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Vol. XVII. No. 4. CORVAIXIS, OREGON. MARCH -19. 1904: B. V, TKVTNB " Editor and Proprietor, . We are Receiving -Some of Our. Early Shipments 0TO23 s ' SPRING. Every day Brings Jew Goods to Our Store. 4 DRESS GOOIS, " ' RIBBONS, SHOES, CLOTHING, ETC. : COMEANDSEE. AFTER RUSSIAN FJ.EETI SEVEN.OF ENEMY'S VESSELS SEEN OFF CORE AN COAST. Japan's Last Attack on Foit Ar thur Was a SuccessH-The Towe ls Now Deserted by All ' . but the Military Other News. " . s.- k- s- "5? i- -x- -y -ifi'-tzs -y .0 Bid ft ' i Plain - - WEBOiNOT-ClFrSN CHANGE 4 Our ad.,, but our goodschange Kan3i '' every day. Your money exchanged for Value and , Quality is the idea. Line Fresh Groceries I Domestic and Imported.; ? i 1 ; Tokio, March 17. The Navy de partment has received a dispatch stating that seven Kussian warships have been seep passing port Laza reff. ' No information is given as to whether "they were part of Port Ar thur squadron or whether they were the Siberian equadron and accom panying colliers under Captain Reitzenstein. Kurry orders baya been forward ed to Admiral logo to aetacn a squadron from his command and send it in pursuit. Pott Lazareff ia just north of Genj san on the Northeastern coast of Corea. It was off this poit that the Russian Siberian Squadron was reported to have . been seen two weeks ago. There. is no question that the re cent bombardment of Port Arthur was fruitful of results,. from a' Jap' anese standpoint. More than one- quaiter of the new portion: of -the town is in ruins, while several of the big guns in the fort on Tiger Tail peninsula were , blown front their mounts and disabled. ' Despite the denials from Russian sources, the Japanese government has information from it3 spies show ing conclusively that the bombard ment was so terrific that for a time it seemed the entire town would be destroyed. The town is now prac tically deserted by a 1 but the mil itary , t ' . " ' " ' The latest reports from . Corea state that the Russians are occupy ing . an area haying a-40-mile base extending from Wiju toChangTong and south to the Park Chou river. bank of the Yalu 'river and that earthworks have been .thrown up. Advices from Chong Ju. a town northwest of Aoju, Bay that the people ere in a state of panic, owing to the treatment of women and the seizing of grain by the Russian sol" diers. .i - ; - . ' - .. Paf is, March The Tokio cor respondent of the Matin sends this information, ' which he says comes from reliable authority, concerning the Japanese military situation up to March 10: . "The first army of 7 0,000 troops, under.: General ! Kuroki, occupies Northern Corea. The brigade land ed at Gensan forms part of a second army of similar strength. ; The mo bilization of the latter baa been completed, and the troops will sail shortly for an unknown destina tion. The mobilization of a third urmy began on March 7." . . St. Petersb'ure, March 16. Cap tain Ivkoy, of tbe Manchurian com missanat service, has been sum-marllylcourt-martialed ajidsbot for acting as a spy in' the pay of - the Japanesei' When arrested on sus picions J of espionage, documents found in Ivkov's possession left no doubt cf the truths of the charges that h'ej had long - been revealing militarr eecrets to the Japanese. The : tfagic story became public through a simple announcement in 4be arniy organ today that Ivkov bad been excluded from the service. JAPAN'S FINANCES JAPAN. CAN READILY. RAISE MANY MILLIONS. ana Fancy Chinawari large and varied line. Orders Ellled Promptly and Com plete. Visit our Store we do the rest. Shanghai, March ; 17.- The die armament of the Russian gunboati Manrtjur has now-been completed, and all of the essential parts of the guns are in the possession of the Chitifss port authorities. '. The officers and crew have taken passage on a French eteamer for Rusi-ia, after having firtt pledged tbero?"ivfs ta take no part in the war unless first exchanged. "New Yoik, March 16 Two Rus sjan bluejackets, whose bodies were recovered from"' the Variag, ' have been btiried at Cbemulpo with full honors' by' the Japanese, says a World's dispatch from Seoui. Twenty-sailors carrying the Japaeese nag draped with crepe, headed the cortege,, Behind them walked two more sailors bearing wreathes of flowers'.. Then followed the coffiae, which were covered with a Russian flag aed rested on a gun-earriage drawn by sailors. A guard of hon or of bluejackets from the United states and French gunboats in the t al-bc're' a cceeOKT th t ncaTrisrgeH in line. . The Rev. Mr. Briddle read the funeral' eervice, ; and praised the valor the dead had shown. All the Japanese residents went to the grave and bowed . to the coffins. The Japanes fired three volleys as the coflbns' were lowered. 