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VOL XXVII,
MARSHFIELJEJ, GOOS COUNTY OREGON, MAY, 2. 1904
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No. 21
JAPANESE LOSE
. ' TWO WARSHIPS
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One by Collision 0ne by
Russian Mine
BLACK SEA FLEET
MAY PASS DARDANELLES
F0.L30M.G0N"
VICT GUILTY.
OF MURDER
BIG FIRE
INNORTHEPN
CALIFORNIA
Sacramento, May 10 Hurry Eld
rttdg j, oiio of tho Folsom oscajicfl, v;m
foui.tl guilty of murder this afternoon.
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Lafolfette Re-nominated
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Madison, May 10 Lafollcttd was
renominated for governor thin making
)i!h third term, at tho Republican con
Veil. Ion this morning.
Japanese Fleet Near New Chwang Casual
ties in Battle of Yalu Czar's Birth
day Celebrated
Jnpnnoso Warships Sunk
Chcu Koo, May Y) Daltioy refugea
who arrived today, Inulat that tho Jap-
;iS-wfViiiiietiitfi,iii-ire)y Uf5ccn
.-. H.orMrRitf5IttS,
Dalny. Tho loitct Include tho bnttlo
ship Kiohlmn nnd either tho crulrer
Aiamo or tho Imttlethtp Full Fuji, both
of which struck minus. Tho Itueainn
boata went out to retctio tho Japanese
from tho linking vceiela, hut weru
forced to rutlru when tho Japnneio wore
reinforced. Tho Uuetlau Consul has n
Dnlny dlapqtch atating Hint two Japan
ese battleship wuro lost Monday, nud
Hint Tort Artlmr hnrbnr, pagni(0 line
been partially opened by tliu rouiovn)
of one of thu Japanese flruihlpa.
tut Tort Arthur thbltiumgu rauinlod tho
Yoslmu, sinking thu hitter lu a few
mlnutos. Ninety of tho crow wuro
HllVcd.
,, "On tho auio morning, tho Hat
U.1JS orolftinfr ofrPort'Arthur,
covering tho lauding of soldiers, Hlruok
u miiiu ten knots southeast of tho liar
lior iintrituco.
"Hho Hignulod for help nnd inhtnntly
Htruolc uiKither inine. Sho Hauk iu
linlf im houn Throo lmudred of
hur crow weru mivvd by toriK'do bo'iita.1'
REVOLUTION-;.-- ;.
istSLOSE"
HEAVILY
Capo Haytlcn, May 10 In a battle of
tho government troope and tbo revolu
tlonleta at Ouyncnne, the government
or eo had thirty killed and wounded,)
Tho revolutionise lost heavily. Five
revolutionary ReucroU have gone
Porto Itlco for eafoty.
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Shferman Cut Out
Spriugflold, May 10 Two Imllotrt
weru taken thht morning with no
ohiiugo. Tho oonvontlou voted down
tho proposition to take up tho nomina
tion for tho minor bfllces ahead of
that of govornor.
Redding, Cal. May 20 Incendiarism
Htnrtcd a flro In threo placen iu tho
main lumber yard of tho Terry luroW
company Ju thla city thin morning,'
and at 1 :25 ovor ono million feet of
lunilxsr had been burned and tho lomoe
aro estimated at about $35,000.
Tho flro waa terriflo and for a timo
tho north end of town wan in danger.
Taken In connection -with tho flr
Hfo therOhico mill yesterday, lumber-iin-n
lxsHove thero in an organized plan
to destroy nil tho luuibor yanU iu
northern California. Decreased wages
and consolidation of lumber interests
aro ljolieved to lo tho causo.
STEAMirT
STRIKES . .
AND SINKS
Ilalifax, May 20 Tho ntoamcr Tor
ret Bay struck St. Pauls island today.
Sho bacHed, off, but-iwnk in twenty,
aiinukt and many weru drowned.
Slio wan
Montreal.
bound from Sidney for
JAPANESE CAN
ALSO fiETHffi
When up Against Super-
lor Force :
HAYASHI .DEPRESSED . .
RUSSIANS ELATED
Heavy Firing. Again at Port Arthur Cas
ualties at Kai Chow-Japanese "
Officers Lost
Officially Confirmed
i London, May IU An olllubl dlapalch
received thia afternoon announced that
tho Japnncto crulsur Koahino and the
bnttloahip llntuiu woro aunk off Port I killed,
Jap Floot Sighted
Now .Chwung, May 10 Tho Japau-
oso fleet wan Hlghted ten milen north
of Kaiohow lo-day. Tho JapaueDu
troops ntnrchi'd noveral miles inland
from JCuIolujw and destroyed four
iiillo.-i of 'railroad, and captured u com-
mlHiiriat train.
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Exact List of Casunltios
Tokio, Mny 10 Uoneral Kuroki to.
day hunt tho following list of tho ox.
not liuinlxjr of killed and wounded in
Springfield, May 10 At tho end of
tho COth ballot, tho convention recess
ed till tliroo. Tho last ballot saw tho
elimination of Sherman, whoso voto
went to Donau.
