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About The Columbia register. (Houlton, Columbia County, Or.) 1904-1906 | View Entire Issue (July 1, 1904)
MUST SOON FIGHT JAPANESE AND RUSSIAN OUTPOSTS ARE CI TOUCH. Battle WUI Be Om at tbe Most Decisive I U WiMkMnli Kurokl aa4 Oka Have Merged Their Twa Ana tea Into OM-fcTaropalkta It Very Mack a the AJert. J5t. Petersburg, June 29. A dispatch from Lieutenant General Sakharoff to night, telling of numerous skirmishes, confirms the belief that the great de cisive battle of the campaign between General Kuropatkia'a main army and the armies of Generals Korokl and Okn is imminent. The three armies aggte- nl Sflfl OOA tnftn and thftir Atitnnat are today in touch all along the line. The Japanese evidently tried to draw JSLoropatkln as far south as possible, holding wit as incentive a cheek to the advance of Oku's main army. Mean timei Oka swung sharply to the east ward to join Karoki toward theChapan rasa, Karoki at the same time moving a strong force by the right flank toward Ilaicheng. The main Japanese ad vance continues along the main Feng Wang Cheng-Liao Yang road, avoiding the Mao Tien pass by a detour to the northward. , .Nothing is known here of the exact v point at which Kuropatkin'a main force is concentrated, though it is believed that a large part of the Liao Yang force has been moved to a point be tween Kinchou and Ta Tche Kiao. BBLL COMBS OUT PLAINLY. Hs Will Deport More Men if the Oover tor WUI Only Direct. . Cripple Creek, Colo., June 29. Gen eral Sheiman Bell, who is governing Teller county under martial law, has issued another statement for publica tion, which in part is as follows: "There are 10,000 lies being written about me. I am acting under orders of the governor of the state of Colorado. He stands lor peace and quiet and good government, and has instructed me to see to it that the Western Federation ot Miners shall not directly or indirectly murder any more men, and they shall not. ' ''So far as placing Denver under ' martial law is concerned, that rests - solely with the governor. Provided he UVUIU BCV U W Ul DV, A HIT 11 IB OUIU ' tant general, commanding the military forces of the state, and will see to it that hundreds of bad men are deported, and after martial law has been called off, if the citizens permit the cattle intend to deport to return that will be their business. No man who wants to work will be molested, but the person ho lives solely and only by his mouth. provided Governor Peabody gives me the word, will hsve to emigrate. The time for temporizing talk in - Colorado has passed. What we ought to do now is to act, and I guess ' wo are . going some." ' LBQAL FIQMT ON OIL TRUST. Onto Maa Beglas Salt to Dissolve the Standard OU Company. - Trnntnn. N. J.. Jnn 99 Phailpa J Henderson, Jr., of Jersey City, and Jospeh M. hewun, of Philadelphia, counsel for George Rice, of Marietta, O.. today filed in the court of chancer? a 0)1,1 lor, the aisoiution ot the Stand ard oil company, a New Jersey corpora ' tion, charging that the company is il- lugaa, aim luai i CAiaia iu tiuimuuu ut the anti-trust laws of the United States, and of the statute relating to monop olies. The bill charges that 'the Standard oil company in Ohio was declared il legal by the courts or that state, but usv nie tuiiiiJauj, uigKwi vi uibbuiv- ing, in obedience to that decision, has, by subterfuge, evaded the Ohio deci , tion, and that the New Jersey corpora ' tion is merely a holding company . for ' the Ohio concern. The bill aaka that ' not only the company be dissolved, but that its assets be distributed among the stockholders as paying off. its ontetand ' jng securities. ' For the accomplish : ment of this purpose, it is asked that a receiver be appointed. To Discbarge Poor Thousand Mea. Philadelphia, June 29. Four thora and men will be discharged from the JBaldwin Locomotive works within the . M. M J OS . 1 I I ten, uaj o , . uiuudauu ua c already been dropped from tbe com pany's service and the working force will be reduced to 6,000. The greatest number ever employed is about 16,000. These statements were made by an officer of the company today. The places made vacant by the strike of 300 men in the boiler shops last week were filled by the management from 3,000 taen recently discharged. ,. Condemned By Prize Court. Vladivostok, June 29. The prize cAiirt hug" condemned the British Steamer Alanton, captured by the Rus sian Vladivostok squadron recently jn the straits of Corea, for. carrying . contraband of war, and has confiscated the ship and her cargo of 6,500 tens of anthracite coal, valued at $50,000. The firm at Singapore to which the coal was consigned is the same concern that supplied the Japanese-Chinese war. Wyoming Irritation Project Approved. Cheyenne, Wyd.j June 29. The