5UNK BY JAPAN.
Russian Ship Loaf at Chemulpo
One Is Fire«.
PLAN LOW OOOD HOADS.
C A TTLE STA R VINO ON R A N U E f.
Together
Forehanded Ranchers Alonr are Saving
Stock by Dry Pved.
Albany— Pursuant to the rail of
Judge Palmer, the road supervisors of
the county met with the county court,
now In aeaiaon, and the question of
general road Improvement wa* dis-
eueeed in all It* phaaea. The discus-
•ion wa* |>erfeclly informal, and the
methotla in uae in the varioua diatricta
of the county were compared, both aa
to ainounta of money eipended and re-
eulta obtained. There were 27 road
anpervlaor* preeent, being all the anp-
erviaore in the county except one. The
member* of the court and two road
master* were alao prraent.
A* a reault of the meeting a uniform
system of road building and improve­
ment wa* adopted for use all over the
county. The grade* will l>e of a uni­
form width, the gravel covering of uni­
form depth, etc. More money will lie
ex|>ended on road improvement than in
year* gone by. Idnn county ha* re­
ceived from the state this year money*
to the amount of 12,14«, representing
thi* county’ * «hare of the money* re­
ceived by the »tale of Oregon from the
sale of government land*. It ha* lieen
decided to devote thi* money to the im­
provement of the public road* in Linn
county. The money will be expended
in those diatricta which are willing to
help themselves.
Kvery district w ill he given »75 of
this money at the start, provided the
district contribute* a like aum. In
this way it i* thought the people of
every district w ill be encouraged to
*l>end some time and money in the
improvement of their » • i l l , and that
gradually an interest rill l * aroused
« hich
hirh will
in the good road* movement t w
the
result in passable highway*
entire county.
Kugene— Ktockrainers in this county
are Iteignning to realize that w in te r
feeding is necessary even in an unusu-
ally mild winter like the present.
This month and next are the months
when the greatest losses occur on the
ranges, and from all report« ihe losses
w ill lie almost as great this winetr aa
in I horn1 winter* when we have hail
enow and freezing weather.
Until a few week* past rattle have
lieen getting along fairly well without
dry feed, but now feeding is general,
except in casea where the farmer* have
no reserve supply, anil in such ease*
stock la being lost. In some section*
of the county quite a numlier oi cattle
have died from exposure and insuffi­
cient nourishment, the pastures being
eaten down to the root« and no hay to
pitch to the hungry brutes.
Thie ia only a Iwginning, and before
the end of March many of the stack*
of hay will lie exhausted, and stock-
men realise that considerable losses
w ill tie sustained. Cattle which have
lieen running in the foothills of the
Cascade*, and which did well until a
month ago, have now lieen driven
down to the valley by the enow*, and
they are dependent on dry feed.
Kven if grass were to grow now it
would only be slight help, as the first
grass of the spring possesses little nour­
ishment.
Linn Supervisor* Will Work
on ■ Common Plan.
Eater Large Body of Bees Ore.
WAR
HAS
BEGUN
Ann*bar
Tokio, Feb. 10.— It is reported here
that the Japanese fleet engaged and de­
feated two Russian warships, wlu.se
names have not yet lieen learned, at
Chemulpo yesterday. It is said the
engagement began at 11 A. M. and eon-
tinned until 3 P. M. The smaller
Russian vessel is re|iorU-d to have been
sunk and the larger one was tired and
hopelessly destroyed. A part of the
crews are reported to have escaped to
the shore and to have lieen captured.
The . Japanese ships are reported to lie
slightly damaged.
Official confirma­
tion of the iiattle ia unobtainable.
Japanese Start for Seoul.
I-omlon, Feb. 10.— In a dispatch
from Tien Tsin dated February 9, a
correspondent of the iJaily Mail says it
is reported there that the Rusaian
cruisers Varyag and Korietx hauled
down their Mags without firing a shot
and that 8,000 Japanese immediately
landed at Chemulpo and the march to
Seoul commenced.
