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COLUMBIA REGISTER.
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VOL. I. IIOULTON, COLUMMA COUNTT, OltEGON, FRIDAY, JUIA" 15, 1904. NO. 12.
EVENTS OF THE DAY
GATHERED FROM ALL PARTS OP TUB
TWO HEMISPHERES.
Coaiprahtiuhr Review of the Import
at Happenings of tn Put Week,
ProMotod In Condon 4 Form. Moot
Lflwtjr to Prm IntcrMtiif to Oar
Many Reader.
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LOSS OP KINCHOU CONFIRMED.
Port Arthur officials claim
anese army Is too small to
fort i en.
Mayor Jones, of Toledo, Ohio,
very low and bla death U expected
any tluie.
Employes of all the big packing
plants have gone on a atrike. Forty
thousand men are affected.
Washington officials ludleve a climax
ii approaching at Port Arthur auch ai
marked the passage of the Yahi.
During a heavy wind storm at St.
Louis one man wan killed and five
otheri injured. Many buildings were
unroofed.
A number of Japanese transits
have been siiihted off Kinchou. It la
believed they intend to make a land'
ing at Yinkow.
81 1 teen persona were killed and about
three score injured in a roar end col
iHon between trains on the Erie rail
road at Mldvale, N. J.
After a day of hard fighting at Kal
choti the Japanese were'surpriswd next
morning to find that the Russians had
evacuated the town during the night.
A number of foreign attache and
newspaper correspondents have) been
informed that they can no to the front
July 20. Thia causes many to believe
that aevere fighting will take place
then.
Kuropatkia may retreat farther
north.
The capture of Kalchoa will permit
of the Japanese armies combining.
F. C. Robertson, of Washington
made the speech placing Ex-Senbator
Turner in nomination for vice presl
dent on the Democratic ticket.
Six of the 10 passengers on the il
fated steamer Horire, who landed on
the Faroe islands, were in such an ex
haunted condition that they were una
tie to speak.
William Clark Crittenden, a student
of the University of California, has
been selected as tho first Rhodes
cholar at Oxlord to represent Califor
nla. Heven candidates passed a sue
cessful examination. Massachusetts i
the only state where aa many men sue
reeded in passing the qualifying exam
ination. eitiht having been aucceatfu!
there.
Topeka believes that the worst of the
flood is over.
After severe fighting General Oku
has occupied Kaiping.
The Doinociatic platform as adopted
contains no financial plank.
Tho Japanese have captured 10 gune
and 60 prisoners near K a Inchon.
The ISritinh fleet has left Wei Ilai
W'el hurriedly under sealed orders.
Cholera is spreading rapidly in
Northern Persia. There are 300 dying
daily.
Good weather again prevails in
Manchuria and there ia probability of
heavy fighting.
In a shorr but severe engagement at
Iloans the Russians were driven off
with a loss of 300. .
The Japnaee are advancing along
their entire front between the coast
and the Chinstan valley.
Dr. Swallow, candidate for president
on the Prohibition ticket has invited
Bryan to join that party.
Alaska Indians, iealons of white
man's property, started a fire that de
stroytd the village of Point Gravina.
A divifdon of the Baltic squadron
will sail from CronHtadt July 28 under
Bealed orders. Complete mystery sur
rounds her destination.
Japanese generals are proving them
selves great strategists.
A Japanese gunboat struck a mine off
Talien Wan bay and was lost.
Russia objects to the presence of a
British eunboat at Niu Chwang.
The Democratic national convention
denied a vote to the Philippine dele
gates.
The czar fears a revolution in Rus
elan i'oland and a state of siege will be
proclaimed.
The RusHian war office admits tbat a
battle of consequence has taken place
near Llao Yanc. but has no advices as
to the outcome. , -
A waterspout, accompanied' by
terrific wind, passed throngh Clinton
' O. T., killing six persons and injuiing
several others.
Japanese and Russian ships have en
gaired in a battle In the corean
and it is believed two or
firmer have been lost.
