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Tol. XVII. No. 11. CORVAIXIS, OREGON, MAY 11. 1901. b. w. ntTm Editor and Proprtatev, EE- - S3 SI 3 Yyavt ou Seen Our New Arrivals f & .MM. r $ Dress Goods, Novelty Trimmings, Silks, Embroideries, Lace Belts, $ Collars, White & Goods and Shoes. g FOR GENTS J . Clothing, Hats, & Neckware, Shoes, $ Shirts, Underware. Call and See . '.- XI. HARRIS.!- EASTERN WAR NEWS. JAPAN HAS QUARTER OF MILLION MEN IN THE , FIELD. Port Arthur, Blocked by Land and . Sea, Mast Fall to Japanese Russians Put to Flight in ' Second Battle and Japs Capture Feng : ' ' Wang Cheng. Seoul, May 7. A dispatch from Antnng eays that the Japanese cap lured Feng. Wang Cheng, May 4, after fierce fighting, and that the losses on both sides - were very heavy. London, May 7. Despatches from the far east today indicate the most startling advances in Japan's sensational land campaign. She has captured Feng Wang Cheng. ' She has again put the Russian forces to flight. She landed troops at Takuahan, 40' miles west of tne mouth of the Yalu. : - She has completely blockaded Port Arthur. Admiral Togo re ports wonderful heroism on the part of his men ' that manned ' the fire ships and blocked the harbor. Japanese troops have already thrown up fortifications across the Liao Tone peninsula and have mounted suns. 1 Japan now has across (he Yalu river and into Manchuria almost 2oo,ooo men. bhebas more than loo.ooo men within loo miles of Mukden. jb Free Bus. Fine Light Sample Rooms. If 3i; ' i k .. . t ... . 1 P7 Hotel i vorvn nuns 3 J. C. Hammel, Prop. Leading Hotel in Corvallis. Recently opened. -NewJj brick building. ylfurnished, with modern con-S veniences. Furnace Heat,, Electric Lights, Fire Es-v capes. Hot and cold water on every floor. Fine single rooms. Elegant suites. Leading house in the Willam- $ ette Valley. i Rates: $1.00, $1.25 and $2.00 per day. .0. ............ WE DO NOT OFTEN CHANGE Our ad., but our goods change hands every day. Your money exchanged for Value and Quality is the idea. Big Line Fresh Groceries Domestic and Imported. St. Petersburg," May 7. Feng Huang Cheng was captured by the Japanese troops Wednesday. v rhe losses on both sides are re psrted to have been heavy I be Kussians officially confirm : retreat, declaring that the Japanese pressed the retreating troops, though with few losses to either side. The Japanese have destroyed the rail way at rort Adams, blowing up the briuges. . . The ominous silence of General Kuropatkio since the battle of the Yalu is causing uoeasinees and fill ins the air with wild rumors, one of which is that General Kuropat kin 8 army, in a rapid movement on Feng Huang Cheng, met the Japanese in a disastrous engage ment, Kouropatkm beingwounded Reports from the palace declare that the rzar is greatly depressed over the recent reverses at the front. The emptor has telegraphed to General iuropatkin and Viceroy Alexitff demanding in their reports the absolute truth of the conditions at the front, under pain- of severe punishment if tney continue to de ceive him. The result of this warn ing is that the emperor has receiv ed to distressing reports. The palaca version of General Kuropatkin's report is to the effect that the officers defending the Yalu positions permitted themstlves . to be Furprised, not saving a single g iu, uorse or transport wagon; that te flight to Feng Huang Cheng degenerated into a rout, and that General Kuropatkin informed the czar that he believes it is impossible to hold the Liao Tung peninsula and Manchuria. AlexiefTs report is declared to be equally depressing. headquarters in Port Arthur. While this was going pa the Jap anese transports had run close to the beach at Pitsewo, and prepara tions were made for the landing of troops. . The cruisers which had ac companied . the fleet shelled the beach, most of the sheila being aim ed at the small settlement There was but a small settlement at this point. They had but few gunB, and these were but of small calibre. Recognizing therefore, that , it was hopeless to attempt to oppose tne Japanese, and also that an extend ed stay y'ight me&n the capture of the entire fore?, the .Russian com mandant gave the order to retire. Following the departure