stafe land, board was today advised by wire that tbi interior' department had Just approved the .segregation of 150,000 acres of land in the Oregon Basin irri gation project. . By the Oregon basin improvement and several allied .enter prises several hundred thousand acres of desert land will be converted Into productive farau and thriving towns. SUNK BY SHELLS. JapaatM Seed Rwaalaa Battleships U the Bottom. Tokio, June 27. Admiral Togo re porta an" engagement at Port Arthur last Thursday in which a battleship of the Peresviet type was sunk and a bat tleship of the Sevastopol type and a first-class cruiser of the Diana type were damaged. The report is general her that the Port Arthur fleet cam out of the bar dot Thursday and engaged the Japanese fleet. Fire for Twelve Hoars. Chicago, June 27. A special to the Daily News from Chefoo says: "Another demonstration took place off Port Arthur Thursday. Firing be gan from the forts about 10 a. m., and continued until 10 p. m. The program was about the name as on the previous day. "The destroyers and torpedo boats pursued the same tactics, and an aux iliary cruiser lay off the islands until the firing had ceased, when it proceed ed eastward at full speed. . "At 8 :30 p. m., the same evening, firing began heavily from the bluff, with much activity of the searchlights, indicating the approach of torpedo boats. A little later the sound of more dietant firing was heard, evidently from the land side of Port Arthur, con tinuing until 2:30 in the morning. "During that period there was an almost uninterrupted thunder as of field guns and volley firing, punctuated with clashes as of siege guns. "It is probable that what took place was a general shore action with a naval demonstration. It seems as though the Japanese-intend to wear out the de fenders by continued night activity, be fore making a final simultaneous sea and land attack." MAY LEAD TO REBELLION. President Moyer Says Miners Will Re sent Policy ot BelL Cripple Creek, Colo., June 25. In reply to a telegram from the New York World, Charles H. Moyer, president of the Western Federation of Miners, who is now a prisoner in the county jail here, sent an extended statement of present conditions in the state from his standpoint. Mr. Moyer said in part: "The deportation of the union men and others, being in my opinion un lawful, the Western Federation of Miners will use all lawful means to re establish their members in their homes. No violence will be resorted to, bat such legal steps as may be nec essary to bring about the desired re suits will be taken at the proper time Pending such action, deported mem bers and their families will be sup ported by the federation. "General Belt alleges that his policy has been successful, and that ether states are expected to follow suit. If this be true, then rebellion is not im probably, as the great majority of the American people are today condemning such a system, and, regardless of union ism, would bitterly resist any attempt to put the same into practice. 1 disa gree with the general as to the labor troubles being settled in Colorado, but do believe they will be settled by the ballot in the month of November." Places Not to Be Had for Asking. Washington.June 24. D. I. Murphy, secretary of the Isthmian Canal com mission, today gave out the following: "Applications for places under the commission have been filed by thous ands, and are still pouring in. It ought to be understood that no one not possessing special qualification will be appointed for tbe woik of the com mission. The work will be largely of a technical character. "Those applying for service on the isthmus, in addition to the possession of exceptional qualifications, must pass a rigid physical examination, .under the direction of the public health and marine hospital service to test their fit ness for service in the tropics. ''Probably not one in a hundred of those applying have even a remote chance of appointment." Kurepatkln Addresses Troops. Kaichoa, June 25. General Kuro patkin inspected General Stakelberg's troops and addressed them, saying: "I shall see you soon again. We must settle with the Japanese prompt ly. Till then we are not going home." The men responded heartily. The gen eral also addressed the regiments which specially distinguished them selves in the recent fighting, and pre sented the St. George cross to 250 offi cers and men. The reports of the Jap anese treatment of prisoners and wounded are marked by contradictions. Icebreaker to Start for Far East. St. Petrsebrug, June 27. It is stated that the icebreaker Ermak, designed by the late Vice Adimral Makaroff, is preparng to start for the Far East. Grand Duke Cyril, cousin of the em peror, and Captain Jakovleff, who com manded the battleship Petropavlovsk, which was sunk off Port