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General Review of Important Happen.
penlgs Presented In a Brief and
Condensed Eorm.
Oregon again leads all other states
In the sale of public lands.
A Rock Island train was derailed
near Princeton, Mo., and 45 persons
Injured.
Disguised horsemen in Crook coun
ty destroyed a band ot 1,000 thorough
bred sheep.
Lloyd's agent at Niu Chwang re
ports that Liao Yang is likely to fall
at any time.
The British consul at Shanghai has
ordered Russia to stop repairing ships
in that port.
.Tnnan la flnlH ' in ha trpAtfn? Its
nrlnnnpra nf wnr with ffrant nnnafri.
eration and allowing them many lib
erties. Mrs. Maybrick was met on her ar
rival in New York by a throng of cur
ious people, but she refused to say
anything.
General Chafee says that so long
as he is in command the army head
quarters of the Columbia will remain
at Vancouver.
A portion of the British press de
mands that navy sweep the sea of
Russian cruisers if diplomacy cannot
prevent their stopping ships. '
The czar has shown his joy over
the birth of an heir by abolishing cor
poral punishment, liberal treatment
of Finlanders and in divers other
ways. .
Mrs. Maybrick has arrived in New
York.
The loss by the tornado at St. Paul
will reach $2,600,000.
Late reports' from Port Arthur say
the fort has all but fallen.
Souvenir Lewis and Clark coins will
be ready early next month.
The Japanese continue to sacrifice
thousands of lives at Port Arthur.
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railed near. Topeka and six. persons in
jured.
The Russians estimate that the
siege has already cost the enemy
28,000 men.
A mob of 600 burned a negro at Ce-
dartown, Oa for the assault of a 13-year-old
white girl.
A rmi-rlnnna ov.nl rtvpr Wntprtnwn
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S. D., killing two people and Injuring
many others. Great damage was done
to property.
The Russian cruisers Gromboi and
Rossla are fast being repaired at Vladi
vostock and will soon be ready to as
sume the offensive again.
John Elland, a wealthy sheepman of
New Mexico, has fallen into the hands
of brigands in Mexico, where he went
on business. A heavy ransom is de
manded for his release.
The czar has summoned all reserve
officers to the colors.
Japan holds that the nutarlity cf
China at Shanghai is imperfect.
An engagement with Kuiopatkin will
porbably be forced at Liao Yarg.
The inleiior department is in no hur
ry to create forest reserves in Oregon.
The Japanese have captured all forts
on the Pigeon bay side oi Port Arthur.
Five persons were killed at Manden,
Mo., by the explosion of a car of dyna
mite. Rioting continues at the Chicago
stock yards. Another man hag been
ihot.
Jansn in ahowlmi otter disregard for
lives is bieaking all precedents at fort
Arthur.
The loss caused by the tornado in
North St. Louis is much heavier than
at first reported.
The anniversary of "Mad" Anthony
Wayne's victory over the Indians was
observed at the St. Louis fair by an
imposing parade.
The rains are stopping around liao
Yang. The roads aie still in bad con
dition and active operations are not ex
pected until they are in bettter shape.
Forest fires continue to tage in the
reserves of Montana destroying much
valuable timber. ' -
Jinanane shlDS are cruising off Che-
loo in search of the Russian boats Di
ana and Novik.
A felling almost akin to despair
reigns in the Russian admiralty.
Paraguayan rebels have demanded
the city of Asuncion, allowing it 24
houtsio surrender.
A cloudburst near Globe, Arizona,
caused a loss of several lives and great
damage to property.
A Russian gunboat was sunk by com
ing In contact with a mine near the
Liao Tung peninsula.
The Russians will sink their ships
at Port Arthur rather than let them
(all into the hands of the enemy.
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The corporation counsel of Chicago
has decided that the packers have no
right to bouse employes in theii plants.
Forest fires in Clarke county, Wash.,
are doing great damage A number of
homes have been burned and much
cordwood destroyed. A suspect has
been arrested.