ot the Russian garrison, a veritable panic took place among the inhabitants of the town, and within an hour they had fled alongfthe road to the northward. do precipitous was their flight that they left behind them their worldly possessions. The Japanese landed boat after boat, each crowded to the gunwales with men, and by nightfall a force of 10,000 men had been disembark ed with their accoutrements. This was excellent work on the part of the enemy, as the boats could not' ran close to the beach, and the men were compelled to tump into water uy to their waists and wade ashore A small band or Kussian Cossacks held their position on the hills near the abandoned town nntu the Jap anese began their advance, and in this way a complete report of the operations has been placed at th disposal of the Russian officials. When the railroad was reached the train bearing the viceroy and his party was in sight, the Japan ese made an attempt to capture it but failed. They fared several vol leva afteftil, but the range was too great and the shots went wild. In the meantime, another Japan ese column had been eent toward the southwest, and by marching the better part of the night they were enable to secure the roads lead ing eouthward. The Japanese army which has undertaken, the investment of Port Arthur numbers fully 30,000 men and all of tbem were landed by last night. They intend to march south ward before the end of the week and plant siege guns to bombard the town. HAS GOME TO GRIEF SLADDEN, FORMER EUGENE MAN IS CHARGED WITH SWINDLING. , of to Plain and Fancy Chioaware A large and varied line. Orders Filled Promptly and Com plete. Visit our Store we do the rest. E B; fiorning &9 IG. AMMAN, M. D. Homeopathist Office cor 3rd and Monroe sta. Reel dense cor 3rd and Harrison sts. Hours 10 to 12 A. M. 2 to" 4 and 7 to 8 P. M. Sundays 9 to 10 A, M, hone rail l3i3i 315. St. Petersburg, May 7. It was officially announced tonight that the Japanese have succeeded in gaining a foothold on the Liao Tung, peninsula, landing forces at Pitse wo and at Cape Terminal, 15 miles distant, and have cut the line of communication with Port Arthur. Not only that, but Viceroy AlexiefT, Grand Duke Boris and many of the higher Kussian officers in Manchu ria narrowly escaped capture, or at least being penned up in the be leaguered town. The news that the Japanese had arrived near Pitsewo was transmit ted to Port Arthur by a Russian signal corps officer, who sighted the Japanese transport fleet early on Thursday. He immediately noti tied the viceroy, and preparations were at once made for the Quitting of Port Arthur by Admiral AlexiefT, n J T.,l T : J .1 ; Office up stairs back of Graham & , " Broy Wells' drue store. Residence nn the 8tafi and 'ln baggage car was corner of Madison and Seventh. Tele-! placed all important docurrents of phone at residence, 104. ithe Manchurian administration, All calls attended promptly. which had beeav etored at army G. R. FARSA. Physician & Surgeon, Washington, May 6. The state department has- received a cable' gram from United States Minister Griecom, at Tokio, confirming the press reports of the landing of the Japanese on the Liao Tung penin sula, about 40 miles above Port Arthur. The location given in the Japanese dispatches is Km Chau, This is the narrowest point on th peninsula, and consequently, the minister says, the railroad is pract cally closed, and the investment Port Arthur has begun. According to a telegram received at Rome, May 6, from Chefoo, the garrison at Port Arthur has been reduced to 4,000 men, and all th important documents, money and field guns have been removed Mukden. Tokio, May 7. Further reports of encounters between the Japs an Russians since the general engage ment of Saturday last have been re ceived. The latest of tbese de scribes a sharp engagement betwee a force of Japanese cavalry an Russian Cossacks. The Japanese were making a reconnoissance and met the Russian patrol at Fang Shang Chong, twenty miles from Kiu Len Cheng, where the battle of last Sunday was fought, the Rus sians retreated and Japs pursued, following the Cossacks to the Ku Cbeum river, ten miles from the Russian position at Feng Wang Cheng. A bt. Petersburg correspondent of the