It appears, the correspondent contin­
ues, that the Russian warships at
Vladivostok are icetiound.
Another correspondent of the Iiaily
Mail telegraph« from Fort Arthur un­
der date of February 9 that the Rus­
sian advance has commenced. General
Kranstalinsky w ill leave Liaoyang
tomorrow for the Valu river at the
head of the Third brigade of artillery,
conaisting of 24 guna and three regi­
ment« of infantry. The Third, Fourth
and Fifith infantry brigades are in­
trenched along the railroad at a dis­
tance of 40 mile* from Haicheng, and
three batteries of the Fifth brigade are
at Kinchon. The greatest activity pre­
vail« here and ammunition is being
served out lavishly at an average of 150
cartridge« per man. New recruits are
being enrol led with feveriah haste,
drilling being dispensed with in favor
of incessant target practice.
T O LIVE 600 TEARS.
S in g u la r Idea W hich la F i a d l s * B*-
lisva ra In K n gla a d .
JAPAN ATTACKS RUSSIAN SQUADRON
AT PORT ARTHUR.
Two
Battleships
and
a
Cruiser Badly
Damaged - Mikado's Forces Escaped
Unharmed— Several Russian rierch-
antmen Also Seized Both Nation*
bending Troops to Corea.
Berlin, Feb. 9.— A special telegram
from St. Petersburg say* three Russian
sliips at Port Arthur were severely
damaged last nignt by torpedoes dis­
charged from Japanese torpedo boats
while the latter were passing the har­
bor. Kubsequently a large fleet of Jap­
anese battleship* and cruisers appeared
before the port.
Martial Law Proclaimed.
Port Arthur, Feb. 9.— Inconsequence
of the attack by the Japanese torpedo
boats, martial law has been proclaimed
here.
Japaa Seizes Russian Ships.
I/ondon, Feb. 9.— In a dispatch dat­
ed Nagasaki, February 6, and which
was delayed by t^e censor, a corre­
spondent of the Daily Telegraph asserts
that Russia deliberately precipitated
the crisis by secretly dispatching, a
few days ago from Port Arthur, trans­
port« loaded with a full division o.
troops and escorted by a fleet and land­
ing them near the Yalu river, tbns oc­
cupying Northern Corea.
Japanese patience became exhaueted,
and today Japan moved her ships and
took unresisted possession of certain
merchant vessels, including the Rhilka
and Manchuria, the correspondent con­
tinues :
“ Two other Russian vessels wera
seized and escorted to Base bo, Japan.”
The Daily Telegraph says it supposes
the foregoiug seizures occurred at Ma-
sampho, but that the censor suppressed
the location.
A special dispatch says a strong fleet
of Japanese warships, reported to be on
the way to Chemulpo, has seized sev­
eral Russian trading vessels.
In a dispatch from Tokio. a corre­
spondent of the Daily Mail says the
Jiji Shimpo has received a telegram
from Fusan, Corea, declaring that the
firing of guna wa* heard to the east of
Koje island.
Can man live for 600 years? Thera
la a large numlier o f people who be­
lieve that they are going to live that
length
of
time.
Their leader Is one
o f I/ondon’s well-
known editors, E.
J. Klhhlewhlte, a
in a n
ordinarily
credited with wis­
dom and coDinioD
sense.
The people who
have not been con-
verte«l to the new
theory and hope of
C. J. K IB HLf .W HJT K.
longevity are stand­
ing aaifle and poob-|KM>hing the whole
Idea. The biologists and chemists— all
scientific men, in fact—are advising
the uiiilertaker* to get coffin measure-
imiita for these people at once, for
they are dabbling
with dangerous
drugs and «lolng other things that are
called unwise I f not perilous.
