.ayi - 1 IT'S A COLO DAY WHEN WE GET LEFT." VOL. XVI. HOOD BIVEII, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER , 1904. NO. 16. ' ' - ' ., ' . : 1 t ' ' i ' ":' ' 1 r?ll 4 v HOOD RIVER GLACIER issued every Thursday by ARTHUR D. MOB, PuMbbOT. 1 trmi of subscription 1J0 a year ihi paid ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF HAILS. HOOD RIVER. The prstofflce li open dally between S a- m ai d 7 p. m.; Sunday rem 12 to 1 o'clock. Mailt In the tul close at 12. tu a. m. ana p. m; for me nei ai ;iu a. m. ana i:p. m. The earner on K. F. 1). rouien No. 1 and No. 2 leave tbe pmtoflice at 8:30 daily. Mail leave. tot mi. Hood, dally at u.UD m.; arrive, iv .w a. m, For Chenoweth. Wash., at 7:80 a. n. Tues days, Thursdays and Saturdays; arrival aaine nays at a p. ni. For Underwood. Waih.. at 7:80 a. m. Tues- daya, Thursdays and Baturdays; arrival aauia aays at a p. m. tor White Salmon, Wash., dally at 1:46 p, m.; arrive ai li a. m. WHITE SALMON. For Hood River dally at a. m.i arrives at a:w p. m. For Husoin, Trout Lake and Guler, Wash., dally at 7 :) a. m. ; arrive! at 12 m. For Olenwood, Gilmer and Fulda, Waah., daily at 7:80 a. m.: arrivea at a n. in. ForFinenat and Snowden, Waah'., at 11:90 a. m. luesuays ana balurunyi; arrive! tame aays, iu:gua. in. For Mm en, Waih., dally at 4:46 p. m.; ar rives at 8:46 a. m. BOCIBTIK-. AK ORUVK COUNCIL No. 142, ORDER OF t FtNDO.-lleets tie Second and Fourth rridaya ol the month. Visitors cordially wel Corned. V. U. Bkoiidi, Counaellor. Miss Neixh Clark. Secretary. 0 RDER OF WASHINGTON. Hood River Union No. 142, meeta in Odd Fellows' hall second and fourth Saturday! in each month, 7:i o'clock. . L. Rood, president. C. U. IUkm, Secretary. HOOD RIVER CAMP No. 7,702, M. W. A., meeta In K. of f. Hall every Wednesday night M. M. Uuasiu, V. C, C. U. Dakim, Clerk. HOOD RIV&R CAM I', No. 770, W. O. W., meet! on Mr st and third Tuesday of each month In Odd Fellow Hall. A. C. btatkn, 0. C. F. H. Blaou, Clerk. WAUCOMA LOHUE, No. 80, K. of P., meet! in K. of P. Hall every Tuesday night. ' H. M. Duku, C. C. C. E. Hem ar an, K. of R. fc a HOOD RIVER CHAPTER, No. 26, O. E.8., meets second and fourth luesday even ings of each month. Visitors cordially wel comed. There! Cahtmik, W. li. alHg. Mary B. Davidson, Secretary. HOOD RIVER CIRCLE, No. 524. Women of Woodcraft, meeti at K. of P. Hall on the first and third Fridays of each month. Hklen Norton. Guardian Neighbor. Nellie Hollowell. Clerk. CANBY POST, No. 16, G. A. R., meets at A. O. U. W. Hall, second and fourth Saturdays of each month at 2 o'clock p. m. All U. A. R. members invited to meet with us. H. H. Bailey, Commander. T. J. CCNNINO, Adjutant. CANBY W. R. C, No. 16, meeta second and fourth Saturdays of each month in A. O. U. W. Hall at 2 p.m. Mrs. Alida Shoemaker, President. Mrs. T.J. Cunning, Secretary. EDEN ENCAMPMENT, No. 48, I. O. O. F., Regular meeting second and fourth Mon days ol each montu. A. J. Uatchkll, C. P. Bert Entrican, Scribe. IDLEWILD LODGE. No. 107, I. O. O. F., meets in Fraternal Hall, every Thursday nlgbt. 1. R. Kerb, N. U. Bert Entrican, Secretary. H1 OOD RINER CHAPTER, No. S7, R. A. M., meets third Friday night of each month. U. it. lABTNKK, it. r. D. McDonald, Secretary. COURT HOOD RIVER No. 42, Feresters of America, meets second and fourth Mon days in each month in K. of P. Hall. H.T. DeWitt, C. R. F. C. Brosius, Financial Secretary. LAUREL REBEKAH DEGREE LODGE, No. 87, 1. O. O. F., meets Hrst and third Fridays In each month. Francis Morse, N. G. Thkrxse Castner, Secretary. OOD RIVER LODGE No. 106, A. F. and A. M., meets Saturday evening on or before each full moon. D. McDonald, W. M. R. B. Savaoe, Secretary. OLETA ASSEMBLY No. 108, United Artisans, meets lir.