Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1904-05-26

The National Editorial association
will visit Portland during the 1905
fair.
The Russians have forced the Japan
ese army 70 retreat to Feng Wang
Cheng.
The British steamer Turret Bay went
on the rocks of the CAPE Breton coast.
The vessel was lost with 13 OF the
crew.
Governor Chamberlain has offered
~, 500 for the capture OF the murderer
Of Creed Conn, In Lake county, Oregon,
and $500 apiece for sheep slaughterers.
sThe Russian fleet at Port Arthur
will 10 out and take the offensive as
soon as the cripples are ready. Only
one vessel Is now holding them back.
The japanese are preparing to storm
Port Arthur, the waters becoming too
dangerous for the feet on account Of
the floating mines turned loose by the
Russians. ese #a ease
England has sent q warship 10 Mo-
rocco TO compel that government to
take immediate steps TO capture the
bandits who hold q British subject for
ransom. An American vessel will also
Do sent.
An imperial edlct has been Issued by
Corea still further involving 1t with
the Russian government and obliterat-
ing all semblance OF neutrality. CO.
rean steamships are aiding in the land
Ing OF Japanese.
Seventy thousand Russians are said
TO be marching 10 the relief Of Port
Arthur.
Two thousand Russians were killed
or wounded in an engagement at Hsien
Yen Cheng.
The forestry bureau will recommend
the creation Of four forest reserves in
Eastern Oregon.
Admiral Togo reports that 66l men
went down with the two warships sunk
by Russian mines.
St. Petersburg officials say there is a
free passage at Port Arthur for gwen
the largest battleahips.
The cruiser Tacoma has left Homo
lulu in search OF an unknown island
between there and Panama.
Russians attribute the Japanese
naval disaster as divine interference,
and believe the tide has turned.
Bandits in Morocco have seiEed a
rich American and his stepson and
will hold them for heavy ransom.
The Corean government has an
nulled all treaties and agreements with
Russia. This is practically declara.
tion Of war. IL is feared China will
follow.
Russian army surgeons are praising
the Japanese bu let's. They infict
small, clear wound, though possessing
good stopping effect. One captain in
the YAlu fight was wounded 20 times
but will recover.
Russian evacuation OF Niu Chwang is
complete.
Chicago wants to sell se,5OO,OOO Of
city bonds.
The battleship Rhode Island has
been launched.
The Krupp gun wurks in Germany Is
busy turning out war material,
King Edward is said to be seeking
to end the hostilities In the Far East.
The friction between General Kuro-
patkin and Viiceroy Alexieff is becom-
ing acute.
The National Good Roads association,
In convention In st. Louis, indorses
the Lewis and Clark fair.
The commander of the military
forces in Port Arthur declares that he
saw two Japanese submarine boats in
the harbor and that the battleship Pc
tropavlovsk was sunk by one.
Russia will not try to send any ships
out Of Port Arthur until the Baltic
feet arrives and q Juncture with that
and the Vladivostok squadron can be
effected.
Two prominent Japanese have ar
rived in the United States In the inter-
est Of bonds and commerce.
King Edward has announced his in
tention Of visiting Emperor William.
A second Dreyfus affair has come to
the front in London by an Italian offer
ing to sell So plans of notifications Of
French forts.
The Japanese are tearing up more OF
the railroad leading to Port Arthur and
are determined that there shall be no
further rail communication.
1t is feared by Russian authorities
that Chinese bandits may cut General
Kuropatkin's line of communications
and leave him at the mercy of the jap
Anese. as
The next great battle Of the Russo
Japanese war will, in all probability,
be fought at Lao Yang, as both sides
are concentrating their forces in that
direction.
General Kuropatkln is said to have
at his disposal 100 600 troops, only
rs, 900 of whom are available for active
operations, while General Kuroki has
1Ao, 900 first class troops.