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VOL. 1. No. 87
GOS3AGKS ATTACK JAPANESE BUT
ARE FINALLY FORGED TO RETREAT
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ST. PETERSBURG, March 30.—The
first land engagement between the Rus
sians and the Japanese occurred at Chong
Ju.
A dispatch from General Kuropatkin,
received by the czar, states that two days
ago six - companies of Cossacks, led by
General Miihtchenko, attacked four
squadron* of Japanese cavalry which were
holding the town, and a sharp fight of one
half hour's duration ensued, the Cossacks
tiring from height* 900 yards distant.
Three more squadrons of Japanese were
finally discerned advancing at full gallop
along the Kasan road, and two of them
succeeded in entering Chong Ju, the other
squadron giving way before the Cossacks'
fire.
For another hour the fighting continued,
when four more Japanese companies came
down toward* the town and General
Mishtchenko decided to retire, which he
did in good order.
General Kuropatkin, in wiring the par
ticular* to the czar, says:
"The wounded were placed in front and
the retirement was carried out with the
deliberation of a parade. it is supposed
that the Japanese had heavy losses 'in
men and horses. Our side, unfortunately,
had three officers severe!) wounded. Three
Cossacks were killed ami 12 wounded, in
cluding five seriously."
ST. PETERSBURG* March 30.-General
Kuropatkin, in a second report, slates
that, according to the townspeople at
Chong .In. the Japanese lost over 10 killed
anil inn wounded. *
The ('hong .Iv light occurred on March
28. The wounded were conveyed to Anju
by ,1011 Koreans.
The Japanese tost a large number of
Ihe .lapam-sr lost a large number of
horse*.
General Kuropatkin further reports that
Captain Stepanoff is dead as the result
of wounds received in the engagement.
LONDON, March 30.—The Japanese le
gation has issued the following account of
the Russian repulse at Chong Ju on March
28; • * .
"A portion of our cavalry and infantry
occupied Chong Ju, after defeating the
enemy. The latter numbered 800 and
they retreated in the direction of Wiju.
Our casualties were Lieutenant Raima
and four others.killed, Captain Kuronka
wa and 12 others wounded. No casualties
occurred among our infantry. Ibe enemy
must have sustained equal casualties."
ST. PETERSBURG, March 80.-A pri
vate dispatch received here today slates
that during maneuvers in the inner harbor
at Port Arthur the Russian battleship
Petropavlovsk collided with and seriously
damaged the battleship Sebastopol. The
navy department has no confirmation of
the news.
ST. PETERSBURG, March SO.-The
Russian government has issued a declara
tion that, after the recent Japanese pro
ceedings, Korean ports can. no longer be
regarded by Russia as neutral.
This declaration was precipitated by the
fact that Japan hail, with an advance
guard, occupied Haiju, the seaport south-
THAT LETTER GIVING BRYAN
$50,000 CAUSES HOT FIGHT
NEW HAVEN, Conn., March 80.—Ex- [ question did not express the truth as Ben-
Judge Stoddard today continued his argu- , nett understood it.
ment opposing the admission of William Bryan made several attempt* to address
Jennings Bryan* letter accompanying the the court, on the ground that Stoddard
Bennett will. He said that no case could misrepresented him, but the court refused
be cited where a paper extraneous in char-j to hear him anil ruled that the letter
aoter and written after the execution of a could not be referred to at present. Stod
will had been admitted as part of the j dard excepted. Bryan's counsel then be
will. He also stated that the letter in I gan an argument in contradiction.
"VOTE IT STRAIGHT,'' SAID DAVIS
Last evening the "Republican campaign
speakers took an early departure from
headquarter* and drove to Bismarck,
where they held a rousing meeting. - As
the street car service to and from Bis
marck is very poor, not many from other
parts of tin- city were there. Consequent
ly the meeting was not as largely attend
i" I as the other Republican meetings have
been, hut a keen interest was taken in
all that was said.
R. W. Taylor was the chairman of
the evening and the speakers were Mayor
Campbell, Lincoln Davis and S. A. Cran
dall. The addressee* of the evening cov
ered much the same ground as those
given in other part- of the city at previous
meetings.