-t and third Wednesdays, work; second and fourth Wednesdays, social; Arti san! ball. D. McDonald, M. a. E. M. McCarty, Secretary. RIVEK8IDE LODGE No. 68, A. O. U. W., meeta firBt and third Saturdays of each month. E. R. Bradley, Financier. W. B. buuTE, W. M. J. O. Haynes, Recorder. IVERSIDE LODGE, NO. 40, Degree of Hon or, A. O. U. W, meets first and third Satur day! at 8 p. m. Mrs. Sarah Bradley, C. of H. Miss Cora Copple, Recorder. Mrs. Lucretia i rather, Financier R. W. T. ROWLEY PHYSICIAN, SURGEON, OCULIST Office and Pharmacy, Hood River Heights. Phone, Main 061. H. HARTWIO LAWYER Will Practice in All Courts. Office with Geo. D. Culbertson 4 Co. Collec tion", Abstracts, Settlement of Estates. HOOD RIVER OREGON c. H. JENKINS, D. M. D. aft DENTIST. Specialist on Crown and Bridge Work. Telephones: Office, 281; residence, 84. Office over Bank Bldg. Hood River, Oregon LJ L. DUMBLE, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Successor to Dr. M. F. Shaw. tails promptly answered in town or eoantry Day or Night. Telephones: Residence, 611; Office, 61S. Oflioe over Reed's Grocery. j F. WATT, M. D. Physician and Surgeon. Telephone! : Office, 281 ; residenoe, JM. SURGEON O. R. 4 N. CO. JOHN LELAND HENDERSON ATTORNKY-AT LAW. ABSTRACTER, NO TARY PUBLIC and RIAL KBTATK AGENT. For 28 years a resident of Oregon and Wash ington. Haa bad many yeara experience in Real Estate matters, aa abstractor, eearober of tltlea and agent, satisfaction guaranteed or no charge. A. JAYNE. LAWYER. Abetracta Furnished. Money Loaned. Hood River, Oregon. p C. BROSiUS, M. D. " PHYSICIAN AaVD 8UROK05. ThoM CautreJ, or III. Office Hours: 10 to 11 A. M.; to 3 tad 6 to 7 P. M. JOGIR I. SAMOR9 ATIOSJJEI AT L1W HOOD irVER . OREGON WEEilDOINGS Newsy Items Gathered f romAII Parts of the World. OP INTEREST TO OUR READERS General Review of Important Happen- penlgs Presented In a Brief and Condensed Corm. A ferryboat in Poland capsized, drowning 70 persons. A haii storm at Prineville, Oregon smashed most ol tbe windows in the town. Bids on tbe Grand Ronde, Oregon, Indan lands are found to be over twite tbe minimum fixd by law. Tbe Japanese are believed tc have cut tbe Russian line of enmunicatien between Liao Yang and Mukden. Japanese militaiy experts declare that General Kuropatkin is cornered so effectively that escape is impossible, . Chcago employers, now that the pack ers appe tr sure of winning th i strike, are considering a generul campaign against unionism. Senator Clark, of Montana, was threatened by a maniac who ran after tbe senator declaring that he had broken the state game laws The fighting at Port Arthur contnues to be of the most desperate chaiacter. Positons cd repeatedly taken, lost and retaken by the Japanese with a heavy loss of men. The Russian vessels at Shanghai have been disarmed. The rush incident to the opening of land near Leu iston, Idaho, is -Betting in early. A cloudbuist in Montana caiiFed con siderable damage to the Northern Pa cific railroad. Snow has fallen near Duluth, Minn., and crops have been damaged greatly by heavy frosts. A Laramie, Wyo., mob took a negro, who attacked a white girl, from jail and banged him. Russia denies that she is discrimi nating against British ships in search ing for contraband of war. General Stoessel hag informed the czar that the Port Arthur garrison can not hold out over six weeks longer at the Kiost. . j Tbe city of Binang, on the island of Luzon, P.I., has been wiped out by fire. One hundred lives were lost and 5,000 people are homeless. St. Petersburg deems a crisis at hand in tbe Liao valley unless Kuropatkin can retreat. Continued rains, it is feared, will greatly impede the move ment of heavy ordnance, which may have to be abandoned. The battleship Nebraska will be launched at Seattle October 7. The Russians lost about 2,500 men in tbe recent battles in the Liao valley. Cloudbursts in Southern California have washed out much railroad tracks. Genrals Kuroki and Oku have com bined their armies to cut the Russian line near Anaehan. The Japanese have captured more forts at Fort Arthur and are now with in tbe very city at one point. General FnnBton has notified the war department that he will relinquish the command of the department of the Co lumbia on October 1. Investigations of the navy depart ment have shown that our warships must dock oftener than once a year to have their bottoms cleaned. France holds that rovers like Amer ica should act together to aveit incras ing danger of Japan becoming the dom inant power in the Far East. Th oennral land office hfcS withdrawn on Hill airua in ittA Durante) land dis trict, Colordo, on acccunt of the Las Ananias., N. M., reservoii Bite. ana irri gation works. The Russians have repulsed the Jananese at several points in the Liao valley. The Japanese are preparing for a great battle at Liao Yang and heavy guns are on the way. All la ntilet at