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Newspaper Page TextTHE KEPPNER TIMES PnbattMd Enry Tnarsdsy. HEPPNER OREGON EVENTS OF THE DAY Comprehensive Review of the Import ant Happenings of the Past Week, Presented in Condensed Form, Most Likely to Prove Interesting. New York will be the chief battle ground for both parties in the presi dential campaign. The body of Kent Looniis, the miss ing American, has been washed ashore near Plymouth, England. Russian vessels stopped a German steamer in the Bed sea and seized much mail destined (or Japan. ' Extreme hot weather throughout the Midd e West has caused many pros trations and a number of deaths. Feace negotiations are at a standstill in the meatpackers' strike. The op erators refuse to re-employ all strikers at once. St." Paul strikers resisted an at tempt of officers to place nonunion men in the packing houses and a fiee for all fight ensued. Ion Terdicaris, of Tangiei , who was held captive by brigands, has grave fears for foreigners unless France adopts stern measures. Japan denies the report of a gcreat reverse t Port Arthur in which 30,008 troops were lost, asserting that not a shot was fired at the fort that day. The Russians themselves are becoming skeptical regarding it as not a word has been beard since the first report. The Russian losses in the last battle t Port Arthur are placed at 5,500. The Russians seized the Chicago News dispatch boat and towed it into Port Arthur. Cholera and dysentery are eaid to be epidemic among the Japanese troops at Feng Wang Cheng. Neither side in the meatpackers' strike will allow the other to dictate the terms of arbitration, but both want peace. Great Bi itain has granted the last request of ex-President Kruger and his remaine will lie alongside those of bis wife in the Transvaal. , The piesident of Panama has assured congresBnren excited over the custom houBe that he is confident the United States will interpret the treaty in a libeial spirit. A gigantic Tailroad ticket swindle, through which the railroads having , offices in Denver have lost thousands of doUan, has been unearthed. Three men have been arrested. They are charged with having doctored tickets by hanging the destination, plugging punched holes in cancelled tickets and otherwise changing them. The emperor of China is seriusly ill. Omaha business has begun to suffer as a result of the strike. The Russian losses in the latest en gagement at Port Arthur are placed at 1,800. The Russian government has ordered J.00,000 breastplates for the army in the Far East. Russia's up of joy is filled to over flowing now that the Vladivostok squadron is out again. The trouble between te packing house employes and opeiators is likely to be settled by arbitration. Reports of the big Japanese reverse are still unconfirmed, but are unques tioned at St. Petersburg. One man was killed and seven wounded in a riot at Chicago due to the meat packet b' strike. Moorish bandits at Tangier continue their depredations and outside powers may yet have to take a Hand. Ex-President Kruger, of the Trans vaal, is dead. His relatives will ask Great Britain to permit his remains to be interred in the Transvaal. The Japanese are not likely to'ad vance on Yinkow until after Ta Tche Kiao falls. New York butchers have already ad vanced their prices as the result of the strike of packing bouse employes. Not counting the many minor storms there have been 34 cloudbursts in East ern Oregon since the first of July. Mayor Jones, of Toledo, Ohio, is dead. The object of the last sortie of the Russian fleet was to shell the Japanese columns advancing on Port Arthur The operators of the Chicago packing plants will try to Eecure nonunion help; in most other cities the plants will be closed. The government has given Malheur county, Oreogn, until October 1 to de cide whether they will make it possl ble for the great irrigation .work to proceed. The rainy season has greatly affected the Russian army, disease spreading rapidly. Officers are even more af ected than the men. Nearly all of these were attended by a heavy property loss. The Russians have been officially warned to be ready to leave Port Arthur. The Japanese army is within eight miles of the fort Port Arthur officials claim the Jap anese army is too small to take the fort less. SAVED LUO YANO. Oenerat Zsssalltch's Defeat at the Yalu Was In Name Only. St. Petersburg, July 19. Exports who recently were inclined to criticise