THE HEPPHER TIMES
PaMtkt4 Ewy Tkaredajr.
HEPPNER OREGON
WEEK'SDOINGS
Central Review of Important Happen
penlgs Presented In Brief and
Condensed Corm.
CALLS MEN OUT.
The whereabout of Princess Louise
is still unknown, although a vigorous
search is being made.
Four-year-old John Conrad, of Red
ding, Cal., accidentally shot and killed
his sister Clara, aged 6.
A fire at Gem, Idaho, caused the
Joes of $125,000 worth of property.
The insurance carried was $20,000.
George B. Gamon, of Poitlaud, was
badly injured in an auto wreck wnile
taking in the sights in New York Cily.
Police officei Ole Nelson, of the Port
land foice, wa fatlly bhot while triyng
to arrest a bandit who was holding up
a street car. The hold-up artist was
caught.
While the Russians were clearing
the channel at the entrance to Pott At
thui, one of their vessels struck a mine
and went to the bottom. A number of
lives nere lost.
Seantor Hoar s condition remains
unchanged.
Over $2,000,000 of the new coinage
of Philippine gold has just been
shipped to Manilla on the government
transport Thomas.
The Cripple Creek sheriff has de
clined the services ol the militia to re
store quiet after the recent riota. He
believe he is able to handle the situ
ation.
The robbers who held up the train
near Kemmrer, Wyoming, secured only
$900 Two posses are in pursuit and
the sheriff is positive he will capiat e
the men.
Princess Louise, eldest daughter of
of the king of Belgium, baa succeeded
in escaping her guards and is believed
to have eloped with her lover Count
Mattachich.
A spray baa been discovered at the
UniveriBty of California that effectively
destroys the bop aphis. It conisats of a
tobacco decoction and a kerosene emul
sion in combination.
A board of engineere will this month
make an inspection of the proposed St
Mary's Milk river canal system in
Montana and if the report is favorable
the government will start work im
mediately.
A ferryboat in Poland capsized.
drowning 70 persons.
A hail storm at Prineville, Oregon
smashed most of the windows In the
town.
Bids on the Grand Ronde, Oregon,
Indan lands are found to be over twice
the minimum fizd by law.
The Japanese are believed to have
cut the Russian line of comunicaticn
between Liao Yang and Mukden.
Japanese militaiy experts declare
that General Kuropatkin is cornered so
effectively that escape is impossible.
Chcago employers, now that the pack
ers appear sure of winning their strike,
are considering a general campaign
against unionism.
Senator Clark, of Montana, was
threatened by a maniac who ran after
the senator declaring that he had
broken the state game laws-
The fighting at Port Arthur contnuee
to be of the most desperate chaiacter.
Poeitona are repeatedly taken, lost and
retaken by the Japanese with a heavy
loes of men.
The Russian vessels at Shanghai
have been disarmed.
The rush incident te the opening of
land near Lea iiten, Idaho, is setting
in early.
A cloudbuiet in Montana caueed con
aiderable damage to the Nottbern Pa
cific railroad.
Fnow has fallen near Duluth, Minn.,
and crops have been damaged greatly
by heavy frosts. '
A Laramie, Wyo., mob took a negro,
who attacked a white girl, from jail
and banged him.
Russia denies that aha ia discrimi
nating against British ships in search
ing for contraband of war.
The battleship Nebraska will be
launched at Beattle Oetotier 7.
The Russians lost about 2,500 men
in the recent battles in the Liao valley
Cloudbursts in Southern California
have washed out much railroad tracks.
The city of Binang, on the island of
Luzon, P.I., has been wiped out by
fire. One hundred lives were lost and
6,000 people are homelees.
St. Petersburg deems a crisis at hand
in the Liao valley unless Kuropatkin
can retreat. Continued rains, it 1
feared, will greatly impede the move
ment of heavy ordnance, which may
have to be abandoned.
General Stoeesel has informed the
cuar that the Port Arthur garrison can
not hold out over six weeks longer at
the most.
