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Vol. XVlII.-No. 1. CORVAIiLIS, OREGON; MARCH 15. 1905. B.F. iBTimt Edttae. -and Proprietor s We all Wear Shoes! Never befoi e have we received such quantities and qualities in foot wear as this ' SPRING Tans, Browns and Black . Low High and Medium cuts -Prices High, Medium and Low But in all grades.lhe very lowest price for the quality of the shoe. Our efforts will be great to increase our shoe sales. Shoes for all Ladies, Misses," Children, 'Mens, Boys and Little Gents. '. Don't forget our Shoe Department. Leading Hotel in Oorvallis. brick building. . Newly iurnished, with modern con veniences. "'. Furnace Heat, capes. Hot and cold water rooms. Elegant suites. Leading house in the Willam- at ette Valley. Rates : $ 1 .00', $.25 and SPECIAL SALES. Rubber Goods Millinery, . . . Shoes, Etc. . . GREAT. SlIOE Sale The Largest Assort ment of Shoes ever offered on special sale in Philo math, comprising the entire stock of Men's, Women's and Children's Shoes, will be on sale during the month of February, at - . . J. E. Henkle's Gash Store. ; Each will be offered at reduced prices. This reduc tion is made for cash only. . There are special prices on Rubber "Goods men's, women's; boys', children's rubber boots, rubber and oil coats. We also call your attention to our large assortment of Millinery Goods which are offered on special sale. J. E: HENKLE,. Philomath, Or. - Free Bus. Fine Light Sample Rooms. Corvallis 1 1 Recently opened. New; Electric Lights, Fire Es-! on every floor. Fine single ; $2.00 per day. , UNDER HEAVY FIRE RUSSIAN ARMY MARCHES TO TIE PASS SUCCESS FULLY. Two Corps Are Lost -Oyama Cap tures 30,000 men Retreat Commenced Just in Time to Avoid Being Sur- -. " . rounded. (' Tokio, March 12. Field Marshal Oyama estimates that the number of Russian prieoners captured will exceed 30,000. The Japanese cas ualties are estimated at 41,000. The Japanese captured a retreating Rus sian column at toe ru Klver yes terday. .- .- . Official Information from the Rus sian headquarters in the field, sup plemented by dispatches from the Associated ; Press correspondents with the army of the Russian : em pire, show .that General Kuropat kin, after suffering the most severe defeat of the war, has succeeded, as he did after the battle of Liao Tang, in extricating the; remnants of his army from a position which milita ry experts 24 hours' before believed would result in its annihilation Or surrender, v The retreat from Liao YaDg has been considered a most masterly event, but it is far over shadowed by the latest feat of the Russian general, ' who has - taken personal command of the troops. Alter ngbtmg tor, nearly three weeks, losing in killed, wounded and missing probably a third of his army, or 100,000 men. and a fourth of his artillery , Kuropatkin gath ered together what was left north of Mukden and is taken them toward Tie Pass through a rain of shrap nei, which is. ; being , thrown on This he seems to have been able to accomplish' by resorting to the same tactics which saved his army at Liao Yang. As recently as Thursday last he commenced send ing his artillery north by rail, and road. That night he destroyed by fire what he realized could not be removed. Even the hospitals con (aining the more seriously wound ed were left behind, so as not to hamper in any way the movement of the army. This movement com mrnned on Friday morning, and, as he Japanese forces on ih) east, rt hich were to join hands with the western army and cut off his retreat did not cross the Fushtm-Mukden road until Saturday morning, the Russians had a full day's start of their pursuers, and having no guns or baggage to delay them, seem to have made good their escape. There is still, however, a chanee of General Kawamura's army tak ing a hand in the battle, and should it . strike the Russians at Tie pass or cut their communica tions to the northward, the disaster to Kuropatkin's once fine army will be complete.. The" schrapnel fire under which the Russians are again retreating was found not to have a verv serious effect, as the army was scattered and straggling, which undoubtedly holds good in the present case. What part of his army the Rus sian general has saved apparently is not known at the Russian head quarters. All dispatches indicate that part of his force has been cut off.' General .Kaulbars seems t have extricated his corps, likewise Bildering, but not so with Line- vitch. the Associated correspond ent says the Japanese surrounded the First and Fourth Russian corps and added that help could not be sent to them. . Their fate is not re corded, and the inference is that they have suffered either defeat or capture. Rennenkampk's fate is still in the balance. 