General Kuropatkin's management of affairs in the Far East declare, as the situation develops, that, his stiategies have proved, so Tar, beyond repioach. He hag successfully tided over a press ing danger how pressing only those in close touch with the Far Kaat realise. His apparent mistakes, like the pro longed resistance offered by Lieutenant General Zassali'ch on the Yalu, turn out to be acta of the highest military judgment. General Kuropatkin then had so few ALTON B. PARKER Democratic Candidate for President and such poor troops at Liao Yang that the Japanese would have had an easy task to crush the main force of the Russians had they been permitted to cross the Yalu without severe punish ment, and the thousands lost by Zas salitch practically saved Liao Yang. Zassalitch, until disgraced, occupied an important staff poeition. Genera) Baron Stakelberg's march, which also was criticised, is now ad mitted to hae been necessary. The ru diments of war are that the army should be in constant touch with the enemy, otherwise, it wcnld be impos sible to know the strength of its op ponents or to be informed of their movements. General Stakelberg's match was a HENRY G. DAVIS Democratic Nominee for Vice President reconnaissance on a grand scale, and not. only enabled General Kuropatkin to ascertain the enemy's strengtli and disposition, but materially disturbed the Japanese plans relative to the siege of Port Arthur, gradually drawing the bulk of the Japanese army to follow the retreating column, and thus dis tracting attention from the vulnerable spot between Lia Y'ang and Mukden. Meanwhile the men at Kuropatkin s headquarters are improving. Fifty thousand of the best troops from Eu ropean Russia have i ear lied Liao Yang within a month, and if the Russian commander in chief should now choose to accept a bittle he will be able to in flict a heavy blow. All Russia is look ing forward with confidence to the is sue of the fight. Russian Ships Cruising In Red Sea. Island of Perim, Strais of Bab-el-Mandeb, July 19. The American mis sionary vessel, Motning Star, from Boston, arrived here today, and reports that yesterday she passed, between Jabel-Teir and Jabel Zugur, islands in the Red sea, a Russian volunteer fleet steamer, flying the naval flag, bound north. The Morning Star sighted at dusk, off Jabel-Zugur, another cruiser, with three funnels and two masts, and at midnight she sighted a torpedo boat. Both these vessels were supposed to be cruising. Russia Will Have to Explain. Berlin, July 19. The leport of the seizure of the mails of the North Ger man-Lloyd steamer Prinz Ileinricli by the Russian volunteer fleet steamer Smolensk, in the Red sea, reached here too late for most of the papers to com ment on it. The Tageblatt says: "A speedy explanation of this Russian ac tion against the emperor's postal flag is imperatively necessary. Steps must be taken that a disavowal is made and such acts avoided in the future." la Walt for Russian Ships. Odessa, Russia, July 19. The Rus eian steamer Tronvor, which has ar rived here from the Persian gulf, says the Knglish are persistently spreading rumors to the effect that six armed Japanese merchantmen are lying in wait for Kussian snips in tlie lied tea and Persian gulf. , ...... ; A ' I x Wf tkv f 1 " I. ...Aft l-Mat,,,-, CHECK JAPANESE ENGAGEMENT OCCURS IN THE RECTI0N OF YINKOW. Dl- Victors Lose Very Few Men One Thous and of Mikado's Troops Put Out ol of Action Cassacka Lie la Ambush on Remote Part of Coast and i-batter Advance Column. Liao Yang, July 18. General Sam sonoff seriously checked the Japanese advance in the direction of Yinkow on July 11. - His Cossacks ambushed the Japanese column, and put 1,000 out of action. The Japanese attempted to advance to Yinkow along the coast, but they were hindered by tho marshy country, which also increased their difficulties in cairying off their dead and wounded during the retreat. lne Kussians bad expected a move ment in this diretion. and a company of cavalry with two guns lay in am bush in-the high grass, catching the Japanese in the remotest part of the coast and shattering their advance col umn. The artillery tire of the Rus sians was splendid and the Japanese were unable to make effective reply They were forced to -retreat. The Russian losses were six killed and seven wounded. Japanese Flag Is Hoisted. New York, July 18. The Japanese have hoisted their national flag on Rose island, in Chemulpo harbor, says a