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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-07-28
WAR NEWS
EcL|PsED
Assassination Is Now the
Absorbing Topic.
uaopATkIN REPORTED WOUNDED
,..,r Loss at Tatsehekiao Is Said
- Have Reached Ten Thousand
Killed and Wounded.
raoplrslN REPORTED WOUNDED

1ovDON. July 2S.-The Evening
a.,-s Ti,n Tsin correspondent reports
.n.t General Kuropatkin was wounded
.bo sbonlder during the battle at
r,scbikao, and another general killed.
MI, pnssjan losses were 10000.
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Newspapers Opinions.

BERLIN, July 2S.-Unconventional
newspapers justify the Plehve assas-
sination. Tagblatt characterizeS the
deed as the execution of a criminal
guilty of crimes against humanity"
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Conditions at Kansas City.

KANSAS CITY, July 2S-The pack
ers this morning withdrew their ad-
they are fully supplied. No further
sympathy strikes are expected. The
shippers have been advised that mar
ket conditions will probably be normal
from now on.
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Parker Not in State Politics

ESOPUS, July 2S.-The announce
ment was made today that Judge Park
er will in no wise interfere with state
politics during the national campaign.
This statement may result in a Tam
many tangle.
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Murder and Suicide.

Leganta, a Macedonian, today shot
Professor Papapagi during an alterca-
ton and then suicided.
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Assassin Is a Jew.

LoNDoN' July 2S.-Reuters ST.
Petersburg correspondent telegraphs
that PIehve's assailant is a Jew, who
refuses to give mis- name.
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Trouble at St. Paul.

ST. PAUL" July 2S.-The union
picket line was resumed this morning
with some disorder. one striker was
arrested.
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Gar Was Overcome.

BERLIN, July 2S.-A st. petersburg
code dispatch states that the czar on
raceiving the news Of the assassination
into a chair. overcome by the
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puss;a Eats Humble Pie.

1ovDON. July est is officially
stated that Lansdowne has received
satisfactory assurances from Russia
that full. satisfaction will be given
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Hanged for Double Murder,

MUNFORDVILLE, KY. July 2S.-
Custer Gardner, white, was hanged to-
day for the murder of S. D. Osborn
and David Osborn. his son last No
vember.
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Naval Lieutenant Dead.

TRIESTE, Austria, July 2S.-Lieu-
tenant Eliment, of the battleship kear-
sarge, is dead of typhoid fever.
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shock. The police possess proof that
conspiracy by the revolutionary party.
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July Wheat and Corn.

CHICAGO, July 2S.-July wheat SO
@95A; new 97A @97A; July corn
1872 M49A.
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The czar was not at first included as
he is regarded as weak but amiable.
Now, he. too, has been added
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Durnovo Appointed.

ST. PETERSBURG. July 2S.-M.
Durnovo has been appointed minister
of the interior temporarily.
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the SurverSive elements is inevitable -
A body guard of detectives is with
Witte.
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when a motor car rushed up with two
nersons. One was an official in uni
form. and the other wore morning
dress. AS the motor passed the car
riage one of the occupants threw a
homb in front of the horses. The min
lister and coachman were so mutilated
that fragments of their bodies had to
ha collected and carried to the minis
tar's residence in cashmere net. Sew
eral bvstanders We're injured. but none
was killed. The identity of the arrest
ed occupants of the motor car has
NOT been made known
Another Account of Assassination.
The Central News St. Petersburg
asserts that two bombs
wore thrown. one from motor car and
tho other from a restaurant. Twenty
narsons were wounded by broken glass.
rbraa floors of the building adjoining
the hotel were smashed to atoms. This
renort has it that the cOachman was
o+ 1,;1Iad but was seriously wounded.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-08
SEIZURE OF, ASPHALT BEDS
ACCOMPANIED BY VIOLENCE
Venezuelan Soldiers Who Went With
the Receiver Loot Stores and
Menace Americans.

