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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-05-03
RETREAT BEFORE JAPs.
Guns, Carriages, Horses, Men Cap
tursd by Little Brown Men.

ouns, Carriages, Horses, Men Cap
tursd by Little Brown Men.
Toxic. May 3. II a. m.-After the
Japanese carried the line OF hills ex-
tending from ChIu Hen Sheng to Yo-
shoka, on the right hank Of the Tho
river. yesterday, the Russians made a
second stand on a hill northwest OF
Chiu Tien Cheng. but they began re-
treating at 1850 In the afternon.
The Twelfth Japanese division ad-
vanced toward Tah Lang Fang, which
is due west Of the village Of Makao;
the division OF the Imperial guards ad-
vanced toward Hama Tan, which is
west OF Chiu Tien Cheng, while the
Second division moved down the river,
with Antung as its objective. The gem
eral reserve advanced over the main
road to Liza Yang which runs In q
westerly direction from the Yalu river
At o'clock yesterday evening the
Japanese army held ! line extending
from Antung northwesterly to Lauku-
ku, and running from there in north
easterly direction to Lishukau.
At Hamatan, where the Ihio river
makes its first bend to the west, the
Japanese succeeded in enveloping the
Russians on three sides. At this place,
after sharp fighting at close range, the
Japanese captured 20 Russian guns,
with their horses, carriages and am
and more than 20 officers and
as many men. The Russian troops at
Hamatan retreated toward Feng Huan
Cheng.
A Russian officer who was taken
prisoner said that the effect of the Jap
anese artillery fire on Saturday and
Sunday was enormous.
Lieutenant General Zasalitch, COM
of the Second Siberian army
corps, and Major General Kashtallns-
KY, commander Of the Third East ST.
oerian rifle brigade, were wounded by
shells. A Russian lieutenant colonel
vas captured. 1t is estimated that the
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-05-03
FRAUD TRIALS POSTPONED.
Mrs. Watson ArrsIpned In Court on
Charge Of Conspiracy to Dsfraud.

Mrs Watson ArraIpned In Court on
Charge Of Conspiracy to Dsfraud.
Portland. May 2.--The beginning OF
the alleged land fraud trials was sig-
nailed today In the United States court
when Mrs. Emma l.. Watson was ar
raIgned on the charge OF conspiracy TO
defraud the United States government.
Mrs watsons attorneys demurred
to the indictment. The demurrer was
overruled and Mrs. Watson pleaded
not guilty.
Owing to the fact that the prose-
eution was unpreparcd TO commence
Mrs. watson's case and those Of others
alleged TO be implicated in the SO
called land fraud ring the trials
were postponed until May is. although
attorneys for the defenes fought hard
against a continuation. The case OF
Charles Cunningham. the eastern Ore
gon sheep king. under arrest charged
with defrauding the government, was
continued until Thursday or Friday.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-05-03
BASEBALL SCORES.
Pacific Coast.

At Seattle-Portland 4. Seattle 6.
At Tacoma-oakland 2. Tacoma 8.
At San F'rancisco-Los Angeles 2
San Francisco /.
American.
AT st. Louis-Chicago ., ST. Louis G.
At New York--washington 0. New
York 5.
At Boston-Philadelphi 8, Boston o.
At Detroit-C Cleveland 2. Detroit 6.
National.
At Boston-New York 2. Boston 0.
AT Philadelphiar--Brooklyn 8. Phila-
delphio 0.
At -Pittsburg .. Chi
cago 8.
At Cincinnati-st. Louis s. Cincin-
natl g.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-05-03
REJOICING IN LONDON.
News Of Japanese Land Victory PIeases
Britishers as Much as Japs.


London. May 2.-The latest dis
patches received here confirming the
completeness Of the japanese victory
on the Yalu river could hardly have
given greater satisfaction in Toxic than
In London. Despite the lack by the
Japanese OF good cavalry to follow up
her victory II is believed that she will
speedily drive the Russians out Of
Feng- Huan- Cheng also.
No further details have yet been
received, but 1t seems that the Jap
anese imperial guards fought with
conspicuous bravery and sustained the
brunt OF the fighting. losing heavily
II Is evident that the Japanese sue
Ices Is largely due to the superiority
of their artillery, the Russian guns
being too light.
The Japanese victory has caused a
surprise in European capitals
and It is expected to lead to difficulty
In Russia's efforts to raise a loan.
Unconfirmed reports of severe fight
Ing between 5000 Russians and SINH
lar number OF Japanese at Gensan are
sent by the Standards st. Petersburg
who says the Japanese
were compelled to retire into Gensan,
both sides losing heavily.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-05-03
Firo in Stock Yards.

