NEWBERG
COAL PIBR8 BURN.
GRAPHIC
Lackawaaaa Loses Five MllHoas In
at New York.
B. N. WOODWARD.
NEWBERG.................
FALL OF KINCHOU
OREGON
EVENTS OF THE DAY
of
of tfco Past Week,
to Provo
Attack on Port Arthoi is expected to
begin about Jane 20.
Clashes between Japanese and Rus
sian skirmishing parties continue.
General Kuroki is harassing Kuro-
patkin so as to give Oku a clear road to
Port Arthur. *
Mayor McLean, of Baltimore has
committed suicidg. No cause for the
act is known.
A bridge over the Arkansas river at
Salida, Colo., collapsed and four people
were drowned.
The Russians have abandoned Cheng
K o Chen Pan, Huang Shan and Liu
Shu Tun, moving in closer to Port
Arthur.
Fire in Cleveland, Ohio, destroyed
$100,000 worth of property. The prin
cipal loss w ill'b e that of the St. Clair
street school.
The czar is very much displeased
with both Kuropatkin and Alexieff and
it is said he would relieve them were it
not that he fears the effect of public
opinion.
I t is said an agreement has been
drafted whereby Germany promise*
armed support to Russia if necessary
to prevent England and the United
States from attempting to submit the
Far Eastern question to an interna
tional congress.
Senator Quay, of Pennsylvania, is
dead.
The Chinese are assisting the Japan-
in every way poseible.
The Presbyterian general assembly
w ill ask tbe senate to oust Smoot.
The Baltic fleet cannot be in shape
to sail for the Far East before October
at the earliest.
New York, June 1.— Seven freight
and coal piers of the Delaware, Lacka
wanna
Western railroad in Jersey
City were destroyed today by a fire
that started on the barge Allen C.
Churchill, which lay alongside pier 12,
on which a lot of barrels cf oil were
stored. The loss is estimated at $1,-
000,000. The flames spread rapidly.
Pier 12 was 800 feet long and was soon
ablaze its entire length, and the fire
men who were trying to fight the fire
from the shore were able to accomplish
but little.
The flames swept across to pier 11
and beyond, being finally checked at
pier 6, which is a new coal trestle,
steel-framed and iron-clad. Here the
firemen and fireboats made a despeiate
stand and stayed the advance of the
fire until tbe burning piers crumbled
and'fell into the water.
Although there was little wind,
sparks fell a ll along the water-front for
nearly a mile, endangering the Lacka
wanna station and even the Hamburg-
American and Bremen line piers, where
the firemen were kept busy playing
streams of water upon tbe blaze and
over the ships at their docks.
A number of canal boats and several
tugs were burned, the loss of small
boats being variously estimated at from
30 to 200. The number of freight cars
is not known, but the loss on this class
of rolling stock w ill be heavy.
Tbe
Lackawanna road moved its passenger
coaches out to the Meadows, and one
train of freight cars was moved out and
saved.*
Piers 11 and 12 were full of general
merchandise; piers 7, 8, 9 and 10 were
used for coal and pier 6 was a grain
loading pier. No person was seriously
injured.
Vice-President Loomis, of the Lacka
wanna, placed the total loss by the fire
at $6,000,000, based on the Original
cost of the piers burned, on the freight
stored on them and to some extent the
loss of bnsiness which must necessarily
ensue. I t also includes the burning of
the canal boats and barges thickly
moored between some of the piers
The Lackawanna company carries its
own insurance.
A
Death for Wlre-Cnttlng.
The Japanese loss in the battle of
Seoul, June 1.— M. Hayashi, Japan
Kinchou is placed at 12,000 and the
ese minister to Corea, has notified the
Russians are thought to have suffered
foreign office that the Japanese m ilitary
a heavier loss.
authorities are constantly complaining
The Presbyterian general assembly that telegraphic communication with
has decided for union with the Cumber General San is frequently interrupted.
land Presbyterian church by almost a The Japanese m ilitary authorities sus
unanimous vote. Tbe united church pect that the country people are cut
ting the lines at various unfrequented
w ill have a membership of 1,600,000.
places. M. Hayashi states that the
The Japanese are reported to have
Japanese emperor has issued a procla
followed the Russians and compelled
mation inflicting tbe death penalty on
them to abandon Nan Quan Ling and
all persons caught destroying telegraph
driven them from 8anchilipu, retreat
lines, and asks that the Corean govern
ing toward Port Arthur. The Japanese
ment take similar action.
have captured 60 cannon.
conference
The Japanese have captured the Rus
sian stronghold of Kincou.