General Fnnaton has notified the war
department that he will relinquish the
command of the department of the Co
lumbia on October 1.
Invest igationi of the navy depart
ment have shown that our warships
must dock oftener than once a year to
have their bottoms cleaned.
President Donnelly Greatly extends
Packers' Strike.
Chicago, Sept. 8. Fearing to call off
the great packers' strike on the eve of
Labor Pay, because of its moral effect
the, strike leaders today took desper
ate steps to bolster up the cause that
has been geueially admitted as lost.
II is believed the calling out of the
livestock handlers, which la a direct
violation of the interstate commerce
laws, waa done to force the govern
ment to interfere.
President Donnelly has frequently
said that the powers that be were quite
too apathetic to the atiike on the verge
of a national campaign, and before his
last card was played he would bring
matters to the attention of the federal
officials and force their hand. An
effort will also be made to involve the
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen,
and thus stop the handling of all stock-
trains consigned to Chicago or any
other point affected by the strike.
The independent packers, who all
along have been friendly to the strik
ers, and who have supplied meat to the
comniiseaty depots, were today placed
under the ban. President Donnelly
professes to have evidence that they
have been shipping meat for the pack
ers. Mrikes have Deen cauea in an
theee plants, involving about 15,000
men throughout the country. This
action puts Chicago nearer an actual
meat famine than any yet taken.
Drastic orders have been issued by
the labor leaders not to permit anyone
to enter or come out of the stockyards.
The force of pickets was today in
creased to 12,000 men in the vicinity
of the yards alone, and they have been
directed to slug any one coming out or
going into the yards. President Don
nelly issued a statement today in which
he said the strike must be won at all
hazards. To lose It would mean the
crumbling of tiades unionism all over
the country, and every union laborer
in the United States will be urged to
contribute in every way to the cause,
riLiPiNO orricERS too lax.
JAPANGAINING
The Russians arc Withdraw
ing from Liao Yang.
6IG BATTLE IS NOT YET ENDED
Train Service between Mukden and
the City Is Reported to Have
Been Interrupted.
Carter Sevs Attacks on Americans
Must Be Avenged Promptly.
Washington, Sept. 3. In his annual
report Brigadier General William H
Carter, commanding the department of
the Visiyas in the Philippines, strong
ly nrges the encouragement of athletic
sports among the soldiers to supply the
present lack of means 6f recieation
and carefully regulated and abundant
employment as the moet wholesome
antidote for the effects cf Philippine
service in time of peace. He hold
that the number of troops in the is
lands and the distibution should be
definitely determined. He says no in
surrection or invasion can succeed
deprived of the control of Manila and
the principal seaport cities, and thei
occupation la a military necessity
Temporary construction and make
shifts of every kind only serve, he
says, to develop and confirm in the
minds of Filipinos the idea that Amer
icans do not intend to bold the islands
peimahently, ao the matter is properly
one for the study of the general staff.
A considerable portion of the rep rt
deas with the operation of ladrones in
this department during the past year
and General Carter says:
"I am of the opinion that it is of no
benefit to the good people of these is
lands and will delay their ultimate
Americanization if the evil element is
allowed to Uneaten, harass and openly
attack American soldiers without im
mediate action by the commanding offi
cer nearest to the place where the
offense is committed."
The reas' n of tbis complaint is a
general order which leaves the civil
authorities to deal with eneb offenses.
ARMItS ARC ABOUT EQUAL.
Toklo, Sept. 6. The Japaneao left
began pressing the Ruelana toward Ta
Tzcho at dawn this (Friday) morning.
The Japanese right is engaged In the
neighborhood of Hetytngtail. The Jap
anese casi.altloa alnco August 29 are
officiality estimated at 10.000.
Thursday's news from the seat of
war closed with the receipt of two dls-
patches giving Information of a moet
significant character bearing on the
domination of Manchuria, at the close
of the present campaign. The first
catuo from the Asoclntvd Press corres
pondent at St. Petersburg, filed there
at 1:16 P. M., and said General Ru-
roptakin had withdrawn his whole
army to the right bank or the Talti
river so aa to meet General Kurokl's
Hanking movement. The Inference
drawn from this dispatch was that
Liao Yang had been evacuated, that
city lying on the left bank of the river.
