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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 12, 1904)
GIRL IS HANGED Charged Willi Treason Against Russian Government. ONLY EIGHTEEN YEARS OP AGE Said to Have Placed Seditious Pamphlets In Supplies Sent to Soldiers at the front. London, Aug. 5. According to tlio St. Poteisbuig correspondent of th Dally Telegraph the youngest dntightei of Professor Mersheyeffesky, tho well known Itussian educator, Las just lieon hanged in the fottress nt Sulilusselburg for high trenson. Every effort has been mndo by the Kuslan authorities-to keep tlio mutter from tlio public ue cause of tliu outbtust of Indlgmttion which followed the banning of another young student for an nlleged attempt on the life of the cinr some months ago. Tho correspondent stntes, howpver that it has been learned that tho girl, whllo assisting tho empress some weeks ago to pack a quantity of sni plies for tho troops at thu front, chiefly reading matter and delicacies, smug gled into tho packages a number of tcditious pamphlets which were not discovered until some of them had got into thu hands of tho soldiers. When accused the young woman is said to hnvo admitted her guilt and to have declared that she gloried in the deed. Rho was court mattialcd, found guilty of treason and promptly hanged. No announcement of the punishment has not been made in tho Ollicia1 Jour nal, nnd now none is expected to bo. Tho young woman was but 18 years old, and the government Is condeii nrd for its action, as it is believed that sho was but tho tool of older conspirators. icc cut orr. rrcsh Meat Will Dc Scarce In Chi cago as a Result. Chicago, Aug. 6. The threatened spicad of the stoekards strike to out side industries came tonicht, when an order was issued by the Teamsters' un ion foridding drivers of ico wagons to make any deliveries to retail butchers, who, since the packing house teamsters went on strike, have been handling meat from the packing houses in their own wagons. As the refrigerators in most markets do not hold enough ire to last longer than 48 hours, tho order to cut off the supply of Ice, if it can bo forced, means that many persons In Chicago will In- compelled to forego fresh meat. OH1- cers of the teamsters union Itavo ap pointed pickets to watch retail markets all over Chicago with instructions to eeo that the boycott is carried out. Outside of the. decision of tho strik ing unions to extend the strike to the ice men there was little change from yesterday in the situation at the stock yards. With their new employes and those that have deserted the unions the packers managed to dispose of fully 60 per cent as much work as is carried on under normal conditions. SURROUNDED ON THREE SIDES. Kuropatkin Must Move West or Surrender. Niu Chwang, Aug. 6. The report that Haicheng has fallen is premature. The Russian troops have only been driven back to their inner intrench ments, which they now occupy with o.er 75,000 men. A detachment of 2,000 Japanese with large supply trains, is leaving here for Haicheng, where the greatest battle of the war is expected to open tomorrow. General Kuroki, with 100,000 men, is now behind the Itussian forces; Gen eral Oku, with an army of 60,000 men, Is on their front, whilo flanking them on the left is General Nodzu, with his division of 60,000 men. If Genoral Kuropatkin is dofeated in this battle, he must cither move west ward or surrender. Tlio foreign military attaches are with the second army on the way lot the front to witness the battle. The ItuB-lan troops at Port Arthur have been driven hack to the laht line of tiieir defenses. Trie Japanese at tacking force has 350 guns in action. Alaska Boundary Survey. Vancouver, Aug. 5. For thepurposo of inspecting the work of tho survey parties engaged in establishing tlio boundary lino between Canada and Alaska, the two boundary commission ers representing Canada and the United States are here en route to the north. O. II. Tlttamann, superintendent of the United States coast and geodetic survey, is the American commissioner; Canada's interests are in the hands of Professor W. F. King, chief astronomer of Canada. These two commissioners will remain in tho North two months. Driven Back by Warships. Tokio, Aug. 6. Twelve torpedo des f troyeis, four torpedo boat destroyers j and some gunboats emerged from tho ' harbor nt Port Arthur on tho night of j August 