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( 't' s7: his? - f rxa omcuL and liadino rxrca OP C2LLUM COUNTY. C? ANY PAJT2 El TU2 CC'J?TFT. CONDON OBE rsaUafcea If try TkrOT Vy S. A. Pattlcon . tditoi eed rroprWiat. ADTEBTISOtO KATXC Projan&ua&l mj-U L0 pwttcau Caawtnaro l.patnaia On-qtiartcrDlaaa. ,. 1M aunt. 0a-au eoltuaa. t M put mttmtik Ob aoiiu&a. mm maaik Baatnaai tMtla win leanrd l eaats m J1". Ban lumtUoa aa4 r lis IVMCBirTlOM BATBI. om rw (t mium) tu tl Bel ta MUN. t.M ttaSMatka. 1.9 TataeaMata , M Ut! adrartiavaMata win ia aU mi Va ehf4 w tii. pw raHa tta.at, atlct taxa, and paia fan heiota U.u u lu;.u VOL. XIV. CONDON, GIULLAJX CO., OHTGON, THUHSDAY, SEPTEMBEIi 1, 1001. NO. 23. WEEK'S DOINGS Newsy Items Gathered from All Parts of the World. Or INTEREST TO 0U& EEACEfiS General Review of Important Happen. pcnlfls Presented In a Crkf a 54 Condensed Eorm. The Russians have repulsed the Jananes at aeveral points la tbe uao valley. The Japanese are preparing for a great battle at uao Yang and heavy guna are on tba way. All la quiet at Shanghai and tba Incident of tba disarmament of tba Russian ablpa la closed. Georgia militiamen declare tba sheriff waa In collualon with tba nob which lynched negroes. The effort of the Chicago alder manic ommmlttee to end the packers' atrike haa come to naught. It la stated that the Corean aov em inent baa agreed to engage Japanese advisors and borrow money to carry out uiucu needed reforms. Placards are being acattered In Tslnanfu Province, China, urging the massacre of the "foreign devils." The native Christians are fleeing. The Japanese war office baa con cluded that Tort Arthur cannot be taken by direct assault and baa order ed that no attacks be made which would entail heavy loss. The mining congreoa may be post poned for a year. The Russians really command three forta of any Importance at Port Ar thur. A big battle la raging near Uao Yang in which tba Japanese are at tacking. The two laat assaulta of the Japan ese on Port Arthur are reported to have coat them 13,000 men. The O. R. A N. steamers between Portland and Ban Francisco are to be run Independent of the railroad. Three persons loat their Uvea and a number of othera were Injured In a tornado which swept a New York pic nic ground. The Russian fleet at Port Arthur la engaged In clearing away the floating mines and It la believed It la prepar ing to make another daab. Great Britain baa been asked by Russia to aend warships to locate volunteer erulaeca and deliver orders prohibiting stopping of ships. The state department cannot col lect claim a of owners of goods on the Arabia, and baa advised them to ap peal from tba decision of the prise court Oregon again leada all other states In the sale of public landa. A Rock Island train waa derailed near Princeton, Mo., and 46 persons Injured. Disguised horsemen In Crook coun ty destroyed a band of 1,000 thorough bred aheep. Lloyd'a agent at Nlu Chwang re porta that Uao Yang la likely to fall at any time. The British consul at 8banghal haa ordered Russia to atop repairing ablpa In that port Japan la said to be treating lta prisoners of war with great consid eration and allowing them many lib erties. Mrs. Maybrlck waa met on her ar rival in New York by a throng of cur ious people, but aha refused to aay anything. General Chafca aaya that so long aa be la In command the army head quartera of the Columbia will remain at Vancouver. A portion of the British preaa de mands that navy aweep the sea of Russian cruisers If diplomacy cannot prevent their atopplng ships. The ciar haa ahown hla Joy over the birth of an heir by abolishing cor poral punishment, liberal treatment of Flnlandera and In divera other waye. Mrs. Maybrlck haa arrived In New York. The losa by the tornado at St Paul will reach $2,600,000. Late reporta from Port Arthur aay the fort haa all but fallen. Souvenir Lewie and Clark colna will be ready early next month. - The Japanese continue to sacrifice thousands of Uvea at Port Arthur. A Santa Fe paaaenger train waa de railed near Topeka and alx persona In jured. The Russians estimate that the alege haa already coat the enemy 28,000 men. A hurricane awept over Watertown, 8. D., killing two people and Injuring many othera. Great damage waa done to property. The Russian cruisers Grombol and Rossla are fast being repaired at VTadl vostock