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THE DISPENSARY tlW ATTACKED THE ENEMY The Attorney'General Passes His Opinion Upon It The Japanese Capture a Fort and Many Rifles. SUSTAINS TttEASURY OFFICIALS THEY HATE CROSSED THE YALU Iri X IhK 11 -n- II I pjiuulli Carolina Officers Have No Author v ity to Knter the Government Itonded Warehouses Anil Hello Whisky fur the Purpose of Confiscation. Wahhimiton, October 31. The Attorney-General to-day rendered an opin ion iu the South Carolina dispensary case presented by Governor Tillman, in which he sustains the opinion of the TreiiHiiry Department, holding that the Ktuto hua no authority under the law to enter the government bonded ware houses (or tlio pnrpoNe of seizing whisky declared by the State law to be subject to confiscation. In the course of bis opinion be says: " The legal atutiiH of diatilled liquors In a bonded warehouse of the United States and under the control of the Col lector of Internal Uovenue is definitely stated and settled by Section VM of the Kevioed Statutes of the United States, which declare that ' all property taken of detained hv any ollicer or other per son under authority, or any revenue law of the United States shall be irreplevi able, and shall be deemed to be in the ciiHtody of the law and subject to the order h und decreet) of the courts of the United StatoB having jurisdiction there of.' It cannot be held as has been sug gested, and perhaps might well be, that, Mince the tarill'aet of 1804, the taxes due on distilled liquors in a United States bonded warehouse can be paid only by the distiller. Whether that be so or not a tender of such taxes by the Sheriff is necessarily incll'ectuul as agaitiBt the statute above quoted, since it is beyond the powerof an Internal Hevenue Col - lector to accept it, and thus nullify the provisions and defeat the policy of a statute which aims to absolutely exempt such liquors from the operation of the process of a State court. Such tender, which for tho reason stated the Collector is incompetent to accept, must be also inellectual because no oilicer of South Carolina bus been given the right or power to make it, the constitution of South Carolina not authorizing any Biich tender nor providing any fund which can be UBed lor that purpose." VOL. 1. IIILLSIJORO, OREGON. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1. 189L NO. 32. AGAIN TUB HUUAIt TKUST. AFTKIt POItT AKTIIUB. The Huleag-uered City Epected to full In a Short Time. Loni.on, October 31. A dispatch to the Times from Shanghai says it is re ported there the Japanese have com pletely surrounded Port Arthur, and that the Chinese forces defending that place cannot hold out long. The Central News' corresondcnt in Tokio telegraphs: It is not believed here that the Japanese will attack Port Ar thur before the end of the week. TOO MANY 1'IUhONEUH ALREADY. Tokio, October 31. General Noznu, who commands the advance force of the Japanese army, lias abandoned the pur suit of fugitives from Kulienchao, as he does not wisii to be burdened with any more Chinese prisoners. The Japanese march upon Feng Huang Cheng has be gun. DKKKAT CAUSES CONSTERNATION. Tikn Thin. October 31. News of the defeat of the Ciiinese north of the Valu river lias caused consternation here. Chinese officials do not attempt to deny the serious nature of the disaster. ESCAPED FliOM PINO YANG. London, October 31. Advices from Moukden state that General Tso's force was not annihilated in the battle of Ping Yang. The greater part of it escaped, and reformed under General Nieh. It is believed at Moukden that the Japan ese will require a much largerarmy than they possess to secure tne Chinese pal ace treasure. GENERAL OYAHA'H AUMY. London, October 31. The Japanese legation here has a dispatch saying a second army under General Oyaina left its rendezvous in Corea October 2:!, and made a successful landing at Talien Wantswan. TI11RD JAPANESE AKMY. London, October 31. The Times pub lished a dispatch from Yokohama saying that a third Japanese army, numbering 20,000 men, iB assembled at Hiroshima. IN A NEW LIGHT. It la Now Said There Was an Attempt to Hrllie Ills Correspondents. Washington, October 31. The Even ing Star publishes the following story, which gives promise of an outcome of interest to the public: If current reports are true, there is a syndicate writer in New York, whose name is to be found at the foot of arti cles in many cities of the Union, who mav have a verv niip'want quarter of an hour with the Washington corre- nniidenlH before the next session of Congress shall end. The story has reached here, vouched for by authority that would seem to be credible, that one of the incidents of the sugar trust cam paign in Washington last winter was the raising of a purse by the sugar trust peo ple to be given to this enterprising corre spondent to be distributed in Washing ton among the press people where "it "would do the most good" in tne opin ion of those who furnished the money, and that place was the pockets of those representatives of the press of tho coun try here who, with or without right, were sunnosed to have influence in Con gress and in the making of public opinion throughout the country IN HIE