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HOULTON, COLUMMA COUNTY, GUEGON, FIIIDAY, JUNE 17, 1904.
NO. 8.
EVENTS OF THE DAY
tUTHEREO FROM ALL PARTS OP TKB
TWO KEMISPHCRES.
Cotnpreheeafre Rovtow of the Import
at Hoppoawa of the Paat Week,
Presented la Condensed Porn, Moat
LUcel to Provo laUrwtlnf to Our
Many Head.
Rural hat called out more rcarevea.
Many deported union miuera ara ar-
i i .
Tiving at iHmver.
The Ruwlan forcea at Ting, south of
iniu ibwang have boon forced to evacu
at.
Russia will not heed tho protect o
Britain against declaring fooilatuffi con
traband.
An attempt haa been made to kidnap
tne Italian conaal at Tangier, Moiocco,
uy bandit.
All Russian warahlpa at, Port Arthur
are expected to bo ready for aervlco
within a fortnight.
Tho tenth semiannual reunion of
tkottiah Kite Maaoni of Oregon la In
4nlon at Portland.
Congressman Metcalf. of California.
lisluU-d to succeed Cottelyou aa seoe-
ury ol commerce and labor.
Tho national head of the Rathbone
Pinter and Pythian Sisters, at a con
lerencc, have prepared a plan for the
-consolidation oi the two orders.
A clomlburat on tho tableland adja
cent to Sterling, Colorado, caused a
heet of water 10 to 18 Indira deep to
cover tho lower portion of the town.
Much damage was done to growing
crops in that section.
The land ofll-e at Oregon City may
to moved to I'rotland.
Abner McKinlej, brother of tho lata
President McKinley, it dead.
Tho Colorado train robbers have
again eluded the and aro further
into tho hills.
Tho man who attempted to kill the
Spanish premier has been sent to pris
on for 17 years.
Tho wife of Mayor Balllnger, of Seat
tle, has been warned of a plot against
her husband's life.
Chinese report that battle was
fought June 9 within seven miles of
the Inner forts of Tort Arthur.
. The Panama commissioners aro sure
a currency system acceptable to the
United States will be adopted by Pana
ma. More union m inert aie being deport
d from Colorado and the work will be
kept up until all aro taken out of the
state.
The Japanese are constructing a rail
road from Feng Wang Cheng to Shak
dedal, 30 miles to the southeast, near
the mouth of the Yalu river.
Roosevelt desires Ambassador Choato
to succeed Knox as attorney general.
John W. M into has been apointed
postmaster at Portland, to take charge
July 1. '
Perdicaris, the American held by
Moroccan bandits, will soon be re
leased. The Japanese have dislodged Russian
forces in a number of towns along the
Liao Yang.
A waterspout in Oklahoma was the
cause ot three deaths and washed away
many houses.
Kansas objects to being made the
dumping ground for the objectionable
Colorado unionists.
Many union miners are being de
ported from the Victor, Colorado,
mining district every day.
Cripple Creek alliance has decided
it will not try to break up the print
ers' union, fearing that the papers will
suspend.
Four hundred Bchool children were
thrown in a mass at Fan Jose, Cal., by
the bieaking down of a platform in a
theater. None were Beriously injured.
The secretary of the Mineowners as
eociation says the desire to make all
join the union and not the eight hour
day is the real issue in the Colorado
trouble.
Postmaster Bancroft, of Portland,
has resigned.
The American Medical association
will meet in Portland in 1905.
. The alleged leader in the Victor,
Colorado, riots has been captured.
In a battle between Colorado ranch
ers and train robbers one ol the latter
was killed.
Russia is not negotiating with Tur
key for the passage of the Baltic fleet
through the Dradanelles.
General Kurokl's movements are a
puzzle to the Russians and they do not
know what to expect next.
The mother of Lewis Etzel, the
American correspondent killed by Chi
nese, has fileda claim for $20,000 with
China."
OOOO ROADS.
A Few Simple Rotes Which Wm14 Help
Our Highways.
A t - - , ' .
Among uio eiementa ana forces ol
nature tbero aro several enemies of
good roads, but the greatest of them is
water. It washes awsy tho materia
of tho road. It soaks into the road and
softens It so that the wsgon wheels cut
into the surface making ruts and holes
It permeates and softens the foundation
so that the surface of the road ainks or
ireaks up. In the winter tha
that ia In the road freezes, iianl.
nd loosens and disintegrates the road
material.
