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WEEIVSDOINGS
Newsy Items Gathered from All
Parts of the World.
Or INTEREST TO OUS CEADEC5
Central Review of Important Happen
pcnlgs Presented In Brief and
Condensed Eorm. .
A treaty of peace hat been signed be
tween Chile and Bolivia.
Ruala it ill realises that the position
ofkber Mancbarlan army la critical.
Fire destroyed a Urge ralain 1 plant
near Fresno, burning 200 tone ol seeded
raisins.
English wsr.eiperts agive that the
temporsiy success of the RusiMns ran
liave little effect In the end.
llunteri are reported to bare killed
a number of elk In the mountlna of the
attorn part of Linn count, Oregon.
The game waiden la investigating.
Accotdlng to a Japanese official - the
ftutslan force engaged In the battle
eouth of Mukdea consisted of about
200.000 Infantry, 20,000 cavalry and
950 guns.
J. K. Bennett, of Portland, hoi sub
niltted the lowest bid for the eoncti no
tion of the government buildings at
the 1V05 fair an d la it .likely to be
awarded the contract.
A fluid party Kent out by the recla
mation service to investigate the possi
Mlity ( diverting the waters of the
Joftn ly river to the Umatilla lands
in Eastern Oregon, says it it too costly.
A rmgh estimate places the exene at
$l,0u,000 for a canal. ,
Prominent Orrgon men are likely to
n indktcd fur land frauda.
Knropatkin la fighting dopgHly
to
prevent an utter rout of bis forces.
The Montana mineral display will be
transferred fiotn Bt. Louis to Portland.
All hoe of rt-lieving Tort Arthur
this sea m haa been abandoned by the
Russians.
A Massachusetts commissioner has
Parted for Portland to select a site for
1U05 (air building.'
A number of torpedo boats believed
,to have been built tor Japan have been
hipped from Newpoit News, Va.
' A mortar battery exploded at Fort
Banks, on the Atlantic toast, killing
tore artllelrymen and Injuring eight
otheis.
The losses of the Russian army in
tbo week of Uttlo south of Mukden is
placed at 40 000 The Japanese have
lost half as many.
""The Fouiteneth Infantry, now in the
I'hiliripin. will he biMight back to
this country next February and sta
tloued at Vanonver barracks, succeed.
ing the Nineteenth, wtilch will be eut
to the islands.
King Georga of Baxony, is deaad.
All official advices are withheld at
St. Petersburg and the people are pre-
!ared for the worst.
The St. Petresbmg Vovoati admits
editorially that the Russians have suf
fered a telling defeat.
Russia will rush men to the front
military authorities believe 150,000
can be transported by April.
Knropatkin must bear the Vesponsl
fcllity for the advance, as It is officially
denied that he was oideied to advance
According to Tangier advices evidence
has been discovered that the bandit
Ralsuli Intends to attempt to capture
another European.
Telephone operators at Portland are
on etrUce. Both sides are confident
nd in the meantime the pnblio is suf
fering many inconevniences.
A sensation has been caused all
through Russia by the presi stent rum
ora that the -Russian teasury inteads to
draw upon Russian church property in
order to replenish 1st war chest.
It has developed that a pouch of mail
for the United States cruiser Cincinnati,
which was aboard the steamer Calchae
when she was captured had been open
ed while in the hands of the Rosaian
officials, subsequently reseated and sent
on to its destination.
The Rii8fians are offering fabulous
prices to ships to make Port Arthur
with supplies. . ,
President Francis eaya the St. Ionia
fair lost $1,000,000 by being forced to
tlote on Sunday.
Fire at Kansas Oity destroyed prop
erty valued at $100,000. ,
The Rio Grande is still rising in
New Mexico.. The river is now the
, highest in 20 years.
The Duke of Cannanght, brother of
King Edward, narrowly escaped death
in an auto accident.
It Is reported from 'St. Petersburg
that, five Japanese cruisers have been
' sighted off Vladivostok.
The New York Rapid Transit com
pany's new subway will be opened to
the general public October 27. ; ;
OUT OP SERVICE.
The
President Moves In Slocum
Disaster Inquiry.
