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IIOULTON, COLUMMA COUNTY, OCEOON, Fit ID AT, NOVEMJIEU 11, 1904.
NO. 211.
REGISTER
IS A LANDSLIDE
Roosevelt Will Have
325 Votes.
MARYLAND HIS
Baltimore Sun Gives Up Close
i- Race.
NEW YORK SURPRISES EVERYONE
Oregon Gives Teddy 40,000 Plural
Ity Mead Leads In Washing,
ton Idaho Count Slow.
New York, Nov.9. (2 a. m.) With
Maryland Republican, aa the llaltimorc
un coiK't'tltn early thla morning, the
Keul.linn vote in the electoral college
will hi tht) unprecedented one of 825 for
Rooacvelt anl Fairbanks to 151 for
Parker and David. Not only In this far
in ex.etts of MiKlnlcy'a vote, 212, in
1UUU, but Judge Parker's vote in four
lean than that given Mr. Bryan four
ytara ago. It In practically reitain
that the Republican national ticket haa
carried every state in the Union out
elde of th so-called solid Kouth. It
may take the o flic Ik I count to decide
Maryland. The Republican majority
in the next houae of representatives
-will be not lest than 60.
South Dakota.
Sioux Falla, H. 1)., Nov. 9. Chair
man Martin, of the Democratic atate
central committee, haa Imued a atate
ment in which he coneles Roosevelt
folled 60,000 votea, Tarter 80,000 and
Wataon 15,000.
North Dakota.
Grand Forka, N. I)., Nov. 9. Rooee
veil tarried North Dakota by from 20,
000 to 25,000. Thla ia an increase of
over 60 per rent from McKinley'a ma
Jority. 1 he atate ticket ia elected by
jrobably 4.000 leas.
Vermont.
White River Junction.Vt., Nov. 9.
Roosevelt carried Vermont yesterday by
about. 31,000. . IU ran a head "of Mc
Klnley's vote in 1000, while i'arkvrran
tehind tliut of ltryan.
New Jersey.
Newark, N. J., Nov. 9 New Jersey
was carried by the Republicans by a
Linger majority than ever the moot san
guine of the Republican predictions.
The atate gave in the neighborhood of
00,000 for Roorevelt.
Maaaachuaetta.
Boston, Nov. 9. Sufficient returns
from yesterday's election have been re
ceived to indicate the election of W. L.
Douglas, Democrat, for governor by al
most 20,000 plurality.
Rooeevelt carries the state by a big
plurality. Chairman Rush, of the
Democratic committee, concedes it ia
70,000. ,
Wlaconaln.
Milwaukee, Nov. 9. II ia generally
conceded that Root) velt has carried
Wisconsin by 60,000. Roth Republi
van and Democratic atate chairmen
claim the state respectively for La
Follette and 1'eck.
Ohio.
Columbus, O., Nov. 0 Based on re
turns received at 1 o'clock, if the pres
ent ratio of gains is maintained for the
unreported precincta, Ohio will give
Rooeevelt 200.000" plurality. Indira
lioDS are that the Republicans will
elect 20 of the 21 congressmen. The
majority for Roosevelt exceed the high
water mark of 137,000 attained in 1894.
Michigan.
"Detroit, Nov. 9. Michigan today
was the scene of a veritable landslide.
Roosevelt and Fairbanks have carried
the atate by an unprecedented majority
variously estimated at from 100,000 to
150,000. Frederick Warner for gov
ernor and the Republican state ticket,
are elected.
Iowa.
Des Moines, Nov. 9. Returns are
elow in coming in, but the indications
on well-distributed retrrns indicate that
RooBevelt'a plurality will be 125,000
and the entire atate ticket will have
about the same number. Republicans
elect ten congressmen.
Delaware.
Wilmington, Del., Nov. 9. Roosevelt
has carried Delaware by about 2,600.
The Republicans claim that they will
have 40 of the 52 members of the legis
lature on joint ballot..
v Idaho.
