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REWBERG GRAPHIC.
EVENTS OF THE DA\
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inrillhi
of the Pa«* Waak,
NBRVB OP JAPS.
Charge Through W ater Waist Deep la
Pace el Heavy Fire.
Tokio, May 4.—The war offioe has
received a dispatch from General Kur-
oki, commanding the Japanese advance,
which tells of a complete Japanese
victory in the first general engagement
on land of the war. The Russian ai my
of 30,000, which General Kuropatkiu
boastfully declared would sweep the
Japanese into the sea, is completely
routed and was compelled to retreat in
confusion on Feng Huan Cheng.
The Russian losses are very heavy,
while those of the Japanese are de
clare«! to have been much smaller than
might have been expected, considering
that they had to wade the Yalu river
in the face of a withering fire from the
Russians, who were very strongly en
trenched. The Russian artillery had
been silenced by the Japanese guns,
and they carried the Russian entrench
ment in a gallant bayonet charge in
which the men vied with the officers
to be the first to reach the interior of
the Russian position.
The unquenchable valor which re
sulted in the uninterrupted series of
victories during the war with China
wSs again very much in evidence.
Nothing could stop the troops,' who,
tired with their long stay in the
trenches near Wiju, were anxious to
show that the army was fully as able
to bring honor to the mikado’s colors
as has been the navy.
The scenes in Tokio this morning are
well nigh indescribable. The streets
have been filled all night witn anxious
people waiting to hear the latest news
from the front. Unfortunately, beyond
the fact that a great Japanese victory
has been won, there is little else to be
learned. If the war office has received
a complete report, it is withheld for
strategic reasons.
Convict« at the Oregon penitentiary
have ptruok for better food.
A strike on the Santa Fe railroad
has been inaugurated and 8,000 men
are out.
'
An Ohio man is on his way to San
Francisco with a wheelbarrow, paying
an election bet.
The divers who have been searching
for the body of Admiral Makaroff have
Abandoned their efforts.
Baron Hayashi, Japanese minister at
London, says the mikado’s troops will
push on to Mukden and probably to
Harbin.
Russians will continue to retire, as
they asy they will not offer any serious
resistance until the fighting forces get
into Manchuria.
The central military adminsitration
has already dispatched all guns and ar
tillery stores necessary for the rearma
ment of the Russian army in the Far
East.
In memory of the first American gov
ernment west of the Rocky mountains,
many people visited Champoeg May 2,
where 61 years before the Oregon pro
visional governmnet was established.
8peaking and other exercises were held.
A larger crowd was present than at any
time since the annual celebrations have BULOAklA MAYHAVB TO FK1HT.
been held.
^
Russia has issued orders forming a The Turkish Movements Are Regarded
third army^corps. ,
/
as Very Hostile.
The William C. Whitney mansion in Sofia, May 4.—Despite the fact that
New York has been sold for $2,500,000. the TurkiBh-Bulgaiian agreement has
been dratfed into a treaty and sub
In the battle on the Yalu the Japan Bcribed
by both powers, there is a
ese had 16,000 men and the Russians growing to feeling
here that Bulgaria has
30,000*-
been deceived by the sultan and'his ad
The trouble between the Santa Fe visers and that instedd of danger hav
road and its machinists is still far from ing been averted for good and all, the
settled.
conflict has simply been postponed for
time. As an indication that this
Plans for the government building at feeling
is shared by the higher Bulgar
the 1906 fair are likely to be delayed ian officials
the following facts may be
slightly. T
cited:
The lumber mills of Washington and In the past it has been customary to
Oregon will demand a rat« to the Mis giant
free leaves of absence to officers
souri river.
of the arihy during the spring and
Superintendent Potter, of the Che- early summer months and a large num
of ■ applications are now pending.
mawa Indian school, denies the ber
However, within a short time, several
charges made against him.
orders have been issued by the
Prince Outomaky of Russia who is at general
minister
war, the effect of which has
the St. Louis fair says the world does been to do of away
with all leaves for the
not understand his country.^
present, while all officers have been
Russians believe that while the Jap« ordered to bring their commands up to
anese are victorious tor the present, the highest degree of efficiency.
