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COLUMBIA QIS mm u hi 1 1 XL VOL. I. IIOULTOK, COLUMBIA COUNTY, QBEGON, FI1IDAT, JULY 29, 1904. NO. 14. ITTP? ID WEEIVSD01NGS Newsy Items Gathered from All Parts of the World. Or INTEREST TO OUR READERS General Review of Important Happen penlgs Presented In a Brief and Condensed Corm. Anxiety ! felt for a number of Ten ell about duo off the Japanew coast. In a 14-hour battle the Rnantana met a nevere defeat cant of Ta Tche Kiao. Kaniiai City packers claim to contin ue to get nonunion help and to turn out a greater product. The Knight Commander, sunk by the Itusaian Vladivostok squadron, had cargo of Iron and steel. Malheur, Oregon farmer have two months In wbUh to accept the govern ment Irrigation project. Ex-Senator II. 0. Davis, Democratic nominee for vice prealdent, la reported to be engaged to be married. A Rig Four engine at Indianapolis truck an electric car, killing two per sons and injuring a number of others. Thirty-seven cotton mills have ahut down at Fall River, Mas. The strike la on account of a reduction in wages. The realisation of Superintendent Totter, of Chetnawa Indian school, has been accepted. ' His successor has not been named. Corean agitation against Japanese land grants la becoming serious. Parker has fixed August 10 as the date of his notification of acceptance. The Russian Vladivostok squadron has been sighted 70 miles from Yoko hama. All employes of the packing plants have gone out About 85,000 men are affected. A battle has been fought near Ta Tche Klao, and it Is believed Iobsos will be large. Thugs at Bonesteel, 8. D., resisted eviction, and two or them, as many of ficers and a civilian were shot Russia has stirred up the Ire of Germany by seizing a steamer In the Red sea flying the kaisers flag. - Britain, Informed of the seizure of two more ships, Is determined to have the war. status of the Russian volun tcer fleet fixed. It Is alleged that great dissatisfac tion exists among the members of the meat packer's unions because of the .second strike order, and that a revolt against President Donnelly's order "will occur. Senator Ooi man has refused to take the national Democratic chairmanship. Colonel E. Butler, a prominent Bt. Iouls politician, has been indicted for bribery. Pacific coast shippers have asked the -war department to state what goods are contraband. British press will not believe danger averUu until the greater question of the Dardanelles l settled. The Massachusetts state board of ar bitration is trying to avert a strike at cotton mills, with a prospect of success. Bonesteel, 8. D., gamblers have met the demand of citizens to make grafters 150, and the reigu ol terror seems to be at aa end. The meatpackers strike has been re newed in all the leading packing plants and the tie-up is complete. The trou ble Is alleged discrimination in rein ataating employes. Unless peace is made at once all allied unions are like ly to go out In sympathy. President Connelly, of the onion, is said to have -demaanded that strikers be reinstated in 10 days instead of 45. The grand lodge of Elks has abolish d the grip and sign. , A reign of terror attneda the land rush at Bonesteel, Boutb Dakota. Q. M. McKInney has retired as head of theilaxriman immigration bureau. Ex-Senator Vest Is seriously 111 and little hope is entertained for his recov ry. Corresponded at Mukden report an engagement in which the Rubs! an s lost heavily. Leading London papers contend that the war Btatus of the volunteer fleet is the paramount issue. Russia will release the British sihp Malacca on assurance that she was not carrying contraband supplies. 1 ' Bt. Joseph, Mo., union packers as eaulted many nonunion men because plants are not discharging them fast enough. Eleven million dollars has been al lowed by the Russian government for the Immediate improvement of the Si berian railway. The government may reclaim a great tract of land in Harney county .JOregon and has made temporary withdrawals : to permit a full investigation. A warlike tone pervades the British press. KUROPATKIN MAY RCTBCAT, Outmineuvcrcd, He Must Abandon Uao Yang. London, July 27. 