Boise, Idaho, Nov. 9. Returns from
the state are so incomplete at 1 :30 that
it is impossible to give more than
rough estimates of majorities. In
every part of the state Roosevelt and
Gooding ran far better than was antici
pated by moat observers.
Florida.
Jacksonville, Fla., Nov. 9. The usual
Democratic majorities in Florida art
Indicated. The Democratic candidates
lor congreaa are all elected.
Louisiana.
New Oleans, Nov. 9. The Demo
crats have carried Louisiana for Paiker
by a majority of probably 35,000.
Tanneeeaa.
Nashville, Term., Nov. 9. Both
Democrats and Republicans are claim
ing the state. Returns indicate a ma
jority of 15,000 votea for the Democrat
ic national ticket, and perhaps 5,000
Iras for Frazler, Democratic candidate
for governor.
Texaa.
Austin, Tex., Nov. 0. Nearly com
plete returns show that the vote cast
will hardly exceed 375,000, of which
250.000 where cact for Parker, 60,000
for Rooeevelt and the remainder scat
tered. Alabama.
Mcntgomery, Ala., Nov. 9. The
Democratic ticket carried with the
usual majorities, electing everything.
Arkanaaa.
I.lttlo Rock, Ark., Ncv. 9. Tliii
atate is carried by Barker by a slightly
increased majority over the last general
election.
Georgia.
Savannah, Ga., Nov. 9. Thla state
will aend all 13 Democratic electors to
the college to name the president.
Kentucky.
Louisville, Ky., Nov. 9. The Re
publicans at this time concede the Dem
ocrats nearly everything.
Oregon.
Portland, Nov. 9. -Rooeevelt and
Fa'rbanks carried Oregon by more than
40,000 plurality, with a two-thirds
vote polled.
Washington.
Seattle, Nov. 9. With meager re
turns from the state the indications are
that Roosevelt has can led by a plural
ity of alMut 38,000. Mead and the
entire state ticket will be elected by
pcrlapa 6,000. -
New York.
New York, Nov. 9. The returns are
causing amazement everywhere. Lat
est returns show that there were cast
for Roosevelt in New York atate about
185,000 votes more than foi Barker.
Not only was his vote heavy in the
country districts, but in Greater New
York.
Maryland.
Baltimore, Nov. 9. The Sun, which
supported the Democratic presidential
nominee, concedes at 2:30 a. m. that
Roosevelt carried the state by about
1,000.
Nebraska.
Omaha, Nov. 9 At midnight the
indicationa are that Roosevelt haa car
ried Nebraska by a plurality of 35,000
to 40,000. The Republicans have
elected congressmen in the First,
Fourth, Fifth and Sixth districts. The
Second and third are in doubt.
Montana.
Butte, Mont., Nov. 9. Returns so
far indicate that Roosevelt haa carried
the state by a good vote.
Virginia.
Richmond, Va., Nov. 9. -The state
haa gone about the UBual number Dem
ocratic .
Wyoming.
Cheyenne, Wyo., Nov. 9. Rooeevelt
has carried Wyoming by 7,500 to 8,
000. BrookB, Republican, has been
elected governor by over 4,000 over Os
borne, Democratic.
Kansas.
Topeka, Kan., Nov. 9. At 12:30 a.
m. Chairman Stubbs, of the Republi
can Stale commitete, claimed the elec
tion of Hoch for governor by a plurali
ty of 50,000 Roosevelt's plurality will
be close to 100,000.
Minnesota.
St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 9. Roosevelt
received a record-breaking pluiality in
Minnesota, going far beyond McKin
ley'a margin of 77,000 four years ago.
On the face of the returns bo far receiv
ed the Republican electoral ticket will
have a plurality of over 100,000.
Colorado.
Denver, Colo., Nov. 9.- Estimates at
midnight from scattering and incom
plete returns indicate a plurality of
over. 10,000 for Roosevelt in Colorado.
The result as to congressmen and state
officers is in doubt.
Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia, Nov. 9. The Republi
cans made an almost clean sweep in
Pennsylvania, carrying the state for
Roosevelt by over 300,000 and electing
two of the fix state senators and 29 of
the 32 congressmen.
