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SS aD i ) the neutrality of the United States in the 3 Russo-Japanese war: am “And I do hereby enjoin the. good Seeretery Mey Heda, Grell Owls) oot ae eet oe matic Stroke by His RecentNoteto/ persons residing or being within the the Powers—Cch Remain Neu-| territory of jurisdiction of the United © ” States to observe the laws thereof tral and Be Not Disturbed by: Hee-/and to commit no action cdhtrary to tile Nations—Powers Will Agree. | the provisions of said statutes or in ae Sik . violation of thelaw of nations in that “And I do \warn all ci ded another to his long lst of diplo-|ot the United States and alt Geen matic triumphs and the United States is once more enabled by his diplo- macy to head the nations in a con- current effort to preserve the integ- rity of China. SMALL AREA AS POSSIBLE. and full expression of sympathy in public or private is not restricted by the laws of the United States, military forces in aid of either belligerent Gan as possible and to respect the neutral- ity and administrative entity of Chi- na, will he accepted by Russia and Japan and all the nations will join the Washington government in invit- ‘ing the combatants to agree to the proposition. ‘ M: Jusserand, the French ambassa- dor, has called upon Secretary Hay at his residence to inform him officially of France’s acceptance, and inferential- ly it is known that Russia's acquies- cence will be communicated very soon. At.the Russian embassy no intimation has been received of the government’s probable answer to Secretary Hay’s note. 2 . Ifis generally understood that hos- tilities will be confined, so far as Chi- na is concerned, to Manchuria, Shan Hai Kwan probably marking the west- while all persons may lawfully and without restriction by-reason of the aforesaid state of war manufacture and sell within the United States arms and munitions of war and other ar- ticles ordinarily known as contraband of war, yet they can not carry such articles upon the high seas for the use or service of either belligerent, nor can they transport soldiers and officers of either, or attempt -to break any blockade which may be lawfully estab- lished and maintained during the war, without incurring the risk of hostile capture and the penalties denounced by the law of nations in that behalf. And I do hereby: give “notite that all citizens of the United States and oth- ers who may claim the protection of this government who may conduct given to the term “administrative en- uty.” It is not expected that a treaty azainst the consequences of their con- will be necessary to execute &j}duct. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. tary Hay’s proposition, but that an “By the president: Mf . a “'. .. “JOHN HAY, Secretary of State.” the government of the United States exchange of nates Oa Russia’s deciafipmto acquiesce was reached aftey‘a Gonstltation with sév- _ RUSSIA IN BAD. WAY. eral European powers: It is under- Aeneas Shes stood that M. Delcasse brought strong|,Fleet Bottled Up and No Chance to pressure, to bear ‘at St. Petersburg Combine. in sup of the note and that ambas-| Russia’s navy is widely scattered. sador Porter, at Paris, was most act-| A large part of it is in the Baltic set, ive in obtaining .France’s approval. jin northern Europe; and a strong fleet The London government, it is ex-|is in the Black sea, in southern Eu- pected, will not be inclined further to} rope, where it is effectually bottled up inquire as to the details of the propo-} by the treaty of 1841, eonfirmed by sition. It has been known for. several; the Paris peace of 1856. days that \England adhered to ;the principle. © tee The formal accéptance of the other powers, it is expected, will follow rap- idly, but the succes’ of tue proposition is assured by the detision of Russia and Japan to agree to’ it. The Bosphorus connects the Black Dardanelles connects the sea of Mar- mora with the Mediterranean. By the terms of the treaty of 1841 no foreign ship of war may enter the Dardanelles except by Turkish permission. There- fore the Russian Black set fleet can not pass into ‘the Mediterranean and thence into the Atlantic. Now that the Russian squadron in the Pacific has been crippled by the Japanese, Russia must find a way to strengthen the damaged squadron or yield naval supremacy to the gévern- ment of the mikado. It is not surpris- ing, therefore, to learn that a report is current in London that Russia is trying to arrange with Turkey to per- mit the Black sea fleet to pass the Dar- danelles. Since the consent of Great Britain will also be. needed, there is no probability that the Russian fleet will be released. Japan and Great Britain are bound by treaty to support each other under certain contingen- cies. This alliance is particularly di- rected against'Russia, and