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PORTWEAHENS Japanese Plan for Pinal As sault on Arthur. MORE LIVES MUST BESACRIPICED Toklo Dcllcvcs the Siege Will Prove to Be the Bloodiest Slmc So dan, but Are Confident. Toklo, Auk. 26. The final assault Tort Arthur is Imminent. Hun dred of Japanese tuns continue to pour a destructive lire Into the city d harbor, along the line of fort and entretichmmils, preparatory for the Infantry aHau!t. It I evUlont that the Russian linos have been weakoned, and partly pouotrated lo the vicinity of Antszshan and KUo ahao fort. The entire linn of Hub alan defonsns Immedlatuly about the harbor are within range of the Japan ese gun. A number of lUisslan fort and tint- trlit continue to be vlgorou. The Japanese denth roll will bo hoavlly In croasml before thty ' aro caplurvd. Tho direction of the Japumwe attack croatoa the Impression htro that tho city and ili-fi-iim- on clihcr utile of tho harbor cut runt n will full flrnt. Iho final stand will bo made at I.luottt'Hhitn. JapiinuMe otflclul cluui nil of liifurtiiutlou Tutuutn ctostid and tha nuvy tnpiirtnii-iit's announce incut of tho strlkltiK of a mine by tlm bultlcKlilp Rovastopol and the firing upon Dim UuhhIhii furt by the cruls r NIhhIiIii ami Kuhuku yi-htcnltiy are tho only disclosures made fur suvoral lys. It 1 believed here Hint both Ride have milTcrm httavy losses, and thut the final record will make the alcgo tho bloodiest since Hi'ilnn. Tho Jan aiii-Ko are supremely couflitcnt of the ultimate result. The leaders of the government await the outcome In -alm assurance. Tho pcoplo aro everywhere decorating streets and house and erecting arches and flag atari In preparation for a national celebration of the expected victory. WON BY EL PASO. Texas City Captures Mining Conven tion for 1003. Portland, Aug. i.-Kl Paso I proud of her orator, Zaeh I.. Cobb, who awoke the echoes and tho enthu siasm at the meeting of the cotiKress yesterday afternoon, and won the unanimous voice of the convention for the city as the next meeting place of the congress, proud of the victory, and proud of the chance to entertain the convention of UtOfi. The first Important vote that has arisen since the convention waa call ed lo order waa brought up at the af ternoon session when T. A. Klcard, of New York, presented a resolution to the congress declaring for 1)1 l'aso as tha next meeting place of the orgitn liatlon. It was hern that Mr. Cobb, for the second time during tlin course of the convention, showed that he was tho orator of the Houthwest. In bis plea for the city he whs repent ed I y Mopped by applause, and us he AiiIhIi tl his eloquent tn vital Inn to visit tlm Tens city, the resolution to make Kl l'aso the convention city of lliof, wu carried without a dissenting vote. There are nine directors to be hotten by the congress, which board 1:4 composed of tho president and fight vice presidents. These vice presidents are to be scattered over the country as generally as possible, and at the present time there are but thTee or four men who are mentioned for the respective olllces. J. H. Richards, the present presi dent, will be tho man to fill the exec itlvo office for tho next year, as the delegate are all In favor of his re flection, and a there Is no oie who will come forward to announce him aelf aa a candidate for the ofllce. Attaihcs Can't See right. Tsln Tau, Aug. 24. According to what Major Hoffman, the German mil itary attache at Port Arthur, who has Just arrived here, said In a guarded Interview today, the foreign naval at taches during the Inst few days of their stay there were quartered on the Tiger Toll, where a battery 600 feet high prevented them from witnessing the naval battle on August 10. Shells often burst In their vicinity, but they did not consider themselves In a dnn- gerous position on that acpount. The attache were treated with great con alderatlon, but were allowed no place rrom which to view the naval opera tion. Paymaster Robbed or $3,000. Paterson, N. J., Aug. 25. Four masked men held up the paymaster of tho OTtourke Construction Com psny, a Mr. White, on the nidge road, near here, today, and robbed him of $.ri000. The paymnster. accompanied by two men, was on his way to the office of the company, driving In a buggy, when four men, one an Amer ican, masked completely, and three Italian, wearing blue goggles, came out of the woods. The American shot the horse'. The robbers covered the three occupants of the buggy with gun and got away with the bag of money. Threatened With ramlne. Reno, Nev., Aug, 25. A a result of the washout Monday afternoon on the Tonapah and Carson A. Colorado ilallronds the mining towns of Oold fleld and Tonapah are threatened with famine. They are situated In the mountain and tho only method of securing supplle I from the Ton apah road. Hefore It waa opened they received attpplle by pack train, but since then the town have grown to Mitch proportion that the demnnd cannot now be met by such methods. Two Torpedo Boats Lost. Toklo, Aug. 25. Two Russian tor pedo-boat destroyer struck mine at the entrance of Port Arthur Inst even ing. The larger one of the destroy ers, a four funneled one, waa sunk The name of the vessels and the number of live lost are