North Carolina.
Charlotte, N. C, Nov. 9. The count
la proceeding slowly. Republicans
concede Parker a good majority.
New Hampahlra.
New Hampshire haa been carried
overwhelmingly by the Republicans.
Mississippi.
. Jackson, Miss, Nov. 9. Ibe Demo
cratic plurality it unusually large in
Mississippi, having reached the total
of about 60,000. All Democratic con
gressmen are elected.
Rhode Island.
Providence, R. I., Nov. 9. Indica
tions at midnight were that Roosevelt
had carried Rhode Island by a plurali
ty of over 6,000 The result for gov
ernor was still in doubt with Utter,
Republican, slightly in the lead.
West Virginia.
Wheeling, W. Va., Nov. 9. From
ballots now counted it ia certain that
RooHevelt has can led the state by a
xery comfortable majority. Cornwell,
Dem., is in the lead for governor.
California.
Ran Francisco, Nov. 9. Roosevelt
haa carried the state by a majority
larger than McKinley did four yeais
ago. Of the eight congressmen to be
elecUd, the Republicans are assured of
seven, with the Second district in
doubt.
Connecticut
New Haven, Nov. 9. The New
Haven Register, Indepen lent, claims
the atate of Connecticut for Roosevelt
by over 20,000, the election of Roberta,
Republican, for governor by nearly as
much.
South Carolina.
Columbia, 8. C, Nov. 9. Parker
baa carried South Carolina by not less
than 40,000 plurality. The Democrat
ic etat" ticket haa been elected without
opposition.
Missouri.
St. Lonis, Nov. 9. At 1 o'clock the
rcsuMs of the election in Misaouri were
in doubt. Both sides claimed victory.
The Democratic state committee claim
ed the ttite had Wen carried by a
majority of 35,000. On the other
hand, State Republican Chairman
Neidringhans was equally assertive that
the state majorities would reach 5,000.
Illinois.
Chicago, Nov. 9. The indications,
baaed on the returna received, are that
the Republican national ticket haa car
ried Illinois by about 150,000. The
Democrats declare that the figures were
exaggerated, but admit that Rooeevelt
will have a plurality not far from 100,
000. RUSSIA PROVOKED RCGICIDC.
Sensational Charges Made by a Bel
grade Newspaper.
Belgrade, Nov. 9.- A great sensation
has been caused by the statement of the
newspaper Narodi LiBt that it has
proofs to the effect kthat the regicides
and conspirators are spreading among
the people the assertion that it was
Russia which desired the removal o!
the AuBtrophile Obrenovich dynasty.
It is alleged by the paper that a Rus
sian official frequently had a confi
dential conference with the piincipal
actors of the tragedy.
It ia pointed out by the paper that
every one of the regicides has received
the Star of Karageorge, and the state
ment is now made that they are soon
to receive some distinction from the
czar of Russia. The editor of the
paper challenges the Servian govern
ment to start action against him, aa he
saya he is prepared to prove his state
ments in court.
Indiana.
Indianapolis, lnd., Nov. 9. Indiana
haa been carried by the Republicans by
from 45,000 to 55,000. The legislat
ure wiU be Republican by nearly 60.
Utah.
Salt Lake City, Nov. 9. Scattered
returns from this state indicate that
Roosevelt will have a plurality exceed
ing 7,000. Indications point to the
election of John C. Culler, Republican
for governor.
Maine.
Portland, Maine, Nov. 9. With a
slightly decreased vote Maine today
gave the usual "Republican majorities.
Democrats showed less interest than
Republicans and many did not vote.
' , Nevada..
Reno, Nev., Nov. 9.-Count proceed
ing very slowly. So far as heard from
the RepuDlican state ticket is in the
lead. .The state is conceded to Roosevelt.
; OREGON NEWS OF INTEREST I
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ASK REPEAL Of EDDY LAV.
Movement on foot Amongst Mining
Men or Eastern Oregon.