Washington, Oct. 19, The report of
the United Slates commission of ihves
tlgatiou into the disaster to the sUam-
er General 8 locum wa made publio to
day. In connection with the Import
ant finding ol the commission pre-
aented In the report, President Kooae
velt, to whom the report waa sub-
mitted, hai written a letter to Secretary
Metcalf, of the , department of corn
merce and labor, briefly summarizing
the report and dli acting him to ca-iy
Into effect the recommendations of the
commiaslon.
The president also directs that Rob-
ert 8. Itodie, luiwrvlilng inspector of
the second district, steamboat Inspec
tion seivlce, and James A. Dnmont
and Thomas II Barrett, local inspec
tors, in (barge of the port of New
York, be discharged from the service,
the commission holding them directly
responsible for the laiity of the steam
boat Inspection to which the Slocum
disaster was directly attributable.
Appended to the report is a report
from the department of Justice on the
criminal proceedings connected with
the disaster and the life-preserver
cases.
SUrrOCATED AT A TIRE.
four Persons Lose Lives In a
New
York Tenement House. ,
New York, Oct. 19. Four persons
were suffocated and 15 weie overcome
by smoke tn a fire which gutted a five-
story brick double tenement bouse at
15 Moore street, Williamsburg early
today. Two of the injured, a boy and
girl, prrbably will die. Incendiarism
is suspected.
The fire originated in the basement
nd ran up a dumb waiter shaft caus
ing tl e crowded flats to fill rapidly
with smoke. The flames spread
through the flats on the fourth sod
fifth floors, and escape for the persons
Hsleep there was cut off Firemen and
ponce did Heroic work anu soon rescued
more than a score, 15 of whom were
almost suffocated. Then) were removid
to St. Catherine's hospital. Two chil
dren among the number were in a dy
ing condition.
One fireman in attempting a daring
rescue waa overcome by smoke and had
to be carried out by his fellows.
The loss waa only about $3,000,
Seveial fires occurred in the neighbor
hood during the eaily hours today, ' all
of suspicious origin. They appeared to
have been started by the same hand as
all were discovered in the basements of
tenements. Only tne one noted, how
ever, waa accompanied by loss of life.
EARNESTLY DESIRE PEACE.
Japanese Shocked at Victory Won
With Such Shedding of Blood.
Tokio, Oct. 19. There is a strong
appeal lor peace in the appalling trag
edy which is now under enactment in
Manchuria. Both armies have fought
ferociously for a eek, and desperate
fighting still continnes. It Is probable
that the death roll will be largely n
ci eased before the final shot Is fired.
The preliminary reports indicate that
about 00,000 rr en on both aides have
been either killed or wounded, the
larger portion of them being Russians,
since the armies of the two belligerents
closed In combat.
Even the Japanese, to whom the
great victory is of paramount import
ance, seem to be shocked by the slaught
er of their, enemies. The Japanese peo
ple are receiving the newa from . the
field of battle calmly, and there can be
beard no shouts in the streets pro
claiming the victory of their nation.
Few flags aie displayed. Probably
later on there will be a procession with
the consequent jollification, but there
are heard many expressions of opinion
that no demonstration of any kind
could be held. A prominent Japanese
said to the Associated Press correspon
dent tonight: v
"We have won a sweeping and a de
cisive victory which may prove to be
the salvation of our country's exist
ence, but we regret both our own losses
and the terrible slaughter which our
forces have inflicted on the enemy.
We regret still more the necessity
which forced us to engage in this war."
Suffers from Hurricane.
Mexico City, Oct. 19. News has
reached this city that the town of Sah
Bias, on the Pacific coast, haa suffered
severe damage a the result of a hurri
cane, word from lepeic, a town
south of San Bias, stated that 2.60 huts.
occupied by the poorer classes, were
totally demolished. During the storm,
which waa very severe, hundreds of
people fled to nearby mountains, fear
ing a tidal wave. Several sailing ves
sels foundered but so far as can be
learned no loss of life resulted either
on land or sea.
Meet Battered by Guns.
Tokio, Oct. 19. It is authorltively
reported that the Russian fleet at Port
Arthur ia suffering severely from the
fire of the Japanese land batterieB.