Shanghai and the Incident of the disarmament of the Russian ships is closed. Georgia militiamen declare1 the sheriff was in collusion with the mob which lynched negroes. The efforts of the Chicago alder manic ommmittee to end the packers' strike has come to naught. it In tntfH that the Corean eovern- ment has agreed to engage Japanese advisors and borrow money to carry out much needed reforms. Placard are belnar scattered In Tslnanfu Province, China, urging the massacre or tne "foreign aevas. The native Christians are fleeing. The Japanese war office has con cluded that Port Arthur cannot be taken by direct assault and has order ed that no attacks be made which would entail heavy loss. The Russians really command three forta of any importance at Port Ar thur. . A big battle Is raging near Liao Tang In which the Japanese are at tacking. The two last assaults of the Japan ese oa Port Arthur are reported to bave cost them 13,000 men. The O. R. ft N. steamers between Portland and San Francisco are to be ran independent of the railroad. ARMIES ARE A50UT EQUAL. Russia Has All Confidence Kuropat kin Will Be Victorious. St. Petersburg, Sept. 1. The. great battle of Liao Yang, which began early Tuesday morning,- raged throughout the day with increasing Intensity, but up to this hour no further official de tails beyond two brief telegrams given out in the afternoon, bave been received bby the war office. Every confidence is expressed in General Kuropatkin'f ability to meet tbe Japanese assault oa ground of his own choosing, but the city is hungrily awaiting further ntws of tbe progress of the fight. The Japanese forces engaged in this battle can only be estimated here, but they are believed to number about 200,000 men. General Kuropatkin is known to have six army corps, besides 147 squad rons of cavalry, in which great confi dence is reposed, bringing the Russian total up to about the same number that the Japantse have. How the aimies compare with regard to artillery is not definitely known, though throughout the war the Japanese have shown great preference for this arm and great skill in its use. Reports from tbe front credit the Japanese with having about 200 guns and many mountain batteries, and it is known that they recently shipped 24 heavy guns to Yinkow. Fonr of these guns already have been mentioned in these dispatches as being in action. General Kurokatkin, in addition to his field batteries, has a number of very heavy guns emplaced at important po sitions at Liao Yang, where the Rus sians have been strongly fortifying for some time. The Japanese profess to have captured two field batteries dur ing te past two days. Russian official accounts admit the loss of only six guns. It is stated a Japanese battery was captured south of Anshanshan during tbe preliminary fighting, and that sev eral Japanese guns have been destroyed since then, Little of tbe strategic situation has developed so far. Official news from the front says there was desperate fight ing in the southern center, while from inf ormation from other sources it ap pears the Japanese are endeavoring to turn the Russian right from the neigh borhood of the junction of tbe Taitse and Sakhe rivers. The fighting on the western flank appears to have ap proached within three miles of Liao Yang. WILL TRY TO SPREAD STRIKE. Union Will Attempt to Call Out Ev. " , cry Affiliated Trade. Chicago, Sept. 1. A strong effort is to be made by the leaders of the unions now on Btrike at the Btockyards to spread tbe scope of the strike so that it will include every trade which is affil iated in even a remote degree with the packing industry. The first step in this direction was taken tonight, when the etockbandlers now employed at the yards voted to go on strike at 10 o'clock in the morning. There are about 1, 000 of these men, and their duties are to look alter and feed the cattle in the pens between the time of their arrival and tbe the time of killing. Their action tonight, therefore, will make it incumbent upon tbe packers to provide other men to take their places. President Donnelly, of the Butchers' union, declared tonight he would also be able to call out all tbe switchmen employed on the railroads which do business at tbe stockyards, and posBib- ly to extend tbe slrine to other depart ments of the