THOUSANDS. Argentine Earthquake More Terrible Than Reported. WHOLE CITIES KOW IN EU1NS In One Province Alone Two Thousand Are Dead and Fully Twenty Thou and Uomeless The Capital of the Province of La ltloja Destroyed. BuknouAyues, October 30. Theearth quake which was felt thiougliout the Argentine Republic yesterday was most severe in the provinces of San Juan de la Frontera and Rio Janeiro. Many churches, theaters and private houses were destroyed. Twenty persons are known to have perished. The inhabit ants are in a state of panic, fearing a repetition of the shocks. The govern ment is sending aid to those who have lost their homes, and everything possible will be done to alleviate their suffering. Though the shock was felt in other parts the country, it was less severe than in the two provinces above named. A correspondent at La Kioja, capital the province of the same name, tele graphs that the city lias been ruined by last night's earthquake. The churches MEXICO AND GUATEMALA. and schools and public edifices are all Mexican ?Z?JadtrPZ There are in timatums even that the men who mr nislied the monev did so under the im pression it was to be distributed pro rata among the representatives of the press in Washington in the expectation that the comments noon the operations of the suuar trust would be either leBS se vere or that they would be altogether L withheld. It is, of course, assumed tnai the distributor of this fund was to re ceive his commission. There are intima tiuns even that a list was furnished of the names of correspondents to whom this fund waB to be distributed, and that the expectation was that it would be ex pended in part in dinners, in part in ways that would bo appreciated by those for whom it was intended. If there is anything in this Btory, it is sate to say that not $1 of this alleged fund ever passed to the representative correspond ents for whom it is represented that it was intended. The man who undertook to disburse this fund did so with the full knowledge that it would not be safe for him to approach any of the gentle men whose names may have appeared on this pretended list for any such pur pose whatever. He not only is not on relations of confidence with them, but ho never calls upon any of them when In Washington. Efforts are being made to ascertain the truth of this report, and if it shall be found true, the correspond ent in question will hear more later, possibly in the courts and probably be fore a committee of investigation. General Wallace Tlilnki the War Hay Make China Our Competitor. Ban Francisco, October 31. General Lew Wallace said in an interview that lie fears the present war between Japan and China will ultimately lead up to the competition of China as a producer with the United States and with European nations. Speaking on this subject, the General said l " When China finds from the results of the war with Japan that a complete change of methods is necessary, she will not confine her regeneration to methods of warfare. The greater danger is that she will become a factor in business life. If you consider the Chinese in California a menace at 75 conts a day, how will the world regard them at 5 and 10, as they are found at home? Suppose the effect of the war should drive them into man ufactures, for instance, how will other nations compete with their cheap labor and habits of abstemiousness, which en' able them to live for so little? Are we of this country, for instance, to meet a wane of 5 or 10 cents a day with a simi lar wage as the only means of successful competition. We talk of overproduction now : what will it be with China as a great producer instead of a great mar General Wallace thinks that the per ception of this posBibility by European nations will compel them to interfere to bar the progress ot the victorious japan' ese before they go too far. irown down. The people are camping out in the neighborhood. Comparatively few were killed, for there was a general rush into the open country. The first shock came at 4 :30. At times the shocks lasted twenty seconds. The scene was a horrible one, women shrieking and faint ing on every hand when the walls came crashing down. Two sisters of iercy were killed and many more are now en tombed in the ruins. The Governor fears that the killed and wounded throughout the province must number at least 2,000, as many of the outlaying towns also suffered. From San Juan come reports that the shocks continued during the night, but were Blight in character. Not a house in the town is without damage. Couriers continue to arrive here with news of the damage wrought in the va rious departments and towns. The vil lage of Del Abordon has been completely swallowed up in the huge gaps which opened in the ground. The national government is sending special trains with food, tents and every md of assistance as well as laborers to clear away the wreckage. La Prenzsa as opened a public subscription list and le town ot La Kioia has contributed 10,000 mil reis. It is estimated that at least 20,000 people are homeless. South of Kuenos Ayres only a slight shock was felt The wave appears to have passed away to seaward near the month of l.a Plata river. La Rioja, the town which has been