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Flnunolnl Situation
Tlii! Ilnniiitlitl Munition In many Hoi.
n nit Inn In becoming alarming, nml
tlfu In tliuiHwuf fwnl in umuliig tlln
Irom, IWntiw, Moioow, Kluff nml Ivor
jwrshOi3 iim nrrimli'il ntnl clinfrhihlo
jiirtltnthut nri over-crowded.
ntigolfin Dofoat Roportod
)iihn, Mar. 2-Uuliti Iii).orl,il
fotl" ilrellnnl u half cimiL today on
tfiMtil rKrta of i. Utmhui dufont ny
tljiiJuiMineMlmtwuuii Anjti nml Jliongj
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No Confirmation
London, .Mnr. Utf-Jtipiuineo legation1
linn no rooflrmutujti of tlio tttpurl from
BwmiI IIiaI fifty .1 inniHiMt mid it hiimlind
Ccmnoki wcto uoiiruliul In n rkirmlrh on
tlii njii nt Umu.ln.
Vlndlvoatok 8qutulron
Itnim , Mmcli JJ( - leuneti I.lhottt re
tiortn tli t n ortli-n of llio Vlrdivoitok
iitntron Iihi ntihrd nt MkoUluAtk
Mllxjrlii, Mt Ui nioutli of tin Iiiur rlv -r,
tlmt n HiimIqii at my ur no linn loft Ilnr
hlri far CUut. 01itn,nnd Unit onu of fid
tltit not of lirtirrnl ICoiirOMithlu on hit
ntrlvAl nt Mukili'ii w,n to kvtk n:i Intor
vfrA' nlth Gcuertil iln. cotntnamlltic tho
Chlui'fu trcoi. uhluii .Mrt refusod.
Russian IXnglnoor Murdorod
St. l'tfburthtirc, Mr. 'JO A roiKirt line
h.'iwi rcvolvwl tl(t Clilnio,liiBtlKiUMl by
Jujtitiifto Iia munlcriMl n Htieeiiiti civil
onlnwi nml HHirnI norkmun on tlu
mllitiy in it CMau China.
Krnm IlKrbln cmi's tho norp tlm'. tin
Chlncri) unvcrnmotit In rutullntlon foi
thn drclrtntlon of mnrtlal law nt Now
ChuniiK tisa tloiHd vi'imele taking fruit
from Cblnotn ixitln to Now Uhwnnu on
(ho ittotiud Hint it It contraband.
Jnpnnoso Landing
Itotno, Mnr. K0--A Bvoul dispatch
itatci tlint tho Jiipjiui'co made n (leter
mlncd attempt to land nt Now UliWHiiij,
und tliKt forty livo Japanoio trauiorts
yesterday landed n largo number of
troopt, lxty guiij nnd enormous tup.
plies at Chliinmphn. There arc onu bun
dled and twenty livo thousand Jnpantro
troopa In Korea.
Kouropatkin's Roport
Kt. rotorsburg, March 30 ICouropat
reports that ocrording to tnwnapeoplo
tbo Japanoiu lost over 10 killed and 109
wounded It) tho ('hong Ju llht of tho
twenty idgblh. Thu wounded, wero con
veyed to Anjii by r0O Koreans.
Tho .lapuncru nluo lost a largo uiimbot
of bortea, KoropntLin furthnr ropurto
that captain bti'phnupff, who wna wound
ed, ia dead,
Jnpnnoso Roport
I.()iidou,'Miir. IIO-Tlio Jnpauoio Irgii
toln has isHiiud tho following account of
tho ropuUo ut Clioug Ju March 28 "A
portion of our cavalry nnd Infantry oc
cupied Chong Ju aftor defeating tho
enemy in tbo ttrccls of Chong Ju.
"Thu onumy uumborod six hundrod
nnd ro treated in tbu direction of Wiju
Our cnaunltlos wore l.lout, Dano und
otbern killed, ('apt. Kntonkaw nnd 12
othora wounded. No oitsunltlus ninong
tho Infantry. The enemy must have
Miitajnod t(iuil cuhunltU'S."
Jnpancos Vossol Sunk
Oheu Foo, March 110 Tlio captain, n
eallor nnd one of tlto pnDsnngora of tho
Jnpanoeo toiflttr liunyei iiirivud nt hen
chan, ropjito thut tbo KiibbIuh flool
tank tbo Hunjol near Mitun Iblnnds, on
tho'JSth. Eovoutien of her crow nnd
paByongora woio taken prlflonore.