Nothing to couflrm this was received
until several hours later, when a dis
patch from the Associated Press cor
respondent at St. Petersburg dated
September 2, and timed 1:26 Friday
morning, said "the newa of the evacu
ation of Liao Yang and the withdrawal
of the Russian army to the right bank
of the Talts river had caused Intense
excitement,"
Late Thursday night the St. Peters
burg correspondent of the Associated
Frees obtained an opinion from the
war office that the withdrawal to the
right bank of the Tails river became
necessary so that the Russians would
be able to repel a blow In that direction
and that General kuropatkln'a move
ment waa the carrying out of a well-
defined Idea rather than a retreat. The
same dispatch point out with notable
lack of comment that the Japanese
took advantage of General Kuropat
kln'a withdrawal to occupy the city of
Liao Yang.
The second dispatch, which may
have a significant bearing on the cam
paign, Is that filed at Mukden at 9:27
P. M., Thursday, stating the train ser
vice between Mukden and Liao Yang
waa Interrupted, and It may mean the
cutting of the railroad communication
which may deprive General Kuropat
kin of an opportunity to retreat to his
more northern base at Mukden. Aa
pointed out In the St. Petersburg dla
patch, the Mukden correspondent does
not mention whether the telegraph
communications are open.
A dispatch from Toklo, filed there at
2 P. M., Thursday, said popular esti
mates of the date of the fall of Port
Arthur Inclined to the last week in
September.
but
about
Russia Has All Confidence Kuropat
kin Will Be Victorious.
St. Petertburg, Sept. 1. The great
battle of Liao Yang, which began early
Tuesday morning, raged throughout
the day with Increasing intensity, but
up to this hour no further ofllclal de
tails beyond two brief telegram given
out in the afternoon, have been received
bby the war office. Kvery confidence
is expressed in General Kuropatkin'i
ability to meet the Japanese assault ou
ground of his own choosing, but the
city is hungrily awaiting further news
of the progress of the fight.
The Japanese forces engaged in this
battle cau only be estimated here,
they are believed to number
200,000 men.
General Kuropatkin Is known to
have six army corps, beside H7 squad
rona of lavulry, in which great confi
dence is reposed, hi inning the Russian
total up to about the same number that
the Japamse have. How the aiiules
compare with regard to artillery is not
definitely known, though throughout
the war the Japanese have shown great
preference tor this aim and great skill
in its use.
Reports from the front credit the
Japanese with having about 200 gnus
and many mountain batteries, and it Is
known that they recently shipped 24
heavy guns to Yinkow. Four of these
guns already have been mentioned in
these dispatches as being In action.
General Kurokatkin, in addition to
his field batteries, has a number of very
heavy guns emplaced at impoitaut po
sitions at Liao Yang, where the Rus
sians have been strongly fortifying (or
some time. The Japanese profess to
have captured two field batteries dur
ing te past two days. Russian official
accounts admit the loss of only six
guns.
It is stated a Japanese battery was
captured south of Anshanshan during
the preliminary fighting, and that sev
eral Japanese guns have been destroyed
since then.
Little of the strategic situation has
developed so far. Official news from
the front says there waa desperate fight
ing in the southern center, while from
information from other sources it ap
pears the Japanese are endeavoring to
turn the Russian right from the neigh
borhood of the junction of the Taitse
and Sakbe rivers. The fighting on the
western flank appears to have ap
proached within thrt
Vang.
LIKE MAD MEN
Japanese Troops Hurled Back,
Rush on Again.
ERESH TROOPS ARE IN PLENTY
Extreme Dank of the Army at Liao
Yang Attacked With a Sudden
nets That Nearly Paratyxcd It.
TRADE Of THE PHILIPPINES.
miles of Liao
LEGATION IS ADVISED.
WILL TRY TO SPREAD STRIKE.
Ev.
Washington Learns that Russians
arc Torced to Retreat.
