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I LOSS BY JAPANESE ATTACK FORT ON THE YALU BUT CANNOT TAKE IT. Kusalan Plr AIM Prot Too Heavy lor OunboaU Which Wont to Support ol Troops-Submarine Boat Raport4 to tlava Sunk Traniport aod That 600 Mae Want Down. Uo Yang, April 29. Tin Japan CHI A DESIKHS TO HB MiUlMAL. Diplomat Says Only Danger Lisa la Pried Stirring Up a Ha volt. Parle, April 28. Mr. Ou. flrat secre tary o( tho Chine ligation here, in an interview on Hie danger of China lining drawn into tlia Uussian-Japanese war, aid General Ma was not a very import ant personage, and had never been coin- jnander ih chief. He It in command ol the regular troops in tlie province of rechlli under the viceroy of Tien Tain, who would incur the death penalty, if he acted without the direct orderi of troops, which crossed the Yalu north of he Pelcin government, which, the sec- Villi I Inn rTidianodllou) charged during retary aaid, waa determined to maintain ' -r " - - - ,,. - i the night of April 26-27 the Russian neuir. y . - yosltlon near Llavena, a village on the w no reM(m to ,uppow wera , Manehurlan bank ol the xeiu. iney Uienosed toward KUHsIa -wore repulsed, hut their lone ii not juked point blank whether h did known. not foresee danger of complication, Two irunboats steamed np the river .i.. mHemtarv admitted the Chinese to the support of the Japaneae, when a neOI))e Were favorably disposed toward Ilussian mini uauery openeu nre uj.uh .i.e Japanese, and In this lact mere them, resulting in a battle which niii.t be a nossible source of trouble. .lanted for 20 minutes. The Kusalan j( the uU(ui,t priests and the secret (ire waa too hot, and the gunboats were iol.iet,el itirred up a revolt, and the forced to steam out of range. VALUE QUESTIONED SENATE DOUBTS ADVISABILITY OF OP BUILDING Bid WARSHIPS. Recant Ruaalae Loaaoe are Cited Soma Favor Submarine Conference Re port Giving tb President Power to Delay Construction ol Battloahlp H Deemed Advlaablo Agreed To. Japaneae Tranaport Sunk. I'aria, April 29. The Bt. Petersburg correspondent of the Journal reporta lm a UiiMtiin aubmarine boat tunk a Japanese trananort which waa convey ing (100 men to Corea, and that all the wouiji make common cause with Jap. troopi were loat. rebela attacked the Russians, tiie latter might consider tlie imperial govern ment reHponaible. "If we should be treated as tieuiger- entB," aaid the tecretary, "we snoum be obliged to defend ourselves, mat would be the only event in which we an. ADVANCES MONBY FOR CANAL. SUBMARINE BOATS IN ACTION. Washington, April 27. The senate today panned a bill to provide for an as- aociate justice of the supreme court of New Mexico. Hale called np the conference report on the naval appropriation bill el i nil nating the difference! between the two boil ima. In making a statement on trie report Hale criticised the modern bat tleship. Continuing tie saia: "I mue. eay that if I were secretary of the navy in the present condition, I should not dare to go on and commit the Government to the building of an other Immense battleship coating 8,- 000,000. The lessons of war between i Riinaia and Japan thus lar go to snow the vulnerability and the unsafety of these Immense and lofty battleships and the undesirabllity at present of com mitting ourselves to the further con struction of them. The great and sal- lent evils of war show how Incomplete aa an engine of war ii one of these enormous high turreted battleships. If she is struck below the water line RAIN CAUSbS KANSAS FLOOD. Rescues OFFICIAL DIRECTOR!. Franco Syndicate Deairea to Bxpcdlte Panama Deal. Washington, April 20. Attorney tteneral Knox today received cable grams from Messrs. Pay and Russell, who went to Paris as hie representa tives to conduct the negotiations for tlie rn.m rmial uronertv. to the effect that the deeds of the property and all ittir turners and effects, which will Russia Hears From Vessels Sent la Sec- tions to Port Arthur. Bt. Petersburg. April 28. A dis patch from Port Arthur says: "Experiments with submarine boats here have been attended with brilliant success. "All is quiet in the region of the fortress." The entrance into service of four sub- and the center of gravaity is disturbed jng thousands of dollars worth of prop- she turns over like a turtle ana every-, erty as well as the hundreds of inbabi bodv on board is drowned. "If an explosion takes place tnrongn hurried firine in turret, it is more belong to the United Btates nnder the marine boats at Port Arthur means the .. t,.. h.n turned over addition of a new and formidable u Biimui , umiw Rtinmj i . . . . . ., , .... -,...