8peclals to the the London morning papers confirm news of active operations at the eat cor 23. that war- of war. The Telegraph' Chefoo respondent, under data of July says: "A Junk from Dalny reports ast night a Japanese fleet of 20 ships and 20 torpedo boats bombarded llwangshln for three hours, and the forts replied." The same correspondent learns that the Japanese first army is being largely reinforced by veterans from the re serves. The correspondent of the Stan dard with the Japanese army, under date of July 24 says: "It is difficult to understand the In tentions of the Russians. Kuronatkin evidently bent on a retreat north- waid, yet he lingers in the south, at tracted apparently by Port Arthur." The correspondent of the Chronicle, n a dispatch dated at Mo Tien Pass. July 23, regards General Kuropatkin as outmaneuvered and anxious to abandon Liao Yang without fighting, but also reluctant to letire while Port Arthur remains uncaptured. The Chronicle s Yinkow correspond ent reports that there was heavy fight- ng Saturday and Sunday in the neigh borhood of Ta Tche Kiao with General Btakeiberg's force, consisting of 20 bat talions of infantry, a brigade of artil- ery and a division of Cossacks. RAIDS TO CCASC. Protests of Britain and Germany Heeded by Russia. Bt. Petersburg, July 27. Grand Duke Alexis presided at yesterday's council, which Count Lamsdorf, the foreign secretary, and Vice Admiral Avellan, chief of the admiralty depart ment, and other high naval officials at tended. The result of the conference removes all doubts concerning the present atti tude of Russia with regard to the vol unteer fleet. The validity of the view expressed in the British note regarding the irregularity of the position ol the vessels was so far admitted that the council agreed to waive the right of search. Alter a long discussion. In which Count Lamsdorff took a leading part. It was decided that the present status of the volunteer fleet wss not sufficient ly well defined according to interna tional law to render further searches and seizures advisable and that there fore Russia, in the interests of friendly relations with the powers should with draw the author It j given the volunteer fleet in this respect. GREAT BRITAIN PACIflED. Settlement of Red Sea Seizures Satisfactorily Arranged. Bt. Petersburg, July 27. The Asso ciated Press is able to state on the highest authority that the Russian and British governmentts have agreed on mutually satisfactory basis for a settle ment of the question of the status of Rusa'an volunteer fleet steamers in the Red sea and the seizures by them of British ships. A few minor points still nmain unsettled, but these will probably be cleared up tomorrow, and it is not expected that further compl cations will arise. Great credit for the satisfactory term (nation of this incident is due Foreign .Secretary Lamsdoif, who, it is ad mltted, acted in the calm and concilia' tory spirit worthy of a great statesman. The attitude of Kir Charles Hardinge, the British ambassador, both 'or mod eration and dignity, also evokes praise. Sink Prize Ship. Yokohama, July 27. The Vladivo stok squadron yesterday sank the steamer Knight Commander, from New York, off the province of Isu, af tor transferring the crew of the Knight Commander to the steamer Tsinan, which arrived here this morning. The Vladivostok squadron also captured i German vessel believed to be the Ara bu, with 300 tons ot flour, and an un known British steamer. The two ves sels were sent to Vladivostok in charge of prize crews. The American Trading company is the agent for the Knight Commander. Boys Turn Bandits. Chicago, July 27. Emulators of the exploits of . the carbarn bandits, four youths arrested yesterday, confessed to killing one man in a saloon and hold ing up and robbing a score of others at dinerent times. The murder was that of John Lane, stage carpenter of the 11' linois theater, who was shot In an at tempt to hold up Gustav Riegel's sa loon on the morning of July 4. The proprietor aho was shot. The prison' ers are Peter Duller, James and Wil liam Farmby and David Kelley. Al are less than 20 years old. Let Supreme Court Arbitrate. ranama, jujy Z7 ibe star and Heradl, in an editorial article proposes that the differences pending between the Panama government and that of the Panamaa canal zone be submitted for decision to the supreme court of the United States. The idea ia well re ceived in all circles here. JAPSSEECAUSE Russia Believed to Be Reedy to End the War. LOOKING rOR A GOOD EXCISE Opinion Expressed In Japan That Action of Czar's riect VIII In. tensify Unfriendliness. Tokio. July 27. The acta of the Vladivostok aouadron in tha Pacific and of the volunteer fleet In the Bed sua strengthen the belief here that Rub- is deliberately