, This is held hy well informed Bul
Kouropatkin will trap them. 1
garians
mean that Bulgaria may yet
A iast train in Missouri was wrecked have to to battle
to retain her inde
by running into an open switch. Eight pendence. In conversation
with an
persons were killed and 16 wounded. officer of the Bulgarian general
staff,
Chile and Peru are said to be on the whose identity for obvious reasons can
verge of wa^.
not be revealed, the correspondent was
that it is generally recognised
Massachusetts has appropriated $16,« assured
that
war
cannot be averted, although
060 for the 1906. fair.
postponed
for
a time by the new treaty.
A Japanese squadron has been sight
ed near Vladivostok.
, How the Mines Were Laid.
A
It seems probable that the gold stan Port Arthur, May 4.—Details of the
dard will be adopted by Panama.
demonstrations off Port Arthur April
27 disclose the ingenuity of the Japan
The canal commission has about de ese.
Their squadron set afloat a .string
cided to have the waterway dug by con of connected
rafts carrying burning
tract. *
matter.
About
1:40 in the morning,
Ex-Presdient Kruger, of the Trans when five miles off
the combus
vaal, is very weak and constant care is tibles were fired, the shore,
wind
and waves
necessary.
bringing the burning floats toward tbe
Ambassador Cassini says of Russia harbor.
had expected war she would never have Under cover of this screen of fire
eight Japanese torpedo boats, towing a
evacuated China.
launch filled with ^ mines, slipped
8erious charges have been filed around
a spot near where the Petro-
against Superintendent Potter, of the pavovsx to was
sunk, but they were de
Chemawa Indian school.
tected by the Russian searchlights,
The monitor Wyoming and torpedo when the batteries opened fire and
boat destroyers Preble and Paul Jones drove them off, but not before the
will call at Portland on their way mines bad been placed.
The mines have since* been des
north.
troyed.
The Japanese, knowing that
Russia has nearly completed an ange- the Russians
intercept wireless
ntents for a French loan of $160,000,- messages, tried would
a
neat
trick to deceive
000 for three years one which 6 per and worry Viceroy Alexieff.
sev
cent interest will be paid. The gov eral nights in succession they For
sent
by
ernment will eetablidr a coaling sta wireless telegraph orders to prepare for
tion on the CaliforHa coast at Cali a landing, to send in fireships, to at
fornia City, Marin county.
tack with submarine boats, etc.
Congress has adjourned. The house
Away Opponents.
tendered Speaker Cannon a great ora Tokio, Sweep
May
4.—‘After
five days of
tion.
fighting, largely with artillery, the
The alleged attempts to blow up Rus first Japanese army, under General
sian warships at Nevesky is reported Kourki, has forced a crossing of the
Yalu river and drove the Russians from
te be false.
Tien Cheng and the heights on
Russins have suffered disastrous re- Chiu
the
right
bank of the Iho or Aida river,
. pulse on the Yalu.
which enters the Yalu from the north
A cave-in at a Spanish mine resulted almost opposite Wiju. The Japanese
in many miners being buried. Fifty turned the left flank of the Russian
position, and in the battle of Sunday
bodies
have -- already - been recovered.
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they
away the new front inter
The Russian foreign office has issued posed swept
by
the
Russians to check their
a circular to represenatives abroad, onward movement.
declaring that Russia will not accept
mediation to terminate the war, which
Aataag Burned and Deserted.
the circular declares was forced on her. Tokio,
May 4.—-The Russians were
Plans for issuing ihoney orders by forced to abandon Antung yesterday.
banks have been adopted by the execu Theiy burned the town and retreated to
tive council of the American Bankers' Fenghuan Cheng. The Japanese now
control the estuary of the Yalu.
association.
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FERNIE WIPED OUT
LOSS BY JAPANESE
FORCE THB YALU.
Pall
IV
ENTIRE BUSINESS PORTION IS DBS. Tokio, May t.—Ad vloes received hero ATTACK FORT ON THE YALU BUT
state that the Twelfth division of the
CANNOT TAKE IT.