1, but-were driven baj;jr again ' by tho JapaneW'warBhipB on guard outside. HAWAII NOT A DIMCi. United States Treasury Unrlthcd nt Minor Outlay. Sacramento, Cnl., Aug. 0. In nn In terview today, Governor U. O. Carter, of tho Hawaiian Islands, said to a rep resentative of tho lice: "Tlio annexation of tho islands to the United States has not been a com mercial success, so far as tlio islands are eouceriu-d. Since mo have been United States territoiy we have not mnde gieat progress. One reason for this is because tho laws by which we are governed aie not suited to thu country. For instance, wo have to obey the United States law nnd cannot rent government land lor a period of more than live years nt a time. As it takes from two to four years to raise n crop in our climate, we cannot II ml anybody that will rent land for such a shoit period as live jears. Thus we are deprived of a big income from gov ernment land. "Since we have leeii annexed con gress has never dredged our lurbor. It is filling up and thus revents the landing of the 'nrgest vespels. As a result of this our trntllc is falling off. Wo have dio lged the harbor at our ex pense since wo have been annexed, but unless it is dredged again we will lose much of our trade. "Annexation has cut off all of our internal revenue. On the other hand, from Undo Sam's point cf view, an nexation has been n decided success, Over 14,250,000 has Wen paid into the United States treasury from the Is lands. Tlo wLole rost of annexation was only t4.000.000." riLL ALL ORDERS. Chicago Packers Say Plants are Doing Well. Chicago, Aug. 0. in a statement given out tonight by tho packets, tho report that negotiations aro In progress to bring about another conference be tween the packers and tho labor lead ers is declared to lie unfounded. The packers assert that theio is not the slightest possibility of further confer ences with the strikers. According to this statement, the pro gress making at the plants is satisfac tory to all tlie packers; more men are employed daily; nil routracls and cur rent orders are tilled and there is a normal supply of beef, mutton nnd provisions at all plants in tho United States, while inlet are made at lower prices than before tho strike lxgan. In a table accompanying the state ment it is shown that tho total number of men at work tonight at all points is more than 20,000. With this number of men at work the packers say they shipped 831 carloads of fresh meats from all points yesterday. Beyond trying to enforce the order foibidung the delivery of Ire to retail ers who have been hauling meat from the stockyards themselves since the teamsters' strike, the strikers did little today. Up to date the ice supply of 100 retail markets has been mt off. rooDSTurrs not contraband. United States Will Not Recede Trorn Position Once Taken. Washington, Aug. 0. Tho stato do- partment Is in telegraphic communica tion with its agencies abroad lestiecting the Itussian seizures and destruction of American goods, but it is not yet ready to define precisely its position as to tho whole subject of seizures. These ex changes are not confined to St. Peters burg and Washington, but are In tended to develop the purposes of the governments of other nations, and par ticularly of Great Britain and Ger many, whose shipping has suffered moio than that of any other. It is said here that the precedents already established in the Spanish and Hoor wars, as woll as in the operations in China during the black flag uprising, have woiked so satisfactorily and lutve received such universal approval that under no circumstances will America now rccedo from tho doctrine that food stuffs not directly intended for the use of a belligerent army or navy cannot bo regarded as contraband. No Second Trial or Ohio. Snn Francisco, Aug. (J. Tho bat tleship Ohio will not bo given another trial, ifngincer ICobert rorsytho, who had charge of the machinery of the Ohio, states that the in u-hinery work ed without a hitch, and that tho fail ure to make the required speed was due solely to the tidal conditions, Tho horsepower developed was over 2,000, inoro than tho contract called foi, Tho stakebouts Fortune, Preble, Paul Jones and Undllla returned today from the south, but the Annapolis will not ar rive hero until tomorrow. Payment on Cuban Loan. Havana, Aug. II. Manuel Uospalgno, fiscal agent for the Cuban government, in a cable dispatch from