Arthur, have been presented -with gold swords in recognitioa of their bravery and ser vices at Port Arthur. Relief Fund Reaches 190,000. New York, June 27. Jacob H. Schiff , treasurer of the committee ap pointed by the mayor to solicit sub scriptions for the relief of the victims of the General Slocum disaster, report ed today that the committee had thus far received over $90,000. TO FORCE TURKEY AMERICA DETERMINED TO SECURE SETTLEMENT WITH TURKEY. WU Make Deaaonitratloa at Alexaa dretta With European S4Mdrva-lt Saltan Dots Nt Yield Promptly, the Fleet at Admiral Barker WUI Be Ordered to Fallow It. Washington, June 24. President Roosevelt today decided that a naval demonstration shall be made against Turkey. Alexandretta. from which port the American squadton was re called last year, will be the objective point. Admiral Barker's fleet 'consisting of the battleships Iowa, Kearsarge, Ala bama and Maine, sailed today from Gibraltar for the Piraeus.'. The battle ships Missouri and Illinois and gunboat Mayflower will join them there. When Admiral Jewel and the European squadron, now at Tangier, arrives, the demonstration against Turkey will be made. It is probable that -the European squadron will go first to Alexandietta, this being decided upon in deference to Russia's protest. If the sultan does not then yield, the battleships will fol low. It is understood there is no pres ent intention of bombardment. FORCED INTO BATTLE. Raaalans and Japanese Unexpectedly Meet oa March to ritnrhlltlea. London, June 24. Conflicting ac counts of the fighting in Manchuria are arriving here, and it is plain that both the Russians and the Japanese are en gaged in a death struggle for the po sitions between Feng Wang Cheng and Mnkden, with the chances slightly in favor of ultimate Russian success, ow ing to the large number of men that General Kuropatkin hn Minder his com mand, and the stiength of the Liao Yang defenses. The censorship, however, is so strict that what few ditpa ches are permitted to get through are so badly mutilated that it is impossible to determine just wbat the correspondents who wrote them jneans when he sent his accounts of the fighting. According to the Chronicle's Far Eastern advices, a collision, which took on all the proportions of a pitched bat tle, has taken place between General Baron Knroki's main army and a por tion of the Russian army. The Rus sians are said to have encounteied the Japanese while both sides were trying to take possession of the heights of flsurhlitien. The fight was unex pected end exactly what both com manders were trying to avoid. The Japanese were at a disadvantage, al though they fought bravely and were eventually compelled to retreat. Both sides lost heavily". BRIOAND NOW DEMANDS MORE. Perdlcaris Will Not Be Released Until Another Province Is Given. London, June 24. The Daily Tele graph's Tangier correspondent, tele graphing to his paper at 9 o'clock last night, says: There is another hitch, and the order for sending forward the prisoners has been countermanded. Raisuli has demanded anothei province. When Perdicaris is released he will be brought to his town house, where his wife is ill, suffering from the treat ment shejreceived at the hands of the brigands at the time the capture was made. What will follow the release of the captiveB, it is impossible to dis cover. The next step lies with France, who will not land troops, but acting on the principle, a thief to catch a thief, will recognize Raisuli as governor of Zeenat and Abreeyzes and of the country between. Returns to Vladivostok. St. Petresburg, June 24. The em peror has received the following dis patch from Vice Admiral Skrydloff, dated June 21: "A division of tor pedo boats, under the command of Cap tain Venogradsky, aide-de-camp of the grand admiral, which was sent out June 15 on an expedition along the coasts of Japan, returned to Vladivo stok today. The torpedo boats ap proached Port Esaahi, near Hakodate, but a fog prevented their entrance. Several trading and transport schooners were captured. Contest Advance of Kurokl. St. Petersburg, June 25. The gen eral staff has received a dispatch from Liao Yang, dated today. It does not mention any serious fighting. The Russian rear guard is now at Beuchen. General Kuroki's advance along the roads from Siuyen, leading respectively to Ilaicheng, Ta' Che Chou and Kai- chou, is being warmly contested by General Kuropatkin's outposts. The column heading for Kaichou is the furthest advanced. Battleship Oregon (Jets Trophy. , Washington, June 24. The navy de nartment today awarded to the battle ship Oregon the trophy for excellence in gunnery in the last annual target practice for which tbe ships of tbe navy have been in competition. For the crnnboat class, it was determined that the Dolphin Is entitled