— T he Tem ps, discuss cate h e r answ er in a tew day». T hen w ith th e bamboo fiber began ing th e passage of th e V ladivostok new experim ent*, and In th e spring squadron through the S tra its of Tsor- A n o th e r R u ssia n C ru ise r P a sse s. of 1881 the flnrt re a l!/ n ic c e ia m l in garu, says its purpose is e ith e r to attack C onstantinople, Ju ly 21.— A R ussian candescent lam p w as m ade. It b u rn th e unprotected cities on th e eastern ed a t si xteen-c*ndle pow er for nearly coast of Ja p a n , or to intercep t A m eri cruiser has juet passed through from can m erchant steam ers, w hich are sup Odessa w ith several guna covered w ith sixteen hundred hour*, a n d It* success plying Jap an w ith all sin d s of provis canvas on her deck. She also carried w as th u s assured. In th e follow ing y*ar a hundred torpedo tube*. ions through the port of Yoko. thousand of those lam ps w ere made, the shape and construction being grad ually modified a s Im provem ents sug gested them selves, until the present common style of lam p w as the result. Ten years from its first construction four million lam ps a y ear w ere being made, and eleven years later, in 1903, Am erica alone required forty-five m il lion to fill Its needs. W e s t e r n A n ie r lo a vs. E a s t e r n A s ia . T h a t g re at changes are tak in g place in the c u rre n ts of Pacific ocean commerce, to be followed fa st by still greater, is rapidly becom ing m anifest. Increasing production in our ow n P a cific S tates requires O riental m arkets, and is finding them. R ailroad develop m ent both in Amerlc* and Asia, and Increasing use of steam on the ocean, are effecting g re at change* in the courses of the trade of all countries in touch w ith th e Pacific. More than fifty steam ships now sail regularly from the ports of C alifornia, Oregon and W ashington to ports in Asia or In the g re at Pacific islands, and of “tram p ” steam ers and sail vessels a continually grow ing fleet B etw een ports of B ritish Columbia and porta of Asia, A ustralia and New Zealand there Is sim ilar m ovem ent It in cludes not only the local comm erce betw een countries th a t bolder on the g reatest of oceans, b u t carries also a heavy trade from the O rient by rail way across Am erica to our E astern States, and even to Europe, from W est to E a st over tbe A tlantic. E verything favors the grow th of this com m erce to very large propor tions. T here Is prom ise of develop m ent of a n international comm erce on the Pacific which, w ithin the next h a lf century, may rival th a t on the A tlantic. F or the active th ea ter o f the w orld's new effort is now eastern Asia atid w estern Am erica. T he tw o hem ispheres, heretofore scarcely a t all In com m unication except across th e A tlantic, a re now rapidly developing an intercourse over the Pacific, which Is to effect large transform ation or a t least to become a g re at additional factor In the com m erce of the world. —C entury. A 11 nr. I P r o b le m . “ Is this Mine. 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