Washington, Sept. 5. The Japanese
Minister has received the following
dispatch from Tokio:
"According to telcgraplc advices re
ceived at headquarters this afternoon,
our army corps on the left, by fierce
and repeated assaults took possession
of the heights which the enemy's right
occupied. Thereupon the enemy sonlb
of LlaA Yang began retreating. The
Japanese army Is now pursuing."
The resume of the reports received
up to the afternoon of the 31st is aa
follows:
Since August 37 our armies are con
tinuing operatlona toward Liao Yang.
On the morning of August 29 the right
and central columns of the first army
occupied a position nine miles east of
South Liao Yang, on the bank of the
Taitse river. The armies were advanc
ing along the Halchong-Llao Vang road
In joint operation with the left eoluaui
of the first army, and took on August
29 a position facing the enemy's line of
defense, which extended to the eaat
and west of a point alx miles south of
Liao Yang. On August 30 severe fight
ing occupied the whole day, and It was
still continuing on the afternom of
August 31. The enemy appeared to
consist of 12 or 13 divisions."
St. Peteisburg, Sopt. 2. Home In
teresting details of yesterday's battle
are furnished by Russian cortespon
dents, from which it appears that two
regiments of Japanese at dayrvak at
tempted to rapture the batteries of the
Sixth artillery brigade, located on the
extreme flank of the Russian araiy
The attempt was only discovered in the
nick of time. Home of the Russian
troops fought continuously for 80
hours. The concussion and roar of the
guns shook windows at Mho Yang.
though the aitillory was six to eight
miles away. Ncmlrnvich I'ltnchenko,
the (anions Knssinn war ror respondent,
dst'il)iiig the buttle, says:
The enemy, drunk with their for
mer successes, attackeu from three
sides like mailmen. When they were
hurled back, dealt troops, of which
they seemed to have an iuexhnuatible
supply, were sent lot ward."
M. Danchcnao says the combatant
hail alwut 000 guns on each side and
adds:
"It was our first victory. The ewe-
my was beaten back everywhere, many
of his batteries were destroyed, and in
some rases his Infantry was put to
rout."
The utmost confidence continues to
prevail here that the issue of the fight
will be a complete victory for General
Kuropatkin. Fiont dawn until dark
yesterday the battle raged, first in the
center and left and then on the right
of the Russian Hue. The Japanese
charged gallantly and desperately in au
effort to break the center, and then iu
the afternoon came a mo ement
against the opposite flank, This at
tack waa delivered from the west, but
General Kuropatkin had evidently an
tlcipated just what happened, for he
nit only met and repulsed it, but ac
tually was able by superior force to
overlap and envelop the Japanese
I-asl night both armies bivouacked In
their positions.
No attempt was made by Lieutenant
General Sakharoff In his rrporl to rati
mate the Japanese losses, execpt to say
that they weie extremely heavy, and
the Russian losses were only apprux
mated at 3,000. No Russian general
officers fell.
Large Increase In Imports and De-
crcasc In Exports.
Washington, Aug, SI. Accoidlng to
statement given out today at the bu
reau of Insular affairs, the Philippine
import trade advancel nearly $2,000,-
000 in value during the nine months
ended Match last, and a slight falling
oft is shown In the exports aa a result
of decreased shipments in copra and
sugar, although hemp and tobacco are
exported In larger amounts than for
the corresponding three-fourths of the
previous year.
Excluding gold and silver and I'nltetl
States government purchases, the custom-house
returns, the total value of
merchandise Imported for the nine
months ended March, 100-1, at $25.
027,024, and the- export at $22,2511,
ltttl, a 7 per cent lnctense in Imports
and 2 per cent decrease in exports.
The ricegiowlug section of the Hi it
lull ami French Fast Indies have en
joyed most of the increase In trade,
the latter terrltoiy seiidiiig three.
fnuitlis of the $10,000 000 woilh of rice
received.
hxcept fir those rountrie from
which rice is obtained the statement
says that for the first lime since Amer
ican occupation, the United Male
cads in the amount of merchandise
seut to the islunds and that the out
going trade with the principal countries
shows a decline In the value of ship
ment to the United States, more than
700,000 of the loss Mug credited to
sugar export and $(100,000 to hemp.
