THE STAYTON MAIL
F L E E T SH U T OUT.
CHANGE IS URGED
S H E L L T H E C ITY .
ENTRANCE CLOSED
Japanese Fleet of Seven Veeeels B o m ­
Ships Cannot Return to
bard V la d ivostok .
B. O. ALBXANUBK. »'« b M .h c r .
Vladivostok.
Vladivostok,
March 8.—A fleet of PORT ARTHUR IS NOW BLOCKED TO
COMMISSION
ASKS
REPEAL
OF
TIM-
London, March 9.—The Japanese
five
Japanese
battleships und two
S T A Y T O N ...................OREGON.
BIU VESSELS.
legation here has received no official
BET AND STONE ACT. *
cruisers
uppeured
off this place at
information regarding the bombard­
1:25 o’clock this afternoon and bom­
ment of Vladivostok. It I b believed at
the legation, however, that the Jap­ Forests Should Be Sold at Values Fixed barded the town and shore batteries Battis ship Is In ths W ay Oaly Small
Cruisers Caa Oo Out Japan Fors saw
anese are now between the Russian
by Appraisers Change Homestead for 55 minutes.
The
fleet
approached
from
the
di­
Possibility of Coal Halng Held Con­
Comprehensive Review of the Im port« Cruiser squadron and Vladivostok,
La w — Itkhards. Plnchott and Newell
rection of Askold Island, at the east
oat Happening* of the P » » t W eek, and there I b reason to believe that the
traband of W a r and Haa Immense
Advocate Restriction ol Com m uta­ entrance to Ussuri Bay. and about
Presented la Coodeaaed Form , Moat Russian squadron is In the vicinity of
Supply on Hand.
32 miles southeast of Vladivostok.
tion Clause.
(Jk e ly to Prove Intereatlng.
Entering Ussuri Bay, the enemy
Possiet Bay.
formed a lino of battle, but did not
Russian official dispatches do not
Ixindon, March 7.—Little change In
Washington, March 9.—The com­ approach to a closer range than a
The senate has passed the naval mention this squadron, and this fact
the Far Kuateru situation la reported
mile
and
one-third.
They
directed
mission
appointed
by
the
President
on
appropriation bill.
lends color to the belief that the Jap- !
their fire against the shore batteries this morning. It la apparent that the
Another British cabinet crisis Is be­ anese warships have shut It out of October 22. 1903, consisting o f W. A. and the town, hut no damage resulted, Japanese are busily engaged In trans-
Richards,
commissioner
of
the
gener­
lieved to be at hand.
as most of their 200 lyddite shells
Vladivostok. It is pointed out at the
portlug their forces Into Corea, und
The Chicago Federation of I«abor is Legation that if this Is true, the Rus­ al land office; Gifford Piuchot, chief failed to burst.
this work Is facilitated by thu enforc­
The
Russluu
batteries,
commanded
forester
of
the
department
of
agri­
fighting Mayor Harrison.
sian vessels are In a critical position, culture. and F. H. Newell, chief en­ by Generals Vernotex und Artamonoff. ed Inactivity of the navy.
United Mineworkers will leave the since they must run the gauntlet of
did not reply, uwaltlng a closer ap­
According to the Hebustopool cor­
question of strike with the local un­ the Japanese squadron off Vladivos­ gineer of the reclamation service, to proach of the enemy.
respondent
of the Dally Graphie, Ad
make
suggestions
regarding
revision
ions.
The Japanese fire ceased at 2:30 p.
tok or the Japanese squadron off Port of fhe laws relating to public lands,
talrul Hkrydloff has learned prlvutely
m.,
and
the
enemy
retired
In
the
di­
A second bombardment of Vladi- |
Arthur, before reaching a Russlon has made to the president a partial rection of Askold Island. Simultan­ from Port Arthur that the Russian
vostok is reported in which the Japan­
report which was sent to congress to­ eously two torpedo-boat destroyers battleship Relztvau lies In sueh a po­
port.
ese lost one or two cruisers.
day. It recommends the repeal of the appeared near Askold Island and two
In
a
dispatch
from
St.