and will soon be ready to as sume the offensive again. John Elland, a wealthy sheepman of New Mexico, haa fallen Into the hands of brigands In Mexico, where he went on business. A heavy ransom la de manded for hla release. A mob of 600 burned a negro at Ce dartown, Ga., for the assault of a 13-year-old white girl. The cur has summoned all reserve officers to the colors. V Japan hold that the nutarllty ct China at Shanghai U imperfect. The Intel lor department is in no hur ry to create forest reserves in Oregon. An engagement with Kutopatkln will porbably be forced at Liao Yang. CATTLERAISERS TAKC CLARK. Roosevelt flay Be Asked to Cnd Packers' Strike. Chicago, Aug. 27. General N. W. 8heas, a cattleraleer of Waterman, 8. P., announced today that the cattle talsera of hla section were about to appeal to President Roosevelt to save them from bankruptcy by intervening to bring the atrike to a close. Sheas brought COO bead of cattle to the stockyarda bore, rather than face the losa of feeding them longer. He de clares that they sold at a losa of 18 a head. Othera, he aald, are feeding large herds at heavy loss rather than face perhapa greater losses by ship ping. According to General Sheas the catlleralsers of the Dakotaa are to a desperate condition. J, Ogden Armour reappeared at the stockyarda today, having auddenly re turned from hla vacation in the East la proceeding to the packing center be drove through a throng of strikers and pickets, who resentfully fell back before an attack by the police, when Mr. Armour and a companion arrived at the Exchange avenue entrance to the yards, at llalstead aveuue, In a light buggy, over 100 strikers bad ar rived there on their way to a meet ing. The police were In the act of dispersing the gathering when Mr. Armour arrived and drove through the crowd. There was no demonstra tion, although be was recognized. In connection with the unexpected return of Mr. Armour, reporta of an other effort to bring about peace ne gotiations Independent of the Conu cil'a effort were circulated. Strike loaders called a meeting and unusual activity waa manifested. NEVADA WASHOUTS SERIOUS. Traffic Cannot Be Resumed on Ton opati Road for a Week. Reno, Nov., Aug'. 27. Cloudbursts and washouts In Tonopah and along lines of the Tonopah and Carson A Colorado raldroada are the most dis astrous in the history of these dis tricts. On the Tonopah road, all of the track rebuilt after the Jast wash outs haa been awept away, and It will be a week at least before any traffic can be resumed. At Walker Lake, near Hawthorne, the track la under three feet of water for nearly four miles, and the lake baa rlson -above lta level from six to nine feet Great chasms have been washed in the des ert, and traffic ia in a state of chaos. Tonopah and Gold fields, which are on the verge of starvation, are being temporarily relieved by the rushing In of auppllea via Crow Springs, Sil ver Peak and Candelarla by wagon trains, but tbla la only temporary, aa over 0000 people must be fed In the different campa and extraordinary meaaurea adopted . for their relief, food auppltes at the campa are prac tically exhausted. Flour, bacon and aU staples have run out only canned goods remaining. Heroic measures are being adopted, and with the re sumption of stage lines, relief Is hoped for. While the situation ia crit ical and much Buffering must bo en dured, It ia hoped that the next few days will lying about better condi tions. No Uvea have been lost riupiNos Line NEW COINS. Currency System Is Rapidly Coming Into favor. Washington, Aug. 27. When the new currency system waa proposed for the Philippines there were pre dictions in some quartera that the conservative Inlanders could not be readily induced to surrender the Mex ican dollars and the Spanish coin with which they had been familiar for ao many yeara in favor of the new Philippine peso proposed by the com mission. But reporta received here show that the change bad been made smoothly and more expeditiously than waa thought possible. Colonel Ed wards, chief of the Insular Bureau, haa Just received the following letter from Henry C. Ide, Secretary of Fi nance and Justice of the Philippines, dated Manilla, July 22, bearing on this subject: 'You will be Interested in knowing our currency scheme haa made pro gress since I last wrote you. AU the business houses have