unknown. AVOIDS A riOHT. Directors to Choose Convention City tor 1003. Portland, Aug. 24. Politic, arriv al of delegate, speeches, and adop tion of revolution occupied the sec ond day of the American Mining Con gress. And a busy day It wu, with the bum and hum of the rival dele gation filling the cool air of the con vention balL Yesterday morning the convention adopted a troug resolu tion urging congress to create a De partment of Mine and Mining, and lat night another waa paaaod advo cating the protection of forest. The question of the selection of the meeting place for next year' con grea will not he fought out on the floor of the convention a ha been anticipated, but will be placed aololy In the band of the board of direct or. A resolution to this effect Intro duced by Dr. Iluckley, of Missouri, waa adopted at last night' session of the congress and met with enthusias tic applause from those present. This will prevent El Paso from mak ing an open fight In tha convention for the honor of entertululng the 1U05 congress. A yut the credential committee ha riiadu no report, and therefore the membership of the congres will bo and unknown quuntlty, ofllclally spunking, until Thursday morning. This prevent any definite action on the settlement of any question until that time, but a great dual Is being done Indefinitely. The permanent home agitation I being kept up by the Halt Lake men, who are hard at work trying to Ret the membership of the congress Into line for their city. The Denver delegation is rep resented by two or three men, and though It ha been announced that there is a carload of delegate on the way from Denver, the car ha not been sighted and the cause of Denver is suffering a little from the tardlnoss of the Colorado men. TORTS ARC LOST. Russians Meet further Reverse at Port Arthur. Chef oo, Aug. 25. A Junk which left Lluo Tl Promontory the night of August 21 has Just arrived here. She report that the Japunese have suc ceeded in occupying AntszHtmn as well a another fort, probably Etse- shun, about a mile southwest of Ant- szshan. They have driven the Rus sians from the parade ground, which lies about two mile north of the bar bur; they huve destroyed two forts ut Chuochanko, which Is within the eastern fortifications, and they have advanced to a point near Cbaochunko. nils news confirms Information re ceived here previously, and which the local Japanese were not Inclined to believe. The Junk heard firing until mid night of August 22. Scarcely a build ing In Port Arthur Tcmalus umlatu- agod, Tho town hall, whls was used as a maguzlne, has been destroyed. Four largo warships unable to fight, aro at Port Arthur. Only one ship, a vessel with two musts and two funnels, bus guns on board. Tho lire of the fort not captured by the Japanese, together with the ef lect of hind mines. Is given as the reason why the Japanese have not as yet conquered the Kusslun strong hold. JAPANESE PEANS DERANGED. Port Arthur Campaign May Cause In itiative to Pass to Russians. Berlin, Aug. 25. In a dispatch from Lluo Yang, under date of Aug ust 23, the correspondent of the Lokal Anzelger says: "The Indications are that the Initia tive Is about to pass to the Russians. The Japanese plan of campaign, in cluding the attack upon Liao Yang, has apparently been deranged by the unexpectedly stubborn resistance of Port Arthur. 'General Kurokl's army has been withdrawn to the south of Taltze river, and only outposts reported to he In the Llao River Valley. "It Is rumored that the Mikado has recalled General Ngl and has ordered Field Marshal Marquis Yamagata, chief of the General Staff at Toklo, to assume command of the besiegers at Port Arthur." America Asks for Information. Washington, Aug. 25. Acting Sec retary of State Adee has cabled Min ister Conger, at Pekln, a request thut he report as Boon a possible the facts concerning the situation at Shunghal. A similar request has also been addressed to Consul-Ooneral Ooodnow, at Shanghai, and Consul General Fowler, at Chefoo. Although no admission on that point Is yet ob tainable, It Is believed that Instruc tions have either been sent or will be sent to Rear-Admiral Sterling to co operate with the minister and consuls n the protection of American Inter ests in treaty ports. London Papers Cxcltcd. London, Aug. 25. The Standard this morning, unable to conceal its disappointment that the United 8tates government Is not prepared to protect the nourallty ot China at Shanghai, editorially contends that tho United States could have taken the lead in the matter without arous ing the Jealousies which must follow Intervention by any European power. The Dally Tolegraph publishes a strong editorial demanding that the government adopt rigorous measures Russian Ship lilts Mine. Toklo, Aug. 25. Admiral Kataoka reports that as the Russian battleship Savaatopol waa emerging from Port Arthur yesterday she struck a mine, and afterward was seen to be listed to starboard. She waa towed back Into tha harbor. MINERSMEET Seventh Annual Convention at Portland. WILL SELECT PERMANENT HOME right Is Between Denver and Salt Lake, With the rormer 01 ry In the Lead. I'ortland, Aug. 23. Under the fold of the flag of the wjorld, the seventh annual convention of the American Mining