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About The Stayton mail. (Stayton, Marion County, Or.) 1895-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 7, 1904)
ï HIS LlfE ENDS. ► ► ► ► OREGON NEWS OE INTEREST ANY LI IM NEEDS AN ADDITION. > > à S lrtd y I n t i t i K of Invent Is Crowd» Ing Building's Capacity. H»U<m—Tim steady increase in the num ber of patients at tlia state maaim aajruui will make neceaaary tha con struction of a nsw cottage rm it year, w ith room for 100 patients. Hutli a cottage, to lie constructed at the asy lum (arm, will cost shout |26.000 ami th e legislature will he akset] to 'a p p r o priate money for th a t purpose. The growing population will also necessi tate the construction of a new dining room at a cost of |.'i,000, the new ad dition to he 40x40 feet and two stories high. The last legislature appropriated rno.iey for the ex|>enae of replacing a numtier of wornout lavatories and th a t work has hoen attended to. O ther old lavatories and sewer connec tions have liecouie faulty with age and m ust he repliued. To put these in good condition will require au appro priation of 116,000. The asylum building has not lieen painted for many years and liecause of th a t fact it is rapidly showing the effects of tim e and storm . Huperin- ten-lent C albiealh w ill recommend in Ills biennial report th a t the main building lie repainted throughout. T h is w ill cost about 112,000. All the perm anent improvements needed at th at in rtitu tito n will coat In the neigh borhood of (65,000. At the reform school, m ute school and blind school only m inor repairs and improvements will I** necessary amt not very heavy appropriations will lie needed for them . At the state pris on many improvements have been made in the past year w ithout definite apropriation and not much in the way of Urge improvements will be needed at th at institution next year. The last legislature passed an act providing that th e proceeds of convict labor shall con stitu te a tietterm ent fund, which may tie rx|>ended for repaira and improve m en u under the direction of the gover nor. lly virtue of thia act money has lieen ex;* nded from tim e to time and th e prison property has been put in good condition. éééééééééé J L A T T L t WILL STARVE. farmers Did Not Rotate Crops, and arc Short of Teed. Salem— "T h e unfortunate situation in which W illam ette valley faimera find them selves this year la-cause of a shortage of feed for their stock is a cause foi regret, epecially since it ia entirely unnecessary. When J . K. Seats said in an interview a few days ugo that cattle will starve in the valley this winter for w snt of feed be told the plain tru th I t ia a tru tii we dislike to acknowledge, but it should teach us a lesson." Tiiis is an asertion made by Director Jam es Witbycouibe, of the Oregon ex perim ental station, at C orvallis, while he was attending the state (air. " I don’t mean th at any larga propor tion of valley livestock will starve, or th at they will die because of the en tire absence of feed. What 1 mean, and w hat Mr. Sears evidently m eant, was th a t feed ia no scarce (list many farmers will put their Block on very short rations, w ith tb s result that they will become emaciated and will tlie from disease or exposure. Call it what you will, it is starvation. "Now 1 refer to th is only because 1 want to say and prove th a t it ia a con dition th at is as unneceaary as it ia un fortunate. This lias l>een a very dry season, such as W illam ette valley farmers had no reason to expect, hut this does not excuse their being unpre pared for it. Our experience at the sgticultm al college farm shows that if crops were rotated as ttiey should be, the yield of hay would not have lieen light, and spring-sown grain would have produced well, notw ithstading the lack of ta in ." Ashland foundry Burned. Ashland—The Ashland Iron works, foundiy and m achine shops have burn ed involving a loss wiiich may reach (10 000. By-hard work the detached pattern shop building was saved, but the molding, m achine shop and office buildings, in which were much valua ble m achinery, were badly gutted. The tire started between th e foundry and the m achine shop rooms, from s cause unknown. The company carried ELECTORIAL TICKETS TILED. insurance am ounting to (0,600. The I lent was kept busy with orders, and Republicans, Democrats, Prohibit- employed a good aired force. lonlsts and Socialists Tahe Step. Halero—The presidential electorial State fair Max Balance. tickets of four politcial parties have Salem— W