by common con sent put their business on the basis of the new currency. In all the prov inces It la found in free circulation and the people now object strenuous ly to taking any other currency. The old currency has been very largely brought Into the Insular treasury for re-coinage." . Want rederal Troops. Omaha, Aug. 27. T. J. Mahoney, one of the attorneya for the South Omaha packing Interests, today made the atatement that efforts were being made on the part of his clients and their associates to have federal troops stationed at South Omaha and along the railroads leading to Omaha over which the packers are running, morn ing and evening, a chartered train for the accommodation of their present workmen. The packers' representa tives assert this course has been de termined on for several reasons, one of which is they cannot get justice In South Omaha. Dig Cotton rirm Tails. New Orleans, Aug. 27. The cotton market received one of the greatest surprises in its history today, when the well-known firm of H. F.-Page & Co. posted an announcement to the effect that it was unable to meet fur ther calls for margins. October and December, within a minute's time af ter the announcement went up 31 and points. Page ft Co. have been one of the heaviest operators on the short aide of the market for some time, Are to Disarm. . London, Aug. 27. The correspond ent of the Times at Shanghai, in a dispatch dated August 24, says that orders from Emperor Nicholas have been conveyed to Captain Reltzen stein, commanding him forthwith to disarm the cruiser Askold and the torpedo-boat destroyer Grozovoi, and that "the flags on both vessels were lowered at 7 o'clock tonight" WVVVTVVVTfVVVVVVVVVVVVIVVVVVTVVVVVVWV'VtfTlfyytytWl OREGON NEWS OF INTEREST SILETZ RICH IN TIMBER. i Railroad Survey Parly Loud in Praise . - - of Country. Independence. The surveying party of the 8. Chapman Lumber Company that has been In the .Coast range mountains alnce May 21, has com pleted Its task, coming out at ft point no one guessed. The survey as com pleted Intersects the Southern Paclflo scarcely half a mile south of Inde pendence, near the old racetrack. The surveying crew, comprising if men, fs in charge of Engineer L. M. Rice. The timber found In the Slleti basin wss a revelation to the party, many of whom are experienced Umber men and surveyors. There Is enough tim ber in the Sllets country, says Chief Engineer nice, to last M years after It la made accessible by ralL The route terminating at Independence U a very feasible one and, according to the survey. It is not over 45 miles into the heart of the rich Blletx basin. Terminating here, Umber over the proposed route could be handled by rail or river, and the Southern Pacific Is Just completing a spur from within a few rods of where the surrey ended Into the bed of the river. A road over thla survey would also afford a short cut to Newport STIRRING UP DAIRYMEN. Effort to Induce Valley .farmers to Produce Duttcr rat. . Albany. An Important meeting of the dairymen and farmers of Linn county waa held at Shedd laat week. The meeting is the result of the ef forts of, prominent creamery men of Portland and of State Dairy and Food Commissioner J. W. Bailey. Curtis' Grove, one mile from Shedd, waa the acene of the meeting, which took the nature of a farmers' picnic. A Portland creamery provided gallons of Ice cream free, and the attendance waa large for thla season of the year. The great Importance of the meeting in the eyea of friends of diversified farming in Oregon ia in the fact tha,t it Is the beginning of an effort on the part of the large purchasers of dairy products In Oregon to Induce the farmera of the Willamette Valley to devote more time to raising blooded stock, and particularly dairy stock. , County Is Worth More. Oregon City. Assessor J. F. Nelson haa completed the assessment of Clackamas county property for. the 1904 roM. The aggregate or property valuations, represented by the roll, la approximately $10,250,000, or an in crease of 1300,000 over laat year's roll. It la not expected that any ma terial changes wlU be msde In the assessed valuations by the board of equalisation, which will be convened on Monday, August 29. This Is the earliest date for yeara that the assess ment of property In this county has been completed. Raise Timber Land Values. St Helens. The assessment