Indianapolis, May 2.-Forty acres Of
livestock sheds and pens are burning
At the Union stock yards. and II is be-
Iieved win be totally destroyed. There
Is no immediate danger Of the fire
spreading. Two cars of cattle were
burned. The loss is estimated at $780,
100. Origin OF the flre Is unknown.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-05-03
euNsoATs N ACTION.
Japanese Ships Silence Russian Shore
Batteries Along the Yalu.

Batteries Along the Yalu.
London, May 2.-The Japanese lega-
tion gave out today an official dispatch
from the admiralty at Toxic, reporting
an engagement between Japanese war
ships on the Yalu and Russian shore
batteries. reads as follows;
"The captain of the gunboat Maya
reports that fiotilla, consisting Of
the gunboats Maya and Vii, and some
torpedo boats assembled the Yalu May
1, bombarding the enemy. While they
were returning the enemy's artillery
suddenly attacked the enemy after q
severe engagement, lasting 80 minutes,
and the fiotilla all returned to Yongam-
pho There were not casualties.
"our armed launches reached An
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-05-03

United States. says n Herald dispatch
from Rio dc Janeiro. Brazil. II IN be-
lleved the same favors will be ac-
corded to the products OF Argentine
and France and several other coun-
tries. The Industrial Association has
adopted resolution declaring that the
concessions made TO the United States
are prejudiclai 10 the interests or Bra
zilian industry and commerce. II has
Requested the government to recon-
slider is action.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-05-03
Retreat IN coufus;oc.

London. May IA dispatch to the
Central News from Seoul says that
after the Japanese charge which re-
suited in the occupation OF the Rus
sian lines at Chi cheng. the Russians
fell back in confusion. The Japanese.
the dispatch continued. have now Sc
cured firm hold on the Manchurian
side Of the Yaiu.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-05-03
stormed All Day.

Denver. May "A heavy storm con-
sisting of rain on the plains and snow
in the mountains has prevailed over
nearly the entire state today. Con-
siderable damage to railway property
and delay by washouts was caused
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-05-03

Tung the same morning and repulsed
the enemy's infantry and artillery after
30 minutes Of sharp fighting. Fire
was seen rising from the town, and a
native says that the enemy fed from
An Tung after setting fire to IT,"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-05-03
Quite Possible That Loss ON Both Sides
will Reach Figure Sent Out From
the Enemy's Source.
While There May Have Been 1000 Russians Commanding Stretch
Of River for Distance of 80 Niles Not Probable That More
Than 5000 We're Actually Engaged In Battle.
Some Reports Are Not Confirmed

Russian casualties amounted to over
500.
General Kuroki and his stan entered
chlu Tien cheng at $3.50 Sunday even
ing.
General Kurokl has telegraphed that
the imperial prince and the officers Of
his command are in high spirits. and
that all the troops are in excellent
spirits.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-05-03
CHILD THROWN FROM CAR.
crazed by Lack Of Food Mother At.
temps to Kill Baby.

Crazed by Lack Of Food Mother At
temps to Kill Baby.
Spokane. Wash. May 2.-Driven
crazy, 1t is supposed by lack Of food
and the care Of nine children on jour-
ney across the continent, Mrs. Mary
FigIeski threw her 4-months- old baby
through the window of a Great North
ern train near Columbia Falls last
night. She tried to follow it, but was
held by passengers.
The train backed up and the infant
was found. Apparently Il had fallen
on some shrubbery and rolled into a
and was practically un-
harmed. The mother was brought to
a Spokane hospital.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-05-03
% No, Favor Concessions.

New York. May Alt is understood
that the government has decided to
accord to Belgium the same tarlff re-
ductIons which Il has granted TO the
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-05-03
Russian. R.sis. stubhornly.