railroads. A mass meet ing of the strikers is to be he'd tomor row afternoon at Watita hall, near tbe stockyards, an addresses are to be made by a number of labor leaders. After a conference with members of tbe executive committee of the strikers' national organization, President Don nelly refusad to divulge what bad taken place. He admitted that means of se curing money for the strikers had been discussed, but be refused to say what else bad been talced of at the confer ence. Russian Army Confident. Berlin, Sept. 1. A dispatch fiom Liao Yang to the Lokal Anzeiger, timed 9:25 a. m. today, says: "What ap pears to be tbe deciding battle began at 4 a. m. The Japanese began the at tack east of Liao Yang along the Taitze river, but were repulsed. Tbe firing is now specially heavy south and south west of Liao Yang. One can no longer distinguish individual detonations. The Wyberg regiment, of which Em peror William II is honorary chief, is deploying npon the batt It field. The Russian army is full of confidence. Revival of "Boxerlsm." Shanghai, Sept. 1. A revival of "Boxer ism" is reported from Taming fu, in the southwestern part of Pechili province, 215 miles from Tien Tain. Over 20 American missionaries, includ ing women and children,' have been obliged to evacuate Tamingfn owing to an intended massacre on the part of the Boxers, who call themselves "Tsai yun." The local telegraph company refused to transmit a message from tbe missionaries to Minister Conger. flay Search for British Ships. Midi id, Sept. 1. The Russian aux iliary cruiser Don baa left Vogo with out waiting for her bill of health. Her commander was in receipt of a tel egram from tbe Russian government which presumably ordered him tc re sume the search for Bitish collieries destined for Japan. It is stated here that ten other Russian cruisers are en saged in this work on the coasts of Spain, Portugal, France and Africa. OREGON NEWS JESTINO STATION AT EUGENE." Bureau of forestry Has Matter Un der Consideration. Salem The United States bureau of forestry has under consideration the es tablishment of a testing station at the University of Oregon at Eugene, and it is learned from a reliable source that the officials who have the matter, in charge are very favorably impressed with tbe need of such a station here. . Tbe work of such a station would be to make careful and accaiatt) tests of the strength, durability, .elasticity, etc., of all kinds of building and con struction material, such as lumber, stone, brick, cement. Such a station would require an initial investment of lo.uuu lor machinery with which to make the tests. The custom of the government has been to require , the state to furnish the testing laboratory, while the government employes the ex pert to taie charge of the woik. After the laboratory baa been provided there would be no further expense to the state. The advantage to the state in tbe es tablishment of a government testing station would be in the advertising Oregon material would get as a result of the tests. A report of all tests would be published in government bul letins, and an official record would be kept showing the merits of Oregon building material. The nearest government test station is at Berkeley, Cal., where the bureau of forestry maintains a station similar to that proposed for Oregon. In addi tion to setting before the world reliable information regarding the merits of construction material, these stations afford an opportunity to ascertain whether materials being used in con struction work are of tbe character called for by contracts oi whether they are suited to the purpose for which used. COMPANY MAY BUILD PORTAGE. Presumed Object of New Portland Contract Corporation. Salem The Portland Contract com pany, of Portland, filed articles of in corporation in the office of the secretary of state last week wUn A'aivel Kern, Robert Wakefield nd J. N. Teal as in corporators. The amount of thecapital stock is 110,000. While it is not so stated in the articles, it is beileved aronnd the capitol that this is the cor poration which will undertake the con struction of the portage railway be tween The Dalles and Celilo. The expressed purpose of the com pany is to take contiacts for and to construct buildings, railroads, canals, bridges, etc., and to deal in lumber and