Koronn Ports Not Noutrnl
St.- Putornburg, March 30 Tbo hue-
sina govoruuout has I&suod a deolnra-J
nnznrr
the
Cstar Oonda Alno
Hi. rc'torabtirg, Mnr. 21) 'I'lio CV;tr
linn mib-red mm httntlrud bottles of hIiiii
hum Iim private cellar l bu omit lo
Port Arthur for tint wounmld.
'luliy's piipnrw cotninaiit nt Imlgh oil
thu nllegril recommendation of lliu Di
rector o .Mnrtlitl CiitliiNiM to tlio Chi
ivnv K'Jvimmuiii, nun n create II
European Iralriint nritiy by levyln n
universal Imid tnx.
llio Vrcml.i rayu liny ono li c'j
J Blnifilu lo tliltik Unit Clilnn will lio ublti
locroulonti urmy iusldo of thn twenty
or thirty iiionlliB thu war will litht.
Jow Mako8 Denial
Ht, I'oli'rubuiK, MuMi 20 A iromlti
it Jow nnintd Knitlnlinrt, writing to
. Novc'ltl, rt'pudlnti'ii thn atntcmont thnt
aotno Jcmr nro favorably inrllnrd to
ward Jnixn.
The cuvfrninctit at Odoif.i nnnouiicct
that two ihonths Ronttinco hi boun In
liioto I on an oIIIcIaI unmod N'dvrmnii (oi
Inciting n mob DKAiuot lliu Jcww.
Sont to tho Roar
JJjrlln. Mnr. 20 Dor T.i etutoii that
Kouropntkln linn rent buck to Hindu
from iirtrbln Colonola Tachircl snd
Moiiujcffu, dfclailni: thorn lacompptout
fiiot Stay Back
London, Mnr. "'.I Tlio Kxehriict
Tolerapli learim that Japan hn6 decid
ed In ncnln forbid nttacbn nnd cortex
pondfiiti (o follow tho opcrntlons of tlu
nrmy. Attompt to DoGtroy Train
Ht. I'ftoraburk'i Mnioh U0 A roporl
nmcbi'd hero tbli nftornoon that an In-
cffoctuil attompt lind boon mnda to
blow up n troop train nosr Taturiekya,
Siborin.
Hon that after the recent Japnnosa pro-
ceeUlngB, Korean porta can no lomtor Uu,
regarded by Kiiaefn as noutrnl. 'J Ilia
declaration Is precipntod by tlio fact
that thu Japanccu ndvauco guard hns
occupied Hnlju, tho seaport eoulhwbit
Anju, on tho 27th.
FooWsh Rtisslnn
St. PctoraburK, Mnr. 10 M. Pauvor. ,
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ruie, wriunK io novou rumyii iiiai ,
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proponea un Anglo Kusftan nlllance. which is Union Pacific stock. Tho pur
contending that England la less danger- j)0so is not divulged.
oue to Ititssln than America, which is nn .
litratont parvenu stretching his long logo i
under tho table of Aalatlc, politicf. Qolmnil Rill Sflfron Mil
He rays it is tlmo Europe realised i
that America ia bor enemy.
Drnstlo Moasuros
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tains ol tlio Itlnttu near vinuivostoK
have been ordered, in tho event ol the
Japauoso attempting to laud, to kill ull
their cattle and deer, to provent the in
vadorsfrom obtaining mipplioa.
Voluuteora will bo called in Forennri
ilhtrlet from umong tho Ituseiun j oae
unts. ,
Tho Korean llnbnbltantB aro drilled
by itusslin fiub-ofllcon and armed with
old guiia,
Unconfirmed Report
St. Pottrflburg, Mutch 30 -A prlvato
diopnteh toduy etntoa that. during mm.-
ovora in tho luiiur biubsr nt Port Arthur
tbo Kucbhui biittleiihip JVtnimv!o-l;
collided with and seriously drniged tho
battleship yobnBlupn, Tho navy dortut-
tnont hns no confh million.
Flng Unfurled A;nln
New Ohwnug, Muten 30 A vigorous
protest of United Slates conanl Miller
has resulted in tho Kueeinno agrutlug to
a teatativo restoration of tho tlou to tbo
bmldhigi from which U wna recently or- (
dorod lowered.
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Mvo rnorfiliJiritiiiciK Hoiked loliy, re- Artlmo Btindpy, fixing rnngea for tho
C p port seeing tho Jliinilsn Wot off Tort ahoro forlH.