Reports of a recent attempt by the fleet
to aoitie are unfounded, as Is the re
ported capture' of another blockade
runner. .
RACE jOP WAR
Russians Try to Make South
Shore of Hun.
GOADS ACE IN TIICI2 TAVC2
Retirement Is Ordered After Ter
rific righting, In Which Much
Damage Is Inflicted.
Lino Yang, Oct. 19. General Oku,
commanding the Japanese left, bis ad
vanced from bis position on the south
bank of the Sbakbe river in the direc
tion of Chienliuchanatseu, 15 miles
north from Hang Cheng, with detach-
merits pushing on the double quirk to
the west of Fushung, and the east of
Fuling. It is General Oka's object to
make Impossible the retreat of the Rus
sian right along the railway. Tha
enemy's main Idrce is based at Chun,
linchangtseu, extending for three miles
northward with Isolated bodies of
troops on both sides of the railroad.
Russian reserves are located above and
below the bridge leading acro? the
Hon river, northwest of Manbaipao,
and the Russian tight ia hastening to
reach this position.
The rearguard has already been en
gaged by the Japanese, but the Russian
st outs posted on the hills east of Man-
Jafu were observed yesterday afternoon
and a change of plan cf Russian iat:ea
ia expected. " J
The retreat of the Russian right wa'l
preceueu ny a terrible attack on th
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part of General Oku'a forces, which re
suited in a stubborn struggle lasting
over three boors, covering s, tenitorj
of nearly five miles. The Russian ar
tillery directed a steady fire at the ex
treme right flank of the Japanese left,
forcing it to retreat one mile across a
series of low hills. There a rally was
effected and reinforcements were re
ceived from General Oku'a main aimy.
The extreme light returned to its
original position, supported by bw-
aitillery fire from three strong pointa.
After an artillery duel of less than half
an hodr, the Russian fire opened all
along the line and a furious attack was
delivered by the Russians, which tern-
porarily stopped the Japanese advance.
The enemy was repelled, but repeated
the attempt to dislodge the Japanese
vanguard six times, being worsted in
every instance, but inflicting great
damage and sustaining terrible losses.
After the sixth advance the Russians
turned to a basty retreat. They left
tbelrdead and several guna behind,
bnt managed to Uke with them the
greater number of the latter and their
wounded.
CZAR MUST TAKE INITIATIVE.
Baron Hayasht Tays Japan Cannot
Judge ir It. Is Time for Peace.
London, Oct . 19. The Japanese min
ister here, Baron Hayashi, in an inte'r:
view today, on the reBdlt of last week's
fighting, said tc the Associated Press:
"Ihe war will oe continued through
the winter, which in some respects is
more suitable for operations than the
summer.' The next point of real im
portance to ,be taken is Tie Pass.
When that is accomplished there is
nothing to prevent the Japanese ad
vance to Harbin."
The minister expressed the utmost
confidence In the Immediate continua
tion of the Japanese advance, adding:
"With reference to the peace arba
bilities, I can only say that the desire
for peace ia but a natural feeling of hu
manity, and the reault of the horror we
all feel at the awful carnage now tak
ing place. But it is late in the day ti
be terrified at what is happening. It
should have been foreseen and prevent
ed. It is not for Japan to judge if the
time has arrived to talk about peace.
This rests with the government of Em
peror Nicholas," ,'
Time to End War.
Washington, Out. 19. The war in
the Orient has enlisted the closest at
tention of the administration, and It 1b
felt that the time ia approaching when
it will be in order for the great neutral
powers to move toward the restoration
of . peace. President Roosevelt has
from the first stood ready to use his
good offices to stop hostilities, but he
is estopped from moving by the fact
that it haa been the unbroken rule of
our government to wait until it ia as
sured that both aides to a controversy
Of this kind are willing.
, Russia After Past Cruisers.
London, Oct. 19. The Daily Tele
graph's St. Fetersburg coi respondent
gives credit to the report that Russia is
purchasing seven fast cruisers, three
each from Chile and Argentina and one
from Bracil. -
SETTLERS WILL CET DUES.
Government Completes Invcstlga
lion of Eastern Oregon Cases.