. Indications are more favorable than
ererthat Russia will agree to the
American definition of contraband of
war.
AVOIDS A riOHT.
Directors to Choose Convention City
tor 1903.
Portland, Aug. 24. Politics, arriv
al of delegates, speeches, and adop
tion of resolutions occupied the sec
ond day of the American Mining Con
gress. And a busy day It was, with
the buzz and hum of the rival dele
gations filling the cool air of the con
vention hall. Yesterday morning the
convention adopted a strong resolu
tion urging congress to. create a De
partment of Mines and Mining, and
last night another wag passed advo
cating the protection of forests.
The question of the selection of the
meeting place for next year's con
gress will not be fought out on the
floor of the convention as has been
anticipated, but will be placed solely
in the hands of the board of direct
ors. A resolution to this effect intro
duced by Dr. Buckley, of Missouri,
was adopted at last night's session of
the congress and met with enthusiaa
tic applause from those present
This will prevent El Paso from mak
ing an open fight in the convention
for the honor of entertaining the 1905
congress.
As yet the credential committee
has made no report, and therefore
the membership of the congress will
be and unknown quantity, officially
speaking, until Thursday morning.
This prevents any definite action on
the settlement of any question until
that time, but a great deal Is being
done indefinitely. The permanent
home agitation is being kept up by
the Salt Lake men, who are hard at
work trying to get the membership
of the congress into line for their
city. The Denver delegation Is rep
resented by two or three men, and
though It has been announced that
there Is a carload of delegates on the
way from Denvor, the car has not
been sighted and the cause of Denver
Is suffering a little from the tardiness
of the Colorado men.
FORTS ARC LOST.
Russians Meet Further Reverse at
Port Arthur.
Chefoo, Aug. 25. A Junk which left
Liao Tl Promontory the night of
August 21 has just arrived here. She
reports that the Japanese have suc
ceeded la occupying Antszshan as
well as another fort, probably Etse
shan, about a mile southwest of Ant
szshan. They have driven the Rus
sians from the parade ground, which
lies about two miles north pf the har
bor; they have destroyed two forts
at Chaochanko, which is within the
eastern fortifications, and they have
advanced to a point near Chaochanko.
This news confirms Information re
ceived here previously, and which the
local Japanese' were not inclined to
believe.
The junk heard firing until mid
night of August 22. Scarcely a build
ing in Port Arthur remains undam
aged. The town hall, whls was used
as a magazine, has been destroyed.
Four large warships unable to
fight, are at Port Arthur. Only one
ship, a vessel with two masts and two
funnels, has guns on board.
The fire of the forts not captured
by the Japanese, together with the ef
lect of land mines, is given as the
reason why the Japanese have not as
yet conquered the Russian . strong
hold. JAPANESE PCANS DCGAN0ED.
Port Arthur Campaign May Cause In
itiative to Pass to Russians.
Berlin, . Aug. 25. In a dispatch
from Liao Yang, under date of Aug
ust 23, the correspondent of the Lokal
Anzelger says.
"The indications are that the initia
tive is about to pass to the Russians.
The Japanese plan of campaign, In
cluding the attack upon Liao Yang,
has apparently been deranged by the
unexpectedly stubborn resistance of
Port Arthur.
"General Kurokl's army has been
withdrawn to the south of Taitze
river, and only outposts reported to
be in the Liao River Valley.
"It Is rumored that the Mikado has
recalled General Ngi and has ordered
Field Marshal Marquis Yamagata,
chief of the General Staff at Tokio, to
assume command of the besiegers at
Port Arthur."
America Asks for Information.
Washington, Aug. 25. Acting Sec
retary of State Adee has cabled Min
ister Conger, at Pekln, a request that
he report as soon as possible the
farts concerning the situation at
Shanghai. A similar request hag also
been addressed to Consul-General
Goodnow, at Shanghai, and Consul
General Fowler, at Chefoo. Although
no admission on that point is yet ob
tainable, it Is believed that instruc
tions have either been sent or will be
sent to Rear-Admiral Sterling to co
operate with the minister and consuls
In the protection of American inter
ests in treaty ports.