Herald dispatch from Seoul, Cores I he torean lortincations thereon are still permitted to flytheCorean ensign, out tuis is awaried by the larger em b'em of Japan. Native agitation against the granting of a concession covering the stream and vacant land rights continues unabated, alhough the Japanese minister is still pressing the Corean foreign office to a favorable con elusion, stating that the Coreans lack the finances the executive ability requisite to a proper development of these resources. Salvage operations continue on the sunken Russian cruiser Yariag. It is hoped to have her on an even keel this racnth. The work of raising the sunk en merchantman Sungari is rapidly proceeding. PREDICT RUIN FOR PANAMA. Merchants Strongly Object to American Custom House. Panama, July 18. The decree of Governor Dais establishing a custom house in the canal zone has cieated ex cited comment here. The principal met bants of Panama and Colon assem bled in the Commerial club to discuss the situation, and, unanimously decid ed that the establishment of a custom house in such form means the ruin of the commerce of Panama and Colon. and consequently of the republic. The canal commissioners and officers of the government have discussed the situation, which is believed by all to be extremely serious unless the deciee be revoked and the interests of Panama considered. The newspapers have started a cam paign to prove to the people and the government of the United States the injustie of the measure, which is the cause of excitement in all circles. Y'esterday .morning the steamship City of Pekin, of the Pacific Mail Steamship company, arrived from San Francisco, which port she left on June 19. On arriving at Corinto, the City of Pekin got clearance papers for An con, the American port in the canal zone, and the captain of the port of Panama refused to receive the steamer claiming that under the treaty with the United States all ports in Panama are under the jurisdiction of the Pana man authorities. The captain of tin port also made a protest on the action of the Pacific Mail steamship company, which he considers against the rights of the lepublic, and sent a copy of it to the president and to the agents of the company. Ovation to Skrydloff. Vladivostok, July 18. Vice Admi ral Skrydloff received a great ovation at a fete today under the auspices of the Thirtieth rifle regiment. The horses were removed from his carriage, which was then hauled by officers and men of the regimenf. After the ban quet the admiral telegraphed to Gen eral Kuropatkin that the assembly had drunk to the health of the officers and men of the Manchurian army, adding: "The toast was received with tremend ous applause, a tribute to your strategic and tactical ability. ' Begin to Fear Russian Defeat. St. Petersburg, July 18. Discourage! ment is beginning to manifest itself even among the most pemstent advo cates of war, who realize that Russia is extraordinarily backward, politically, as well as economically and socially, and that there is only the remotest chance that she will be able to draw herself together in time to defeat the Japanese. It is reported that M. Witte, minister of finance, stated recently that Russia was already beaten. Settlers Fly From Forest Fires. Vancouver. B. C, July 13. Owing to the long dry period, forest fires along the British Columbia coast have given unusual trouble this year. A hush fire is now raging at Wulffsohn bay, a large area having been burned over. Settlers at Rotjerti creek have barely escaped witli their lives, all their property having been destroyed, according to reports brought down by steamer today. CITY r RIUNDS OF GOOD ROADS. Will the Farmers Accept Their Aid or Treat Them as Meddlers. Among those Interested in road Im provement, the farmers of courea stand first. The character and condition of the roads art) of vital interest to them every day of the year. The farmers, until recently, have been compelled to struggle with the road problem without much help or encouragement from any other class. Now, however, some strong elements of the city population are rallying to their support. Among these may bo named the manufacturers ot road building machinery; the u alt ers and users ot bicvcles and automo biles; and the moneyed men of the cities who have money invested in the country. These people are entering into the work for the road improve ment with even more enthusiasm and teal than the farmers. Just now