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IViulilngllon, March 28 'Jo IVoild
untlina iiomlnntol J, J, (Jribimald of
Utah lor rurvcyor of CuetorB nt Halt
Lnko.
Will be Sentenced Wednesday
Pt. Iiil, Mo, .Mar. SU-(rlon np -
penro.lliicn.irtthlimorniujr!but was
Inettuclcd to roport Wodntidiy for ecu
tencf.
Drowned In Ganal
IUrlfn, Mar. 20-Gun'tnl I.cttow
Ilorbock. tho well known military writer
Willi ridine on the tow path coar Olilon
borg todny foil into tho canal md was
drowned.
Ho Attempt on Pope's. Life
Uoino. Mar. 20-Cnrditila Del Val, Mrninlnj; soon labor unions from uu
pnpnl Secretary of Htaic. denlo tho ro- lawfbl picketing. This Is considered
port that a plot nsalnst tbo Pope's life
line buon ditcovortd. Tliero has been
no lacroajo of thn pollco guard.
Hennan.s Chances Good
(Special to the Ccast Mall.)
Filem Oie. March 29 -Tbo Marion
county prlmarleH Indicate that Hermann
will hnvo n largo part of tbo delegation
to tbo congressional convention. Polk
.county follows suit.
Heavy Loans Made
Now York, Mnr. 2')-It is currently
stntetl that two loans of livo and toven
milliotiD bnvo been mado to well known
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f auroau mognatea, tlio collateral tor .
UU....UU U..I UUIAUII MJJ
1 Washington, Mar. 20 A bill pro-
i limiting tlio solo between states and tor-,
rltories or shipment to or from foreign ,
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countries of ralnion fish Intended for
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food wbb taken up In tho Ilauso today.
Big Rains And Floods
Sncrnmonto, Mar. 20 Showers pre
vailed through thu valley today and it is
raining In tho mountains. Thu river
atcod 2:3 today ,nnd rising slowly, All
tributaries are rising fast. Tho thrcat-
nod loveo break of yesterday has boon
mndo safo.
Embezzler Brought Back
Now York, Mnr, 23 Edward T.
Mnsterson, wanted at Pan Krtui'ileeo to
nnawor pbnrgcs of onibor.letnent of a
hundred thousand dollars j-roforrod by
tbo Continoutal Ihillding and Loan Ah-
Koclatjon, arrived under arrost from
Germany this morning on tho etenmor
Von Moltko. Ho wad arrested at Kiel
i onto tlmo ago.
Clothing Firm Fails
rittubuig, Mar. 30 Tho firm ofj. M.
fiueky, for many yoara promluont cloth-
iere, was placed In tlio bands of a recolv
a ricclv
ia given.
J or tula morning, No atntouont
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PETROPAVLOVSK.
Genera! News
iHavai Govornar of Guam
WntlilnRtau, .Mar. 20-Comtnnndcr
I Djor, of thecrnltor A'.tmoy, J)Bo boon
; appointed naval Rorernor of Guam.
Idaho Flood Over
, JSoIee. Idnbo. Mar. aO-All daWfr
i from water la patcod, nnd nil ttrcntne
aro fnlliiiK.
Smoot
Hearing Postponed
WnihhiKton, Mar. :t0 Thu Fmoot hoar
' in? ,,B, beP" pBa: poHlponod till April
twoiilietb.
Sweeping Injunction
Chicago, Mar. 2') Judo Karvanaugb
, oil petition of Btvontcon manufacturing
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concerns has issued four Injunctions rc-
tho most sivceplng injunction issued
ovor by Cook county courts.
London, Mnr. 2'J In tho IIouso ot
Commons, Campbell Hannoiman, tbu
liberal leader, attacked tbo govern
ment for lack of cohesion and declining
to resign, thounti it was obvious tho
ministry no lougor retained tho confi
dence of tht country.
Promlcr Dalfour defended tho govern
tnont, saying It would not rotign as long
as it retained tho confidence of tho
Common.
Salt Lake, Mar. 29 Mrs. Dora A.
Flachor, of San Diego, Calif., and F. W
Underwood, of Ktilamozo", Mich., wore
remarried nt noon by the Deputy Coun-'
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tv Cork.
Tbo parlies weto married in Mexico n
year ago, tbey believed, but Underwood
Avnl.lnatl I Itnl .tii.lji.it.u Iiai. li... mam-
. iAiinnivu imb jvaiuiuny, n iiuu iiiu wtt-
tillcato was translated tbey wero hot ri
lled to learn that it was n permit Iseued
by tho priest for ono year only.
u0e, Jdnlio. Mar. 20-A perfect tor-
rent 0t rAn hns fallerx elnco last night,
nil Hit- pIh In enmiilntrlv ImimUttiL
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The rntn extended Into tho mountains
end Is rapidly melting the snow nnd
swelling etreame, eudnngorinc llfo and
property.