Senator Davis impressed upon his hear
ers the importance of "voting the ticket
Straight." He said that Tacoma had two
member* in congress and that it was
the duty of every Republican to keep them
there. He staled further that the Repub
lican stale convention would soon be held
in Tacoma, and if the city should go Demo
cratic the delegates from other pail- of
the state would womb what was the mat
ter .with the Tacoma Republican*,
Mr. Crandall spoke along the same lines
and urged the voter* to stand by the
ticket.
Mayor Campbell mads the principal ad
dress of the evening. He entertained his
hearer* by telling of what had been accom
plished and of the strife.- that had been
occasioned through his standing up for the
The Tacoma Times.
Cossack first onslaught upon the Japs at Chong Wu, on March* 28. |
west of Anju, on March 27.
M. Sauvoiine. writing in the Novoe"
Vremya today, proposes an Ang'o-Russian
alliance, contending that England is less
dangerous to Russia than America, which
is an insolent parvenu, stretching his legs
under the table of Asiatic politics, It is
time, he -ays. that Europe realized that
America is her enemy. .-.'... . .
CHEPOO,. March 30.—The captain, one
sailor and one passenger of the.Japanese
coaster Nanyei- have arrived at Lencben
and report that the ''-Russian fleet sunk
the Nanyei near the Mian islands. March
27, and that 17 of the crew and passen
gers were taken prisoner,
ROME, March 30.A Seoul dispatch
interests of the people. He presented
statement* showing that the city was in
better condition now, financially, than it
had been for 15 years pant. Mr. Campbell
also stated that the interest on the city
debt had. been paid and the debt itself put
in a condition to be handled on a business
basis. This had all been done, he said, and
the taxes reduced, also.
The telephone proposition was also tak
en up. Mr. Campbell stated that the city
had forced the phone company to fur
nish party telephone* free of charge for
the privilege of putting its wires under
ground,
GEN. J. M. ASHTON ON
ARBITRATION BOARD
The amount of salvage the steamship
Eureka is entitled to for her service- in
towing the disabled steamship Meteor,
which broke down in -Bering sea on Oc
tober 6, to Dutch Harbor, is to be deter
mined upon by ii. marine arbitration board
composed .of George H. King of Seattle,
lames M Athton of Tacoma and J. N.
Dolph of Portland.
The arbitration board, whose decision
will be final, will meet in Seattle April 2.
Many knotty questions are involved and
the session will probably last several
days.
The Eureka and the Meteor are owned
by the Globe Navigation company, but
the former, during the time of her service]
TACOMA, WASH., WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 30, 1904
states that the Japanese determined to at
tempt to make a landing at Newchwang
and that 4o Japanese transports yesterday
put ashore a large number of troops, 60
guns and enormous supplies,
i There are now' 125,000 Japanese troops
in Korea. "
ST. PETERSBURG, March 30.—The in
habitants of Isdis, near Vladivostok, have"
been ordered, in the event of the Japan
ese attempting to land, to kill all their
cattle" and I deer",' to prevent the invaders
from- obtaining supplies.
Korean inhabitants are being drilled by
Russian 'sub-officers and armed with old
guns.-. , V' ; ■■■ ,'.'.*
NEWCHWANG, March 30.—A vigorous
to the Meteor, was under charter to the
Northwestern Commercial company. The
North American Transportation & Trad
ing company had the Meteor under char
ter and owned her cargo, about 3,0001
tons, which was consigned from Seattle |
to St. Michael. When within 73 miles of i
her destination the Meteor broke down. j
The Eureka, then at Nome, proceeded to
her assistance, She picked up the disabled j
craft October !( and was 17 days in towing I
her back to Dutch Harbor.
SOLEMN CEREMONIES
AT MASONIC HALL
Tomorrow is "Maundy Thursday" and
the day will la- celebrated by religious and
secret societies which note it in their cal
endars. The day is observed in commem
oration of the Last Supper. The day Is
a .table one in the calendar of the Scot
tish Rite Masons. .Solemn exercises are
conducted, ending with the ceremony of ex
tinguishing the lights. The room remains
in darkness until Easter morning, when
they are relighted, with further cere
monies.
Tacoma chapter No. 6, Scottish Rite Ma
sons, will observe the occasion at Ma
sonic hall. The mystic banquet will take
place and a number of toasts will be given
by members of the order.
Among those to be present will be O. V.
Davis, a -member of Oriental consistory,
Spokane.