Special Cable to The Call and New York
Herald. Copyright 1904, by the New York
Herald Publishing Company.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Aug. T.
One hundred Venezuelan soldiers went
with A. H. Gamer, who, as receiver,
seized the asphalt beds Of the New York
and Bermudez Company at Lake Ber-
mudez. The soldiers committed vio-
lence. Mr.. Bartlett, the company's S
manager at the asphalt beds; Mr..
Kuhn, Mr.. Scott and twenty more
Americans were first menaced and then
arrested, being detained eight days.
stores were looted and a safe was
blown open. The English negroes who
had refused to work were forced to do
so at the point of the bayonet. The
Trinidad Government has requested
the foreign Office in London to send
gunboats TO protect the negroes.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-08
JAPANESE PRAISE KURoPATKIN.
Surprised at His Escape from the
Trap Their Generals Had Set.

TOXIC, Aug. 7.-General Kuropat-
kin's success in extricating his army
from Liaotung Peninsula without dis
aster has elected much praise from
the Japanese. The concentration of his
army at Kaichou at one time seemed
certain to involve it in disaster. 1t
was popularity believed that a great
and decisive battle would be fought
either at TatchekiaO or at Haicheng.
1t is considered here that Kuropatkin
sacrificed his prestige by abandoning
an immense territory without battle.
He was forced to abandon or destroy
valuable stores and munitions of war
when transportation was the most Sc
riouS problem to the Russians. He also
impaired the morale of the army, but
he preserved his men and guns.
1t is evident that Kuropatkin had
hoped and planned to check the Jap
anese at Tatchekiao. Then, after hold
ing the enemy in check, it is believed
to have been his purpose to concen-
trate his remaining force at Liaoyang
and to strike Kuroki. The uneXpect-
ed loss of the Russian left at Tatche-
kiao and the appearance of the Jap
forced the abandonment and surren-
der. without fight, of Yinkow, Hal
cheng and Newchwang.
1t is generally believed that the crisis
will come shortly at Liaoyang and that
Kuropatkin will be forced to give bat
tie, whatever his present purpose may
be. General Oku's and the Takushan
armies are pressing northward and
General Kuroki is close at hand. ready
TO take any part necessary in the gen.
eral Japanese play.
The possession of Yinkow (the port
of Newchwang) has enormously sim
plified the transportation problem for
the Japanese. 1t gives their two ar
mics a freedom of movement which
they have not heretofore possessed.
The Japanese are speedily repairing
the railroad. which the Russians failed
to seriously damage in their hasty re-
treat.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-08
THROWS BOMB
INTO SALOON
More Than a Score of Ital-
ians Injured by Explosive
Hurled by a Countryman
OFFICERS MAKE ARREST
Deed Supposed to Be Due
to Secret Society Which
Has TerrOrized District

NEW YORK, Aug. 7. - A bomb
thrown into a crowd of Italians in
One Hundred and F'ifty-first street last
night injured score or more persons
and led to the arrest to-day of Vim
cenze Donetto. Donetto, the police be-
lieve, is a member Of tha BLACK Hand
Society, which for some time has ter
rOrized residents of the Italian district
here, extorting money from them by
threats and acts of violence. DOnettO
was himself more severely injured by
the bomb than any Of the others, one
leg being badly torn.
Two rival SalOOn-keeperS on opposite
street corners were giving away beer in
an effort to outdO each other, and a
crowd surrounded each place. Peter
Dimaro, who was acting as doorkeeper
at one of the saloons, says that Donetto
approached him and demanded money,
which was refused. He Immediately
stepped back. took a bomb from his
pocket, lighted it's fuse and threw it.
An explosion followed and men, women
and children ran screaming from the
place. DOnetto was knocked down, but
soon recovered sufficiently to be able to
get away. When the police went to
arrest him to-day he threatened to
commit suicide.
Several children were injured slightly
and one mans chin was blown off So
far as the police have been able to learn
no one was fatally hurt.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-08
RUSSIAN COUNCIL OF WAR DECIDES
TO RISK A COMBAT AT LIAOYANG|
st. Petersburg's Populace
Cheered by News From
Port Arthur.
japanese Failure to Remove
the Dead Indicates Sc
we're Reverse.

ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. S.-The Of
ficial report from Lieutenant General
Stoessel, commanding the military
forces at Port Arthur, says that the
Japanese were repulsed with tremen-
dous losses in a three days fight, from
July 26 to July 2S.
General Kuropatkin reports some
Russian successes in outpost fighting
on August 5, without the expected
great battle having opened.
The simultaneous receipt of favor
able news from these commanders IN
the Far East raised the spirits OF the
populace of the Russian capital i'm
mensely. The dispatches were printed
in special newspaper bulletins and
were eagerly bought on the streets.
Newsboys around the depots met the
strong crowds of Sunday pleasure
seekers and shouted their wares with
out being reproved by the police and
thousands of ST. Petersburgers went
TO their homes tonight apparently sat
lsfled that a favorable turn OF a1talrs
had commenced at the front.
General StoesseIs dispatch, though
ten days old. is taken as a satisfactory
refutation of the recently repeated
Vi the ldil Ol OlL al lAQls III
says that the determined Japanese as
saults were repulsed with tremendous
losses and figures 10000 as the number
of Japanese killed or wounded Thls
is admittedly on Chinese information,
which, heretofore, has proved Of doubt
full value. But with Russian losses OF
1900 as basis, the authorities here
consider that 10000 is a fairly conserV-
ative estimate, since the Japanese were
beaten of in what must nave DeGn a
desperate assault on tremendously
strong Notifications. The fact that the
Japanese were not able to remove their
dead and wounded is taken to prove
that their defeat must have been one
of great severity.
The part played by the feet bears
out the prediction that Rear Admiral
Withoeft is able to render efficient sup
port to the garrison. 1t is considered
significant that no mention is made OF
Vice Admiral Togo, indicating that the
Japanese fleet is impotent to aid friends
or injure foe Possibly the bulk of the
fleet has been detached for other SER
vice, though this would not be likely
at time when a serious land assault
on the fortress was contemplated.
The authorities do not divulge the
source of General StoessePs report
though it is understood that it came
by way of Chefu., The fact that the
Japanese are in possession of the
country is far north as Haicheng rem
ders it unlikely that it came by the
land route.
General Kuropatkin's report states
that the Japanese are stationary on his
eastern front, the greatest activity
being on the south and southeast posi-
tions, where the Russians are able &c
take the offensive. While the move
| ments in themselves are apparently OF
no great Importance. they are interest
ing as showing that the Japanese are
still halting before undertaking the Sc
rious task of attacking Liaoyang, with
| it's strong circle of defenses.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-08
Sultan Of Turkey Will Dis
cover the Washington Gov
ernment Is Not ''Blufing"
NO FURTHER THRILLING
Admiral Jewell Has Orders
to Firmly Back Up Amer
lean Minister Leishman
Special Dispatch to The Call.

VILLEFRANCHE,F France, Aug. l.
The American European squadron
commanded by Rear Admiral Jewell
sailed for Smyrna this morning.
WASHINGTON, Aug. NO further
action was taken by the State Depart
ment to-day as regards the strained
relations between the United States
and Turkey. 1t developed, however,
that the purpose of the State Depart
ment in sending Rear Admiral Jewell,
in command of the European squad
ron TO Smyrna, was more serious than
was at first supposed. Admiral Jewell,
il is intended, shall act in full accord
with Minister Leishman, but If ad-
vised by the latter that he is unable
to obtain satisfactory answers from
the Sultan United States warShips are
expected to make an immediate for
midable showing.
The general view Of the situation as
expressed here is that the Sultan is
the victim of some unwise counsel
Certain reports have gone out from
the United States to the effect that
this Government was only "bluffing
in connection with the sending of the
fleet to Turkey.
State Department officials feel con-
fident that the appearance Of the Euro
pean squadron at Smyrna will be suf-
ficient TO impress the Sultan with the
fact that the United States means bust
ness.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-08
Torpedo-BOat DestrOyerS in
an Exciting Brush at
Port Arthur.
Three japanese Vessels Put
Eleven Russian Craft
to Flight.