to tbe trophy, while the trophy for the des troyer class goes to the John Paul Jones, of the Pacific squadron. THE AFTER-TIIE-F0URTI1 FANTASY ON THE MODERN GEORGE WASHINGTON. rather, I can Cincinnati Tost. OUR FLAQ FOREVER. She's np there Old Ulory where Itfbt- nlnft are etwd; Rh daulee the nttlone with rlpplr of red. Aud che'll ware for ua living, or droop o'er ua dead The flif of our country forrverl She'e up ttaer Old Glory how bright the tara atrrnni! And tti atrlpve rd algnals of liberty gleam! And we dare for her. lUIng, or dream the lnt dream Neath the flag of onr country foreer! She'e up there Old Glory no tyrant di-alt eonre. No blur on her brlghtneaa, no atalu on her atara! The brave blood of heroee hath rrlmaoned hrr ban. BUe'e tbe flag of our country forever! Frank L. Htantoti. :: A Fourth of July Picnic. Br XafaerlM Hclror, H I I I U I It I 1 1 I -K-H- v iirtu rnllfnrntan town, situated at the foot of a long, low range of mountains, lived a young girl wliose name was Helen Mills. Hera was a lovely home. The great house, with Its wide verandas, stood In tbe midst of many acres of beautiful grounds, with mountains forming the back wound. It was the second day of July, and Helen had invited a number of young people to come down from San Francisco and remain over the Fourth. That evening the young hostess entertained her guests by tak ing them for a hay ride; the next day she had planned other Uellgntrui en tertainments, so the boys and girls looked forward with great anticipation to so what the next day would bring forth. Thcy were sure It would be omethintr delightful, for who could help having a good time on the Fourth of July? When her guests were about to dis perse to their rooms that night Helen told them that they would be called verv crlv the next morning, os they were going on a picnic and would have to drive some twenty miles to rencu the spot Earlv the next morning they were off, some In traps and others on horse back. They were a merry party, and the clear, fresh mountain air, ladened with the perfume of wild flowers which grew deep down In the canyons, raised their spirits to the highest de gree. Once or twice tney drove up fearful inclines and the girls closed their eves in terror, but there was no cause for fear, as the drivers were well used to such places. At length the place was reached. It was not a public picnic ground; in fact, Helen said she knew there had never been a picnic there before; that she and her father were fishing one day and their canoe bad taken them by that place. Helen said then If they had a picnic th Fourth, they would go there, and her plan had been acted upon. For some time before they reached the spot the road lay between great open fields, tbe canyons Just visible across them. Tney turned off the road and drove through a great field; when they reached the trees they all stepped from tnrir traps and tne girls waited while the boys fed and watered the horses, then they walked down a steep incline and Into the canyon. At first they were awed by tbe grandeur and silence of the place silent but for the rush of the liver and tbe occasional song of a bird; but they were young and full of life and fun, and it was not for long that the serious mood lasted. The boys fell to gathering fagots for a fire on which to roast tbe chick ens they had brought with them; they did this by taking a two-Dronged stick. whittling It smooth, then thrusting it into tne cnicten ana Holding it over the fire; the stick was turned and twined until the fowl was nicely roost ed. .While the boys were doing. thla tba girl spread a large cloth en a not tell a lie; I did It with my smooth piece of ground, and had put on It all sorts of tempting eatables, then placing ruga and carriage robes on the ground, all sat down, with rav enous appetlua. After lunch they lay around on the robes, too laty to move, and told stories and sang for nearly two hours. Then, as It was very warm, they were ready for a swim In the Inviting pool surrounded by moss grown Itowhlcrs, not far away. There w is a scramble for bathing suits and veryone helped to make dresatng rooms of branches and long grafts, then the fun began. One would have thought they were ducks for all the California boy a and girls are accom plished In one thing, and that Is swim ming. Awhile after their swim Helen, with three, or four others, started out to take a walk along tbe hank of the river. They rambled on and on. The river, which was not very large, had dwindled Into a merry brook; they fol lowed It along up a steep path, thickly wooded, when suddenly they came up on a clearing and In the midst of It stood a cabin. Being curious to see who could live In such a lonely place, they approached. On the doorstep sat a little girl about 9 years; she was dreased matly In a