Baker City. There la a movement
among the mining men of thla aectlon
of the state to bring about the repeal
of the Eddy corporation law. A peti
tion ia being circulated asking the
leglalature to repeal the law. If It la
not possible to aecure the repeal of
the law then it ia hoped the legisla
ture will so amend the present law aa
to reduce the feea charged mining
corporations. The mining men also
object to the annual tax to the atate,
which rangea from $125 to $200. It
ia pointed out that often a mining
company la obliged to Incornorare fnr
a large aura and await, the sale of
stock before the work of development
can be pushed. Mining men say that
It not lnfrenuentlv hannena thnt n
mine is incorporated and several
yean elapse before it becomes a pro
ducing mine, yet under the present
law the corporation la oblleed to nav
an annual tat to the state which in
some Instances becomes a heavy bur
don, 'especially to the poor prospector.
The petitioners areue that an ex
ception should be made in favor of
minim? corporations for the reason
that it la necessary to incorporate un
developed claims In order to false
money to exploit them. A strong lob
by will doubtless be sent from all the
mining districts to work for the re
peal or amending of the present law.
J EAGLE POINT SURVEY.
Surveyor flrCatl Leaves Ashland In
Charge of Party.
Medford. Surveyor J. A. McCall, of
Ashland, and party have left for Butte
Creek Falls to make the final Burvey
of the proposed railroad from the
Butte Falls Milling Company's plant
to Eagle Point, a distance of 15 miles.
Preliminary survey has already been
made between these two points and a
permanent survey will be made in
order to get everything ready for
grading, which will begin when the
survfV is completed.
Construction work will commence
about April 1 nextl There are two
feasible routes from Eagle Point to
the Southern Pacific railroad, but bo
far as known the choice haa not yet
been made. The route from Eagle
Point to Medford is probably three or
four miles longer than to Central
Point, but the fact that Medford la
the cemmercial center of the Rogue
river valley and Jackson county will
go far toward making it the terminal
of this road.
Lane Court Gives Talr Money.
Eugene. The matter of an exhibit
cf Lane county products has been de
finitely settled by the county court
making an appropriation of $500 to be
expended in preparing a suitable dis
play. This action was taken after an
argument by a committee from the
Eugene Commercial club, who appeal
ed strongly for a proper display from
the county In order to show the pub
lic its resources. It is now the inten
tion to make an exhibit that will sur
pnss anyf This in addition to the min
ing exhibit from the Blue river mines,
now being prepared, will certainly
make Lane county's display attrac
tive. Suit Over Valuable Tailings.
La Grander-County Judge Eakin
heard a motion to dissolve an injunc
tion obtained from the county court
of Baker county to Union county on
behalf of the Virtue Mines Develop
ment Company, against Earnest Dale
Owen, of Chicago.' Owen bought all
the tailings on the property of the old
Virtue mine. Some of these had been
made by an old mill before the concen
trates were saved. These tailings
proved to be very valuable, far more
so than was supposed, and the com
pany is trying to stop the purchasers
from taking them.
Gackamas at the fair.
Oregon City. The Clackamas coun
ty court has appropriated $1000 to be
expended under the direction of the
court in gathering and installing an
exhibit of Clackamas county products
at the Lewis and Clark fair. By co
operating with the members of the
general and executive committee on
the Clackamaa county 1905 fair exhib
it, the members of the court expect to
arrange a display that will be second
to none other.
Aids In Hop Display Exhibit.
Salem. Walter L. Tooze, who has
charge of the hop display in the Mar
lon county exhibit at the Lewis and
Clark fair, has appointed W. H. Egan,
Julius Wolf, H. J. Ottenhelmer and
T. A. Llvesley to aid in the work of
that department.
Seeding at Weston.
Weston. Seeding has been under
way for the past two weeks, in this
aectlon, and already the wheat is be
elpninp to appear above the ground.
Although It is a little dry, the work is
being hurried, to completion.
LAND ORIGINALLY A SWAMP.
