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The Washington times., 1904-08-12
MAY NOW EXTEND
BIG BEEF STRIKE
Union Officers Angered by
Stand of Packers.
MEDIATION OFFER REFUSED
President DOnnelly Says Thousands of
Men Will Be Called Out-Team-
steTs Firm.

CHICAGO Aug 12.-President Don
nelly. Of the Butchers Workmen. de-
clded this morning that the refusal OF
the packers 70 listen to any plan OF
mediation means that the strike will be
fought out TO the last ditch. He says
the men viii make no recession fro the
stand they have taken, and that the
strike will be extended to cover every
class of labor handling packing house
products. not only IN Chicago, but all
over the United States.
The threat is made that boyootts will
be ordered. and that every possible
course will be taken TO hamper the
packers in their efforts to carry on the
packing plants on non-uniOn basis.
I'VE are determined 10 win this strike
and We are going To win it.' said Mr..
DonneIly. We are prepared for a long
struggle and the eyes Of the world are
on us.
"Our men have the sympathy OF other
unions and the people i'm general. and
we believe they will stand by US 10 the
end.
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Jewell Reports Arrival.

Admiral Jewell reached Smyrna this
morning with the European Squadron
Of the United States Navy. A dispatch
announcing the arrival of the American
warships was received by the Navy De
partment
No additional instructions have been
sent TO Admiral Jewell. VINO Will wait
in Smyrna until the State Department
decides upon his future movements
Minister Leishman has not advised the
State Department of any change Of
heart on the part Of the Sultan and It is
not known what statement he made yes
terday to the United States minister
concerning the American demands
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J0pS Explain Capture
Of Cruiser Rechitehli

anese hoisted. Previous 10 this there
had been a short but fierce fight between
the Russians and japanese
When the japanese boarded the Rus
sian destroyer. the latter's captain or
dered his men to blow CD the ship The
captain himself sprang upon the Jap
anese Lieutenant who headed the board
ing party, and jumped overheard with
him.
one report says the Russian captain
was killed. while another story has Il
that he was severely wounded. ana
rescued and hidden by friends. The Jap
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DISTRICT GUARD TO PARADE
ON WHITE HOUSE GROUNDS

The District Of Columbia National
Guard viii have dress parade tomorrow
evening between , and o'clock on the
grounds back of the White House
On this account there viii be no base
ball game On the grounds tomorrow.
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Admiral Jewell Reports
Arrival at His DeSti-
nation.
PREPARES TO LAND MEN
Ferment in Turkey Against
the ArmenianS Increases.
Irritation in Russia.

SMYRNA, Aug. 12.-The American
feet sent to make a demonstration
against Turkey to enforce compliance
by the Porte with the American de-
mands. arrived at Smyrna today.
The warships are preparing to land
men.
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Discussed BY Cabinet.

The cabinet meeting today was rela
lively brief. The Turkish situation was
discussed at some length, out nothing
else of Importance was under consid-
Grafton. The cabinet members present
We're Secretary Of State Hay. Secre-
tary OF the Treasury Shaw, POstma steI
General Payne, and Secretary Of Com
meTce and Labor Metcalf
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JaPs Sink BattIeship Czarewitch in Battle
and Have Captured Two Torpedo Boats
Off Coast of China.
THREE RUSSIAN WARSHIPS
FIND ASYLUM AT KIAO-CHOW
Germany Must Decide Whether to Force
Fleeing Ships to Leave Her Harbors.
Japan's Ships on Guard.

CHEFOO Aug. i2 stated that the German cruisers Fuer
Bismarck and ThS preparing to KaoChow gere portion
of the Russian Port Arthur fleet has taken refuge
II impossible to get into communication with KaoChow ow-
ing to congeed wires.
reported that two Russian torpedo boats been captured by
the japanese on the Chinese
CZAREWITCH SUNK IN BATTLE
TOKYO Aug f2Admral Togo reports Russian battle
ship Cwch probably sunk the engagement outside of Port
Arthur on Wednesday.
WARSHIPS SEEK REFUGE
LONDON Aug IA dispatch from Shanghai this afternoon
ports the arrival of Russian torpedo boat destroyer presumably
of the Port Arthur fleet.
The dpa; h adds that reported in Shanghai that
batp the neighborhood of the Saddle Islands seventy miles
southeast of Shanghai
MORE REFUGEES EXPECTED
Consul General John Ooodnow at Shanghai cables the Depart
of State that Russian torpedo boat destroyer arrived there
day, and four expected to arrive
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Porto RicanS Arrive in
Capital and Are Shown
About.
PLEASED WITH LIBRARY
Visitors Varied in Type,
Complexion, and in Style
of Raiment.

