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Newspaper Page TextTHE HEPPHER TIMES PibbM Bnry Tkni, HEPPNER OREGON WEEIi'SDOINGS General Review of Important Happen penigs Presented In a Brief and Condensed Corm. Senator Goi man has refused to take the national Democratic chairmanship. Colonel E. Butler, a prominent St. I on is politician, Las been indicted tor bribery. Pacific coaet shippers have asked the war department to state what goods are contraband. Brit:h press will not believe danger avertou until the greater question of the Dardanelles U settled. The Massachusetts state board of ar bitration is trying to aveit a strike at cotton mills, with a prospect of success. Bonesteel, S. D., gamblers have met the demand of citizens to make grafters go, and the reign of terror seems to be at an end. The meatpackers strike bas been re newed in all the leading packing plants and the tie-np is complete. The trou ble is alleged discrimination in . rein staating employee. Unless peace is made at once all allied unions are like ly to go out in sympathy. President Donnelly, of the anion, is said to have demaanded that strikers be reinstated in 10 days instead of 45. The grand lodge of Elks has abolish ed the grip and sign. A reign of terror attneds the land rush at Bonesteel, South Dakota. G. M. McEinney bas retired as head of the Harriman immigration bureau. Ex-Senator Vest is seiiously ill and little hope is entertained for his recov ery. Correspondens at Mukden report an engagement in which the Russians lost heavily. Leading London papers contend that the wai status of the volunteer fleet is the paramount issue. Russia will release the British sihp Malacca on assurance that she was not carrying contraband supplies. St. Joseph, Mo., union packers as saulted many nonunion men because plants are not discharging them fast enough. Eleven million dollars has been al lowed by the Russian government for the immediate improvement of the Si berian railway. The government may reclaim a great tract of land in Harney county .JOregon, and has made temporary withdrawals to permit a full investigation. A warlike tone pervades the British press. Minister John Barrett has arrived at Colon. Russian ships have seized another British liner in the Red sea. Both sides in the meat packers strike profess to be confident of winning. Democratic leaders have asked Gor man to become national chairman. Russia is said to have received an other submarine boat from America. The German steamer Sambia has been seized by Russians in the Red sea. Reinforcements foT which General Oku has been waiting aie being disem barked. Japan has all faith in Britain pre venting other Russian vessels passing from the Baltic sea. Chicago allied anions have written the packers that they will strike un less a conference is agreed to. Portland is the only Pacific coast port whose flour exports for the past 12 months exceed those of the preced ing year. Several packing plants leport that their output is increasing. Moorish bandits have looted houses within two mi les of Tangier. The rush to South Dakota lands near Yankton has become a veritable stam pede. One of the colliers authorized by the last congress will be built at Mare island. Germany will demand that Russia explain the seizure of mails destined for Japan. Constant skirmishes are occurring near Mukden between Cossacks and Japanese scouts. Small riots continue at the various packing plants where work is at I em ted with nonunion men. About two-thirds of the rural mail carriers will receive $100 mots per year, commencing July 1. The steamer Hapsang, from Niu Chwang to Cbefoo, is overdue and it is feared she has struck a mine. Other Chicago unions will go out on strike unelss the trouble with the meat packers is setlted at once. Hot weather continues in the Mid dle West and Central states. Chicago and Pittsburg have both had a number of deaths. Peace 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 bouses and free for all fight ensued. ALARM IS KEEN. British Press Sees Peace Hanging in the Balance. London, July 23. The authoritative aseuiances that the. Malacca will be ie leased, cabled by the Associated Press from St. Petersburg to the United States, do not appear in the British morning papeis. Special dispatches to a somewhat similar effect from St. Petetsburg do not allay the alarmist views of the leading organs which con strue Premier Balfour's poet-midnight announcement that the government had received no confirmation of the report ed release of the Malacca to mean that the incident remains unsettled. Another cause for great apprehension is the bioader question of Russia's right to send vessels of her volunteer fleet thiough the Datdanelles. A strik ing evidence that the danger of the situation bas not been mitigated