Moie than one-half ol the imports
consisted of food and animals, while
the export were chiefly agricultural
product., hemp export amounting to
$10,000,000 In round numbers. The
figure on the carrying trade show an
increase In volume of business done
under the A mei lean flag, the amount
carried tc the Islands being $1,635,027,
while $3,237, H06 of the export left the
Island under the American flag. The
British vessel took $18, 172, HID.
The sugar trade declined from $2,-
479,001 to $1,827,074, the entire out
put being sent to Japan, Hong Kong
and China, no portion being exported
to the United (State. American made
up more than one-half of the total ai-
rivali, the greater portion being classed
a professional men.
Tood Scarce at Port Arthur.
Chefoo, Sept. 3 The advance J o-
aitions of the Japanese before Port Ar
thur are now near Fort No. 6, on the
east; at Palichuang on the north, and
at Hukiaton and Yangtowang on the
west. Chinese who leit Port Arthnr
on Augnst 28 say that neither side
was than occrnying Fort No. 6. A
junk wriich has arrived here heard
fireing at Port Arthur on the morning
of August 29. It reports that food if
scarce there, a bag of float being worth
$5.60 gold.
rail to Slip By Shfps.
Chefoo, Kept. 3. It ia reported here
upon good authority that the Japanese
have captured some Russian oflicers
bound to Port Arthut with important
papers. These office! left Mukden and
attempted to get into Port Arthur by
means of a junk from Chefoo. For
some time past a Japanese torpedo
boat has been at sea watching for this
junk, and according to the report, she
overtook It at 1 o'clock this morning
and took the oflicers, and papers.
Germany Holds Action Unjust.
Iierlin, Kept. 3. Announcement is
mads as coming from apparently well
founded sources that Germany is mak
ing representations to the Russian gov
ernment in the case of the German
steamer Thea, which was sunk by the
Vladivostok squadron, holding the pro
ceedlngs of the prize court at Vladivo
stok were unjust.
Union Will Attempt to Call Out
cry Affiliated Trade.
Chicago, Sept. 1. A strong effort is
to be made by the leaders of the unions
now on strike at the stockyards to
spread the scope of the strike so that it
will include every trade which is ami
iated in even a i emote degree with the
packing industry. The first step in
this direction was taken tonight, when
the stock handlers now employed at the
yards voted to go on strike at 10 o clock
in the morning. There are about 1,
000 of these men, and their duties are
to look after and feed the rattle in the
pens between the time of their arrival
and the the time of killing. Their
action tonight, therefore, will make it
iucurnlrf-ut upon the packers to provide
other men to take their places.
President Iionnelly, of the Butchers'
union, declared tonight he would also
he able to call out all the switchmen
employed on the railroads which do
business at the stockyards, and possib
ly to extend the striae to other depart
ments of the railroads. A mass meet
ing of the strikers is to be he'd tomor
row afternoon at Watita hall, near the
stockyards, an addresses aie to be made
by a num)er of labor leaders.
After a confereiice with members of
the executive committee of the strikers'
national organization, President Iion
nelly refueed to divulge what had taken
place, fie admitted that means of se
curing money for the strikers had lieen
disenssed, but he refused to say what
else had been talked cf at the conference.
MET ON CURVE.
Many
Bark Crew Nearly All Lost.
St, Johns, N. V., Sept. 5. The Cana
dian schooner Troop, from the Grand
Hanks finning grounds, reports that on
August 20, Captain Zimmerman, of the
fishing schooner Coleralne. reported
having spoken a French bark-
entlno, name unknown, 170 mllea' off
Cape Race, with only three men lft
out of a crew of 34, the others having
been lost while fishing with their do
ries.
The French captain begged Captain
Zlmniermann to board his vessel and
help blm reach tbla port,
Russians Hold God on Their Side.