Great Brit- STORY ‘OF FIRST BATTLE. Over 200 Russians Killed—Japs Lost None. About 200 of the Variag’s crew lost their lives when the vessel was de- stroyed by the Japanese off Chemulpo, - according te a World dispatch from « Tokio. The crew of the Russian cruis- er numbered 570. Many lost their lives under fire, but a large number drowned in attempting to escape. The men loyally aided their officers, and, it is said, not one of the. latter was drowned in getting ashore. ~ ° Many swam, not to the shore, but to the foreign men of war in the harbor, which promptly lowered boats and went to their rescue. Besides the French cruiser Pascal, the Italian cruiser Biba and the British cruiser Talbot aided the refugees. One hun- dred and fifty, many of them wounded, reached the Talbot. Sir Cyprian -Bridge, the British admiral in com- mand of the station, has ordered that the wounded Russians shall not be handed over to the Japanesé, uniess they so desire. The Japanese did not lose a man. None of the fleet; which is known to have been in overwhelming force, was damaged. The engagement was watched by four foreign warships, including the United States gunboat Vicksburg. They all saluted the Japanese flag Thursday, it being the great national festival of Kigenetsu, the anniversary of the accession of the- Emperor Jim- mu to the throne and the foundation of the present imperial line, 2,564 years ago. i of a hostile fleet which would instant- ly be directed against her friend and ally. R. G. Dun &@ Co.’s Weekly Review of Trade says: War, fire and cotton were the adverse factors in the week in the country and tne country stood the shock remarkably well, and there are numerous encouraging symptoms. To a large extent the outbreak of hos- tilities in the orient and the collapse of the cotton boom had been discount- ,ed and the disastrous loss of the Bal- | timore conflagration was offset very largely by the stimulus it will give to many distributing industries. In restoring Baltimore there will be great activity in we building trades, while large stocks of goods must be replaced and orders filled by jobbers and manufacturers elsewhere. More or less traffic congestion re- sults from the weatner, and ..u.8 fac- tor accounts fer the small loss of 1.7 per cent in railWay earnings during January. Failures in th: nowin the musetim of Gizeh, at Cairo, is known to be nearly 6000 years o:d. Notwithstanding this great age, it is asserted that the wood itself is entirely sound a:d natural in appearance. - vunted States were Details of a grand club tour, to be held in August, were discussed at the annual meeting of the American Automobile association recently. This tour as outlined is to ran from New ite ne iL i i 8 ie » th ii cf 5g : is : i z gf sf a President Declares Our Position in The ear ahs betes sae eit of Presid | cf en! WILL CONFINE HOSTILITIES TO ‘eanavelty diaaibneation doc: sea with the sea of Marmora, and the, Miss Mary Kelly, sister of the mur- ain will not consent to the liberation|~ 3 apenas SITUATION IN THE FAR EAST While the Japs Are Winning Now it Is Hard to Tell the Final Outcome, : a PRISONER A, J. BECKMAN PLUNG- ED KNIFE IN HIS THROAT, ee He Was on Trial for the Murder of Helen Kelly—When His Attorney Addressed Jury, the Prisoner Arose and Shouted, Then Cut His Throat— A General Fight Resulted. PROPERTICS HAVE SETTLED DOWN TO WINTER'S WORK. Ss sh the early victories in the present war may go to the Japanese, the final tri- umph of Rassia is maintained, quite naturally, that in a contest between a large nation of 189,- 000,000 people, with a war strength of over 8,000,000 men,and a small nation of 44,000,000 people, with a war Strength of about 600,000 men, there can be but one result. The | power will pores the smaller by Feb. 14—The most Sheer force of weight and numbers. ; pox Fe pre wa Je ever witnessed in! Were Japan a European power, situat- agg in the history of Mon-, © within easy reach of Russia, this cane ee ted in the district|°°P°lusion might be warranted. It as ae J. Backman, on S0uld be remembered, however,that court, when life for the murder of P¥sia must conduct this war from trial for his . the main base of‘supplies. It is neo- Helen Kelly, a 17 year old girl, on essary to transport men and material otobar 16: Sennironety WNee FTE trom 8006 be 4000 mallen evar o single bin chair eshte. Sit SOONER OE vathead Wi waly Gna each ee plunged a knife into his throat. ad-| Over this long line of communication Attorney Maurice English was that men, animals, artillery, ammuni- dressing the jury and closed an ap- tion and general war supplies must be peal to their sympathy with the ete]. ied, and it is easy to see that wag- ment: “And you are going to take ing war at a point so remote from the that poor man’s life,” when Beckman]. oi. 44) military base must be an