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Elbert Goilnty TriMne
J. E. Pope, Editor and Publisher.
HLBERT, * * - COLORADO.
Most torpedoes fail to bit anythin*,
but those that do amply make up for
the defect.
Men who Join the New York Moth
ers’ club will be ospected to act like
perfect ladieß.
When the Japanese meet with dis
aster they don't seem to try to keep
It out of the papers.
An analysis of the Yellow sea at
this juncture might show equal parts
salt water and explosive mines.
Even tho latest of the big diction
aries doesn’t define a trust as a small
body of capital completely surrounded
by water.
In Korea widows are not permitted
to remarry. Homely widows needn’t
feel that they ought to offer excuses
over there.
King Alfonso Is going to marry, but,
unfortunately for him, reasons of state
prevent him from taking an American
girl for a wife.
A British scientist claims that tho
earth is kept hot by radium. Perhaps
the great nißh for radium was what
made last winter so cold.
Having been on the stago for half
a century, lacking two years, Henry
Irving has reason to congratulate him
self that he Is not a woman.
A Philadelphia preacher says wo
men's oxtravagance is tho cause of
bachelorhood. How about the ex
travagance of the bachelors?
The woman suffrago movement Is
gaining strength in Bostop. If it keeps j
on a number of husbands may be able
to secure employment doing kitchen
work.
A Henderson (Ky.) woman eloped
from her watchful son and got mar
ried. A reconciliation, it is presumed,
ended with a ’’Bless you, my pa
rents!”
Two nines from an Insane asylum
played a matched game of ball. And
the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
askß: "How would you like to be the
umpire?”
D’Annunzio, the Italian dramatist j
and author, declares that his newest
work Is the result of an Inspiration.
Perhaps that's as good away as any
to advertise it.
Wellesley College girls now carry
revolvers to protect themselves
against male flirts. Of course most;
of (he \Vellesl9y girls are compara-.
tlvely young yet.
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The Rev. M. J. Savage. In a recent
sermon, undertakes to tell “why more
people do not go to church." Ho
finds the principal reason to be that
•'they don't have to.”
Uncle Sam has paid Panama the
$10,000,000, but he has wisely put it
in a New York bank, so .that the
young republic cannot shake pennies
out for spending money.
Mr. Rockefeller Is Just like other
‘magicians about explaining hlB tricks.
When he talked to his son’s Bible
class on his success he stopped Just
where tho true secret began.
We can account for the action of
the countess of Ravensworth, who has
Just married her coachman, only on |
the theory that she was behind the ,
times and didn’t have a chauffeur.
Actor liouis James has been award
ed SIO,OOO damages because a Texas
hotel man accused him of purloining
pillowslips. Won’t some well-to-do
Texan kindly accuse us of stealing
pillowslips?
Sir Hiram Maxim figures it out that
the Monte Carlo bank gets 90 per
cent of the money played on Its tables.
Still there will always bo shoalß of
suckers hoping to wta 100 per cent of
the bank's money.
1 A New Jersey court has held that
one boy la worth as much as two
girls. The czar of Russia and the
king of Italy will probably hold that
tho New Jersey Judge’s estimate on
boys is entirely too low.
At a public meeting in Tokio a res
olution was adopted to the effect that
the Russians are yellow men with
White faces, while the Japanese are
white men with yellow races. Thus
Japan draws the color line.
Tolstoi's wife speaks French. Eng
lish and German, besides her native
Russian. But, after all, a woman who
can speak in. four languages is some
times not so much appreciated as the
woman who can keep still in one.
The young lady who graduated from
Bates college last summer and who
during the winter and spring has fit
ted for the stove seven cords of wood
besides doing housework and chores,
should have no trouble at all in get
ting married.
“Waiter,” said the lady, taking a
seat In a restaurant after attending a
meeting of the league for the amelior
ation of the condition of deserted
summer cats, “bring me a broiled live
lobster, and be sure to select a real
Uve one, please.”
A MINER'S PLEA
IN DEFENBE OF THE STRIKERS
Statement leeued by Secretary Hay
wood in Behalf of the Weetern
Federation of Miners.
Denver, June 14.—Secretary W. D.