The most important thin in the
building of roada Is to lesten or prevent
the ravages ot water; yet no feature of
the work Is to neglected as this. Many
local road supervisors seem to ovm nn
consideration to tho question of drain
age, and th result is a regular mud
1 1 -i j . i
uiocasgo auring several weeks or
months of the year.
The following aro a few almnla rnlea
the observance of which would an far
toward bettering tho roads of this coun
try:
First. The road should bo to located
and constructed as to avoid ateen
grades down which tho water rushes
during heavy rains tearing up and
washing away the road material.
Bocond. The foundation of the road
should be thoroughly drained by open
siue uiicne which will carry oil the
water, ana where necessary tile dralna
should be laid in the foundation itself.
Third. The surface of the road
hould be hard and smooth and Lava
sufficient slope toward the sides to shed
the surface water.
Fourth. Ruts and holes on the anr.
face of the finished road should be filled
as fast as made so that no water can lie
on the surface to be worked up into
mud.
These rules are simple and easy to
follow, and any one who gives any seri
ous thought to the matter can see the
wisdom of following them. Still they
are almost universally ignored as the
condition of our roads abundantly
proves.
What this country needa is a radical
change, a new era in rosd building.
The people have been moving in ruts
in moro senses man one, and If each
local community is left to work out the
road problem aluue, they will continue
to move in the same rata, and ever
year milliona of dollars will be thrown
nto tne mud, to say nothing of the
osses resulting from the use of bad
roads. lectures on road improvement
seem to do very little good. Books and
bulletins on road building appear to
have very little effect.
What the local communities need ia
practical object lessons and actual as
sistance, and these can come only from
the state governments and the federal
government. It is for this reason that
road reformers everywhere are turning
toward state and national aid aa the
only soluton of the road problem.
The bod roads ot the United States
are a blight, a curse, a disgrace and all
patriotic, progressive citizens should
make a Brand united effort to win
them out and put our nation on a level
with tne advanced nations of Europe
a the matter of roads.
Pestilence In Siberia.
Paris, June 15. Letters received
from correspondents who have investi
gated the condition! prevailing in Si
beria show that the natives are suffer
ing severely as a result of the war. An
epidemic has broken out among the
laborers who live around Lake Baikal.
and it is feared the disease, the exact
nature of which has not yet been as
certained, will affect the troops who
are passing through on the way to Man-
hum. The unfortunates affected by
the disease usually die within forty-
eight hours after being first attacked,
and so far all known remedies have
proven useless.
Visits tho Bandit's Camp.
Tangier, June 15. J. W. S. Langer-
man, commissioner ol tne Moroccan
section at the St. Louis exposition, ar
rived here today from the camp of Rai-
sull, the bandit. In an interview giv
en to the Associated Press, Mr. Langer-
mansaid: "I met Raisuli and his
band fully armed and suspicious of the
iait. For a few miutes .the situation
was critical, but all passed off well.
on Perdicaris is much better and in
good spirits over the prospect of his
speedy release."
Ount Drove Back Train.
Tokio, June 15 Rear Admiral Togo
reports that Tuesday a part of the fleet
bombarded the west coast of the Liao
Tung peninsula, near Kaichau, and
drove back a military train that was
pproachmg southward. No trains
have been seen since. The enemy was
moving in troops and erecting works
evidently expecting a landing of the
Japanese at that point and making all
preparations to prevent it. Small gun
boats Bent in close by Rear Admiral
ogo bombarded the Russians at
work.
Russian Prisoners In Japan.
Tokio, June 15. The Russian pris
oners in the hospitals in Japan number
546, including 19 officers. Of these 38
men and 10 officers are wounded, while
the others are suffering from sickness
of various sorts.
FOOLTHE RUSSIANS
JAPANESE MAKE FEINT AND
800 OP CZAR'S MEN.
KILL
Defeated Troops Fall Back on Kakboa
Sbow lodlcatloas of a Loaf, Forced
March, but Will Olve Out No lafor.
nation to tho Correspondent Who
aro Along Thalr Una of March.
St. Petersburg, June 15. I it re
ported that a naval battle between the
fleets of the Japanese on the one tide
and the Russian fleet and shore bat
teries on the other side occurred off
Port Arthur on June 10. The naval
battle was accompanied by the advance
of the Japanese troops to the rear of the
Port Arthur defense. The Rnssian
forces within the fortress were is com
mand of General 6toessel, who, It it
reported, it wounded. It was neces
sary to amputate his leg at the knee.