roll for Columbia county will be complet ed and ready for the board of equal isation In a few daya. It will ahow an Increase of about one-third In the assessed valuation of the county. The valuation of the timber land haa been raised from 12.50 to $3 and $5. This bears heavily upon the non-resident land owners, but iy la not nearly ia high aa in Clatsop county, and is far below the actual cash value of the property. The assessment of the Benson Company amounts to tizs.ooo, and the cash value is certainly three times that amount. Start Work on Talr Grounds. Baker City The survey of the ground for the Baker County Fair As sociation is completed and the work of constructing the new speed track begun in earnest. The grounds ad join the city on the north, and are within easy walking distance. Tne land la comparatively level and ad mirably located for the purpose. Work on the grandstand and fair building will be begun at once. The date baa not yet been set for the fair, but will likely be the first week in Oc tober. Umatilla Wheat Moving. Pendleton. Wheat buyers estimate that 1,000.000 bushels of Umatilla county's wheat crop have been sold so far thla season. Sales are being made constantly, sometimes amount ing to 60,000 bushels per day. Consid erable wheat is being shipped from Eastland, 10 miles northeast of here, to New York, to the cereal market and to fill contracts made on the board of trade. Harvesting is more than half done, but In some localities will con tinue several weeks into September. Seven Williams Name Camp. Albany. Because seven men whose first name was William were the first settlers of the proposed mining camp, the town was christened Billville. It Is in the Blue river mining district near the line between Lane and Linn counties. Billville is now a busy min ing camp. Northwest Wheat Markets. Portland Walla Walla. 77c: blue stem, 82c; valley, 83c. Tacoma Bluest em, 83o; club, 78c. Albany 75o. Salem 80c. Colfax Club, 85c; bluestem, 71c. . Pendleton Club, 67c: bluestem. 72o. La Grande Club, 62c j bluestem, 63c. WIND DAMAGES HOPYARDS. Poles blown Over and Vines Torn fey Brisk Bret re. Independence. Quite a little dam age haa been done to aopyards In thla vicinity by wlaL Walker Bros., two and a half miles north of here, are the heaviest losers. Fully 26 acres of their yard Is fiat on the ground. About five acres of the Pattoa A Sloper yard and three acres la John Barton's yard are also down; B. IX. Cooper will have nearly 2000 hUls to straighten op, and a few trellis-poles are broken In one of the Hirchbers: yaras. A gale from the west spranc no about 4 o'clock In the afternoon. It waa not severe enough to do any dam age ordinarily, bet only very sub stantial poles were able to withstand Its force where the wind bad a clear sweep. The owners promptly set to work repairing the dsmage by sharpening, redrivlng and propping poles. The expense to Walker Bros, alone in re setting poles wUl be over $1000. rrult Shipments from the Cove. La Grande. The i Cove, 1$ miles from La Grande, which Is considered about the best section of Eastern Ore gon for fruit, thus far this year haa shipped the following: Twenty thous and boxes of cherries, 6000 cratea of berries, 1000 crates of blackberries. Owing to a lack of pickers the loss on strawberries wss shout 20 per cent on the raspberries about 40 per cent Plume are now moving and the Indica tions are that of these there will be about 4000 crates. There wiU be about from 25 to 30 cars of prunes and about 40 cara of apples. The pear crop will be light The cherry crop amounted to 100,000 boxes. The apple crop will reach 100 carloads. Restored to Domain. The Dallea. The Secretary of the Interior haa authorized and instructed the officers of The DaUes land office to restore to the public domain portions of the following-named townships, em braced In the temporary withdrawal for the Blue Mountain Forest Re serve: Twenve south, 17 east 13 south, 17. 1$. 19, 20 and 21 east 14 eoutn, is ana 20 east, and 15. 