in the least, so far as British official and pub lic opinion is entertained, is afforded by the Daily Telegraph, which, under a large heading, "An Acute Affair," de claies that "relations between Great Britain and Russia have reached the state of an acute ciisis, but behind the incident of the Malacca is the far larger question of the status of the so-called volunteer fleet. "It has, we believe, been made clear to the czar's government that the trans foration of merchant vessels passing through the Dardanelles into armed cruisers cannot be recognized under any pretext whatever as justifying Russia's interference with British shipping. It is not impossible that as a concession to Russian dignity, the government may offer to permit the Malacca to put into some neutral port where her cargo may be examined and the statement verified that whatever munitions she carried were intended for the use of the British China squadron." TRY TO DRAW TOGO AWAY. Vladivostok Fleet Hopes to Weaken Squadron at Port Arthur. St. Peterbsurg, July 23. The news of the first appearance of the Vladivo stok squadron in the Pacific since the outbreak of the war, telegraphed from Tokio, causes no emprise at the admi ralty here, although it is said Vice Ad miral Skrydioff purposely has not noti fied them of the squadron's departure in order to prevent the possibility of the information leaking out. Vice Admiral Bezobrazoff's action in giving the slip to Vice Admiral Kami mura and passing Tsugar straits is re garded as evidence of the insufficiency of the Japanese naval forces. It is probably the purpose of Admiral Bezo brazoff to raid the coast towns of Ja pan, capture merchantmen, make a naval demonstration off Yokohama, and generally create a panic among the population, in order to compel Rear Admiral Togo to reinforce Admiral Kamimura, and thus weaken the fleet off Port Arthur. The idea that Admiral Bezobrazoff would seiiously attack large porta of Japan is, however, l ejected, owing to the danger from submarine boats, mines, torpedo boats and shore batter ies. The report is current that the Vladi vostok squadron is homeward bound under orders to effect a juncture with the first division of Vice Admiral Ro jestvensky's Baltic squadron, which is ready to go out on a trial tiip in the Baltic. ON TO MUKDEN. Japanese Break Into the Enemy's . Left riank. Liao Yaang, July 23. News was re ceived from Ta Tche Kaio yesterday that the Japanese had broken through the Russian left flank between Lieuten ant General Count Keller's position and that of General Rennenkampff, and that they wee marching on Mukden. The rumors to this effect sre persist ent, but there is no official confirma tion of them. Confirms Japanese Victory. London, July 23. According to a special dispatch from Moscow, the Rus sky Listok of that city confirms the As sociated Press report from Liao Yang that the Japanese have broken through the Russian left flank and are march ing on Mukden. More Men Charged With Outrage. Cripple Creek, July 23. Informa tion charging Pearl Skelton with mur der and complicity with the Independ ence depot outrage on June 3 was filed in the district court today. It was an nounced that in formal ton making sim ilar charges will be filed against Wil liam A. Akreman, F. II. Mulaney, A L. Nugent and William Gaff ney later. Frank J. Hangs, local attorney for the Western Federation of Miners, said today that none of the men arrested for the killing of Roxie Magee on June 6, in the Victor street riots, was guilty. Increase of Capital Stock. Louisville, July 23. At the stock holders' meeting of the Southern Pa cific held at Beechmont today, 1,520, 000 of the 1,978,000 shares of stock were represented by proxies in the hands of Judge E. P. Humphrey, who acted as chairman. A resolution in creasing the capital stock of the com pany $100,000,000 by the issue of pre ferred stock was adopted. Attorney J. B. Weaver acted as secretary. None of the other stockholders was present. Hears She Will Release Ships. Paris, July 23. Information reach ing government quarters here leads the officials to believe that Russia will re lease the British and German merch antmen seized in the Red sea, as a means of averting international complications. JAP VICTORY Russian Army Driven From Kiao Tung. RESISTANCE WAS STUBBORN Muscovites are Believed to Have Lost 1,000 Men, While Victors Lose Half as Many. Tokio, July 25. General Kurokl. after a severe fight, occupied Kiao Tung on July 19. The place had been forti fied by the Russians, who defended it stoutly. In the fighting General Kuro ki's troops drove the Russians' from their strongly fortified position on the Chi river, which is northwest of Mo Ten Pass and east of An Pin, inflicting upon the enemy mora serious losses than they sustained themselves. The