euto Uiit Soclet HE COLUM t-irid VOL. I. IIOULTON, COLUM1JIJL COUNTY, OKKGON, FRIDAY, JULY nil 1904. NO. 13. BIA EVENTS OF THE DAY GATHERED ntOM ALL PARTS OP THE TWO HEMISPHERES. Comprehensive Review of the Import, nt Happening of tbo Put Week, Presented la Condensed Form, Most Likely to Prove Interesting to Our Many Readers. Several parking plants report that their output is increasing. Moor lull bandits have looted houses within two in I leu of Tangier. Tlie rush to South Dakota land)) mar Yankton has become a veritable stam pede. One of tlio colliers authorized by the Inst congress will lie built at Mare island. Cermany will demand t lint Russia 4xpluin the seizure of mails destined for Japan. Constant skirmishes are occurring tiear Mukden between Cossacks and Japance scouts. Small i iots continue at the arlous packing plants where work is attemted with nonunion men. About two-thirds of the rural mail carriers will n-eeive $100 more" per year, commencing July 1. The steamer Hapsang, from Niu Chwanii to Chefo, Is overdue and it Is feared she has struck a mine. Other Chicago unions will go out on a strike unelss the trouble with the meat packers is set Hod at once. Hot weather continues in the Mid dle West and Central states. Chicago am! Pittsburg have both had a number of deaths. New York will Ixs the chief battle ground for both parties in the presi dential campaign. The body of Kent Loom Is, the miss ing American, has lx-cn washed ashore near Plymouth, England. Russian vessels stopped a German steamer in the Red sea and seized much mail destined (or Japan. Extreme Lot weather throughout the Mldd e West has caused many' pros tratluni and a number of deaths. Peace negotiations are at a standstill in the meatpaekem' strike. The op. erators refuse to re-employ all strikers at once. St. Paul strikers resisted an at tempt of officers to place nonunion men in the packing houses and a free for all fight ensued. Ion Perdicaris, of Tangier, who was field captive by brigands, has grave fears for foreigners - unless France adopts stern measures. Japan denies the report of a gcreat reverse -vt Port Arthur in which 30,000 troops were lost, asserting that not a fhot was fired at the fort that day. The Russians themselves are becoming skeptical regarding it as not a word has been beard since the first report. The Russian losses in the last battle at Port Arthur are placed at 6,500. Tbo Russians seized the Chicago News dispatch bont and towed it into Pott Arthur. Cholera and dysentery are said to be epidemic among the Japanese f roops at Feng Wang Cheng. t Neither side in the meatpackera' strike will allow the other to dictate the terms of arbitration, but both want peace. Great Biitaln has granted the last request of ex-President Kruger and his remains will lie alongside thoee of his wife in the Transvaal. The president of Panama has assured congressu en excited over the custom house that he is confident the United States will interpret the treaty in a libei al spirit. A gigantic railroad ticket swindle, through which the railroads having officea in Denver have lost thousands of dollars, lias been unearthed. Three men have been arrested. They are charged with having doctored tickets by hanging tho destination, plugging punched holes in cancelled tickets and otherwise changing them. The emperor of China is seriusly ill. Omaha business has begun to suffer as a result of the strike. The Russian losses in the latest en gagement at Port Arthur are placed at 1,800. The Russian government has ordered 100.000 breastDlatea for the army in the FarEast. Russia's up of joy is filled to over flowing flow that the Vladivostok asuarlr.n fa nut orain The trouble between te packing house employes and operators is likely to be eettled by arbitration. Ex-PreBident Kruger, of the Trans vaal, is dead. His relatives will ask Great Britain to permit hie remains to be interted in the Transvaal. VIOLATU RILES OP WAR. The Japanea War Office Pubilahes Chart; Against Rusilaaa. Tokio, July 20. The Japanese war ofllce has made public a statement charging the Russians with violation of recognised rules of warfare. The statement alleges that ou two occasions the white flag has Wen violated; that once a Rusnian column flied persistent ly on a field hospital where the Red Cross flag was flying conspicuously, thus compelling the Japanese to remove the hospital