Haywood of the Western Federation of
Miners haa issued a statement for sev
eral eastern papers, in which he sets
forth his views with reference to the
present strike in Colorado. The execu
tive board of tho Western Federation
was requested to prepare a statement
of their side of the trouble by an East
ern news service which supplies tele
graphic matter to more than 200 East
ern newspapers.
The statement follows In full:
The cause of the strike of the West
ern Federation of Miners in Colorado
Is one of long standing and involves
the failure on the part of the mine
managers In various parts of the state
to live up to their own written agree
ments. As far back as 1894. as a
suit of the strike at that time, the
mine owners agreed that eight hours
should constitute a day’s work; that
the minimum dally wage should be
$3,00 and that there should be no dis
crimination against union men in the.
hiring and discharge of labor. At the
outset of the present trouble Manager
MacNelll of the Standard mill at Colo
rado City peremptorily discharged for
ty-five men. members of the Western
Federation of Miners, for no other rea
son than that they ha(L become union
men. All of these were old employes
of from two to six years' standing.
Mlllmen are afllllated with the
Western Federation of Miners and
are entitled to all of the protection
that goes with such membership.
To-day the only questions Involved
are tbjj enforcement of the eight-hour
day, tho right of men to organize in
the unions and to prevent discrimina
tion against union men of all kinds.
The responsibility for the lawless
ness connected with the contest rests
entirely on the shoulders of the mine
operators, the Citizens’ alliance and
their allies, backed up by the assumed
military power of the state govern
ment. The responsibility has been
placed on these persons and organiza
tions by District Judge Theron Stev
ens. who denounced the military usur
pation In Tellurlde In strong language
from the bench; by District Judge N.
Walter Dixon. Republican, who openly
condemns Gov. Peabody ami severely
criticises his acts Involving the depor
tation of men from the state without
trial or other chance of hearing; by
ex-Governor Charles S. Thomas, who
plainly points to the Mine Owners’ As
sociation and Citizens' Alliance as be
ing responsible for tho many out
rages committed on the persons of
helpless and innocent miners; by the
recent Democratic state convention,
which denounced in scathing terms the
line of policy pursued.
The events of the present week in
the Cripple Creek district Justly every
accusation contained above. The fol
lowing crimes upon citizenship have
fojjowed swl/tly upon one another:
The resignation of Sheriff Robertson
of Teller county, forced by a mob at
the point of the pistol, und the coil of
the rope; the forced resignation of
Coroner Doran of Teller County; of
the city marshal of Victor; of various
aldermen and justices of the peace in
the district; tho entire official direc
tory of the city of Goldfield; assault
upon and demolition of the union hall
In Victor; forcible entrance into the
four union co-operative Htores and de
struction of the contents; destruction
of the Victor Daily Record by an armed
mob; Invasion of Dunnville, outside
tho military lines, by armed force
under military command; arrest of
men at their work and Incarceration
within the military lines; hundreds of
men confined in unsanitary bull-pens;
forcible shutdown of the great Port
land mine, employing union men. by
order of the military commandant on
the plea of military necessity and sub
sequent deportation of men therein
employed.
Concerning the explosion which
wrecked the depot at Independence
j and killed sixteen unfortunate non
; union miners, it need only be said that
the self-confessed train wrecker, Mc-
Kinney. in the employ of the Mine
Owners' Association, had a few dayß
previously been released from custody
at the behest of the attorney for the
association, and that this same Mc-
Kinney was observed going down
Pott's canon in the Immediate vicinity
of the wreckage only a short time after
the disaster. McKinney stated under
cross-examination during the trial of
I the union miners who were accused of
the attempted trainwrecking, that he
and other detectives did, that for a
money consideration he would pull
spikes and wreck a train. Blood
hounds used to follow the trail of the
criminal went directly to a house occu
pied by a detective in the employ of
the Mine Owners' association and were
promptly called off.
Photographs of marked miners re
ferred to by General Bell who, he
claims, were marked for death, must be
regarded as an Invention of bis own
brain. The photographs In question are
those of strike breakers and were kept
for the purpose of publishing a “scab”
list with the pictures of the men ac
companying their description, so that
members of organized labor all over
the country would become thoroughly
acquainted with these men who have
commit teed treason to themselves and
to their class. These pictures are
nothing more than those having charge
of the strike in the district have pub
licly used for many months.