-, nri,.. weapon for the defense of the strong' to them, and that the pruchase price fc ,n of 140,000,000 has been advanced to . the raUroad hBve been tne canal company by a Paris syndl- .hrouded in secrecy, and even today cate ol bankers. This syndicate, it is many in St. Petersburg are inclined to i .... the doubt the report by officials of their vmwn.wuu, v..D.. .... nceatport Arthur or to accept money with a vl iw to exciting the in(ormation M trustworthy, consummation of the sale on the assur- An effort now to close or blockade nce of the Attorney General that the Port Arthur will be too dangerous, it is draft of the syndicate on the Unitod thought, for ice Admiral logo w ai - . . .in nnn nnn -ill 1- hnn. tempt. The defenders of the port will ttt.tea for the 140,000,000 will be bon t .mt jne ub. ored on presenUtion at the treasury at Washington At the time the money was paid over to the canal company in Paria, Major Waikbrooke, of the engineer corpa of tl. irmv. now in Colon, was authoriied formally to receive the papers on the ialhmua in the name of the United Statu.. Whether this transfer has ac- i.i.llv luwn made bv the republic of IVniima. the department of Justice has marine vessels entering the harbor and attacking the Russian ships at anchor TO CUT OFP RUSSIAN SQUADRON. Japaneae Ships Paaa Kobe, Undoubtedly Making lor Oenaan. Chicaso. Anril 28. A apeclal cabl to the Pally Newa from Kobe aaya: "Under full steam a strong squadron ,iu M made within a day or two Mi.. Dav and Russell are exiected n return to Wanhinston within the next ten days. MAY MOBILIZB FOURTH ARMY. Japan Bvldently Meeoe to Move oa Vlad- Ivoatok and Port Annur, London, April 29. It is announced frnm Rhsnirhai this morning that the third Japanese army, now mobilising, -will comprise the fifth division from Hiroshima, the tenth from llinleju, and the eleventh from Zentsuujl tinna are on foot to mobilize a nnrth arm should It become neces eary. The destination of these armies is a muHnr of considerable speculation here, vLmiuli It la annnosed that it may be the intention to use them against Vlad ivnatok or Port Arthur. rther lieht has been thrown From Nomas Surrounded by Rising WaUra. Fort Bcott, Kan., April 27. Fort Scott is experiencing the most serious flood in its history. Maruatong river and Mill creek, which runs into the former stream here, have risen ten feet in the past 24 hoars, the result of heavy rains. ' Beveral hundreds of per sons have been rescued in boats. As far as known tonight no lives have been lost. The estimated loss in livestock 1 drowned and property damaged is 1100,000. The two streams began to rise at 10 o'clock last night and today the city was divided into three sections and al most completely isolated. Normally Mill creek runs into the Marmatong liver, noriheast of the city, but because of the rapid rise they formed a new channel which cut across one end of the city. Tonight the entire northern part of the city is cut off, and part of the city is inundated. Ten feet of water is rushing through the streets in that part of the city and several hundred persons in what is known as Belltown have been forced to leave their homes. Many were taken away in boats. There were several narrow escapes from drowning. Late today an aged couple named Lemore, living north of the city near the river, were rescued in boats. They were completely hemmed in. Rescuers were oat all day nnder the direction of Fire Chief Ansman, Mayor Congdon and Chief of Police Mendenhall, and they succeeded in sav- Catted Statot. f retdiil .... Theodora Konetrell Vlee-rrmKtatit awrreterT ol Hiete ......,......W. R. D Secretary ol Trrj. Lrmen J. (ure Secretary of Interior... A. Mltr.hcock Secretary ul War ..... K. R. Htmt Secretary of Nary. Jnhn I). Lone, Feetinaeter-4ieneral....mM.CBarlet Kmory Smltb A ttorney-Oeneral .John W.flnrin Secretary of AKrlctiltnre.,.mMM.. Jamee WUaoo Com Ueueral Land Omce-...Blner Hermes State rederal OAetale. . , I John H. Mitchell senators. 