General lekhuroff Sends Account to the
. Osatral Staff.
St. Petersburg, July 13. Llcuteuant
Gneral Sakaharoff in a dispatch to the
general staff, confirms the report of the
Japanese occupation of Kalchoa. lie
says that the Ruaalan loss did not ex
ceed 160 killed or wounded. General
Pakharoff adds that they are on the
Yinkow road.
"Oar detachment remained daring
aly 8 at Kalchoa station, having iU
advance posts on the right bank of the
Kantkha rlvei, the enemy occupying
the heights on the left bank and forti
fying themselves thereon," says Gen
eral Pakharoff. Our battery on the
river bridge opened fire at the enemy's
atrol which appeared 'in Kantakhe
village. Toward noon a fusilade oc
rurred between a detachment of the
enemy and our company, which ob
served the enemy retiring. Our losses
were six wounded.
Toward the evening of July 8 the
enemy a force, consisting ol lour ai
visions and a brigade, could be made
out in front of Kaichou, extending
along the seashore. At dawn, July 9,
the enemy resumed the offensive upon
the tear guard of onr detachment,
which retired about 8:30 in the morn
ing from Kaichou to 2)t miles north
ward, toward the Phauanlusa Pass.
"At 10 o'clock, under heavy pre
sure our rear guard retired on our posi
tion at Makhunts Uuiga and Yaolintas,
throe miles north of the. Shuanlunsa
Pans. The rear guatd held this po
sition nnder heavy fire Until 2 o clock
in the afternoon, when, in accordance
with instructions, it retired slowly
and in perfect order on the third po
sition at Tcbjoutwiandlandza, just as
our main body was concentrating at
Datchapu and on the position at Mak
hunts Guiga."
JAPS ADVANCING
Mow Ex-
moving: on beleaguered port
ARTHUR BY TWO ROADS.
ACRQ DISPUTB NBAR3 END.
Pern ao4 Braxll Will Com to an Arnica
ble Understanding.
Washington, July 13. Information
has come to the.state department of a
prospective settlement of the Acre
boundary dispute, which for a long
time has been a source of friction be'
tweeb the governments of Brazil and
Peru. The contention involves the
ownership of a large tract of country,
rich in rubber production, which ia
claimed alike by both countries.
The information reaching the state
department ia to the effect that the
plenipotentiaries of the two countries,
who have been meeting at Rio Janeiro
and Petrupolis, Brazil, have come to an
agreement on the disputed questions.
The nature of the agreement is not
known here.
Recently Brazil secured a quit claim
to a certain portion of the disputed ter
ritory made by Bolivia and was in turn
met by the demands of Pern, which
also laid claim to portions of the tract.
Tbalr Losms are Heavy Dalacy Is Aga'a
Itself-Mlkado's Mea Rapalr the Doe
traction Wrought By Russians oa
Abandoning the City and Commerce
Is Again Brisk.
Dalny, Manchuria, by steamer to
Chefoo, Joly 13. The Japanese are
advancing against Port Arthur by two
roads, one army moving eastward from
Dalny, and the other along the center
road from Kinoom, the foimer assisted
by the navy.
On July 4, the Japanese, by a bril
liant charge, captnred the Miaotsui
fort, which gave them a strong position
from which they immediately began
a heavy bombardment of ,the eastern
section oi the Port Arthur defenses.
The Japanese losses in the series of en
gagemenU culminating in this capture
were enormous, but this fact had no
effect on the tank and file.
The second Japanese column also did
excellent work, and is reported to have
taken the outworks of Phulshiying,
one of the cardinal defenses of Port
Arthur, and only four miles front the
town itself. This town, which was
left in a dismantled condition by the
Russians when they abandoned it, has
been practically restored by the Japan
ese who are miantaining litfid disci
pllne. Commerce is attain brisk, and
the Chinese who were driven out be
fore the evacuation, have returned.
