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ARMIES AR
THOUSANDS Of
.USSIANS ARE
NOW
They Hold the
Japanese Control the South
Bank of the Anju River-
a Clash Is Jmmininent
Jap Fleet Has Succeeded in Sinking Seven
Merchant Vessels in Channel at Port
Arthur, Thus Effectually Corking
Up the Bottle
London, March 25. The Central
Jews says returns to the Japanese
Intelligence department show that 4500
Corsacks have crossed the Yalu from
Antung In the last five days. Three
thousand Russians hold Anju and
thousands are at stragetlc points on
the Corean bank of the Yalu. Five
hundred) Russian Infantry occupy
Chunju, and Russians are reported
Holding the north bank and the Japa
nese the south bank of the Anju river,
where the latter 'have thrown up en
trenchments. The hostile forces are
thus face td face. Desultory shots
have already been exchanged with
few casualties.
HAVE CORKED THE BOTTLE.
SJaps Succeed In Closing the Channel
at Port Arthur.
London, March 25. The Dally Tel-
gegraph publishes a dispatch from its
tToklo correspondent, under yoster.
fday'a dato, which says:
"On the night of March 22d, tho
i Japanese fleet renewed the attenipt to
bottle up Port Ai-'thur. .Sixteen war
ships escorted seven morchant steam
ers to Uto mouth of tho harbor, and,
undorcovor of tho bombardment the
. stoamers ran In -and wore sunk in de
sired positions. Three thousand Jap
anese officers and bluejackets volun
teered for this duty."
Tho "'olograph's report is not con-
firmed from any other quarter. Tho
special dispatches to tho othor morn
ing papers announce no now develop
ments in tho situation but throw a
J few sidelights onlio operations.
The Standard's Tientsin correspond-
&
ie s me
Newness
Of the goods as well as the ex
tremely low prices that la at
tracting the attention of Sa
lem's best dreseors to our new
dry goods department.
We'ro showing dress goods and
drees trimmings that ore equal
to anything shown in the elty.
Our Hnes of laces and embroid
eries have the reputation of be
ing tho best. Another lot of
gilt buttons Just In.
Wo have Proctor's TnorJffe
Wheels ami squares, if you
want to make your own lace.
NEW CHIFFON, APPLIQUE
AND MEDALLIONS.
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The New
1 York Racket
s I
E. T. BARNES, Prop.
We Undersell Regular Stores.
McataatagtMttfri,i
E NOW FACE
IN COREA
North, While the
lont says that Viceroy Alexloff ronowed
his demand for tho withdrawal of all
Ohlnoso officials and soldiers from
Manchuria, on tho ground that other
wise It would bo impossible to con
duct tho war properly.
Tho Dally Mall's corroapondpnts
glvo, from Japanese sourcos, some de
tails of tho conditions of Port Arthur,
which woro gathered from a rocont
visit of a Chinese junk there. It is
asserotd that a boom has been placed
across tho entrance to the roadstead,
which was alive with m(ncs, so defec
tive and so carejessly laid as to equal
ly endanger both Russian and Japan
ese vossols. Tho damaged Russian
warships, thoso reports say, woro re
paired with such hasto that it is
dangorou for thorn to leave their an
chorage. Eight battleships and cruis
ers and 10 torpedo-boat destroyers are
now uninjured, and often leavo tho
harbor, but novor go far from the
forts.
Japanoso navalt officers praise the
qualltly of the Hussion torpoJo-bont
destroyers, which, they confess, hare
dono oxcellent work, but they de
clare tho Russian sholls woro badly
filled, and fall to oxnJoddV oxcopt whop
they strike direct upon- armor, and
that tholr charges of gun-cotton arc
Insufficient to causo serious damage, J
Til a. nilK Xfnll'o Vstrnn TInl VnrnnOf it WOS IlOt DlOCOd. I1K (lift Tlrltt Tnnn
correspondent says tho Japanese ar
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oiiuruiij uuHtiKiiiK vjiiiiyoe lo uci aa
Irregular corps.
Relations Not. Strained.
Pekln, March, 2C.A denial J Is
sued to tho report that relations bfe
twoon Russia and China aro strained.
Russian Troops In Good Shape.
SL Petoraburg, March 25. Tho
Novoo Vromya's Vladlvos.ock corre
spondent states that troops aro arriv
ing in magnlfleont form, and in the
hlghost spirits. Aleo that Admiral i
S.WlrenluR' squadron, now in the Modi'
terranoon, haa been ordered; to romaln
at Parlous. Groco, until furthor in
, , Btructions. It Id coaling from the Rus
sian collieries.
Tpe Japanese Dewey, '
Tokio. March. 26-nThe Japanese
house today, amid rlalug cheers' of it
W -
mombers, passed a vote of., thanks to
Admiral Togo and hfs ofllgera for their
services to the country. Minister of
Marino Yamamamoto made an enthu
siastic speech, saying it was no new
thing to be prepared for emergences
in time of peace. It was manifest
Russia had constantly increased her
strength in the Far East, and had J&-
ipan not purchased the Argentine
cruisers her naval strength would J
have, been below Russia's. While he
hoped for a speedy termination of the
' war. be warned the members not to be
over sanguine.