But Klbbiewhlte and hia friends ex-
pe<"t to be here when the millennium
begins. They are enthusiastic. They
declare the doctors, the preachers, and
the grave diggers are facing sorry
time*. These men have not been stam­
peded up to «late.
The people who hope and believe
they will live as long as they want to
have been studying the hablta o f the
whale, the pike, frogs, and llxarda.
The whale lives 300 year«. The pike
often lives to be 260 years old i f some
bidden hook does not draw him from
hia favorite stream. Frogs lire an in­
definite period. They are found sealed
in rocks that must have been centuries
in forming. Lizards, likewise, have an
almost eternal lease on life.
Why not man? That’s the question
the live-for-ever theorists are asking.
The secret o f long life lies in the lib­
eral applh-atlon to the skin o f glacial
acetic acid, a<*cordlng to the nnscien-
tlflo Britishers. Person* who have dab­
bled in chemistry are aware of the
fact that acetic acid has an effect upon
the epidermis. Acetic acid baths re­
store the hardened und wrinkled skin
o f octogenarians to the freshness and
softness o f a child'« akin, say the be­
lievers. It routs death and all the signs
o f approaching death.
In short. It
makes a man over. It is a revised Idea
o f the fiction for which Ponce de Leon
sought in vain.
Klbbiewhlte claim « to have cured va­
rious case« of disease which were pro­
nounced "incurable” by doctors and
really bellev«** that glacial acetic acid
is capable o f prolongiug life.
Cottage Grove— The Vesuvius min­
ing company, of Bohemia, reports that
an immense lx sly of ore has just lieen
entered In the lower working tunnel.
The ore body is several feet wide end
of a tiese character, carrying copper,
lead and iron. This tunnel is in lfiO
feet, and when the proper distance is
BALTIMORE PARALYZED.
SION ATLR RS ARB ALL C OU N TED .
aMainrd w ill top thie property at a
vertical depth of 100 feet from the Altermath ol Terrific Fir« Shows Appall­
Local Option Petition Nad H.MIO N a m e * apei; of the mountain.
The Vesuvius
ing Conditions.
Direct Prtmarle*. *74*.
projierty has several thousand feet of
Baltimore. Feb. 11.— The people of
Salem— Secretary of State Ounbnr tunnels, consisting of drifts and up­ this unfortunate city are dumbfounded.
raises
atiove
this
level.
ha* finished counting the signature*
Baltimore is beginning to realize the
on the initiative petition* and finds
immeasurable magnitude of her loss.
Look
to
the
Rogue
Rlvor.
that there are 8,81« name* on the local
The weather has taken a wintry chill
Jacksonville— Indications are that which adds to the grief. Workers who
option petition and 8,74« on that for
the direct primary law. The equal tbs year 1904 w ill witnesa the largest are idle know they w ill probably he
suffrage amendment petition* were not immigration ever known to the Rogue compelled to leave for other cities. A ll
filed. A few (»etitiona were sent in river valley. More immigrant« have estimates of the total loss vary from
from independent sources, but the large come in thia winter than is usual for »160,000,000 to twice that vast amount,
FAIR BILL PASSES.
number of petitions pre|»ared under the time of the year and houses are in but it w ill 1« months before it can tie
the direction of the leader* of the demand in every town in the valley. adjusted, as the task is a gigantic one.
Senate Votca to Extend Aid to Lewis
equal suffrage movement were not pre The Jacksonville lo a n ! of trade, as a
Insurance adjusters are dazed by
THESE BO Y8 WORK.
and Clark Exposition.
result of some judicioue advertising, is the great work ahead of them.
vented to the secretary of state.