Charges that miners are not allowed
to vote on questions of strike are ut
terly absurd. As a of fact, ac
cording to the constitution of the West
ern Federation of Miners, it is abso
lutely impossible for the executive
board to call a strike of its own voli
tion.
The present strike is the result of a
direct vote of the members of the va
rious unions In the district, which left
the matter entirely in the hands of the
proper delegated authority for adjudi
cation and settlement. The twelfth an
nual convention, recently held in Den
ver. appointed a special Investigating
committee, consisting of Malcolm Gillis
of Butte. Montano: If. B. Seaman of
Rossland. British Columbia, and R. E.
Allen of Dillon, Wyoming, which com
mittee made a personal nvestigatioa
by a visit to the Cripple Creek district
only last week and reported to the con
vention that the constitution of the
Western Federation of Misers had l»*e-n
observed in the minutest detail during
the entire prosecution of the contest.
Abiolutely no deaths have occurred
during the contest for which the West
ern Federation of Miners can be or
ought to be held responsible. Some fif
teen men were killed in the Stratton
Independence mine through the incom
petency of the men employed and the
culpable negligence of the management.
These men wer unfamiliar with the
work and were such as this mine and
other mines in the district have l»een
compelled to employ at the behest of
the Mine Owners' Employment Agency.
We are unfortunately forced to abide
by the acts of an unbridled military
despotism that Is driving our members
'‘om pillar to post. Their fortitude un
der the circumstances is the marvel
of the age. and shows that the West
ern Federation of Miners is composed
of the highest type of American citizen
ship.
Our attitude is fully expressed by the
following telegram:
“Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, President
United States. Washington. I). C. —A
duty devolves upon you as President of
the United States to investigate the ter
rible crimes that are being perpetrated
in Colorado In the name of law and or
der. We will render every possible as
sistance to the proper authorities in
such investigation, to the end that the
people of the country may realize the
outrages that are being Inflicted on In
nocent persons by those in temporary
official power.
•W. D. HAYWOOD.
“Secretary.”
Lynching Narrowly Averted.
Denver. June 14. —A News special
from Cripple Creek last night says:
Late this afternoon a lynching was
narrowly averted at Goldfield, when a
party of citizens started to secure
John Brothers, formerly marshal of
the town, who was deposed from
office, and Robert McCarthy, the night
marshal there, who was also deposed
from office. Both of these former offi
cials were arrested laHt week by the
military and were released under mili
tary guard until they could straighten
up their personal affairs in Goldfield,
after which they were ordered to leave
the district. The time stipulated for
tneir departure having explr* d and
their presence in Goldfield still being
known was the cause for the gathering
of a crowd of citizens there whose pur
pose. was. it seems, to lynch both of
the men. or at least drive them from
the district.
The military, however, was Informed
of what was going to take place and
took charge of both the former offi
cers, and at their request returned
them to the bullpen In this city. Both
prisoners were later taken to the
county Jail In Cripple Creek. To-mor
row morning Brothers and McCarthy
will leave for Colorado Springs. There
is little doubt that if the two men had
been secured by the mob they would
have been severely dealt with.
Hailstorm and Flood.
Denver. June 14. —A special dispatch
from Brush, Colorado, last night, says:
To-day has been one of sorrow. Never
did the crops of the valley look more
promising than they did yesterday
forenoon before the hailstorm, which
was tho most severe ever known here,
utterly ruined them. The territory
covered reaches from Sterling to a
point four miles from Brush, a dist
tance of fifty miles. The estimated
damage to crops and buildings will
easily reach SIOO,OOO. The bail de
stroyed the composition roof of the
Brush Mercantile Company, the larg
est general store building in Brush,
and the water ruined a large part of
the Btock of goods. Many windows
were broken out. but the damage in
town is as nothing compared with the
loss in the country.
Farmers who have come to town say
their crops and fruit are a total loss.