destroyed by the great earthquake, is the capital of the province of La Kioja n the northwest of Argentina, it con tains about 4,500 inhabitants. The pro vince is rich in minerals, and manu factures wines and brandy, but its situ ation inland is an obstacle to the devel opment of its resources. liKIGUT OUTLOOK. NOW A NKWSPAPKB TKUST. Line of Journal! to Be Controlled From the Atlantlo to the JPaolflo. New Yohk, October 31. A special to a morning paper from Youngstown, 0., says it is said there that a syndicate of capitalists, including Senator Brice and g number of well-known business men in New York and BoBton, are buying up aline of newspapers to reach from the Atlantic to the Pacific, if a paper can not be bought in what they consider a desirable town, they will start one. By co-oporation in the telegraph service and by arranging for supplies in large quan tities they hopo to keep expenses at a minimum, it is buiu were aie uu pun ties in the scheme. Arrangements have been made, it is said, for the purchase of the Boston Traveller, the Youngstown Telegram, the Kansas City World and the Colum bus Press-Post. Options have been oh titlnerl for newspapers in St. Paul. Minn. and St. Joseph, Mo., and propositions have been made for newspapers in other leading cities. James J. McNally of the Telegram here is interested. if Cheiip Itread In New York. Nisw York, October 31. The unprece dented slump in the price of wheat may bring woe to the farmers and specula tors, but the situation is not as gloomy for the consumers of bread, because cheaper wheat is to be followed by cheaper, bread. The New York bakers, following the commendable lead of their fellow-tradesmen of Washington, have decided to reduce the price of bread to conform to the relative price of wheat. Hereafter they wilt self a two-pound loaf (or o cents instead of a one-pound loai. American Cattle Abroad, Washington, October 31. Secretaty Gresham has made a very strong repre sentation to the German government as to the injustice to the United States of tho order prohibiting the importation of American cattle and fresh meatintoGer niany. He has protested the action was taken without sufficient evidence of the existence of diBeaBe among the cattle ex ported from the United States or its con' tagious character or harmful effects. There is Borne reason to hope our gov eminent will be able to secure a suspen sion of the order, for a time at least, to afford an ODDortunitv for further inveS' titration, and one reason for this belief is founded on the change in the German Chancellorship. Five of the Gang Captured. Muskogee, I. T., October 31. Charles Beck with twenty Indian deputies this morning captured five of the Cook gang of outlaws. The men under arrest are Joe Johnson, Mose Price, Dick Reynolds, Jim Bates and Lou Perry. The capture was made midway between Wagoner and this city. The rest of the gang are in hiding near Wagoner, and the Indian police, Sheriffs and Deputy Marshals are scouring ine Bwamps. Much Suffering From Drought. Sioux Falls, S. D., October 31. W, J. Wagner, traveling agent for the Great Northern road, has returned from a trip through the northern part of the State which was severely stricken with the drought. He reports the people there in destitute circumstances. near usceoia and weBt of it whole townships were left bv the sun and wind as dry and barren as a desert, and stock was rendered worthless, as there is no feed. One fam ily was found eating horseflesh. Will Go Out of Business. Montreal, Quebec, October 31. The steamship line, which has plied for years between Montreal and Liverpool during the summer months and Portland and Liverpool during the winter, is to be wound up. This action nas been a& cided on owing to the great falling off i receipts caused by the depression in the shipping business during the last few years. Should be Taken Care Of. , Washington, October 31. Gerardus H. Wheater, claiming to be Mayor of Atlantic City, wag arrested yesterday morning. He said he had come here in answer to a telegram sent him by the President, who, be Raid, was going to appoint him to ft forenga mission. The Outlaw Not Intruder!. Washington, October 81. The De partment of Justioe has decided that, as the outlaws committing depredations in Indian Territory were not intruders, the United States has no authority to em ploy its regular troops to act as a posse, Nothing More Than a Vexatious Bound ary Dispute Between Them. Washington, October 30. Senor Lazo Arriga, the Guatemalan Minister, to-day made a statement in regard to the po litical difficulties between his country and Mexico. He said : "With the object of ending the old and vexatious boundary question the prelim inary basis for a definite treaty was agreed upon and signed in New York city August 12, 1882, and the formal treaty was subscribed to the 27th of September of the same year. In the preliminary treaty it was agreed among other points that in the demarkation of the boundary line the actual possession should be generally considered a base, but that both governments by agree ment could change the rule by making mutual compensations, so that nntil the boundary line is marked each of the con tracting parties should respect the