CORBETT SAYS HE
HAS $30,000 LEFT
CHICAGO, March lie-sides fiercely
roasting Referee Eddie Graney, "Young
Corbett," on his arrival here this morning,
denied the story that he- was broke. lie
stated that he had cleaned up $30,000 on
the San Francisco track. He will meet
Tommy Mowatt Saturday night.
TWO FEATHERS HAS
A BIG CONTRACT
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The wrestling match at mania hall
tonight -promises to drear a large crowd.!
Chief Two Feathers will undertake to
throw Chris Person and John Berg three
times out of five. It is believed that Mm
Indian has undertaken - a big job sad
that the two men will tire him out.
protest of United States Miller resulted in
the Russians agreeing' to a tentative restor
ation of the United States flag to build
ings from. which was recently ordered low
ered. ! ■ - '.f'A'.' -: %
'-Five: merchantmen^ today report seeing
"i Russian fleet off Port Arthur on Sunday,
fixing ranges-for the shore forts. ... _.
MANY INTERESTED
IN SCHOOL ELECTION
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Judging from the number of people who
are registering to vote at the scool elec
tion next. monthS considerable interest is
being taken, in that matter.
_ The registration Woks are at Rhodes
Bros.' store thin week.
A REIGNING MONARCH
WHO SPENDS HIS TIME
MANAGING A THEATER
BERLIN, March 30.—The new reigning
monarch of the German duchy of Anhalt,
Duke Leopold Frederic, is till- only sover
i eign in the world who bus adopted the pro
fession of theatrical (.manager,
Duke Frederic succeeded to the throne
of Anhalt a few weeks ago, on the death
of his father. Mis dominions consists of a
DUKE LEOPOLD Flil-'DIMC.
little over 900 stpiare miles, situated in en
tral Germany, with a population of about
100,000, Hi* capital is Dessau, a town of
60,000 population. I
Anhalt i* a constitutional monarchy, and
the duke's prime minister, Hen yon l>,ill
wits, relieves him of niost of the care* and
worries incidental to governing a duchy of
this size.
Duke Frederic has made the management
of the court theater at Dessau hi* princi
pal occupation in lifi and continues as
ruling sovereign the work which he en
joyed ,i- heir-apparent)
Tbe staff of the Dessau court theater
consists of actors and actresses engaged for
periods varying from watt to _. years, and
the duke himself make* |all the arrange
incuts I'm- each engagement. '•'.
lie inserts an advertisement in a theatri
cal paper, reads the replies and selects the
applicants, whom he wishes to see person
ally, He . interview* them, listens while
they recite and if they have a dance tee do
watches them go through their step*. , 11,.
makes . the necessary financial arrange
ments, not hesitating to baggie over * few
dollars more or less in salary.
In the theater he is proprietor, business
manager and Stage manager rolled into one.
He supervise* the production of new
plays, conducts rehearsals and designs the
scenery. Night by night he sits in the
private court box of the theater watching
the result of his labor* behind the scenes.
NICARAGUA GETS
20,000 RIFLES
HAVANA, March 30.—A Nuaiaenan
transport is here loading 30,000,000 rifles,
1,000,000 rounds of ammunition and com
missary Supplies. She sails tonight.
Captain Albania,' formerly of the Span
ish navy, say's the munitions have no
significance, but are simply to be kept
on hand preparatory to Nicaraguan defense
in the event of an attempt by other, states
to force that country to join a Central Am
erican union. '.' / .-'.:';,
TWO FIRES LAST NIGHT
The caboose of a train ready to leave the
freight yard* last night was completely
gutted by a tire which started by the
explosion of a lamp. By the time- the
fire department reached the Commercial
bridge the caboose was entirely enveloped
in flames. The firemen were- not able
to;rave the caboose, but kept the flames
away ' from the real of ' the . train.
At o:.i.'* last night the fire department
was culled out by an alarm of fire from
the flats. The stockyard* of the old pack
ing house hail caught fire, but no material
daamgc resulted, as there was nothing of
much value to burn. "i }■'■ .
TOKIO IS QUIET
BUT ON THE ALERT
TOKIO, March 30.—During the period
of suspense the censor is the busiest man
in Tokio. His methods have evoked pro
test, but there is no denying their effective.
ness. The reign of the blue pencil was
i never more thorough or complete. ■ "'•-,:'
. Because of this Tokio displays no symp
toms of war fever. Europeans expected
the usual outbursts from the man in the
streets, and a flood of anti-Russian litera
ture. Great was their disappointment.