Steamships Collide.
Messln, Italy, March 2v The Fras
sinet liner Amerlque and the Florio
TMMInUl llnnr HnUorlnn rn11!(9A1 this
morning, and the Amerique sunk.
i The Solferlno Is badly damaged.
Japan's Big Army.
Ront, March a. Ghee Foe tele
grams state teat SM0 Japanese last
ed at ChhWAJSfifeo es the 224, sakisg
a total of 98.i)00 Japanese on Corsas
soil.
2 A TFDDICir TADM A r. I
I VISITS PRAISE STATES
One Dead and fifteen Injured Near
Chicago, and St. Louis Reports
Lives Lost
One dead and 15 Injured la the known jltt of casualties, the result
of the terrific tornado which swept the suburbs from Evanston to In
diana Harbor last night, causing a property loss of a million. The lat
ter town bore the brunt, houses being unroofed and buildings blown
In. Louis Barker Was killed and a number Injured by the collapse of
a two-story building In East Chicago. Hammond, Thornton, Dauphin
Park and other towns suffered severely. Telegraph and telephone
wires were prostrated, and Chicago was practically Isolated for 12
hours. !
St. Louis, March 25. Half a million damage and two persons fatally
Injured In last night's storm. At Alta suburb, the Pittsburg Reduction
Company's building was blown down. Several buildings of the 8L
Loula Fireworks Company were
$ number of residences were demolished, ana a panic created. 2
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CORBETT
BRUT
FIGHT
Both Men in Splendid
Condition for To
night's Battle
Bets Are Made at Ten to Six-,
But Corbett Will Be
FayorlteatFlatTwo
to One
San Francisco, March 25. All Is In
readiness for tonight's great battlo bo
tweon Corbett and Brltt Both men
aro below 130 pounds this morning.
Thoy indulged in only sufflclont wdrk
necessary to keop them within weight.
Both did a little road work, and gavo
somo attontlon to llmborlng- up
stunts In tho gymnasium. Both aro
In Btiperb form, and tholr oonfldonco
In their ability to win is undlmln
ished. A big bunch of Eastern money
was unloaded Uila morning, but much
domand 2 for 1. Somo small beta at
tllAt tirliA tVAI-A mflfln ThA .n4.l..
r..- .. v. .Uu, uu mujum
of wagora ware mado at 10 to C, and 20
to 11. Tho Indications aro that Cor
bett will bo a flat 2 to 1 favorite
when the gong sounds. Tho boys will
como in from tho training quarters at
5 o'clock, and weigh in at C o'clock.
The seat salo continues unprecodontod
for a contest between small men,
practically every resorvod Boat in tho
houso being sold beforo noon today.
MISERY AND HUNGER COMMON.
Gompers Tells of Labor Conditions In
Porto Rice,
Washington, March 25. Samuel
Gompers, prosldent of the American
Federation of I.aboY, at a reception
gtvon in bis honor tonight at tho Con-
jtral Labor Union, told of bis unsuc-
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solldaUon of tho warring labor foe- J
tlons in Porto Rice during bis recent
visit there.
Mr. Gompers said economic and so
cial conditions In Porto Rice wero de
plorable, and wages in many Instances
were lower than they were under
Spanish rule. Thousands of men are
Idle, because thsy have no work to do,
and misery and hunger are common.
Mr Gompers laid the blame ou ths
m.t(Kj Stale(l for ,he existing eeoaora.
la conditions la the island.
Eddlo Saw the Race.
Liverpool, March 26. King Edward
.witnessed tho running at the Grand
National today. There was a crowd
and a rousing ovation. The race was
won by Molfaa, BIroh up. Twenty-six
ran. Including the king's Ambush, un
placed. Geed N'ggcr Now.
feat Dotafsgo, March 24. General
Arias, wbe g&Ye the flrlag order to
the lasurgeat that eau4 the dAth
of IteBjteeer Johcea. o the Aaerl
car gHsboat Yankee, has bees eap
iHTvi and shot by overuHt troops
TO FACE
destroyed. Dlnzer's Hotel .inri n
WILD MAN
IN COOS
COUNTY
Is Said to Be Seven
FletTallandStrong
; as An Ox
Hasi&een Shot at Several
Times Which May Be
What Has Made Him
. Wild
Roaeburg, Or., March 25. A wild
man la roported in tho mountains of
Coos county. Ho is described as sevon '
fcot tall, musoular and unkempt. Ho
has boon terrorizing the ranohors and
miners until today thoy aro discussing
an organized hunt He has boon shot
at twlqe, without offoct. Ho Is be
lieved to ba an insane prospector of
gigantic stature.
OFFICER ASKS FOR CLEMENCY.
Russian 'Says He Got Only $250 for
Information 8old Japan.
St Petersburg, March 25. Captain
Irkorff, of tho ManohurJan commis
sary service, who has boen arrested
and Is awaiting trial by court-martial
on tho chargo of having sold informa
tion In connection with tho quarter
master's department to Lieutenant
Colonel Akashl, who wbb military at
tachee of the Japanoso legation here,
has petitioned the bar. asking for
clemencj on tho ground that tho In
formation he sold tho Japanese lega
tion was not important He received
only $350 or the Information sold.
which consisted of details of the Rus
sian commissariat torvlco during the
Doxfr war.