Many report lambs, pigs, poultry and
calves killed, and In some Instances
grown cattle were beaten and bruised
until the blood dripped from their
wounds.
World's Fair Attendance.
St. Louis, June 12. —The statement
of recorded admissions for the week
ending Inst night, given out to-night
by the World's Fair officials, shows a
total of paid and free admissions of
499.228, which 1b 100,000 more than
during any previous week since the
Exposition opened. The statement
follows:
Monday, June 6 65,430
Tuesday 69.172
Wednesday (Liberty Bell day) 131.951
Thursday 70,536
Friday 64,82©
Saturday 97,310
Total 499.228
The paid attendance yesterday was
the largest since the opening day. the
record showing that 68,467 persons
paid the entrance fee. On Wednes
day. when the Liberty bell was re
ceived from Philadelphia and wel
comed with ceremony to the Exposi
tion, the number of paid admissions
was 61,148.
Speed Departing Guest.
London. June 14.—1 tis understood
that John Alexander Dowte has de
cided to return to the United States by
the first steamer. In strongly worded
denunciatory editorials the Ixmdon pa
pers this morning express unbounded
satisfaction with Dowle's Bpeedy de
parture.
It is a great mistake to allow pear
trees to overbear. As a rule, greater
profits are secured by regular annual
yteldH than by heavy crops during oc
casional years, for at such times the
fruit is apt to be generally plentiful
and cheap and therefore the profit in
handling is small. Thinning not only
Improves the quality of the fruit of the
present season, but prepares the tree to
hear better the next year. The thin
ning should be done when the fruit Is
about an Inch in diameter. Look over
the trees carefully, taking one branch
at a time. First pick oft all imperfect
fruit and then such as seems to over
burden the branches. No general rule
can be given for thinning trees, but ex
perience must govern.
DENVER ARREST
OTHER WARRANTS TO SERVE.
President of Miners’ Union No. 40, of
Cripple Creek Placed in Den
ver County Jail.
Denver. June 14. —The Republican
this morning says: Wholesale arrests
are to be mode in Denver of the offi
cers of the local unions of the Western
Federation of Miners in the Cripple
Creek district, if the accused can be lo
cated here. These arrests are to be
made on warrants now in the bands of
Marshal Moore of Goldfield, who is
acting under direction of the militia.
The charges against the men will be
murder, in connection with the blow
ing up of the Independence depot plat
form, which resulted in the killing of
fourteen non union miners. They are
based upon information and evidence
secured by the military and citizens’
committee in the district.
C. O. Kenntson. president of the
Miners' union No. 40. of Cripple Creek
was the first man to be arrested on one
of these warrants. He was taken by
Marshal Moore at Thirteenth and'Wei
ton streets, and after some little resist
ance was lodged In the county jail
While resisting the officer. Kennlson
was struck over the head with a re
volver. A slight scalp wound resulted
This was dressed by Police Surgeon
Davis.
Others for whom the marshal is said
to hold warrants are:
Sherman Parker, secretary of local
No. 19 of Altman. Charged with mur
der. Parker was held In the bull pen
at Cripple Creek for three months on a
charge of wrecking a Florence & Crip
ple Creek train, but was released by
the courts.
W. F. Davis, president of local No
19 of Altnlan. charged with murder.
E. L. Whiting, secretary of Engl
neers’ union No. 82 of Cripple Creek,
charged with murder.
Fritz Gorey and W. B. Easterly,
urion members and charged with mur
der. nnd others wanted for murder, In
timidation and on other charges.
It Is claimed by tho citizens’ com
mittee that evidence sufficient to con
vict these men of complicity in the
terrible crime committed at Independ
ence last Monday morning Is In th«
hands of the Teller county authorities
Upon being arrested they will be taken 1
back to Cripple Creek and held In the
bull pen by the military authorities un- j
til preparations can be completed fot j
their trial.
Although a diligent search of several
days has been made for these men.
only Kennlson has been located and ar
rested. The others It is believed fled
from or left the city and are believed
to have gone to Butte. Mont., where
they will be cared for by the Butte
local of the Federation. The men left
immediately upon the arrival of Mar
shal Moore in the city, which was two
days ago.
ATTORNEY ARRESTED.