seek nir to effect Amercia, England and Germany, in the hone of finding an avenue for retirintr gracefully from a disastrous war. There is no argument over the right of itussta to seize neutral vessels carrying actual contraband of war. but the wis- donj of destr6ylng neutral prizes with out iriai, unless ttie subject Is to in volve other powesr. is generally ones- tioned. It is believed that America will re ise to recognize Russia's extended list ; contraband and will speedily demand limitation to articles reaimnahlv cnn. traband, in order to protect her. large o Tiental commercial interests. It Is expected that Great Britain will protest against the sinking of the Knight Commander and demand trial for seized British steamers, and that Germany will make a second more vigorous protest. The Vladviostok warships are hover ng about the course of the stpamri from Ban Francisco, probably with the nope oi overhauling the liner Korea. Warning, however, has been ovn to the Korea and shs has a chance of elud ing the Russians. There Will Drobahlv be other mpIs. ores, and whatever be the determina tion of the legal questions involved, or whatever diplomatic action be taken, it is confidently believed here that the seizures will create a feeling of intense Irritation and unfriendliness against Russia in America, England and Ger many. Japan is anxious to localize the com bat and avoid involving other nnwera. but views with unfriendliness the acts of aggression against friendly neutrals and treaty violations disadvantageous to herself. - In the latter cormmton Japan regards the affair of the passage of the volunteer fleet through the Dar danelles aa of more importance than the acts of the vessels subseauent to sucn passage. BITTER riOHT ON. Strike Has Become General In Chi. cago Stockyards. unicago, July 27. witb all peace negotiations broken off and with all the allied trades unions employed at the different plants, with the exception of the teamsters and stationary engin eers, out en strike in sympathy with the butcher workmen who quit work two weeks ago, the stock yards strike tonight bad settled down to what prom ises to be one of the bitterest fights be tween tapital and labor in the hietory of America. As has been threatened for some time, the allied trades employed in the packing industry quit work when called on today to assist the striking butchers in their efforts to bring, the packers to terms. In several instances the men did not wait for the official notification from their leaders to go on strike, but threw down their tools and quit work of their own volition. At 6 o'clock tonight the statement was made by M. J. Donnelly, president of the butchers' union, tbat every union man employed at the stockyards, with the exception of the teamsters and engineers, bad responded to orders for a general sypmathetio strike. The en gineers, he declared, would join the strikers tomorrow morning, and, unless there was a speedy settlement of the difficulty, he said, the teamsters would undoubtedly join their brother work men In their struggle for supremacy. According to Mr. Donnel.y. today's strike swelled the number of men who have quit work at the stockyards in Chiago alone to nearly 03,000 persons. War Insurance Is Advanced. London, July 27. Much anxiety is felt here relative to certain ships now in Far Eastern waters, and it is be lieved the Russian Vladivostok fleet will capture several of them. As a re sult of this, insurance war riBks have advanced 7 guineas per cent, which a few days ago were but' 10 shillings. The Pritish steamer Bt. Hubert, ol 3064 tons, which is owned in Liver pool, is overdue a week at Yokohama and is almost certainly a Russian prize. Fears are also expressed for the steamer Romford and several colliers. Move Out of Niu Chwang. Paris, July 27. A dispatch to the Matin from Niu Chwang says that heavy filing continued all day long July 24.. The battle lasted for 16 hours. The Russians were driven hack on the east side and were reported to be utterly routed on the north. The dispatch saya the Russians evacuated Niu Chwang. of which the Japanese will piobably take possession on July 20. fARMERS TO AID. Eastern Oregon Lands Mav Yt Be Irrigated. Washington. July 2. It now an- pcars that the Malheur Irrigation proj ect In Eaatern Oregon will become a reality, and not have to be abandoned, as was feared. Advio r rAivi by Chief Enaineer Newell, of thA r. clamatlon service, today to the effect