1 sNsw" Furniturs ?? , V SOUTH MAIN ST. CORVALLIS, OR. -I Cordially invite you to inspect my New Stock of Goods consisting of ' ' . ' ' Sideboards,' Kitchen Safes,. J V 5 Various Musitnl Instruments, 5 1 Bedroom Suites, Iron Bedsteads, Maple-and Ash Bedsteads, etc. Woven Wire Spring?, Good Line o" JIattressee, Extension, Tables, Center Tables, Go Carts Kitchen Treasures,. ' D.inirig Chairs, High Chairs, . Children's Rockers, and . Many Styles of Other Rockers. Fine Lot Bamboo Furniture jnst in Window Shades, Curtain Poles. , New Line of Wall Paper. Yinkaw, March 16. It isauthen- tica'ly leported that for a week past thete has been a small and changing military garrison at Hai Chenjf. but that a large force has been- fttioried at the io valuable for tified and strfttegical town ot Ash- ang Chat g, where tte Japanese ar my cor. ciml.td its advance during thf wsr bttween China and Japan. The oi.l reliable repotts at the pregj-nt 'n?inKrit from?' the main Maacharan ci'Uos strow ja quiet movemert a Inns; ! rxijwav Such 77J r.cjties sip Mufe'ie: ptt-rfi ate ff jbs ''liima!a hte, ate ucdii'turnt-cl, and are not in ponsefstoii-. ot ut limtd iievvs of out lileevervts. m Tse coitf inovemenls ot ihti Pong Hung Chens' military rojdiitf tbe diepfituh of rider.- to, and frott'tQe Russian siivc nee toicas. -: A Creditable native arrtved" there todav, brn gsng a jej'ort. as Tate as March I2 from Wong Ftng Chung to the efiect that the mam boity of tne concentrated Russian forces bad crossed the Yaiu, leavn.g sntall bodies of. troops at Aotong and oth er points to guard toe rivt-r. A.tortDight ago a lew spits visit ed Antunp, but since then no Jap anese have t;.een setn wt of the Yato. ... ; . r. ' Foreigner? choosing to remain in the interior must nows-jgnan agree ment lestricting their movements and stipulating thst a special pass is necessary when leaving their bounds. s. ! f! (5 ft ft ft" 11. ft J? ft .ft .ft Also Sewing Machines, new and-second-hand. Second-hand Pianos tor sale and for rent, A few stoves nnd'a few pieces of Graniteware left, O. J. BLACKLEDGB. - E. E. WILSOX, . ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office ta Z.crolf Building, CorxalL's. Or B. A. CATHEY, M. D Physician and Surgeon. Office, Boom 14; First National Bank Building , CorvalUs, Or. .Offic Hours, 10 to 12 a. m., 2 to '4 p. m. Port Arthur, March 16. Every thing is quiet here. There is do sign of the enemy. The advices from Fong Cheng, about" 45 miles west" of Wiju, '8 ay the Russian troops are Showing admirable spirit in surmounting the difficulties and hardships of the march over tne frczen tracks of Eatt Manchuria. Wanted. . -Girl wants place to do housework. Inquire at Times office. The War Loan.. Was Subscribed Five Times More Than The Amount Mob at Telluride Exiles Union 'Miners.. "r -. - ' Other News. Tokio, March 15. Lsading Jap anese financiers estimate the cost cf tne war at $265, 000,000 a year; al so that even now Japan is in a po sition to maintain war for a year and a half without being driven to the necessity of borrowing money abroad. . Necessarily, the country's finan cial policy is to- keep all possible gold within it. Its banker's estimate that for months not more than'one eigbth of the war's cost must be ex pended outside of Japan and this chiefly for coal, steel and cordita. ' The war loan of $00,000,000 was subsctibed five times over and $3o, 000,000 was taken, patriotically, above O5, the price of the issue. A wealthy Japanese deliberately bid I45 for bonds he could have had at 95 or a little more. The emergency has developed un expected financial resources. Sj it has been decided to double sugar, income and business taxes, and to raiss the tax on tobacco, saki and other