Chicago. May IA Daily News spe-
ciaI from Kobe says: "Details OF heavy
fighting in the neighborhood Of Chiu-
ten Tohen. received here this morn
ing state that the Russians made a
stubborn resistance TO the Japanese
advances. but were driven successfully
out Of seven lines OF trenches.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-05-03
Crops Badly DAMAGED.

Pueblo. COL, MAY Pueblo ann
vicinity was visited today by the heays-
est. wind. rain and hail storm Of thu
season. Crops are reported badly dana
aged.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-16
I'LL A44
Seabright, N. J.
FOR GAMBLING OUT.
Seabright, N. J.

If the camp is a permanent affair
have the floor of at least one tent
boarded. Rain is no respecter of camp
ers, and unless you are a small boy you
won't enjoy sitting with your feet in
puddles.
Get good heavy duck or drilling for
the tents and do not omit the flies.
They not only afford protection against
the rain, but by absorbing some of the
SUMS heat they keep the tent proper
cooler. They are especially necessary
if the tent is pitched in the open.
Pneumatic mattresses, hair mattress
es covered with waterproof duck and
cots made of waterproof canvas may
sound more prosaic than a bed of fra
grant pine boughs. but they will be
found more comfortable.
Tent stoves are to be had that come
jointed with an eye to their packing.
An asbestus stovepipe collar relieves
all worry as to the tent catching fire.
Do not forget enough lanterns to go
round. Candles are of little service in
the drafty out of door life of camping.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-16

ferent ways women have of earning
their living / might as well mention the
scheme of a girl know who has start
ed a bureau of information for stran-
gers about to visit New York Many
women would be glad to come to New
York for week or SO if they only
knew some one who would act
friend, directing them to the best shops
for the things they might wish to pur-
chase, telling them about the different
plays at the theaters, showing them all
the places of interest, even procuring
for them invitations to women's clubs,
receptions, studio affairs and musicales.
My acquaintance also undertakes out
of town shopping. 1 don't see for the
life of me why more women don't do
this sort of thing for their out of town
correspondents.
Another position, but more in the ma
ture of salaried one. is that held, by
young woman as summer resort in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-16

The greatest woman French novelist,
George Sand, found she could not freely
make the observations necessary for
her stories while she was dressed as
woman. Thereupon she simply got the
cheap trousers, hat and blouse of a
poor artist and went about the streets
of Paris day and night and year after
year without her sex being suspected.
Her hair was cut short, and there were
no fancy touches in her trousered cos
tune Her secret was known only to
a few intimate friends, and thus she
gathered material and atmosphere for
some of the most powerful romances
that have ever been penned.
There, too, was Rosa Bonheur, the
greatest animal painter of her time,
perhaps of modern times. She too, was
hampered beyond all endurance by the
ordinary garments of her sex. She pc
titioned the French government to let
her wear the dress of a man, and leave
was graciously and gladly granted, for
Rosa Bonheur was appreciated in her
own land. In the country, in the re-
gion adjoining her estate, she wore the
dress of a peasant farmer; in Paris
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-16
Summer Modes.

To change to the ever interesting
subject of clothes, 1 can't help thinking
from the specimens 1 see on athletic
girls that the plated linen skirt is not
all it should be. 1t gets so mussyi The
plaits crumple this way and that, es
pecially after couple of hours crouch
ing on the deck of sailboat, so that
the wearer looks anything but neat. I
am afraid the deliberately plated skirt
is only for prim city wear and not for
anything rougher than a ride in ones
cart or automobile. 1t may do you
some good, however, to know that there
is a right and a wrong way of plating
a skirt. The right way consists of hav-
ing the plaits turn toward the back,
never toward the front. If they are
turned toward the back they will come
together nicely; if in the opposite di-
rection there will be a space to be ac-
counted for filled with wrinkles and
crumplings, or else two box plaits
which will forever hang out of line, as
they are cut on the bias.
With the ecru and white linen skirts
all the up to date girls are wearing
white or champagne co1ored shoes, and,
indeed, nothing so spoils a costume of
snowy white as pair of heavy black
shoes. The shoes are made very low.
lacing only one or two holes, and they
have medium heavy soles and military
or French heels, according to tastes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-16
woRKlNeMEN,s wIvEa.