Congres was called to order yesterday morning at 10 o'clock at the Armory. The day was spent in begin ning the work which will for five day take up the time and attention of the delegate, who have come from all of the mining states of the country to make an effort to better the conditions of the Industry, and to bring It before the people on the plane where it should stand. Preliminary work, addresses of wel come and responses occupied yester day and last night, and today the real work will commence. The powers that are behind the management of tho congress, the wishes and desire of the delegations are beginning to be niado manifest by conferences and caucuses, and the hopes of cities and the desires of ambitious men are now being settled. The one great question that Is now before the convention of miners as sembled Is that of selecting a perma nent headquarters for the congress, of choosing some one city In which can be erected a home for the organiza tion, and where can be maintained permanently the offices of the con gress, the exhibit to be collected and the records of the proceedlags. Denver and Salt Lake are both out after the permanent home, and are bending every effort to secure It, both by offering bonuses and concessions and by velvet-tongued arguments. Which will secure the prize Is now un known, though It looks as though It might be Denver, for that city has many warm supporter and friend. The question of the permanent es tablishment Is a serious one, as the members well know, for It mean the presentation to the city securing the headquarters of every annual meeting after the one held next year. It is the opinion of a great many of the del egates that the only business-like plan of proceeding will be to give the an nual convention to the city securing the permanent home. The records, the exhibits, the secretary and his as sistants, the building and headquar ters of the organization will be In the place known s tho home of the con gress. It will be, therefore, conven ient and more practical to hold the an nual meetings at that place than to send them to new cities each year, ne cessitating the establishment of tem porary quarters and transfer of re cords. AMERICA KEEPS OUT. She Will l ake No Part In the Shang hai Trouble. Washington. Aug. 24. The United States Government does not Intend to Insist upon the neutrality of China. It does not Intend to Insist that the Russian warships now In the harbor at Shanghai shall be disarmed or be forced from their present haven. It does not Intend In any way to prevent the Japnnese from capturing the Rus sian warships. It does not nt this time propo1" pro tecting American interests In Shang hai or any other Chinese ports, If, by so doing, It Is found necessary to In terfere with the freedom of the war ships of any other nation. This Is the decision that was reach ed this sfternoon by the Department of State after a conference between the State and Navy Department offi cials with President Roosevelt at Oys ter Ray over the long-distance tele phone. Instruction in accordance with this decision were sent to Rear Admiral Sterling, In charge of the Aslntlc squadron now at Shanghai. An Impression exists here that Consul-General Goodnow may have unintentionally paved the way to com mitting this government to a main tenance of the neutralltv of China, when he called the meeting today of the foreign representatives to take such action as was deemed necessary. Rut before that meeting had assem bled, a cablegram had been sent him carefully to abstain from any action that could be deemed to be interfer ence. Railroad Shops to Work Less. Altoona, Pa., Aug. 24. The Penn sylvania Railroad Company today made the most sweeping reduction tn the time of the men employed that has taken place since the panic of 1893. The employee of the machine shops today were notified that, commencing with tomorrow morning they would be divided Into shifts, one shift to work Monday and Wednesday and the other Tuesday and Thursday, eight hours to constitute a day's work. The remainder of the week the shops 111 be closed entirely. It la not known how long the order will con tinue In effect. No Prospect of Big Battle. Llao Yang. Aug. 24. Japanese troops In considerable force are con contratlng on the southern front of the Russian army and there Is contln unl skirmishing, but no Immediate prospect of a big battle. During the night they kept up firing on the Rus sian outposts, but the Russian troops have Btrlct orders not to reply. The Chinese ssy that 80,000 Japanese troops, with 200 guns, have landed at Ylnkow, part of these troops going to Nlu Chwang and part to Ilalcheng. Port Arthur to Be His Tomb. London, Aug. 24. No further war news has reached London. According to the Moseow correspondent of, the Morning Post Lieutenant-General Stoessel concluded a telegram to an Intimate friend there with the words: "Farewell forever, Port Arthur will be my tomb." rLCSH AGAINST POWDtR. Question Whether Japanese forces Will Hold Out. St. Petersburg, Aug. 24. The latest reports from Port Arthur Indicate that the garrison there la holding out with wonderful tenacity In the face of per sistent desperate assault. The only question I Low long any body of troop can withstand such