1 cbu w ruilua . N. Wllllameuo vvunemieii .Thomai H.Tongoe , Internal RereBoe Collector.. ..... !. M. Imone -' '--'fr- I , " B. Belllnrer I Circuit ;ul(e...... W. B. Gilbert bletrlct Atu.roer J. H. Hall V. a. "--" F. HatUewi VnlUd States T-aad Offleera. TXI DiLLE. OaiOOS. Pttr'tT,.... Jar Loett y -...... on. ratureoa LA OBAMDa, OaSOOK. Retleter E. W. Bartlett w..i... ; , , J o. Bwackheimar State of Orecoa. Oovenior.- Geo. E. Chamberlain Secretarr of State F. 1. Dunbar Treaeurer -- .-. C. 8. Moore ttornerenera!. ,..A. M. Crawlora Bnpt. el PobUo lmtrtfttlon-.J. H. Ackermao Prlnur 1. B. Whitney it B. Bean Supreme Jadcea ..F. A. Moore t . C. E. Wolrerton Clerk Hoard School And CommlMlon Mart Chamberlain Game Warden Alphe Qulmby Hh Commieeloscr F. C. Beid, Atorla Veterinary Burgeon Wm. McLean. Portland tants of that district. Many who refused to leave Belltown will still have to be taken away in than likely to igr.ite the magazine and boats, as all avenues of escape have the whole ship is blown into the air j now been cut off. and everybody on board is killed. I The gas works is three feet nnder Aside from the disasters in tne J&asi, water and has closed down. Tbe en where the large Rusisaan battleships gine and pumps at the water station have been disabled and put out of bust-. ar- 20 feet under water. The South western Wholesale Grocery company warehouse is flooded and the water has reached the office. Tbe wholesale die- on ness. we nave naa inree explosions our own battleships within a year." Btewart expressed the opinion that the battleship will soon be a thing of trict is completely surrounded and mer- ... l t . 111.. e . t e . a . chants are removing ineir siocxs 01 goods. All the railroads are tied up bridges beine threatened and tracks covered. Washouts are reported in all direc tions. In tbe low farming land the water is from five to ten ieet deep and the past and that submarine craft will take their place. Continuing. Hale said he f.ougnt congress should legislate on the char acter of battleships for the navy, ana not leave it to the department. Allison said the discretion given to the president to defer action for a year much stock has been drowned and was a wise one, because ot the fact that heavy damage to property caused. a test of battleships waa going on in pretty lively way in the Far East. The conference report was agreed 10 OAMB OP STRATEGY. It is estimated that 300 persons are home less SOLDIER KILLED IN WRECK. not been advised, but it is assumed it c( jBpftnege armored cruisers were ob served this morning, making their way northward in the Japanese sea. It is believed that the vessels are on thci way to attempt to cut off the Russian squadron that appeared off Genfan, on the eaat coast of Lorea yesterday, j is feared, however, that, as the cr.ar cruisers are superior in speed to those of the mikado, they may escape in safe ty to the shelter of Vladivostok. "It is also stated that the Japanese have succeeded In luring the Russians (roro the protection of the Vladivostok guns, and mat mere is anomer jbbii ese squadron between them and their retreat, but these are mere rumors. Kouropatkln Has Large Force Thrown Across Upper Yalu. . St. Petersburg, April 27. General Kouropatkin has played a strong card in the game ol strategy. A large por tion of General Rennenkampff 's Cos sack csvalry division has been thrown across the apper reaches of the Yalu, and a considerable force of cavalry, which crossed the Tumen some time ago. is moving down to the southwest to effect a Juncture with it. Together with this force, which, it is believed, totals 20,000 men, he will threaten Lieutenant General Inouye's left flank wheD the Japanese are