Washington, Oct. 18. The interior
department, acting under a special act
passed at tha last seat ion, has complet
ed an investigation of the cases of Sher
man connty settlers who bare been dis
possessed of lands lying within tbs
limits of the grsnt to The Dalles Mili
tary Wagon Road company, In Eastern
Oregon. The report of the findings is
confidential, and will be submitted to
congress early in December.
The evidence collected will be suffi
cient to enable congress to take final
action for the relief of these settlers.
It will show the terms on wheh the
Eastern Oregon Land company, the
successor to The Dallea Military Wagon
Road company, is willing to relinquish
its title to the disputed lands, and al
low then, to revert to the settlers. It
will also show tba state of Improve,
ments which the settlers made on these
lands while temporarily In possession.
Congress must decide whether an ap
propriation shall bo made io buy from
the company its title to these lands, in
order to restore them to the set t lei s,
or whether it ia better to reimburse the
settlers tor the losses they sustained
by reason of being dispossessed.
The land company, it is said, ia in
clined to deal fairly with the govern
ment In this matter, and will waive its
title to these lands provided the govern
ment pays its price.
Many years have elapsed since these
disputed, lands were eventually awarded
to the land company, and in that time
a number of original settlers hare dis
appeared. These few cases cannot be
reported upon. AH the facta obtaina
ble have been collected, and congress
will be able to compensate settlers who
sustained losses through no fault of
their own, but rather through a faulty
decision of the land office.
COLORADO TRAINS COLLIDE.
One flan Is Dead and fifteen
Oth.
crs Injured, Two Badly.
f ueblo,.Uct. is. As a result of a
head on collision today between the
east bound California limited paseenger
train No. 6 and tk west bound freight
train on the Denver & Rio Grande rail
road a mile and a half west of Portland
this forenoon, one man, J. E. Dney,
was so badly hurt that be died tonight
and 15 othera received injuries, two of
them perhaps fatally.
The accident was due to the . failure
of the freight to take the siding at
Portland and allow the passenger train.
which was running on schedule time
and bad the right of way, to pass,
Both locomotives were completely
wrecked, the baggage and express cars
were telescoped and piled op in a heap,
tne lorwra end ol tne day coacn was
smashed and five freight cars loaded
with merchandise were demolished.
The Pullman cars were not damaged
Ine passenger train was running
about 35 miles, and the freightlft)
miles an Hour, wnen tne collision oc
curred. Great confusion followed the
collision, and exaggerated Reports ie-
garding the disaster were circulated
The injured were taken on relief
trains to hopitals at Pueblo and Salida.
JAPAN HAS SHIPS IN WAITING.
Torpedo Boats Built at
Newport
- News Transferred at
Sea.
Newport News, Oct. 18. Two of the
Lake submarine torpedo boats built
at the shipyards here, and believed to
be destined for the Japanese or Rus
eian governments, were noisted on
board the Kennebec today. According
to the foreman in charge of the 200
men engaged in loading the craft, the
Kennebec Will sail for Boston bofore
daylight. - .
It was Btated on apparently good an
thority tonight that the Kennebec will
be met up the coast Dy a steamship
now lying far at sea, and the big float
ing derrick, the Ox, from New York.
The Ox, it is asserted, will lift the sub
marines from the deck of the Kenne
bec, and transfer them to the waiting
steamer, which will proceed with them
to their destination.
Seizure of Nail Considered.
Wahhington, Oct. 18. Postmaster
General Wynne today had a brief con
ference with Secretary Hay regarding
the opening of the mail bags for the
United States cruiBer Cincinnati by
Russian officials. The brief report on
Uhe subject which has just reached the
postoffke depaitnnnt was given to the
state department and will be included
with the other gapers relating to the
seizure of American mails on the Brit
ish Bteamer Calchae, for representations
to .the Russian government on the gen
eral subject. .
Mood Still Delays Trains.
' Ei Paso, Tex., Oct. 18. The Santa
re road still has a washout of about
12 m'les between here and Albu
querque, and it will be Several days
before trains are running. All other
roads are running trains regularly. It
ia still rainy here, however, and the
Rio Grande river ia rising slowly.