30, zz and 23 east These lands were with drawn from entry at the creation of the reserve June 28, 1902. exclusive of townships 15 and 23. Twenty-three thoauand acrea of land are released from the withdrawal by this order. out of which 14,600 are already filed upon. Malheur People In Earnest. Ontario. The committee of 17 for completing the organization of tEe Malheur Wateruaera' Association met In Mayor Lackeys office and appoint ed committees for drafting by-la wa and for dividing the territory to be ir rigated Into districts. The committee for securing stock In the association reported that 60,009 shares have been subscribed, or 6000 more than waa re quired to organise permanently. Work on the Malheur project is expected to be begun this fall unless something unforeseen occurs. A meeting of stockholders will be held In Vale, September 27. Exhibit of Grasses and Grains. Albany. A. F. Miller, of Portland. 1b getting together a display of grains. grasses, vegetablea, leaves, mosses, etc., for a state exhibit Mr. Miller was in Albany In connection with hla work anl left a number of orders. It Is a little early yet' to collect a large display, but arrangements are being made for materials to make up a dis play to be collected later. Mr. Miller has been making these collections for the last 40 years and knows Just what part of the atate to visit for the best collection of every variety of product New Linen Mills. Albany. Eugene Bosse, who haa an nounced that he will establish a linen. mill In Salem, Is looking over the field In Albany with a view to estab lishing a linen mill here. Mr. Bosse says he will establish a number of mills over the valley, and that flax should be grown here In large quanti ties, aa the Oregon product Is the best in the world. At the present time the linen mill at Scio is the only one In this locality. It has proved success ful in every way. Surveyors In Grand Ronde. La Grande. The surveyors who are out locating the route for the new electric belt railroad In Union county for the Eastern Oregon Development Company are now In the center of the Grand Ronde Valley and will reach La Grande In a short time. The ex pense up to this time haa reached a total of $85 per day, and the company have' the greatest 'confidence In the best outcome of the undertaking. New Albany Tannery. Albany. The Star . Tannery Com pany has been Incorporated in Albany. John Shea, James H. Curran and Har ry Shea. It la capitalized at $8000, the stock being divided Into shares .of iiou eacn. .mis is ine second tan nery for Albany. rind Scab on Cattle. Albany. Drs. Wells, of Albany, and Hutchinson, of Portland, inspected a number of cattle at Halsey, Linn coun ty, prior to their shipment to Nevada. Considerable scab was found among the stock. This was ordered eradi cated before shipment AVOIDS A rtGHT. Directors to Choose Convention City tor 1903. Portland, Aug. 24. Politics, arriv al of delegatea, speeches, and adop tion of resolutions occupied the sec ond day of the American Mining Con gress. And a busy day it was, with the buzs and hum of the rival dele gations filling tbe cool air of the con vention halL Yesterday morning the convention adopted a strong resolu tion urging congress to create a De partment of Mines and Mining, and last night another was passed advo cating the protection of forests. The question of the selection of the meeting place for next year's con gress will not be fought out on tbe floor of the convention as has been anticipated, but will be placed solely in the bands of the board of direct ors. A resolution to this effect Intro duced by Dr. Buckley, of Missouri, was adopted at last niaht'a session of the congresa and met with enthusias tic applause from those present This will prevent EI Paso from mak ing an open fight in tbe convention for the honor of entertaining the 1905 congresa. Aa yet the credential committee has made no report and therefore the membership ef the congress will oe and unknown quantity, officially speaking, until Thursday morntnr. Thia prevents sny definite action on the settlement of any question until that time, but a great deal la beins done Indefinitely. The permanent home agitation la being kept up by the 8alt Lake men, who are hard at work trying to get the membershlo of the congress into line for their city. The Denver delegation is rep resented by two or three men. and though it haa been announced that there ia a carload of delegates on tbe way from Denver, the car has not been sighted and the cause of Denver la Buffering a little from the tardiness of the Colorado men. PORTS ARC LOST. Russians Meet further Reverse at Port Arthur. Chefoo, Aug. 25. A junk which left Liao Tl Promontory the