Petersburg
Report on affairs of Indian Terri­
timber and stone act. and the substi­ more near Cape Maldel. The Jnpan- sition as to block effectually thu exit
of battleships from the hurbor, the
tory smacks cf graft on the part of * a correspondent of the Standard gives j tution of suitable provisions for sell- I se ships were covered with lee
officials connected with speculative a rumor that the Czar has received a ing, after appraisal, the timber on
Thp a(ta,.|< resulted In no loss to passage being practically only the
concerns.
telegram to the effect that the Japan- ' public lands that Is needed In large o r i , hp R|„,*|ans. but cost the Japanese cruisers. The correspondent adds that
A Springfield, Ohio, mob took a ese fleet bombarded Vladivostok nil small quantities for Industrial pur 1200,000 rubles ($100,000) In ammunl- Russia's new buttleshlps now bulldlug
tlon. Moat of the projectiles were six
negro, who shot a detective, from jail, i day Monday. According to this rum­ P°8t’s'
on thu Baltic will not be ready for ac­
The committee also recommends | an,j jo Inch shells
hanged him and then riddled his body or only trivial damage was inflicted to
the repeal of the law permitting ns ‘ The"population of Vladivostok was tive commission before the end of Au­
with bullets.
the Russians, but one or two Japan­ signment of entries under the desert warmM, th|H morn|ng of the presence gust.
The Japanese officer who has charge
A witness in the Smoot trial says ese cruisers were sunk.
lund lnw. and urge* the Importance of ,,n tho hor|xon of u hostile fleet and
she was married after the issuance of
There is much curiosity here con- ; a more careful administration of law
prospect of an attack during the of Japan's fiuanetal and commercial In­
terests 111 England declares thut the
the manifesto and is positive Brigham cerning the resisting power of Vlad- ! especially as to those provisions re- ,!ay but u r«.ma|n^| tranquil.
government foresaw the possibility of
Young performed the ceremony.
ivostok. which has been long regard-1 latlug to obtaining an adequate per- |
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coal being declared contraband of wur.
T O O P E N BIG T R A C T .
The report on influence being exert- i ed as the Gibraltar of the Far East. manent water supply.
und that It had been collecting large
Vladivostok
is
known
to
be
better[
It
advocates
the
restricting
of
the
ed by members of congress to gain in- j
stores of Welsh steam coal for years,
creases in postofflce 'rentals, clerk equipped as a naval base, and to have commutation clause of the homestead Congress Is Asked to Allow Settlers so that today it had a supply suffici­
hire, etc., involves members from all greater docking and repairing re­ entry where such entries are located
on Yakima Lands.
ent for the navy for years to come.
but five states. Oregon, Idaho. Ne­ sources than Port Arthur, but doubts within forest reserves or where the
According to a Tokio correspondent
are
expressed
as
to
the
character
of
Washington.
March
8.—Representa-¡
land
Is
chiefly
valuable
for
timber.
It
vada, New Hampshire and Rhode Is
its defenses. Russia has been settled suggests the.outlines for a law permit­ live Jones todny Introduced a bill ¡ of the Btaudard, the Mlkudo has sent
land.
there for 40 years, and It is conse­ ting homestead entries upon agricul­ opening to settlement about 1,000 000 i a personal message to thu Emperor of
Field Marshal von Waldersee is quently considered probable that the tural lands within forest reserve* and mres of unallotted lands of the Yak-¡ Corea assuring him that the war was
defenses and guns at this place are o f the survey and description of such ag Ima Indian reservation. Having the declared solely with the Ivtw to su­
dead.
ricuttural lands by metes and hounds assurance of the support of the Inter- turing permanent peace,, mid express­
The house has passed the Indian ap­ a somewhat obsolete character.
It is understood that during the rather than by the regular system, lor department he hope* *o secure the ing the sincere wish that the recently
propriation bill.
past few years all the available new thu* permitting the agricultural lami* pn**age o f this bill at the present ses­ concluded Japanese Corean protocol
Dreyfus has won an appeal for a guns and war material which it was to be selected along the valleys and slon.
would Increase the intimacy of the
revision of his case.
possible to send over the single-line tv. embrace the good tillable land with- ! The blit authorize* the secretary of two countries.
On the strength of n statement made
railroad have been out taking In extensive tracts of side the Interior to cla*slfy and appraise
The United States will not grant Ttans-Siberian
used for the strengthening of Port hill.
the unallotted lands of »he reserva- by u missionary, the Bhaughl corres­
the Guam-Japan cable concession.
