anion with Sweden
public.
NEWS OF THE WEEK
and establish a re­
The greatest battle of the war has
begun in Manchuria, the Japanese out­
flanking the Russians.
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In a Condensed Form for Our
Busy Readers.
The b ill dividing Oregon into two
judicial districts has been killed and a
similar Washington bill passed.
Dr. Louis
Wilcoison,
who was
charged with having a United States
bond, stolen 20 years ago from the
released on
! Manhattan bank, has been
$10,000 bail, and w ill now seek for S.
W . Millecr, from whom he obtained
A Retume o f the Less Important but the bond.
Not Less Interesting Events
Fire broke out in the New York ju ­
venile asylum, but all the 1,200 child­
o f the Past Week.
ren were taken out in 15 minutes and
the flames were soon extinguished.
HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS
The senate w ill not increase the Co­
Riots at Baku, Russia, have caused
lumbia river appropriatons.
1,000 deaths, and twice as many were
wounded.
Joseph W . J. Lee has been named,
for consul general at Panama.
Railroad strikes have cut off Poland
The Panama canal commissioners and all southwestern Russia from the
have violated the law in buying sup­ rest of the world.
plies without advertisements public for
Following an operation for appendi­
bids.
citis, Sidney Dillon Ripley, the finan­
George S. Boutwell, of Massachusetts, cier, is critically ill at his home in
formerly secretary of the treasury, is New York.
dead.
The state assembly of Wisconsin has
Pe isants are joining in the strike passed a b ill prohibiting the sale of
movement in Poland and are burning giant firecrackers and other dangerous
saloons.
explosives.
The Russian officers who broke their
Twenty-one buildings in the heart of
paiole have been ordered back to Han Cape May Courthouse, the county seat
Francisco.
of Cape May county,
J., were de­
The final settlement of the Klamath stroyed by fire.
irrigation scheme has been postponed
It seems that the decision of the
until Ap ril.
North sea commission w ill let both
The Russian government has adopted nations down easily, not being a de­
strong measures to keep the railways cided report either* way.
in operation.
The freeizng of the Chesapeake bay
The Russian Third Pacific squadron has caused an oyster famine in Boston.
has passed Cherbourg, France, on its
The work of rescuing the dead from
way to the Far East.
the Virginia mine, in Alabama, is pro­
Gorky, the priest strike leader, has ceeding slowly. Foul gas greatly hin­
been released and re-arrested, to be ex­ ders the work.
The fourth day after
iled from St. Petersburg.
the explosion 92 bodies had been recov­
Eleven persons were killed and more ered.
than 50 others injured, some probably
A ll talk ot peace i« scouted by both
fatally, by the collapse of a floor in a ! Japan and Russia, and both nations
New York colored church.
are preparing for a decisive battle.
Starvation
Alaska.
threatens
Fairbanks,
King Alfonso, of Spain, is to marry
Princess Victoria, of Prussia, daughter
Secretary Taft w ill speak at the Lewis of Kaiser W ilhelm .
and Clark fair.
Oil men of several states have united Compensation fo r Packing Company.
Washington, Feb. 24.— The senate
to fight the Standard Oil company.
committee on claims has reported fav­
Northwest senators have asked an in­
orably without amendment, the claims
crease in river and harbor appropria­
of the Wales Island Packing company
tions.
and recommends the passage of the bill,
Automobiles are to race from the At- I which awards to the packing company
alntic coast to Portland for the Lewis $01,689. Wales island became Cana­
and Clark fair.
dian territory under the settlement of
A big ice gorge has carried out a the Alaksan boundary question in 1903,
Union Pacific railroad bridge on Loup and it was estimated by the State de­
partment that the amount awarded by
river, at Columbus, Nebraska.
the b ill is a minimum valuation of the
St. Louis financiers are interesting loss sustained by the company by the
capital for the construction of an elec­ charge.
tric road from St. Louis to Kaansas
City.
WarshiDt Bombard Rebels.