night of AuguBt 21 has just arrived here. She reports that the Japanese have suc ceeded In occupying Antszshan as well as another fort, probably Etse- ahan, about a mile southwest of Ant szshan. They have driven the Rus sians from the parade ground, which lies about two milea north, of the har bor; they have destroyed two forts at Chaochanko, which Is within the eastern fortifications, and they have advanced to a point near Chaochanko. This news confirms Information re ceived here previously, and which the local Japanese were not inclined to believe. The junk heard firing until mid night of August 22. Scarcely a build ing In Port Arthur remains undam aged. The town hall, whis waa used as a magazine, haa been destroyed. Four large warships unable to fight re at Port Arthur. Only one ship, a vessel with two masts and two funnels, has guna on board. The fire of the forts not captured by the Japanese, together with the ef lect of land mines, Is given as the reason why the Japanese have not as yet conquered the Russian strong hold. JAPANESE PEANS DERANGED. Port Arthur Campaign May Cause In itiative to Pass to Russians. . Berlin, Aug. 25. In ' a dispatch from Liao Yang, under date of Aug ust 23, the correspondent of the Lokal Anzelger says: 'The indications are that the Initia tive la about to pass to the Russians. The Japanese plan of campaign, In cluding the attack upon Liao Yang, has apparently been deranged by the unexpectedly stubborn resistance of Port Arthur. "General Kuroki'a army has been withdrawn to the Bouth of Taitze river, and only outposts reported to be In the Liao River Valley. It Is rumored that the Mikado has recalled General Ngi and has ordered Field Marshal Marquis Yamagata, chief of the General Staff at Toklo, to assume command of the besiegers at Port Arthur." America Asks for Information. Washington, Aug. 25. Acting Sec retary of State Adee has cabled Min ister Conger, at Pekln. a request that he report as soon as possible the racts concerning the situation at Shanghai. A similar request has also been addressed to Consul-General Goodnow, - at Shanghai, and Consul General Fowler, at Chefoo. Although no admission on that point Is yet ob tainable, it is believed that instruc tions have either been sent or will be sent to Rear-Admiral Sterling to co operate with the minister and consuls in the protection of American inter ests In treaty ports. London Papers Excited. London, Aug. 26. The Standard this morning, unable to conceal its disappointment that the United States government is not prepared to protect the neurallty of China at Shanghai, editorially contends that the United States could have taken the lead In the matter without arous ing the jealousies which must follow Intervention by any European power. The Dally Telegraph publishes a strong editorial demanding that the government adopt rigorous measures Russian Ship Hits Mine. Toklo, Aug. 26. Admiral Kataoka reports that as the Russian battleship Sevastopol was emerging from Port Arthur yesterday she struck a mine. and afterward waa seen to be listed to starboard. She was towed back Into the harbor. HOME LOCATED Mining Congress Settles m pbrtantQuestion.f" " DENVEB WINS BY A HQ VOTE Election of Officers Only Remaining Business President Richard's RcE!ectkn Is Certain. Portland. Anr. 27. It fa run that is proud todav srtMid nf h sons snd of their success, glad at the reauii or ineir enorts, thankful for the support of the loyal friends and followers from ail ouartara rrat.fnl for the graceful forgiveness of the gentlemen from Salt Lake, and happy In tbe possession of the permanent home of the American Mlnins: Con gress. . It waa an nnexnected thmnr that gathered at the Armorr TMteMlI morning at 10 o'clock to listen to the continued debate on the settlement of the permanent-home question, after the excltlnc acenea of tha nrevimia r. ternoon, and many were the conjec tures aa 10 me course events would take aa the fight would progress. During the evening many confer ences had been held and many argu ments made br the deleeata tn th congress, but whatever thaii roam It i one thing alone was apparent the in tention or tne delegation from Salt Lake to fight to the finish the ques tion of the settlement of the perma nent home. From Salt Lake men mere came no talk of postponement no hope of comDromlse. Th worn in the hall to win