Ten Pennsylvania miners were suffo
cated by fumes of gas in a tunnel.
Lee M. Travis, a young Eugene attor
ney, has been arrested on a charge of
pension frauds.
An Auburn, California, bank has
oeen robbed by a disguised man during
business hours.
Riots, in which the Jews are being
severely maltreated, are of daily occur
rence in Russia.
£1.
nnttary
Bxperta
Deemed
the Position
Impregnable—Advance on Felt Arth
ur Is Expected to Fellow at Once—
Russians Finally Bested la a tland-
to-tlaad Conflict.
Tokio, May 30.— After two days of
desperate fighting, the investment of
Kinchou has beoome a fact. The pre
paratory engagements of Sunday, Mon
day and Tuesday led to the final effort
i Wednesday to take the heights of
Kinchou, including the fortreee known
i the castle. An artillery engage
ment, beginning at dawn on Wednes
day morning, lasted five honrs, after
which period General Oku, command
ing all the army divisions, sent Lieu
tenant General, .Baton Kawamura, of
the Tenth, Twenty ninth, Thirty-ninth
and Fortieth regiments, to storm the
heights.
This was the beginning of
the great battle, which ended at 7
o’clock on Thursday night, when the
Japanese infantry, in a hand-to-hand
conflict, drove the Russian defenders
from the Nan Shan hill, said by m ili
tary authorities to be practically im
pregnable. From this h ill, Dalny is
absolutely at the mercy of the Japan
ese from the west, as are the hills lead
ing directly to the Port Arthur fortifi
cations.
W hile General Oku, through A d
miral Togo, ¿telegraphs that the Japan
ese loss was heavy in the two days
fighting, Tokio is wild with joy, and
the streets are filled with men, women
and children, marching in line be
hind bands, and all carrying lanterns.
The great triumph north of Port A r
thur lias confirmed tbe always strong
belief with the Japanese that their
soldiers are more than a match for the
Muscovite enemy. As all the dis
patches show that the Russians fought
with desperate valor, there is no doubt
also that their losses were heavy.
FBW BOOKED POR NOM a
Laboring Mea flavo Had Ui a pleasant Bx-
la tho North.
Seattle May SO.—A year ago 2,000
steerage tickets had been sqld by this
tim e on the Nome liners. Up to the
present time 600 fcav* been booked on
the first boats ou( of this port for the
North.
From these figures operators are
drawing the conclusion that there w ill
be a shortage of common laborers ;n
Nome daring the coming season.
In
view of the fact that the Council City
Solomon railroad w ill nse about 1,-
200 men during the season there is ap
parently some basis for the contention
that more men should be taken North.
Laboring men are not apt to flock to
ward Nome this year, for those who
went North last year had a hard seas
on. Most of them loafed abont Nome
without work, and the season Was so
short that those who found plenty of
employment did not make
much.
W hile there is promise of a long season
and mors work than nsual, laboring
men regard the situation as one that
only benefits the steamship companies.
A
IN FIRST DBORBB.
Normaa W illiam Found Oallty of Mur-
M i l Mil wife.
The Dalles, May 28.— Norman W il
liams, forger, bigamist, nxuricide and
murderer of women, sits in the shadow
of the gallows now. Last night at 8
o’clock the clerk read from a typewrit
ten piece of paper the fateful words:
" W e , the jury, find the defendant,
Norman Williams, guilty of murder in
the first degree."
Out of Norman W illiam s’ month
came the evidence which is to hang
him. " A self convicted murderer,”
Deputy District
Attorney
Wilson
called him, and tfuly it was the amaz
ing contradictions of W illiam s’ stories
as to when he last saw the murdered
Nesbitt women that fastened first the
suspicion and then the certainty of
guilt upon him.
Japan Wants Reply Soon.