logs, and transact other business such as construction companies often engage in. The incorporators named are authorized to open stock books and receive subscriptions to the capital stock. Building for Medical College. Salem There is a movemnt on foot to secure for the Willamette university an exclusne building for tbe use of the medical college of that institution. It was announced by Dean W. H. Byid, of the medical college of the university, that Hon. A. Bush had started the sub scription list toward the realization of tbe 117,000 required for the building, with a donation of f 2,500, and that a subscription of f 1,000 bad been added thereto by the faculty of tbe universi ty. Dr. Byrd says that a vigorous campaign will now be made. Eugene's Carnegie Library. Eugene At a recent meeting of the city conncil arrangements were made for the purchase of a lot on Willam ette street, between Tenth and Elev enth, for a site for the Carnegie libra- ly. ibe price to be paid Is 14,000. A gift of 110,000 from Mr. Carnegie is to be used in erecting a library build ing and equipping the same with heat ing and lighting apparatus, fixtures, etc., and under the terms of tbe eift the city is to maintain a free library at an annual expense of $1,000. Harvester Catches Tire. Pendleton A combined harvester on the ranch of John Richardson, in south Cold Springs, burned up last week as the result of a hot box on the running gear. The harvest crew quick ly released the horses and then at tempted to extinguish tbe flames. The machine and straw were so dry, hov- ever, that the combine was totally de stroyed In ten minutes. A small amount of grain was damaged. The loss is nearly (1.500 Electric Road Is Assured. La Grande W. E. Davidson, piesi ent of the Eastern Oregon Develop ment company, in speaking of the pro posed electric railway for Union coun ty, tays that the road will not only connect all the towns in the county, but will connect Wallowa county with Lnion county, and it is though it will ultimately be extended to Lew iston, hnd thns establish a railroad between fie Hill and Harriman lines. , Wheat Market. Portland Walla Walla, 79c: blue- stem, 82c; valley, 83c. Tacoma Bluestem, 83c; club, 78c. Albany 75c. Salem 80c. TJoifax Club, 66c; bluestem, 70c. Pendleton Club, 68c; bluestem, 72c. ' La'Grande Club, 2c; bluestem, 68c. OF INTEREST ELECTRIC ROAD IN UMATILLA. Will Be Built If Portage Road Is Constructed. Pendleton In the event of the con struction ol the portage railway between Celilo and Tbe Dalles, which now seems assured, an electric railroad may be I tit t..A n ... . uuiia . oeiween renuieton and some point on the Columbia liver. This rumor is current on tbe streets, and it is believed that something tangible lies beblnd It. It is understood that the promoters of this scheme are piorainent reeideuis ol Umatilla county and that they will carry tbe project to a success ful termination, provided tbe portage road is built, seems certain. The promoters will not talk for pub lication, refusing to give any informa tion at all concerning the project. "Jt is too soon to announce our intentions," said one of the interested persons., "for tbe portage road has not been built aa yet." It is understood that two objective points aie now under consideration, the one being Umatilla and the other Wal lula. The latter point will probably be Chosen, as a road between that junc tion and this city would open up un limited traflic out of fendulton. Wheat raisers are anxious that tbe road be built, as the saving in grain freight rates will be enormous. FARMERS ARE PANIC PROOP. Umatilla County Assured of a Pros perous Year. Pendleton The financial depression and thebusinss stagnation which usual ly precedes a presidential election has not and will not affect Umatilla county or any other community in the North west this tall. The immense cropB and the general prosperity have stimulated trades in all lines so much that there is no likeihood of such a period. Al though the deposits In the banks are no larger than is usual for this time of the year, money is more plentiful. Toward the middle of September, when farmers begin to get their mmey or their crops, the deposits Will increase and outstanding paper will be paid off. AS it is, few have received the money for the wheat sold, and