Arthur and points in Manchuria, leav­
The recommendation ulso 1* made t'on. Irrigable und grazing lands nre pondent of the Dally Chronicle sentis
Odell will not accept the chairman­ ing Vladivostok with old-type guns of that when lands are restored to entry there to be thrown open under the lu u doubtful report thut 28 Japanese
ship of the National Republican com short range. It is reported that Vlad­ after temporary segregation ample j homestead law. while timber lands Hallors have Iand<-<1 at Tengehau. wc*i
mittee.
ivostok is ill-supplied with provisions time should be allowed homesteaders will be sold under sealed bids after of Checfoo, saying their vessel had
to exercise their rights, giving them , due advertisement. Mineral lands sunk us the result of un engagement
Eastern miners refuse to accept a and necessaries.
the preference over persons who may v. Ill be disposed of under the mineral with Russian wurshlps, which also
Dispatches
from
Tokio
published
reduction in wages and a strike is
this morning speak of the sacrifices wish to select the land by the use of laws and arid land under the desert went down. No Ruslan were saved,
probable.
but 200 Japanese were rescued by
being made by the Japanese nation. scrip or other form of entry.
uct.
Senator Nelson declares American According to the Daily Chronicle’s
in addition to complying with the Chinese junks. This uctlon is report­
interests demand she prevent the dis­ correspondent at Tokio, the Mikado
j requirement of the land laws, settler* ed to have occurred between Port Ar­
D A M A G E D BY S H E L L FIRE.
memberment of China.
is abandoning all luxuries, the court
will be required to pay the apprained thur aud Mi.tu In Laothtcshuu chan
Troops have been sent from Vladi­ following his example, and all are go­ Japanese Make Impression on Batter­ value of the lands they acquire. The nsl.
bill recognizes the claim of the Yak­
ies at Port Arthur.
vostok to meet the Japanese ad­ ing to live abstemiously until the war
GO T O P A NA M A .
is
ended.
ima Indians to the disputed tract of
vance from the south.
Nltt Chwang. March 9 — New arrlv 300.000 acres lying west of their pres
President Smith, of the Mormon
als from Port Arthur confirm the ru- ent reservation and east of the sum C anal C om m issioner Called to W a sh ­
H O P E IS ON LA N D .
church, says congress is prying into
mors in circulation here last week that Wit of the mountains. The secretary
ington for Conference.
his domestic affairs without right.
Russia Considers That the War Has
Washington,
March 7.—Admiral
'.n
Hardly Begun.
Britain believes the only diplomatic
Walker, chairman of 4he Isthmian ca­
ly
damaged
by
the
Japaneae
shell
bav<,
not
yet
received
lands,
and
Is
danger lies in a continental protest
St. Petersburg. March 8.—Although fire. Desultory bombardments contln- ; also authorised to set apart tracts of nal commission, had a conference to­
against the Japanese-Corean treaty.
almost four weeks have elapsed since tie, but there has been an absence of grazing and timber lands for the ben- day with the President relating to
Japan has again addressed the pow­ the Japanese fleet first attacked Port concerted action on the part of the < fit of the tribe.
canal affairs. At the conclusion of the
ers in reply to the Russian conten­
Japanesse warships for a couple of
conference Admiral Walker said he
Arthur,
here
the
war
Is
considered
tion that she violated rules of war.
days. All of the civilian popuatlon has
F IR E LOS8 GROWS.
had advised the commission by tele­
hardly begun. Heavy land fighting, been expelled from the town.
An earthquake in New Mexico did
upon which the fate o f the campaign
A heavily-laden train was derailed Oklahoma Now Puts Cost of Prairie graph to come to Washington at their
much damage to property.
earliest convenience. He said he ex­
depends, is not expected much before near the town Saturday, but It Is not
Blaze at $500,000.
Russia welcomes what it terms the
known how much damage was done.
the
end
of
April.
By
this
time
Rus­
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Oklahoma City. Okla.. March 7.— pected the commission would sail for
change in American sentiment.
The wreck wag caused
by an ________
obstruc
sia will have in the field, exclusive of (ion being plated on the track by Jap- Three persons perished^ Iri the pritlr the Isthmus on March 22. If. however,
Advices from Port Arthur say the
|e fire and the financial loss by the all the members could not arrange
Japanese are again bombarding that the large army of men required to anese agents.
fire and gale Is estimated at $.'.00,000. their affairs so as to leave at that time
There
has
been
no
recent
damage
to
guard
the
railroads,
four
army
corps,
place.
Further reports of property loss by the romtnlslon would leave a week
the
RiiHHian
squadron
at
the
hands
of
1 he body of a masitodon in a good each with a cavalry division and an Japanese, the cruiser Askold hatt been both fire and wind Indicate that the later.