London Papers Excited.
London, Aug. 25. The Standard
this morning, unable to conceal Its
disappointment that the United
States government Is. not prepared to
protect the neurality of China at
Shanghai, editorially contends that
the United States could have taken
the lead in the matter without arous
ing the jealousies which must follow
intervention by any European power.
The Dally Telegraph publishes a
strong editorial demanding that the
government adopt rigorous measures
Russian Ship Hits Mine.
Tokio, Aug. 25. Admiral Kataoka
reports that as the Russian battleship
Savastopol was emerging from Port
Arthur yesterday she struck a mine,
and afterward was seen to be listed
to starboard. She wag towed back
into the harbor.
OREGON NEWS
SILCTZ RICH IN TIMBER.
Railroad Survey Party Loud In Praise
of Country.
Independenoe. The surveying party
of the 8. Chapman Lumber Company
that has been in the Coast range
mountains . since May 2$, has com
pleted Its task, coming out at a point
no one guessed. The Burvey as com
pleted Intersects the Southern Pacific
scarcely half a ml' south of Inde
pendence, near the old racetrack
The surveying crew, comprising 16
men, if? In charge of Engineer L. M
Rice.
The timber found In the Siietz basin
was a revelation to the party, many of
wnom are experienced timber men
and surveyors. There is enough tiuv
ber In the Stletz country, says Chief
Engineer Rice, to last 60 years after
It Is made accessible by rail. The
route terminating at Independence is
a very feasible one and, according to
the survey, it la not over 45 miles into
the heart of the rich Siietz basin.
Terminating here, timber over the
proposed route could be handled by
rail or river, and the Southern Pacific
is Just completing a spur from within
a few rods of where the survey ended
into the bed of the river. A road over
this survey would also afford a short
cut to Newport.
STIRRING UP DAIRYMEN.
Effort to Induce Valley farmers to
Produce Butter Pat.
Albany. An Important meeting of
the dairymen and farmers ot Linn
county was held at Shedd last week.
The meeting Is the result of the ef
forts of prominent creamery men of
Portland and of State Dairy and Food
Commissioner J. Y. Bailey.
Curtis' Grove, one mile from Shedd,
was the scene of the meeting, which
took the nature of a farmers' picnic.
A Portland creamery provided gallons
of ice cream free, and the attendance
was large for this season of the year.
The great importance of the meeting
in the eyes of friends of diversified
farming In Oregon Is In the fact that
it is the beginning of an effort on the
part of the large purchasers of dairy
products in Oregon to induce the
fanners of the Wll'-amette Valley to
devote more time to raising blooded
stock, and particularly dairy stock.
County Is Worth More. a
Oregon City. Assessor J. F. Nelson
has completed the assessment of
Clackamas county property for the
1904 roll." The aggregate of property
valuations, represented by the roll, Is
approximately $10,250,000. or an in
crease of 300,000 over last year's
roll. It is not expected that any ma
terial changes will be made in the
assessed valuations by the board of
equalization, which will be convened
on Monday, August 29. This is the
earliest date for years that the assess
ment of property In this county has
been completed.
Raise Timber Land Values.
St. Helens. The assessment roll
for Columbia county will be complet
ed and ready for the board of equal
ization in a few days. It will show an
Increase of about one-third In the
assessed valuation of the county. The
valuation of the timber land has been
raised from $2.50 to $3 and $5. This
bears heavily upon the non-resident
land-owners, but It Is not nearly as
high as in Clatsop county, and Is far
below the actual oaah value of the
property. The assessment of the
Benson Company amounts to $128,000,
and the cash value is certainly three
times that amount.
Start Work en Fair Grounds.