Spec­
The secretary of state ha* officially in receipt of a large number of letters ial agents from all important companies
Washington, Feb. 9.— Without a dis­ R aise 340 A c r e s o f C orn, f o r W h ich
notified the governor that the petitions of inquiry, letters coming from almost went into a special session at 11 o ’clock senting vote the Lewis and Clark expo­
T h e/ R e c e iv e «4 ,1 3 4 .3 2 .
have lieen filed and the governor will every state of the union.
sition bill passe«! the senate at 5:30
P.y industriously tending a patch o f
this morning as a loss committee.
issue a proclamation setting forth the
When morning broke it would have yesterday afternoon, carrying an aggre­ corn all last summer threa Missouri
Cattle Doal at Pendleton.
eubetance of the proposed laws and
been impossible to describe the scenes gate appropriation of »1,776,000. Sec­ boys earned not only the handsome
Pendleton— Max Jackson, a promi­
notifying the voters that the measure*
i of devastation that met the eyes of the tion 16 of the bill, providing for the sum of $4,154.52, but suflicieut distinc­
w ill i>e submitted at the June election. nent cattle man of North Yakima, lias thousands who Hocked to the scene of construction of a memorial building
tion to hare the fruit o f their industry
The proclamation w ill be published in just closed a deal w th Rexelver Taylor the great conflagration that raged from was stricken out; the number of na­
selected
to be one of the features of
one newspaper in each judicial district. for C. B. W ade’s cattle aggregating Sunday morning at 11 o’clock until tional commissioners was reduced from
Missouri's exhibit at the World's Fair,
nearly 700. He pays an average price
late Monday night before it could be seven to three; an amendment was at­ and to cause the commission to plare
Creamery for La Orende.
of about »16 per head, making the deal
safely said that all danger of further tached absolutely closing the exposition their photographs In a place of houor
In Grande— Arrangement« have been one of about »10,000. It is the largest
destruction was passed. Even then no and grounds on Sunday, and the frank­ In the Missouri building.
perfected for n creamery in In Grande, cattle transaction made here in yeara.
> one could tell but a fresh wind might ing privilege denied to the national and
The boys are John, George and
which w ill be in operation about the
spring up and again fan the dying state commissions. Aside irom these Joseph Christian, aged IS, 16, and 12
middle of March. The machinery b
PORTLAND MARKETS.
changes,
the
bill
was
passed
in
sub­
flames into renewed and vindictive
t<een sent for and a car load w ill arrive
stantially the shape in which it recent­ years respectively. They are the aona
; vigor.
C. A. Christian, and their home is in
here March 1. Harper A Smith, who
Wheat— Walla Walla, 75c; blue-
One hundred and forty acres lie in ly came from the senate committee.
The work
are so successfully operating creameries stem, 80961c; valley, 79980c.
The Ijewis and Clark bill came up Tarkio, Atchison county.
; utter ruin. In this desolate territory
at the Cove and at I'nion, are the pro­
Bariev— Feed. $20 per ton; brewing, stood the greatest and most costly unexpectedly at 3:16. The attendance was all done between May 1 and Nov.
1, and the boys are now In school.
moters of the enterprise here, and w ill »2 0 * 20.50; rolled, »21.
buildings in Baltimore or the state of at this time was slight, but as the de­
The Christian l>oys accepted an offer
run it under the name of Harper,
Flour— Valley, $3.759 3.86 per bar­ Maryland. Millions were represented la te proceeded, senators returned to
Hmith A Co. In a recent partial can­ rel; hard wheat straights, »3.90(94.10; by the great husineaa concerns that oc­ the chamber, until, at the time the from Davis Ilatiklu of Atchison county,
vas* Mr. Harper wa* able to aecure the clears, $3.6593.75; hard wheat pat­
Missouri, who Is the most extensive
cupied the stone, brick, iron and steel bill was passed, there was a fair aver­
product of 250 cows, and the number ents, »4.2094.60;
graham, »3.76; buildings and their loss is great; great­ age attendance* Twice daring the af- cattle fee.1«*r in the world. Mr. Rankin
w ill be greatly increased when the whole wheat, »4 ; rye flonr, »4.509
er than can be estimated at the pres­ ternoon it looked as if the bill would has 30.000 acres o f land in Atchison
creamery ie started.