the farmers who want bet ter roads are brought face to face with a most important question: vuu lie accept the assistance of these city al lies? Will he welcome the aid of the machinery man, the capitalist, the bi cyclist and the automobilist? Or will he treat them as schemers who are try ing to meddle with his affairs? The answer to these questions ought to depend on what these city friends of good roads are proposing to do. If they propose to have the country roads im proved in order to increase their busi- ness and enhance their pleasure, n-i.nn i. ..... f n.o far.,oi. . ". B"ul"u B,U,H ,,,D liance. .If on the contrary they are proposing, through, state ana national taxation to lift a large part of the bur- , . .,.,. i i u ,, n, taxpayers of the cities, he. ought to bid them welcome, and extend to them the glad hand. Tl.i. U liv .iiMtinn f,.r the farmer to consider and answer. Already the opponents ol tne Btate ami national aiu are at work trying to sow seeds of sub- nicinn in tbp m inds of the farmers, and .. ... , .. . , ........ .... ' 1 ' co-operation between the country ami the city friends of good roads. As a matter of fact state and national aid offer the only hope of ..,.... l improvement, and such aid can never be secured if the city people array themselves against it. Unless the farmers are wholly blind to their own interests, they will welcome aid from every source, and will make eveiy ef fort to sec are the powerful aid of the state and federal g ivernments. MAY TRAP ARMY. Japanese Seem Likely to Shut In Kuro patkin's Fo'ces. Chicago, July 10. The Daily News has the following from the seat ot war by a staff correspondent: Niu Chwang, July 16. Kuropatkin seems in danger of being shut up in Ta Tche Kiao. The Russians are be wildered by the Japanese movements, which are swift and unexpected. The Kussian geneial had elaborately planned to fiiiht a great battle at Ta Tche Kiao today, but to his surprise the affair did not come off. The Japanese made a feint against Taipingshan, and tlie Muscovite leader finally discovered that the anemy, instead of giving bat tie, had marched across his front, tak ing up a position on some hills to the east of Ta Tche Kiao. To the north of. Ta Tche Kiao in the direction of Ilai- cheng and liao Yang, tlie Japanese forces are moving in three bodies, while a large fresh leinloreement is advancing toward Ta Tche Kiao from below Kaiping. The Russians remain in their positions dazed and puzzled to know what all this means. The fact that the Japanese have made no at tempt to occupy this city seems to mys tify them Btill more. Only a few Rus. aian troops are here now. Panamanians Take Alarm. Colon, July 11. A wharf is in course of construction at Cristobal at which lumber and other supplies for the canal will be landed. The build ing of this wharf has given rise to mis givings on the part of Panama citizens that it will he a stepping stone to the establishment of a United States port at Colon. The order to the effect that vessels sailing from I-a Boca, the mouth of the canal on the Pacific side iiimkI ii-cieve . their clearance papers from thu United States authorities, is criticised as a violation of the treaty. British Fleet Located. Checfoo, July 10. Tho British fleet, whose movements last week Witre tinged with mystery, has been located cruising In rang lung bay, 20 miles from Wei Hal Wei. There is author ity for the statement that the fleet is watching the developments at Port Arthur. Chinese refugees from Port Arthur who arrived here today report treaty lietweon England and Germany that the Japanese have recaptured two removes all possibility of a coalition positions from which they were driven against Japan, and Insures that pro namely, Forts Fourteen and Seven. gressive Anglo-German amity on which American Cruiser at Chefoo. London, July 10. The correspondent of the Standard at Cheefoo says that the United States cruiser Raleigh has arrived there. . DEATH ENDS TRIP CHICAGO PICNIC TRAIN COLLIDES r KEIGI1T. WITH A Twenty-Two People Are Killed and Seventy Others Injured, Many ol Whom Are la Serious Condition- Curve la Roal Conceals Danger From Engineer. Chicago, July 15. This evening 22 members of the Sunday school of Do- renins Congregational church atThlr- ty-ni at and Butler streets, went to death with joy in their hearts ami a hymn on their lips. Seventy people, mostly children, members of the same Sunday school, were maimed, and mangled at the