party in actual possession; and that in the event that said parties should not agree about the total or partial designation of the line the difficulties that would arise should be settled by arbitration of the President of the United StateB of America. " The definite treaty provides that a parallel beginning near Ixbul Bhall run east to the Usumacinta river, if this river were to be reached in that direction, or the Chixoy river, if the former were not in the way of said parallel. This par allel did not reach the Usumacinta, this river being north of it, and according to the treaty Baid parallel should have stopped at the Chixoy river, but the A GERMAN UPHEAVAL. Chancellor and Prime Minister Have Resigned. THAT OF CAPBIVI IS ACCEPTED long it to the Cancuen river under the groundless assertion that this is the Us umacinta river, thus giving to Mexico over 1,000 square miles of the Guate malan territory. The government of Guatemala made a very strong protest thereon, and the Mexican government accepted its views on this point, although under the condition that no other simi lar questions should arise. There were no other difficulties in fact, except very small differences in the work of engi neers, and this they think can be ar ranged by themselves. In the mean time each of the governments has pre served, according to the treaty, the do minion of the respective territories that will be annexed by the other upon the final demarkation of the boundary line, and the authorities of the two countries have granted concessions to cut mahog any in said territories. " f rom an immemorial lime uuare mala has been in possession, whenever questioned before by Mexico, of a large portion of the land located on the west sides of the Chixoy and Usumacinta rivers, and upon this territory being in vaded recently by Mexicans the Guate malan authorities were oDiigeu to expei them and to protest against the inva sion, asking at the same time for an ex planation, but the Mexican government now asseris tnai saiu territory ueiuuga to Mexico, evidently being misinformed by its engineers. The government of Guatamala had not then nor has it at present any armed force outside of its own territory." Senor Arriga believes that as soon as the Mexican government is informed of the real facts it will change its attitude toward Guatemala, and also believes hat a war between the two nations is a Hawaiian Sugar Crop of Next Year Will Be a Success. San Francisco, October 30. The out look for the Hawaiian sugar crop of 1805 is very flattering. For years this indus try has been in a depressed condition, This has been due in part to successive seasons of drought. The dry seasons have taught the sugar growers a lesson. AloBt of them no longer depend on tue elements alone for their water. Im mense reservoirs for the storage of water have been built in the mountains, where the rainfall is always very heavy, f rom these reservoirs the water is conducted to the plantations across hills and sandy places bv means of wooden or iron aque ducts, in some cases as far as forty miles. For one the Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar Company has expended nearly f 150,000 in the development of its water supply this year and now has over seventy miles of ditches. The BUgar crop of 1894, which will begin to come into tne market very soon, is esiiiuaieu at lGO.uou tons. Money From This Section. San Francisco, Oct ber 30. The Jap- anese of the Pacific Coast are doing great deal to help the mother country to carry on the war against China, and have already sent $10,000 to the War ueparimeni, anu a iikb sum win pruu- ably be sent by the next Bteamer ieay ing for the Orient. When the war be tween the two nations broke out the Japanese of this city formed a society for the purpose of aiding the Mikado to carry on me war 10 a successiui issue, The society has made no attempt to di rect how the money shall be used, ana leaves that to the department at home, His Property Seized and Sold. London, October 30. The Shanghai correspondent of the Central News says all the Soo Chow property belonging to Sheng, the Taotai of Tien Tsin, has been seized and sold bv the government in obedience to orders from Peking. Sheng is the official who boi g it German rules for 600,000 taela and sold them to the government for 3,000,000. When the fraud was discovered Li Hung Chang slapped his face. The seizure of his property followed quickly upon the de nunciation oi lie jiohi u oi ieuBurs. Fraudulent Chinese Certificates. Washington, October 30. Commis' sioner Miller scouts the idea that there has been a wholesalo issue of fraudulent Chinese certificates on the Pacific Coast as represented by Special Agent of the Treasury Hurley. He has forwarded Mr. Hurley's report to Internal Revenue Collector Wellborn of San Francisco for examination and report. Germany and Samoa. Bkrmn, October 30. The Colonial Secretary under the Presidency of the Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg has petitioned the foreign office against a a double protectorate of Germany and England in Samoa. The society de mands that, if any change be made in the agreement, the protectorate shall be rnade exclusively German. Decided Difference