hile not all the year’s bene filed in the office of Secretary of business of the state bboard of agricul State Dunbar. The parties represent ture has lieen concluded, Secretary ed are Kepublican, Democratic, Prohi Wylie A. Moores finds from his records bition and Socialist, and it ia under th at the state (air this year came out stood th at the Populists will also fl e (2,600 to the good. The total receipts petitions nom inating an electorial tick were (30,000 of which (10,000 came et. John li. Sim th, one of the nom in trom the state appropriation for agri ees on the Demociatic ticket, resigned, cultural prem ium s. The fair board and his pisce wss filled by the appoint paid preminm s to the am ount of (10,- m ent of W. 8. Ham ilton by the state 500, the additional (500 being taken central com m ittee. The electorial from m iscellaneous receipts. tickets filed are as follows: Republican—(1. B. Dimick, Jam es A. Fee, J . N. H art, A. C. Hough. Work on McKenzie Road. Democratic—Thomas H. Crawford, Eugene—Reports from the superin Jo h n A Jeffrey, W. B. Dllard, W . 8. tendent of the work on the McKensie H am ilton. P rohibition— Leslie Butler, I. H. road show rapid progress and indicate ‘ Arnos, W. P. Elm ore, T. 8. McDaniel. much good to come from the (6,000 8o< lslist— 8. H. Holt, W illiam Beard, ex;ienditure, half of which was appro priated by the county and half raised C . W. Bargee, J . C. Herrington. by subsetiption. Already 16 miles ol the worst part of the road hava been put in first-class shape, and the crew Coming Events. Wallowa l-air association, Enterprise, will work about a m onth longer. October 3-8. Eastern Oregon D istrict fair, The (oqulllr Sawmill Sold. D alles, October 3-8. R iverton— A company has purchased Portland Presbytery, Fairview, the Coquille saw mill and also P eart’s October 10. Baker Connty fair, Baker City, coal mine adjoining Coquille City. The company will make extensive im October 11-16. K lam ath Counly Agricultural asso provements at once, it ia said, in both I t is under ciation, Klam ath Falls, Octoliei 12-14. the m ill and the mine. Oregon W. C. T. U. State conven stood th a t the mil) will start up at once for the purpose of cutting tim tion, P ortland, October 18-27. Inland Em pire Teachers’ association, bers for the new hunker which w ill be at once constructed for the mine. Pendleton, Octolier 10-21. Teachers are Scarce. Pendleton—The Pendleton public schools have opened w ith a large en rollm ent in all the grades. Almost sll th e rooms ate crowded and Superin tendent E. B. Conklin ia looking for suit able houses to relieve the congestion. T hree new school houses will be ready for occupancy before the first of the year. At th e present time scarcely one-half of the county schools have been supplied with teachers. County Superintendent of Schools Frank K. W elles is being besieged daily by d i rectors asking for teachers. Enrollment at Agricultural College. Corvallis—The registration of stu dents at the Oregon A gricultural col lege breaks all former records. The enrollm ent to date is 40fl, against 320 last year. The increase is 8fi. The freshm an class is lsrgey inerrssed, the num ber registered being 197, or, in cluding aubfreshmen, 209. PAYNE VERY ILL. Heart Disease Develops in Marked rorm In Postmaster. Washington, Oct. 1. — I'oatm sster General Henry C. Payne is seriously ill at bis apartm ents a t th e Hotel Arlington here. Marked symptoms of heart trouble hav' developed, and bis condition h scan e so serious during th« day as to esuee grave concern. Mr. Payne returned recently from a trip to the Weat and appeared much improved, though Lia health has been poor for a long tim e. He went to the W hite House to attend th e meeting of the cabinet laet Tuesday and th at night was very reetleea. He wae at hia desk at the poetoffice departm ent during the forenoon yesterday, although feeling very badly, and did not retu rn to the departm ent after luncheon, rem aining in his room. He became very ill laet night, and has been confined to his bed ever since. Dr. Magrudat, who was hia physician daring his severs illness ot some m onths ago, has been attending him , and Dr. Kix*), tha surgeon general of ’. he navy, also has been called. Daring the evening Pree.dent and Mrs. Roose velt called a t the hotel and made in quiries regarding the postm aster gen eral’s condition. Dr. Magrtider on leaving Mr. Payne’* room later tonight gave ont a statem ent which adm itted the seriona nature ot Mr. Payne’a con dition, but said the patient was resting easier then. STUDENTS 60 ON STRIKE. Chicago School Children Wrongly Believe Negrexa Is to Teach. Chit ago, Sept. 30.