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MORE MONEY
FOR DREDGING
WARSHIPS
BOUND FOR
TANGIER
kuropatkin in Evidence
St. Petersburg, May 20 It is report
ed that Knropatkiin, commandng the
Rusrtian forces in person, checked the
Japanwe advaace toward Lla.-Vmi,
the headqaartcrs of tho Ruusoiau army.
Standing Army at Tukcshan
Xondon,3Iay 20 Tho JapaneiM) min
stor advisM tlia t a standing Japanese
army will bo maintained at Tukushan
on the east coast of tho Lia Tung pen- J
nlsula. a short distuoo southwoat of J
Antung.
'i 1v
anego Monday saya tho total caenauieA
of tho Ruflsiana were 300, ',
Tho place, was dfedd by th-flfi'-
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fonrteeath ani jrixteeath. riiarpahootKg,
The Rujianj loft on tho fioM thirty
dead offloera and men.
Engineer M. L. Tower . iaforms tho
MAIL that $!5,G00 haa been Hot aside
for continuauco of tho dredging work
Arlhur and over aix hundred Uvea weio
loit. Of tho crow of tlij battleahip, Oil
uero envod.
Tho Black-Son Floot
London, May 10 Tho Central Nowh
IKIosbh correspondent wires that tho
.holu Ituesian ifft fleet lino been order
od to ho hold on a uomploto footing from
Aueuot'flrat. Moauwhllo the iluot Ii
divided in two cqundrona and executing
nwrlci of prntlcnl evolutlono in the
Crimonn wnttjrn, It la roportod that nn.
nrrniigomcnt has been arrived at, where'
bv Tutkov will allow tho lleot to pass
tho Dnidonoilea for Borvlco in tho far
Kist.
Togo's Report
Toltio, May 10 Togo roporta: "A
report fi-om Rear Admiral Down siiys
the orulsoi-H JCnsiiga nnd Yoshino
collided during a fog at Port Arthur
uu May 16th. Tho Yoshluo onnk, on
ly 00 of hoi crow being Hiivod, On
thu Hiuno day .tho liattlwhlj) IIiUhuho
titvuolc a Ruaiian miuo and hiuiU."
A Hupplomoirtiiry roport by Togo
nays: 'Tourtoon minuteB past ono on
tlio nftornoou of tho 16th iu i doop fog
tliultttoof tho Yalu: Japnmwo; illlou tho Pou' riIou8 '.
j.jjj : tuo result or tno otiorta or tuo uood
jUay.Chauiber of Couunoruo.
7H!I injured. RilssIiiuh,
oorpserf buried by thu Japnnese.
Czar's
St. IXei-sburg, May 10 Despite tho
alfeouuo of tho Ozar on his rounds of
bidding farowoll to tho various regi
ments, tho celebration of his majesty 'h
birthday will procee'd with tho usual
brilliancy. A aaluto of 12U guns will
bo ilred at tho naval fort, and tho
streets and shipping will bo decorated.
Tho .Japanese disasters havo afforded
some additional rontons for rojololng,
which will bo taken advantage of, iu
viow of tho long depretuion of tho pub
lic spiritu.
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Birthday coiobratod Prominent Specialist Suicides
HoidolbUrg, May 20 Professor
Czeruy, t)io coiobratod authority ou
psoases of tlio nerves and. lusiuiity,
suioidod today, .
ILLINOIS
REPUBLICAN
CONVENTION
Coroa Annuls Treaties
"Washington, May 10 Minister Al
leu oiibkvi tho State Department from
Seoul that tho Korean government has
by imperial dooreo formally annulled
nil treaties iuid ngi'oomeuts with tho
Russian government, iuoluduig tho
timber concessions on tho Yalu rlvor.
London, Ma'y 20 Gibraltcr advices
say the i Rritish to'rpodo boat -fo. 88
has sailed for Tangiers. I&xfi Ameri
can warship havo mailed from tho
Canaries' for' Tnugiem'W' obtain tho
roloaso of Pcrdioaria Vurleyi who was
oapturod by Morrocan"bandit5.
THUNDERER
GETS OFF
. . ITS PERCH
, Skrydloff at Sea
Rome, May 20. Tho Agenda Libe
ria has a dispatch from -Harbin which;
says Admiral Skrydlon" arrived at
Vladivostok from Si. Petersburg and
Cheofoo, May 20 Heavy firing is
heard in tho direction Of Port' Ar
thur today and it Is beli&ved a Imttle
Is being fought thero.
London, May 20 Baron Hayashi,
Japauedo minister to England, ia conr
fliedtohid bed today, suffering, from
Influenza, and refuse to "receive vis
itor. tlPK
Ho is very much depressed- over tho
losses off Port Arthur.
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Nov? Chwang, May 20 On Monday
last .twenty thousand. Jauaucso trooiw
ouooumercit tiurry-nvo tnousauu uiw-
lator put to ea with livo cruiser and Birty miles west of Fen Hum
1 Cheng. Tlie Jaiioueso retreated with-
destroyers. It is' coujecturort.