Kin Chwang, June 15. Information
as been received hero through hereto
fore reliable channels that part of the
Japanese force left at Pa Lan Tien to
checkmate the Russians' southward
movement to relieve Port Arthur
was
A A t 1 .1 ana
tiacKeu southeast ol Bnung Mao yes-
terday.
After sliirht flffhtlnff the Jan.
i I. . . .. .
anese made a false retreat, the Russians
lirttlv Inllnwlnf. tltAv I. l. T.
. . , . .. .
ese made a flack movement, catching
the Russians in a trap. The Kuseian
losses are placed at 800 men. They
then fell back 'on Kaichou and beean
retreat along the Baimatcrn-Taal
L-nou road.
-o
About 2.000 Russian infantrv from
Kaichou passed through Niu Chwang
yesterday, accompanied by a large tup
ply and hospital train. Several carta
contained bandaged men. The troops
ppeared to be fagged out, and shewed
every indication of Ions, forced
march. The officers refused to furnish
any information, but a noncommit
ioned officer told a correspondent of
the Associated Prest that all the troops
were retreating from Tsai Chon. Be
fore be could say anything further, ha
was reprimanded by a captain. Strag
glers are closely watched by noncom
missioned officers to prevent them
from talking. The Russians have
abandoned the ground mines eight
miles south of here.
A native messenger lust in from the
Russian camp west of here renorta that
there are many wounded men there.
REVOLT AT PRISON.
Four Condemned Men In Ohio Penitenti
ary Attempt to Escape.
Columbus, O., June 15. An attempt
was made by four of the nine con
demned men at the penitentiary to es
cape at 1 o'clock this morning by over
powering the guard. The guard was
badly beaten, but two guards from the
hall came to his assistance and the pris
oners were forced back Into their cells
and locked up.
The prisoners in the plot to escape
were Moses Johnson, ot Scioto county;
Pnilip Nagle, of Wyandotte county;
Lewis Harmon, of Franklin county;
and Ben Wade, of Lucas county.
Ouard Richards, of Williams county,
was in charge of the prisoners. He
was unarmed, no weapons being sl
owed in the annex. The prisoners
beat him down with their fists, and
secured the key to the cage in the an
nex, but' failed to find tie kev to the
outer door.
Guard Rirhnrrin
that two guards in an adjoining hall
were attracted, and they came to his
rescue. The prisoners were overpow
ered and locked up. Guard Richards
was badly beaten, but his condition is
not considered serious.
It was evidently the nnrnosA of the
t i
prisoners to get out of the door of the
annex which leads into the prison yard
and scale the walls. They had no
weapons, but expected to secure them
from the guard. It is not believed
that the five other men in the annex
were a party to the plot to escape.
Whlpplng-Post Reglmo Revived.
Lexington. Ky.. June 15. Police
Judge John j. Riley today revived the
old whipping post regime when he sen
tenced Simon Scearce. a 15-vear-old
negro lad to be whipped in the public
square. Scearce had struck a white
boy. The court decreed that the boy's
mother take the boy to the public
square and give him 20 lashes with a
buggy whip. The mother, in the pres
ence of a large crowd, administered the
punishment as directed. This is the
first time such an incident has been
witnessed since the Civil war.
Dowlo Coming Home.
that John Alexander Dowie has decided
1 - 1 X. l.1 - ' i ir.i i .
iu return uj me unueo. oiaies Dy tne port today, it was lound that ten Kus
first steamer. In strongly-worded de- sian officers and 664 jpien who fell in
nunciatory. editorials, the London
papers this morning express unbounded
satisfaction with Dowie"a speedy de-
PBrturt).
PORCH WIPED OUT.
Two
BaUIlloos of Japaseae Ambaabod
oo Fang Waag Cheng Road.
Haicheng, Manchuria, June 14. A
uanaing movement of tne Japan
around the Russian left from Fen-
nsng cneni. Jane . waa frnli
who a lost oi two whole battalions.
A large Japanese force moved ont in
the morninfr aloncr the Fen if lVn
vneng ana uaicheng road. The Rua
iant had a force strongly posted In a
a t ns r . . . .
vino miles southeast ol uaicheng.
i he Japanese were preceded by two
battalions, who walked Into the Rus
sian ambuscade.