ready to cross lower down on the lalu. Beinir composed of cavalry with a West Sixth Judicial Dletrie. Clrralt Judge W. B. EltU rroeeenttsg Attorney .X. u. nauey TICKETS To and bom aQ POINTS EAST vta SHOBT LIMB ST. PAUL.DULUTH, MIKIEAPOLIS, CHICISI AID FOISTS XAST. Through Palace and Tourlit Sleeper; Dining and Bullet Smoking library Can. DAILY TBAIXS. FAST TIKI. For rates, folden and fall Information regaroV leg tickets, routes, eta, call on or addreea H. DICKSON, City Ticket Agent, Portland, Oa. J. W. PHAION, T. P. AM 122 Third St., Portland, Oa, A. B. C. DENNISTOK, O. W. P. A. 12 t int Ave.. Seattle, Wash. Morrow County Offlclale. Joint Senator Walter Pierce RDreen tatlre o. w. rneipe County "'ft 1 r f 1 1 A.Q. Bartholomew County CommUeionen jEVcbbau!! County Clerk ..... -....Vawter Crawford county Bnerin ..... c. m. ouuu County Treainrer... m .M. Llcbtenthal County AeecMor ,. W. L. Sating County Snrreror J. Kelthly County School BuprlotandentJay W. Shipley County ' "-""- 1 , , nr. K inner Stock inepeetoi, 8. C. lurk Mayo Connoiimen, eppaer Tows OSeers. Frank Ollllam J. J. Bobert ..Geo. Noble E. W. Rhea Recorder... Treaeurer.. Mental.. PbUCoh Tom Quald .0. E. Farneworth J. P. Wllllame L. W.Bnuxi D.O Gaidaue Bevpaer School Dletrle. Director T. J. Matlock, E. M. Shut, i. Bagar. Ctork L. W. Brlgg. freeinet OBeera. e.ng compu, ut j turing to that point, presumably w TD. .ff J,?"6 t.. outthenowled7eof the special t, Amending tho Patent Laws. Washington, April 28. Favorable reports were authorised tolay by the house committee on patents on tne Mann bill amending the patent laws bv authorising the issuance of patents on the formulae of proprietary remedies instead of on the manufactured article, force is extremely mobile. Unless it should be dislodged, it will compel the Japanese to leave a strong army to guard the communications, whereas, if a Japanese force should be sent todrive it out, it would have to move directly away from the main army while the Russian army, if compelled to tall hack, can recroes in the direction of the Rus sian troops concentrating in Manchuria. Bound Santa F Train Collides With a Ught Engine, Los' Angeles, Cal., April 27. A west bound special train carrying several carloads of soldiers bound for the pre sidio. Ban Francisco, waa wrecked at Ilartoum Station, tbe first station west of Needles, Cal, on the Banta Fe rail road. One soldier, James M. Boweis, was killed and about a dozen injured. According to the meagre information obtainable in this eity tonight the wieck occurred sometime during the afternoon Sunday and was caused by the colliding of a light engine east bound with the troop train. The en gine had helped a train over a heavy grade just west of Needles, and was re- lth- troop KDFIXLD TAN VACTOR ITTORNEYS-AT-LAW Ofllee, Opposite flret National Bank, Beppnee. The Milwaukee A familiar name for the Chicago, Mil waukee 4 Bt Paul Railway, known all over the Union as the ureal ttauway running the "Pioneer Limited" train every day and night between Bt. Paul and Chicago, and Omaha and Chicago, The only perfect trains in the world Understand : Connections are made with AU Transcontinental lines, assuring to passengers the best service known. Luxurious coaches, electric lights, steam heat, of a verity equaled by no other line. Bee that your ticket reads via "The Milwaukee" when going to any point in the United States or Canada. All ticket agents sell them. G.w- FHIXPS ITTORKEMT-LAI. For rates, pamphlets, or other infor mation, address, JT. W. Casct. . H. 8. Rows, Tray. Paa. Agent, General A(al PORTLAND, ORXOOK. Dr. M. B. Metzler train. KUROPATKIN TO BB CHIEF. . . f, v. : 1 1 .. : .m.iow - ..