ex- jumped to his feet with an open pock- tremely difficult undertaking. et knife in his hand and shouted: Japan, on the other hand, ‘has only “No, by God; I'll do it myself. Iam), transport its men and war matreials going to Helen.” . /@ few hundred miles and it is in the Drove the Knife Into His Throat. | enemy's country. With its acknowl- With this statement he drove the edged naval strength it can easily keep knife to the hilt into the left side of up its lines of communication, and his throat, and was in the act of T®/ cending reinforcements or needed sup- peating the deed when grappled with! pjies ig.a matter of a comparative few by Deputy Saeriff Pelletier and Bailiff) pours. Rassia must trast to a long Frank Burke. The wounded man rav- Single track railroad for everything ed and struggled with the officers like needed in the campaign, and with that & maniac and shouted for “Helen.” —_|jine cut or interrupted, there must be Immediately after the deed Judge a halt. It has been said that even now McClernan ordered court. adjourned} it will take several months before a and the jury filed out of the box. Beck-| large army and its impediment can be man, bleeding profusely and still strug-| thrown from European Russia into gling with his captors, continued to Manchuria, nad with a. Japanese army rave and stagger avout the courtroom, breaking the line of communications, while the blood spurted in every di-| the Russians must be at a decided dis- rection, causing the place to take on | advantage, the appearance of a shambles, The carpet was spattered with blood; while] at the end of the table, wnere the pris- oner .sat when he plunged the knife into his throat, a large pool of blood marked the spot. Whole Court in an Uproar. In the struggle between the deputies and their prisoner they covered near- ly every part of the courtroom, their progress being marked by a trail of blood. The courtroom was in an up- roar immediately after the desperate act, and many.rushed to the street. Orders have been issued at the state house of Colorado reducing the mili- tary force at Cripple Creek to 55 men. These will remain in the field indef- initely. More miners are employed in the Cripple Creek district at present, it is said, than ever before, and: the output of the mines has been steadily increasing since the first of the year. : Mining Notes. : The snowslide at the Alpine minés, near Sumpter, Ore., demolished sev- eral buildings, but no lives were .ost. The damage is considerable, The new mill escaped damage. The storm is still raging, ©. U, Jones of Weiser, “Idaho, has Seoured @ five year’s lease from the American mining company of Helena, Mont., to the White Mountain, the Peacock and the Helena copper claim in the famous Seven Devil’s copper dis- trict. The properties are among the best developed in the district. They are in good shape for mining opera- tions, being equipped with steam hoist- ing plants, drills, eto. Mr. Jones ex- pects to have 50 miners at work within four or five weeks, Much important news 'reaches Boise from Thunder Mountain, showing that the work there this winter is produo- tive of good results. A large body of ore hes been opened in thé _of the Nebraska Commercial Mining oom- pnay on-the divide between Rush and “Marble creeks, the grade of ore being pemrseaseensornesy ran mnie na ranma “PORT ARTHUR ISOLATED. Telegraph Lines Cut and Railroads . Blown Up. London, Feb. 14.—The correspond- ent of the Express at Pekin cables that Admiral Alexteff-is reported practical- ly isolated at Port Arthur. Direct communication between Port Arthur and Vladivostok is suspended. The telegraph lines are cut,-and the rail- road in the rear of Port Arthur has been blown up. Sixty thousand Jap- anese have been landed. Heavy mor- tality is reported among the troops at Port Arthur and Dalny. camp. The tannel has been run 100 feet. For the first 75 feet values were small, but a sampel taken at 85 feet res en in gold andone at 95 feet 4. Five thousand la and 1 min ers have gone on a striké;-says a Val- paraiso de Chile dispatch to the New York Herald. So far no disorder has been reported. George Goble, a miner employed at the Minnie Moore mine, one mile from Bellevue, Idaho, was caught by a snow slide on the trail to the mine recently and lost his life. The worst storm for many years has been raging. Dan Laverty, manager of the Pitts- burg-Idaho.. Mining company, wh dered girl, was sitting in the court- room and was with difficulty escorted to the judge’s chambers. Wound Not a Dangerous One. Immediately after the tragedy, Dr.’ OREGON GLEANINGS, A freight train was wrecked about 10 miles east of Baker City. A broken Murray was summoned, and after a| wheel wag tog cause, Several cars! owns » group of ten claime in the Lo hurried examination, pronounced the Were ditched the contents damaged district, near » Idaho,says that wound in Beckman’s neck as not be-| ‘0 some extent, r tunnel is now in Pendleton, which has been a ‘‘wide Open’’ with gambling on every side, and having every appearance of a min- | ing camp, is closed and closed tight, as the result ~f the prosecuting attorney making a presonal raid on the joints. Beckman killed Helen Kelly, his} At Astoria, Burr Osborn, the young- sweetheart, in a local lodging bouse'est son of J ndge Osborn, cummitted three months ago because she had jilt-' suicide at the howe of his parents. He ed him. He was thought to be insane. | had long been suffering from cousump- Believing. thete-wese. exteritating cir-| tion and, convinced that he could not : cumstances‘in thé minder; the officials recover, took his own life. He was | Seen bee = a vee ing dangerous, although serious. The injured man was taken to a hos- pital for medical treatment. Just where Beckman secured the pear] han- dled pocket knife with which he did the cutting is a mystery. 5650 feet, giving a vertical depth of about 800 feet. The tunnel will be ran in 50 feet further, when crosscuts will berun. The workings in the lower tunnel are now almost directly beneath the rich oreshoot of good .coppoer_ore struck in the upper workings. 4 The failure of M. L. Lockwood, one of the largest operators in the Kansas oil fields, is announced. The liabili- had offered to allow Backman to plead aged 21 years. 3 close to $100,000, Mr. Lockwood is a guilty to second degree murder. This} The La Grande Crescent Kn‘tting heavy operator in the Pennsylvania oil he refused to do, saying he wished to| mills, the only factory of its kind inthe felds, Piss die and would plead guilty to nothing | northwest, is arranging to double its The old Evolution mine near Ward- it 5 ’ soen' but the first degree capacity, having ordered a dozen new ner, idaho, is now @ © of activity. machines. This factory has been in Operation in La Grande only a ,ittie 4 BeW Abafthouse has been constructed over six months. and seven men are pushing develop- The Portland detectives have mae! ment work, while preparations are Russians Strengthen Forces. Tientsin, Feb. 14.—The Russians are increasing their forces at Kulum and considerably above the average of the |, Jebol, and-also strengthening their le- gation guard at Pekin. Their position at Newchwang is very strong. The British, American, French, Ger- man and Italian ministers have jointly notified the Russian and Japanese min- isters at Pekin that no _ hostilities would be allowed on Chinese soil oth- er than Manchuria. a A great exodus of natives is going on,.at Pekin. Nine hundred tons of small arms and ammunition have arrived here via Ching Wantoo for the Chinese troops. The Siberian railway is reported broken in several places. BY on ae Japs Capture Six Ships. Nagasaki, Feb. 16.—Six Norwegian steamers chartered by a Russian na- one of the most important captures re- corded in the police annals that city, when they placed under- arrest Matt Cullen and Géorge Kelly for the robbery of 8. Silverfield’s fur store last week. Three thousand five hun- dred dollars worth of furs were taken. Umatilla, Grant, Morrow and other counties of the Blue Mountain dis- trict are rapidly settling up and the large sheep ranges are becoming a thing of the past. The sheep kings of Umatilla county will have to dispose of a large,portion of their flocks, be- cause they will be unable to find suf- ficient range. Fatal Trolley Car Accident. Cumberland, Md., Feb. 16.—Two persons were killed and about 75. in- being made for the installation of pumps, hoist and compressor. It is announced at Sumpter, Ore., that the Morning mine, in the Green- horn district, has been bonded by the Eastern Oregon Development company for $125,000. The company is repre- wented by Marr, Browne & Davidson and G. W. Boggs of Tacomg. The own- «rs are Cooper, Chinholpf, Ames and Simmons. ‘Mining claims near Elk City, Idaho, the Homestead group, have been bought by the Le Roy Mining company for $60,000, according to W. H. Plam- mer, secretary and general manager of the company, who has just retarned from a tripeast made to close the deal. Canol & Martin, of Helena, Mont., have secured control of the «\Vhitiach val contractor have been captured. It is rumored that 1800 Japaneee sol. diers have been killed, presumably by the sinking of a transport. Disturbances are reported procee |- ing in Seoul, jured, 25 of whom were seriously hurt, Union, Mao and several in @ trolley car accident at Frostburg, Properties In the early dayethe Whit-| The car ran away on a steep grade in ‘ach Union was Montana’s most noted Canal street upon reaching a narrow 801d producer, and ata depth of less curve, jumped the track and crashed ‘an 800 feet more than $5,000,000 into @ telegraph pole. The car was W%* extracted. Orders have been smashed to splinters and scarcely one Placed for machinery for sinking 500 Martial Law at Viadivostok. Viadivostok, via Shanghal, Feb. 16. —Martial law hag been proclaimed here. Those Russians who have no provisions must leave within two weeks. Russians with eight thonths’ provisions may stay. “ John Henry Hamiine, Chicago, Feb. 16—John Hen: s Ham- line, a prominent lawyer and clabmen of Chicago and well known throughont the country as a champion of civil ser- vice, died here of pneumonia... - San Francisco, Feb. Hayward, the millionaire mi is dead.’ He was stricken with paral sis several weeks ago. : hn & Hi oe i we +¥ - Millionaire Hayward ts Dead, —~ 16.—Alonzo \a secrecy hag been demonstrated and is of the 80 passengers escaped injury. The dead: : : John Gough of Midland. J. J. Ross, Lonaconing. ij ) ee Wisconsin Bank .Closed, ... ... Ashland, Wis., Feb. 16—The Secur- ity Savings bank has been closed and is in the hands of the state commis- sioner of banking. The bank, which is said to be solvent, has been embar- rassed by a run started by {dle ru- mors. Laeinip Japs Were Prepared, ‘Tokio, Feb. 16.—The ability of the Japanese to make the most elaborate preparations with ‘he greatet in, Saturday, Feb. 16—Ten Chinese regulars have been leave Pao Ting Fu for ser- Chi Li-Manchurian border. the bunco men—also of feet and levels and crosscuts will be ran from the old 800 foot level. The company will spend $100,000 in de velopment work, ‘ Electric power was shut off on the Coeur. d'Alene transmission line of the Washington Water Power com- pany for about two hours one day this Week. ‘the shuidown is made neces- sary to permit workmen to connect the transmission line with the machin- ery in the substation, #0 the current can be diverted to operate the Coeur d’Alene & Spokane railway cars. wood, both miners. © ‘John Olson, the third man, ed in digging his way snow after two hours’ hard work. Perkins, another miner, was by the avaianche and carried 1,000 feet down the mountain side, itr: _ Harney The Original Consolidated Mini Company has been incorporates, unde the laws of Washington state by Sei , C. W. Clark, Stewart and probably - nel Operated successfully by Senator ive sors. The object of in al to simplify o tina —o ae + = ‘ames Ferguson, @ mining: man Sandpoint, Idaho, has» just rt mated a deal of considerable import. ance whereby he disposes of several of his mining claims at Blacktail to the Wisconsin Mining company. Mr, Ferguson is one of the members‘of the new company and will su) ! the further work on the. properties, The sale of the prope ‘Involves $50,000. “ ' British Columbia Mines, With the disco of ore:in the foot level of the Le ss eae | water from snow a natural and artificial with. nen' from the Rossland mines last week. The new ore body in the Le Rol at Rossland has been uncovered in the — 800, the 900 and the 136° foot The ore is the usual gold-coppor and has been found south of ine oi work- ings in the mine. Its aiscovery is the result of development work which has been going on for the jaxt yur, en Alaska News. —A dispatch from Dawscn states that in'a@ fire in Holbrook’s store, near Forty Mile, James Rummai was burn- ed to death and Scott Holbrook badly injured. The fire was started by Rum. mel, who went to sleep with a lighted pipe in his mouth, The completion of the Nome census - shows a population of 3300, Nome dispatches state that the sleamer Riley is frozen in at the mouth of Kobuk river with 200 tons of supplies on board, , Thomas A. White of Seattle was frozen to death near Dawoun while en route-to Tanana, White formerly lived in Syracuse, N. Y. Tr Hump News. Machine drills will be at work in the Crackerjack within a.few days, The bond on the San Francisco has been thrown up, both parties agreeing to quit, On the Granite, crosscutting has commenced and some good ore is showing, “ Drifting on the Ajax has reached a point 105 feet south of the shaft and will be continued indefinitely. The tunnel on the Del Rio fs in 310 feet, and good ore has been en- countered. Free gold is showing fre quently. oz — ere MONTANA. 8QUIB8, Ed Tredeau, deputy sheriff of. that part of Missoula county tributary to Lolo, was shot dead by Herman Par- sons, ® drunken character whom he was trying to arrest, Frank Jones, a notorious outlaw, was shot and killed by two members of a sheriff's posse at the ranch of A. N. Tande,north of Poplar in the northeast ern partof the state. Jones was thé leader of a gang of deperado: s, who for ten years have terrorized the cattle | men and stockmen of the valley. In @ fight near Anaconda Friday night that was a whirlwind from start to. finish Long of Oakland kncok- ed out Aurelio Herrera of Bakersfield, Cal, in the third round ‘of what.was. sustained only a few bruises, Another $2 bO are looking for rich hus ae ys