They received a murderous rifle and
.-I'll An
ruuery nre at close range and were
wiped out, only one or two escaping.
iue main Japanese force, whirh waa
greatly superior to the Russian force,
tried to outflank the Russians who
drew off without losinor a man. Tha
Japanese, closing in, found the ravine
vacant, save lor their own dead.
RUSSIAN ARHV SWELLING.
Exaltation Over Victory oa tho Fan.
Wang Cbeog Road.
Liao Yanc. Jnna 14 Tha arm
Is increaaimr ranidl. a. fresh mnail
arriving daily.
There is no fresh newt from Port
Arthur, nor haa any confirmation of
serious eventt having occurred there
been receired. On th
cording to the best information, every-
uting ia going wen.
offlcert nd men here are very
The officers and men
enthusiastic over the driving back of
miiuutiMuc over me anvinir back of
the Japanese on the road between Feni
1 U "ll i . . . .
Wang Cheng and Haichencr Jnna 0
Only a comparatively short dintanra
eeparates the Japanese and Russian
armies and the soldiers are all anxious
tor active operations to begin.
KUROPATKIN RESTS LITTLE.
How
Famous Ruaaiaa Oeneral Direct
Mia Campaign.
Liab Yang. Janel4.TintiPn-
tian plan of campaign is directed from
a railway carriage here, in which Gen-
oral ICmnnatlrln wM-lra ..I. -1-
The car it divided into a saloon, a
study and a bedroom. The commander
in chief passes the most of hia tim. in
the study at work, surrounded by hit
J - . - a a. a .
aiaee. Aitnoueh ' tmall of
aiwuuju auja.li vi Bismre,
-.r.vAu . uuce uiBunguisnaoie
among his entonraro. hnvv hriin.ni
may be their uniforms, by hit deter
may be their uniform-, hv hi, iZ
mined gestures and sturdy figure. He
has the reputation of being just and
his word is law. His officers renoa?
the fullest confidence in him and he ia
the idol of tho common aoldiert, and
tne foreign attaches find him most
pleasant. He takes little or no rest ex
cept a half hour's siesta after lunch,
when the heat is excessive, and he oo.
casionally indulges in the distraction
ot reading literary works. Dispatches
from the scene of operations ar
brought to him at any hour of the dav
or night. The general eats well, oi
simple dishes, but he seldom remains
at the table more . than a half hour.
tie drinks wine, smokes a cigar or two
after breakfast and sets an example of
abstemiousness to his officers. He
rises at 7 o'clock and retires at mid
night.
SQUADRON WILL BE READY.
America Can Send More Shlpa to Tan
gler If Emergency Artaea.
Paris, June 14. Information has
been received from Lisbon concerning
the plans of the American battleship
squadron. Kear Admiral .Barker ex
pects to leave Lisbon June 16 for Gib
raltar, where the squadron will remain
until the Moroecan incident is settled.
On the arrival there of the Illinois and
Missouri, the squadron will consist of
Bix of the most modern battleships, be
sides the two equadrons of cruisers and
gunboats now at Tangier. Although
Admiral Barker does not expect that
the necessity will arise of taking the
battleships to Tangier, vet he will re
main at Gibraltar for the purpose of
meeting any possible contingency.
When the American sauadron leaven
Gibraltar it will not go to Villefranche,
as at first intended, but will go to Pie-
raus and cruise through the Grecian
archipelago. Later, the squadron will
go to Corfu and Treste.
Of Qreat Strategical Importance. .
Tokio, June 14. The town of Siu-
yen, now occupied by the Japanese
army, is of great strategical import
ance, being situated about 40 miles
east by south of Kaikine and 45 miles
southeast of Haicheng. It commands
perfectly the roadstead of both places.
Saimatsa ia also an important point, as
it controls the roads to Liao Yang and
Mukden. By following this route, the
Mao Tien Lin pass, a ftronclv fortified
and almost impregnable Russian Btrong-
hold will be avoided on the advance of
the Japanese army northward.
Russians Killed Number 700.
Tokio. June 14. The militarv com
mission assigned to bury the Russian
dead in the battle of Kanshan bill at
Kinchou May 26, presented its final re-
I ... . . ......
the battle, had been carefully buried
l and SO men were buried bv the out
posts, making the total number of killed
i ieu penind py tne nuseians vu.
TO BLOW UP CZAR
INFEHNAL MACHINES DISCOVERED IN
ROYAL PALACE.