London, Jane 1.— The Standard’s
Tientsin correspondent telegraphs that
Uchida, the Japaneee minister at Pe
kin, has demanded an immediate reply
to the inquiry previously sent to the
Wai-Wa-Pu as to whether China is
prepared to hold and administer the
territory the Japanese have conquered,
adding that otherwise Japan must ap
peal to other powers to undertake the
responsibility at the expense of China.
Minister Uchida has notified the Chi
nese government at Pekin that Port
Arthur w ill soon be captnred.
Russia May Favor tba Jaws.
8t. Petersburg, May 30.— Interior
Minister Von Plehwe has proposed to
the council of the empire an important
project for the repeal of the la a under
which Jews aie forbidden to reside
within 32 miles of the frontier. On
account ot the prevalence of amuggling
some years ago, the Jewish pale was
drawn back from the border. The
new departure is considered one of the
important steps in the execution of
Emperor Nicholas' ukase, issued in the
early part of 1903, promising freedom
of conscience to bés subjects.
Paid Dsarly lor klncboa Vic
tory-2,000 Russians Killed. .
Tokio, May $1.— The Japanese casu
alties at Nan 8haa are now estimated
at 3,600. Thu number of Russian guns
captured exceed 70.
W hile Japan paid heavily for her
victory she scored a sweeping and val
uable viotroy over the Russians, in cap
turing 67 guns, clearing the way to
Port Arthur and inflicting losses on the
Russians, which, in the end, are ex
pected to total 2,000 men.
I t is doubtful if the Russians w ill
stand again north of Port Arthur.
They retired from the field beaten, and
they failed to rally at Nan Qnan Ling,
where it was anticipated a second stand
would be made. '
Tbe desperate onslaughts of tbe Jap
anese on the heights of Nan Shan were
telling, for (he Russians left 300 dead
in the trenches there. A complete
search of the field is expected to show
a greater number of dead.
Nan Quan Ling was occupied yester
day morning by a force of infantry, ar
tillery and engineers under the com
mand of General Nakamura.
The
main Japaneee force spent Friday night
billeted in the villages • around Nan
Shan. The soldiers were greatly fa
tigued as a result of the constant fight
ing, but they entered with much spirit
upon the new operations.
A force fo Russians held San Chi L i
Pu station, which is northwest of Dal
ny, bnt the Japanese drove them out.
The Russians abandoned and burned
the station and retreated in the direc-
tion of Port Arthur.
"
The estimates of the Russians engag
ed in the defense of Kinchou, Nan Shan
h ill and the sonth shore of Talienwan
bay vary, bnt it ia evident that the
Russians drew for men from the forces at
Port Arthur and offered all the resist
ance possible. It is understood here
that Lieutenant General Stoessel, com
mander of the m ilitary forces at Port
Arthur, was in personal command of
the recent operations.
MASKING RBAL PORCB.
9
Russians Now m Object ot Mo
of Japanese Troops.
St. Petersburg, May 31.— The news
contained in the following dispatch to
the emperor from General Kuropatkin,
is all that was officially given out to
night :
"O n May 25 a Japaneee force con
sisting of a battalion of infantry and a
squadron of cavalry advanced on the
main road to Liao Yang, but was soon
compelled to retire toward Tkhonine-
nez.
" A second Japanese detachment, con
sisting of a battalion of infantry, at the
village of Dapu, in the A i valley, fired
heavily on our Coeaacka from 10 in the
morning until 4 in the afternoon, but
the Japanese infantry failed in an at
tempt to tarn the Coaeacka’ right flank
and intercept their retreat.”
'
W h ile the dispatch ia brief and bald,
it ia considered extremely significant.
The fact that the Japanese com
menced to advance along tbe main Liao
Yang road immediately they had forced
the neck of the Liao Tung peninsula
and cat off Major General Fock from
any co-operation with the Russians in
the north shows a thorough understand
ing between the Japanese commanders.
The authorities here believe the ad
vance from Feng Wang Cheng has only
been suspended, pending the elimina
tion of Fock’ s force, and they expect
that the advance upou Liao Yang w ill
now be pushed in earnest.
I t is evident that the continual shift
ing of and skirmishing by the advanced
posts of the Japanese around Feng
Wang Cheng have been merely success-
ful in masking the real force, consist
ing of the third army, which is mov
ing north from Taknshsn. It is ex
pected that this force w ill be hurled
upon Liao Yang, while the Southern
Japanese force is busy wtih Port Ar
thur.