— Fifty boy pickets stationed about the McAllieter public school here prevented pupils from en tering today None of the pickets was more than 15 years old. Outside tha picket cordon, a crowd of 700 boya and girls hooted and yelled at tha teacher* looking from windows. Every infant atriker wore a badge to show th at he or ahe belonged to a " u n io n ." Some of the badges were merely scraps of paper with the word " u n io n " «crawled acrosa it. Others wore union buttons which th eir fathers had worn. Many of th e strikers Car rie«! clubs. Thev threatened violence against any child daring to enter the school yard. The picketing wss th e resnlt of a "■ trik e" -which waa caused by a m is taken belief of the children th at an as sistant kindergarten teacher was colored. After a detail of six policemen had been sent to the school to pieserve or der, the " s trik e ” was " se ttle d .” A com m ittee appointed by th e youthful strikers learned th at the rum or of a coloied teacher having been employed in the school was false. About 80 per cent of the strikers went back to th eir classes. T ruant officers began a search for the absentees. Coalbunkcr for Riverton. Riverton—The new coal bunker for the Riverton Mining & Development company is nearing completion tinder the super\ision of the McLeod Broe., who have the building contract. This hunker has a capacity of about 600 tons, having an upper and a lower com Would T r y to Reach Arctic. partm ent for shipping and local trade, C hristiana, Norway, Oct. 1.— The respectively. Duke of Orleans has asked permission of the government to have th e Arctic steam er Fram , in which Dr. Nansen Shelves for State Library. Salem— State Librarian J . B. Put made his voyage to the Arctic regions, for the purpose of an arctic expedition nam has procured four new oak hook cares, w ith shelves on both sides, hav in 1906. I t is nmlerstood th a t the ad ing a capacity of 1,000 books to each m iralty will require th a t the Captain Otto Sverdrup, the former commander case. The cases cost (126 each. This addition to the library equipm ent was of the Fram , shall command the vessel, made necessary by the accum ulation of if the government agrees to the propo hooks which have been piled up on the sition of the duke. The plan of the expedition has lieen subm itted tor the floor, tables and shelves. approval of the authorities. Teachers Scarce In Linn County. Albany—Schoolteachers arce scare in Linn county and the probabilities are Wheat Market. th a t some schools in the rnrai districts P ortland—W alla W illa, 81@R2c; may have to rem ain closed during the year. Wages ranging from (30 to (66 blneslem , 86c; valley, 85c Tacoma— Blueatam, 87c; slab, 8ic. are offered, but com petent teachers a r t not to be found a t the price. Colfax—Clnb,71e; bluestsia, 76«. > United States Senator Hoar Passes Prom Earth. Worcaater, Mass., Oct. 1.—George Frishie Hoar, senior United States senator from Massachusetts, died at his home in this city at 1 36 o’clock yesterday m orning. The end followed a period of uncousciousuese th a t had lasted since early Tuesday, and came so gently ttrat only tha attending phy sicians were aware of the exact moment of his and ing. The attending physicians despaired of the senator's l:fs six weeks ago, but such was the vitality exhibited by th eir diatinguiaired patient th a t even they were surprised, and tha public was at times led to cherish faith in an u lti mate recovery. On Sunday last, however, all hope was abndoned after a last unsuccessful attem pt to adm inister medicine and nourishm ent. Brief lucid intervals were followed by longer durations of unconsciousness until Tuesday morning, when the venerable statesm an sank into a stare of coma, from which ail efforts t<> rouae him proved futile. During the last hours there was not a move m ent of the body, and only a scarcely perceptible pulse evidenced the final struggle. There were present a t the bedside when death came rtie senator's son, Kockwood Hoar, h it daugtber, Mary Hoar, and D. W arren R. G ilm an, who for weeks has been in alm ost constant attendance upon the senior. Wlllx City 6230,000. Boston, Oct. 1.— Public bequests ag gregating over (1,000,000, the largest being a gift of (260,000 to th a -¡ity of New Bedford, are contained in th e will of the late Mra. Sarah P otter, of Bos ton, which was filed for probate this afternoon. ARE AGITATED Continued Discussion of pino Is Harm ful. REVOLUTION rili- BEING PREACHED Speeche.