MacbiMry Waa Worklag and Expiosloa
Would Have Occurred la a Short
Tloio-Ouo la Dialog Saloa About to
Bo Enter by Imperial FumUj a4
A sot her la Audience Cham bar.
St. Petersburg, June 13. Two ia
fernal machines were found concealed
in tobacco boxes in the Tsarskaye Selo
palace near this city, where the czar
and hit family reside. On nf th
boxes waa found in the dining saloon,
to which room the imperial family
were abort ly to enter for the evening
meal, and the other In the audience
chamber. The machinerv in both
boxet waa working, and would have
exploded within half an hour.
Had the machines nol been found in
time it is probable that the entire pal
ace would have been wrecked, and all
ts inmates killed.
War Paralyzes Tralo.
Odessa, June 13. Reports from most
of the manufacturing districts of Rus
sia state that the output is mush limit
ed. Factories are struggling along on
half ti me, and the Lands are being
discharged for lack of orders. Trade
of the leading Black sea porta with the
ar East by sea has been temporarily
abandoned altogether by the Russian
lines. So far as the trade with Vladi.
voetok and Singapore it concerned, the
Russian volunteer fleet, the leading
subsidized shipping of Russia, is in a
sim worse plight. The Ekaterinoslay,
of over 10,000 tons, has been captured
by the Japanese. The Kzan it abut up
in Port Arthur, and no fewer than 12
more cruisers and transport, inclnd.
ing ahips of 12,000 tons and 20 knots
speea, are ryrng in Kussian home ports,
with scores of officers and hundreds of
men waiting orders.
o
i ua.w iui iub rariiuu umnr. xneir efforts hav nmrm
Aaouianioa Traaefhe-railottriraliis. Their effort have prov-m
v " u.D15u Bujjnug
trade of any magnitude, and th rriu
ent paralysis it a severe blow to it.'
RUSSIA RISKS NOT.
Japanese Attack on St. Petersburg
Be-
log Onarded Against.
St. Petersburg, June 13Remoteas , g ,g0 10 any lengtn u Becure to
ur appears the chance that tn J. J Ormat,0n- The7 wIU 7 with-
now appears the chance that the Japan
ese fleet will ever be in a position to
venture up the Baltic and make a dem
onstration against the Russian capital,
or that a European power
tuat a European power will be
drawn into the war, Russia it evidently
taking nothing for granted. The pos
sibility of the fall of Port Arthur or a
disaster to the Baltic squadron after
the later sails for the Far East have
been considered, and no precaution
will be omitted to protect St. Peters
burg against attack. The fortifications
of Riga, in the southern part of the
gulf of Riga, and Reval, at the entrance
of the gulf of Finland, have been
strengthened. Some new guns of the
latest patterns have been mounted in
the fortress of Cronstadt. and a chain of
water batteries, innninc ont on either
side of the shores of the gulf of Finland,
will guard the entrance to the mouth
of the Neva.
This system of fortifications was
sufficient to discourage the attack
planned by the British fleet during the
Crimean war. In addition, however,
shore batteries have been constructed
near Cranienbaum, on the gulf of Cron
stadt, 19 miles from St. Petersburg.
and Sestroryetsk, on the Sestra river,
and 17 miles from St. Petei shnrs-.
probably as a precaution againBt land
ings, as the forts are able to Bton ''the
advance of a hostile fleet. The sd-
proaches to Cronstadt are also being
mined, and merchant shins are beinc
forbidden to enter port without a pilot
to conduct them through the mine
fields.
Turkey Will Be Neutral.
St. Poterbsurg. June 13. The Asso-
ciated Press is informed officially . that
no negotiations are taking place be
tween Kussia and Turkey concerning
the passage of the Black' ae& fW.
through the Dardanelles. The Turkinh
government has affirmed positively its
intention to maintain neutrality and to
observe strictly the obligations of the
Berlin treaty. While diolomatin eir.
cles do not believe in the existence of
danger in the Balkans, yet it Is thought
Russia will not consider a reduction of
the Black sea fleet at this time.
China Will Investigate Hia Death.
Tien Tsin. Juris 13. Virwnv Vnnn
Choi Vul Ko u.t tV. T.t.l T 1..
ount ikai una ocub iuo XMUlal X.1U - XO I
Niu Chwang to investigate the death of
T.n.;. vi.j nrn wrm a v. a t il. t
Lewis Etzel. correspondent of the Lnn
don Daily Telegraph, who was reoent.lv
shot by Chinese imperial soldiers. It
y. i
"
is now reported mat ne was iouily dealt
with.