4- Tie Pass, March 11. For many versts all the ' approaches to Tie pass are covered with troopB, artil lery and baggage transports press ing northward, and . twenty-hve miles away the strong rearguard of troops, which is commanded by General v Kuropatkin, is retiring slowly, doggedly disputing with the pursuing enemy every foot of the ground in order to recover the; .re treat of the army, y--.'jr. :-yy' The losses in this defeat, which is the most bitter yet experienced bv the Russian army, by a moder ate comoutation, is not less than 300,000 men on both sides, ; -The Russians, In addition, eacii need enormous quantiuties 01 ma- nitions and stores, the greater part of which were set on fire before leaving Mukden. ; It is impossible to say whether the Russians will be able to put up. a fight and hold this position, or whether it will be necessary to con tinue to retreat to Harbin, but the rack and file, whose military qual ities never shone so brightly as in retreat or defeat, are far from being panic-stricken, and, under capable leadership,, and given a brief time to 'strengthen positions, may be able to check the pursuing enemy at this point. . i It was realized Jhat, if any ; point of Jbe Russian line gave way, all would be lost. The position in the most extreme danger appeared to be Bortb of Mukden station, where it seemed for a time that the Jap anese might break through aqd en tirely cut the lines of retreat.- Gen erat Kuropatkin concentrated heavy columns there, took command him self,) and succeeded, during Thurs day morning, in forcing the Japan ese iback from the river, and also in driving out bodies east of the railroad. ' v ; It was impossible to support the retiring corps, as the reserves to the lasfman had been sent to- the line of battle at other points, and, as the danger of communication being severed by this . attack from the east was imminent, retreat, was de termined upon and immediately began. , ; Tokio, March 13. quarters makes Jt he -Army head following an- nouncementr "All our forces have advanced north, pursuing the enemy in all directions and inflicting heavy damage and they have defeated the enemy who attempted resistance at various places." - "Our forces - have completely cleared the enemy out of the dis tricts. 25 miles, north ' of Mukden and n, Sunday were still; pursuing llUClU. ' ... : , .... The Russians abandoned : count less carts of supplies and ammuni tion iu the district, for I3 miles from the vicinity of Kaolitun, south of Cbiulikotzu, west of the railroad and 16 miles north of Mukden. "No time has yet been had to count them. , "One of the colors captured longed to the One ' Hundred be and . the Sixty-second regiment, from Wilna district, which had been en gaged in three previous wars. , "Our Sinmintin garrison has ar rested a Russian paroled officer from Port Arthur, who broke his parole at Shanghai: and proceeded to Sinmintin. 'Additional stores intended for the Russians have .been seized at Sinmintin." Tokio, March 12. The follow ing report was received today from Field Marshal Oyama: "The number of prisoners, spoils and the enemy's estimated casual ties against all our forces in the di rection of the Shakhe follow, but the number of prisoners, guns and spoils are increasing momentarily .'Prisoners, over 40,900, includ ing General Nakhimoff. "Killed and wounded, estimated at 9o,ooo. ' " : "Enemy left dead on" the - field, 26,500. , "Flags, 2. . -. . "Guns, about 60. "Rifles, 60,000. ."Ammunition wagons, i5o. 'oells 200,coo. 'Small arms ammunition,5! 25,- 000,000 rounds. y -- "Cereal, 15.ooo koku (about 75,- 000 bushels.) . :' "Fodder, 55,ooo koku. "Light railway outfit, 45 miles. "Horses ,2ooo. "Maps, 23 cartloads. "Clothing ; and accoutrements, I.ooo cartloads. Bread, l,ooo,ooo. "Fuel, 7o,ooo tone. 'Hay, 60 tons; besides tools, tents, bullocks.'telegraph wire and poles, timber, beds, stoves and nu merous other property. "No reports have been received from our forces in the direction of Sucking." : Ths battle is officially designated as the batlle'of Mukden. : - . . .-. College View Poultry Farm. ' Barred Plymouth Rocks! Brown Leg horns. Eggs; $1 per 15 at yards. - ; My Barred Rock hens are , of the best laying strata on Coast. I have added cockerels from Parks world's best egg strain. Brown Ieghorns as good as the best. ' " " S. H. Moore. Ind. phone 555.- ' , Corvallis, A STRONG CASE CONVINCING PROOF FOUND AGAINST HERMANN FOR BURNING LETTERS. Hermann's Attempt to Prevent In vestigation of the Benson-Hyde Frauds Caused His Reeig- nation and Exposure How He Was Found - . "Out. .---' "... ' '- Washington, : March 10. After reviewiug the evidence on which Binger Herman was recently indict ed in this city for destroying public records, officials of the department of justice have come to the conclu sion that the government has a "perfect case" against the Oregon congressman. That is the opinion expressed today by one of the men who aided in working up the case. Not only has the government got hold of the shorthand notes of Her mann's secretaries who wrote the letters which were copied in his "private" , letterbooks, but. it has obtained many of the original let ters, and it is said that these let ters and notes clearly establish the fact that the letters destroyed did pertain to public business. lhe government is preparing to meet any emergency and to take any steps deemed advisable to strengthen its