Baker City The survey of the
ground for the Baker County Fair As
sociation is completed and the work
of constructing the new speed track
begun In earnest. The grounds ad
Join the city on the north, and are
within easy walking distance. The
land is comparatively level and ad
mirably located for the purpose.
Work on the grandstand and fair
building will be begun at once. The
date has not yet been set for the fair,
but will likely be the first week in Oc
tober. Umatilla Wheat Moving.
Pendleton. Wheat buyers estimate
that 1,000,000 bushels of Umatilla
county's wheat crop have been sold
so far this season. Sales are being
made constantly, sometimes amount
lng to 60,000 bushels per day, Consld
erable wheat is being shipped from
Eastland, 10 miles northeast of here,
to New York, to the cereal market and
to fill contracts made on the board of
trade. Harvesting Is more than half
done, but in some localities will con
tinue several weeks into September.
Seven Williams Name. Camp.
Albany. Because seven men whose
first name was William were the first
settlers of the proposed mining camp,
the town was christened Blllvllle. It
is in the Blue river mining district
near the line between Lane and Linn
counties. Billville Is now a busy min
ing camp.
Northwest Wheat Markets.
Portland Walla Walla, 78c; bine
stem, 86c; valley, 83c.
Tacoma Bluestem, 84c; club, 79c.
Albany 75c. .
Salem 80c.
Colfax Club, 68c; bluestem, 73c.
Pendleton Club, 68)c; bluestem,
73 e.
La Grande Club, 62c; bluestem, 68c.
0E INTEREST
WIND DAMAGES HOPYARDS.
Poles Blown Over and Vines Torn
by Brisk Breeze.
Independence. Quite a little dam
ago has been done to hopyards In this
vicinity by wind. Walker Bros., two
Olid a half miles north ot here, arc the
heaviest losers. Fully 25 acres of
their yard is flat ou the ground.
About five acres of the Patton &
Sloper yard and three acres In John
Burton's vard are also down. R. D.
Coooer Will have nenrlv 9lnn Mils in
straighten up, and a few trellis-poles
are broken in one of the Hirchborg
yards.
A gale from the wpk! snrnnir
about 4 o'clock in the afternoon. It
was not Bevere ennneh in An anv Inm.
uge ordinarily, but only very sub
stantial Doles wer aliln In wltlicinnH
its force where the wind had a clear
sweep.
The owners nmmntlv ant in umtk
repairing the damage by sharpening,
redrivlng and propping poles. The
expense to Walker Bros, alone In re
setting poles will he over $1000.
i
rrult Shipments from the Cove.
La. Grande. The Cove, 16 miles
from La Grande, which is Considered
about the best section of Eastern Ore
gon for fruit, thus far this year has
shipped the following: Twenty thous
and boxes of cherries, 6000 crates of
strawberries, 3000 crates of red rasp
berries, 1000 crates of blackberries.
Owing to a lack of pickers the loss on
strawberries was about 20 per cent, on
the raspberries about 40 per cent.
Plums are now moving and the Indica
tions are that of these there will be
about 4000 crates. There will be
about from 25 to 30 cars of prunes and
about 40 cars of apples. The pear
crop will be light. The cherry crop
amounted to 100,000 boxes. The apple
crop will reach 100 carloads.
Restored to Domain.
The Dalles. The Secretary of the
Interior has authorized and instructed
tha officers of The Dalles land office to
restore to the public domain portions
of the following-named townships, em
braced in the temporary withdrawal
for the Blue Mountain Forest i Re
serve: Twenve south, 17 east,! 13
soutn, 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21 east, 14
south, 19 arid 20 east, and 16, 20, 22
and 23 east. These lands were with
drawn from entry at the creation of
the reserve June 28, 1902, exclusive of
townships 15 and 22. Twenty-three
thosuand acres of land are released
from the withdrawal by this order,
out of which 14,600 are already filed
upon.
Malheur People in Earnest.