« of Antlx are Made Texts for ric ry Editorials — Report of General Wright. W ashington, Sept. 28.— President Rosevelt is in receipt of a letter from Luke E. W right, governor of th e P h il ippines, in which th e governor discuss es frankly aome of the conditions which he encountered in directing th e govern m ent of the islands. Under date of August 16, General W right wrote in part as follows: "T h e effect of th e continned discus sion of the capability of the Filipino for self governm ent ia having its effect here, and makes our task more difficult th an it otherw ise would be. Unless a man is equipped with intelligence and those q u alities which make for good citizenship, the more easily can he he persuaded th a t he is the possessor of all these qualitice. These people have th eir (nil share of reckless, half-formed characters who are ready for intrigue in any direction which promises them profit or power. I t is th is class which has largely given force and direction to th e Aglipayan movement, and has recruited its ranks from the ignorant and dangerous elem ents. “ In th is general connection, I may say to you as a m atter of inform ation th a t the agitation in th e United States for F ilipino indej eodence, and the spoken and w ritten utterances of prom inent men who are urging it. are all brought here and pubished in the native newspapers and are being made the text for editorials insisting th at the Filipinos are now ready to become an independent nation. "T h e effect of all th is is distinctly injurious. Its tendency is to renew tire the influence of old insurrection leaders and make them active in preach ing th e old propaganda. This, in tu rn , has the effect of dem oralizing and weakening th e more conservative and thoughtful Filipinos, who fear if they speak out as they really think thev would be considered the enemies of th eir people and lose th eir prestige with them . Those of the more prom inent and best educated class, and who, n a t urally, have th e :r am bitions, are in clined to join in the general cry .” UNIONS TEAR WAR. Large Planlx are Adopting "Open Shop” Policy. Chicago, Sept. 28.—The opening of the plants of the International Har- \ester company and th e Pullm an com pany on th e "open shop” haris, free from labor union regulations, has alarm ed Chiago labor leaders. The fact th a t /.000 union men w ill ingly returned to work for th e big h ar vester company, under the new condi tions, is adm itted to presage disruption of their unions. Fear is expressed th at the recent de feats of labor unions, and the reduc tions obtained in wages, may be fol lowed by many other large concerns. T hat a grave crisis is felt in labor union affairs seems to be certain from th e failure of th e stockyards, th e m a chinist« and the garm ent workers strikes. AH these walkout« have re sulted disastrously for the union men and women. In addition to this, the following companies have reduced th eir wage scale and established the open shop: Inland Steel company, Illin o is Steel company, Republic Iron & Steel com pany, and concerns in th e Chicago Metal Trades association. After being close«! down since September 15, the car shops of the Pullam n company re opened with a force of 2,000 men, out of a total of 7,000, who agreed to ac cept a cut of 10 to 20 per cent in th eii pay. The union leaders are inclined to'lay th e blam e on "la ck of proper organiza tio n ,” and government officials for fos tering th e policy of th e "open shop” by th eir action in the case of employes of the government printing bnreau. Japanese are Generous. St. Petersburg, Sept. 28.—A private letter from a person on board the hos pital ship Mongolia, at P o it A rthur, describing th e tight following Rear Ad m iral W ithoft’s sortie, pays a trib u te to th e courtesy and consideration shown by th e Japanese. The Mongolia was twice cut off from the squadron, but th e Japanese signaled her to steer to the left, which she did. Once the Mon golia was between two fires, and fre quently Japanese torpedo boats passed quite close to her, but she was not a t tacked throughout the tight. a W inter May End righting. Mukden, Sept. 28.— Doubts are be ginning to be felt as to w hether it will be poas'ble to continne the campaign throngh th e w inter, which begins in November. The Chinese have been nnable to harveet th eir crop«, and there probably will be much distress, a« it is very difficult to bring np store« from C hina or th a native population. BLOCKADE TIGHTENING. Absence ot News Prom Port A rth u r Alarms the Slavs. 