The business 4.75.
ent. Insurance underwriters roughly have to go over until some future time. county, and each year he raises corn
men and the farmers are encouraging
MillstufTs — Bran, »18918.50 per and conservatively estimate the loss at Senator Platt, of Connecticut, made & on from 15.000 to 20,000 acres.
ton; middlings, »26; shorts, »19.509 »200,000,000, and the amount of insur- rather vicious attack upon the large
the project.
When the Christian boys applied for
amount
carried
by
the
bill,
and
threat-
a
tract
of land ou which to raise corn
20;
chop,
»18;
linseed,
dairy
food,
»19.
ance
involved
at
»100,000,000.
There
Biggest Spruce on Earth.
Hay — Tim othy, »16916 per ton; must be added to this as a natural con­ ene«l to form a fight, which might have Mr. Kankln promptly turned over a
Astoria— W . 8. I.inkhart, of Neha- clover, »1291 3; grain, »1 2 9 1 3 ; cheat,
tract of 540 acres aud agreed to pay
sequence the personal property loss that been temporarily disastrous.
lein City, has discovered what is be­ »12913.
I.ater Senator Allison became critical the boys 12 cents for every bushel o f
insurance
men
have
no
way
of
estimat­
lieved to be the largest spruce tree in
Butter— Rweet cream bntter, 32
of the phraseology of the bill, and but corn they would raise.
the world. The monster tree is locat­ per ponnd; fancy creamery, 30c; choice ing.
for the intervention of Senator Fulton
Hitching six Missouri mules to a
The
district
swept
by
the
fire
is
75
ed in God’« valley, on the south fork enwmery, 26*27 4 c ; dairy, 2 0 9 2 2 4 c;
would have forced the senate to ad­ lister the boys went to work. This
blocks
in
extent
and
comprised
nearly
of the Nehalem river, about 12 miles store, 12914c.
2,500 buildings. It is within the ter­ journ without taking action on the bill. machine plows, barrows, and seetto all
from Nehalem City. The tree meas­
Butter Fat— Rweet cream, 31c; sour ritory bounded on the west by Liberty The committee amemlments were most­ at one operation. They worked like
ures 21 feet in diameter and «3 feet in cream, 29c.
street, on the north by Islin g to n ly adopted without discussion, but the Trojans and soon the 540 acres were
circumference.
Its height was not
Poultry— Chickens, mixed, 1 1 4 9 street, on the east hy Jones Falls, and last committee amendment, relating to all planted. Then the boys had a
measured, but I.inkhart expresses the 12c per pound; springs, small, 13914c;
Sunday closing, provoke«! a protracted breath spell. When the corn began to
belief that it is easily monarch of the hens, 12912'« c ; turkeys, live, 15<a on the south by the Basin;
debat«*, and in the end resulted in the grow another task appeared for them,
northern forests in this respect as well 16c; dressed, 189 20«'; ducks, »8 9 9
adoption of an amendment offered by anti three time* the growing com had
Russia Is Excite«!.
as in others. God’s valley Is the loca­ per dozen; geese, live, 8c per pound.
Senator Platt, of Connecticut, closing
tion of the largest trees ever discovered
8t. Petersburg, Feb. 11.— The news both buildings and grounds on Sun­ to be cultivated. Again was a requisi­
Cheese— Full cream, twins, 14c;
tion muile on the Missouri mule, and
In Northwestern Oregon.
that Japan had duplicated her tactics days.
Young America, 15c.
six were attached to each o f three two-
at
the
opening
of
the
China-Japaneee
Eggs—Oregon ranch, 26c per dozen.
row cultivators. The weeds were kept
Strike Big Ledge of Cinnabar. e
iapan Cuts Cable to Corea.