TOXIC, Aug. Admiral Togo re-
ports an exciting torpedo-boat destroy
er fight which took place off Port Ar
thur on Friday evening, August 5.
The Japanese torpedo-boat destroyers
Akebono and Oboro approached the
entrance of the harbor for the purpose
of accommodating. Fourteen Russian
torpedo-boat destroyers dashed out,
separated, and endeavored to surround
the Japanese boats. The latter broke
through the Gordon, however, driving
off three of the Russian boats.
At this point the Japanese torpedo
boat destroyer Inazuma Joined the
other two and the three turned and
spiritedly attacked the eleven Russian
boats. The latter retired within the
harbOr. The Japanese boats were un-
injured. The damage to the Russian
ships is unknown.
Admiral Togo congratulated the
men and officers of the three Japan
ese boats on attacking and causing the
retreat of a superior number of the
enemy's ships.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-08
Kuropatkin Accepts Chal-
lenge to Battle and Con-
fiict Is Near.
japanese Are Advancing to
Attack Foes Position
at Mukden.

LIAOYANG, Saturday, Aug. 6.-The
Japanese are advancing on Mukden
and it is probable that a simultaneous
attack will be made on Mukden and
Liaoyang, in which case a decisive bat
tie is assured.
Liaoyang is in no immediate danger,
though the Russians have been COM
PEELED to fall back, owing to the su-
perior numbers of the Japanese. A
Russian cavalry division was until to-
day in contact with the enemy south
of Anshanshan The Japanese did not
capture any rolling stock at Halcheng.
1t is rumored here that the Japanese
are changing their base to New
chwang.
Though apparently beaten at every
point and though the Japanese have
advanced we'll on the Russian flank,
the Russians in council of war have
determined to defend all their positions
as heretofore. All the foreign at
taches and newspaper correspondents
are hurrying to the lines.
ST. PETERSBURG. Aug. General
kuropatkin, in a telegram to the En-
peror, dated August 6, reports recon-
Nuisance on August 5 on the south
front, in the direction of the japanese
positions. The Russians set fire to the
village of Henchuantsa. thirteen miles
northeast of Newchwang, from which
place a small force of Japanese fed
precipitately, leaving their transport
animals.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-08
Two Million Men Are Badly
Needed in the States in
Cotton Belt to Pick Crop
GROWERS ARE FRANTIC
Send Agents North With In
structiOns to Use Extra
ordinary Means to Get Help
Special Dispatch to The Call.

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. The
States in the cotton belt are facing
labor famine Of immense proportions.
The planters Of the various States
have been cooperating in haste to OBJ
tain labor for the opening Of the crop
season and the results are disappOint-
ing.
In eight of the heaviest cotton pro-
ducing States there is pressing need
of 1000, 900 more IabOrers, not alone for
cotton picking, but for railroad and IN
dustrfaI development. Reports from
these eight States made to the CO.
operation bureau place the shortage
of labOrers absolutely necessary at this
time at an even two million
To-day an additional score OF labor
agents representing Mississippi and
Georgia planters left for tie Northern
and Eastern cities to buy contract Ia
Dor in as large numbers as possible.
Urgent kilograms were also dispatched
in frantic haste TO the labor agents al
ready in these cities to make extraOrdi-
nary efforts to get thousands Of men,
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-08
KNIGHTS RIDE
FIERY STEEDS
The California COmmandery
Takes First Lesson in
Clinging to Frisky NagS