The fact that there is almost a com
plete suspension of press messages
from Russian correspondents at the
front is taken to indicate that import
ant moveents are pending.
Ruaaiana Moat Seek Fort.
Russians Not Using Floating Mines.
St. Petersburg, May 31.— There is
no attempt here to disguise the fact
that the successful forcing of the neck
of Kwan Tung peninsula proper puts a
practical end to resistance to the enemy
until be reaches the actual fortifications
arpund Port Arthur. Although there
are many strong positions in the more
than 25 miles before the perimeter of
the fortress is reached, tbe authorities
admit that the Ruaaiana can offer little
resistance, and mast now retire within
tbe fortress and prepare for the final
struggle.
St. Petersburg. May 80.— A high au
thority at the admiralty said to the
correspondent of the Associated Press
today:' " I t is false to assert that the
Russians use floating mines. They are
not known in the Russian naval
service. The Japaneee need them con
stantly off Port Arthur.”
Washington, May 31. — Minister
Griscoin cables to the state department
from Tokio under today’s date that tbe
Japanese government declares tbe Liao
Tong peninsula from Pitsewo to Pul-
ientan to be in a state of blockade.
Two Dtvlatom of Float.
Paris, June 1.— The Echo de Paris’
St. Petersburg correspondent learn«
that the Baltic fleet w ill leave in two
detachments. The first, consisting of
four battleships, is due to ¿tart June
24.
The battleship Oris Will be re
Inspectors recommend that Superin
floated.
The dynamos, the only part
tendent Pottor, of tbe Chemawa Indian
school, be retained, but repremanded of her machinery seriously damaged,
w ill be changed.
for lax methods.
r< Viceroy Alexieff insists that Kuro
patkin fight instead of retreating to
Harbin. The latter claims he has not
men enough.
JAPANESE COMPEL RUSSIANS TO RE
TREAT TOWARD PORT ARTHUR.
CAVALRY W ILL BB 5BNT.
Major Langfitt has asked that Oregon Marines Could Accomplish Little la a
^ Rough Country.
be allowed $60,000 out of the emergen
cy river and harbor appropriation.
Washington, June 1.— High officials
of
the administration are considering
Black smallpox, brought from the
the
expediency of making war on the
Orient, has stirred the people of V ic
Moroccan
bandits if France declines to
toria, B. C. A passenger from one of
land
troops
and assume responsibility
the liners died of the disease soon after
for the bandits' punishment. These
reaching shore.
Officials have discussed the best method
The new explosive used by Japan is of procedure and have reached the con
a surprise to all m ilitary experts. I t clusion that nothing but cavalry ac
seems the strongest known, piercing the customed to campaigning in a moun
heaviest armor plate easily. Its menu tainous country would be of service.
facture is a profound secret.
I t w s r at first suggested that several
hundred
marines should be landed at
Four men entered a Chicago store
Tangier
and
mounted. They would be
ene block from the Central police sta
sent
in
pursuit
of the kidnappers of Ion
tion and compelled the six clerks and
14 customers to stand back while they M. Perdicaiis and his stepson. This
robbed the cash register. They secured was considered inadvisable, as the
marines would not be experienced in
$386.
that kind of warfare. I f an expedition
Senator Quay's condition is now crit- is sent it w ill comprise trained cavalry'
isal.
men from the United States.
The president and general staff think
The Good Roads convention in 1006
this
government should send an armed
w ill be held in Portland.
expedition after the brigands. Secre
Premier Combes, of France, says tary Hay and other administration
papacy must not meddie in internal officials discourage the idea and • think
affairs.
France should take the necessary steps.
The secretary of the interior has de There has been no intimation, however,
cided that Oregon has no title to K la that France w ill do this, but M r. Hay
feels sure that she w ill take action be
math reservation swamp lands.
fore Great Britain or tbe United States
The news of tbe fa ll of Kinchou was
sends an armed force into the sultan’ s
first published in Russia while the peo
country.
ple were celebrating the coronation of
the caar.
The Methodist general
has adjourned.
—
LOST 3,500 MEN.
Declared a State of Blockade.