1 oe waterworks nave not yet been re
stored, but the wharves have all been
repaired. The entrance to the narbor
Is still dangerous, owing to the pres
ence there of the sunken hulks of 14
small craft sunk by the Russians to
keep out the Japanese. It is also be
lieved that there are some sunken
mines in the bay, but it is very diffl
cult to locate them.
Saburbs of Kaataa City Caa
pect Relief.
Kansas City, July 12. Flood waters
at Armourdale, Argentine and Lower
Kansas City, Kan., on the raging Kaw
snd west to Manhattan, half way across
Kansas, have fallen steadily since late
yesterday, and today continued to re
cede. In Armourdale, however, the
water stood over six feet deep in the
owest places. At the stockyards the
fall was slow and conditions were still
bad. Most of the pens were flooded
and it will not be possible to handle
receipts for another day. The rail
roads ate recovering, and today every
line west and south operated tome
trains in and out of Kanaas City, al-
RUSSIAN POSITION BAD.
Of
WATERS ARB RECEDING,
Jlii
PARKER IS CHOICE
FLY FROM FLOOD.
DEMOCRATS NOMINATE KIM ON THE
FIRST BALLOT.
ALTON B. PARKER
Democratic Candidate for President
Threat of American Fleet In Turkish
Bring Him to Time.
Vienna, July 13. A dispatch from
rViiiutiintinmitu Bflva that. Amnrimn
- It .1 i v-:i
Miniver Leiahman has handed a note V, K" . . B U1 . ur"
the Porte saying that unless a
to
prompt settlement of the school question
was arranged a United btates fleet
would appear in Turkish waters. The
Sultan ordered the Grand Vizer to
comply with the minister's demands,
The American demands on the sul
tan are for privileges of schools and col
leges conducted by American teachers
equal to be given to foreign teachers,
for permission for Ameriian proles-
sional men to practice on equal terms
with foreigners, and for the direct ac-
ccsss of the American minister to the
sultan in the transaction of business.
thiee
straits
of the
SULTAN QIVES IN.
Japaneae are Assured of Command
the Ltao River Valley.
Pt. Petersburg, July 13. With
oreasure on two sides. If the Japanese
have any serious intentions of pushing
home their advance in the direction of
Mukden, General Kuropatkin's po
sition would seem decidedly dangerous.
Their northern advance posts' are at
Taidin and Siao Byantai. Whether
the Japanese operations will be pressed
in tlie face of the rainy season, which
is not regarded as probable here, the
Japanese seem assured of the command
of the mouth of the Liao river valley,
which will give them a new base with
two railroads, one direct to Mukden and
the other to the Sinminting river and
the imperial high road. The Sinmin
ting road opens vast possibilities for
flanking, if an advance is begun at the
end of the rains.
Severe fighting is not improbable
north of Ta Tcbe Kiao, but the belief
is growing that General Kurokatkin
docs not intend to accept a general en
gagement at this time.
Additional details of the Hoiyan
fight of July 4 describes the Russian
though with little regard for schedule.
The relief committee of Kansas City,
Kan., which is caring for 5,000 or 6,
000 homeless in the suburbs of that
city, have decided that no outside aid
is needed, except that granted by the
war department. Two thousand ra
tions were sent from Fort Leavenworth
today, and additional food supplies
will be sent each day as needed.
' Many persons are returning to their
hfimn In .the higher parts of the flood
district as the water recedes, bnt will
be many days before the great majority
of the floded houses ate inhabitable.
Reaatt Is Obtalsed After aa Entire Night
Contused ta Speech We Presi
dency la Doabt-aUddle Wet Maa
Wanted Taraer, af Waabiagtoa,
Has Many Friends.
Convention Ilall, St. Louis, July 9.
Parker has been nominated for presi
dent. On the completion of the first
ballot he received a total of 658 votes.
Before the vote was annoucned Idaho
changed her six votes, giviag him 664
votes. West . Virginia added three
votes, giving him the 667 votes or two-
thirds necessary.
Washington changed from Hearst to
Parker.
This was followed by a motion from
Champ Clark to make the nomination
of Parker unanimous. A monstrous
American flag was unfurled from the
dome of the building. The band struck
up "The Star Spangled Banner."