amidst great danger, Twice, it Is alleged, the Russians fired on the men of the Japanese hos pital corps, although their badges could readily he distinguished. On three oc casion Japanese have been atahlwd, slashed and mutilated. On one occa sion the Russians are declared to have stolen cattle and horses from noncom batanta and to have violated women. It is also claimed that numerous cases can be cited where the Russians have wantonly fired on the Japanese wounded and that they have refused to preiuit parties who were succoring the wounded on both sides to go unmolest ed. These charges are made by General Oku ami it Is stated that further charges will be made, growing out of the experiences of General Kuroki's army. In explaining the publication of these charges, the Japaanese general staff states that they had no desire to take such action, but in view of Rus sia's charges that thy made through the French para there was rothing else left for them to do. HELD UP BY SHOT. Russian Steamer Stops British Vessel In the Red 5ea. London, July 20. A dipsatch from Aden to the Daily Mail says that the captain of the British steamer Waipara reports that the Russian volunteer steamer St. Petersburg signalled him to stop by firing ucross the bows of his vessel on July 15, while 20 miles off Jetiel Zugur, in the Red sea. The Russians examined the papers of the Waipara and declared they would hold his ship as a prize. The captain protested, and was taken on board the St. Petersburg, where he gave the Russian officers a guarantee that there were neither arms nor am munition on hoard twj .Waipara destin ed for Japan. The vessel was detained for four hours and was then allowed to proceed. The captain confirms the report that the Peninsular & Oriental company's steamer Malaica was seized in the Red sea July 16 by the St. Petersburg on the ground that she carried arms and ammunition of war for the. Japanese government. BREAK OP A OREAT DAM. Pennsylvania Valley Flooded and Much Property Destroyed. Keottdale, Pa., July 20. With the roar of Niagara, the new reservoir of the Citizens' Water compuany burst at midnight and more than 300,000,000 gallons of water rushed down the val ley, sweeping buildings in its path. It was discovered about 9 o'clock that the dum was in danger of break ing and messengers were hastily sent through the valley to warn the people. Hundreds of lives were thus saved, for a few hours later tho whole valley was under water. The damage to the machinery and reservoir alone will amount to at least $50,000. When the torrent swept down upon the valley, Duildinga were torn from their foundations and carried on the crest of the great wave line so many washtubs. Crops valued at thousands of dollars were completely wiped out. Profit From a Volcano. Mexico City, July 20. The formal transfer of the volcano Popocatepetl to New York capitalists will be com pleted this week. The Inter-Ocean railway will take the sulphur from the volcano to Vera Cruz. It is believed that sulphur' can be landed at New York for $48 per ton (gold), which would make the sulphur an effective competitor of the Italian article. The reorganization Is interpreted, here to mean that the German directors were not willing to Bupport the Standard in fighting the other oil interests. Hemmed In By Big Fire. Oroville, Cal., July 20. Fire at the Bella View mine, near La Porte, today destroyed the mill, engine room and other buildings close to the mouth of the big tunnel. A hugo pile of timber lay close to the mouth of the tunnel and this caught on fire. Four men were working . in the tunnei when the fire broke out and fears are entertained for their safety, as the tunnel is strong ly timbered and it is thought theBe timbers will catch fire from the huge fire now blazing. Bandits Raid at Will. Tangier, July . 