Counsel of Western Federation of Min
ers In the Bull Pen.
Denver. June 14. —A News special
from Cripple Creek last night says:
Frank J. Hangs, leading counsel for
the Western Federation of Miners in
this district, was arrested this morn
ing by order of General Bell. The
reason given 1b military necessity. Mr.
Hangs has been very prominent in the
affairs of the federation here, and was
leading counsel in the defense of tho
alleged train wrecking rases that were
tried in the District Court some time
ago. Mr. Hangs’ arrest was not unex
pected; In fact. It has been rumored
for a number of days that he would be
taken In. After he was arrested he
was ordered to be taken over to Victor
and no one allowed to speak to him or
he to anyone.
This afternoon at 3 o'clock Majors
McClelland and Naylor, accompanied
by two sergeants, visited Hangs' resi
dence on Golden avenue for the pur
pose of searching it to see If any docu
ments of the Western Federation of
Miners or private papers might be
found. The first thing of importance
found was in a closet In the rear of the
house where they found one of the
handsomest and most expensive pump
shotguns. It cannot be learned If any
thing else was found.
When General Bell was asked for a
statement regarding the arrest of
Frank J. Hangs, he said: “Mr. Hangs
was regarded as a very dangerous agi
tator. adviser, aider and abettor, be
ing himself a member of an organize
tion which arc* in open rebellion and
insurrection against the legally consti
tuted authorities of the state. I found
incriminating evidence upon him when
arrested. Mr. Hangs was not arrested
because he was retained as attorney
in defending outlaws accused of train
wrecking, assassination, dynamiting
and murder. All will be treated Justly
in all these matters, which may be nec
essary in order to restore all things in
their normal state. Mr. Hangß was
armed with a revolver when arrested
and had also close at his command a
Winchester shotgun.”
Storm at Sterling.
Denver. June 14. —A dispatch from
Sterling. Colo., last night sayß: A rain
and hailstorm yesterday over a strip
five miles wide and thirty-five miles
long, of the richest section of the val
ley. did much damage. The first crop
of alfalfa, which was ready for cut
ting. is an entire loss, as well as all
small stuff. Cantaloupes were entirely
ruined and gardens are nearly a total
loss. Sugar beets were damaged, but
will not be a total loss. They will
make a fair late crop. The hail accom
panying the storm did the greatest
daman* by beating the blossoms and
small fruit from the trees and smash
ing many window lights.
In Sterling the streets were flooded
and were washed full of holes.
Wants Convicts Recalled.
Colorado Springs. June 14.—A spe
cial to the Gazette from Cripple Creek
says: Sheriff Bell has requested the
warden of the penitentiary at Canon
City to recall all paroled prisoners, be
cause some of them are supposed to
he in the district in league with the
lawless element.
RESUME OF NEWS FROM SEAT
OF WAR IN MANCHURIA
No heavy fighting occurred dur
ing the week ending June 12th. The
Denver News,.in a resume of the week's
events, says:
For the last four days dispatches
from the seat of war have been so rig
idly censored that little news of defi
nite events has leaked through. From
SL Petersburg we get the usual cum
ber of "rumors.” some of them evident
ly not having a shadow of veracity.
From Tokio we have obtained prac
tically nothing, the cables being Bald
to be “out of communication'' around
Japan. Probably the censor's blue pen
cil is responsible for this.
This absolute secrecy is a necessary
adjunct of strategy, and in celerity or
movement and secrecy, two great ele
ments of strategy, the Japanese are
showing themselves to be past masters.
An interesting uncensored dispatch
sent from Pekin by J. F. J. Archibald
seems quite extraordinary. The dis
patch is dated May 30th, at Pekin. Chi
na. In this it is stated that there were
280.000 Russian troops in the vicinity
of Mukden. The correspondent who
sent the dispatch presumably rode from
Mukden to Pekin, a distance of nearly
500 miles. He therefore could not
have ridden that distance In less than
ten days. This would make his depar
ture from Mukden May 20th at the lat
est. He also states that the food sup
ply for the Russian troops in Manchu
ria is abundant from the country itself.
Also that there are a great many Chi
nese bandits infesting the country.