.Adjourns Without A
Chojde '
Ammunition , Disappeared
Uiriuiugham, May 10 Tho Post
pruts an OdMsi rouovt tluitj llffy
thousand rounds ot' heavy ammunition
rosorvod at Kherson olthor dlsappoarod
or i.n worthless,, and ah inquiry is
proceeding.
Sprin'sfleld, May 20-Afpr a too day'a
Bosaiotij eight whlclj woro. Bppnt In fruit
less balloting, tho RepubTitaiu state con
vpntion UiIb mornluif . .adjourned .until;
May 31, after Ukfag CS'baUotetrie last
,i i i
reBUlUng : Yaloa 483", Lojydeu 302, fJon-
on 885, Hamllnli3, Earner 63,'Bher-J
mon 40, Tforco 20,
Loudon, May "20. Tho announce
ment waa'unoflloially niado today in
Loudou that tho Times' intends tb"ro
duoo )o pricatQ yoarly Bubsorlbora to
ono penny. Tho Mail nays that tho
"Thunderer" has praotoially Buconmb
od to tho iufluouoo of llvo journalism.
ohio c0nven
ti6ndoes business
three destroyers. It
that ho will attempt to rcaoli Port Ar
tlmr.
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Another Skirmish
Tukio, May 20 A roixrt has been
received horo today that a forco of
Japanese reoonuolteriug iu tho direc
tion of Shanohusau, northwest of Peng
Huang Cheng, repulsed a forco of Rus
sians. Tho Japaueso lost flva kllert
and tho Russians fifty.
Columbus, May 18f-The Beaainn. of
Republican Btate oonvontlou. proceedod
to buBiaoea promptly this morning by
adopting a platform w!aich re-aQlrma tho
part's polfcjw, etato.aad national, and
Instructs for Roosevelt. Koha Swaynei,
of Toledo, and 'chajioaf P, Taft, of Cin.
cinatli, vero nouiluatoJf for piealdontlal
eloctofB y.ac.clanj.a.tjo. t D. O., Lay.ln
waa nominated urianirtiouBly for Secre
tary of Hate thU mttkh ig his third tons,
Crave Losses for Japs
Toklo' May 20 Annouccamont is
niada that the loasea among the ofticetB
in the battleahip Hatsuso are command-;
era, . Taukamato, Niec, Armora and
twenty two others ; on tho cruibor Yo-
uiao, eunk in colllalon with Kaaogi,
Captalh Aykl, comm'andor, Hlrowatoii
and twenty other ofllcera loat. Tho Re-O
port that thev'battleahlp3 Shlnk'lehlma
and Fuji wero.damagod oTf Port Arthur
la denied. .,
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St. Petersburg, May 20.Rejoioiug I
over tho Japauedo losses olf. Port Ar
thur continued today, largo orowda
taking ijosbosbIou of' thQ -Vriuolpal
Btreots and fchoBriug, , Tho siUking of
tho war ahlpH ia attributodto the Rua
Biau torpedo boats not to floating
miues.
out serious lo&j.
New Chwoug, May 20 Tho Japan
ese retreated beeauso they deemed tit
unwiso to risk battlo during va, Htrate
gio movement. Cojsaoks hari-ased tho
Japanese Hunks with considerable
losses on botli sides,
Tho main body, of ho J"ais soon join
ed whou tho Russians stopped pursuit.
Iiudon, May 20 Renters' r Now
Chwang correspondent Bays, tho re,
tireinout of tho Japanese nriiiy onFeug
Haung Cheug is pflloially -tiOnflTtued.
Tokio, May 20--It is oflloially glvoh
out that a sootipii of Japanese infan
try, of Lia Tung forces, reconnoltorlug
In tho dlrpotou of Spauchasn, mettvip
Bootious of Russian iufantry. Tl,i
Russians woro ropulsed iu thirty miU
utes. NH
Japanese casualties were ono officer
and four mon killed, ono olllcor and
eight mou wounded; Rusaaln'e, oneoftl-
oor and forty to lifty moU kuiwl.:
Tdkia, May 300-iAn offloiwl report
bf tho taking of Kai Chow by -tho 'Jap-J
St. Petersburg, May 20 A Vladivo
stok dispatch uUdor today 'h date says
that Japanese sliijis aro hoveriug about
tlio outranoo of tho harbor. AU.ia
qulot.
St. Potorsburg, May SO A?Mukd
dispatch announces that a Russiau'de-.,
taohraent oucou,utorod a Japanose foo
marching westward ou tho 18th, and,
sucodod iu turning it. v
Another dotauluuont met a foro of
Japailefio tvOlvo mllei uortii of Kenpc1
Huang CJiong and after a haui.to.kf4
fight tho Japauoso fled iwnlo U'ikB,
'tlriVenby the Russians'at tlw'ptyiitifdf
lieir. bayonets.
Tljo goneraltaff der'Cie refrb.
fiat tho 'Russian oruine oftarr'w
wreckwl at tho'ontrauoe of VwUUv
stok harbor.
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