THE 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.
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ENGAGEMENT OCCURS IN THE
RECTI0N OF YINKOW.
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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,
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liance. .If on the contrary they are
proposing, through, state ana national
taxation to lift a large part of the bur-
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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
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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
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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
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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.