case. In this con nection, an authorized statement was made by an official of the in terior department . which throws light oh a charge that has been re peatedly made against Hermann by Secretary Hitchcock. . This statement as published here to day, shows how the government got its first inkling of the operations of the BensoneaQd. riqgan44jaas ioiiows: "The right hand man' of Hyde and Benson was J. H. Schneider. When the business grew so exten sive and Schneider saw what mon ey his employers were making, he grew avaricious himself and made a demand on Hyde and Benson for a large sum of money, threatening to expose them if he did not get it. They declined to . give up all' he asked, arguing that he was well paid for his part in the transaction, but, after discussion, did give him him $5,000. Schneider went to Arizona. He still thought he had been used shabbily by Hyde and Benson, and from Tucson wrote to them renewing his demands for money. They refused and Schnei der then turned his attention to the land office. He wrote to Commis sioner Binger, Hermann informing him that, if a special agent was sent to him, he could give inform ation regarding land frauds that would open the eyes of officials and give the commissioner an inkling of what was going on in California. "This letter from Schneider, with several others from bim of the same kind, was pigeon-holed in the office of the commissioner or in the division of .special agents and noth ing was done. But some one else got an inkling 01 what was going on and began to complain. Letters poured in to the commissioner and were promptly pigeon-holed. Un til the pressure - became so great M ekes Clearv Breed (With Royal Baking Powder there is 110 mixing with the hands, no , sweat of the brow. Perfect cleanliness, greatest facility, sweet, clean, healthful food. . . Full Instructions in the "Royal Baker and Pastry Cook" .book' for making all kinds of bread, biscuit and cake 1 -yith Royal . Baking powder. Gratis to any h address. v ' i -i . . . , . " . ' ;. : - '-f: " .: f " ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO 100 WILUAM ST NEW YORK. . . ', ; ' that something had to be done. , Therefore, in June, I9O2, a special agent of the office in Tucson was directed to visit Sshnelder and learn " what he could. At the same time, and by the same mail, a letter : was sent to the same special agent giv ing some Instructions to make cer tain investigations in another part of the country immediately. So it was not until September that the story of Schneider was told to a de partment official. ''When that story did become known, Mr. Hitchcock got an ink ling .of the way things were going and took charge of affairs. He sent for Hermann and, after up braiding him for his conduct, de manded his resignation. In the meantime, the secretary sent for special attorney Pugh to make an ' investigation of the cases, . and Mr. Pugh reported that, while there was evidence of fraud to an enormous extent, he could not get proper evi dence to convict the offenders. He asked that some one experienced in the detective business be assigned to the cases and Mr. Hitchcock, sent for Chief Wilkle, of the secret service. Mr, Wilkie assigned Agent Burn 8 to the work and progress in the investigation dates from the time Mr. Burns took charge." - - r ... - . . . Are you going to build? See Whitney about concrete; blocks. Cheaper than. rock or brick. The prettiest and best wall you can get for that new house is Whitney's concrete blocks. "Short" on Peruna but "Long" on prunes. Italian prunes, 50-pound boxes, $1.50. F. L. Miller. Blocks for piers at Whitney's, Louisville, Ky., March 11. Ca leb Powers today completes" five ye.ar,sjn jai On March lo19oo, he was- arresteoaf LexihgtonT and on March lo, 19o5, he is in jail in Louisville awaiting his fourth trial on the charge of complicity in the murder of William GoebeJ. Three times he has ' been tried. Twice he has been sentenced to life , imprisonment and once to death. Three times the qourt of appeals, the highest judicial tribunal of the state, has reversed the finding of th lower court and sent ' the case ; back to drag its weary length along the slow ways of the law. When will the end come? When will the case be decided one way or the other? Will the hope which must be eternal in the breast of Ca- -leb Powers continue to sustain him through the days, the months and the years to come, as it has for five years past? For there will have to be another trial at least. Five years gone from his life; nsed by the commonwealth of Ken- ' tucky in an effort to determine whether he is innocent or guilty. Such is the sombre reflection of ' Powers as he sits in the Jefferson county jail today and keeps his. doleful anniversary. And no mat- . ter how strong may be his hope of final vindication, there remains the bitter thought that no court, not even the court of appeals of Ken- -tucky, nor the supreme court of the United States, nor any court on earth, can give him back' those five years of bis young manhood, from 31 to 36, that are gone fjrever. Powder