Great uncertainty still exists con
cerning the vice presidential nomina
tion. The same candidates who have
heretofore been mentioned are still
mentioned, and some are being pushed
with a great deal of earnestness. No
one man has yet been singled out by
the leaders and large delegations to be
supported for the second place. There
seems to be a desire to select a man
from Illinois, Indian or Ohio if possi
ble.
Continued efforts have been made to
secure the consent of Marshall Field, of
Chicago, to allow the use of bis name,
but he has given an absolute refusal
The Western men have secured quite
a large number ol delegations to sup
port ex-Senator George Turner, of
Washington.
OKU STRATEQIST.
Kaaaas People Deserting Then homes
Damage Win Reach TboMsaada.
Kansas City, Mo.. July 9. Tho
Kaw overflowed its banks near the
Missouri Pacific bridgs at 11 o'eolck
tonight, and the water is now spread
ing over the west bottoms, or wholesale
district. The water has approached
within two blocka of the Union sta
tion, and will reach the Union station
before daylight. The Armourdale dis
trict of Kansas City, Kan., has bees
deserted, its inhabitants having been
driven from their homes br the over
flow of the river for the second time ia
IS months.
Mayor Gilbert, of Kansas City.
Kan., is using all the means at his
command to care for the thousands of
homeless people driven from the flood
stricken district. Tonight he sent the
following telegram to the secretary of
war:
"Ten thousand people have been
duWen from their homes in Kaaaas
City, Kan., by flood. I earnestly re
quest that you direct! commander at
Fort Leavenworth to issue rat'ons as
we may need."
Tonight, all Kansas streams are high
and thousands of acres of rich farming
lands have already been inundated.
causing losses to crops that will doubt
less run into the hundreds of thousands
of dollars.
Farmers at a dozen different points
have been forced to flee from their
homes, driving their cattle before them
and taking horses and what household
goods that could be gathered hurriedly.
By tomorrow noon the Kaw will
have risen two feet and a half higher
than at present snd will begin to sub-
s.der rapidly. The Missouri river at
Kansas City, although up from the
overflow of the Kaw at this point, ia
still in no danger of causing any serious
flood, and after a further rise of 18
inches, Observer Cooner predicts, thia
stream will begin to fall tomorrow.
Across from Kansas City, the Missouri
has flooded Harlem, a sparcely-settled
place, bnt none of the manufacturing
concerns along the stream has suffered.
nu
BxSriator From West Virginia oa Tick
et With Parker.
St. Louis, July 11. Ex-Senator
Henry G. Davis, of West Virginia, was
yesterday morning nominated for vice
president by the Democratic national
convention, which adjourned sine die
at 131.
Others in the race were ex-Senator
urner, of Washington, Congressman
Williams, of Illinois, and ex-Senator
liant incident of the war. Jnanese
and Russians were found dead in the
trenches with their bayonets through
each other s body.
RUSSIANS WON'T FIQHT HARD.
Kuropatkla
Plane No
Ta Tche
Decided
Klao.
Stand at
Reform of Congo Judiciary.
London, July 13. A dispatch from
FrusselB to the Daily Telegram saye
that King Leopold has decided to
form the judicial system of the Congo
Free State in order to avoid the estab
lishment of British consular tribunals.
Henceforth only Judges and magistrates
belonging to the Belgian courts will be
allowed to sit in the Uongo iree Mate,
so that the best guarantees of justice
can be given all foreigneis there.
' Anti-Christian Riots. .
London, Julv 13. The Cheefoo cor
respondent of the Standard, in a die
patch says: Te American consul gen
eral, John Fowler; received news last
night that anti-Christian riots have
broken out at Chao Yuen, about 65
miles from west of Chefoo. Immedi
ate twiBtancs was asked. The Taoti
dispatched troops and telegraphed the
authorities at Hwang liBien and Teng
chou Foo also to send assistance if re
quired. Foreigners are not believed
to be in danger. The cause of the riots
is nortnown.