Echo de Paris sends the fal lowing under date of May 6- "ine general starl believes that the Japanese landed at Pitsewo a number not lesB than 40,000, and says the bulk of General KurokiB army this morning was about nine miles from Feng Wane Cheng. The army was advancing in three col umns, the third column following the coast, probably in order to com' mumcate with the troops landed at Pitsewo. All the reserve, provr sions and ammunition were landed on the Elliott Islands. The correspondent repeats the re port that the Japanese have occu pied Fort Adams and says they are advancing on Port Arthur. - Com to Starr's on Saturday HazelMood ice cream. Supposed to Have Murdered a Num ber of Wives with Chloroform " Married First in Salem but Was Divorced . Now in Jail in Kentucky. ' x ' -i Las Angeles, May 7. A start ling story which may develop into one of mystery, came t j light in Los Angeles today. The chief fig ure in it is Sidney S. Sladden, He was once a resident of this city. He is now a prisoner in the county jail at Louisville, Ky., charged with having swindled the Pacific Life Insurance Company, of which he was general agent in Kentucky. Special- Policeman Charles L. Foster, who for ten years has been on Sladden's trail, is authority for the statement that effort is being made to prove that Sladden, once the most dashing man about-town, is guilty of wife murder. His first wife, who is now living in Hiast Or anee, N.: J., declares that before she divorced Sladden he tried twice to kill her with chloroform. Dr. T. L. Magee, of San Diego, certified that the second Mrs. Slad den's death was due to natural causes. Mrs. Sladden No. 1 is tos- itive in her declaration that her husband not only tried to poison her, but that he did poison bis sec. ond wife. Another one of Slad den's wives, into whose sudden death inquiry is now being made was a young Chicago woman, who at the time Sladden married her. bad two children. In addition to these three wives Sladden has twice been the hue band of a Miss Wilson, of Washing ton, V. (J., and ot a young woman who died suddenly in Louisville two months before he married Miss Wilson. Sidney S. Sladden, at one time in his career, was well known in the Willamette Valley. He was in business in Eugene, where, with his father, he was engaged in the sro eery business, and where his father and mother still reside. While hv ing in Eugene Sladden was consid ered the beau of the valley. He dressed better than most of the young men in those days and was in great demand in all the social affairs, both at Eugene and at Sa lem. V Charley as he was called, during one of the many social visits he made ta Salem, met, fell in love with and married a Miss Nellie Gil bert, in the latter part of 1890. Miss Gilbert was at the time one of Sa lem's social leaders, and the mar riage wae looked upon as a good one. It was not long, however, be fore the young' couple began to quarrel. - Sladden and his wife liv ed about a year together, when, to the surprise of everjbody, Mrs. Sladden began proceedings for a divorce, charging her husband with cruel and inhuman treatment. Sladden did not contest the proceed ing and a divorce was granted. Soon after this' Sladden went east a ad hiB Eugene friends heard later that he was located in Chicago. The next heard of him was that he bad gone to St. . Louis.- Through friends it was learned that he had again married and that his second wife had died of tuberculosis. It was not long after this that Sladden gave his Oregon friends another surprise by enlisting for service in the Philippines in one ot the Cali fornia regiments. This was in 1899. He served about a year, secured his discharge and returned toSanFran cisco. On his return to this coun try he visited his mother and fath er at Eugene, but he did not. stay long, and the next thing heard of him was that he was local manager of the Pacific Mutual Life Insurance company, with offices at Louisville, Ky. . . Less than a year ago he had any ing vieiit to Portland, on business, but was called back before the trip was over. While living in Ken tacky he made several visits to Washington, D. C, to see bis daughter, who was attending one of the convent schools at the capital. His