A writer in an English magazine
says that it is a sheer impossibility for
a workingman's wife to leave home, no
matter how sorely she may need the
rest and change. When the same per-
son is nurse, cook, laundress charwo-
man and needlewoman to an entire
household her absence means chaos. BY
thirty five many of these women are
well on toward old age, broken in
health and unattractive, with the
graces of life destroyed and losing in
f1uence over husband and sons. The
rest of the family takes it all as a mat
ter of course, and, while the majority
of men are not consciously unkind, the
women feel their neglect and suffer
much from social loneliness.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-16
TONIC EFFECT OF A
DIP IN THE SEA SURF.

TT is a pity that only comparatively
4 few of the inhabitants of this coun-
try live where they can take baths
in the open sea few weeks every sum-
mer. Even half dozen surf baths will
begin to build up depleted nervous and
digestive systems. For girls and wo-
men of moderate means it will really
pay in renewed health and joy to skimp
somewhat the rest of the year in order
to get two or three weeks by the sea.
Fortunately it is possible by means of
watching the newspapers advertising
columns to secure accommodations
within reach of almost every woman.
The first surf bathing experience of
woman living inland is something to
be remembered When she makes her
appearance in the bathing suit, with its
very sfoTt t, skin1p skirt and long black
stockings, she feels as if all the world
had only one eye and that was fixed on
her. She goes shyly down upon the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-16
BORN noowpIEs.n

Women frequently do not do Justice
to pretty gowns because they have not
learned how to put on their things
smartly or even neatly.
A smart woman may have all her
gowns made at home, and yet she is
never a dowdy. And why? Because
she knows how to put them on. Her
hair is we'll done, her neck smartly
swathed and her wells, gloves, shoes
and boots are always fresh and perfect
of their Kind. Dowdies are born, not
made. An undue humility has much
to answer for. The topical woman of
no importance" soon goes to pieces on
the rock of dowdyism. A few gowns,
but many accessories. are an antidote
to this dread disease.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-16

Baby how to clean her dainty little
complexion every night before retiring.
This is done with a soft brush and
warm water. The child is also taught
to take a proper interest in rubbing
very little cold cream into the pores
now and then. She manicures the
hands and attends also to the little
feet, even to selecting the child's shoes.
In many cases she prescribes the food
for each child, being guided by her own
experience of the needs of certain con-
situations and the child'S general ap-
pearance. She shampoos and messages
the child's hair and teaches it how to
brush and care for it's own little teeth.
Altogether, in nine cases out of ten,
she makes out of what would probably
be homely little one an attractive if
not pretty child.
While 1 am on the subject of the diff
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-16
The Ameriean GirI.

The same is true of the American
girl. She is brainy, but at the same
time well cultivated physically. The
round shouldered female grind is be-
coming as scarce as the bespectacled
schoolmarm. The college girl and the
schoolmarm both are chic and graceful
and healthy. Instead of devotfng her
time after school hours to porting over
books the up to date girl has her bas-
ing or, better still, her ride in the park.
And if she is a poor girl and can't af-
ford the last she still has golf in the
summer and skating in the winter to
bring the flush of health to her cheek.
1 heard the other day of a woman
who is making quite a comfortable liv-
ing as a beauty expert. Nothing ex-
traordinary in that you will say. No.
of course not; any number of women
make their living that way. But this
one is a beauty expert for children.
of prevention is worth a pound of cure,
and that, by the way, is a pretty good
rule to live up to.
She has a large clientele and visits
each house regularly. Sensible mothers
who realize what little defects unreme-
died in childhood mean in later years
value her services greatly. For in
stance, she enters the house of the
Browns and inspects the Brown chill
dren.
Dorothy is going to have the home
Hest earsl" complains the mother.
They stand right out from her head.
am sure can't imagine what is the
matter"
Questioning and inspection bring out
the fact that Dorothy's nurse has been
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-16