ARMY IN TRAP
Kuropatkln b Cut Off
Pour Divisions.
With
ATTEMPT AT RESCUE TATAL
Japanese Torce Will Be Reinforced
With Idea of Dealing a Crush
ing Blow to the Enemy.
Liao Yang, Oct. 17. This city Is in
a turmoil of excitement over the reports
brought in by wounded soldiers from
the right wing of tba Japanese army
that General Kurokl haa caught Gener
al Knropatkin In a trap, having cut
him off with four Russian diviaoins
which he attempted to save, and now
haa the Russian commander isolated
and enveloped east of Bensibu. The
general engagement continued all day
yesterday. Russian losses so far are
estimated at 15,000. The Japanese
have also suffered heavily, but no fig
ures are available.
The bearers of the newt of the latest
Japanese victory state that Field
Marshal Marquis Oyama has ordered
vast masses of reinforcements to the as
sistance of General Knrcki to enable
him to execute the conpe as planned.
General Kurokl ia puahiag the Rus
sian divisions eastward in order to make
their isolation .complete and to preclude
the possibility of Ruajian reinforce
ments reaching them.
The Japanese are fortifying their po
sitions to the north. Another of Gen
eral Kuroki's columns today captured
tne enaotakan mils to tne soutn ot
Benteiaputze after a series of fierce en
gagements, in which 1,200 Japanese
and neary 1,500 Russians fell, an en
tire battery was captured, and now
the hills, which may be called the key
to the Russian left advance-are in the
bands of the Japanese.
A crushing defeat haa been adminis
tered to the Russian right by General
Oka at Yenti. The entire Russian
lines, extending from the nun river to
the railroad, were driven back 20 miles
with terrible losses on both sides, and
but for the awful punishment suffered
by the Japanese, General Kuropatkin's
right would have been completely
crushed. As it is, the flank is utterly
disorganized and the Russian command
ere are endeavoring to rally their forces
uGrtheafet of Changtan.
On both sides io the battle "raging
near Mukden there have been such
losses in killed and wounded as mark
the contest as one of the bloodiest bat
tles in history. Already the losses at
Liao Yang have been approximated,
and the indications are that they will
be exceeded. The Russian advance
has been converted into a stubbornly
fought retreat. The result, according
to the Russians, is still to be v deter
mined. '.
On both sides the soldiers have
shown the utmost tenacity and bravery,
and whole regiments have gone down
before the fire of the enemy. In offic
ial circles of St. Petersburg there is
disposition to argue that even should
Uenarel Kuropatkln be oblidged to re
tire upon Mukden, his position will be
quite as favorable as it was when the
order to advance was given October 6,
and that, o i the other hand, the Jap
anese powers of further resistance will
have been materially weakened.
ROOSEVELT PREPARING TO ACT.
He Will Soon Address Notes to Pow
ers Regarding Peace Conference.
Washington, Oct. 17. The president
is preparing to redeem his promise to
the delegates to the Interparliamentary
Peace conference to secure another
meeting of plenipotentiaries of the
powers signatory to the Hague conven
tion, with a view to revising and
adding to that instrument.
The state department, will address
separate notes to every government rep
resented in the last confeience, inviting
suggestions to the time and place of
meeting, and withont doubt, in the
spirit of caution that ia always exhibit
ed by diplomats, many of these govern
ments will seek to secure an ironclad
agreement as to the scope of the con
ference. Many limitations are , ex.
pected to be proposed in this way.
and it is realized that much difficulty
will be experienced in securing har
mony.
Embezzler Must Do Time.
Honolulu, uct. 17. ine supreme
court has handed down a decision de
nying the appeal of B. II. Wright, con
victed of embezzlement of public funds
in February, 1903. , Wright's trial was
the first growing out of a number of
publio works department embezzle
jaents. He was sentenced to three
vaars hard labor by Judge de Bo.t.
T ie number of Japanese coming into
the islands during the recent weeks
ia , less than the average nas been for
some time. There is a slight increase
in the number of Coreans.
' Company Declares - Dividend. . ..