8t. Petersburg, Sept. 29.— The entire sbeence of new t from Port A rthur, it ia feared, indicate« a closer blockade there. H ith erto , dispatch«« from General dtoesael have been coming through aernl-weesly. The adm iralty baa not receive«! any details of tha re ported tea tight off Aniva, at the south eastern extrem ity of S ahalin. The Vladivostok squad ion, it ia understood, ia atill in th* harbor. Th* cannonad ing at Aniva waa probably a Japanese attack on bloc kail 3 runners. A telegram received here from Bat- oum reporting th at reserve* are being transported along the Cancasian coast brings tha first intim ation th a t troops are being mobilised there. There are only two arm y corps in the Caucasus, and one of them has apparently been ordered to th e Far E ast. Prince Sviatcpolk-M irsky was re ceived in audience yesterday by the em peror. The prince will assum e charge of th e m inistry of th e interior today. The latest developments in the situ ation a t the front is th e definite estab lishm ent of the fact th at Field M arshal Oyama has now begun to move np hia left. General ' K nropatkin’a report shows th a t the Japanese have reached Davan, on th e west hank of th e Liao river. A considerable concentration of Japanese ia observed a t Sianchan, on the H an river, 36 miles southwest of Muk«ien, and Japanese cavalry ia mass ing in th e vic’nity of th e Pa river. The latter is a trib u tary of the Hun river, which crosses th e line of railway midway between Tie pass and M nkden, and may furnish £ n atural line of ad vance from the west. Oyama ■ arm ies now apparently cov er a front o? 60 miles for enveloping movements. Hia wings are extended to the northeast and weat of Mukden. Thus far the Russian! have fonnd little strength of pressure from the Japanese center. Oyama seems to be moving with great deliberation, probably g ath ering strength for a rapid advance of both wings when an attem p t ia made to close the net. Although th e im aginary line connect ing the extrem e Japanese advance and west of Mnkden still passes ten milee below th at city, it ia evident th a t th e fate of Mukden cannot long be delayed. If General K nropatkin intends to try to hold th e city fighting on hia flanks will begin alm ost im m ediately. ALEXIEPr TO COME HOME. His Position Will Be Th at of An Advisor to the Emperor. St. Petersburg, Sept. 29.— Althongh an official announcem ent to the effect is not expected im m ediately, since it will require some little tim e to get Rus- sia’a second arm y in the field, the dee- ignation of Grand Dnka Nicholaa Nicholaevitch, th* inspector general of cavalry, aa commander in chief ia re garded as practically settled . The sit uation at the front, w ith two, and per haps nltim ately three, big arm ies, ia considered to dem and, above all else, th at th e supreme commander be of inch personal au th o rity a« to be be yond jealousies and the possibility of intrigue on th e p a rt of subordinates, and each a man the em peror now rea lises can only be supplied by a member of th e im perial fam ily. Grand Dnke Nicholas ia regarded «■ extrem ely well fitted for th is great responsibility. Grand Duk« Nicholas will not rely upon a single adviser, bnt on a staff com prising the «blest strategists of the general staff, who in reality will con- stim e a board ot direction of m ilitary operations. Viceroy Alexieff is regarded as al most oeitain to return here. The re port th a t he may become chancellor of the em pire, however, is exploded. He is more likely to retain his title and come to 8t. Petershnrg, nom inally in the capacity of adviser to th e em peror, and will th u s efface him self as a factor of th e m ilitary situation in th e F ar East. Attempt to Ruin Warshlpx. New York, Sept. 29.— W ith the in tention of ruining the hnll of the battle ship Connecticut, which will he launched today, an obstruction was placed on the ways. When it waa placed there, or by whom is not known, as it was not discovered u n til divers were sent down to make an in vestigation. This investigation was made as a m atter of precaution and th e naval officers then learned th at an ob struction had been placed on the ways th a t wonld have destroyed the work of m onths. Torpedo boat Lost. London, 8ept. 29.—The B ritish tor pedo boat destroyer Chamois has been ¡oat off the island of C epbalonis, in the M editerranean. All on board were wived. While going a t fall speed on a trial yesterday, a screw blade came off, pierced th e botton of the deetroyer an d aha n a k .