fight began on the 18th and ended on the 19th. The Japanese lost 424 men killed and wounded. The Russian losses are estmated at 1,000. General Kuroki began bis advance early in the morning of the 18th. The fighting continued until dark, when the Japanese forces bivouacked. The Russians made two counter at tacks, but were repulsed in each case. The Japanese renewed the attack at midnight, posting their artillery in the valley below and on the high ground to the south of the Russian po sition. The main Japanese body was assigned to attack the Russian centei, a small detachment sent toward the right flank and another to watch the enemy's left flunk. After these positions bad been taken the fighting ceased for a time, hut it was resumed at dawn. The Russians had 32 guns in action, and they vigor ously shelled the Japanese. To this fire the Japanese replied, and the bom bardment lasted for four hours. Dur ing this time the Japanese infantry moved forward and the flankers had succeeded in scaling the heights on the Russian right by 3 o'clock in the after noon, at which hour the main force was ordered to storm the Russian cen ter. The Japanese artillery protected this movement splendidly, but the in fantry met with a severe fire and lost heavily in gaining the heights. The final successful charge was deliv ered at 6:30 in the afternoon. The Japanese succeeded in partially cutting off the Russian retreat, and this soon beame a rout. The enemy retired in two directions, to the northward and to the eastward. The Russian forces engaged included, in addition to the artillery, seven battalions of infantry and a regiment of Cossacks. NO MORE RAIDS. Russia Will Release Malacca and Put End to Red Sea Incident. St. Petersburg, July 25. The steam er Malacca is at Suda Bay, Island of Crete, where, under an agreement reached by Great Britain and Russia, she will be perfunctorily inBpcted joint ly by the Consuls of the two countries and released unless palpable contra band of war intended for the Japanese shall be found, in which case the contra band only will be held. British gov ernment stores aboard the vessel will not be examind. The Russian reply to the Brittish protest was handed to Ambassador Hardinge in the afternoon. Russia agrees that the Malacca shall not be brought before a prize court, and un dertakes that no incident similar to this will occur in the future. A claim for damages as a result of delaying the steamer wili be presented in due course of time through the Brit ish embassy. Tl captain of the St. Petersburg, in his report, gives as his reason for sum marily making a prize of the Malacca the fact that the British master of the Malacca declined to produce the mani fests of his cargo. Will Trust to Diplomacy. Washington, July 25. The Peruvi an Legation here has received a cable gram from Lima confirming the pub lished reports of the signing of the treaty between Brazil at Rio de Janeiro and establishing a mod is vivenda be tween Peru and Brazil for the govern ment of the region at the headwaters of the rivers Yurua and Purusa, other wise known as the Acre territory. It is understood that both sides will with draw their troops from the disputed territory, trusting to diplomacy to set tle the question of title permanently. Case of Senator Burton Up. Washington, July 25. Justice Brew er, of the United States supreme court has granted a writ of . error to the United States district couit for the eastern district of Missouri in the rase of Senator Joseph B. Burton, convicted in St. Louis of accepting a fee for serv ing before the postoflice department while a member of the United States senate. The ase will be reviewed by the United States supreme court, prob ably in the fall. Panama Now Gold Standard. ' Washington, July 26. The Panama canal commission today received infor mation from the government of Pana ma of the ratification of the money system of the new gorernment in ac cordance with the agreement reached by the joint commission, Panama ii now gold-standard country. LION LIES IN WAIT. Warships Will Compel Russia to Give Up Oriental Liner. London, July 21. It is believed by leading naval officials here, who aie cognizant of certain sweeping orders is sued yesterday by the admiralty, that the British government intends to com pel Russia to surrender the Peninsular & Oriental liner Malacca, seized as a pi ize of war by the Russian cruiser St. Petersburg, and en route to I.ihau under a prize crew. It is also gener ally understood in naval circles that no other British ships will be stopped by the Russians after the British cruis ers reach the scene. The orders to commanders of the lat ter vessels are declared to lie short, but explicit, and provides that British ves sels shall he free to navigate Eastern waters, without recognizing