New York to day says that flpeyer & Co. have paid htm 110,000,009 O. the 135.000,000 Cuban loan. PULL RETREAT The Russian Army Is Hurry iiuj to Harbin. JAPANESE AKEVEHY ACTIVE Empty Cars Being Hushed South Llao Yong Troops to Be lie- moved us fust as Possible. Toklo, Aug. 3. -Alter two days' lighting, General Kuroki lias defeated tho itussian forces In two separate ac tions fought at Yushullkzu nnd the Yangso Pass. St. Peteisbuig, Aug. 3. A report from nn apparently tollable source late last night was to the cfteefthat General Kuropatklu's main force had In en rap idly moving north for several days. According to this report no troops proceeding to the front from Itussla had gone past Harbin in the punt three days. They will be detained there mid every available piece of rolling block will bo rushed south empty (or the re moving of troops to I.lao Yang mid other points to thu northward, leaving a skeleton force to contest tho Japan eso advance on vital Hsltinns. If It Is true, an pointed out in the foregoing, it leaves the llusslnu foices In an exceeding serious position. Lacking definite Information, and If thu Kusslan Information has not been broken by the capture of Stmoucheng, tho authorities here say that If Kuro patkin accepts a general engagement they believe it will occur near. Vun.-han shan, half way between Haicheng and I.ino Yang, in which case the Hafrheiig force will fall back on the Slmoucheiig force under General Mltschcnsko, on the northward road to Yansalln, which is already fortified, with a view to such a contingency. Ynnsnlln would then become thu advanced position for Ansehant-chau, the natural strength of which Is shown by tho fact that it was the only posi tion the Chinese successfully defended Hgainst the Japanese. It is potilble that If Slmoucheiig is evacuated it may bo in pursuance of tho above pl.in and it is nlso possible In thin case that General Stukelboig may get away north, but in any euro Ills retieat with General Oku hanging to his rear must be h dilllcult nitration, own with the rullw-vy to help him, KUROPATHIN'S ARMY CRIPPLED. Losses Have Been Heavy During the Past Tew Days. Tokio, Aug. 3. It is reported at the war ofllce that tho result of the fight ing which has boon In progress In tho vicinity of Haicheng since last Wednev day will he a sweeping victory. Whilo a number ofolllclal communications from the commanding oflicers havo been received, their contents are care fully guarded for tho present. It is believed, however that tho re lief columns have lieon divided by a successful outflanking movement nn the part of General Kurokl's army, whieli turned the Itussian (lank. Tills move ment Is believed to havo reunited in tho Isolation of Lieutenant General Stakelberg's divisions and t hoy aro now believed to be practically surrounded by the victorious Japanese General Kuropatkin is understood to he endeavoring to withdraw the rem nants of his scattered army toward Mukden nnd Japanesa ollicurs. who should know exactly what the condit ions aro In Manchuria, declare thu' both Llao Yang and Mukden must fall wililn a very short time. Tho Russians' losses within tho past flvo days havo lieen such as effectively weaken General Kuropatklu's army so that the Japanese combined forrei aru now much moiu than a match for Un crippled Itussians opposed to them. At last uccounts fierce lighting was still In progress with everything pointing to ultimate and complete Jupanesu suc cess, Search to Proceed, St. Petersburg Aug. 3. Tho govern ment has Issued an olllclal announce ment of thu release of the steamer Ma lacca, which was seized In thu Ited sen by the Itussian volunteer lleet cruisers. It states that thu liberation of tho ves sels was due to tho declaration by tjio British government that the cargo was tho property of the state, but savs It must not bo deducted from this fuct that tho impel lul government abandons Its intention of sending oat Isolated cruisers as well ns warships generally to search for contraband ol war. Arabia's Trial In Progress. St. Petersburg, Aug, 8. Tho Asso ciated Press is informed at the .foreign olllco that tho trial of tho Arnbla is now progressing at Vladivostok nnd that It will have to be completed bo foro the question of her idea bo can bo determined upon, POUTS HOLD OUT. Churning Japanese Driven Hath at port Arthur. Chefoo, Aug. l.A desperate threo days' assault on the Inner defenses, on