Constantinople, Feb. 24.— Extremely
What is believed to have been Paul
Jones' body has been found by the alarming reports are current here con­
searchers in the old St. Louis cemetery, cerning the situation at Batoum and
Poti. I t is alleged that some vessels
in Paris.
of the Black sea squadron (Russian)
The secretary of state has received
have bombarded Poti.
An English
for presentation to President Roosevelt
merchant who has just arrived here
a large photorgaph of the empress dow­
says he was obliged to flee from Ba­
ager, of Chin.
toum, where his life was menaced by
The Japanese have captured a Rus­ strikers and his office destroyed. This
sian position of importance after an merchant says the authorities of Ba­
awful battle. The losses of both sides toum are powerless. The strikers are
w ill reach into the thousands, but it is all Georgians, and are estimated to
believed the Japanese lost the most number 40,000.
men.
It is believed that Judge Swayne w ill
be acquitted.
John D. Long Bays <the Monroe doc­
trine is carried too far.
The blockade of Vladivostok is now
complete, but food is not scarce.
King Edward favors Irish liberty as
a step to Anglo-American alliance.
The caar has yielded to the railroad
strikers and traffic w ill be resumed.
Norway
threatens
to dissolve
her
I
Rumors o f Great Events.
St. Petersburg, Feb. 24. — A second
day has passed without dispatches hav­
ing been given out from General Kuro-
patkin. which is interpreted to support
the rumors that great 4events are in
progress in Manchuria. The war office,
however, steadfastly - maintains that
there is no important news and that
there have been no developments since
the last dispatches made public, in
which the
commander-in-chief re­
ported all quiet.
Thursday, February 23.
Without a dollar being added or sub­
tracted the river and harbor appropria­
tion bill passed the house today, after
t ie session had run well into the even­
ing. Toe total amount carried by the
bill is $17,234,657.
It was impeded
by the offering of amendments, but
only those presented by the committee
were adopted.
The last testimony in the interest of
Judge Swayne in the impeachment
against him was today presented to
the senate.
The b ill providing a form of govern­
ment for the Panama canal zone was
Must Act B efore Snow Melts — May passed early in the day.
AIMING AT MUKDEN
Japanese Strike Decisive Blow
at Main Position.
OYAMA ORDERED TO ADVANCE
Attempt to Isolate Vladivostok
At Same Time.
Tokio, Feb. 28.— Following the cus­
tom of the Japanese government, the
officials at the war office refuse to dis­
cuss the present movements in Man­
churia, but there is a general air of
confidence among the higher officers,
who are absolutely posted on the situa­
tion, which is believed to indicate that
General Kuroki has again scored a com­
plete success and that official announce­
ment may be expected very soon.
Up to midnight Monday no particu­
lars of the fighting had been given out,
but it was stated that, so far as was
known, only the right and center of
Marshal Oyama’ s army had been engag­
ed and that the conditions on the left
are unchanged.
It is the general opinion among the
best informed experts in the Japanese
capital that the present movement, be­
fore it ends, w ill result in the capture
of Mukden.
It is known that orders
have been sent to Field Marshal Oyama,
telling him that the time is ripe for
taking the Russian main position, as,
if action ¡ b postponed much longer, the
spring thaws with their resultant floods
w ill be upon him and it w ill be im­
possible to do any fighting until the
roads dry up.
There is, of course,a possibility that
the present movement may have for its
object, as well as the capture of Muk­
den, the isolation of Vladivostok. In
view of the recent reports that the port
was being blockaded by sea by a Japan­
ese squadron of torpedo boats and pro­
tected cruisers^ there can be little
doubt that, if Kuroki crushes the Rus­
sian left, such troops as can be spared
w ill be assigned to a special campaign
against the Siberian stronghold.
D O ING S IN C O N G R E S8.
Tuesday, February 21.
The house today passed the P h ilip ­
pine tariff bill, practically as it came
from the committee.