Tno Doiso river hnr riliod three feet
elnco last night. Thepaliconre warning
tbo people on tbo low lands to got ont.
A hoavy loss of snoup on tbo range is
anticipated.
AVashlngton, Mnr. 20 Tho Societary
of tbo Navy toduy approved tbo recom-
mondution of the court of inquiry in the
matter of tbo recent collision of the
bnttlochip3 Illinois nud Missouri, nnd
thoro will bo no further pioeeodlngs.
The court finds that Captain Hradford
of tho Jlllaolu nctcd with con?umntii
seamnneblp, but docs not II ltd that
Cantaln Cow loo, the Presidents brother-in-luw,
displayed tbu propor elgnnls to
avoid n collision. In v!ov of tho fact,
howovor, that tho MisEouri'a ofllcore
and crow woro uiiaccustomed to her
mechanism, tbb court nnd Dewey reo
oameud no further action,
rjTellurfc V;Colo. Mro'h;SOProsWont
Moyor oi tho Wontortl Federation is
atill a prlsonor In tho Jill. No effort ia
being mado o tccure bondanien.
Attorney Murphy, of Denver, arrived
Inal night to dofond Moyar. Ho wau
Immediately waited on by a number of
men and warned to leave (bo district.
Ho appealed to General Jleli for protec
tion nnd ia now escorted by a eqtiad of
eoltfierB.
IVivo departed unionist who attempted
'o r'turn lo Tollurido wero of reeled by
tniliinry at tlio dphlr xi aril tttrown
into tho bull pen.
Waahlnglon, Marcli 20-Thc accrotary
of tho interior Informed tlio Senate to
day in reply to a recent resolution of in
quiry that lila reason for tlio petition
order rharacturized by tho minority
members of both housaa aa cxecnlivo
nulhoilty, and uniform with exUtin;
low apJ the methods which haiv i'?rolo-
for prevailed.
In tho House today dlecutaion of V v
pension order prompted Uourko CocL -
ran, Democrat of .Vow York, lo mtro-
dace a resolution dlrectla tho Com-
mittco 0 Judiciary to teoort on lv!
Secretary's authority to Isado cxcul.v..
orders.
Chicago. Mar. 20 Apolonial Stnro'ta,
a fonrteen old girl on tho witness stand
this morninz nrtica-ly ndnltt"! f-at
She committed porjnry before the grind
jury which rosnltcd in tho indictments
of five mn who sho swore she paw kill
John Osukhoweki.
On motion of the etnte's attorney the
cases wero quashed and de'endante dis
micscd.
Th: reason, sho eald, was that Mrp.
Osubowiskl wanted her to ewear the
mpn'e lives away, Tho murder occurred
in the rear of a saloon and the girl yes
terday vividly detcritcd tho tragedy
pointing ont tho fivn defendants. This
mottling sho confessed to her prevarica
tion. Friends of the accused Po'cs mado a
demonstration when the wero released.
Toklo, Mar. 30 Tho Diet finished a
special eeselon last sicht. passim: all
government war, tcx incisures, lite
amount to be raised annaolly was re
duced rom thirly-four to tbirty-one
millions. Tho salt monopoly was voted
down.
Chicago, Mar. 30 Besides fircely
roasting Referee Grattey, younc Corbett
on bis arrival here this morning, denied ;
the stories that he is broke. He sttted
that he had cleanod up 130,000 at Ho
.
Frisco track. He will meet
Tommy
Mowntt Saturday night.
Havana, Mar. 30 A Nicaragnau
transport is bore, loading twenty thous
and ritiee, n million rounds of cmuni
tlon and commissary supplies, sailing
tonicbt.
Cnpt. Albncz, formerly of tbb Span
ish navy, says tbo munitions of war
have no significance, butareslraply pre
paratory to Nicaraguan defense in tbo
event of an attempt of, other states to
force that country to join the Central
American Union.
Hutte. Mont. Mar. 30 F. A. Hoinz
was fined twenty bonsand dollars and
Al Frank and J. II. Treerlse oue tho't
nn("l ench for contempt of rourt by
Judge lleatty. of Idaho, this- morning.
Tho fines will bo paid by 11 o'elotk,
Thursday.