This dispatch is taken with consid
erable reserve and there is an inclina
tlcAi on the part of well-informed per
sons to think that the number of
troops given In Archibald's dispatch in
cludes all Russian trqpps from Harbin
along the railroad, guards, etc. General
Kuropatkin's troops at Mukden and
IJao Yang and the garrison at Ar
thur. also the troops between Harbin
and Vladivostok and at Vladivostok.
Sufficient time has not elapsed for such
a number to be concentrated at Mukden
and Liao Yang over the Russian single
line of railroad. It is thought that the
available Russian troops at Mukden
and Liao Yang and vicinity do not ex
ceed from 125,000 to 150,000, and being
Increased not over 2,000 per day. As to
the food supply in Manchuria itself. It
cannot be seen at this time how it can
bo sufficient for the Russians, due to
the depredations of the bandits. These
bands, said to be led by Japanese, have,
as the Russians themselves state, been
killing beef animals, destroying stores
and flleds under cultivation, and are
constantly increasing in numbers, not
only destroying available food supply,
but necessitating a large guard to be
kept on the railroad to prevent its be
ing destroyed at their hands. It is
thought, therefore, that the available
forces of the Russians under General
Kuropatkin near Liao Yang do not ex
ceed 150,000. By available forces is
meant line troops, who do not have to
he kept on duty guarding the railroad,
stores, etc., and who can be used
against the Japanese In battle.
At Port Arthur tho Russians prob
THE CZAR BIDDING GOOD-BY TO HIS OFFICERS.
Battleship Czarevitch Repaired.
Tien Tsin, June 13.—The Russian
battleship Czarevitch, which was in
jured at Port Arthur February 9. and
which has ever since been undergoing
repairs, has left, the drydock and is
now ready for Bea. Outside the har
bor of Port Arthur the sea Is reported
to be thickly covered with Russian
and Japanese mines.
The report that the Russian gun
boats RUiak and Bohr have been de
stroyed is untrue.
A report from Admiral Togo June 4
stated that a Russian gunboat of the
Giliak type had been blown up, pre
sumably by a Japanese torpedo. The
gunboat Bobr was reported to have
been used in the attack on the Japa
nese left during the battle of Nan
Shan hill and to have been destroyed
by the Russians after the engagement.
Japanese Force Ambushed.
Hal Cheng. Manchuria, June 11 (de
layed in transmission).—A flanking
movement of the Japanese around the
Russian left from Feng Cheng. June 9.
was repulsed with the loss of two
whole battalions.
A large Japanese force moved out
in the morning along the Feng Wang
Cheng and Hal Cheng road. The Rus
sians had a force strongly posted In
a ravine thirty miles southeast of Hai
Cheng. The Japanese were preceded
by two battalions, who walked Into
the Russian ambuscade. They re
ceived a murderous rifle and artillery
fire at close range aad were wiped
out. only one or two escaping. The
main Japanese force, which was great
ly superior to the Russian force, tried
to outflank the Russians, who drew off
without losing a man. The Japanese,
closing in. found the ravine vacant,
save for their own dead.
Russian Dead at Kin Chow.
Tokio, June 13.—The military com
mission assigned to bury the Russian
dead in the battle of Nanshan hill at
Kin Chow. May 26, presented its final
report to-day.
It was found that ten Russian offi
cers and 664 men who fell in the bat
tle had boen carefully burled ami
thirty men were buried by the out
posts. making the total number of
killed left behind by the Russians, 704
ably have 20.000 men, exclusive of the
sailors, who would bring this number
up to 30,000. In Vladivostok are prob
ably from 10,000 to 15.000 men.
The size of the Russian army In Man
churia depends entirely on the Siberian
railway, and it is considered impossible
for them to keep more than 300,000
men total on a war footing south and
east of Harbin. This number will prob
ably be there within six weeks or two
months, as every energy of the Rus
sians is being exerted in that direction.
With the Japanese the transportation
and supply problem is much easier, as
they have the open sea and abundant
transports. Their actual army of
trained men approximate closely to
500,000 total, all of which can be put
into Manchuria, if they can keep com
mard of the sea. As to the efficiency
of the Russians and Japanese, the Japs
certainly excel, man for man. in every
thing except cavalry, and as they have
adopted the principle of sending infan
try supports with their cavalry recon
noitering parties, they lose very little,
as their infantry is extremely mobile.