TR0YED BY FIRE.
Japanese army forced a crossing of the
Yalu river above Wiju juat before dawn
Saturday morning. Tbe second pon
4ro Aloe Proves Too Heavy tor
Water
toon bridge across the river near Wiju 0 on beats
Which W est te fappoct of
Out — Less Will was
completed at 8 o’clock Saturday Troops—Submarine
Boat Reported to
MllUoa
night and the imperial guards of ths
Hate Sunk Transport and f l a t 600
I«
Car. Second division crossed during the
night.
Stocks.
The Russian left flank haa been Man Went Down.
turned and a general attack began at Lao Yang, April 29.—The Japanese
Vancouver, B. C., May 2.-—Fernie, dawn
by all the Japaneee bat
B. C., the principal coal mining town teries Sunday
on
the
sooth
of the river and troops, which crossed the Yaln north of
in the Orow’a Nest Pass district, was a flotilla of gnnboata side
co-operating
with Euitjiou (Tchangdjiou) charged during
practically wiped out, so far as its bus the army.
«
iness interests are concerned by fire at The Japaneee have the advantage of the night of April 26-27 the Russian
an early hour this morning. The en positions
and numbers and are confi position near Liavena, a village on the
tire business district of the town, front dent of routing
Manchurian bank of the Yaln. Theyr
the enemy.
ing on the Canadian Pacific railway
were repulsed, but their loss is not
tracks, was destroyed.
known.
The
News
Proa
St.
Petersburg.
The water supply was inadequate St. Petersburg, May. 3.—Tbe general Two gunboats steamed up the river
and soon gave out. Tbe distressed in staff
the support of the Japanese, when a
of the operations on the to Russian
habitants, after heroically struggling to Yalu account
field battery opened fire upon
Saturday it as follows:
subdue the flames, worked frantically “At river
them,
resulting
in a battle which
4 o’clock thia morning Japanese lasted for 20 minntes.
to save what they could from the stores field batteries
Tbe ^taaaian
and
47
guns
opened
a
in the path of the conflagration.
fire
was
too
hot,
and
the
gunboats
were
terrific
fire
on
our
position
at
Tnren-
The work of salvage accomplished, cben and our troops near Potientensky. forced to steam out of range.
there was nothing lor the people jo do “The overwhelming superiority ef
but look on kbilt the fire ate itself Japanese in artillery and the heavy
out, .although efforts were made by the the
Paris, April 29.—The St. Petersburg
losses their fire inflicted on onr troops correspondent*
volunteer fire brigade which resulted occupying
tbe Journal reports
positions made it clear that a Russian of submarine
in finally extinguishing the flames to General these
sunk s
that it was im Japaneee transport which boat
when they had died down sufficiently possible to Saasnlitch
was
convey
hold Turenchen. Conse ing 600 men to Cores, and that all the
to be handled by the fire fighting ap quently tlie troops
were ordered to re troops were lost.
paratus at hand.
tire
from
Turenehen
while still holding
The loss is this afternoon estimated ths Potientensky road.
at $900,000. How much' of that “ When General Sasaulitch dis ADVANCB5 MONBY FOR CANAL.
amount will fall as a loss is not yet patched his telegram the Russian
known, but it is asserted that the troops were retiring in good order from French Syndicate Desiree to Expedite
merchants were fairly well insured,
- Panama Deal.
and Schakhedzky to their Washington,
and that as a consequence the insurance Turenehen
April 29. — Attorney
second position, and the battle was
companies will lose heavily.
continuing
at
Potientensky
and
Tchin-
General
Knox
today
received cable
Fernie is a town of 3,600 to 4,000 |u .”
grams
from
Messrs.
Day
and Russell,
inhabitants, the population being to a
large extent composed of coal mineis
who went to Parle as his representa
and those dependent upon that indus WILL TRY TO KBBP FLBBT
tives to conduct the negotiations for the
try-
.
• l
canal property, to the effect
The hea^ offices of the Crow’s Nest Togo Wants No Moro'Ralda Made by tbe Panama
that
the
deeds of the property and all
Vladivostok Squadron.