or to be defeated at ua tasi mtcn. . The vote on tha onentlnn waa dVi both members and deleaia tn tha convention being allowed to cast their oauou. ine process waa long and tiresome and resulted in a total of 139 votes beina- c&sL 83 at mhirh for Denver and 56 for Salt Lake. Before the vote could be announced by the president. Jndee rnwn train ed floor, and in a graceful speech. wuicn won ror mm and his delegation the long-continued cheers of the audi ence, moved to make the choice of Denver unanimous. This was done with a rush and a cheer. The action Of vesterdar nratliillv closes the business of the convention, which is expected to adjourn Bine die' at the close of the session this morn ing. But one thins- of Imnorin mains yet to be done, and that is the selection of the officers of the con gress. The committee to which was delegated the task of selecting the board of directors has made Its selec tions, but they have been, guarded un til the time of announcement TURBINE LINER LAUNCHED. Largest Vessel of Its Type to Be : Equipped for Atlantic Service. Belfast. Ireland. An? ?J Th ai. Ian line seamer Victorian, the largest turbine vessel yet built was launch ed here today. It is expected that she will be ready for service before the end of the year. She is 540 faet inn? has 60-foot beam and her depth is wv ieeu The Victorian in tn ha 6HA In . most luxurious manner, and is to car ry 1500 passengers, but the chief in terest in her lies in her DroDellina power. Turbine steamers on the Clyde and In cross-channel service have Droved because they have afforded more com- lon io passengers, but considerable modifications had to ho HAvtao tn meet the requirements of the Atlantic service, including enormous propell ing power and great stopping and backing powers. These difficulties are understood to have been overcome by Charles A. Parsons, the engineer, who oped the steam turbine and made it suiiame ror tne generation of electric ity and the DrODulsion nf mnroantlla and war vessels. A special arrange ment nas neen devised for the Vic torian's machinery, wherehv revo. ing power equal to that of her for ward propelling power can -be Impart ed to It securing the almost instant arrest of the steamers forward mo tion and speedy backing in case it Is needed. Her propellers are three In number, each on a separate length of shafting. The Victorian will be fitted with a wireless telegraph apparatus, and will carry a complete printing outfit between decks. Her tonnage is about 12.000. and she is exner-ted tn Hevinn about 10,000 horsepower. Will Keep After the Russians. London, Aug. 29. According to the correspondent or tne Chronicle with General Kuroki'a army, the Japanese are not likely to retlra intn vintar quarters. Rather than thus to give ine Kussians a breathing spell, they will prosecute a vigorous winter cam paign. The correspondent says that the Japanese are accumulating im mense stores, ammunition and guns at Haicheng. A dispatch from Liao Yang to the Dally Telegraph reports that severe fighting has taken place at Torantspu, 20 miles southeast of Liao Yang, and that apparently an at tack is in progress. Ambushed by Filipinos. Manila. Aug. 29. A detail of the constabulary has been ambushed on the Island of Leyte by a superior force of bandits. Captain H. Barrett, of the constabulary, was killed in the fighting. There has been trouble in the Province of Misamis, Island of Mindanao, where bandits have looted several towns. The native authori ties were defied and Pablo Mercedo and his family were kidnapped. Mer cedo was accusod ef being too friend ly with the Americans. Hre at Oil Wells. Jennings, La., Aug. 29. Fire at the oil wells near here today destroyed four Italian dwellings, 400 barrels of oil and burned four pumping rigs. WellB Nos. 2 and 6 were not injured except by the destruction of machin ery. Tonight the fire is confined to wells Nob. 7 and 8. FLESH AGAINST POw'trUf. Question Whether Japanese forces WIU Hold Out. St Petersburg, Aug. 24. The latest reports from Port Arthur indicate that the garrison there is holding out with wonderful tenacity in the face of per sistent desperate assaults. The only question Is how long sny body of troopB caa withstand such awful pun- isnment, and whether the garrison la the fortress can outlast Japaneae am munition and men. The report that 30 regiments