Five hundred and thirty school teach
ers from Porto Rico are the guests of
Washington today.
They were entertained at a luncheon
at the Arlington Hotel at l o'clock by
representative citizens and at 2:30 this
afternoon were presented TO President
Roosevelt. who received them cordially.
Immediately upon their arrival in the
forenoon on two trains from Philadel-
phia the Porto Rican teachers were
taken in hand by local officials and
were shown the points of interests.
going first to the Capitol in special cars
provided for their convenience and
from there 10 the Library Of Congress
With the Library the teachers were
particularly pleased. As one of them
said afterWard:
Like the Library.
We had great ideas about America.
and in some things we were disap-
pointed But not so with your Library.
II is dream"
The appearance Of the teachers at
tracted much attention. The percenta &c
of men and women was about equal. and
the women were all young. Several
teachers IN the party were only seven
teen years old.
utN were All neallN dressed. rev or
them. however, having any trace OF
Spanish costume
One OF the men in the party got Of
the train this morning attired in a
Tuxedo suit with stif shirt and white
tie. None Of them wore sDectacles or
eye glasses.
Varied in Complexion.
In complexion the members Of the
party varied greatly. number were
OF a dark negro type. and others OF
fair complexion.
The party did not arrive together.
Ninety-five OF the Porto Ricsns were 50
fascinated with the shop windows Cf
Philadelphia that they got left, and
had To take a later train.
The party has been making a six
weeks tour of the United States under
the espionage Of DR.. Samuel NJ. Lind
say. the commissioner of education for
Porto Rico, and has visited all the large
universities. spending a considerable
time al Boston
All grades OF schools on the island
arc represented and the purpose of the
trip is To enable the teachers 10 get a
close view Of American educational
methods.
Citizens Committee
The citizens committee, in charge Of
the entertainment Of the teachers. dur
iug their stay here. is headed by Com
missioner II. 3. F. Macfarland and DR..
Roland p. Falkner. the newly appointed
Commissioner of Education. who viii
succeed Dr. Lindsay i'm ctober. Other
members of the committee are represeb-
tatiVes OF the Board OF Trade and Bust
ness Mems AsSOCiat ton
Al the luncheon this afternoon ad-
dresses were made by Commissioner
Macfarland and "a number OF those
present but the OCCa sion was informal
% mi Il at h4 1fi
before the teachers calmled at the White
House.
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The State Department has received
the following dispatch from United
States Minister Griscom, at Tokyo:
According to latest reports received
at headquarters. a Japanese fleet at
tackled a Russian feet emerging froni
Port Arthur 10 the south OF Round
Island. of Talieuwan. The Russian
feet, finally defeated, fled during the
night The cruisers AskOld. Novik and
one other and one destroyer, entered
kiao-Chow Bay on the night OF the
l1th: one destroyer fed to Chefoo.
Five battleships. one cruiser prob
ably the Diana. hospital ship and sew
eral destroyers returned 10 Port Arthur
between dawn and midday of the llth.
Apparently no damage was done to the
fleet 90
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Part of Russian Fleet
Escapes to KiaO-ChOW

The dispatch received by the legation
reads:
According TO reports hitherto re-
ceivcd, the Russian squadron emerged
from Port Arthur and was attacked by
our fleet south of NentaO and dispersed
The cruisers Ashold and Noyik and an
other cruiser and destroyer took refuge
at kiao-ChOw and another destroyer
took refuge at ChefOo.
''On August II five Russian battle
ships. one cruiser. probably the Diana,
and one hospital ship and several tor
pedo boat destroyers seemed 10 have
regained the Port Arthur harbor. Our
fleet is believed TO have escap ped dam
age"
Battleships Go Back.
The Rome correspondent OF the Cen
tral News says the japanese legation
at the Italian capital states that the
Russian warships RetviZan and Pobieda
returned to Port Arthur. being unable
10 follow the remainder Of the squad
ron
The japanese squadron. according TO
this re port. were obliged TO give up the
chase owing TO the fact that their am
munition had been used up I'm recent
bombardments.
This statement of the return OF two
Russian vessels to Port Arthur. which
differs from the London legations cable.
which gives a larger number Of vesse.s
at the port is probably due TO the fact
that the cabicgram received by the
London legation has not Yet been re-
ceiVed at Rome.
The return of the two vessels was re-
ported yesterday. The Londcn lega-
tion's cable is later dispatch.
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Following the recent successful cam
paign Of the local boating organizations
to have the District Commissioners pro-
h.bit manufacturing firms from throw
ing into the Potomac River gas tar and
oil. the Commissioners have received
from r. NJ Towson. OF 1873 Twenty
second Street northwest, long letter
claiming that gas tar and oil in the
waters can be only a great benefit 10 the
residents Of the city because such sub
stances. when carried TO the lowlands
and marshy places. render the Matching
OF mosquitoes impossible.
That such a practice is Of great bene-
fit was today denied by Health officer
Woodward. who also added that the Dis
trict code prohibits all people from
throwing oil into the waters of the
The Other Side.
Nearly every question" says MIR
Towson's letter TO the Commissioners.
has two sides In this We have. on the
one hand. a few canoeists who complain
that the scum aoa ting on the water DIS
c0,ors the paint al the water line on
their canoes. On the other hand, mos
quitoes have been fewer in Washington
this summer than for many preceding
years.
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Fight to Finish.