- .ixri 1 1 anu me jawney uiii vpontheopeiat onson vn. 1 iu to be filed with copyright applica. the absence ol o 11c. a. u.s , . .c ,ac. mhm th, t tUmtion is paid to Russian reports of ri,1iipHn, w. .t. No conv- Japanese reverses which, It is believed, are spread with tne motive 01 influenc ing the European money markets in favor of Russian financial operations. No definite news has been received regarding the whereabouts of the Vlad ivostok squadron, but the indications are that it has regained the harbor. Britain Loaea Territory. London, April 29. The Associated Tress understands that one of the most imtiortant results of the work In Fast Africa along the Anglo-Gorman Congo rnntlnr. wont of Victoria Nyanra, is the discovery that the whole of Al bert Edward Nyanxa belongs to the Congo Independent State. As a result Orcat Britain loses tlie valuable salt deposits north of I-ake Albert Edward. It is also announced that the mouth of Kagera river is in British territory. Hitherto, it had been believed to be In Ourman territory. Ha Is Destined to Command Forces oa Sea as Well as on Land, St. Petersburg, April 27. General Kouropatkin, it is believed in the highest military circles here, is des tined to become commander of all the emperor s lorces, Dotn military and naval in the Far hast. Admiral Alexinff may remain there for some little time as viceroy, but his reign is consideied practically ended Steamere Fear Mlnea. lie will not De Humiliated, out in oruer TM,ln Aril 87 .TTianea comnaniea to effect harmonious relations a way nr,rnt lAnmn on the Ye ow Will oe louno 10 secure ins elimination. for the publication was set. No copy riirht is to be issued on works not printed in this country. The penalty for a misstatement in the affidavit is fixed at tl,000. Carnival at Portland. The Federated Trades Council, repre senting 75 labor anions, and the Lewis snd Clark Farternal Building associa tion, comprising 34 fraternal societies, have arranged to hold a mardi eras and carnival in Portland June 28 to July 12 inclusive. It is intended to make this affair the largest and most com plete ever attempted on the Pacific coast. A spectacle employing 300 people will be one of the chief attrac tions of the amusement features, as well as a circus, baloon ascensions, etc. Th management has promised that the entire two weeks will be full of special ties and one cannot go once and see it all. There will be a monster Fourth of July parade, also an illuminated pa rade on the night of July 2. Keduced lates have been secured on all transpor tation lines running into Portland. Offloe in Odd Fellows New Building. Beppner. Oregon. 7RANKB.KISTNXS PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Omea, Pattsrson'a Drug Store. DENTIST Office in Odd Fellows' New Building. Call and See Me. R. A. X. HIOO0 Roim t and 4 ODD FELLOWS' BUILDINQ ReaiSene at Henry Johnaon'a, Beppner, Oregon. sea, and tho gulf of Pechili are cancel ling their engngements to call at points beyond Chemulpo, Corea, because of the mechanical contact mines which are known to lie adrift on the high seas. The?e mines drifted away from Port Arthur and Port I'alny, and con stitute a serious menace to navigation. It is known that many mines have been detached from thulr moorings by storms and currents and several have been de stroyed. Kuropatkln Ahead of Them. Chicago, April 29. A report to the Dally News form Niu Chwang says: If official Russian advices from Muk den can be relied on, General Kuropat kin's deployment is so far advanced ' that It covers the very lines the Japan ese propose to occupy. Bhould the Jap anese succeed in driving the Russians tiortn, the Muscovite line of defense will extend from Niu Chwang to Liao Yang and from Liao Yang to the Yalu liver.- Ruaalana Harais Chinese Villages. London, April 29. The Tlontsln cor gespondent of the Standard sends a 10 iiort that 40,000 Russians are harassing the Chinese villages west of the Shuang Tal Bu river, midway between thin Chau and Yinkcw. While Alexieff and Kouropatkin are on fairly good terms, harmonious relations between Vice Adimral Bkrydloff and the viceroy are considered impossible and with the three enjoying indepen dent commands it is realized that trie tion ultimately will be bound to arise which might endanger successful opera' tions. Bkrydloff and Kouropatkin, on the contrary, are warm personal friends G. W.RIA ITTOERET-iT-UI V. R CommlMloccr. Homestead filing and all I nnai proof maae. Office on door eit p. O Borg'i Jewelry Store. I BEPPMCR OREGON 'Oregon SliOJLlNE Union