The river and
harbor appropriation bill was then
taken up but it was soon laid aside and
several measures were passed, the most
important of which was the authorisa­
tion given the secretary of war to return
to the several states the Union and Con­
federate battleflags.
The senate committee today reported
that it would be impossible to act on
the railroad rate b ill at this session
without ignoring the railroads.
Con­
sideration of the Indian appropriatoin
bill was begun.
A short time was
given to the defense of Judge Swayne,
and the senate began the consideration
of the bill for the government of the
isthmian canal zone.
Wednesday. February 22.
Government ownership of railroads
was discussed by the senate today in
connection with the purchase of the
Panama railroad, while the b ill for the
government of the canal zone was under
consideration.
Consideration of the
b ill was not completed when the senate
adjourned.
A number of witnesses were exam­
ined in behalf of Judge Swayne in the
impeachment proceedings against him.
After a brief but spirited debate the
house today sent back to conference
the army appropriation b ill.
A ll sen­
ate amendments were again disagreed
to, excepting one appropriating $85,-
000 for continuing the cable from
Valdes to Seward, Alaska.
Friday, February 24.
The time of the senate today was
divided twtween the> Swayne impeach­
ment trial and the motion of Beveridge
to appoint conferees on the joint state­
hood bill.
I t is the expectation that a
vote on the Swayne matter w ill be
reached Monday. No agreement was
reached in the appointment of state­
hood conferees.
A resolution was introduced in the
house directing the attorney general to
proceed against the armor plate trust.
A number of pension bills from the
senate were considered, altogether 125
being passed.
Four hours was given
to the sundry civil appropriation bill.
Saturday, February 26.
The house today divided its time be­
tween legislation and patriotic exer­
cises. An hour and a half was spent
in passing minor bills.
The same
period was devoted to the sundry ap­
propriation bill, without reaching a
conclusion. Legislation then gave way
to speeches by several members honor­
ing the memory of Houston and Aus­
tin ; when the marble statues of each,
given by the state of Texas, were ac­
cepted .
Some sharp criticisms of the presi­
dent’ s policy towads Santo Domingo and
in enlarging the navy wail indulged in
today by senators on both sides during
the debate on the naval appropriation
bil.
A vote on the Swayne impeachment
case w ill be taken Monday.
Monday. February 27.
Charles Swayne, district judge of the-
Northern district of Florida, was today
acquitted by the senate of all 12 ar­
ticles of impeachment against hipi.
President Roosevelt’ s policy of build­
ing up a great navy came in for more
criticism today in the senate when the
naval appropriation b ill was under con­
sideration. The bill was passed, carry­
ing appropriations of $100,300,000.
The house agreed to the conference
report on the army appropriation b ill.
The sundry civil appropriation b ill
was passed, carrying $45,272,280.
Awful Crimes Stain Baku.
Baku, Feb. 25. — The town is now-
quiet. A ll the Armenian shops have
been closed, but the banks are doing
business under m ilitary protection.
Order has been restored at Balakhany,
but at Romany today strikers attacked
two factories and as a result 30 persons
were killed or wounded. In Baku many
terrible murders have been committed.
Manager Adamoff, of the Naphtha Re­
fining works, his wife and children,
were burned to death.
Pastes Taken by Japanese.
Mukden, Feb. 28.— The Russians re­
port that the Japanese are in posses­
sion of Taling, and also the pass be­
tween Taling and Katouling. The pos­
session of Taling threatens Fusharnk,
Tiepling and Hiegesway. Taling is re­
garded as of the same consequence to
the Japanese
in their operations
against Mukden as was Motienling in
relation to Liao Yang.
In case the
Japanese push on to the southeast,
their operations w ill be in the hills.
Anti-Salt Trust Measure Killed.
Topeka, Feb. 28.— A house concur­
rent resolution calling for an investiga­
tion of the salt trust was defeated by a
vote of 57 to 19. It was necessary for
the resolution to receive a two-thirds
vote, or 63 votes.