forth on a delicate amble down the av-
enue or, better still, a gentle trot from
one clubhouse to the other in a han
som; an automobile is too rapid for
them. When old age comes to them
which it actually does sometimes just
to prove that the day of miracles is not
past-it finds them puffy under the
eyeIids, wheezy of breath and so equity
that life is one long misery of remorse.
Happily such men are growing rarer,
and they mostly belong to the older
generation. Foreigners, and especially
E.ngiishmen, used to be able to say,
with some degree of truth, that Ameri-
cans did not know how to live-that
we hated fresh air. that we ate poor
food and that we only lived to make
money Nowadays we are as nearly
English as we can be, and by English"
i mean that we are acquiring the best
traits of the English, their fine athletic
physique, their love of country homes
and out of door sport The up to date
young man thinks of something besides
money making, although he thinks of
that too. He has his yacht, his automo-
bile or his stable of horses; he is a
good wrestler. a good sailor, a good all
round athlete; he has his home in the
country and his house in town which
he occupies the lesser part of the time.
and his athletic tastes, so far from in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-16
Common Sense Methods.

She advises Sallie Jones mother not
to have that bad tooth of Sallie's pulled
unless she has the corresponding tooth
on the other side pulled also. Result
is she prevents Sallie's entire lawful of
teeth from going crooked or tipping to-
ward the vacant space on one side. BY
the way, this is a mistake that sensi-
BILE mothers and supposedly sensible
dentists are guilty of nearly every day
in the year, to the joy of the big dentist
specialists who regulate teeth later on
in life to the tune of several hundred
dollars per regulate
The beauty specialist removes pain
lessly tiny moles. She teaches Miss
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-16
INTERESTING POSSESSIONS.

China collecting is one of Mrs. Brown
Potter's hobbies, and she possesses at
Bray Lodge, her home near Maiden
head, England. some valuable speci-
mems of old Chelsea and Battersea
ware. Although she seems to favor
English china most, there are priceless
bits of Satsuma and other porcelains.
The bed in Mrs. Brown Potter's room
is the one in which the celebrated
beauty Diane de Poitiers used to sleep.
while the writing table in the adjoining
room once belonged to Marie Antoi-
nette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-16

these discoveries was the identical or
igin of the characters used in inscrip-
lions on the Central American ruins
with the Egyptian hieroglyphs.
1t is to be noted that various women
known to have habitually worn the at
tire custom and fashion accord to men
have been among the brainieSt and
most distinguished of their sex. 1t is
TO be noted also that most of them have
been Frenchwomen. Here, too, appears
an anomaly: When the English tailor
costume for women first made its ap-
pearance the French condemned it vo-
ciferously because they thought it
Tnannish. Anything mannish in femi-
nine dress the French abominate- At
the same time when it comes to a wo-
mans wearing out and out trousers and
masculine dress complete they will give
woman legal license for it and say
not word against it if she can show
reason for why she should have such
permission. 1t seems not to be the Wo-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-16
A SACRED PICTURE,

The dowager empress of China has,
so it is reported, commanded the at
tendance of a Japanese photographer at
the palace to take her portrait. The
reason for her majesty's decision to be
photographed is that the people may be
able to worship the imperial image, as
in Japan. Having her photograph TAX
en- is a new experience to the empress
and is a proof of her progressive IDEAS
for in days past any attempt to depict
her would have been considered an act
of Sacrilege.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-16

To be up to date this summer one
must wear either a loose coat and skirt
costume or else a shirt waist dress
which matches completely. A shirt
waist of one material and a skirt of
another is anything but smart, no mat
ter how elaborate each piece may be.
1, am glad to see this summer that
many of the prettiest and most chic
girls are going bareheaded. The hair is
done low and ornamented merely with
a bow of ribbon to match the gown.
They are wearing this thrust through
the heavy coil at the back close to the
neck, and the two ends can be seen
from the front
Another little thing to be noted-the
fine kid belts have entirely superseded
those of satin and ribbon. These, belts
are always made to match the costume.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-16
GEMS AND THEIR SETTING.

1t is quite a liberal education nova
days to pay a visit to a noted jewelers.,
so lovely are the jewels and SO delicate
their setting. There has lately been a
wonderful sapphire on view which
seems to bear in it's depth all the blue
of sky and sea at their deepest. The
diamonds which flash around the sap
phire accentuate it's hue, which is as
blue by night as by day. A reversible
tie pin is another innovation, set with
diamonds one side