have been drawn from General Oku to strengthen the attackera ia believed to indicate that the Japanese southern army Is In desperate straits and aeems to show that the Japanese have not enough men to prosecute aimultan- eous campaigns of great magnitude In the north and south. The report that the Novik has been aunk has not yet been published here. If it ia true, It will be greatly felt for the gallant cruiser, which has been frequently mentioned in dis patches, haa endeared herself to the whole nation by her tireless actlylt at Port Arthur, and it has been great ly hoped that she would reach Vlad ivostok In safety. The attitude of tha Jamtnaaa ment In regard to China has cauaed increasing uneasiness here. While it la believed that the dictatorial ttitH assumed by Japan was adopted large- ij or ita morai mnuence on the Chin ese, It is also taken to indicate that Japan intends to make herself the dominant apirlt In the Celestial em pire. PORTE VERY SILENT. Embarrassed by Reminder of Verbal Plekge to America. Constantinople, Aug. 24. A note from American Minister Lelshman. dated August 16, was handed to the Turkish authorities within 12 hours after the receipt by the Minister of the Turkish note Monday. In thia note Mr. Leishman helds the govern ment to its sotemn undertaking, com ing direct from the Sultan, respecting equal treatment with other nations for the United States concerning: tha question of educational institutions. This allusion to the Imperial nledse apparently embarrassed the Porte, which had previously announced that it would Ignore theTormer verbal as surances which Minister Leishman de clared he had received. It Is Considered ImnmhahU that tha Porte will reply to the Minister's note ana tnererore the question Is looked upon as shelved nendinsr tha Tiuiitinn of the Process of remrnltlnn whan It Is considered not Improbable fresh dlf- ucmues wiiuanse. Notwithstanding the assertion by Izzet Pasha, the nwrptarr nr tha rai. ace, that $250,000 has been deposited as compensation due to an American citizens at Smyrna for land illegally taken, no such deposit has yet been maue. - FLEET APPROACHES SHANGHAI. Consul Goodnow Calls Consular Body Together for Action. Shanghai, Aug. 24. The steamer Halting, which arrived here today, re ports having sighted a Japanese squadron last night off Gutzlaff Island. about 65 miles southeast of Shanghai. The squadron showed no lights. The United States monitor Monad- nock and two torpedo-boat destroyers have been ordered to be ready to pro tect the neutrality of Shanghai. American Consul Goodnow called the meeting of the consular body for 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. It ia believed that the foreign mnaiila win arrange means to strengthen the hands of the Taotai in dealing with the matter of the Russian warships uere. Later reports declare the Japanese squadron to be 20 miles from Woo- SUng. Woosune- in tha nntdlria httrhn of Shanghai . Rrin Stops rild Operations. At the Headquarters of General Kurokl, In Southern Manchuria Aug. 20, via Fusan and Seoul, Aug. 24. It has rained steadily for four daya and both of the lower roads are covered with ten feet of water and are abso lutely Impassable. A number of Chinese and horses of the commis sary department have been drowned crossing the Lang river at the ford. Russian spies have been located hid ing In the cornfields near the outposts and large scouting parties are search ing for them. The relative positions of the two armies remain unchanged. Vessels Stick to Port. Shanghai, Aug. 24. The Russian consul-general here, replying again to the demands of the Taotai of the pert that the Askold and Grozovoi disarm or leave port, stated that he considers me aemana unreasonable and a vio lation of the rights of Russia as a bel ligerent He refused to order the war vessels to quit Shanghai. The Chin ese newspapers here are urging the Peking government to send enough warships here to uphold the Taotai, but so far nothing has been heard St. Petersburg Advised. London, Aug. 23. A dispatch to a news agency from St. Petersburg says news has reached the admiralty there to the effect that the minatnr cruiser Novik has arrived at Kors- akevsk, a port of the island of Sak halin, and that the Russian cruiser Diana, concerning whose fate there has been considerable anxiety, has been seen oft Hong Kong.