Chicago, Oct. 17. The usual quarter
ly divider of $2 per share from net
earnings waa declared today by the Pull
man company. The annual statemen,
for the fiscal year ending July Sit
shows the net surplus for the year of
$3,741,623. .
REGARD DETEAT AS COMPLETE.
London Papers Aaree Thai kum.
pa f kin Has Shot His Bolt. ,
London. Oct. 15. The London pa
pers have to rely mainly on official re
porta for news from the Farj East,, but
the dispatches thus far received regard
a complete Japanese victory assured.
and editors lize from this point of view.
Says the Daily Telegraph:
' General Knropatkin haa shot his
bolt. It seemed to be speeding well
toward the mark, yet missed it badly.
He baa suffered not merely a rep also
but a disastrous defeat, while Japan's
incomparable soldiers under incompar
able generals bate added another glori
ens page to the chronicle of war and
proved that Oyama ia still Kuropat
kin's master in every branch of the art
of war."
The Daily Graphic describes General
Kuropatkin's move aa a "gambler'a
thrjDw," and considers the frank blunt
ness of bis repoitfto the emperor seems
to speak the Unguage of a man who
has done his best with the bungling
advice of some superior agency.
Th RtmnAmrA AnAm V . '
kin's dispatch full of tragic meaning,
while the Daily Newa argues the Rus
sian dash southward was prompted by
a desperate desire to relieve Port Arth-'
nr rather than :o Vicerv Alexieff'a
malign influence, the end of which, in
case of the fall of the fortress, canaot
be far uistant.
8pencer Wilkinson, in the Morning
Post, discussing strategic possibilities,
thinks the issue will turn upon which
side shall first become exhausted by
the protracted operations. '
"Telegrams," he m s, "do not yet
reveal the final decision, but they cer
tainly do not point to the scale turn-'
ing in Russia's favor. It remains to be
en whether either army kept larga
reserves ready to throw in when it be
comes apparent that the forces engaged
have become exhausted."
COST Or.fEEDING THE ARMY.
Commissary General Reports the
Expenses Reduced to a Minimum.
Washington, Oct. 15. The annual
report ol itrigadier General J. F. West
on, commissary general of the army.
says the total cost of feeding the army
during the past fiscal year was $8,821,-
750. During the year the losses were
1418,650 in the Philippines; $7,467 on
the transports and $129,853 in the
United States, Alaska, Porto Rico and
elsewhere. ,
General Weston Bays it is difficult
and often impossible to prevent losses
of perishable stores. ' General Weston
urgently recommends the paseage of a
bill by congress to give authority to
all officers entrusted with the disburse
ment of subsistence funds to hold re
stricted amounts of such funds in their
personal poeeeaeion. He eaya the ex
if-annioa if f a vtnltlij. earn i na tuinlva.i.
open disregard of the restriction of the
existing laws In cities where the treas-
. ! i j
urei ur in noaiomui weauurer in lurateu.
He urges legislation authorizing the
aa e at public auction of accumulated
subsistence stores in good condition.
General Weston says the problem of
feeding the army in the Philippines
was a difficult one, bnt . "it has been
successfully solved, .and subsistence
affairs in the archipelago are now ran
with system and economy".
The subsistence department, it ia
stated, was able to make a contract for
fresh beef for the fiscal year, 1905, by
which an annual saving of over $140,
000 waa effected. The running expenses
gradually have been l educed to a min
imum, the report says, and a saving of
more than $40,000 made in wages of
civilian employes alone.
Wreckage from Troopship.
San Francicso, Oct. 15. The schoon
er Gotama, which arrived here early
this morning from ' Kurlie lBland, re
ports that on August 4, when 40 milea
south southwest of Cape Curat, sha
sighted a mass of floating wreckage.
She made out parte oi a mast. Captain
Macomber later succeeded in getting
closer to the wreckage, and established
that it was from the Japanese troop
ship Kinshiu Mam, which was sunk by
the Russians last April, when 200 per
ished. Entangled in the wreckage were
a number of headless trunks.
Great Dockworkers Strike Ends.
Marseilles, Oct 15. The coal heav
ers who have been on strike for nearly
two months have agreed to resume
work on the employers' . conditions.
Thia brings the great dockworkers
strike to an end. - - , , -