the war ships of any other power, or the right to search them for contraband. One of the developments yesterday was the detachment by Admiral Doni ville, commanding the Medtcmuiean fleet, of his two swiftest cruisers to pro wed at full speed to Poit Haiti, which is at tne northern end of the Sues ca nal. It is understood that these two vessels will arrive at Port Said before the Malacca, and be there when the latter emerges from the canal. It is considered likely that they will compel the Russians to give up their prize, al though, of course, their future action is carefully guarded, and laymen can only conjecture and reason from, the at titude of the naval chiefs. Naval officers generally agree that such action can be confidently extracted, and they are for the most part now dis cussing the probable attitude of Russia when the Malacca is taken by force. PLEET ON RAID. Vladivostok Ships Enter Pacific and Take Japanese Steamer. Tokio, July 21. The Vladivostok squadron has overhauled a Japanese steamer etiBtwaid of Tsugar straits. The nu me of the vessel captured and her fate has not yet been learned. The Vladivostok squadron, unac companied by torpedo boats, entered the Pacific ocean today at 7 o'clock. Its destination is unknown, but it is suggested it possibly plans to raid the east coast of Japan and then either re turn to Vladivostok, escaping to the southward, or attempting to form a junction with the Port Arthur fleet. The squadron was discovered in the straits of Tsugar at 3 o'clock this morn ing, steaming rrfpidly eastward. At 3:30 A. M. it was reported off Tappicape, and at 7 A. M. observers at Hakkodate discovered and reported to Tokio that it was then steaming east. Warnings have gone out to shipping along the eastern coast of Japan .anil merchantmen are hurriedly seeking cover. It is expected that most of the shipping will be warned before' the Russian ships can inflict serious dam age, if a raid is intended. Ordinarily, a lack of ccal would pre vent an extended cruise, but it is possi ble that the Russians possess a collier at a rendezvous in the Pacific ocean. ARMIES MEET NEAR TONG SCHU. Russian Losses Put at 2,100, Jap anese Losses at 1,200. Chicago, July 21. A special to the Daily News from Niu Chwang says: Hard fighting has been going on for several days in the neighborhood ol Tong Schu, eight miles east of Ta Tche Kiao. It is rumored that the Russian loss in last nght'a engagement was 2, 100 and the Japnaese 1,200. The Jap anese also have been in active- contact with the Russians east of Hai Cheng, where there have been many minor ac tions. All along Kuropatkin's flank and front the Japanese are moving into po sition but the general attack is being postponed until sup plies and reinforce ments come to the front. Progress along the muddy roads and mountain passes is slow. Liao Said to Be Sealed. London, July 21. The Times' Tokio correspondent, cabling under date of July 19 says: "Japanese military critics anticipate renewed efforts by General Kuropatkin to recover the Mo Tien positions, which are essential to the security of his army if it remains in the present position." The corre spondent adds that it is rumored in Tokio that three Japanese torpedo boat destroyeis have sealed the Liao river, where the Russian gunboat Sivoutch and a Russian torpedo destroyer are anchored. Torty-SIx Clerks Employed. Yankton, S. D., July 21. Seven thousand people registered for Rosebud land here today, and the rush tomorrow will be still greater. The Milwaukee road divided its morning train into six sections and the evening train into two. The total registration at Yankton alone is now nvi r 40,000, and will reach the 60 000 mark before closing Saturday. Forty-six clerks are now employed, and this force will be increased indefinitely to take care o( the people. Russia Is Pleased. St. Petersburg, July 21. The United States has informed Russia that she will be glad to join Great Britain In the protection of the seals at the Kora mander islands. This act will doubt less make the best impression. It is understood that Russia will communi cate her answer in a lew days. Another Russian Cruiser Passes. Constantinople, July 21. A Russian cruiser has just passed through from Odessa with several guns covered with canvas on her deck. She also carried torpedo tubes. PAYORS FORCE Russian Acts In Red Sea Arouse Ire of British People. POREIGN MINISTER IN DILEMMA Realizes That the Policy rostcrcd by the King Will Be Repudiated . Press Is With the Public. London, July 22. The Associated Press tonight intei viewed many promi nent persons connected and in close touch with the government roluttve to the seizure of British vessels by steamers of the Russian volunteer fleet in the Red sea. Asa result of these inquiries, theie is shown to be a