Testimony of ex-Surveyor General
In Warren Valley Case
Salem. The deposition of ex-Surveyor
General W. H. Byara was taken
before Frank Lovell, assistant secre
tary of atate, in the suit brought by
the State of Oregon against the War
ner Valley Stock Company, to cancel
patenta issued to that company which
were alleged to have been issued upon
the fraudulent representation that
they were swamp lands.
Mr. Byara testified that he surveyed
the township in which the greater
part of the land Is situated, aa United
States department surveyor In Aug
U8t, 1879; that at that time the land
waa ao wet and swampy that he could
not run the survey across It and
he was compelled to meander it and
return the land as marsh; that he
tried to run the lines further Into the
swamp, but had to back out, owing
to the swampy character of thn land-
that he ran the meander line practi
cally aiong the edge of the marsh;
that the land in controversy, at the
time thl8 survey was made had th
appearance of being a permanent
raarsn ana was covered with a heavy
growth of tall swamp grass and flags.
MASKED MEN SHOOT SHEEP.
feud Between Rival interests on
Range In Crook County.
Prineville. Two hundred Bheep
were shot down by a band of mounted
masked men 28 miles east of this city
October 15. U. S. Cowles, of Hay
creek, was the Bufferer at the hands
of the unknown men. The range is in
an isolated section of Crook county
and the news of the depredation haa
Just reached this place.
The herder says that late on the af
ternoon of October 15 a dozen masked
men rode up to the band of 4000 Bheep
and, after ordering him away, began a
fusilade on the animals. When
Cowles with a number of hia neigh
bors rode to the rescue the next morn
ing he found about 200 , muttons
stretched out on the ground and the
rest of the band scattered far ' and
wide. The stragglers were collected
with great difficulty.
Great apprehension is felt both by
the cattle and sheep interests at this
renewed outbreak of hostilities.
Thousands of dollars' worth of stock
hay and fences have been destroyed
in the struggle this spring and sum
mer for control of grazing lands in
Crook county.
Plenty of Wood for Salem.
Salem. That there will be plenty of
wood for fuel in Salem next year, Is
indicated by the bids now being re
ceived for furnishing wood for the
state institutions. Though the state
boards will receive bids for a week
yet, there are already more offers on
hand than were received altogether
last year. As all the state institutions
here are controlled by practically the
same state officers, the bids for .fuel
for all the Institutions are received at
one time. The state uses 8000 cords
of wood a year at Salem.
Kept Sweet Three Years.
Corvallls. Prune Juice kept in bot
tles In the bacteriological department
at the Oregon Agricultural college Is
exactly the same nows as the day is
was- put up. Bottles of it recently
opened were found to have the same
flavor, freshness and sweetness as
when it was squeezed from the prunes
and put away, more than three years
ago, by Professor Pernot. A low-temperature
process of sterilization was
used, and the experiment makes it
certain that there is a wide field for
a profitable industry in Oregon in pre
serving sweet cider.
Better Prices for Cattle.
Baker City. There is a decided Im
provement ra prices offered for cat
tle over those of a month ago. A
number of sales have been made the
past 10 days to M. McDonald of Walla
Walla and to Portland and Seattle
packers. With the departure of the
cattle now bargained for, there ap
pears to be plenty of feed to carry
the remaining herds of this county
through an ordinary winter.
Prize Ram Goes to Polk.
Monmouth. By express J. H. Haw
ley, who owns a large farm at McCoy,
has Just received a fine ram of the
Lincoln breed of sheep. : This ram was
purchased at St. Louis, where he took
the sweepstake prize over all compet
itors. Receipts of Land Office.
Salem. The receipts of the state
land office for October amounted to
$26,928.64. This sum is a little below
the average monthly, receipts.
Wheat Market.
Portland Walla Wnlla. 8182c;
blneBtem, 84R5c; valley, 8687c
Tacoma Bluestem, 89)c; club,
Colfax Club,73c; bluestem, 75c,
HINT Of PLOT.
Russia Said To Have InfcrrrMrd
Japanese Message.