commodities so as to bring in an extra $2o,ooo,ooo yearly. A raise in the land tax from 2 to 4 per cent J, will fetch $15,000,000 additional. Postponement of rail way and other works will save$2o, 000,000 to the country. To meet the balance needed the government can draw : upon1 its unexpended funds in the postal service and up on its savings in other departments which' have been conducted not on ly economically, but profitably. . The old spirit which made the hobi eeMHfrofe JafettadyVateiigacrii fice their goods. at an instant's call seems to have pervaded the entire populace. There would be an out pouring of every bit of personal property, did need " demand such sacrifice, from the humblest of la borers to the richest of the mer chants, v ' Officials regard the financial sin ews as being almost secondary in the strqggle, so confident are they of Japan's great ability to pieet all demands that the' war may bring. Telluride, Col., March 15. After months ot more or less stormy scenes this city was last night given a further surprise in the ejectment from the camp of entire families cf union miners and their sympathiz ers. One hundred members of the citizens' alliance, which. - includes? many .well-known business men, - set an example in lawlessness, by marching fully armed to the homes of their opponents, or these whom they regarded with disfavor. - The raid took place shortly after midnight and was directed princi pally against those miners and sym pathizers who were on a Ttrevioun occasion ordered from the city. Whole families were compelled ' to fall into line of march and were driven to the railway station, where they were guarded by pickets tin- til a train for deportation was doe. In -several cases a determined re sistance was made by miners or friends, who refused to surrender, or summon their families for an ex odus. In two cases the resistance became so effective that pitched bat tles followed, in which several men were severely beaten, one being rendered unconscious. The mob, toward the close, of the roundup, became more lenient toward the families of the evicted, but warned them that they wouH ? expected to leave the city inj.:-"!'--! - . When the train . - : :v . be de ported miners weie h i arrived, at 2 o'clock this mormo, the men were warned that they must not a gain return to Telluride under pain of immediate death. Several of the miners who were thus compelled' to leave declared they would return at a later time and in sufficient nuntbers to prevent a recurrence of what -they style "whole-sale white-capping." It is not believed, however, that serious trouble will result. Chicago, March 15. Through the accidental dropping of a box of toy torpedoes in the plant of the Chicago Toy Novelty company this morning three, and probably four lost their lives, a building was wrecked and a fire started. The explosion took place shortly after the workmen and girls eua- ployed in the factory had assembled, and tor a time created a panic . in the vicinity of tbe works, a3 first rumors were ta the effect that a much grsater number of--lives had been Ibsfr' Foreman Gordon, who was carryirg a dux, is saia 10 nave slipped over some obstruction on the floor, hurling the box iorward. Its detonation was followed by, a terrific blast as tbe other explosives in tbe building were set off. In the panic following, the streets were instantly filled with employes from the surrounding manufactor ies, the police vainly struggling to restore order and rescue any who might be injured and still penned in the wrecked building, from which flames immediately began to issue. rThe firemen gsioed control of the fire within a few minutes, and later recovered tbe mangled body of Gordon -and the blackened corpses of two other employes. One other employe is missing and is be lieved to be in tbe ruined building. n 1 .'Pine Seoul, March 16. Tbe'Corean superintendent of trade at Kyong rlungr, onthe lumtn river, has re ceived a note from the goeral commana at Viadivrs'ok, saying that since Corea has joined Japan, . Russia considers that Corea is a belligerent, and' will act according ly. Two thousand Cbrean troops now at Seoul will be tent to the North next week. 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