hos tile feeling against Russia, of a strength and bitterness almost without piece dent. The most conservative men, who have been in the service of the government for many years, tiud who openly deplored the luisle with which they thought Great Britain had plunged Into the Transvaal war, tonight frank ly declared for a policy of reprisal agaiiiHt what is regarded as Russiu's vi olations of treaty and her piratical at tuck on British commerce The warlike tone of such papers like the Times, the Standard, the Morning Post, and the Daily Tele graph, which in national crises hither to almost invariably have advised cau tion, bus had its inevitable effect. There has been stirred up a storm of indignation among all classes in the United Kingdom, the strength of which the government itself can scarcely gauge. Those who deplored the out break of tlk war between Japan and Russia and insisted publicly and pri-' vately that Great Britain, crippled fi nancially, after her South African ex periences, must not, at all costs, be drawn into t lie Far Eastern struggle, are among the most outspoken cham pions of a physical force that will pre vent the repetition of the Malacca in cident in the Red sea. Those few officials at the foreign office who are in full possession of all details of Great Britain's desire to ar rive at an entente with Russia are in despair. They realize that the policy so carefully fosteied by King Edward and Foreign Minister Lsndsdowne will now he iudignanty repudiated by all parties in the house of commons, and involve with the public the downfall of any ministry advocating it. Every nerve will be attained, how ever, by the foieign office to secure from Russia an explanation that will pacify the aggrieved feelings of the British public, and no step will I taken officially that will tend to preju dice subsequent diplomatic negotiations looking to the settlement of all im portant questions now outstanding be tween Russia and Great Britain. BIG STRIKE ENDS. Packers and Union Rave Agreed to Settle Trouble by Arbitration. Chicago, July 22. The strike of the packing-house employes begun nine days ago, and which has demoralized the packing industry through the coun try, was settled here tonight at a con ference between representatives of the packers, officials of the Meatcutters' union and representatives of all the allied trades employed at the stock yards. The whole controversy will be submitted to a board of arbitration, both sides agreeing to abide by what ever decision this hoard mayraech. Pending the decision of the arbitra tion board, the men will be taken hack to won as rapidly as possible by the packers, and it is agreed by the packers that all the old employes are to be reinstated within 45 days from the date work is resumed, if any of the former employes are still unim ployed at the expiration of that time, such persons aie to have the privilege of submitting their cases to the arbi tration board for settlement. The strikers will return to work as soon as they can lie notified of the peaceable adjustment of the trouble, and it is expected that by tomoirow morning everything will be in normal shape at all the plants in the diffeient cities where the employes were on strike. Japs Retreat After Hot right. St. Petresuurg, July 22. The czar has received the following dispatch from General Kuropatkin, dated July 19: "There lias been no special phange in the situation since July 17. "At 6 o'clock in the afternoon of July 18, Japanese advance forces of considerable strength wore observed in the direc tion of Sikseyann, on the Liao Yang Salmatsza road, moving against a de tachment of our troops. After two days' fighting, the latter force is re treating toward the village of Houtsl atsze, east of Anping." Shoot Japanese from Trees. Ta Tche Kiao, July 22. All is quiet in this region. Neither side is moving. The only activity is at the outposts. The Russian sharpshooters are having good practice sniping the Japanese from the mountain sides. Small detachments creep out at night, steal up to the Japanese pickets in the darkness, hide themselves in Ireetops and there await sunrise. So soon as the light Is strong they get fine shots before the pickets can get away. May Intercept American Steamers. Paris, July 22. The Temps, discuss ing the passage of the Vladivostok squadron through the Straits of Tsur garu, says its purpose is either to attack the unprotected cities on the eastern coast of Japan, or to intercept Ameri can merchant steamers, which are sup plying Japan with all kinds ol provis ions through thf port of Yoko. VIOLATE RULES Of WAR. The Japanese War Office Publishes Charges Against Russians. Tokio, July 20. The Japanese war 011110 has uiada public a statement charging the Russians with violation of recognized rules of