St. Petersburg, Nov. 8. The Asso
ciated Preaa baa obtained official confir
mation of the sensational report that
an intercepted dispatch from tha Jan.
anese minister at The Hafae would be
produced in the court of inquiry into
the recent North sea affiair to
existence of a plot to destroy the Rus
sian cat tie neet. There ia said to be
good ground for believing the report to
be true, and there are many indica
tions that the Russian government haa
been long in possession of strong evi
dence of a Japanese plan to interent all
of Admiral Rojeatvensky'a warships.
inis explains tbe willingness of Rus
sia to submit the case to international
arbitration. She would scarcely hav
proposed this course unless comiaced
she had a strong case.
It also develops that Emperor Nich
olas during an audience with British
Ambassador Hardinge declared in the
most positive terms that there were
Japanese torpedo boats in the North
sea. Apparently, Denmark was im
pressed by the same belief. The Rus
sian Howager empress, who was then
in Copenhagen, naturally did not fail
to communicate to her father the com
munication received by her from St.
Petersburg. This would accent for the
extraordinary precautions adopted by
the Danish government in detailing
warships to escort the Baltic squadron
through Danish waters.
Another remarkable story ia current
in well informed circles to the effect
that two balloons were seen hovering
over the Skagerack while the Russian
fleet entered the North sea. These
were'said to have been manned by Jap
anese, with the object of watching the
Russians and possibly dropping explo
sives.
No hint of suspicion ia expected in
any responsible quarter that the Brit
ish government was in the slightest de
gree or in any way responsible for the
iiegecl machinations of the Japanese
agents. On the contrary, officials cir
cles express tbe highest praise for the
conduct of the British government
throughout the North sea incident.
It ia thoroughly appreciated here that
the activity of the British fleet was
necessitated by public opinion and was
in no wibo intended to coerce Russia.
CARS CRASH IN A FOG.
nearly one Hundred People on Los
Angeles Cars.
Los Angeles, Cal., Nov. 8. In a ter
rific rear end collision on thn T nn
Beach electric road today, in a dense
tog, nearly 100 persons were injured or
badly shaken on. That manv mr.
sons were not killed outright is aston
ishing. A car loaded down with Mexi
can workmen, while running at a speed
of more than 40 miles an hour, crashed
into a standing passenger coach, which
had stopped to take on a namutntrAr.
knocking it 200 feet along the rails,
ana wrecking Dotn coaches.
The terrible impact hurled the pas
sengers and laborers into heape amid
nymg iimoerB, iron ana glass. Jit teen
persons were rendered unconscious, bnt
miracuionsiy none is reported fatally
hurt, unless it be the motorman who
was operating the work car.
When hia car burst from the fog and
bore down upon the standing passenger
coach, he threw off the power and put
on the air at the time shrieking a
warning to those ahead. Although thn
crash was inevitable, he stuck to hia
post and went down amid cruBhed tim
bers. The cause of the accident was the
dense fog and the fact that the passen
ger coach was about ten minutes late.
A car bound to this city from Long
Beach was stopped opposite the wiwk-
and manv of the iniured were nlacnri
aboard of it. While standing there, a
work car which had been following ii
through the foe bumped into it. and
more people were injured, some of those
who had received injuries in the first
collision being' again injured in the
second one. Both cars in the first col
lision were smashed to kindling wood,
and the passenger car, which received
the impact of the second accident, was
badly shattered, but was run to the
city.
Bids for Drydock Too High.
Washington, Nov. 8. The bureau of
yards and docks probably will reject all
the bids that were received for the
completion of the big drydock at the
Mare Island navy yard. The bids are
considered as excessive, and if the con
tract were made on the basis of- those
figures the cost of the dock would far
exceed the original estimate and the
amount available for the work. It it
probably that this work will be carried
on by yard labor, except in certain
parts, euch as furnishing the electrical,
material and building the caisson.
Difficulty Not with the Gun.
Washington, Nov. 8. As a result of
an investigation into the defect in the
12-inch shell used on United States
war vessela, noted during the recent
target practices of the North Atlantic
fleet, it haa been reported by the board
of experts that the difficulty was en
tirely with the Btepl bands on the pro
jectile, and not with the gun, as was
apprehended. This defect can easily
be remedied.