St, Petersburg, Sept. 6. Tho Mm
peror baa received the folowlng dis
patch from 0neral Stoessel, com
manding tho Russian troops at Port
Arthur, dated August 26:
"Tho gracious telegrams of Your
Majesty have boon received with
resounding hurrahs before the enemy,
and have redoubled the strength of the
defenders and the heroic spirit of the
troons. From Aueust 23 to trxlar In-
elusive, 'all the dally asimults have been
repulsed with the help of God."
Will Courtmartial Admiral.
Paris, Sept. 5. Tho corersporvdent
at St. Petersburg of the Echo & Paris
says that at a council of Admirals pre
sided over by High Admiral Grand
Duke Alexia It waa decided that Rear-
Admiral Ouktomsky be court- martnll
ed for having dlaobeyed the order not
to return to Port Arthur. The court
will alt at Vladivostok, Alexia presld
log.
Russian Army Confident.
Berlin, Kept. 1. A dispatch from
Liao Yang to the Lokal Anzeiger, timed
8:25 a. m. today,-says: "What ap
pears to be the deciding battle hgan at
4 a. m. The Japanese began the at
tack east ol Liao Yang along the Taitza
river, bat were repulsed. The firing
is now specially heavy south and south
west of Liao Yang. One can no longer
distinguish individual detonations.
The Wyberg regiment, of which Em
peror William II is honoiary chief, 1
deploying upon the battle field. The
Russian army is full of confidence."
Revival of "Boxerlsm."
Rhanghal, dept. 1. A revival of
"Buxerism" la reported from Taming
fu, in the southwestern part of pechil
province, 216 mile from Tien Tsin.
Over 29 American missionaries, includ
ing women and children, have been
obliged to evacuate Tamingfu owing to
an intended massacre on the part of
the Boxers, who call themselves "Tsai
yun." ltie local telegraph company
refused to transmit a message from the
missionaries to Minister Conger,
- flay Search for British Ships.
Madt id, Hept. 1. The Russian aux
iliary cruiser Don has left Vogo with
out waiting for her bill of health.
Her commander was in receipt of a tel
egram from the Ruesian government
which presumably ordered him tc re
suaie the search for British collietiei
destined for Japan. It is stated here
that ten other Russian cruiseta are en
gaged in this work on the coasst of
8 pain, Portugal, France and Africa.
CABLE TO ALASKA,
Trains Collide In Quebec and
Persons Suffer.
Montreal, QueW, Kept. 2. Nit-i
persons were killed and 23 other in
lured in a head-on tolllslon en theOraud
Trunk railway near Richmond, Quebec
today. The trains involved were i
special excursion from Montreal ttonnd
for Hherbrooke, and passenger train
No. 6, running between Island Pond
Vt., and Montreal. The colliskn, it I
alleged, was due to neglect of otders on
the part of the train crew of the excur
sion train, which left Richmond with
out the arrival of the piscenger tiain
The excursion tram, made up of ten
coaches and a bavgage car tarried
about 1,000 tx-raon bound for the ex
position at Hierbrooka. The Island
Pond train was composed of five coach
es am a nagagu rar anil hao only a
small number of past-engers. The ex
cursion tiain had bately cleared the
Richmond yard when, rounding a
curve, it met the Island Pond train
rnnning at a high rate of speed
engineers reversal, anil, with
firemen, jumped and escaped
minor iniuru-s.
Both engines were locked firmly to-
gethsr. The baggage rar of th ex
cursion train was picked uc and
(lroped on top of the rar following it,
a smoker, and it was in these two cars
that the greater nun bar of fatailtin
occurred.
The accident is the worst that has
taken place in this province since the
Craig's road disaster in 1HH5.
The
their
with
Russia Arranges for a Loan.
London, Kept. 2. The corresjKindent
of the Dialy Telegraph at Ht. Peters
burg sends the following dispatch,
which Is published this morning:
"The finance minister has practically
arranged with German bankers for a
new loan of 500,000,000 roubles (ap
proximately $250,000,000) at a higher
rate of interest than oa the last loan.