This is llio second contempt capo un
der advhomont, and tho fincAtuo'Im
posed for violation of tho courts Injunc
tion. The prosecution claims that de
fendants rcmovod eleven hundred
thouasud dollars wotthef oro from the
Michael Davitt mine, vlohtiug lleatty's
injunction,
Uerlln, Mar, 30 Thu dopartnro oj
threo hundred reinforcement for the
German nrmy in South vet Africa tc
dny occasioned oorlofis rioting.
An anarchist mob cr.o thousand
etrong ttcned'the soldiers passing iulho
otrects, tPolico
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oecortod tbo trooiirro tlfaf atntlon. Tho.'
I officers were compelled td chargo tho
mob, ataihing with their awordt, baforo
order was restored.
Tho mob tbon rolormcd and nindo n
rnrli for Lehorter station. Tho police
ngnln cbarjcd nnd ropuleed tiio rabble
but tho dlatiirbflra toro down tlio Iron
barriers and reached another part of tbu
station whero they doptroyml tho i.Jnnl
bor. toro lip tho rails end mnltroitecl
tho railway ofliciaii The police fl'nliy
ilrovo thm nwny, woundlnp man;- and
arresting a nuubcr.
Tbo riot hai crcat-d tniieli npproLen
lon oa it is on indication of widespread
discontent in Horlin proletariat cwvb.
Denver Colo. March 30-Tho sborlff
of Tollurido arrived this morning with
warrants for tbo arrcul of V. D. Hay
wool, eecrclary nnd treasury of , tbo
Western Federation of Minors, but ho
naa not been located.
M..H advices frim Tullurido to IUdgt-
i V "to that president Moycr, who
1 " ,n J1" charcd w,th fla Joscrntioti,
"biabied a bond fast night which was
cJ by County Judgo Wardlaw.
Moyor was rolcasod, nnd wa3 Imme
liatcly rcarreitcd by a 'quad of fiddles
and bull penned. His threo attorneys
irrlvcd nt ltidgeway tbls moraing under
military guard. It Is not stated whether
tbey wero ordered to leave camp or
went of their volition.
TtJIuridc, Colo. March 0 -jionirn)
null has ordered all troops to bo prepar
ed to move in twenty minntes. Specials
ai e engaged . The preemption is that
their dostination Is Ouray nnd San Juan
conntiea. which are nn'.on strorgholde.
Tortland, Ore. March !I0 Tbo ec
eral belief in railway circto hero Is that
an important secret conference of rail
way officials started (or Ashland this fcf
ternoou or evening.
Kruttschnitt and Str.bb?, left Sau
Francisco Monday night coming to
Portland, and Kochler, tnnilgcr of tbo
Southern Jacific lines in Orcgou left
here latt niz ht giving out that he was
going to San Franchco.
Other ofllceiB from Eastern Oregon
parsed through here last night, and
went ECtith. bat declined to ear wbcru
they were going.
San Francisco, Mar. 30 It is stated
hero this afternoon that Kruttschnitt
has not left tbo city, but be cannot bo
found at his office.
New Haven Conn. March 80 Tho
.r!.t of anneal of Brvan fmm tho dcclt-
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ion requiring tho probate of a scaled Iqt?
t?r giving tho deposition of tifty thous
and ot the estate of Pbilo Bennett, lk-
s
gnnbeforo Judge Gager of the superior
court yesterday.
Ex judge Stoddard continued the ar
gument opposing tbo admission of the
papers accompanying. the Bennett will,
Ho said thoro bad been no ca?o in the
country whero a paper, extraneous in
character nnd wrltton afto: tho execu
tion of tbo will, had bcon admitted as u
part. Ho stated that tho latter dld'uot
express tho trnth nor the transaction as,
Bfnnott understood it.
Bryan made several attempts' to r.d
drcss tbo court on tbu ground tint
Stoddard misrepresented him, but
tho court refused to hear him, nnd ruled
that the lettere could not ba referred 'o
at present.
Stodd.ud excel ted. Bryan's roumd
began argument iu contradiction. '
Sofia, Mar. 20 Sornfcff todny stilled
that the Macedonian inaurgontu bnif
decided not to raise a rebellion tb
Spring, but to delay, for the pnrppso 1 1
avn-i the rowers r.n opportunity tu
carry out tho propojoi reforms.
Vancouver, B. C. Mar, 28 An n;uit
of the Manufacturers Association of N .'
Zealand states that arrangements bcye
been mr.ilo to rut on n lino ol bl2.frc
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