Ontario. The committee of 17 for
completing the organization of tlie
Malheur Waterusers' Association met
in Mayor Lackey's office and appoint
ed committees for drafting by-laws
and for dividing the territory to be ir
rigated into districts. The committee
for securing stork In the association
reported that 50,000 shares have been
subscribed, or 6000 more than was re
quired to organize permanently. Work
on the Malheur project Is expected to
be begun this fall unless something
unforeseen occurs. A meeting of
stockholders will be held la Vale.
September 27.
Exhibit of Grasses and Grains.
Albany. A. F. Miller, of Portland.
Is getting together a display of grains,
grasses, vegetables, leaves, mosses,
etc., for a state exhibit. Mr. Miller
was In Albany In connection with his
vork anl left a number of orders. It
Is a little early yet to collect a large
display, but arrangements are being
Dade for materials to make up a dis
play to be collected later. Mr. Miller
has been making these collections for
the last 40 ymirs and knows Just what
part of the state to visit for the beRt
collection of every variety of product.
New Linen Mills.
Albany. Eugene Bosse, who has an
nounced that he will establish a linen
mill In Salem, Is looking over the
field In Albany with a view to estab
lishing a linen mill here. Mr. Bosse
says he will establish a number of
mills over the valley, and that flax
should be grown here in large quanti
ties, as the Oregon product is the best
In the world. At the present time the
linen mill at Solo is the only one In
this. locality. It hag proved success'
ful in every way.
. Surveyors In Grand Ronde.
La Grande. The surveyors who are
out locating the route for the new
electric belt railroad in Union county
for the Eastern Oregon Development
Company are now in the center of the
Grand Ronde Valley and will reach
La Grande in a short time. The ex
pense up to this time has reached a
total of $85 per day, and the company
have the greatest confidence In the
best outcome of the undertaking.
New Albany Tannery.
Albany. The Star Tannery Com
pany has been Incorporated in Albany,
The licorporatorg are Henry Lyons,
John Shea. James H. Curran and Hnr-
ry Shea. It Is capitalized at $8000,
the stock being divided into shares of
$100 each. This is the second tan
nery for Albany.
rind Scab on Cat lie.
Albany. Drs. Wells, of Albany, and
Hutchinson, of Portland, Inspected a
number of cattle at Halsey, Linn coun
ty, prior to their shipment to Nevada
Considerable scab was found among
the stock. This was ordered eradi
cated before- shipment.
FLESH AGAINST POWDER.
Question Whether Japanese Forces
Will Hold Out.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 24. The latest
reports from Port Arthur Indicate that
the garrison there Is holding out with
wonderful tenacity In the face of per
sistent desperate assaults. The only
question is how long any body of
troops can withstand such awful nun-
lshment, and whether the garrison in
the fortress can outlast Japanese am
munition and men.
The report that 30 regiments have
been drawn from General Oku to
strengthen the attackers la believed to
Indicate that the Japanese southern
army Is In desperate straits and seems
to show that the Japanese have not
enough men to prosecute simultan
eous campaigns of great magnitude in
the north and south.
The report that the Novik has
been sunk has not yet been published
here. If It Is true, it will be greatly
felt, for the gallant erulsor, which has
boon frequently mentioned In dis
patches, has endeared herself to the
whole nation by her tireless activity
Port Arthur, and it has been greut
boped that she wouM reach Vlmt.
ivostok in safety.
ine attitude of the Japanese govern
ment in reeard to China hna rmiDAM
Increasing uneasiness here. While It
Is believed that the dictatorial attitude
assumed by Japan was adopted large
ly for Its moral Inflnpncn nn the r'Mn.
ese, It Is also taken to Indicate that
Japan Intends to make herself the
lominant spirit In the Celestial em
lire. PORTE VERY SILENT.
Embarrassed by Reminder of Verbal
Plekge to America.
Constantinople, Aug. 24. A note
from American Minister Lelshman.
dated August 16, wag handed to the
Turkish authorities within 12 hours
fter the receipt by the Minister of
the Turkish note Monday. In this
note Mr. Lelshman holds the govern
ment to Its solemn undertaking, com
ing direct from the Sultan, respecting
equal treatment with other nations
for the United States concerning the
question of educational Institutions.