St. Petersburg, July 13. General
Kuropatkin, according to private ad
vices from the front, will not make.
serious attempt to hold Ta Tt he Kiao,
above Kaichou, midway between that
place and Haicheng, and where the
railroad connects with the branch from
Niu Chwang. Developments of the
Japanese strength on the Siuyen roads
seem to be forcing a Russian concen
tration between Haicheng and Liao
Yang, but preparations seem to be
making to defend the former as long as
possible. Count Killer s force, which
was a little southwest of Liao Yang
has apparently moved farther south
ward direct from the Feng Wang Cheng
Haicheng road.
Fleets Again In Action.
Tokio, July 13. The Russian crule
ers Bay an, Diana, Palalda and Novik
two gunboats and seven torpedo boat
destroyers, came out of the harbor
Port Arthur on Saturday morning, July
9, preceded by a number of steamers
engaged in clearing away mines. ' In
the afternoon the Russians vessels
reached a point between SenBikau and
Lunwantangf where they were attacked
by a Japanese flotilla of torpedo boats
and torpedo boat destroyers. At 4
the afternoon the Russian vessels re
treated to the haibor.
Captured Eight Quna.
London, July 13. Special dispatches
to the Dally Telegraph and the Daily
Mail from Tokio asset t that the Japan
ese captured eight guns during the
fighting around Port Arthur, Juiy 4,
and that they reconnoiteied from a war
balloon.
Russians everywhere Retreating.
Niu Chwang, July 13. Chinese com
ing in from the country report the
Russians everywhere retreating befoi
the Japanese, who are soon expecte
here. Active preparationsv are being
made for defense at Ta Tche Kiao
Business in this city, despite the situa
tion, is brisk and many shipB are in
port. . . . . .......
DAVIS HIS MATE.
ii 'i iiisastwi
Japaneae Qcnemi Is Advancing
Army Wlta Llttla Loss.
Tokio, July 11. Late telegrams
from General Knroki's headquarters at
the front-show that ther-rains have not
stopped the working out of the Japan'
ene plans, either in the interior of
Manchuria or at Port Arthur. The
Hani assault on the fortress is thought
to be very near, although there is
much work to be done in the way of
constructing siege batteries. The Rus
sians have abandoned the outer po
sitions, after a great deal of fighting,
and have strengthened their main de
fenses.
Japanese correspondents allowed to
send dispatches reveal the eki'l with
which the generals maneuvered their
columns so as to capture the mountain
passes between the Yula and the Liao
valleys without heavy loss and with
out riskaing the least temporary con
fusion in their extended line of batte.
General Oku's forces pressed north
ward and west until they cleared the
lofty ridge east of Kaiping. This de
prived Kuropatkin's men in the de
files of their mountain shields, and
compelled the withdrawal of their sup
ports to check Oku's army. There
upon the armies of Feng Wang Cheng
and Takushan, availing themselves of
such -flanking opportunities as local
conditions allowed, forced the enemy
out of their strongholds down upon the
plain of Liao Yang.
CANNEKYMBN ALL PLEASED.
Mo.
International Conic re nee Results la
taal Understanding.
yancpu.Ten.JB. C. July 9. The first t
international conference between the
cannerymen of Puget Sound and the
Frazer river was held here today, and
was productive of eminently satisfac
tory results. All the principal opera
tors were in attendance. It was agreed
that tor mntual protection a patrol
boat be placed on each side of the
boundary line. by the respective associ
ations or governments, with a view of
co-operating to prevent thefts of fish or
gear and bring the guilty parties to
punishment.
The matter of hatcheries was laid
over until the next meeting, to be taken
up with the minister of marine and
fisheries when he visits the Coast.
The question of a joint close time dur
ing the packing season was referred to
a committee. It was further agreed
that no British Columbia canners shall
buy fish cn Puget sound, and no Puget
sound cannners shall buy fish in Ca
nadian waters, except and through the
authorised representatives of the re
spective cannerries and the independ
ent trap owners.