Regarding the Treat ment of Socialism Brought About th Crl.is Immediate Canto of the Chan cellor's Resignation Not Clear. Berlin, October 29. The report tht Chancellor von Caprivi has handed hia resignation to the Emperor and that it has been accepted is confirmed. Count Ealenburg, President of the Ministerial Council, has also resigned. Dr. Miquel, the Prussian Finance Minister, it is ru mored, has been appointed President of the Council, and Prince von Hohenlohe Schillingsfurst, Governor of Alsace-Lor raine, has been offered the Chancellor ship. Before offering the Chancellor ship to Prince Hohenlohe the Emperor consulted with the envoys from Bavaria, Wurtemburg, Saxony and Baden. It is reported that Prince Hohenlohe declined the office, owing to his age. The Em peror has summoned General Count Waldersee, the political soldier, who was conspicuous in the final intrigues against HiBmarck. The general lnlerence is that he intends to make him Caprivi's suc cessor. Should Waldersee become Chan cellor, the office of Prussian Premier probably would be given mm shortly PACIFIC CABLE. after, and thus the division of the two posts, which was effected at tne time ot the school bill crisis, would be ended. There is a rumor that General BronBart von Schellendorf is a candidate for the Prussian Premiership and the Chancel lorship. Either of these Generals would be acceptable to the Conservatives, who have become totally estranged from the government under the Caprivi regime. The immediate cause of Chancellor von Caprivi's resignation is not entirely clear. It is known, however, that the differences between him and Count Bo- tbo Eulenburg had grown too sharp to be ignored or compromised. Caprivi at first was thoroughly opposed to severe steps against the Social Democrats and the anarchists, while ,uienourg lavoreu extreme measures. Under pressure from the Emperor the Chancellor is said to have yielded several points during the week, but his master only led him into trouble with the federal Ministers, in whose Council he presided. Several Ministers opposed his proposal that the Reichstag amend the penal code so as to deal more severely with the Socialists. The individual States, they said, should be ieft to legislate within their own bor ders for the suppression of Social Democ racy and anarchy. The unancenor was equally embarrassed when the question of financial reforms were broached. The envovs made several demands for changes in the financial relations ot the Mates to the Empire, but the Chancellor was manifestly out of sympathy with all of them Discussion of British Project by a San Francisco Paper. San Francisco, October 28. The Bul letin this evening says : For some time past British and Canadian contractors have been figuring on plans for a cable from Vancouver to Australia via Hawaii. The cost of this cable is estimated in round numbers at $10,000,000. One of the leading promoters of this cable en terprise is Stanford Fleming. He advo cates government ownership, believing better service will be secured thereby. He is responsible for most of the esti mates that have been made. Whether the British government is to own the Pacific cable or it is to be in the hands of a chartered company, it is certain that the government is behind the enterprise. The news by the last steamer from Ha waii is that the British commission, represented by Fleming, wants the lease of Neckar Island, a small island about 500 miles from Hawaii, and also wants a subsidy of $36,000 a year from the Ha waiian government for fifteen years, What the British government really wants is a cession of this island. A short time ago it was literally "No man's land." The Hawaiian government took possession of it and claimed it by right of occupation, it did not want .British occupation of an island so near to Ha waii. The present Hawaiian govern ment has had a great deal of trouble bj reason of British antagonism in the isl ands. It does not want any further in terference. Next to an American cable between this port and Honolulu Hawaiiang might appreciate a cable between Van couver and Australian ports with a mid' way station at Hawaii. They will never grant outright a foot of land for such a purpose. They will do nothing to dis turb the relations of the Republic to the United States. It is not probable that there would be any formidable obstacle in the way of landing a marine cable, say at Honolulu. Private individuals could make the necessary leases of land, and the Hawaiian government would prob ably grant all needful protection. If all that is really wanted is a safe and con venient place to land a marine cable on Hawaiian soil, there would be no need of the cession of any territory. The ca ble proposed would be a good thing for the promoters. That good thing can be secured without concession of a foot of territory to any foreign power. Canrivi is believed to have been crushed very improbable contingency, not only between the Emperor and the Federal because the present difficulties are not of envoys, not go.ng lar enough to suit the creat importance, but chiefly because "f" '"',r,rv T r- tho treaty provides that all questions incident, to tne aemarxaiion oi mo boundary line shall be