tbat the farmers Iivinr ainnr river have aroused themselves and In tend to submit to the government their written promise to cooperate with the government In constructing this Irrlgaion work. Mr. Newell's crit icism of these farmers inrpaofi through these dispatches a short time aco, and his threat to remove his en gineers from Malheur country unless the farmers acted on his suggestion, has had the desired effect, and the lo cal engineers are now convinced that b'.fore long the farmera along the Mal hcaur river will comply with the gov ernment's requirements. If farmera co-operate, they will have to pay but 13 per acre per year for 40 years. In order to get water from the govern ment reservoirs onto their lands, and at the end of that time the entire works win be turned over to the users of the water. The government will mere ly retain control of the work of con struction until the coat has been re paid by settlers who are benefitted. Work along the Malheur river Is In such shape that as soon as the farm ers owning lands within the proposed Irrigation area pledge themselves to pay the required amount, the eovern- raent will be ready to make final sur veys and plans preparatory to letting contracts. In the eyes of the engin eers this project Is no longer ques tionable, but one that promises com plete success. It remains with the farmers to say when work shall commence. It Is ex plained In this connection that the government will not accept a partial promise of cooperation, or promises from only a part of the farmers within the irrigation district. Every man who will be benefitted by this work must pledge himself to contribute his oare oi me cost oerore tne govern ment win adopt the project The government today advertised for bids for 14,000 barrels of Portland cement to be used on the Minodoka irrigation project in Southern Idaho. Bids will be received by Engineer D. w. koss, at 150186. until AuguBt 25. LARGE SHIPS TAKING NO RISKS. Japanese Holding Them Back for fhe Plnal Blow at PorV Arthur On Board the Mlkasa. Admiral Togo's flagship, off Port Arthur, July iv, viarrusan, uorea, July ze. in re ply to addresses made to hfm by the newspaper correspondents who. are on board the steamer Manchuria, Admir al Togo Bald, modestly, that he felt complimented to learn that the world was interested in his victories, and It was his desire, through the press, to send his thanks to those persona who admire him. The Japanese naval policy Is to hold their larger warships In reserve until the time comes to deliver a crushing blow at Port Arthur. In the mean time, torpedoboats are to make con stant and harassing attacks. Every night the Japanese lay mines at the harbor entrance. The entrance to the port Is now clear. The steamer Manchuria la making a tour of the theatre of war with mem bers of the Japanese Diet, foreign at taches and newspaper correspondents on board. OmCERS ARE DEFIED. Bonesteel, South Dakota, Has Reign of Terror With Land Rush. BoneBteel, 8. D., July 25. Excite ment Is running high in Bonesteel to night, brought about by the rescue of an arrested gambler, who was taken from the bands of the police by a dozen or 15 of his friends and rushed down the main street of the town and se creted. The gambler was arrested and waa becng escorted to the police station when, suddenly, at the word of a leader, a crowd of cappers and friends of the prisoner made a dash for the po liceman having him in charge Seis ing grasp .of the officer, who drew his revolver and struck one of the attack ing party a blew in the face, cutting him quite Beverly, and then fired two shots into the air, hoping to bring the rescuing party to a halt, the attacking party surrounded the prisoner and suc ceeded in getting bim away. The city authorities immediately be gan swearing in extra policemen and have expressed the determination to enforce the law at any cost. Probable Action of Russia. St. Petersburg. July 26. While not admitting the illegality of the action of the Russians in converting vessels of the volunteer fleet into warships af ter they had reached the Red sea, It Is probable, In view of the fact that neu tral shlpa did not receive previous notice, that Russia, in order to remove the shadow of a cloud upon their right to fly the war flag, will formally notify the powers ot their conversion into war snips, thus putting ail neu trals upon their guards. In the mean time, all the ships seized will be re leased. Steamers Eqnlpped