It was reported that the first trap in
stalled in Canadian waters this season
under the new regulations was working
to perfection.
FLOOD UP TO EAVES.
HENRY G. DAVIS
Democratic Nominee for Vice President
Hams, of Kansas. Mr. Davis won
easily on the first ballot. Ex-Senator
Turner, the choice of the west, was
only, third in the race. Tbe vote
stood:
Davis, 654; Williams, 165; Turner,
100; Harris, 58.
Conditions In Suburbs of Kaaaas City
are Very Serious.
Kansas City, July 11. Flood condi
tions in Kansas off the Kaw wateished
are still serious, the streams of Abilene,
Ottawa, Emporia and Wichita still be
ing high and continuing to rise at some
points.
At Riverside, hundreds of employes
of the packing houses and West Bot
toms. factories were driven from their
homes, and tonight only the . tops of
their houses are visible above the sur
face of the water. Scores of houses
have been washed away. Loosing
southwest and northweet .from River
side, the view is a dismal one.
in
Quants and Bandits Clash.
St. Petersburg. July 12 The war
ministry today received a dispatch
from General Kuropatkin's chief of
Btaff reporting a couple of unimportant
affairs between frontier guards and
small parties of Chinese bandits near
Port Arthur, and adding that the
troops forming the garrison are in ex
cellent spirits. Skirmishes occut
daily. The Russians captured 60
Japanese scouts on July 1 and the
chief of police recently captured 240
head of cattle. There is an abundance
of ammunition at Port Arthur.
, - v Cxar Fears Revolution.
Vienna, July 11. A report re
ceived here through diplomatic chan
nels from Warsaw states that the
governor of fiat city has notified the
czar that if. an outbreak against the
Russian government is to be prevented
a state of siege should be at once pro
claimed throughout Russian Poland
He declares that he has positive evi
dence that the revolutionary leaders
are about ready to start an uprising
and recommends that additional troops
be placed at his disposal to keep the
people under control.
Predict Downfall of Port Arthur.
Tientsin, July 12. German military
experts here are of the opinion that the
Russians' position at Liao Yang and
Haichenz - are untenable against a
three sided Japanese attack. They ex
pect that General Kuroptakin will
withdraw, and they predict the down
fall of Port Arthur.
Floating Hospital Off for Far East.
Odessa, July 11. The volunteer fleet
transport Orel, one of the six largest
transports in the Russian nag, sailed
from here this afternoon, after having
fitted out as a floating hospital. She
dies the flag of the Red Cross society
and it is officially announced that she
carries a large cargo ofj flour, barley
tobacco, foodstuffs and wine.
JAPANESE) PUZZLB RUSSIANS.
They Appear to Be Trying to Enter by
All Doors.
Liao Yang, July 8. Reports havs
been received here of the appearance nf
Japanese outposts on the loads leading
to Munkdm.
On the other hand, the Japanese
have withdrawn from the passes taken
June 26 and 27, and their advance
from Lien Shan Kwan has ceased.
The Russian Eastern corps has
moved forwaid to Khawan and Ho
zamn, which the Russians had evacu
ated and reoccupied.
The tactics of the Japanese are diffi
cult to understand. They seem to be.
trying to enter by ajl doors. Probably
the armies commanded by Generals
Kuroki and Oku are combining to op
erate against Ta Tceh Kiao and Hai
cheng in order to gain possession of the
railroad and enable them to advance to
Liao Yang. .
America Asks Her Object.
London, July 9. The Associated
Press learns from a high British source
that exchanges of views are taking place
between America and Great Britain
with respect to Thibet. Being a' de
pendency of China, the fate of Thibet
is of considereble importance, especial''
ly to America; not thatAmencans have
interests of value in that country, but
becaues of its acquisition by any other
power would mean a violation of the
principles of the integrity of China,
which is the key note of Secretary
Hay's Far Eastern policy
Declared President of Colombia.
Washington, July 9. Mr. Snyder,
United States Charge at Bogota, has
caoled to the state department that
General Reyes . was declared elected
president of Colombia today. ,