settled, as above stated, by the civilized means oi arm tration. Should the actual difficulties, ha mldpH reach this noint. the Presi dent of the United States will be Invited to act as arbitrator. HOTEL FIRE AT SEATTLE. Sixteen Dead and Several Wounded In the West Street Hotel Fire. Seattle, October 28. Sixteen dead, ter. The difficulties of his position were increased, moreover, by the intrigues of Miquel and Eulenburg, who for more than a year have spared no effort to dis credit his politics and diminish his in- nueuce wnu uie cruwu. uuo ui mo Chancellor's last actB before offering his resignation was to notify the Reichs Bank that the decree prohibiting ad vances on Prussian stocks had been can celled as no longer necessary on either economic or political grounds. The Em peror had arranged to leave Potsdam to day to hunt in the neighborhood of lilankenburg, but he gave up tne trip in D,..i ,-.,:,i Un in nf 17 725 view of the disruption of his Cabinet. i HO VUiUKUC? vio&CKbo rjnja nuts vuu worth of property are the results of the terrible fire in the West Street Hotel, corner of West and Columbia streets, Satnrdnv morning. The fire was extin guished at 1 :30 o'clock, and by 9 o'clock sixteen bodies had been taken out of the ruins. LIST OF THE DEAD. Mrs. Otterson of California, aged 60; Andv Otterson. her son, aged 16: Mrs. J. Huffman of Falls City wife of a far mer; Mrs. J. ti. Hancii&iot Jtioue, iowa, daughter of Mrs. Huffman, three child' ren of Mrs. Hancher, girl aged o, Doy aged 4. and girl aged 2 years : John F, Anderson, aged 28; F. Bailman, Angus McDonald, C. Wilson, M. McSorley, U Grahan and three unknown men. The iniured at the hospital are: D, B. Glass, back broken and head cut, both ankles broken, may die: Ed Have lin, head cut badly, back hurt; C. B. Johnson, hands burned. The identification of some of the bodies will not be complete for several days, and in some cases probably never, ORIGIN OF THE FIRE. How the fire started is best told bv Spencer F. Butler, son of the proprietor, who is night clerk : "About 1 o'clock this morning," said he, " I went to the kitchen, which is at the head of the stairs, to get my luncheon. 1 lighted a couloil lamp, and then I heard a noise downstairs and went to see what was the matter. Then I heard the explosion WITHOUT A PARALLEL. The Sad Flight of a Young Immigrant German Girl. Chancellor tendered his resignation to Emperor William Tuesday, but that it was only accepted at an audience given by his Majesty to Caprivi to-day. The Emperor endeavored to induce Caprivi to withdraw his resignation, but the Chancellor was obdurate and refused to do so. William is credited with holding the opinion that the separation of the Chancellorship and the Russian Premier ship has been a failure, and that it is imperative to reunite them. Among the many reports as to the cause of the crisis is one that Caprivi displeased the Em peror by expressing disapproval of his Majesty's speech at the recent presenta tion ot colors to 13Z regiments, lae Emperor at that time hinted that the half battalions would soon be made full ones. The Chancellor not only disap proved of this speech, but also opposed the publication of it in the Reichs An zeiger. It is due to his opposition thai the speech has not yet appeared in of ficial form. She Protected Her Home. Perry, 0. T., October 29. A terribU duel was fought between Miss Agnes Jones, a young lady about 21 years ol age, and Sam Bartell, 36 years old, on s homestead twenty miles north of hen yesterday. Miss Jones obtained the homestead when the Cherokee Btretcb was opened in September, 1893, and had built a neat home. Two months ago she up stairs, and when I ran up stairs the went to visit her parents in Kansas, and -f. .i .. n m, l.mn V.o.1 1 Ram TtnrMI inmnpil the claim and Kl W lieil WW ail uiao. xuo .nutp '"' 1 - . , . ,.. J"r - moved his enecis into miss uones noose. exploded, and the table, floor and walls were on nre. l tried to put out tne nrc, but could not do so." TKNNI COMING TO THE COAST. The Swayback's Unborn Get Matcheu Against Salvator's Lexington, Ky., October 30. Tenny, the immortal little "swayback," was shipped in a special car to California to' night. The horse will be placed in the stud at Rancho del Paso, the stock farm of Millionaire J. B. Haggin. Tenny has been doing service at the Beaumont stud for some time. Several months ago Davifl Pnlsifer. owner of Tenny. and J. B. Haggin matched lenny ana uxawt navftl authoritieB all ready to assume Miss Jones returned yesterday, and found her home occupied. She gave orders foi it to be vacated at once, which Bartell refused to do, and she pulled a revoivei from under her apron and opened fire on Bartell. .Kartell returnea tne nre, but missed the woman. Three of hei shots took effect in Bartell's body, from the effects of which he win die. The Cruiser Olympla. San Francisco, October 29. The prog' resa made on the 5,800-ton cruiser Olym pia during the past two weeks has been very great, and three weeks more will witness her delivery to the United States Chicaoo, October 28. For nearly a month a German girl, who left the city of her birth to come to Chicago, has been detained by the immigration officials at Ellis Island, New