thu northern and eastern sides of Port Arthur, has failed, according tu advices brought by two Junks which arrived heiu today. A Itussian who escaped from Port Arthur via Pigeon Hay, tlio night of July 20, states that the earth tioinbied undet the terrillo canuoundlug which begun at 4 a. m., July 20, and ended during the night of July 28, when the the battle censed. A Chinese who has arrived hole on a separate Junk coiillims the Huiodnu's statement that the Itussian killed nnd wounded during tlm assault uumhoied between o.OOO nnd It 000. The JnHUicsn In their repeated ns. snults ngalust the enstein forts on the hills, through barU-d wire ontnnglo. ments und over mines, displayed faimtl enl bravery. They were mowed down by tlio hall of shells and bullets nud the explosion of mines under their feet. Their losses nre estimated nt 20,000. The Husslnu declares that the Itn-. sinus held all the eastern huts leading to Golden Hill nud that the Japanese, haltered and exhausted, retired to tlm eastward. As related by the passengers of the two junks, the Japanese ndvnuce, which began from Kwoknu Jieforo daybreak, July 20, was directed against Klkwnu, Klukiuii, Kiukishnu and Pchoushnu forts, lying near shore. Thu Itussian outKsts were dtlven back. In the meantime Admiral Togo shelled the forts at long rauiie. but the return Urn of the foits kept his ships at a safe dis tance, rendering the cMieratlonof the lleet Ineffective, On the morning of July 27, the Itus sin ii licet steamed out, keeping under the protection of the Golden Hill gnus. Thu Itussian vessels did not lire on the Japanese and soon returned to their anchorage. Tlui nn-nult on the northern side of tlio city iK-euirrd July 2". The Jawu emi left nt llslknti advanced on the ItuiHtlat s nt Shlnihl Ylng, hut were repulsed. The junks were within hearing ills, tunc! foi three da) s after leaving, but no morn tiring wat, heard. Tlm ItUMsUu hospitals nt Port Arthur nre said to Ik swnmped. Thousands of wounded are lying In house kihI sIiomi of the Chinese, the ow item having Ihoii evicted, with the exception of one who nets ns earetnkeroleach placo. Medical attention is Inadequate. TALC ONLY HALt TOLD. No Account Yet or the Battle That Took Place August 2. St. Peteisburg, Aug. 4. Allowing for tho Inevitable conflict In names, tho Japanese and Itussian reports set-in to agree on the main points of tlm mili tary developments up to August 1, but both slop short at their Interesting point, namely, regarding what happen ed on August 2, when It Is possible that a decisive struggle was going on east and south of I.lao Yang. Tho usual crowds wero assembled around the bulletin boards outside the olllco of tho general staff until long after midnight awaiting further official details, but nothing was given out ! yond General Kuropatklu's two otlloinl dispatches. It Is evident from these dispatches and thu Japanese roMrts that the Russians abandoned Yarigse Pass, falling luck on I.lnndliisin, a strong defensive position in the hills 24 miles southeast of I.lao Yang. General Kuropatkin admits that there were heavy losses along the Snlmtsze-I.lao Yang road July 31. The olllclal account In somewhat Incon clusive, but Indicates that although the Itussians withdrew from their ad vuueed osts Kuropatkin IiohiI to Ik able to hold his main pcslsllous even in thu face of the superior Japanese force und tliut ho evidently expected heavy fighting along this line, probably about Aiiplug. This battle pomilhly was proceeding August 2, although tho dispatches loport that all was quiet up to noon of August 1. In tho meantime a serious envelop ing movement of tho Jupauemi divis ions was maturing around the Itussian luft at Huleheug where there was also heavy fighting July 31. No news has been received from Port Atrhur. New Battleship's Speed. Washington, Aug. 4. Hear Admiral Whiting, who loproeontod tho govern ment aboard tho battleship Ohio, which was given her preliminary speed trial in Santa Durham channel yester day, reported to thu navy department by telegraph today that the uncorrected figures for thu Ohio's trip showed an average speed of 17.H knots per hour, These figures aro subject to changu on account of tldul allowances Under tho terms of tho contract, the Ohio Is to muko 18 knots an hour. Transports for Baltic Squadron. Copenhagen, Aug. 4. A Itusslun agent hus arrived here with tho object of purchasing large