20. The mountain tribes, apparently satisfied that they have nothing to fear from the covern- ;aen, are looting the entire countryside outside 01 l anger. Iney approached to within a few miles of this rjla.ee ves- terday and carried away hundreds of a i neaa ot sneep ana came. RUSSIA TOO BOLD STOPPING OF STEAMERS IN THE RED SEA MUST CEASE. Orcat Britain Orders Fleet of War Ves sel to Sctbe of TroubU-FletU Be lag Moboilzed-Czar May Find He Cannot Use the Dardanelles for Ml Ships Again. London, July 20. Two naval orders were Issued today by the British ad miralty, which are believed to indicate a determination on the part of Great Britain to protect British shipping from acts of aggression at the bands of the Russian navy. The first order directs the Mediter ranean fleet to sail at once from Gib ralter and proceed to Alexandria. Egypt, near the mouth of the Suei canal. The second order directs two of the fastest British armored cruisers to pro ceed through the canal and take up stations in the Red sea at points where several British ships have been held up the last few days by the vessels of the Russian volunteer squadron. While the fact that these orders were IssueJ was carefully guarded, and no public statement of their scope is pro curable, there is no doubt that the British foreign office has decided that the time has come to act promptly in protecting British shipping, and to put an end to any aggression on the part of the Russian cruisers. Well informed naval ollkers believe that the dispatch of this powerful Mediterranean fleet to the vicnity of the Red sea, and the sta tioning of two of the crack vessels of the squadron directly in at the points where the Russians are cairying things with a high hand, rr.eanB that no furth er molestation of vessels flying the British flag will be permitted. LOST 1,000 MEN. Russians Attack Japanese at Mo Tien Pasa and art Repulsed. St. Petersburg, July 20. General Kuropatkin reports that Lieutenant General Count Keller lost over 1,000 killed or wounded in the attack on Mo Tien pass, July 17. ,ine fallowing auqvucu It om uenerai kuropagtin to the emperor, dated July 17, "on our Eastern front," was given out tonight: "After the occupation bv General Kurcki's army of the passes in the Fen- shui mountain chain, our information concerning his disposition was, in gen eral, inadequate. "According to some reports his army had been reinforced and bad even ex tended his forces toward Saimateza. Other reports said that a displacement of his troops had been made in the di - rection of Ta pass and Siuyjen. There were even indications that Kuroki had transferred his headquarters crom Tsk hahekanan to Touinpu. At about 6 :30 on the mornins of July 17, the Japanese, in considerable strength, and with numerous guns, oc cupied Wa Fankwan pass, and on the mountainous bluffs to the south, on the flank of General Kaetalinfiky's col umn, from this position and trom the crest of the mountains to tb east of the heights surmounted by the tem ple, the enemy directed a very heavy rifle and artillery fire. ."General Kashtahnsky advanced to occupy the bluffs, sending forward at once one and then three battalions, but the attempt failed, notwithstanding the support given by the horse moun tain battery, as our field guns could not be brought into action on account of the nature of the ground. Our losses have not yet tteen exact ly ascertained, but General Keller re ports that they exceed 1,000. Two More Steamers Held Up. London, July 20. The Daily Mail's correspondent at Aden says that the British steameis Woodcock and Dal matia were held up by the Russians in the Red sea and detained for three hours. The correspondent says the captain of the Russian volunteer fleet steamer St. Petersburg has notified the British residents at Aden to wire the British consul at Suez and Port Said that he would seize any British steam ers bound for the Far East, if the con tents of their packages were not clearly shown on their manifests. To Prevent Mosquito Invasion. Washington, July 20. General Davis, governor general of the Panama canal strip, has advised the Panama canal commission that he wants 100, 000 yards of wire gauze to prevent mos quito invasion in the zone. General Davis says that this will be perhaps the largest order for mosquito netting ever given. He recommends the use of Bteel wire screens not coarser than 17 meBheB to the square inch, galvanized. Ammunition Factory for Ottawa. Ottawa, July 20. Sir Iredeiick Bor den, minister of militia, has underway a contract with the English firm, of which Sir William Armstrong is head, for the construction of an ammunition factory in Ottawa, capable of turning out 20,000,000 rounds of ammunition a year. SAVED LIAO YA.NQ. Qeneral Zassalltch'a Meat at the Yalu Was In Name Only. St. Petersburg, July 19. Experts who recently were inclined to criticise General Kuropatkln'e management of 'flairs in the Far East declare, as the situation