1T is a fight TO finish with us now,
and we are just as confident as We were
at the beginning II remains 10 he seen
how long the packers can keep up their
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Capture Confirmed.

A dispatch from United States Consul
Fowler. at Chefoo, confirms the press
dispatches regarding the capture IL that
harbor of the Russian torpedo boat de-
stroyer Rieshitelni. which had taken
refuge there. by two Japanese de-
stroyers.
He states that after the capture the
Japanese towed their prize out Of the
harbor.
LONDON. Aug. l2--According to a
cablegram received by the Japanese
legation today, a part of the Russian
Port Arthur feet which emerged from
the Port on August l0 escaped 10 kiao-
Chow. China. while the majority OF the
feet returned TO Port Arthur.
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Fair tonight and Satur-
day. Light to fresh winds.
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The Alaska prospector., 1904-02-04
Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the undersigned, rrank |. Bailaine. oi Seattle, Washington, as- CT, being entitled to the benefits of Section 2sO6 of the revised statutes of the United States granting additional lands to soldiers and sail applied to enter the lands embraced in United States Survey No. 726 in the District of Alaska situated on Resurrection bay. and more partie- ularly described as follows:
 Beginning at the Northeast corner of said survey No I26 being granite stone monument marked 5 726 Cor. l, thence South along the East line of said survey No. 72s. 42 chains to Corner No.2 of said slrvey, thence following ,ii the !ine o ot ordinary high tide South 45 deg. West Sio chains, South 6s deg. 45 min. West 4.s0 chains West 2.s0 chains South 66 deg. 30 min West l0.30 chains, South 60 deg. West 8 70 chains South B deg. West GAO chains, South IT deg I5 min. West chains to Corner No. of said sur yey. thence North along the West side of said survey 6233 chains Ia Corner No. I of said sur yey, thence East along the North boundary of said survey s22i chains to place of beginning. P deg. 05 min. East. as additional to the origi- nal homestead of said bio. C. W. Brashers on twenty-five f25l Township twenty-eight sl issl Range twenty five l25l containing eighty is0j acres. which said Dio. C. W. Brashers entered homestead No. 1853 at the United States Land Office at Springfield. in the state of Missouri and also as additional to the original home stead of said John T. Fisher on the West !, of the Southwest Section eleven Ill Township thirty-iiye t35l Range twenty-one [2il contain Ing eisnty lSoJ acres, wnish said John FislfpP entered on the :Dth day of March 1888 per homestead No. 5aS2 at the United statcs 4Lsnd Office at Boonyille in the state of Missouri and that any and all persons claiming adversely any portion Of said tract are hereby warned that they must file in the United States Land ofhee at Juneau. Alaska, their adverse claim under oath during the period of the publication pi this notice or within thirty % days there after.
 Dated this 7th day of December. A. D. Isos
 Frank Ballaine,
 Applicant '. &. land Offce, Juneau, Alaska, Dee :. 1903. IL is hereby ordered that the fores oing notice be published in the ..Aiaska fro<p.etoP" "A weekly newspaper published at Valdez. Alaska for tine statutory period.
 JoBN W. DrpLgY,
 0 Register
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Notice of Forfeiture,