warfare. The statement alleges that on two occasions the white ting has been ' violated ; that once a Russian column (lied persistent ly on a field hospital wheie the Red Cross flag was flying conspicuously, thus compelling the Jupauese to remove the hospital amidst great danger, Twice, it is alleged, the ltusslana filed on tho men. of the Japanese hos pital corps, although their badges could readily be distinguished. On three oc casions Jupauese have been stabbed, slashed and mutilated. On one occa sion the Hnssians are deflated to have stolen cattle and horses from noncom batants and to have violated women. It is also claimed that numerous cases can lie cited where the Russians have wantonly fired on the Japanese wounded and that they have refused to preinlt parties who weie succoring the wounded on both sides to go unmolest ed. These charges sre made by Geneial Oku and it is stated ' that further charges will he made, growing out of the expei lencei of General Kurokl'a army. In explaining the publication of these charges, the Ja-uiaiiese general staff states that they hud no desire to take such action, hut in view of Rus sia's charges (hat they made through the French papers there was rothlng else left for them to do. HELD UP BY SHOT. Russian Steamer Stops British Ves sel In the Red Sea. London, July 20. A dipsatch from Aden to the Daily Mail says that the captain of the British steamer Waipara repoits that the Russian volunteer steamer St. Petersburg signalled him to stop by firing across the bows of his vessel on July 15, while 20 miles off Jebel Zngur, in the Red sea. The Russians examined the papers of the Waipara ami declared they would hold his ship as a prize. The captain protested, and was taken on board the St. Petersburg, where he gave tho Russian officers a guarantee that there were neither arms nor am munition on board the Waipara destin ed for Japan. The vessel was detained for four hours and was then allowed to proceed. The captain confirms the report that the Peninsular A Oriental company's steamer Malaica was seizid in the Bed sea July 10 by the St. Petersburg on the ground that she carried arms and ammunition of war tor the Japanese, government. BREAK Or A GREAT DAM. Pennsylvania Valley Hooded and Much Property Destroyed. Scottdale, Pa.. July 20. With the roar of Nlatrara, the new reservoir of the Citizens' Water coinpaany burst at midnight and more than SOO.OOO.OOtt gallons of water rushed down the val ley, sweeping buildings in its path. It was discovered ahont 9 o'clock that the dam was in danger of break ing and messengers were hastily sent through the valley to warn the people. Hundreds of lives were thus saved, for a few hours later the whole valley was. under water. The damage to the machinery and reservoir alone will amount to at least 50,000. When the torrent swept down upon the valley, buildings were torn from their foundations and carried on the crest of the great wave lias so. many washtnbs. Crops valued at thousands of dollars were completely wiped out. Profit Erom a Volcano. Mexico City, July 20. The formal transfer of the volcano Popocatepetl to New York capitalists will be com. pleted this week. The Inter-Ocean railway will take the sulphur from the volcano to Vera Cruz. It is believed, that sulphur cun lie landed at New York for $48 per ton (gold), which would make the sulphur an effective competitor of the Italian aVtirle. The reorganization is Interpreted here to mean that the German directors were not willing to support the Standard In, fighting the other oil interests. Hemmed In by Big fire. Oroville, Cal., July 20. Fire at the Bella View mine, near 1m Porte, today destroyed the mill, engine room and other buildings close to the month of the big tunnel. A huge pile of timber lay close to the mouth of the tunnel and this caught on fire. Four men were working in the tunnei when the fire broke out and fears are entertained for their safety, as the tunnel Is strong, ly timbered and it is thought these timbsrs will catch fire from the hug fire now blazing. Bound to Prevent Passage. London, July 20. The Standard'a Tokio correspondent, cabling under date of July 17, says the Jijl Hhlmpo, in an editorial, expresses the hope that Great Britain will see that Turkey lends Russia no assistance by allowing steamers of the volunteer fleet to pass the Dardanelles. The Jljl Hhlmpo de dares that Great Britain is hound, un der the terms of the Anglo-Jspsnese alliance, to prevent such assistance being given. Bandits Raid at Will. Tangier, July 20.-The mountain tribes, appsrently satisfied that they have nothing to fear from the govern men, are looting the entire countryside outside of Tanger. They approached to within a few miles of this plaoe yes terday and carried away hundreds of bead ol sheep and cattle.