as Crnlsers. Hamburg, July 26. It Is said that the North German Lloyd steamer Kalserin Marie Theresa and four Hamburg-American liners recently purchased by Russia have left Libau, on the Baltic, under sealed orders, fully armed and equipped aa cruisers, JAP VICTORY Russian Armv Driven Prom Kiao Tung. CESISTANCC WAS STUBBORN Muscovites are Believed to Have Lost 1,000 Men, While Victors Lose Half as Many. Tokio, July 25. General Knroki. after a severe fight, occupied Kiao Tung on July 19. The place had been forti fied by the Russians, who defended it stoutly. In the fighting General Euro- ki's troops drove the Russians from their strongly fortified position on the Chi river, which is northwest of Mo Ten Pass and east of An Pin, Inflicting upon the enemy more serious losses than tbey sustained themselves! The fight began on the 18th and ended on the 19th. The Japanese lost 424 men killed and wounded. The Russian losses are estreated at 1,000. General Kuroki began bis advance early in the morning of the 18th. The fighting continued until dark, when the Japanese forces bivouacked. The Russians made two counter at tacks, but were repulsed in each case. The Japanese renewed the attack at midnight, posting their artillery in the valley below and on the high ground to the south of the Russian po sition. The main Japanese body was assigned to attack the Russian center, a small detachment sent toward the right flank and another to watch the enemy'a left flank. After these positions had been taken the fighting ceased for a time, but it was resumed at dawn. The Russians had 32 guns in action, and they vigor ously shelled the Japanese. To this fire the Japanese replied, and the bom' bardment lasted for four hours. Dur ing this time the Japanese infantry moved forward and the flankers had succeeded in scaling the heights on the Russian right by 3 o'clock in the after noon, at which honr themain wm oruerea 10 storm tne Kussian cen ter. The Japanese artillery protected this movement splendidly, but the in fantry met with a severe fire . and lost heavily in gaining the heights. ' The final successful charge was deliv ered at 5:30 in the afternoon. The Japanese succeeded in partially cutting off the Russian retreat, and this soon beame a rout. The ?nemy retired in two directions, to the northward and to the eastward. The Russian forces engaged included, in addition to the artillery, seven battalions of infantry and a regiment of Cossacks. NO MORE RAIDS. Russia Will Release Malacca and Put End to Red Sea Incident. Bt. Petersburg, July 25. The steam er Malacca is at Snda Bay, Island of Crete, where, under an agreement reached by Great Britain and Russia, hhe will be perfunctorily InBpcted joint ly by the Consuls of the two countries and released unless palpable contra band of war intended for the Japanese shall be found, in which case the contra band only will be held. British gov ernment stores aboard the vessel will not be examind. The Russian reply to the Brittish protest was handed to Ambassador Hardinge in the afternoon. Russia agrees tbat tne Malacca shall not be brought before a prize court, and un dertakes that no incident similar to this will occur in the future. A claim for damages as a result of delaying the steamer wili be presented in due course of time through the Brit ish embassy. The captain of the St. Petersburg, in his report, gives as bia reason for sum marily making a prize ot the Malacca the fact that the British master of the Malacca declined to produce the mani fests of bis cargo. Torpedoed by Accident. lientsin, juiy zo. a letter was received here today from Niu Chang saying tbat tne commander ot a Rus sian torpedo-boat had reported that while in the gulf of Pe Chi Li he had accident ly torpedoed a British steamer. it -is surmised nere mat tne vessel le ferred to is the Uipsang, now five days overdue from No Chang. The Hipsang belongs to the Indo-China company. It is reported here that a heavy bom bardment oi rort Artnur occurred yes terday and heavy gun-fire was heard at Niu Chuang the Bame day. Panama Now Gold Standard. Washington, July 25. The Panama canal commission today received infor mation from the government of Pana ma ot tne ratincauon oi tne money system oi tne new government in ac- c6rdance with ' the agreement reached by the joint commission. Panama 1b now a gold-standard country. ALARM IS KEEN. British Press Sees Peace Hanolna In the Balance. London, July 23. The authoritative