York, and a petition is being prepared for presentation to Secretary Carlisle, asking that the girl be permitted to land. The girl is Louise Hessing. JNo otner case just nue ners was ever brought to the attention of the immigration officials. Louise, who is 25 years old, was left an orphan in the city of Chemnitz. For several years she made a living as a domestic. A year or so ago Louise became engaged to Max Luther, a young mechanic of Chemnitz. The bans were published in church and the wedding day set, but Luther betrayed her and ran away. The girl has but one relative, and that is Mrs. Mina Mueller of this city. Mrs. Mueller went to Ger many to look after her sister, and decid ed to bring her to Chicago and give her a home. They landed in New York Sep tember 27, but Immigrant Commissioner Senner refused to permit the girl to con tinue her journey and ordered her back to Germany. The CommisBioner's action was based solely on the condition of the girl. Mrs. Mueller hurried to Chicago, and procured bonds to guarantee that her sister would never become a public charge. This did not satisfy the Com missioner, and the latter refuses to change this ruling. There is no law that applies to the case except the statute ex cluding females of immoral character, and the girl's friends offered testimony to prove that previous to her misfortune her character was of the best. The of fered testimony was rejected, and the friends determined to appeal to Secre tary Carlisle. The petition has been signed by numerous friends of the Muel ler family, and also bears the signatures of Mayor Hopkins, collector m. J. itus sell. Collector Mize and Postmaster He' sing. The position of the Commissioner is that no bond can be given that will guarantee that the child, still unborn. will never become a public charge, ine girl's friends have ample means, and are people oi the best character. Stolen Pouch Recovered. New York, October 27. L. C. Weir, President of the Adams Express Com pany, received a pouch to-day contain' ing bonds and other valuable documents which had been stolen from the compa ny's safe in the train robbery at Acquia Creek. Va.. October 12. The pouch was one of the express bags taken from the train by the robbers, who shoved their hnotv into it. The monev was afterward abstracted, and the pouch with contents was hidden in the woods near Calverton, Va. Searcev. the captured robber who turned State's evidence, revealed the hiding place, and the pouch was secured, These valuable papers reduce the loss of the express company by the robbery to less than $5,oou. The Price of Coal Advanced. New York, October 27. The regular monthly meeting of the anthracite coal operators was held here to-day. Those who attended were unanimous in ex. pressing satisfaction with the nature of the business transacted. Said one oper ator : "The West will need a lot of coal this season, and it will have to secure the commodity before winter closes naviga tion on the great lakes. It was agreed to-day that prices be increased 25 cents on all regular grades of coal and 15 cents on broken coal. Production was not re stricted." Main Attack Upon the Chinese Posltloa Is E i pec ted to Take Place To-morrow The Chinese Fled to Batteries Con structed Farther Down the River. London, October 27. A dispatch from Tokio, dated to-day, states that Field Marshal Count YamagaU has tele graphed to the war office that a detach- ment of 1,600 Japanese infantry crossed the Yalu river Wednesday morning and attacked the enemy. The Chinese force consisted of 600 cavalry and 100 infantry with two guns. The enemy fled. The Japanese captured ft Chinese fort, two guns and many rifles. The Chinese loss was twenty killed and wounded. The Japanese sustained no loss. The Japan ese advance columns are marching on Lishi Yen. A dispatch, dated Wijn, October 24, apparently delayed in trans mission, was received, giving details of the above fight It says that the Jap anese were forded over the Yalu river at Suachikin at daybreak. Chinese earth works had been thrown up to oppose the landing of the Japanese forces, but the slight deviation enabled the Japanese force to cross, and it landed without op position. The Chinese fled after the first few rounds were fired at them. The Japanese captured the works with a rush. The Chinese fled to batteries that had been constructed farther down the river, throwing away their arms in their flight. . They were found to be antiquated muskets. A detachment holds the Suachikin fort to guard the passage of the Japanese main body, the . advance of which was commenced at dawn Thursday. The Japanese engi neers have pontoons thrown across the river in readiness for the army to pass over. The Chinese are still in force in the batteries opposite Wiju. Their strength has not materially increased during the past week. The main attack upon the Chinese position will not occur before to-morrow. FOB! ARTHUR EVACUATED. Shanghai, October 27. It is reported here that the Chinese have evacuated Port Arthur. A report is also current that the Japanese nave effected a land ing at Talien Wau Bay, on the Corean side of Kwang Tung PeninBula, not far from Port Arthur. REPORT NOT CONFIRMED. London, October 27. The