This allusion to the imncrlal Dledae
apparently embarrassed the Porte,
which had previously announced that
It would Ignore the former verbal as
surances which Minister Lelshman de
clared he hnd received.
It Is considered Imnrnhnhla fhnr tha
Porte will reply to the Minister's note
anu tnererore the question Is looked
upon as shelved pending the execution
of the nrnrpfia nf rArviirnlrInn whan I)
U considered not Improbable fresh dlf-
iicuuies win arise.
Nothwithntnnrilner Ihn osaorllnn hv
Izzet Pasha the awrolnrv nf tha Pal.
ace, that $250,000 has been deposited
as compensation due to an American
citizens at Smyrna for land Illegally
taken, no such deuoslt hna vet henn
made.
FLEET APPROACHES SHANGHAI.
Consul Goodnow Calls Consular Body
Together for Action.
Shanghai, Aug. 24. The steamer
Halting, which arrived here today, re
ports having sighted a Japanese
squadron last night oil Gutzlaff Island.
about 65 miles southeast of Shanghai.
The squadron showed no lights.
The United States monitor Monad-
nock and two torpedo-boat destroyers
have been ordered to be ready to pro
tect the neutrality of Shanghai.
American Consul Goodnow called
the meeting of the consular body for
10 o'clock tomorrow morning. It is
believed that the foreign consuls will
arrHniro means rn ntrnnrthan tha
hands of the Taotal In dealing with
me matter oi trie itussian warships
here.
Later renorfa deelArA tha Tannnaaa
squadron to be 20 miles from Woo-
sung, woosung is tne outside harbor
r ' i t i
ui ouaugnui.
Rrln Stops Fild Operations.
At the Headquarters of General
Kurokl. In Southern Manchuria. Auk.
20, via Fusan and Seoul, Aug. 24. It
has rained steadily for four days and
both of the lower roads are covered
with ton feet of water and are abso
lutely impassable. A number of
Chinese and horses of the commis
sary department have been drowned
crossing the Lang river at the ford
Russian spies have, been located hid
lng In the cornfields near the outposts
and large scouting parties are search
ing for them. The relative positions
of the two armies remain unchanged.
Vessels Slick to Port.
Shanghai, Aug. 24. The Russian
consul-general here, replying again to
the demandx nf tho Tanlnl nf tha nnrt
that the Askold and Orozovol dlBarm
or leave port, stated that he considers
me demand unreasonable and a vio
lation of the rights of RusBla as a bel
llgerant. He refused to ordor the war
vessels to quit Shanghai. The Chin
ese newspapers here are urging the
Peking government to send enough
warships here to uphold the Taotal,
but so far nothing hag been heard
St. Petersburg Advised.
London, Aug. 23. A dlBpatch to a
news agency from St. Petersburg says
news has reached the admiralty there
to the effect that the missing Russian
cruiser Novik has arrived at Kor
akevsk, a port of the island of Sak
halin, and that the Russian cruiser
Diana, concerning whose fate there has
been considerable anxiety, hag been
seen off Hong Kong.
MINERS MEET
Seventh Annual Convention at
Portland.
WILL SELECT PERMANENT HOME
Fight Is Between Denver and Salt
Lake, With the Former Blty
In the Lead. -
Portland, Aug. 23. Under the foldg
of tlie flags ot the world, the seventh
annual convention of the American
Mining Congress wag called to order
yesterday morning at 10 o'clock at the
Armory. The day was spent In begin
ning the work which will for five days
take up the time and attention of the
delegates, who have come from all of
the mining states of the countrr to
make an effort to better the conditions
of the Industry, and to bring It before
the people on the plane where It
should stand.
Preliminary work, addresses of wel
come and responses occupied yester
day and Inst night, and today the real
work will commence. The nowara
that are behind the management of
tho congress, the wishes and desires
of the delegations are beglunlng to be
mauo manifest by conferences and
caucuses, and the hopes of cities and
the desires of ambitious men are now
being settled.