It Is said the President adopted an
state of preservation has been found artillery brigade. All that has hap­ floated, and Expert Gilchrist now de­ first estimate was too low. The dam­
near Dawson.
pened so far, or Is going to happen un­ clare* that be can save the battleship age by wind extends over *cven coun­ unusual procedure In spectfllcally
ties In »he Southwest. The total naming In the list of nominations Ad­
Japan has completed the landing of til these forces are in the field. Is con­ Retvizan. The attempt to repair the
miral Walker as chairman of the
a great force in Corea, and a forward sidered. according to the Russian ilrytlock so that It would accommodate losses from fire and storm can a* yet commission, hh It is usual to leave the
ihe battleship Czarevitch ha* been only be estimated, but It I* the gener­
movement is expected soon.
view, to be nothing more than the abandoned, and she will remain in a al opinion that they will reach $'>00,- selection of chairman to the commis­
President Smith, in the Smoot trial, prologue to the real drama.
sion. But there were slight signs of
disabled condition until »he close of 000 .
says Mormons will defend plural mar­
Scores of persons are suffering friction, It Is said, which Impelled the
The crippling of the Port Arthur the war. or until she can be sent to
from hums and broken limbs. The President to prevent any contest In
riages if an attack is made.
fleet was unfortunate in that it gave Vladivostok, where the drydock is
The Japanese fleet has allowed a the enemy the command o? the sea at large enough to accommodate her. area from which reports of damage by the commission by naming the chair­
Nltt Chwang is now occupied by a wind come cover a hundred mlleH man himself.
number of colliers to proceed to Vladi­
Rear-Admiral Rlxey, Surgeon-Gen­
small detachment of Cossack cavalry, square and means of communication
the
very
outset.
It
is.
however,
of
vostok, expecting to seize the fuel and
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lover the district are meager. This eral of the Navy, Is going to Panama
relatively small Importance from the
supplies when it takes that port.
j difficulty Is increased by the fact that to make an lnsepetlon of the sanitary
standpoint of the main strategy of the
A G A IN A LA R M IN B A L K A N S .
a bio has been introduced to allow war. whether Port Arthur stands or
j poles are burned and wires blown conditions on tne Isthmus. No date*
the Northern Pacific to sell lands falls. But as long as it holds out. Sultan Rejects Memorandum Present­ ! down.
has been set for his departure, but he
along the right of way and quiet title and the fleet is harbored there, it will
The little town of Francis was des­ will have a conference with Rear-Ad­
ed
by
the
Reform
Powers.
to tracts in Portland and other West­ constitute a potential menace which
troyed by fire, but no particulars arc miral Walker before working out the
Vienna. March 9.—The optimistic given.
details of his trip.
ern cities.
will restrict and hamper Japan's op­
Three
residences
at
Snyder
wore
de
The health of marines and of the of­
feeling
regarding
the
situation
In
the
erations,
and
the
Russians
are
deter­
The Great Northern and Northern
Pacific railways have agreed to offer mined to defend Port Arthur as horo- Balkans has again given way to pes­ moiislied. and seven persons were In ficers and men on the ships on duty In
Isthmian waters comes under the
homeseekers excursion rates during ically as they did Sevastopol. No simism. The Sultan ’was reported to jured, none, It Is believed, fatally.
At Mount Park, several houses were charge or Rear-Admiral Rlxey, and
March and April. The rate to the large garrisons will be retained there; have emphatically refused to ratify
West and return will be one fare, plus 10.000 men are as good as 100.000 for the Natchovltch agreement and his at­ demolished, and half a dozen persons he will make a eareful Investigation
defense, while the more men the titude occasions much anxiety In the were Injured, none, seriously. A strip of the sites selected for camps, and on
$ 2 . 00 .
six miles wide and nine miles long his return probably will draft a report
more mouths to feed. There are Bulgarian government.
The flood situation on the Ohio river enough provisions there now to last
Telegrams received here today de- burned 20 miles south of Hobart. The he may see fit regarding proper quar­
at Toledo is serious.
for eight months. In addition, there clare further that the Sultan has re­ loss In the Kiowa country will exceed ters for the men and the making of
whatever sanitary
safeguards he
jected the memorandum presented by | $150,006.
King Edward is confined to his room will be a division of Cossacks with the reform powers as well as the de- i
thinks necessary.
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mountain
batteries
on
the
peninsula
on account of illness.
There are on the Isthmus six sur­
to oppose landings and harass the mands for the gendarmie commission ' Czar Will Replace Vessels Lost.