same time The carnage occurred in a collision on the tracks ol the Chicago A F.aHteru Illinois railroad between Chicago Heights and Glenwood, 25 miles from Chicago. Today was the animal picnic of the Sunday school, and, as in former years, seveial hundred of the childieu, with their parents uud ft lends, had gone to tliH picnic grounds at JMo mence, III., for the day. The picnic was over and the train was on the re turn to Chicago when the accident oe curied Two accidents combined to mane the disaster. The first was (he breaking down of a fieiuht tiain on the north bound track, on which the excursion train shculd have proceeded after leav- ing Chicago Heights, and the other - ,. ..,,, - , ,, se-ond freight train. Because the first Ufkn hai blocked the rlirhtful track tne excursion train switched to tno south-bound track to run for four miles until it should have passed the station Heights. As it tore along the track at th rate of 40 miles an hour it rounded sharp curve and camtt full upon the "econd train, whicn was Hacking up on 1 ami tit -twin iwl trui-lr in iri1itr tn titlra np .,g Umt m, lfy t the mim v,me IO out 0f tie way 0( ti,e ,.om nig picnic train, which it believed wai on the north-bound track There was no time for more than the I scttuio the brakes, then, with uiiHliu k ,.nt(, j tllB ,rair ith ,, ,ottt of 500 men, women and childieu, crashed at full speed into the freight. There was a shock, a shriek, and over 20 souls were in eternity. ARMIUS CLOSB IN. Japanese Will Attack Ta Tche Kiao Victory Will Compel Evacuation. St. Petersburg, July 15. Steadily and cautiously General Oku's army from the south, and General Nod mi's army from the east, are closing in on Ta Tche, Kiao, where General Kuropat kin is reported to he entrenched. One hundred and thirty thousand men are nvolved in the movement. The next few days will duterrnine to what extent General Kuropatkin Intends to make a stand at Ta Tche Kiao, possession of which by the Japanese would corn pel the immediate evacuation of Niu Chwang. Tlie outposts of the armies are scarcely 15 miles apart. The slowness of the advance is apparently due to the nat ural difficulties in the way of a rapid movement of tlie Japanese eastern Hanking columns. Lieutenant General Sakharoff reports that General Kuro is massing his troops near the Plthamlin pass and moving out by both roads upon 1 1 a i- cheng. Heavy pressure from this quarter would render Ta Tche Kiao un tenable. All tlie Japanene energies now seem, to be concentrated on Ta Tche Kiao and Haicheng. 1 lie operations to the north, which throughout may have been feints, have been suddenly suspended. Immense Meat Shipment Concluded. Minneapolis, July 15. Adviies re- cieved at Northern Pacific headquarters states ttiat the heaviest order of canned meat to cioss the Pacific has been sue cessfully delivered on the Pacific Coast and loaded aboard the steamer Shaw mut for transportation from Puget sound to lokohama. The shipment consists of a rush order for 1 .out), 000 pounds of canned beef for the subsist- ance department of the Japanese army. It was handled from Chicago by thn Northern Pacific in special trains of 40 refrigerator cars. Britain May Protest. London. July 15. There is reason to believe that the foreign office is giving serious cosideration to the question of the passage of the Dardanelles by ves sels of the Russian volunteer fleet, and if the report of tlie operations of the St. Petersburg, one of the ships, which recently passed through the straits, in searching two British vessels in the lied sea are officially confirmed, protect may he lodged both at Constantinople and Sf. Petersburg. Japan Breathes Easier. Tokio. July 15 It is thouuht hv the the peace of tho world has latterly de- perilled. Japan would view with euua liamlty the extension of "Pacific zone" to Include Russia, since such a development would In nowise hinder I the fulfillment of Japanese purposes. LOSS OP KINCHOU COMHRriUD. Qneral Sskharolf finds Account to the Gen trill Staff. St. Petersburg, July 13. Lieutenant (ineral Sakaharoff in a dispatch to tlie general staff, confirms the report of the Japanese occupation of Kalchou. He ays that the Russian loss did not ex ceed 150 killed or wounded. Geneial Sakharoff adds that they are on the Yinkow road. "Our detachment remained during J.ily 8 at Kalchou station, having It advance posts on the right bank ol tho Kantkha rlvei, the enemy occupying the heights on the left