The one great question that Is now
before the convention of miners as
sembled Is that of selecting a perma
nent headquarters for the congress, of
choosing some one city In which can
be erected a home for the organiza
tion, and where can be maintained
permanently the offices of the con
gress, the exhibits to be collected and
the records of the proceedings.
Denver and Salt Lake are both out
after the permanent home, and are
bending every effort to sooure it, both
by offering bonuses and concessions
and by velvet-tongued arguments.
Which will secure the prize Is now un
known, though It looks as though It
might be Denver, for that city hag
many warm supporters and friends.
The question of the permanent es
tablishment Is a serious one, as the
members well know, for it means the
presentation to the city securing the
headquarters of every , annual meeting
after the one held next year. It Is
the opinion of a great many of the del
egates that the only business-like plan
of proceeding will be to 'give the an
nual convention to the city securing
the permanent home. The records,
the exhibits, the secretary and his as
sistants, the building and headquar
ters of the organization will be in the
place known as the how, of tha con
gress. It will be, therefore, conven
ient and more practical to hold the an
nual meetings at that place than to
send them to new cities each year, ne
cessitating the establishment of tem
porary quarters and transfer of re
cords. AMERICA KEEPS OUT.
She Will l ake No Part In the Shang
hai Trouble.
Washington. Aug. 24. The United
Slates Government does not Intend to
Insist upon the neutrality of China.
It does not Intend to Insist that the
Russian warships now In the harbor
at Shanghai shall be disarmed or be
forced from their present haven. It
does not intend in any way to prevent
the Japanese from capturing the Rus
sian warships.
It does not at this time propone pro
tecting American Interests in Shang
hai or any other Chinese ports, If, by
so doing, it is found necessary to in
terfere with the freedorii of the war
ships, of any other nation. '
This Is the decision that was reach
ed this afternoon by the Department
of State after a conference between
the State and Navy Department offi
cials with President Roosevelt at Oys
ter Bay over the long-dlBtance tele
phone. Instructions In . accordance
with this decision were sent to Rear
Admiral Sterling, in charge , of the
Asiatic squadron now at Shanghai.
An Impression ' exists here that
Consul-General Goodnow. ' may have
unintentionally paved the way- to com
mitting this government to a main
tenance of the neutrality of China,
when he sailed the meeting today of
the foreign represent atlves . to take
such action as was deemed necessary.
Hut before that meeting had assem
bled, a cablegram had been sent him
carefully to abstain from any action
that could be deemed to be interfer
ence. .. . ,
Railroad Shops to Work Less.
Altoona, Pa., Aug. 24. The Penn
sylvania Railroad Company today
made the most sweeping reduction In
the time, of .the men employed that has
taken place since the panic of 1893.
The employes of the machine shops
today were notified that, commencing
with tomorrow morning they would
be divided Into shifts, one shift to
work Monday and Wednesday and
the other Tuesday and Thursday,
eight hours to constitute a day's work.
The remainder of the week the shops
will be closed entirely. It Is not
known how long the order will con
tinue In effect, .
No Prospect of Big Battle.
Liao Yang, Aug. 24. Japanese
troops in considerable force are con
centrating on the southern front of
the Russian army and there Is contin
ual skirmishing, but no Immediate
prospect of a big battle. During the
night they kept up firing on the Rus
sian outposts, but the Russian troops
have strict orders not to reply. The
Chinese say that 30,000 Japanese
troops, with 200 guns, have landed at
Ylnkow, part of these troops going to
Niu Chwang and part to Halcheng.
Port Arthur to Be His Tomb.
London, Aug. 24. No further war
news has reached London. According
to the Moscow correspondent of the
Morning Post, Lieutenant-General
Stoessel concluded a telegram to as
Intimate friend there with the words:
"Farewell forever, Port Arthur will
be my tomb."
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