develops, that bis strategies have proved, so far, beyond reproach. He lias successfully tided over a press ing danger how pressing only those in close touch with the Far East realize. His apparent mistakes, like the pro longed resistance offered by Lieutenant General Zassali'ch on the Yalu, turn out to be act of the highest military Judgment. General Kuropatkin then had so few and such poor troops at Liao Vang that the Japanese would have had an easy task to crush the main force of the Russians had they been permitted to cross the Yalu without severe punish ment, and the thousands lost by Zas salitch practically saved Liao Yang. Zasnalitch, until disgraced, occupied an important staff position. (ieneral Baron Stakelberg'e march, which also was criticised, is now ad mitted to hae been necessary. The ru diments of war are that the army should be in constant touch with the enemy, otherwise it wculd be impos sible to know the strength of its op ponents or to be informed of their movements. . General Stakelberg'e march was a reconnaissance on a grand scale, and not only enabled General Kuropatkin to ascertain the enemy's strength and disposition, but materially disturbed uie Japanese plans relative to the siege of Port Arthur, gradually drawing the bulk of the Japanese army to follow the retreating column, and thus dis tracting attention from the vulnerable spot between Lia Yang and Mukden. Meanwhile the men at Kuropatkin's headquarters are improving. Fifty thousand of the best troops from Eu ropean Russia have reached Liao Yang within a month, and if the Russian commander in chief should now choose to accept a battle he will be able to in flict a heavy blow. All Puesia is look ing forward with confidence to the is sue of the fight. MAY BE AT MERCY OP RUSSIANS. fa)atieM Transports Trapped, M Hostile Fleet Has Reached Kaicbou. ' St. Petersburg, July 19. Reliable reports from Ta Tche Kiao this after noon brought the etartlingannouncment of the presence of Russian warships off Kaicbou, which they are said to be bombarding, and of the arrival of Japan ese transports and torpedo boats off the port of Niu Cbwang. The admiralty waB unable to confirm or deny either report, not having re ceived any communication from Rear Admiral Withoeft, but the admirals were generally not inclined to credit ttem. If true, it would mean that Admiral Withoeft has got the Japanese transports at his mercy. In this case, Admiral Togo would hasten to their rescue and engage the Russians. This may also explain the absence of positive news of the Japanese occupation of the port of Niu Chwang and the cautious approach of General Oku's column. CHINA MUCH DISTURBED. France Will Send Troops Unless the Re- bclllon Is Suppressed. Tien Tsin, July 19. The Chinese minister at Tokio has telegraphed the Wai Wou Pou, the Chinese ministery of foreign affairs, that the Japanese government has presented a scheme for the administration of Manchuria, the principal clause of which is that the Japanese will govern the province with the number of Chinese troops now in the country Information has been received here that unless China suppresses the re bellion in the province of Kwangsi, the French government has threatened to land troops and put it down. The Chinese government ia much perturbed in conequence. A feeling pievails in Tien Tsin that the Japanese have suffered a terrible reverse at Port Arthur. If they have not, it is thought, that the Japanese government would have contradicted the reported disaster days ago. Russian Ships Cruising In Red Sea. Island of Perim, Straits of Bab-el-Mandeb, July 19. The American mis sionary vessel, Morning Star, from Boston, arrived here today, and reports that yesterday she passed, between Jabel-Teir and Jabel Zugur, islands in the Red eea, a Russian volunteer fleet steamer, flying the naval flag, bound north. The Morning Star sighted at dusk, off Jabel-Zugur. another cruiser, with three funnels and two masts, and at midnight she sighted a torpedo boat. Both these vessels were supposed to be cruising. In Walt for Russian Ships. Odessa, Russia, July 19. The Rus eian steamer Trouvor, which has ar rivea cere irom the Persian gulf, says the English are persistently spreading rumors to the effect that six armed a Japanese mercnantmen are lying in wait for Russian ships in the Red sea and Persian gulf. HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON LINN FARMERS HIT HARD. Late Spring and Long Dry Spell Have Cost Much. Albany Ram, which was genera) over the Willamette valley last week, came too late to be of great benefit to farmers. Had the showers come two weeke earlier, thousands of dollars would have been saved for the farmers of Linn county. As it is, the crops are far below the average for Linn county farmers, in many instances are a total failure. The only benefit the farming community will derive from the rains will be in the way of gardens, and the very late sown spring- oats, of which there is a small acreage. - For two months not a drop of rain fell on the grain fields of the county. This is drouth almost unprecedented here. Its evil effect was aggravated by the late spring rains. Farmers gen erally were depending upon putting in a greater acreage than usual in spring sown grain, and the unusually bad weather of the late winter seemed to assure some good working days in the early spring. Instead of this, the rain held on until almost too late to plant the spring grain at ail, and when good weather did come, it developed into a drouth. The result is that' spring grain is heading a few inches from the ground, and much of it will not be bound at all. That which ia threshed will yield poorly. The beads are small and very poorly filled. Nor is the fall sown grain of its usual standard of excel leuce. That part of the fall grain that was sowed on low ground will be fair, in some instances making three-fourths of a crop rarely promising a full crop. The hay crop has not averaged more than half what it was in years gone by. The haying season is about over, and the general report is half a crop. This will put farmers in J inn county in hard circumstances this fall. Al ready many of them are buying feed for their stock, and but few will have enough to last the winter through. The price of feed is rising in the coun ty, and the mills are selling it every day to the farmers who were never compelled to buy feed at any season before. There are some who will have to buy wheat for their own family con sumption before the yeai ends. Coming Events. Spiritualists' campmeeting, New Era, July 2-25. Willamette Valley Chautauqua as sembly, Gladstone Park, July 12-24. Southern Oregon Chautauqua as sembly, Ashland, July 13-22. North Pacific regatta, Portland, July 22-23. Grand lodge, I. O. R. M., Seaside, j July 23-24. Oregon Development association con vent ion, Portland, August 2. American Mining congress, Portland, August 22-27. State Medical society, Portland, August 30. Annual reunion of. Southern Oregon pioneers, Jacksonville, September 1. State fair, Salem, September 12-19. . Fair, Portland, September 19-24. Directory of Oregon Officials. Salem Secretary of State Dunbar has issued an official directory contain ing the names, addresses and official positions of the state and county offi cers. The directory ia in the form of a small pamphlet. Copies have been sent to all ofnecra and others desiring copies can secure them by applying to the sec retary of state. In this publication the political affiliation of each county offi cer ia shown by a letter following the name. Many of the states publish an official "blue book" containing several hundred pages and giving complete in formation concerning the careers of public officers. The pamphlet issued by Oregon contains but 18 pages nd contains the information most frequent ly desired by persons transacting busi ness with public officers. Laborers Needed at Oregon City. Oregon City Labor of all kinds was never more plentiful nor were wages ever better than they are in this city this season. It seems impossible to find available men to perform the many improvements that are being made. The Willamette Pulp & Paper mills has been advertising for addition al men to assist in the building of their new mills where 200 laborers are al ready employed. The management of the local woolen mills is finding it next to impossible to engage a sufficient force of operatives. Big Loss By the Frost. Hillaboro Reports from all parts of the county show that the frost last week blighted vegetables on all beaver dam lands, and it is estimated that the loss by the freeze will reach $50, 000. One vegetable grower on the Tual atin lowlands places his loss at $1,000. Rich Strike In Bohemia. Cottage Grove Two rich strikes are reported