CANNOT AID FORI.
.nrpauia Mys It Is IsaposaiMe to
Re-
Hove Port Arthur.
Paris. Juno f. A SL Peterahura-
diapatch quote a general offlcor ot
Ue Russian army M f0u0Wt:
Tw day ago there waa a eon fa.
ence bstweea the Emperor and the
cnler partlaaaa of Oeneral KuroDatku
and Admiral Alexleff. The latter
were active la an attempt to Influ
ence the Czar to tend an order to Gen
eral Kuropatkln to advance at r.
and relieve Port Arthur. The lnlen
Uoo, of courae. was to upset tho dia.
iosition of troops, made by the mill-
tary commander-in-chief and rnmnol
him to give battle, even at th Hk f
defeat
"Fortunately the good tensi of tho
emperor prevailed and ho
himself with Inquiring of General Kur
opatkln if the situation emitted of
Ms adraaclm: to relieve the beleag
uered stronghold, saying ne wl8he1 lt
could be cone, but leaving lt tM hi.
general to decide. General Kurt-pat-,
kin replied it was Impossible at pres
ent to do anything for General Rtn-a.
sel and his command. Knowiaghira aa
a9- certain that the commander-in-chief
WOUld fcCOner have realeW
than to have executed an order which.
might have brought disaster nnon hia
troop."
RUSSIANS DESPERATELY BOLD.
Reconaoitcrug Parties Oo to Any Leagth
m uet iarormouon.
Tokio, June 9. According to thm
Japanese corresDondentu with k.
first army in Manchuria fKnroki'ai.
the active Russian operations are lim
ited to a terleg of sklrmishee fought
ny Cossacks and mounted Infantrv
but which, accomplished littu i.
than to occupy the attention of th
Japanese outpost. The Russian en
gaged aumber hardly more than (Oft
men, iupported by a mountain bat
tery. Their operations extend thmneh
ue districts
of Aiyans and Balms
and their object is to Interfere a much,
aa nnaalMa with t .
i - uib xapuuena pro via-
miuie, and no damage has been dan
. . Ba a3ne
"tcpi JU1I,ng 01 number of JP-
anese trooper.
Tho Russian reconnoitering parties
are bold to the point of desperation.
They consist chiefly of a young offic
er and a handfull of men who are will
ing to go to any length to secure in-'
In the Japanese lines, and, if discov
ered, shoot their way out, endeavor
ing to do as much damage as possible
before being killed or taken prisoners.
BELIBVB FLEETS MET.
Steamer Passing Oulf of Pechlll See
Flashes at Soa.
Chefoo, June 9. An impression pre
vails here that a naval battle took
place last night in the Gulf of PechllL
Passenger on steamers passing the
Uao Tie Shan promontory at the
time did not hear any firing, while
report come from Ten Chow of
heavy firing being heard there from
11 o'clock last night until 2 o'clock,
this morning. Vessels from the Miao
Tao Islands confirm this renort and
so do the residents of hills in the vi
cinity of this city who heard the firing
and saw flashes out at sea during the
night
The fact that the Russians were en
deavoring, June 4. to clear the road
steads off Port Arthur of mines indi
cates an intention upon their pirt
lo give battle outside the harbor upon
the first favorable opportunity.
A Japanese correspondent returning
from Talienwan says there Is a per
sistent rnmor there that the Japanese
battleship Yashima struck a mine off
tnat port recently and was sunk.
Chinese arrivals from Talteiwan are
unable to confirm the story.
Japanese Punishing Bandits.
Chefoo, June 9. A fleet of JudAb
which has arrived from Dalny :or
the purpose of buying stores for tho
Japanese report having heard contin
uous nring netween uainy and Port
Arthur for several days. ' Japanese
warships are making Dalny their,
headquarters and are coming and go
ing continuously. They take turns
guarding the entrance to Port Arthur
The junks report Chinese are no long
er allowed to leave .Port Arthur, and
that the Japanese are punishing the
bandits who raided Dalny and Talien
wan. f Ihird Paclfla Squadron.
! St, Petersburg, June 9. Grand
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Permission of the emperor to create
a third Pacific sauadron from tho,
ships of the Black sea fleet, and per
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from Turkey to take the ships through
mission nas aireaay oeen
mo uarnaneues on tne condition that
they will not return.