bank and (uni fying themselves thereon," nays Gen eral Sakharoff. Our battery on the river bridge opened Ore at the enemy' patrol which appeared in Kantakhe village. Toward noon a fusilndu oc curred between a detachment of the enemy and our company, which ob served the enemy retiring. Our lossen were six wounded. "Toward the evening of July 8 the enemy's force, consisting oi lour ui- vislons and a brigade, could be made out In front of Kalchou,. extending along the seashore. Al dawn, July 9. ' the enemy resumed the offensive upon the tear guard of our detachment, which retired about H:U0 in the morn ing from Kaichoti to 2.H' miles north ward, towaid the ShauanhiHa Piisa. "At 10 o'clock, under heavy pres sure our rear guard retired on our posi tion at Makhuuts Gulga and Yaulintas. three miles not th of the Shuaulunsa 1'asH. Tho rear guaid held this po sition under heavy fire until 2 o'clock in the afternoon, when, In accordance with instruction, it letired slowly and in perfect order on the third po sition at Tchjoutr.landiand.n, just a our main body was concentrating at Datchapu and on the position at Mak huuts Guiga." ACRE DISPUTE NEAPS END. Peru and Brazil Will Come to an Amica ble Understanding. Washington, July 13. Information, has come to the state department of a prospective settlement of the Acre boundary dispute, which for a long time has been a source of friction W tttecn the governments of Itrar.il and Peru. The contention involves thn ownership of a large tract of country, rich in rubber production, winch in laimed alitut by IhiIIi countries. The information reaching the statu department is to the effect t lint the plenipotentiaries of the two countries, w ho have Uen meeting at Rio Janeiro and Pctropolis, Brazil, have come to art agreement on the disputed questions. Thu nature of the agreement is not known here. Recently Ilrazll secured a quit claim to a certain portion of the disputed ter ritory made by Bolivia and was in turn. met by the demands of Pern, which also laid claim to portions of the tract. SULTAN GIVES IN. Threat of American Fleet In Turkish- Brings mm to Time. Vienna. .Tulv t!l M4 il iaitu l.-li fr.w Constantinople says that American Minister Leishman has handed a note to the Porte saying that unless a prompt settlement of the school question was arranged a United States fleet would appear in Turkish waters. The Sultan ordered the Grand Vizer to comply with the minister's demands. The American demands on the sul tan are for privileges of schools and col leges conducted by American teachers equal to lie given to foreign teachers, - for permission for A merit an profes sional men to practice on equal terms with foreigners, and for the direct ac cess of the American minister to the sultan in the transaction of business. Reform of Congo Judiciary. London, July 13. A dispatch fron Brussels to the Daily Telegram says thai King Leopold lias decided tore form the judicial system of tho Congo Free State in order to avoid the estab lishment of British consular tribunals. Henceforth only Judges and magistratea belonging to the I'x-lgian courts will be allowed to sit in the Congo Free State, so that the best guarantees of justice can be given all foreignen there. Antl-Chrlstlan Riots. London, July 13. The Cheefoo cor respondent of the Standard, in a dis patch says: The American consul gen eral, John Fowler, received news last night that anti-Christian riots have broken out at Chao Yuen, altotit (15 miles from west of Chefoo. Immedi ate assistance was asked. The Taotai dispatched troops and telegraphed tho authorities at Hwang llslen and Teng chou Foo also to send assistance if re quired. Foreigners are not believed to be in danger. The cause of the riota is not known. Smolensk Sails From Suez. Suez, July 13. The Russian volun teer fleet steamer Smoensk, which passed the Bosphorus from Sehastopnl. July 6, has sailed southward from here. The vessel took two Red sea pll ots, one for herself and one for the vol unteer fleet steamer St. Petersburg, which passed the Bosphorus July 6, coal-laden, and which was reported at Port Said on Saturday. It Is rumored here that the transports intends await ing the arrival of the Russian squadron. Captured Eight Ouns. London, July 13. Special dispatches to the Daily Telegraph and the Dally Mail from Toklo ssscit that the Japan ese captured eight guns during the fighting around Port Arthur, Juiy 4, and that they reemiriolteied from a war balloon.