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iVOL. XXXIX., NO. 6832.
HONOLULU, HAWAII TERRITORY, THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1904.
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GEN. KUROKI AND STAFF.
(ASSOCIATED PBES3 CABLUQHASia.)
LONDON, June 30. It is reported that the Japanese have
tured Kaichau after severe fighting. The Japanese second army
lias joined the first and the entire force is now fighting along a front
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of 120 miles.
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AFTERNOON REPORT.
TOKIO, June 29. An unconfirmed report has been received
, here that the Japanese forces have captured two of the Russian
forts south of Port Arthur.
ST. PETERSBURG, June 29. It is reported that the Russian
iron clad Netromenia rammed the battleship Navarin at Cronstadt.
The extent of the damage is not known.
ST. PETERSBURG, June 29. Twenty-one persons were
Kaichau appears on some of the maps as Kaiping. The'placei drowned today by the sinking of the submarine boat Delfin during
is a District city near the Liaotong gulf, a short distance southeast ' a trfal o the craft by tfae Russian officers.
of Newchwang. It is on the Manchurian railway and is near the ; : '.
isea. Tashichiao, where the Japanese lately won a signal victory,
is north of it."
The Russian force which has held Kaichau has for some weeks
has been a thorn in the flank of the advance of General Oku's army
-northward to form a junction with Kuroki's army advancing to
meet him from the Yalu. Kaichau is a small city between Pulan-
"tien and Ta-shi-kiao, on the Port Arthur railway. Recent reports '
Jstated that the place was held by a force of from ten to fifteen 1
19. The remarkable
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r raid of theNRuss!an Vladivostok ,squad-
had moved southward from Haicheng to Kaichau, via Ta-shi-kiao. ron- Evidently is over. The squad
A; Newchwang telegram of June 1st stated that during the three ron disappeared yesterday off Cape
-previous days fifteen thousand Russians had been hurriedly moved Henasni, steering to the north, and it
. . r., e , e t-- nas not been reported since. It is as-
mto Kaichau from Aewchwang. Ihis force consisted of the First 3 w , . . ,
sumed to be returning to Iadivostok.
and Ninth Army Division of the Siberian sharpshooters and 3,000 whether or not a portion of vu-e--Cossacks
with 48 guns. The Cossacks have made numerous raids Admiral x Kamimura's squadron is
tipon the Japanese of Oku's army, using Kaichau as a base. On awaiting the Russians off Vladivostok
. , . 1 r. t- 1 e ,i , . is a carefully guarded secret. Assum-
one occasion the Russians left Kaichau for the southward in an . . -, , T'- N ii
ing that A ice-Admiral Kamimura dis-
-effort to reach Tort Arthur but were driven back by the Japanese, patched some of his vessels to viadi
AVhile they were absent from the town the Chinese looted their vostok when he learned that the Rus
ieserted barracks and the Chinese Governor called the people to- sian suadron was off Iki lsland-
. , , , , - T . these ships would have ample time to
gether and informed them that the victorious Japanese army would .a there ahead of the Russians,
SOOn take possession of the place and relieve them of Russian op- and will be ready to give battle. The men, has been recalled. Some officials
even aeciare tnac 11 ncAuunrai
Kamimura fails to catch the Russian
vessels before they reach Vladivostok
he should either resign from the navy
or commit suicide. The popular demand
tain Campbell, the English master of
the Hitachi, refused to stop and
planned to ram the Russian, but this
is denied. It is said that the Japanese
officers on board the Hitachi declined
to surrender and required Captain
Campbell to keep his ship going. The
assertion that the Russians fired upor.
the lifeboats in which men were escap
ing from the Japanese transport has
not been fully substantiated.
KAMIMURA CRITICISED.
. The raid of the Vladivostok squad
ron has brought an unwarranted
amount of criticism upon Vice-Admiral
Kamimura from the Japanese,
and his failure to catch the Russians,
in the fog off Gensan, Corea, when the
Japanese transport Kinshiu was sunk
on April 26th, with a losg of about 200
pression. When the Cossacks returned they learned of these doings weather has been foggy, and thus con
and promptlv plundered the town, looting the entire neighborhood ditin has been against the Japa"ese-
1 1 - . It is reported that the raiding Rus-
and committing many outrages. ine Russians nad tortifred the
town and its capture is an important victory for the Japanese.
BALTIC FLEET AND FRENCH PORTS.
PARIS, June 30. It is reported that Russia has appealed to
France for permission to coal the Baltic fleet at French ports en
j-oute to the Far East.
sians captured a British steamer la
den with coal bound south from the for his replacement Is growing, but the
, , ' , , public is without information as to
island of ezzo. and sent her to ladi- naure Qf orders or th& pJang Qf
vostok with a prize crew, but the re- the naval campaign, and fails to make
port is not confirmed by the Japanese allowance for the limitations of con
ditions.
Vice-Admiral Kamimura's squadron
THREE WERE OVERHAULED. ' was lying off Tsu island when the
Idzumi were the only
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Sum of $7500.