The censor has done bis work well.
A polite hint that newspapers in the
empire be circumspect has been followed.
One or two which displayed more enter
prise than discretion have been prosecuted,
and One Tokio paper is busy with its
second lawsuit, us the result of too great
journalistic freedom.
Appeals for an open cenaorahip have bee"n
fruitless, although the censor hints that a
change- may be made.
"News inspections" are held daily at the
army and navy departments. Information
JAPANESE MASKED BATTERY ON THE YALU
STEAMSHIP TACOMA WAS UNRULY
It looks to sailor men as if the old
steamship ["a. - ni.e. which has made thin
port her home for SO many years, is not in
favor of the change that is to take place
and that Seattle does not look good to her.
This morning the farewell toot had been
blown from her whistle and the Tacoma
had swung out into the stream, just as
she had done for years before when hound
for the Orient, but before Blown* point
was reached she stopped and (our blast*
SHERIFF HAS A WARRANT FOR AN
OFFICER OF TRE MINERS* UNION
DENVER, March », The sheriff, of
Telluride arrived this morning with war
rants for the arrest ..1' W. D, Haywood,
secretary-treasurer of the' Western ; Fed
era) ion of Miner*.' ' »-■— ■*.'■*,.
Mail advices from Telluride to Ridgeway.
state that President Mercer, charged with
which reaches '*an editor »■ regarding ',; the
movement* ,of the Japanese Hcet must Tie
submitted . before 12 o'clock. This, of
course, applies to local newspaper*. ; For
eign telegrams liml their'way ton censor
without any exertion on the part 'of the
transmitter.
TOKIOS LYNX-EYED
POLICE ORGANIZATION
Keen-eyed, alert,'. unobtrusive, the Jap
anese, policeman is a remarkably, interest
ing personage. '■ In the art of knowing
other people's business for the good of his
government he excel*. -At present Ins tal
ent* for investigation have a free hand, for
the usual crop of adventurers and suspects
is in Tokio. ;•'..■'',.'■.' :"-;
The movements of certain.foreign gentle
men are recorded in police archives with a
minuteness that would surprise them, The
tourists.have curiously "increased.":' One of
them,- while tilled ; with imported liquor,
blurted out more than: is good i lor a; for
eigner to know in these trouble* times, and
sailed next morning fori Shanghai.
Another, whose sight-seeing expeditions
invariably took him i• > the vicinity of mili
tary depots, found himself inconvenienced
by; an inspector of police, \ and: likewise
changed his itinerary, ■'; - ; ■:.': ".-.'..'■,' ;'."' '
'. Then there is the globe-trotter, speaking
all .t he tongue* of Europe, who would be
amazed to know that the guide who insist
ed upon doing a great deal for very 'little
compensation was not altogether what bo
seemed. . . ; .'■; '■■-. J :'■".':',;";■-: „'.-'. >UJ' :.■
There have been but three eases of native
spies. Two were coolies in the pay of th*
Russian ' military, attache," and.. the third
Has ii lieutenant of volunteers, who was ar
rested trying to secure ■* maps"" for J the
enemy." ."-...''•;' -"'-.'
All foreigners are .watched , carefully, ; but
not offensively, although two ( Englishmen
on a shooting.' expedition v were annoyed
when a native paper' suggested the/ were
in the pay of Russia., Even two ladies
who arriced in Tokio, ostensibly traveling
for pleasure, have not "* been' above j sus
pinion.'. „ '•'.,'.,■'■"
That one of the explorers so discovered
had not taken a camera into the proscribed
zone was distinctly in his favor, ' for | the
uiiauthoribed use of photographic appara
tus is a grave offense, and,the detection cef
a photographer within the forbidden dis
tricts—which include all military sad na
val depots, barracks and fortifications—
means sever punishment.
Soldiers of fortune learn that Japan has
no need of their services. Some .of j tho
adventurous volunteers raked together the
price of a third-class passage ;,to Yoko
hama in tin- belief that their experience in
.South American revolutions would insure
a captain's commission at the least.
of, the whistle sent the tug Falcon after
her and she was soon en her tray back to
her berth at the Oriental dock.