third marriage took place a couple oi months ago, ' it was a sudden affair,, and Sladden and his to eat bride took a trip to Europe. He had no sooner sailed than it was discovered that his accounts with - the insuranoe company were not : traight. - The Louisville papers ' printed stories of his shortage in his accounts, whioh, it was said, a- -"' mounted t3 several thousands of i dollars. ? ' v - a - x Whether there was an attempt oa the part of the insurance company fo have Sladden arrested while he ' was in Europe having a good time is not known, bat a number of A- . tnerican newspapers-printed a cable v ispatch from Germany stating that Sidney bladden had been arrested on the charge of raising a draft and ' forging the signature "ot Secretary of State John Hay. How . he got - out of this scrape ts not known, bat he reached Jsoston twoj weeks ago There he gave out an" interview stat ing that the charges against him were all false and that he was going to sue the newspapers for libel. ; Sladden's being charged with murder comes as a shocking sur prise to the friends of his father and mother and those who have known him. It is generally dis credited, for it was known . that he was very fond of his second wife, and during her illness he was very devoted. .: Walla Walla 'Wash., May 6.. : Zenon Champaux, the First Wash- : ington murderer to bs executed on- ; der state supervision, died a death 1 at the state penitentiary this morn- : ing that astonished onlookers for n its composure. Champaux slept all night, declined any stimulant, dressed himself and actually forged ahead of his two guards as be walk -ed up the scaffold stairs. He made no statement, but with the words, God Bless you all, nodded his head for Warden Dryden to press the lever. His neck was broken instantly. Champaux s pulse beat the nor-. . mal 63 as he ascended the gallows. Religions emotion is given as the cause of the unusual display of self- - possession, the condemned French . Canadian having implicit faith in . his hereafter. ' 'I ehall eat breakfast with moth- . er this morning be wrote his orotner in tne province ot ueoec. - His father wrote him from Quebec a eouple days ago saying he had , spent all the money be bad and had exhausted every resource to save his son. ; Zenon Champaux killed Lottie Brace, a variety theatre performer, in Riley's Arcade Theatre, Seattle, ' in the early 1 part of November, v 1902. He had met the woman in Alaska previously and became in fatuated with her. : He spent most of his monev on her. Finally she threw him aside. He went to the theatre where shejwaa employed with the intention of killing her. He stabbed bqr in the brain with a hunting knife as she. was leaving the theatre and she died the next day from the wound. His first trial was dramatic. He feigned insanity, fought his jailors and acted in every way like a mad man, but a jury declared him sane. His case was appealed to every pos-. sible court but the convicted man's attorney gave up all hope of stay ing the execution. Champaux stated before leaving foi the state prison that he wished to die and cursed his attorney for trying to save his neck. Cham paux's wealthy relatives in Eastern Canada, however, made a hard fight to save him from the scaffold. A POSITIVE NECESSITY. . Having to lay noon mv bed for 14 dava from a severely braised leg, I only fonnd telief when I used a bottle of Ballard's Suow Liniment. I can cheerfully re commend it as the beet medicine for bruises ever sent to the afflicted: It has aow become a positive necessity upon myself. D. R. Byrnes, Merchant, Do versville, Texas. 25c, 50c, fi.oo. Sold by Graham & Wortham. Belgrade, May 7. A letter from Queen Natalie, the widow of King Milan of Servia, declares that the disasters Russia has met with in the War with the Japanese are the just punishment of Heaven. bhe says that the czar was re sponsible for the tragic end of her son, King Alexander, she says al so that the czar's mother will now be spared the sorrows that were in flicted noon the mother of the mur dered king of Servia. . . Eatrayed. One bay mare with roached foretop. Star in forehead. About 1000 pounds. Came to my place about 10 days ago. , W. F. Whitby. Wall paper at Blactledge's store.