Navy Department.
land. He immediately started in pur
ones over- su-t of the enemy DUt rains objured
1 hauled by the Russians. Japan had the sea, and an electrical storm in-
his system of wireless
thirteen transports in and near the terfered with
: If permission were panted the fleet could coal on the French of c the morning the Sado ?did '
toasf at the French possesions at the mouth of the Red Sea op- "nd ca,u": and he . -ibi indictment against him is one
VUdSl' Ul luc 1 iCI1V11 pw--iio 1 was fortunate that only the three of acjj 0f jrood luck. The Japanese
posite Aden, at SaigfOll in Cochin, China, and at Ivwanpj Chou Ba- ships mentioned were overtaken by generally magnify the importance of
near Macao. Fermission would, however, violate international law the enemy. this raid -hh haS no ma-
. ' ' . . Tj . It is impossible to obtain complete terial efrect upon tne ar- J,.
and rang-e France squarelv as an offensive ally of KUSSia. It is not facts concerning the sinking of the desperate venture, and it is believed
probable, owing to England's attitude, that France will take the Hitachi. She evidently failed to stop here to have succeeded only through
when signaled to do so by the Russian onna iucs..
tisk.
' vessels. The claim is made that Can-
I ASSOCIATED PRESS OABXQBAMSA
WASHINGTON, June 30. The sum of $7,500 has been alV
lotted to the Hawaiian Militia.
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THE KING RETURNS.
KIEL, June 30. -King Edward has returned to England.
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INSTRUCTED FOR COCKRELL
JOPLIN, Mo., June 30. The Missouri Democratic delegation
has been instructed for Senator Cockrell.
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FIREMEN 5TRICKEN DOWN.
NEW YORK, June 30. Forty-three firemen were overcome
by gas and smoke at a Broadway fire last night. Four died.
DUN AND BRADSTREETS DON'T
KNOW STRAUCH'S BACKERS
On the street yesterday there was considerable discussion con
cerning the workings of the new Co-Operative Home Purchasing
Society and the guarantees it is giving to the large number of Portu
guese and natives who are investing thetr savings in the concern.
The company's office in the Waity block was crowded with people
during business, hours yesterday.
One of the peculiar provisions of the contracts the person's join
ing the "Society" secure is that in which the company states that
"The Equitable Underwriting and Trust Co. of San Francisco, Cal.,"
guarantee that the copartnership consisting of E. T. Rodgers, C.
H. Sedgebeer and Fanny Strauch, will carry out each contract that
they make with every member of the Society. They contract to
make a loan of $500 in return for monthly payments of S4.40 for a
period of 125 months. The time that the loan will be made depends
upon the time when certain amounts of money will be paid into the
society by other members. In Strauch's circulars he states :
"The Equitable Underwriting & Trust Co., (inc.), capital $500,
000 fully paid, guarantees the payment of our contracts. This af
fords absolute, security to the contract holder. The fee is $1.00 for
each contract."
In other words the "Trust Company" mentioned above is to
guarantee that E. T. Rodgers, C. H. Sedgebeer and Fanny Strauch
will lend to the holder of a contract some time, during the next ten
years and five months the sum of $500. By this they must mean that
if E. T. Rodgers, C. H. Sedgebeer and Fanny Strauch do not make
such loan at any time during that period they, the "Trust Company,"
will. They do all this for the fee of $1.00, take a risk amounting to
five hundred dollars for a period of 125 months for a fee of less than
one cent a month.
Strauch says that this trust company was incorponii ' under the
laws of South Dakota in 1903 and that its offices are at 416 Turk
street, San Francisco. All companies or business firms having a
fully paid up capital of anywhere from Si, 000 to a million dollars
are carefully listed, and their ratings given, in the trade directories
issued by Bradstreet's Commercial Agency. Q. II. Bcrrey's Com
mercial Agency has these books, giving full lists of all business con
cerns in San Francisco or in California or South Dakota, and in none
of them is the name of the "Equitable Underwriting and Trust Com
pany" mentioned. Mr. Berrey says that he is unable to secure any
inormation concerning that corporation.
HOW THE JAPANESE WON
THE BATTLE OF VAFANGOW
(Continued on page 2.)
LIAO TAXG. June 18. (Delayed In
transmission.) The Japanese con
tinued to press the Russian forces re
turning from the battle of Vafangow
on the night of June 16th. They had
remained at Vafangow all day and at
night persistently pushed forward and
tried to get around the Russian right
wing, which had borne the brunt of
such heavy fighting the previous day.
A terrific thunderstorm burst at
night rendering the roads almost impassable.
Further details of the fighting on
June 13th show that the Russian ad
vance on the Japanese position, when
it was hoped that Lieutenant-General
Stakelberg would drive back General
Xodzu's army, was a most brilliant
affair. Soon after dawn the Japanese
were discovered in strong force on a
hill north of Dyaiwo. The infantry
was well intrenched and supported
by artillery. The Russian left was
thrown forward, with reserves, to
clear tha hill. They had a little over
a mile of open country to cross, their
only cover being two small hills and
two shallow valleys. The Japanese
concentrated a deadly fire as soon as
the Russians reached the open.
Over the hill the Japanese threw
shrapnel, which burst with deadly ef
fect. Some squadrons suffered every
officer killed and half the men wound
ed. The battle then became a hand-to-hand
fight with stones and gun
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