Senator Hale thinks the navy is ask­ enemy If it succeeds in Investing the This commission is making slow p t o - 1 parl„ March 8 —The Figaro this geons o f the navy alrendy. One of
gress In Its work. The two civil agents corning published a HI. Petersburg them who has Just returned reports
city.
ing for too many new ships.
are reported to have broken down tin dispatch saying that a member of the that the health of the men Is excel­
der the strain.
General Kouropatkin will make
committee on the Increase of the lent.
Flood Peril Is Passed.
Mukden his headquarters.
navy ha* declared that $7,500.000 has
Harrisburg. Pa., March 9.—The Ju-
Anxiety for Von Waldersee,
Fare to St. Louis Fair,
thus far been subscribed to this end.
Chief of engineers recommeends ¡niata and Susquehanna rivers have
Hanover, Prussia, Mnrch 7.—The
vto-.r. n * ___„ » f o u n t Orloff Davldoff has telegraphed
against the extension of the Grays
„
„ ___. , „
.
from Rome that he has placed $1.500,- condition of Field Marshal Count Von
| been falling all day and Weather Ob-
Harbor jetty.
the Transcontinental Passenger As 000 at the disposition of tne commit­ Waldersee Is causing anxiety among
I server Demain said tonight that they
lus friends. He has been ill for Home
A high Russian official says the ab­ will continue to fall for 24 hours. The Hoefation today decided to recommend tee.
to the general meeting of the asso­
The Czar, the correspondent contin­ ('lays, and Is losing strength. There
andonment of Port Arthur would be
! gorges above and below Harrisburg ciation the adoption of ’’circuit rates” ues, has decided to rebuild the Rus­ was no Improvement late tonighL ac­
disastrous to Russia.
[are still intact and there has been no for the St. Ixmls Exposition from Pa­ sian cruiser Varlng and the torpedo cording to dispatches from Hanover,
Ex-President Cleveland denies that movement in the Susquehanna river cific Coast points. Under thlH ar­ gunboat Korletz, which were destroy­ In the condition of Count von Walder­
he ever had a Negro as his guest at | since the break of yesterday and In the rangement, the rate from the Coast, to ed at Chemulpo, out of his private see. Professor Orth of Berlin, and
luncheon, as reported.
j gorge at High Spire. The conditions St. Ixtuis through Chicago will be $75, purse.
Professor Eppsteln of Gottingen, have
diagnosed the disease sr Intestinal
Japanes refuges declare they were in the flooded district show an Im- $07.50 direct to St. Louis and $72.50
treated in a terrible manner by Rus­ [ provement over yesterday and unless direct to Chicago through St. Ix>uis. Russia Wants American Apparatus. Inflammation. The Count Is very
there is a sudden rise In the river, It Is i The question of stopovers being al­
sians at Port Arthur.
New York, March 8.—A rush order weak and the worst Is fenrod. Emper­
lowed here was not settled. The com­ has been placed with an American or William has ordered that full re­
A maniac ran amuck In the war de­ thought the worst is over.
mittee also decided to recommend the firm for apparatus used in coaling ports of the Field Marshal's condition
partment office, shooting one man and
adoption of homeseekers' rates.
Railroad May Sell Lands.
warships at sea. It Is expected thnt be wired him frequently.
firing at other clerks.
the 45 Russian vessels In home
Washington, March 9.—The senate
Fearing the approach of a Japa­
Another Flood is Feared.
Great Earthquake In Peru.
waters will he in position by .Tune to
nese fleet, Russsians and noncombat­ today passed Senator Foster’s bill
Pittsburg, March 9.—From present proceed. If necessary, to Far Eastern 1 Limn, Peru, March 7.— A tremend­
ants at Yinkow are preparing to re­ authorizing the Northern Pacific Rail­
road Company to sell surplus lands Indications the Monongahela and Al- stations, taking with them the Amer­ ous earthquake, which did much dam­
tire.
lleghany rivers will again be at. a flood
Secretary Shaw has called on the within Its right of way when It has stage tomorrow morning. Business ican invention which will enable the age, occurred here at 5:20 this morn­
war vessels to proceed without run­ ing. Nothing comparable with It has
no
use
for
the
same,
and
confirming
national banks for $30,000,000 of gov­
1 men and residents In the low sections ning afoul of the regulations at neu­ been experienced during the last 30
ernment deposits to be applied on the sales of such lands heretofore made |a/e preparing for a 20-foot stage.
tral ports regarding coal.
years.
by this company.
price of the Panama canal.
Russian
EVENTS OF THE DAY
¡iLirsr.