YAZOO IS IN ASHES
ENTIRE BUSINESS SECTION OF MIS
SISSIPPI CITY LAID W ASTE
Raged Proa Early noralag UatU
Night, Water Supply Belag
qaate—Loss la Bathaated at
31,000,000 to $2,000,000—Over Two
Handrod Buildings
Jackson, Mias., May 27.— Fire in
Yazoo City today destroyed every busi
ness house of any Importance, together
with a large nnmber of private resi
dences, the principal hotel and the pas
senger station.
The fire started at 8:30 this morn
ing, and burned until 5 o ’clock this af
ternoon, destroying 200 buildings. The
burned distirct is three blocks wide
and 12 blocks long. The estimates of
the loss are between $1,600,000 and
$2,000,000.
The water supply was inadequate
and efforts to stay ths flames were fu
tile. A citizen named Chambliah wae
killed by falling walls and Mayor
Holmes was severely hart, his con
dition tonight being reported as pre
carious.
In the afternoon the fire spread to
Latonia, a residence district, where it
destroyed some of the finest homes.
The Yazoo county courthouse and the
Ricks memorial library escaped des
truction, and the vaults of the banks
and the poet office protected their treas
ures.
Yazoo C ity is 40 miles distant from
Jackson, and has 6,000 inhabitants.
Some Put Less at $3,000,000.
Jackson, Miss, May 27.— I t is im
possible tonight to place an accurate es
timate upon the loss entailed by tb e
fire, but it is thought that the total
w ill be between$2,000.000 and $2,600.-
000. Some estimates are even as high
as $3,000,000. The total insurance ie
between $800,000 and $1,000,000.
W ILL EXPLORE LAKE COUNTY.
Surveyors are to L e a n
lor Irrlgatloa.
Possibilities
Washington, May 27.— At the re
quest of Senator M itchell, a reconnais -
ance party w ill proceed late in June to
make an investigation of the central
part of Lake county, Oregon, with a
view to ascertaining whether there is a
leasable location for the construction
of a large irrigation work by the gov
ernment. Senator M itchell describee
this district as having a fine climate,
where all cereals, fruits and vegetables
that are cnitivated in any part of Ore
gon grow abundantly, and where there
is a large body of fine agricultural land.
The Cheqnican river, which flow »
through this section, is reported to
fnrnish an ample supply of water for
reclamation of nearly, if not quite a ll,
these lands. It has been reported to
8enator M itchell that reservoir sites
can be secured to hold flood waters a t
different points along ths stream. Aa
Lake County has contributed largely to
the arid land fund, citizens of that dis
trict are exceedingly anxious that thia
project aball receive early considera
tion.
FINDS NO FRAUD.
Jury la tbe Poatofftca Case Clears Ty-
aer and Barrett.
Washington, May 27.— W ithin 22
minutes of tbe retirement of the jnry
in tbe case of James N. Tyner and
Harrison J. Barrett, tried on chargee
of conspiracy in connection with their
duties as law officers of the Postoffice
Department, a verdict of not guilty
was returned. The throng which filled
the courtroom throughout the argu
ments to the jury hardly had time to
leave the building before the jury wae
back and the foreman announced that
a verdict had been reached.
General Tyner appeared greatly ex
cited as he attempted to face the jnry,
and when the verdict was returned, he
broke down completely. Several o f
tbe jurors wept with him, and all o f
them shook bands with him.
The Tyner Barrett case was began
on Msy 2 and has been before the conrt
19 fall days.
Ratals to Oreatly Enlarge Navy.
St. Petersburg, May 27.— Despite
the fact that the details are being kept
secret, it has been learned that the lat
est Russian naval program is of the
most extensive ever planned by the na
tion. Tbe special committee recently
appointed by the czar has given orders
for the immediate laying down of an
unusually large number of vessels o f '
every type, including many sub
marines. A nnmber of vessels are
daily being maneuvered outside o f
Kronstadt, paying especial attention
to torpedo practice and gunnery.
Carrying Submarines In Sections.
Moscow, May 27.— A long train
passed through here early this morn
ing, carylng three recently bnilt sub
marines in sections, which are for
service either at Port Arthnr er V lad i
vosto k . Great secrecy was x.aimained
in shipping the craft, and none bnt
employes were permitted in the sta
tion prior to ths departure of the
train.