It was announced from Vienna
March 44th, that a telegram' received
from Lemborg said that Captain Leon
tleff. of tho Russian gonoral staff, had
been recently arrested at .Warsaw for
having sold to a foreign power a list
of the secret agents maintained by the
RuHlan general staff on tho frontier
districts at Russia's westorn neigh
bor
Expresses Satisfaction at His Death.
Washington, March 36. Secretary
Taft and. tho officials of the war de
partment openly expressed their grat
ification at the news of the death of
Maearfo Baicay, the so-called president
I of the Philippine republic. Sakay se
cured his freedom under the amnesty
proclamation and fled to the moun
tains with a small force of kindred
spirits, and since has made much
trouble by attacking small villages
and unprotected expeditions.
Bubonlo Plague Is Spreading.
Johannesburg, March 36. The bu
bonic lapi9 Is tpreadlBg. There are
bow 69 stweeetsd cases awosg the
eolored Beevlstlofi. asd sine aiaosjg
the white. The deaths waiting
from the ptegue up to Atte are C6 I
5 whites and SO natives. I
HIGH HANDED
rKULccyirMij
Captain Wells of the State MMm
Arrogates to Himself Powers
Never Dreamed of Even
Union Miners and Their Families $ra
Driven From Their Homes in a Bliz
zard and Forbidden to Return
Miners Appeal to President
Denver, March 25. Captain Walls,
of troop A, has established a prtu
censorship at Tellurlde not equaled by
tho m Russo-Japanese Ten strikers'
famlllos woro, on Thursday, It is
learned by mall, ordered from tholr
homes during a howlini; blizzard,
marched to tho depot, placed on the
cars and ordorcd nevor to roturn. The
oxllos, somo with small bablos,
reached RIdgowny, almost frozon and
dostltuto. Thoy woro taken caro of
by tho Wostern Federation. It is un
MILLS' NOMINATION HELD UP.
The Woods Example Is Already Bear
Infj Fruit.
Washington, March 2G. Whotuor
Colonel-Albort'Lv- Mills, superintend
ont of tho United States military acad
emy, will bo confirmed as brlgadlor
gonoral is a question tho mombers of
tho sonato committeemen military af
faire avoided at Its session today.
Colonel Mills' actual rank in captain.
All nominations ponding boforo tho
committor, with tho exception of Col-
onol Mills' woro acted upou favorably
The contost Against him is based on
tho fact that the promotion has the
offect of "Jumping" him over a largo
nurabor of ufnoont, who nro now hla
superiors in rank.
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This Store is Ready for Easter - AreYou?
Surely such great stocks cannot fall to meet your every want Go
whero you will In Salem, or near it there is no better pluco to do
your buying of Eastern "flxins" than right here at Meyers' nig Stora
Quick action is now tho word. This storo, better equipped than ever.
Is ready to assist you in your preparations.
Wash Goods
The story of the wash fabrlos
must be doveloplug to the sat
isfaction of tbe readers, if tho
record of sales aro any cri
terion. We'vo been Belling
yard upon yard of the beautiful
dainty stuffs to early comers
who have been quick to antici
pate their needs for the com
Ing season Better mako your
selections now, while the as
sortment is at its best.
Df ess Goods
Never before were materials so
rich In color and texture, nor
so well adapted to the modes
for spring. A remarkable ex
hibition. It offers to women
folk tbe widest opportunity for
tho choosing of styles that are
absolutely correct and at the
samo time saving you many a
dollar on your purchases.
All tbe new weaves are shown
In all the leading shades.
S&oes
Spring styles to ladles' aad
men's shoes eorreet is ittjrle,
flt and eotftfert
IN COLORADO
by the Czar $
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derstood that Wells will today reoeaK
the performance. The captain 1
charged in the Injunction suit against
the Tellurlde Citizens' Alliance with
lifting Uio ring leader of tho mob wbiWn
drovo out 25 unionists from tho fqwra
of Ourny, Colorado. Elovon doportcdt
unionists from Tollurldo returned tc
tli at city on tho noon train, on tho ad
vice of President Moyor, of tho West
ern Federation of Miners. As soon as?
thoy arrlvo thoy will bo "bull-potmcd
by tho military, whon habeas eorpurt
proceedings will bo instituted.
PAID DEARLY FOR THEIR FOLLY-
German Officers Took No Precautions
Against Ambuscade.
Capo Town, March 25. It Is offlclaS
lv admitted that during the last fight
botweon tho robollloi.it Herrorou an-t
tho Gorman forces sent to put down.
tho insurrection,, and in which seven:
offlcors woro killed, tho soldlora wtna
thrown Into a panic at tho first roltoy.
and fled, leaving their offlcoia lioliltuU
Somo of tho gfflcors woro only wound
od. and woro torturod by the trlbos
nion. Tho ambuscade was complote,.
and tho officers who had failed to taker
the most ordinary precautions ta
avoid a surprlso paid dearly for tholr
folly.
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