The California Commandery Of
Knights Templars got into the going
yesterday morning. A quiet roll call
was ordered and bunch of the state
ly gentlemen managed to get staked to
some steeds. The order was passed
around and the entire layout made a
graceful getaway in the direction OF
the ocean boulevard.
All along the line the residents Of
the peaceful Western Addition district
were awakened by cries of whoa
there Spit out that Bit Say. son,
if you stop him, I'll give you quar-
ter" and other such phrases, some or
which were punctuated with language
that in some circles would be consid-
cred strong.
some of the knights managed to
keep from hitting the ground, while
others were wise enough to nave
grOoms following with buggies we'll
stocked with surgical instruments, all
kinds of linaments and a little of that
which cheers a man who is subject to
falling from a horses back
When the ocean was reached the
real rough work began. Even the pO-
licemen on the beats were paralyzed
with fear and admiration at the Won
derful sight. Pedestrians who never
swan a stroke in their lives plunged
headlOng into the sea ana others
scaled the walls of the Cliff House and
other places that seemed to offer safe
refuge.
Many bets were lad at even money
that the cavalcade was going to in
vite Jack Munroe TO a preliminary
battle for the preliminary worlds
championship title No one seemed to
know where the gallant riders were go
ing or where they came from and the
til
for a while.
Joe Campbell was the leader, because
his horse insisted on being in front
of the gang. He looked like Tod
Sloan after being barred from the
British turf DIR. e. r. Bryant posed
as a circus rider and some thought he
was the goods by the way he was hold
ing on to the saddle with one foot in
the air and his hand touching the
ground He made Il awful hit and
was awarded prize.
Dr. Hartley could not make his horse
take on a burst of speed, but he was
there with the grace and had a polite
way Of whispering into his horses ear.
William Hibbler thought he was riding
an elephant and gave his nag a prod
any more. He got his quick and with
out warning.
They all swore that the ride was a
swell affair and a success. Each said
he had a good time, though the leave
taking with the horses was brief one
and every man went right home.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-08
DIAz TO TOUR
UNITED STATES
MeXicO's President Is Anx-
ious to Visit This Coun-
try and Meet Financiers

Thomas n. McCauley, who rose from
AN ordinary farmers lad to the posi-
ton of president of the International
Mercantile Agency of New York and
director in other prominent institutions
of the Empire State, arrived here yes
terday with his wife and is registered
at the st. Francis. He and his wife
and a party of friends have been visit
ing Mexico, where McCauley is inter-
ested in several enterprises. While in
the capital of the neighboring republic
McCauley was introduced to President
Diaz and the newly elected Vice Pres
ident, Ramon Corral. During formal
talk with Diaz he was informed that
the President of Mexico is sincere In
his recent announcement of his tnten-
tion to visit this country shortly. Nc
Cauley was informed by Diaz that the
itinerary of the Presidents proposed
trip includes San Francisco.
Captain Diaz, son of the President,
while entertaining the New Yorker, re-
ferred to the cordial feeling entertained
by his father for Americans, and as
sured his guest that nothing would
please the chief executive of the re-
public of Mexico more than an extend
ed trip through the United States. 1t
is the main purpose of President Diaz
to visit the principal cities of this
country with a view to meeting lead
ing financiers with the hope of encour-
aging them to invest their capital in
the southern republic, where American
enterprise is already lending much as
sistance in thel development OF the
mining and other industries.
McCauley, who was accompanied on
his visit to President Diaz by the
United States ambassador, Joined the
latter in assuring the President that
trip through the United States would
be attended by demonstrations Of
friendliness that would convince the
visitor that Americans are wholly in
sympathy with him in his administra-
ton of the affairs of his own country
and fully appreciate the treatment he
has accorded citizens of the United
States.
!. Vice President Corral, who has fire.
quently visited San Francisco, has been
constantly urging President Diaz to
make a tour of the States, and McCau-
ley saws the President has become en-
thusiastic over the prospect of pleas
ant journey in the north.
Among the properties in Mexico In
which McCauley is interested Is the
Des Rios plantation, which is owned
by the Mexican Gulf Commercial Com
pany, of which he is the president 1t
is his intention to return to Mexico IN
a few months
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-08
SHIPS CAPTAIN ENTRAPPED.
Sensational Incident of the Knight
Commander Hearing.


Commander Hearing.
VLADIVOSTOK. Aug. THE evil
dence on which the British steamship
knight Commander, sunk by the Vlad-
ivostok squadron, was condemned by
the prize court was contained in a
letter-copying book taken from press
in the captains cabin. This book had
not been delivered when the captain
surrendered the other documents and
it proved conclusively to the Russians
that the cargo of railway material car
ried by the Knight Commander was
destined for Chemulpo and not for
private firms in Japan.
Before the prize court the captain
was not compelled to take an oath, the
president of the court saying that he
would accept his word of honor as a
gentleman.
The captain testified that neither he
nor the owners of the Knight Com
mander knew that the cargo was con-
traband and that they believed it was
not destined to be used as war ma
terial.
He was then confronted with his own
letter book and was dazed for mo-
ment He then exclaimed:
Heavens! / thought that book was
at the bottom of the sea-"
The Knight Commander was prompt
lv condemned