Pacific Only Line East via c. K. WOODSON. Eight-Hour BUI nay do Over. Washington, April 28. The senate committee on education and labor, by vote ot 4 to 3, today decided to post pone action on the eight-hour bill until next December. There wets two mem bers of the committee absent, and they will be permitted to record their votes, Friends of the bill believe that when the absentees have voted the result will be changed and the bill may be favor ably reported at this session, although they express no hope of passing it. One Veto by Oovac-nor of Hawaii. Honolulu, April 27. Thjrewas only one veto by uovernor uarier in tne special legislative 'session. He disap proved a joint resolution calling tor a commission to frame a county govern ment act, because the matter of com pensation was left to be determined later. Another resolution providing for a commission of five members and fixing compensation was approved, and the commission will be appointed at once to frame a county bill. Irrigation Investigation at Yakima. Washington, April 27. District Engineer T. A. Noble, of the reclame' tion service, at Spokane, Wash, has been instituted to proceed to make the necessary investigations at the earliest possible date concerning the develop ment of ihe Yakima valley, to ascertain whether the opportunities for irrigation works there are of such a character as to warrant the beginning of a large government work in this city. The in vesication will be for the purpose lareely of securing a better knowledge of the physical conditions of this region Attorney-at-Law. Salt Lake and Denver V. Russia to Buy More Warships. Paris, April 28. According to a re port, the truth of which it is imposal ble to verify, the sum of 105,00(1,000 rubles has been appropriated by Rus sia for tbe purchase of several torpedo! before the foreign officers. boats in France, two Argentine cruisers no longer possible to secure its ratiflca and two German transports. The two tion during this session of, congress, German transports have already ar- Mr. McCormick probably will allow rived at Llbau, I the treaty to take its normal course, Treaty With Amirtca to Hand. St. Petersburg, April 27. The draft of the treaty whereby American firms can sue in Russia and Russian firms in America, over which Ambassador Mc Cormlck has been negotiating, has been received from Washington and laid Since It is OSes in Palaoa Hotel, Bppnr, Oregon. 0 ENTRY, TONSORlAl ARTISTS. SUATIMO S5 CENTS. WO TRAINS DAILY. Cleaning Up to Adjourn. Washington, April 27. The time of the senate will be' devoted wholly to clearing the calendar preparatory to ad journment, which most senators still say will occur during the present week. There remains only one appropriation bill to be passed by the senate, that for the military academy. A number of the supply bills are still in the confer ence, however, and it is expected there will be more or less discusaion ol con ference reports. Improvements at Paget Sound Yard a. Washington, April 27. Bids have been opened at tlie navy department for a steel storage bnliding at the ruget sound navy yard, the lowest bidder be ing the St. Paul Foundry company 130,736, and for a boatahop at the Puget sound yard, the lowest bidder being T. Ryan, Seattle,- (181.000. Fin Bath Room In connection. Shop two door north ol Palao Hotel. DR. d. W. VOGLE EYE SPECIALIST. Deny TIM! SCHEDULES, Dally SkTans Hirrsaa, Oa. Aaniras Fan Mell for Kaat and Watt :00 a. at. Fait Mall rromKaat and West 1:10 a. . Eipreee tor Kat and Wart 1:00 a. m. tierce from East and Wt 1:10 . a. MAKES REGULAR TRIPS TO HEPPNER AND MOR ROW COUNTY. GIBSON & LOGAN.. Shaving Parlors Tate Door Seat el IWeAee, tkaeleg, tSo leireetUaa, BSe. Bathroom U Coaaootloak STEAMER LINES. Ul FaABCl00-POBTLABB ROOTS ttoasM sail front Portland I p. aa. every I day. Dally Boat rvto between Portland. Attorla, Oregon City, Dayton. Salem, Independence, Corralll and all Colombia and WUlametM RlTei point. SNAJCB RIVER ROUTT, usaier between Riper t aad lowMoa tear Rlparla dally at : a. a. returalns leaf Uwlitoa daily at liSO a, aa. I. . Handle, Hetpeee, Otegwd