just made in the Go'den Rule and the Great Eastern. . These strikes are in the Bohemia district. The ore is oxidized, and very rich in free gold. HUN1 PASS OVER CASCADES. John Mlnto Believes Stock Can Driven Over Mountains. Be Albany John Minto, of Calem, one of the pioneers in the Santiam moun tain district of Oregon, will in a few days head a party from the end of the Corvallis Eastern railroad, on the north fork of the Santiam river, ia quest of a shorter route to connect the railroad with the Deschutes country in Eastern Oregon. Mr. Minto baa long entertained the idea that there ia a pass through t, Cascade mountains at this point where u wouia oe possible to construct a trail for driving stock overland from the Eastern Oregon ranges to the eastern end of the Corvallis A Eastern line. He has interested Manager Edwin Stone, of the Corvallis & Eastern, in the work, and an effort to lay out the route of the proposed route will be made in a few days. The old Minto trail, which extends from the end of the old railroad grade to the Eastern Oregon country, haa been used for years by those who know the short cuts that connect the western and eastern parta of the state. But Mr. Minto is satisfied that there is a shorter cut yet. and that it could ha made of great service to the stockraia. ers of Eastern Oregon in shipping their biock to marxet. Developing Lime Deposit. Roeeburg Mesers. Greenley and Strand, of Portland, have 10 or 12 men at work building a tramway and fur nace for the manufacture of lime on the farm of Hon. Plinn Cooper, seven miles south of this city. They have bonded 100 acres of land containing rich limestone deposits and expect to develop same on an extensive scale. The modern continuous furnace system win be used. A railway spur track. about three miles long, will probably be put in from the main line of the 8. P. R. R., at Green's station. Ore Specimens From Douglas. Roseburz Hon. A. La Rov. of th Oregon Information bureau, of Port land, was cere last week and procured a quantity of fine mineral exhibits from this county, which will be placed in the bureau headquaiters in Portland oefore the opening of the sessions of th American Mining congress to be held in Portland in August. j PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Walla Walla, 66c: blue- stem, 75c; valley, -78c. Barley Feed, 122 per ton; rolled. $2324. Oats No. 1 white, $1.22: g7i $1.17)6 per cental. Flour Valley, $3.904.10 per bar rel; hard wheat straights, $44.25; clears, $3.854. 10; hard wheat pat ents, $4.404;70; graham. $3.504; whole wheat, $4&4.25; rve flour. $4.50. Millatuffs Bran, $19 per ton; mid dling, $23.50; shorts, $21; chop1, $18; linseed, dairy food, $19. Hay Timothy, $15(316 per ton: clover $89; grain, $1112; cheat, $1112. Butter Fancy creamery, 17)620c: store, 1313)$c per pound. Eggs Oregon ranch, 20c. Cheese Full cream, twins, new stock, 1212c; old Btock, 78c; Young America, 1314c. Poultry Fancy hens, 13c per pound: old hens, 1213c; mixed chickens, 1212)c;old roosters, 10c; young roos ters, 12 13c; springs, IK to 2-pound, 18(S19c; 1 to Impound, 19(S26c; dressed chickens, 13(3 14c; turkeys, live, 1416c; do dressed, 1516c; do choice, 1820c; geese, live. 67c;do dressed, 89c; ducks, old, $66.50 per doz; do young, as to size, $2.504. Vegetables TurnipB, $1.25 per Back; carrots, $1.50; beets, $1.25; parsnips,' $1.25; cabbage, lettuce, head, 2540c per doz; parsley, 25c; tomatoes, $1.75fi2; cauliflower, $1.75 2; celery, 7590c; asparagus, 50c; peas, 46c per pound; beana, gieen, 4 5c; wax, 45c; squash, $1.25 per crate; green corn, 60c per doz; onions, new, red, $1.30 per cwt; yellow, $l.5. Honey $33.50 per case. Potatoes Fancy, old, $1.251.40 per cental ; new Early Rose, 2c per pound; Garnet Chile, 2 Fruits Cherries, 45c per pound; gooseberries, 6c; raspberries, $1.25 per crate; apples, new, $11.50 per box; apricots, $11.35; plums, 80c$l; peaches, Yellow Crawford,; 8590c; others, 5075c; cantaloupes, $2.50 2.75 per crate; watermelons, 2c per pound; prunes, $1.25 per box; grapes, $1; Bartlett pears, $1.752. Beef Drepsed , 5 6 c per pound . Mutton Dressed, 45c per pound; lambs, 6c. ' Veal Dressed, 100 to 125, 67c per pound; 125 to 200, 556c 200 and up, 34c. , Poik Dressed, 100 to 150, 77c; 150 and up, 67c. Hops 1903 crop, 2124c per pound. Wool Valley,- 1920c per pound Eastern Oregon, 1017c mohair,. SOo per pound for choice. ..