To II. Culper and G. N. EsterIy, administrations of the estate of Nj. 0. Gladhaugh deceased and to the heirs of said M. 0: Gladhaugh, de ceased.
 You are hereby notified that the undersigned have expended the sum of one thousand, eig ht nundrcd dollars in the develo ment and im- pfovcment of those certain six quartz mining ,laims, situated near Mckinley Lake, in the Aisdnic Mining District. District oi Alaska rlid known respectively as the RnnanZa the iieag's Nest, the Alganic. the Bears Foot the White Lily and the Nancy Hanks, all of which snid claims arc recorded in the office of the Cnited states ComInis sioner, at Valdez, Alaska Said money so expended for the development and Improvement of said claims was done as and Tor the annual assessment work on said 'ial ms required by law, for Inc years 1901, IyE, and l@D3, and you are further notified that ii you or either of you fail to pay to the under. signed the proportion of said sum due from each of you on or before the expiration of 9i iays from the publication of this notice that your and each of your interests in said claims will be forfeited to your co-owners, the under signed.
 Payment may be made to Walter Storey, at 0diak, Algska
 Dated at Valdez, Alaska. this 18th day of Jan uary. 1901.
 Walter Storey,
 Axcl EEglund.
 John F. Swanson.
 F. Dahl. First publication Jan. 21.
 Last publication April 2l. 1901.
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Notice of Forfeiture.
ELLAMAR, Alaska, Jan. 26, 1904.

ELLANAR, Alaska, Jan. 26, I9Ol. To EUGENE c. AYES.
 You are hereby notified that the undersigned, Peter Steinmetz, has expended during the two years 1yO2 and 1903 two hundred t$2DOl dollars in labor upon the Lone Star mining claim situ- ated on Landlock bay. in Valdez Recording District, the location notice of which claim is now of record in the office of the United States Commissioner at Valdez. and to which notice reference is made for q more particular de- scription thereof, in order to hold said claim under provision of Section 232i, Revised Stat utes of the United States, and the amendments relating thereto concerning annual la Dor upon mining claims. being the amount required to hold said claim during the years l9O2 and 1905, ending December 3l, 1903. And if at the expiration of ninety days from the publication of this notice, you fail or refuse to contribute your proportion of such expenditure, your in- terest in said claim. will become the property of the undersigned. your co-owner, who has made the required expenditure by the terms of said section.
 PETER STEINMETZ. First publication Feb 1.
 Last publication May
The Alaska prospector., 1904-02-04
IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR KAYAK
 PRECINCT. DISTRICT OF ALASKA
In the Matter of the Estate ofj
 JAMES ORsoS, Deceased. N"

In the Matter of the Estate ofI
 JAMES ORsoN, Deceased. M" l.
 NOTICE TO CREDITORS. Notice is hereby given, that the undersigned was on the 18th day of December, 1903. duly appointed administrator of the estate of said James Orson, deceased.
 Notice is hereby further given by the admin istrator or said estate. to the creditors of and all persons having claims against the said estate to exhibit them win the necessary vouchers within six months after the first pu b. lication of this notice. to the said admnistra- tor, at his place of residence in Catalla Alaska the same being the place for the transaction of the business of said estate, in the Precinct of Kayak. " Dated Catalla, Alaska, December IS, 1903.
 WILLIAM CARELESS
 Administratpr of the estate of
 James Orson, de:eased. Date c. first publication, Jan. I4
 Date of last publication, Feb. IS.
 WI. H. wHIrTLEsEY. Atty. for Administrator.
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To Raise Live Stock,

The Aleutian Live Stock x Min. ing Co. is now being organized in Seattle for the purpose of doing business on the Aleutian islands. Land will be taken mp and stocked with cattle, and money will be in- vested in other enterprises in that neighborhood.
 On Akun island, one of the largest of the group. townsite is established and named Jarvis, in
The Alaska prospector., 1904-02-04
CHURCHES SOCIETIES ETC.

ENDEAvOR CONG. CHURcH-COr. Glacier Avenue and Hobart Street. Rev. G. Burnett, Pastor Services every Sunday at 10:3O a. m. and 8 p. m. Prayer meeting Wednesday night. Christian En- deavor Society meets Sunday even ing at ' o'ciOck.
 CHURC I OF THE EPIpHANY-Cor. Glacier Avenue and Hobart Street. Services on Sunday at II a. m. and 8 p. m. Rev. F. $. Tay- Tor, Rector.
 ORDER OF ALASKA MoosE, Pioneer Tent No. l. Meet in their own
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MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT.

honor of the customs collector. The site for the town is on Lost Harbor, which is open all the year round and is suitable for any kind of vessel. Wharves and buildings will be erected as soon as possible.
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Notice To The Public.

Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has taken up Hoodoo Island, located in Prince William sound between Prince of Wales pass age and Bainbridge passage about six miles from south end of Knights Island, for the pur- pose Of raising foxes; and all persons arc here by warned against trespassing on said island.
 2-52 JAMES BEETLES
The Alaska prospector., 1904-02-04

BRoTHERHooD OF ALASKA PIONEERS.
 J. P. Johanson, Chief; A. Fried olin, Secretary. Headquarters, Afognak, Alaska
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A1aska's Official Directory.

Governor-John c. Brady.
 Surveyor General and Ex-Oficio Secretary Wm. l.. Distin.
 Chief Clerk-Geo. Stowell.
 '. S. yudgcs-Melville C. Brown, Dist. No. l. seat at Juneau: Judge Moore, Dist. No. 2, seat at Nome; James wickersham. Dist. No. 3. seat at Eagle.
 U:. s. Land ofieers-Register, John w. Dudley.
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Hall on Reser vation Avenue, every Thursday evening at s o'clock. w. A. Rystrom Ruling Spirit; A. J. Adams, Keep
 of Wa Wa.
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KNIGHTS OF PYrHIAs CLUB-W. A. Rystrom, Pres, Wm. Whittlesey Sec. Meets lst and 3d Monday of each month in Odd Fellows club rooms.
The Alaska prospector., 1904-02-04

A few votes were cast for men who were not nominated: Wm. Ethical receiving 15, Ott" Kanitz ?, Scotty Crawford 1, Staghound Bill ] and Slop Jake 1.
 Blum, Edwards, Donohoe, Quinn, Miller, White and Rystrom having received the highest number of votes were declared elected.
 The present school board was then renominated by exclamation, not dissenting voice being heard. Judge Lyons was nominated as municipal magistrate and unani- mously accepted as a candidate.
 The ticket thus formed is ident- teal with the one proposed by the PROsPEcToR last week, with the ex- ception of Wm. Ethical, who re. fused the nomination, for the req son that although he had large in- terests in the town, his residence was on the reservation.
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Two tickets are now in the field for the municipal election, and a third one is being worked up. These three tickets cover about all the men in town who are willing to serve or who will be here all summer. The prospects are good for lively election. There seems to he no particular tissue" except personal likes and dislikes, but even these will furnish sufficient reason for considerable electioneer- ing, all of which will be to the ad- vantage of the town, in that it will be the means of all the voters ap- pearing at the polls. From present indications the ticket nominated at the mass meeting last Saturday stands the best show of winning, for what little opposition that ap- pears Is so scattering and has such a diversity of opinion, that it will not materially affect the standing of the original ticket.
 The council acted very wisely in appointing a night watchman Monday. During this time of the year, a fire might gain head way enough to endanger the whole town before it was discovered, but with a man making the rounds at short intervals, the chance of a ser ious conf1agration is greatly re- duced.
The Alaska prospector., 1904-02-04
The Mass Meeting.

The mass meeting called for last Saturday was we'll attended, the court room being crowded.
 J. A. Bourke was elected chair man, and the following nomina- tions for councilmen were then made: $. Blum, H. w. Miller, w. A. Rystrom, Otto Hanson, T. J. DonOhoe, A. NJ. Edwards, T. J. Quinn, Al. White and s. A. Parker.
 A motion that the names be bal lotted upon. and the seven receiv- ing the highest number of votes be declared candidates, was carried, and balloting proceeded with. Fol lowing is the result of the vote:
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First publication Jan. 2l. Last publication April 21. 1901.
The progress., 1904-04-30
Making Plant Food.

All gardeners of the east and south
are vitality interested in the recent eff
forts to prepare nitrogenous fartiliz-
er by artificial means. The natural
nitrate deposits in South America are
rapidly becoming exhausted, and un-
less other substances can be secured
to take their place as fertilizers the
price must soon rise beyond the abili-
ty of many to buy. For some time
past the chemists have been strug-
Cling with the problem, hoping to
make use of the limitless amount of
free nitrogen in the air, which has
hitherto been unavailable because Of
the difficulty of separating it from the
oxygen. 1t is now found that this sep
aration may be rapidly and cheaply ef-
fected by passing current of air over
read-heated copper. The oxygen COM
bines with the metal and froms cop
per oxide, and the nitrogen is set free.
1t is then brought into combination
with a. mixture of powdered charcoal
and lime in an electric furnace. The
resulting product is a block substance
containing about 10 to IL per cent. of
nitrogen in perfect condition to be used
as fertilizer 1t appears that the nj
trogen from this substance, which has
been named calcium cyanide, acts upon
plants quite as effectively as that con-
tanned in a proportionate quantity of
potassium nitrate or sodium nitrate.
The commercial introduction of this
material is anticipated with consider
able interest-American Gardening.