assuiances that the Malacca will be re leased, cabled by the Associated Press from St. Petersburg to the United States, do not appear in the British morning papeis.. Special dispatcher o a somawhat similar effect from Bt. Petersburg do not allay the alarmist views of the leading organs which con strue Premier Balfour's poet-midnight announcement that the government had received no confirmation of the report ed release of the Malacca to mean that the incident remains unsettled. Another cause far great apprehension is the broader question of Russia's right to send vessels of her volunteer fleet through the Dardanelles. A strik ing evidence that the danger of the situation has not been mitigated in the least, so far as British official and pub lic opinion is entertained, is afforded by the Daily Telegraph, which, under a large beading, "An Acute Affair," de clares that "relations between Great Britain and Russia have reached the state of an acute crisis, but behind th incident of the Malacca is the far larger question of the status of the so-called volunteer fleet. "It has, we believe, been made clear to the czar's government that the trans foration of merchant vessels passing through the Dardanelles into armed cruisers cannot be recognized nnder any pretext whatever a justifying Russia a interference with British shipping. It is not impossible that as a concession to Rustian. dignity, the government may offer to permit the Malacca to put into some neutral port where her cargo may be examined and the statement verified that whatever munitions she carried were intended for the nsa of the British China squadron." TRY TO DRAW TOGO AWAY. Vladivostok fleet Hopes to Weaken Squadron at Port Arthur. St. Peterbsurg, July 23. The newa of the first appearance of the Vladivo stok squadron in the Pacific since the outbreak of the war, telegraphed from Tokio, causes no surprise at the admi ralty here, although it is said Vice Ad miral Bkrydioff purposely has not noti fied them of the squadron's departure in order to prevent the" possibility of the TnfSMBittCinatlng out. Vice Admiral Bezobrazoff's action in giving the slip to Vice Admiral Kami mora and passing Tsugar straits is re garded as evidence of the insufficiency of the Japanese naval forces. It ia probably the purpose of Admiral Bezo- brazofi to raid the coast towns of Ja pan, capture merchantmen, make a naval demonstration off Yokohama, and generally create a panic among the population, in order to compel Rear Admiral Togo to reinforce Admiral Kamimura, and thus weaken the fleet off Port Arthur. The idea that Admiral Bezobrazoff would seilously attack large porta of Japan Is, however, l ejected, owing to the danger from submarine boats, mines, torpedo boats and shore batter ies. The report Is current that the Vladi vostok squadron Is homeward bound under orders to effect a juncture with the first division of Vice Admiral Ro jestvensky's Baltic squadron, which ia ready to go out on a trial trip in the Baltic. ON TO MUKDEN. Japanese Break Into the Left flank. Enemy's Liao Yaang, July 23. News was re ceived from Ta Tche Kaio yesterday that the Japanese had broken through the Russian left flank between Lieuten ant General Count Keller's position and that of General Rennenkampff, and that they wee marching on Mukden. The rumors to this effect are persist ent; but there is no official confirma tion of them. Confirms Japanese Victory. London, July 23. According . to a special dispatch irom Moscow, the Rus sky Listok of that city confirms the As sociated Prees report from Liao Yang that the Japanese have broken through the Russian left flank and are march ing on Mukden. More Men Charged With Outrage. Cripple Creek, July 23. Informa tion charging Pearl Skelton with mur der and complicity with the Independ ence depot outrage on June 3 was filed in the district court today. It was an nounced that informaiton making sim ilar charges will be filed against Wil liam A. Akreman, F. H. Mulaney, A. L. Nugent and William Gaffney later. Frank J. Hangs, local attorney for the Western Federation of Miners, said today that none of the men arrested for the killing of Roxie Magee on June, 6, in the Victor street riots, was guilty. Hears She Will Release Ships. Paris, July 23. Information reach ing government quaiters here leads the officials to believe that Russia will re lease the British' and German merch antmen seized in the Red sea, as a means of averting international complications.