Pass coal company are located at
Fernie, and the company is a "heavy St. Petersburg, May 3.—A dispatch other papers and effects, .which will
loeerfl
received here from Viceroy Alexieff belong to tbe United States nnder the
aaya:
transfer, have already been turned over
FIGHT FOR FAIR GOLD HMDS.
“The continued presence of the Jap to them, and that the pruchase price
anese squadron off Vladivostok has.con-
Heirs of tbe Widow Will Receive la the vinced the anthoritiee that Vice Ad of $40,000,000 haa been advanced to
Neighborhood of f 775,000.
miral logo has taken to heart tbe sharp tne canal company by a Paris syndi
New York, May 2.—It has just been lesson tanght him.through his failure cate of bankers. This syndicate, it in
learned that the terms of final settle to consider the possibilities of mischief understood, offers to pay over the
ment between the Fair estate and the by the formidable Russian division at money with a view to expediting the
heirs of Mrs. Charles L. Fair will en that port, and is now seeking means to consummation of tbe sale on the assnr •
tail a total payment to the Nelsons, of stop further raiding operations in the
New Jersey, representing Mrs. Fair, of 8ea of Japan. It ia evident that as ance of the Attorney General that the
nearly $776,000 exclusive of personal sood as the Japanese were informed of draft of the syndicate on the United
property estimated to be worth $60,- «the operation of the Russians in Coresn States for the $40,000,000 will be hon
waters, the government instructed Vice
000 or $60,000.
on presentation at the treasury at
It is understood that the Nelsons Admiral Togo to dispatch a strong ored
Washington.
have accepted #260,000 in cash as a squadron and send it to Vladivostok to
compromise for tXjir claims and that cut off the Russian ships and confine At the time the money was paid over
thé battle for the Fair millions is them to the harbor so they coaid do to the canal company in Paris, Major
ended. Besides this sum, they event no farther damage. The former pur Markbrooke,* of the engineer corps of
ually wifi receive approximately $100,- pose failed, owing to the celerity of the army, now in Colon, was authorised
000 additional. A# they received Rear Admiral Yessan’s movements.” formally to receive tbe papers on the
$425,000 on September 19, their total While there is no expectation that isthmus in the name of tbe United
inheritance frill amount to nearly Rear Admiral Yessan will risk an en States. Whether thia transfer has ac
$776,000.
__________________ counter with a superior force by put tually been made by the republic of
According to the same authority, the ting to sea, even on a raiding expedi Panama, the department of justice has
James G. Fair millions will be dis tion, it is said he is a bold, carefnl not been adviaed, but it is assumed it
tributed together with the Charles Fair commander and will spring surprises will be made within a day or two.
Messrs. Day and Russell are expected
estate in San Francisco within two upon the Japanese.
to return to Washington within the
weeks. Mrs. Oelrichs will leave for
next • ten days. ... ^
San Francisco this week to join her
FAIR QATBS OPBN.
sister, Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr.,
MAY MOBILIZE FOURTH ARMY.
who with her husband has already pro (treat Throng Witnesses
at
ceeded to the Pacific coast. By the
St. Louis Exposition.
Japan Evidently Means to Move on Vlad
terms of the settlement, it is said, Mrs. 8t. Louis,
May 2.—-The Louisiana
ivostok and Port Arthur.
Vanderbilt and Mrs. Oelrichs will re Purchase exposition
was
formally
ceive $2,000,000 each from the estate opened Saturday afternoon. The in London, April 29.—It is announced
of their brother. They will at the
exercises were simple and were from Shanghai this morning that the
same time receive some $8,000,000 as augural
carried
through without delay and third Japanese army, now mobilising,
their portion of tbe James G. Fair es without halt
or delay of any descrip will comprise the fifth division from
tate, which would have gone to their tion.
Hiroshima, the tenth from Hinieju,
brother, Charles, who was killed to
weather was without a flaw. and
gether with his wife automebiling in Tbe The handling
the eleventh from Zentsunji.
of tbe crowd, the guard Preparations
France.
are on foot to mobilise a
ing of inclosures and tbe police work
generally coaid not have been im fourth army abonld it become necee-
INDIAN LANDS WILL BB SOLD.
proved upon. This work was in the aary.