Vegetables— Turnips, 80c per sack; war by a torpe«lo attack on the Russian
Cottage Grove— Three pioneer proa- carrots, 80c; beets, $1; parsnips, $1; ships off Port Arthur, create«! intense
Paris, Feb. 9.— The French, foreign down, the soil loosened, and the com
perfora of Bohemia, Erl Jenks, Ben parsley, per dozen, 25c; tomatoes, excitement. Details of the attack are office was advise«! this afternoon that grew. This corn was gone over throe
Curry and George Kerna, while out »1.5092 per crate; «-elery, 659 75c per anxiously awaite«!. Extra e«litions of the Japanese have cut the cable con­ Dm«*«. Meanwhile the grain grew and
from Bohemia for a vacation, heard of dozen; pumkpina, lc per ponnd; on­ the morning papers printe«! early in the necting Japan and Corea. The object ripened, and when November rolled
a large ledge of some character up ions, Yellow Danvers, »1.3591.60 per forenoon, after the ap|>earance of the of this action is believed to prevent around the harvest was begun.
Official Messenger, conveye«! the intelli- news of the operations of the Japanese
Mushy creek, some five miles east of sack.
Up to this time the work o f making
genca to the population of the capital reaching the Russians, which was pos­ the crop had been done altogether by
here. 1’ pon investigation they discov­
Honey— »393.60 per case.
ered a strong and well defined ledge of
Potatoes— Fancy, 759 80«; |>er sack; and dispelle«! any lingering hopes that sible, no matter how closely censored the three boys. Extra help was em­
cinnabar. They began at once to run common, 60976c;
sweets, 2)$c in war could be averted. A ll are eager to the dispatches sent might be. Follow­ ployed in the harvest, however, and
go to the front.
a surface crosscut and so far found the sacks; 2 4 c in crates.
ing the breaking off of relations between when the com was gathered and
ledge to be 60 feet in width and from
Rassin and Japan and the cutting of measured Into Mr. Rankin’s greot corn
Apples— Fancy Baldwins and Spitz-
the pannings show a good prospect of enherrgs, »150. per box; cooking, 76c
Currency Undamaged.
the cable is regarde«! here as significant bins It was found that the boys had
quicksilver, and some native quicksil­ 911
Baltimore, Feb. 11.— The vaults of of the pnrpoee of the Japanese to begin grown 84.621 bushels of the grain. At
ver can be seen in the ore.
Hops— Choice, 27929c per pound; the Continental trust company building hostilities.
12 cent* per bushel this netted the sum
prime, 25c; medium, 24c.
o f $4.164.32. and Mr. Rankin gave
were opened at noon.
Thousands of
Coming Bvsnts.
Executive Ability Counted.
Wool — Valley, 17918c; Eastern dollars in currency an«I bonds were
them a check for that am ount—Chi­
Oregon Cbrlstain Endeavor conven­ Oregon, 12915m; mohair, 32936c.
found to be undamage«l.
The bank
Washington, Feb. 10.— It is said at cago Inter Ocean.
tion, Pendleton, February 19-22.
Beef— Dressed, 6 9 7 4 c*p e r pound.
w ill do hnsinesa despite the 10 holi­ the war department that Cameron
College oratorical contest, Pacific
When a woman imposes on her hus­
Mutton— Dreawd, 6 9 7 4 c ; lambs, days. Assistant United States Treas­ Forbes, of Boston, who has been tend­
university, Forest Grove, March 13.
7 4c.
urer Dryden,
after communicating ered the position of Philippine commis­ band with kin, how the people roar!
Dog show, Portland, April 25-2S.1
Veal— Dressed, small, 899c; large, with Secretary Shaw today opene«! the sioner, was selecte«l principally because Bnt the womnn never knows It; they
Rtate convention, Knights of the 6 9 « ,4 c.
subl.reasury making »12,000,000 avail­ of his exe«'utive ability and technical are very careful to do their talking be­
Maccabees, Portland, March 22.
Pork— Dresse«!, « 4 9 7 c .
knowle«lge of engineering matterx,
able for the local hanks if wasted.
hind her back.
.
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