blue gingham apron, and her bare feet were like lit tle snowflakes. Helw began a con versation with ber In which she learn ed that the child knew nothing about the Fourth of July; but she appeared "THE! WE.1T DOWN HIE MOUNTAINS1 very much Interested In Helen's de scription of flrecrackers. One of the girls said, rather thoughtlessly, what a pity It was that the little girl could not see the dlnplay of fireworks they were to have that night Tbe child's woebegone little face, touched Helen's heart and shn acted upon a generous Impulse. Knocking at the door, she was admitted by the mother of the child, who seemed greatly surprised at seeing the group of boys and girls; and when Helen told hrr of her wish, to take the 'little one with them to en Joy the fireworks that evening, prom ising that some one would bring her safely home the next day, tbe mother was delighted, and, calling the child, told her of the treat. When the little girl, whose name was Ann Marlin,. was ready they went down the mountain and into the canyon. Half an hour later hey were on the road. Long before they reached home the moon was up In all Us glory, flood ing the mountains and valleys with its light. They reached home about 8 o'clock and, after dinner, went out of doors to see the wonderful display of fireworks. It had been a day long to be remem bered, and that night when all the house was still the moon, which had peeped in at the window and had seen a smile on every sleeping face, looked in the window, into a tiny room, where on a white bed lay little Ann Marlin, and on her face rested the happiest smile of all. Detroit Free Press. Powder and Toy Pistol Wounds. , It will perhaps not be inappropriate Just. at this time to say a word of warning in regard to the wounds so very frequently caused by toy pistols on the "Glorious Fourth." , It Is Jby po means uncommon for a boy to lose bis little cannon." eyesight In consequence of these ncc.1 dents. Eren when only one eye Is In jured the other eye also frequently becomes affected through sympathy, and blindness stems a heavy price to pay for tba brief pleasure obtained.' These pistols rarely have shot or bul lets In thorn, but they do have wad ding. When this Is shot Into a boy's hand It Is frequently found well burled bones tb the muscles. The outxlde wound looks slight,' and few people do much iN'Nldes waxhtog and tying It up. Quite often the hand or other part swells and becomes a badly poisoned wound. If the sufferer seeks good surgical care, as ho should do limno dlatoly, a cut Is made right down to tbe offending piece of wadding. After extraction the wound Is freely washed with running water, ana If healing results the boy Is fortunate. It la by no means uncommon, how ever, for these wounds to cause lock jaw, and herein lies their great dan ger. Two or three summers ago the newspapers In the city of Philadelphia collected from the hospltalr a list of the cases which ended fatally in thta way, and tbe result was such as to cause any reasonable person to won der why, If parents wera not sensible enough to forbid the use of these dan gerous toys, a law was Immediately passed forbidding tha sale of pistols In order to protect such foolish peopi from themselves. Grown up people as well as children are also often disfigured for life by the uiHcnarge or tuese toy pistols close to thedr faces. The black gunpowder baa to be picked out of their faces, and rrequently tnelr eyes, bit by bit The process U not pleasant, nor Imnrovln as regards appearances. Any powder remaining is always visible as minute black specks In the skin. Ladles' Homo Journal. Tne Templo of Freedom. May this Immense temnle of free dom ever stand a lesson to oppressors. an example to the expressed, a sunc tuury for the rights of mankind. And may these happy United 8tates attain that complete splendor and prosperity which will IlliiHtrate the blessings of their government and for ages to come rejoice the departed souls of Its foun ders. Lafayette's Farewell Speech to American Congress. Where the "Declaration" Is Kept. The orlirlnal conv of th rwimn of Independence Is no loniree ta ha un by the public, because exposure to the air anu litem nai made the text and sig natures almost Illegible. Thu is now kept in a large safe In the library or tne Btate Department Washington, and It is believed that the faded llnea m recovering tome of their color. Where the I'lnch Cpmes. Banks Going to have fireworks at your house on the Fourth? Blngs Nope. ' Banks Can't afford them, eh? Blngs Can afford the fireworks, but I can't stand the surgeon's bills. Philadelphia North American. The Glorione Fifth. With the gleam removed from his eye. His face Ilka a .strawberry pie, Onr darling took wing With his arm in a sling. 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