Only minor details remain to lie settled
and the date of issue is not stated, bnt
it Is not probable that the loan will be
floated until after the fall of Pott Arthur.
No Sign Evacuation Is Contemplated.
Paris, Kept. 2. The Temps' corre
spondent at Liao Yang, telegraphing
from there today at 1 :21 a. in., says:
"There is no sign that the Russians
propose an early evacuation of I.lao
Yang. Throngh the night from a roof
top, I con hi see the bursting of shells
from the Japanese guns. The Japan
ese are approaching the crests east and
south of the town. The attacking
force Is estimated at 200,000 men and
700 guns.
Britain Will Be Party to Appeal.
Ht. Petersburg, Kept. 2. It Is under
stood that Great Biitain will become a
party to the appeal in tho case of the
British steamer Knight Coininandir,
sunk by the Vladivostok squadron off
hit. The rase of the German steamer,
Thea, chartered by a British firm,
sunk ott the Japanese coast by the
Vladivostok squadron, has also been
appealed.
The All-American Line to Ear North
Is Working.
Seattle, Wash., Aug. 31. Alaska
was brought into communication with
the rest of th United State this after
noon, amid the cheers of hundreds of
Americans, the tooting of steamboat
whistles and the riaah of banda play
ing the "Star Bpangled Banner."
The cable between rVattle and Val
des was epliced at a point about U-n
mile north of Heattls at 4:40 o'clock
In the afternoon, though for several
hour before the final joining of the
two end mrsssge had been sent from
Seattle turn, guest on hoard the cable
ship Burnsiile, to Hitka and response
had been received.
The steamship Queen carried .100 of
Seattle' pri iiiincnt attlzcn nut to meet
the cabin ship and witness the splicing
ol the cable. 1 he Buruside wa met
about six miles north of the bnoy wl ere
the Heattle end rested, t'ible wa be
ing laid at the rate of four miles per
bout, and the two ship proceeded to
the buoy, within easy hailing distance.
The splicing of the cable took two
hour and 20 minute. Finally the
work wa completed and the spliced
part was held aloft over the side of the
llurnilde while the bluejacket scam
pered aloft and manned the yards. A
band on the Ihieen, which lay about
300 feet away, swung Into the "Ktnr
Hpanglsd batiuar," and the cable struck
th water with a mighty sphich. It
uok Into about 300 fstt of water.
Th cahla line is K00 miles long ami
rol $1,000 pr mil. Colonel Allen
Is one of the oldest cable eiperts in the
United Htales. 11 hrlprd to lay th
cable to Vancouver island 20 yean ago.
The Burnsid will lie overhauled
here and in about six weeks the work
of laying the line te Valde will I
taken up.
Contldent of HoldlnOut.
I iao Yang, Aug. 13. Numerous re
liable r sport which have reach 1 her
through a dispatch carrier and other
person are to the effect that despite
the extreme Japanese measures of the i
past fortnight to perfect a blockade of
Port Arthur by mean of sinking all
the junk near that place, the Russian
outside Port Arthur ate conaiileiahly
underestimated, a 1 also the existing
power of the fortress, which is likely
to hold out tor two months and possibly
until January, even tinder such an
assau'tasthe Japanese are using.
Close to the New Town.
London, Aug. 31 The Tientsin ror
rejpondent of. the Htandard, cabling
Haturday afternoon, says: Confirma
tory details Just arrived lepresontthe
Japanese a having leached a point
within 1,200 yards from the new lown
at Port Arthur on the west ride and aa
being within a mile of the east dork
basin on the east side, Htrong rein
forcements, It Is said, are hiirrlyng up
from Dalny and Pltiwo, leaving re.
serves at both places.
Paraguay Revolutionists Active.
Buenos Ayrea, Aug. 31, Paraguay
revolutionary vessels are extremely ac
live. They are catrying men, horses
and arms and are searching all pas
senger boats. An Argentine warship
yesUitaay thtaatened to fire on the rev
olutionary squadron If it Intercepted
vessels flying the flag of the Argtenlne
republic.