awful pun ishment, and whether the garrison in the fortress can outlast Japanese am munition and men. The report that 30 regiment have been drawn from General Oka to strengthen the attacker ia believed to Indicate that the Japanese southern army 1 In desperate strait and seem to show that the Japanese have not enough men to prosecute simultan eous campaign of great magnitude in the north and south. The report that the Novik ha been sunk has not yet been published here. If it 1 true, It will be greatly felt, for the gallant cruiser, which has been frequently mentioned In dis patches, has endeared herself to the whole nation by her tireless activity at Pott Arthur, and it has been great ly hoped that she would reach Vlad ivostok In safety. The attitude of the Japanese govern ment In regard to China has caused Increasing uneasiness here. While it Is believed that the dictatorial attitude assumed by Japan was adopted large ly for Its moral Influence on the Chin ese, it Is also taken to Indicate that Japan Intends to make herself the dominant spirit in the Celestial em plre. PORTE VERY SILENT. Embarrassed by Reminder of Verbal Plekge to America. Constantinople, Aug. 24. A note from American Minister Leishman, dated August 16, was handed to the Turkish authorities within 12 hours after the receipt by the Minister of the Turkish note Monday. In this note Mr. Leishman holds the govern ment to its solemn undertaking, com ing direct from the Sultan, respecting equal treatment with other nations for the United States concerning the question of educational Institutions. This allusion to the imperial pledge apparently embarrassed the Porte, which hud previously announced that It would Ignore the former verbal as surances which Minister Leishman de clared he had received. It Is considered improbable that the Porte will reply to the Minister's note and therefore the question la looked upon as shelved pending the execution of the process of recognition, when it Is considered not Improbable fresh dif ficulties will arise. Notwithstanding the assertion by Izzel Pasha, the secretary of the Pal ace, that 1250,000 has been deposited as compensation due to an American citizens at Smyrna for land illegally taken, no such deposit has yet been made. rLCET APPROACHES SHANGHAI. Consul Goodnow Calls Consular Body Toflcther for Action. Shanghai, Aug. 24. The steamer Halting, which arrived here today, re ports having sighted a Japanese squadron last night off Gutzlaff Island, about 65 miles southeast of Shanghai. The squadron showed no lights. The United States monitor Monad- nock and two torpedo-boat destroyers have been ordered to be ready to pro tect the neutrality of Shanghai. American Consul Goodnow called the meeting of the consular body for 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. It Is believed that the foreign consuls will arrange means to strengthen the hands of the Taotal in dealing with the matter of the Russian warships here. Later reports declare the Japanese squadron to be 20 miles from Woo sung. Woosung is the outside harbor of Shanghai. Rrln Stops rild Operations. At the Headquarters of General Kurokl, in Southern Manchuria, Aug. 20, via Fusan and Seoul, Aug. 24. It has rained steadily for four days and both of the lower roads are covered with ten feet of water and are abso lutely Impassable. A number of Chinese and horses of the commis sary department have been drowned crossing the Lang river at the ford. Russian spies have been located hid ing In the cornfields near the outposts and large scouting partlea are search ing for them. The relative positions of the two armies remain unchanged. Vessels Stick to Port. Shanghai, Aug. 24. The Russian consul-general here, replying again to the demands of the Taotal of the port that the Askold and Grozovol disarm or leave port, stated that he considers the demand unreasonable and a vio lation of the Tights of Russia as a bel llgerant. He refused to order the war vessels to quit Shanghai. The Chin ese newspapers here are urging the Peking government to send enough warships here to uphold the Taotal, but so far nothing has been heard St. Petersburg Advised. London, Aug. is. A dispatch to a news agency from St. Petersburg says news has reached the admiralty there to the effect that the missing Russian cruiser Novik has arrived at Kors- akevsk, a port of the Island of Bak balln, and that the Russian cruiser Diana, concerning whose fate there has been considerable anxiety, has been seen off Hong Kong. OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. t'alU4 Stat. PrwUd.nt Theodore Rooeeyelt v io-l'rir1nt. , S-crnurf of Htate.. Hrretry of Treasury.... to-rtrVkty of Interior.. Neoreiary of War ,.. tee.tr.MJ of Navy .W. K. Iay Lyman J. Gaire K. A. lilU-h,ck K. R. Hoot Jnhfi p. I.ong Chart Kmnry Smith ........John W.l.riKKi ..... Jam. W'llaon ro mawwM ,nral..,..w AUoriiy-(r-rieral rrtriitj of Airirnltiire. Com General Land Offic......Bingef Herman Stata Fader! Official. 8",tor, I Cha.. W. rultun rimtruiiMii I J-N. Williamson ConreiDin J .Thoma. H. Tonu internal Hereout collector u. M. IMinna Dmtrlft Jadce C. R. Belllneer Ctrrnlt JuiIk W. B. Gilbert umtrlct A Homey .. J. H. Hall a. 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