‘ .
Signs Bin for Disposal of hands of officers of tbe regular army, The destination of these armies is »
who directed the exposition guards in matter of considerable speculation here,
OraaS Reads Tracts.
duty.
though it is supposed that it may be
Washington, May 2.r--One of the last their
At
12:16
the
signal
was
given
to
bills signed by President Roosevelt was President Roosevelt that all things the intention to use them-against Vlad
or Port Arthur.
that authorising the sale of 26,791 were ready. In a few minntes came ivostok
No further light has been throwni
acres of unalloted lands on the Grand the answering tonch over the wire from upon
the operations on the Yaln and in
Ronde Indian reservation. Under the the White House. Thia officially
the
absence
of official dispatches little
terms of the bill these lands will be ad opeDed the exposition.
attention
is
paid
Rnsaian reports of
vertised within 30 days and sealed bids The crowd was fully as large as that Japaneee reverse« to which,
is believed,
therefor will be received by the secre which filled the grounds one year ago are spread with the motive it of
influenc
tary of the interior. No bids will be when the exposition buildings were ing the European money markets
in
accepted, however, until the “total dedicated.
favor
of
Rnsaian
financial
operations.
amount of all bids received shall equal
No definite news has been received
or exceed $28,600.”- which sum is to
Oregon Cannot dot Lands.
regarding the whereabouts of the Vlad
be paid to the Grand Ronde Indians on
Washington, May 3.—The secretary ivostok squadron, but the indications
a pro rata basis.
of tbe interior today confirmed tbe de are that it has regained the harbor.
Rasslaas Moving on Wonsan.
cision of tbe general land office cancel
Britain Loses Territory. ^ \
Paris, May 2.—The Temps’ corres ing two selections made by the state of London,
April 29.—The Associated
pondent at St. Petersburg telegraphs Oregon nnder lists 434 and 444 in lieu Press understands
of the most
as follows: . .A Russian column is about of school lands relinquished to the gov important results of that the one work
in East
20 miles from Wonsan, where tbe Jap ernment. Tbe selection nnder list 434 Africa along the Anglo-German Congo
is rejected because the lands assigned frontier, west of Victoria Nyansa, is
anese garrison has fortified itself. The as
base are within nnsurveyed town the discovery that the whole of Al
Vladivostok fleet supports the move ships.
other list is canceled be bert Edward Nyansa belongs to the-
ment of the Russians. Some skirmishes cause tbe The
lands
as base were made Congo Independent State. As a result,
have occurred on the right bank of the base for, a prior used
selection
of school in • Great Britain loses the valuable salt
Yalu, resulting favorably to the Rus demnity lands.
deposits north of Lake Albert Edward.
sians. Tbua far only the advance
It is also announced that the mouth of
guard of tbe Japanese has crossed the
Kagera river is in British territory.
Rasslaas Find Japs Laid Mines.
river, but the passage of the entire
Hitherto/it had been believed to be in
Paris, May 8.—According to the 8t. German
Japanese army is imminent.
territory.
Petersburg correspondent of the Echo
de Paris, specialists who have exam Russians Harass Chinese Villages.
Severe Weather Delay« Advance.
Liao Yang, Maf 2.—The delay of ined tbe spot where tbe battleship London,
29.—The Tientsin cor
the forward movement of the Japanese Petropavlovsk sank, declare the Japan respondent April
of the Standard sends a re
into Mancuhria is due to tbe excep ese had laid a large group of connected port that 40,000
Russians are harassing
tionally severe weather. It is rumored 1 mine«, each containing 80 pounds of the Chinese villages
west of theShuang
that there is considerable suffering lyddite, in Port Arthur roads. These Tai
8u
river,
midway
between Chin
have
now
been
found
and
removed
by
among the Japanese troops,"clue to the
Chau
and
Yinkcw.
!
the
Japanese.
intense cold and illness.
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