transports to no company tho Baltic squadron to thu Far East. ASSAULT IS 0i Japanese Commence (tenure Attach on Port Arthur. RUrlOlt 0P TALL 01' THE CITE Ammunition (Irowlug Scurtc urJ the Big duns In Beleaguered furls urc Not fired (Mien. Chefoo, Aug. 1. HofugiH's who hm just arrived from Port Arthur confln! previous reports that a general nmnu has lieon begun by the JnxiiieiNMiitlii! forties, nud they declare that tlm Itu sluiis are sanguine that the Jinn, could not succeed III rapturing place, even though they had Uc many troops, The Itusslnns, according to tlm rt. gees' stories, mo stilt hoping for urn from General Kuropatkin, I hoy n unwilling to Mlrvo tho report- of bl defeat nt Ta iohe Mao. I he relii-t. further coullrm the reports that It KumIuii fleet Is In n state of repair, U they say that the lleet Is unwilling! attack Hut of Admiral Togo, en t, count of the mines which the Jsp-m plare nightly nt the entrance toll harbor. It was believed at Port Aithur l If either the Vladivostok squadron relnlorcen nt from General Kuro kin should nrrlve, tlm ItusiUu 11' would take the risk of going out Ammunition Is snld to ho grow scnice, and targe fort guns are not oh discharged. Attempts to mnnufscti ammunition in Port Arlhui am nite ported to have Iwen failures, K All of the public buildings am Uulw used for hospitals. The slrk iiKI wounded are Iwlng well rated for lw volunteer nurse. The wouudi nuJiR by the Japanese rltlrs am danrrvoljj only when vital sjMits am restUfjjp Hundreds of badly wounded lu-fsS quickly reentered from their wounds, tii An Aiunilraii named Holt iei that Lieutenant Newton A. Mct'ul the Amor I run naval attache, im Port Arthur, Is well. LAWS NEEDED TOR ZONE. Panama Domain Not fully a Part t? the United Mates. Washington, Aug. 1 ('mtrullrr w the Treasury Trarewell, in an opinke? today defining the authority rf US Panama Canal couiiiiImIou regsnllrcj: disbursements and the relation oiJlSj ransl zone to the United States, lio&X that, while tho "general spirit og puriioro" of the constitution nprJijjJ cabin to thu lone, that domain Is nottti part of tho United Stales within Ir "full meaning of the constitution st the laws of the country." la lie said that until congress by rjtfjj pirss legislation shall havo prrcrltQ tho fotin of government of the tou the will and sound discretion of Uffij president and his lominlislon will J( iroi, iiiojrci oniy to inn general spir ami ptirxo ol the constitution, ti the local revenues of the sone shall handled In accordance with such rod as thry may authorize, ADVLSCD TO STAY AWAY. No Protection for Men Not Wanlc at Cripple Creek. Cripple Creek, Colo,, Auu. 1 KlicM iff Kdward Hell will nutfgiinraritro ftoi lection to any iierson who hss M it driven from this district lccauro of hit alliance or sympathy with the Wcilfin l-eileintlon of Minora. He made tnu plain today when he received a im-irii from Patrick Carvel, one of the lmn-i diods deported after tho lndeeii(lt'ae depot ilynamlta outrsuo. P.u..l 1. ...-. ., rv .1 -.1- fllu .rJl notified Sheriff Hell that ho wished 1 shed !- im Mr i If th9 lirotrft!? return to thu district nud resume residence hole, and would do so I authorities would guarantee to protect J" him from violence. Sheriff Hell not only Informed Car-! vol that ho would not guarantee to pie-g u-ct him Irom harm, but strotiuly vised him novel to return to the dli-f! trlct. Mlncworkcrs Threaten Strike. Philadelphia, Aug. 1. ThoiolsgrsTtN fear that tho exiu-iillvn ln.nril ill il'-l trlct No. 1, United Mlnewnrkeis, will ordur a strike Involving npproxiiuMclrj (u.wimj men, wnen It meets in npeci Session hero Mmulnv. In emiHlder til quentlou of the refusal of tht coal coic-B: pantos to deduct (heck wclghmHi'w wages. I( the strlku Is ordered, It wm probably affect tho whole nnthraclU region, as the companies seemed to I ruiiiiiiiieii in resisting tlio uoinanu claiming It Is taulummiiit to a recegni Hon of tho union. 9 Kliltnn Ttil.t-tt III IWflfl .. IHIIVtl IVSfl Tangier, Aug, 1. Tho British cruls- ur jionuiouu in rived touluht. vucom lug to news from Fe the sultan Is col iititiim. , i.i.. ......... ..I.,.. ... i in vv.m'k .. iK hi ill OIllHWIO VVKt "J Imperial tent has nliendy boon pitched uuisiuo mo wniiH or Km. whin i isiascu . , ,, .... i ' i iiiuicaio mat tlio miltnn will person' ally lend his foices against tlid pretend it, who is nctivo in thu districts oi i ami ujua. B i M SttV