only a few are drawing more than enough to pay off their help. Later they will draw their money and the general prosperity of the year will be fo.'t more generally. OVER 10,000 ACRES IN WHEAT. W. J. furnish Has Land Rented to 29 Tenants. Pendleton W. J. Furnish, probably the largest land owner of Umatilla county, has over 10,000 acres of wheat land rented on shares this season. Tbe land is situated north and north west of-Pendleton, in the wheat belt that extends from Pendleton to the Co lumbia river. This acreage is appor tioned out to some 29 renters, Irom whom Mr. Furnish is to receive one fourth of the crop on the better land and on third from the Unlit yielding lands. So vast are his holdings that it is with difficulty that he can figure up the number of acres in wheat this sea son, r Mr. Furnish does not attempt to fa i in any himself, and he said, "i don't even own a plow, but let other people do the farming." Salem Mill Uses Oil for Pucl. Salem The Salem Woolen mills have commenced the use of fuel oil in the place of wood, believing it to be a cheaper material lor generating steam. The state authorities have been consid ering for some time the question of us ing oil for fuel at the state institutions, and the experience of the woolen mill company will be watched with interest The substitution of oil for fuel in the large manufacturing establishments and in the state institutions will great ly relieve tbe scarcity of- wood, of the last three or four years. Twice as Much Wheat Now. Echo It is estimated that .300,000 bushels of wheat will be hauled to Echo and stored in the warehouses this fal . Heretofore only about half this amount haa been hauled to this point. It is not probable that the Henrietta flow ing mills will be operated this year, as they bave not been for the past two years. A company from Spokane has been trying to arrange fo the leasing of them, but nothing definite has been given out. Rich Specimen Prom Blue River. Eugene Development work has been very active in the Blue river district of late and some excellent ore bodies are being uncovered. A number of speci mens of very rich .ore from the Cuba and Oriental mines have just been brought down. Tbe specimens were obtained (rom near the surface and bristle with gold which can be seen with the naked eye. Indians and Japs for Beet fields. La Grande A large number of Uma tilla Indians and Japanese imported from near Portland will arrive in the city Ibisr week to work in the vast beet fields this fall, pulling and hauling them for tbe sugar factory in Iji Grande. There will be over 20,000 tons ground this fall, more than any previous season. Brush fire Burns Good Timber. Sampler A brush fire a few days ago communicated with a large lot ol sawlogs belonging to the Oregon Lum ber company and before tbe flames were checked 500,000 feet of good saw timber were destroyed. Tbe fire oc curred at tbe logging camp near Whit TRADE or THE PHILIPPINES. Large Increase In Imports and De. crease in Exports. Washington, Aug. 31. According to a statement given out today at the bu reau of insular affairs, the Philippine import trade advanced nearly $2,000, 000 in value during the nine months ended Maicb laBt, and a slight falling off is shown in the exports as a result of decreased shipments in copra and sugar, although hemp and tobacco are exported in larger amounts than for the corresponding three-fourths of the previous year. Excluding gold and silver and United States government purchases, the cus tom-house returns, the total value of merchandise imported for the nine months ended March, 1904, at $25, 927,024, and the exports at $22,25fl, 169, a 7 per cent increase in Imports and 2 per cent decrease in exports. The ricegiowing sections of the Bi it- is!) and French East Indies have en joyed most of the Increase in trade, the latter territory sending three- fourths of the f 10.000 000 worth of rice received. , Except fcr those countries from which rice is obtained tbe statement says that for the first time since Amer ican occupation, the United States leads in the amount of merchandise sent to the islands and that the out going trade with the principal ceuutries shows a decline in the value of ship ments to the United States, more than $700,000 of the loss being credited to sugar exports and $000,000 to hemp. More than one-half of the imports consisted of food and animals, while the exports were chiefly agricultural products., hemp exports amounting to $16,000,000 in round numbers. The figures on the carrying trade show an iucrease in volume of business done under the Ameikan flag, the amount carried tc the inlands being $1,635,027, while $2,237,805 of the exports left the islands under the American flag. The British vessels took $18,172,819. The sugar trade declined from $2,- 479,001 to $1,827,074, the entire out put being sent to Japan, Hong Kong and China, no portion being exported to the United States. Americans made up more than one-half of the total ar rivals, the greater portion being classed as professional men. . CABLE TO ALASKA. The All-American Line to Tar North Is Working.. .. Seattle, Wash., Aug. 31. Alaska was brought into communication with the rest of th United SUitec this after noon, amid the cluers of hundreds of Americans, the tooting of steamboat whistles and the crash of bands play ing the "Star Spangled Banner." The cable between Seattle and Val- dee was spliced at a point about ten miles north of Seattle at 4:40 o'clock in the afternoon, though for several hours before the final joining of the two ends messages bad been sent from Seattle men, guests on board the cable ship Burnside, to Sitka and responses bad been received. The steamship Queen carried 800 of Seattle's prominent sitizens out to meet the cable ship and witness the splicing of the cable. The Burnside was met about six miles north of the buoy where the Seattle end rested. Cable was be ing laid at the rate of four miles per hour, ami the two ships proceeded to the buoy, within easy hailing distance. The splicing of tbe cable took two hours and 20 minutes. Finally the work was completed and the spliced part was held aloft over the side of the Burnside while the bluejackets scam pered aloft and manned the yards. A hand on the Queen, which lay about 300 feet away, swung into the "Star Spangled banner," and the cable struck the water with a mighty splash. It sunk into about 300 feet of water. The table line is 800 miles long and cost $1,000 per mile. Colonel Allen is one of tbe oldest cable experts in the United Stales. He helped to lay the cable to Vancouver island 20 years ago. The Burnside will be overhauled here and in about six weeks the work of laying the line to Valdes will be taken up. Confident of Holding Out. I.iao Yang, Aug. 13. Numerous re liable reports which have reached here through a .dispatch carrier and other persons are to tbe effect that despite the extreme Japanese measures of the past fortnight to perfect a blockade of Port Arthur by meani of sinking all the junks near that place, the Russians outside Port Arthur are considerably underestimated, aa is also the existing power of the fortress, which is likely to hold out for two months and possibly until January, even under such an aisau t as the Japanese are using. Close to the New Town. London, Aug. 31 The Tientsin cor respondent of the Standard, cabling Saturday afternoon, says: Confirma tory details Just arrived represent the Japanese as having reached a point within 1,200 yards from the new town at Port Arthur on tbe west fide and as being within a mile of tbe east dock basin on the east side. Strong rein forcements, it is said, are burriyng up from Dalny and Pitzwo, leaving re serves at both places. Paraguay Revolutionists Active. Buenos Ay res, Aug. 31. Paraguay revolutionary vessels are extremely ac tive. They are carrying men, horses and arms and are searching all pas senger boats. An Argentine warship yeeteiday threatened tc fire on the rev olutionary squadron ii it intercepted vessels flying the flag of tbe Argtenine republic. GIVE UP IDEA Chicago Aldermen Cannot End Packers' Strike. THEIR EfTORTS ARE AT AN END Two Important Meetings Arc Held by Labor Unions, but They Are Without Prult. Chicago, Aug. 81. "Absolutely nothing," in Mayor Harraion's words, summaiizcd the result of the meeting of the aldermanlc committee named t mediate if pofsible in the stockyards strike, after it had adjourned today. Tbe committee does not expect to meet again. President Donnelly, of tbe butchers, Matthew Carr, Nicholas Gier and John Fltzpatrick met the aldermen in Mayor Harrison's office. They