Whether the old vessel missed Pilot
liurlcy from the bridge or not is hard to
say, but she led unruly and headed
for the wharf, There was a prospect of a
smash-up, bill the bump the dock received
reunited only in .1 broken stringer ami a
bit of paint rubbed from the vessel's bow.
Tin- cause el the delay was a j broken
joint on the main feed pipe, and as soon,
Independent
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in All Things
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26 : CENTS PER * MONTH
desecrating the United- Stales -! flag, Job*
tainetl- a bond last; Right, >which;' was
signed; by, County, Judge jWardlaw; ■--.- Mer
cer 'was released, ;, He was iiritncdiateljr
rearrested by, '■■' a; sad -of " soldiers and
placed-in .1 be bull-pen.*- Hie" three"attor-'.
nets arrived) at* llidgev* ay this ' morning :
under military guard. -»> ■-■> 'vj •■ ; _' .■/
LITTLE DOUBT OF
FISHERMAN'S DEATH
-', That. Luke Bridges, the . half-breed ' fislf;
ennan of .Vashon island, was drowned off
Point"' Defiance a B few night* ago is now
almost a certainty. His, father' came to
town j this.. morning arid repented . the boy
missing l lor ' \cm I I &.-».%SSSBBJKRtX
lie and a younger brother were in town
last Friday ami collectedf; from rthe Am
ecliciin , l-'ish ' company; the * money . due their} *.',
for, tin- week's catch of ■:■_ fish, y.They went s"
directly„'home 'from"there- and then ii. tho■;'
older boy'started ) for"; I lee ' smelter/* Sines
that i time he has not been?seen.' -■*; C. B.
Lawrence, of ■ (1 ig'»Harbor,*, noticed ia; boat !
off In- place about; that time. and the oc
cupant having 'troublei with' the »ail.
RefOre he could get a* glasw to look, at*
the," craft,? the i man' barf disappeared - and •<
the- ' boat. , Which is said ': to . have ] belonged '%
to > Bridge*,' drifted ashore, ','',li'-r. i;-..'.,,..- '■";
. Among * the", article* V found in the i. boat ■','.
was.half a"t demijohn: of whisky, ' ■?;}'
THE ELKS' EXALTED
'\ ■': RULER SNOWBOUND
\i Joseph . T. ■ Fanning,'' grand [ exalted i ruler
of | the..; order ■of i Elks,l was I snowbound |f» ■
Montana while anroute to Washington and
may not be able to vigil the Tacoma bilks j
tomorrow as he had planned.
'•'-- A- telegram-, was.' received '.; today an-
Bouncing hi* [arrival *' in! Spokane, hut v no
thing, has been 'heard '•. as <to.\whether -he
can; reach ', Tacoma tomorrow or ; not. v . .'" i
*.' Member* of, the local lodge are 'hoping
that he; will be able to keep'the'appoint-'
nieiii and are making preparations for his
Optica*, '••'.— :' • >.-..-.■'. v .'-'-e . „....-/;,.
JOSEPH'S COAT STOLEN
While- Joseph Ootchy was the Board
of Trade saloon, 1328 r Pacific avenue,*, this
morning a.thief mads away with his over
-11...i. ' Ootchy says that he went into the
saloon. about; 10 o'clock and laid his over
coat down on a chair for a few moments
while- In- was in the back room. The thief
entered during his absence,, picked up the
coatand disappeared. ■ The matter,was re- *
ported to the l-_H^SBBB^_^^^^S
"i MEETINGS TONIGHT
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Democratic speakers will ,hold forth to- s .
night at the Horace Mann school, in the
Fifth ward;'and at Woodmen's hall,' South
Yakima avenue. „ i.. .U."' y :'.,-'.',. ,I,': vi',ii.; ? ;,;.-;-. t.:ti:
'■ Iteuublican meetings will be held at 1501 '
South Twenty-fifth street and in the baao-'.;'." i
mint of the Willard school.
M that is repaired the Taconia will again
attempt the voyage to Seattle.
LATE TELEGRAPH
WTTSIJL'RO,/! March, 30.—Tho 'firm of
J.'M; Ousky & Co.',- for many years promt- *'
nent-'. clothier*; was , placed,,, in: the; hands -
of a:-receiver this morning, No statement'
11 out.
: 1 111' UK) March 30.—May wheal 05®:'
K>V__; old July, 88%o«,S9; new July, 87 3-B@'
87%; July coin, 52f2,53.
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