Japanese legation has no confirmation of the re port that the Japanese army nnder Field Marshal Count Oyama has landed near Port Arthur, bnt the report is credited nevertheless. The officials of the lega tion regard it as certain that the expedi tion of Oyama was sent to attack Port Arthur or Wei Hai Wei, or both. AN OFFICIAL REPORT. Shanghai, October 27. An official telnrram rerjorts that a battle took place Wednesday between the Chinese and Japanese on the Chinese side of the Yalu. The nghtmg was proceeding wnen the message was dispatched. fighting at kuilenbtb. Yokahama. October 27. Later ad vices from the front show that the Jap anese army crossed the Yalu river Wednesday without further opposition and advanced to the attack of the Chi nese at Kuilenste, north of Wiju. The battle is now proceeding, the main body of the Japanese army being engaged. lor a couveoi in mi ing bcw. iu.uw ing posted. Each horse will be bred to the three best mares in Haggin's farm and the produce raced in their second and third year of forms against each nthr. Tf the ret of Tenny defeats the 2-year-old by Salvator, Pulsifer wins the money and vice versa. This is the only wager of the kind on record. Having done battle on the turf, each giant will vie with the other in producing his counterpart position among the crack ships of the white navy. Her armament will all be put in before she leaves the works. Ail of it has been received but five of the five-inch guns and two of the eight-inch guns. These are supposed to be on the way. The crew of the Olympia will prob ably be supplied from several of the ves sels now laid up at Mare island, but mostlv from Eastern enlistments. All told, the cruiser will require upward of 4ou men. The Clenfuegos Case. Washington. October 27. It can be set down as a fact that Colonel Cien fuegos, member of General Ezeta's staff, held for extradition by Judge Morrow of San Francisco, will not be returned to San Salvador bv the United States. It appears Judge Morrow held Cienfuegos for attempted murder, while the charge 1 . . O . 1 1 LI L! on wnicn oau ouivauur nuuguii uis M' tradition was actual murder. This 1b i discrepancy fatal to the application, for in extradition proceedings the common law principle obtains that the indict ment must correspond witn tne real: ot- tense, REPORTS CONFLICT. Each Side's Claims Necessarily Cans Such to be the Cms. Yokohama, October 27. It is reas serted that the army corp under Field Marshal Count Oyama, formerly Min ister of War, has effected a landing at Seikiosso near Port Arthur. It is also again asserted that the Japanese army nnder Field Marshal Yamagata has suc cessfully crossed the Yalu river and en tered Manchuria. It was announced September 26 that Field Marshal Count Oyama sailed from Hiroshima with the second Japanese squadron. Since then it has been repeatedly asserted that the Japanese bad enected a landing near Port Arthur, and it has been stated a report was current that this important place had been captured by the Japan- Un the other hand, tne Japanese have several times been reported as hav ing crossed the Yalu river, and also as having been repulsed. For instance Oc tober 9 a Shanghai dispatch Btated that f ield Marshal Uyama had crossed the Yalu river, and the last time he was re ported repulsed was October 23, when it was asserted that both sides lost 3,000 men in an engagement, which resulted in the Japanese being driven southward. If the Japanese have been so uniformly successful in their operations against the Chinese, it is difficult to understand how they have so many of their soldiers wounded and already sent to the rear. A dispatch from Chemulpo, October 22, announced that 1,800 wounded Japanese had arrived there. It is asserted there was a large number of Japanese wounded at Seoul, and it is stated 2,100 wounded Japanese soldiers had already been sent back to mat country, supposing a large number to mean another 2,000, this would show that the whereabouts of about 6,000 wounded are already known at Chemulpo, and it is safe to assume this number does not include those en gaged in the recent fights said to have occurred about the Yalu river. This Paid Duty. San Fbancisco, October 27. The steamer China, which arrived from Hong Kong via Yokohama, had in her carcm 548 cases of opium, the largest quantity that has arrived on one steamer. The duty on it at the reduced rate amounts tOS138,U9B. Socialism la Italy. Rome, October 27. In the last few days a number of societies of " Socialist workers" have been suppressed through out Italy and a quantity of documents seized, miring tne raids on meeting places of Socialists in Verona five men were arrested for cheering the name of Caesario, the murderer ofCarnot Young Empress Reported Dead. London, October 81. The' Central News' correspondent in Shanghai says it is rumored in Tien Tsin that the young' Empress is dead, but the fact will not be announced nor mourning wofuby -the court until after the birthday of the dowager Empress. w'. , --j' Rketnhlnff Hon Kentf fa.Tl&.tiMA4c.' London, October 31.Tbe 'jtlnu p' lished a Hong,KonndfspaMjl'syii' William Hill, arTAnTericanaV rested and fined WW for Hlet defenses ot Hob, Kong, :; J' :( ' " -.4. f CJ