re ported that the packers refused to make any concessions. No evidence was offered as to viola tions of health laws in housing employ es at the stockyards, Mr. Donnelly say ing he had not yet prepared tbe data. The union leaders withdrew and not long afterward the committee ' ad journed. .' . , , Two important meetings were held by labor unions toliight to discuss the packing house strike, but no action was taken at either gathering. The first meeting was held by the packing house teainxters, who went out on a sympathetic strike. The session was turbulent, hut jhe sentiment was strongly against returning to work. Cornelius Shea, leader of , the national organisation of teamsters, was present. lie askea the men to take a vote on tbe question of whether they would return to work, but they refused to take such a vote. Several sneakers who advocated the vote were shouted down. . . After the adjournment of tbe team sters' meeting, the representatives of the allied trades employed in the stock yards, held a meeting. Nothing was settled at this gathering and the meet ing will be resumed in Ibe morning. I be executive board of the Meatcut- tera' union and members of the Allied trades council conferred today, but the peace preposition proposed was so com plicated that thoir efforts came to naught. ' .''' MAY BOTTLE KUROPATKIN. German Experts Believe Japanese Will Encircle Liao Yang. Berlin, Aug. 81. German military men are discussing 'the situation of General Kuropatkin with the keenest interest. They bave information that the defenses of Liao Yang are of extra ordinary strength. The .fortifying of the town was entrusted to General Mel- ishtko, who enjoys here the' reputation of being a maHter of military engineer ing. During the past two months he has fortified all the strategia positions around Liao Yang in a manner well nigh impregnable. The German critics think Liao Yang's defenses about equalize tbe dif ference in numbers between the Rus sians estimated at 180,000 and the Japanese, numbering 240,000,- The danger of General Kuropatkin situation is reognized as being botttled up like Held Marshal Bazaine, who surrendered Metz to the German forces in 1870. It is doubted by the experts if General Kuropatkin will be fcble to prevent the complete encircling of Liao Yang, which would mean probably the eventual loss of his army. ' ASSAULT ON ARTPUR RESUMED. Report That Japanese Have Receiv ed Reinforcements Confirmed. Cbefoo, Aug. 31. Severe fighting was resumed at Port Arthur on August 27, according to Chinese who left there on the evening ol that day. "; One of the Chinese was arrested and compelled to carry tbe dead from the battlefield of Pa Li Chuang, which the Japanese at tempted to- rapture on August 26. Thirty carts were used to carry tbe dead, numbering 400, from the trenches and outskirts to the city. A police man told the Chinese that the efficient soldiers in the garrison at Port Arthur numbered over 10,000. ' Arabia Arrives at Shanghai. Shanghai, Aug. 31. The -German steamer Arabia, belonging to the-Ham bur -g American line, has arrived here from Vladivostok. This is the vessel that was captured by the Runlan Vlad ivostok squadron in July. A prize crew was put aboard her and she was taken to Vladivostok,' All the white men among her crew were well treated by the Russians. She was tried before a prize court which condemned 20,000 barrels of flour and 71 railroad car bodies. Tbe remainder of tbe cargo and the vessel were released. Said to Be Damaged. . St. Petersburg, Aug. 31; From an excellent source it is said that the ill starred Russian battleship Orel, which already has suffered two accidents', will not be able to join the Baltic squadron. According to reports, when her engine trials began it was discovered workmen bad rntroduced iron filings into the valves and cylinders. It probably will require many months to repair the damage. This is tbe second failure ol the Orel to go out on a trial trip. Boer Treasure Pound. Johannesburg, Aug. 31. Mr. Kmep, a cousin of General Kemp, the Boer commander, haa discovered beyond Spelonken, In the Northern Transvaal, the treasure removed from Pretoria be fore tbe entry of Field Marshal Rob erts. The value of the treasure is $1, 250,000, of which the government will receive half. . 1 -I ! i 4 ; ,v. o