The number of Japanese troops con
fronting General Kuropatkin is
thopght to be about 180.000 at pres
ent; those against Port Arthur. 70.-
000. The Japanese troops operating
against General Kuropatkin are keep
ing up the same strategy as before,
moving rapidly and with uncertain ob
jective. to keep Kuropatkin “guessing”
so that he cannot well attack them or
I go to the relief of Port Arthur. Mean
j while General Oku. unimpeded in his
j rear, is pushing the operations ag&lnsfw
Port Arthur and fortifying the narrow*
I part of the Liao Tung peninsula in the
i vicinity of Kin Chou, to guard against
j a possible attack from that direction.
I From what we can learn, ho is about
' seven miles from Port Arthur, firing
jon the main defenses of the town,
I while Togo's squadron bombards near-
Ily incessantly from the sea. It looks
; os If Port Arthur Is bound to fall, pos
sibly within two weeks, as the Jupan
j ose claim. Undoubtedly the Japanese
j are following one plan and the Rus
sians are constantly changing. In the
outpost engagements during the last
! few days the Japanese have had the
better of It. Meanwhile the Japanese
army In Japan Is being held in readi
ness to reinforce Kuroki or Oku. and
In case these are successful a move
will undoubtedly he made to Posslet
bay and on to Harbin, with Kuroki
and Oku following Kuropatkin. who
will have to retreat in case Port Ar
thur falls. If Kuropatkin succeeds in
dislodging Kuroki. or Stoessel at Port
Arthur inflicts a defeat on Oku. Jap
anese troops poured in from Japan
will still keep their side superior in
numbers to the Russians for a long
time, no matter if they are defeated,
which now seems improbable.
The Japanese are not worried about
their land campaign, but are exerting
every energy to clear the seas in the
Far East of Russian warships before
the Russian Baltic fleet starts. Every
thing hinges, for a year or more at
least, on which combatant controls the
sea.
Rainy Season Approaching.
Liao Yang, June 11 (delayed In
transmission). —Intense heat has set
in and the rivers are drying up. The
rocks are red hot. This Is the pre
cursor of a heavy rainy season.
The abandoned Japanese entrench
ments at Vafangow and Vafandlen are
beautifully constructed and contain
separate huts for officers and non
commissioned officers. *
The Japanese forces are moving
south, united, from Pulandien to Kin
Chou. In retreating they destroyed
the railway line at several places and
there are indications, also, that they
mined the track. They did not. how- p
ever, destroy the railway station, the
wells or ice houses, nor did they barn
the coal. The Japanese have published
an offer of a reward of $376 for the
head of each translator serving with
the Russian army. .
Captured Russian Steamer.
Tokio. June 13.—The Siberian rail
way steamer Manchuria, which was
captured by the Japanese, left the Yo
kosuka naval station yesterday, car
rying sixty guests of the naval depart
ment. The trip of the Manchuria has
been arranged for the foreign naval
attaches, prominent members of the
diet, and ten of the foreign corres
pondents. The itinerary of the vessel
Includes visits to the Kure naval sta
tion, the Sasebo naval station. Chem
ulpo, Chlnampo, the Sir James Hall*
and Elliott group of islands, the ad
vanced naval bases near the mouth of
the Yalu, In Tallen bay and off Port
Arthur, and the army bases on the
Liao Tung peninsula.
No Relief for Port Arthur.
St. Petersburg. June 13. —Relief is
felt In military circles at the removal
of dissension in military circles. It Is
understood that the sole responsibility
devolves upon General Kuropatkin and
that no serious attempt will be made
to relieve Port Arthur.
It is reported that the Vladivostok
squadron now consists of three cruis
ers and four ironclads. It is therefore
presumed that the squadron has ef
fected a Junction with some of the
Port Arthur vessels.
The newspapers report that there Is
great distress in Vladivostok arising
from the enhanced prices of foods and
it is feared that the Btock of petroleum
and candles Is giving out.