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Kosebttrg pmnocnlcr. Vol. XXXVI ROSEBURG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON MONDAY, SEPT. 12, 190i No. 73 COMMERCIAL CLUB Organized with "Greater Rose burg' as its Slogan. OFFICERS ARE ELECTED. Becotr es a Local Branch of Oregon Development League. nurg Commercial Club and the follow -In the organization of the Oregon Ie iug officers were elected : T. K. Sheri velopment League at Portland the first dan, president ; F. W. Benson, first vice of August one of the principal objects in president; Jas. O. Watson, second vice view was the establishment of a state president; Frank Q. Micelli. secretary; organization with which local organiza-. A. C. Marsters, treasurer; F. ". Wool tions could co operate in a common cause ly, W. L. Cobb, G. C. Morris, L. Wini- the development and upbuilding of beriy. W. C. Conner, Dexter Rice, Sain Oregon. Nearly every town or city of , Josephson, directors. The secretary was any consequence in the state has affect- instructed to notify the Oregon Develop ed an organiz a ion of a local board of j ment Le tgue of the organization of this trade or commerci.il club to work for the club and forward applications for mem upbuilding of i's particular hx-ality anil ! bership and the fee of f. For the latter by joining issues w ith the state organi- the state leigne furnishes each local zatii n or league at once lie able to de-; club a supply of lithographed stationery, rive the benefits that only time The memlership fee in the local club and the expenditure of great sums j was fixed at $1. of money could bring otherwise in The committee on bylaws is W. L. securing immigration, needed industrial Cobb, L. ffiwfclH ' J . V C.J Conner, J. institutions and exploiting the advant- c. Watson, Frank Micelli. They will ages and resources of the particular j report at the next meeting, which will locality. j be held in the Board of Trade head puar- The Oregon Development League is ters in the Douglas County Bank build fast gaining in favor throughout the ing, on Tuesday evening, Sept. 13th. stale, Kven private individuals send in checks for membership, and while this ' is contrary to the rules of the organiza- i Tllis is simply a plain business orgaui tion, it shows the spirit. There seems 7a!ion purpose is expressed to be a misunderstanding about mem- its motto, "Greater Rosebnrg," liership in the league. Private indi- whioh ,,otH the upbuilding of viduals or private concerns are not ,lle t,,wn a!,1 tl,e "rrounding country eligible for membership. Onlv com- i an"1 ,!ie development of natural resources menial and industrial organizations are and tie establishment of n Bala I indus admitted,althcngh the other elements trial institutions. Kvery citizen who is are welcome at all tiims to take mem-, interested in the material growth of onr bership in the branch organizations an 1 town and county is invited to join the help the cause along. , c'u' tor the movement is for the liene- I ;al oJrit. ROSEPI IK. COVM EKi A few representative business and pro- . , , . ... t - . D . . . , uh the co-operation or local clu!s. fessional men of Foseburg met in the i ... office of Frank G. Micelli Ufakrl1-.? J 1 1 Li? evening and took definite ste, s in the j lection w uh the ra.lway immigration . . , . , . . bureaus, should lie able to accomplish organization ota commercial club. Mr 1 r t ui u i -j i ' ar more in the wav of bringing in peo- F. J. Blakeley, first vice president of the: , . . . , , , . Oregon Development league, took the initiative in this movement. He plainly stated the object of the meeting and se cured a personal statement from every individual present regarding his views on the proposition, ami needles" to say the movement received the hearty en dorsement of all present, every citizen of the town, as far as that is concerned, realizes the necessitv of putting forth an organized effort to secure a ful' share of the immense immigration of homesee the lVuglas County Bank building Tues ers and investors who will take ad- iay evening, Sept. 13th, and receive vantage of the 1 w rate to the Lewis a !Committee reports, adopt bl-iws and Clark Exposition next year, to come to dispose of such other I usiness as nu . Oregon and invest their money. While properly come before it. Every profes similar organizations may have failed sional. business man and citizen inter heretofore in Roseburg. never before has ested in the progress and development the necessity for such an organizatk n Qf Roseburg and Donglas county is in been so apparent as now. and with the vited to attend and become a member aid and encouragement to be derived of the Roseburg Commercial Club. R. W. FENN . . U. S. Deputy . . Tr - 5 Mineral Surveyor Civil Engineer Lately with the govern- i, Postoffice. ment geographical and geologieal survey of Bra- ROSLBCRG, (JREOON. zii, South America . . . Correspondence solicited BEAUTIFY YOUR HOME Nothing will add so much to the appearance and at tractiveness of your home as a new coat of raint, and the COST will be SMALL if you buy your Paints and Oils from ::::::::: MARSTERS' DRUG STORE RANGES AND STOVES STEEL RANGES THE BEST ON EARTH $35.00 to $50.00 i Heating Stoves in Large Variety I FROfl $2.50 UP We are showing an immense line of Fur - niture, Carpets and Wall Paper and can make you prices better thau you can get in Portland. Call and be convinced : : IB. W. STRONG THE FURNITURE MAN Iron the state organization, no trouble will be experienced in niatauiag the local orjjaniz itions. A meeting of the state league, of which Tom Richardson, of Portland, is the le 'ler, will Ik' held at li rants Pass on Sept. Bid. It is expected that an other meeting will he held in Kosehurg later on. A number of such meetings have hen recently held in Kastern Ore gon towns and great interest in this united movement is evinced. I'KRMANKNT OlMiANI.ATloX KVMCOBh It was the sentiment of the meeting ' Thursday evening to effect at once an rg.iniz.Uion to ! known a the Kose- OB.1E1T 'OKEATER BOSEBl Ro. ; tit ot ail. 11LNKKIT TO BE DERIVED. pie, interesting capital, developing our resources and building up industries than could possibly be done by the sin gle handed efforts of the various locali- I ties. The organizition of this lacal club is a step in the right direction and should be followed by every town in the county. KIRsT REC.ri.AR MEbTIXli OK CURB, Toe club will hold its first regular peering in the Board of Trade room in TERRIBLE CARNAGE Detailed Account of the Great Liao Yang Battle. kUN RIVERS OF BLOOD. Fully 50,000 Killed and 12,300 Were Wounded. MfKiitx, Sept. '.!. A correspondent of the Associated Press who has just re turned to Mukden with the rear Rus sian guard, after having accompanied the army the whole time since the battle of Liao Yang, says the losses on loth sides were enormous. As a moderate estimate he placed them ut S0,000. He confirms the rejiort that the fighting at Liao Vang raraMnd in fierce ness the sanguinary battles of the American Civil War. General Kuroki'. tlauk movement east of the Russian position precipitated the retreat from Liao Yang. When the Russians left Liao Yang the town was strewn with corpses of the s!ain The .l.tpanese shell tiie con- j tinucd nu ll September 4. when the bridges over the Taitze were destroyed. The Russian's position at Liao Yang were to extended for their army to hold. The greater portion of the Russian forces crossed the Taitze during the night of September - and engaged General Kuroki with two corps 1 he fighting on the first dav was favorable 1 to the Russians, hut the conditions changed at night time. The Russian infantry euffeied heavily from shrap nel and ritie fire. The fighting was continued Septenilier 3, ami September 4. MORE THAN 12 000 WJtMIEI). The accumulation of wounded lietw een Liao Yang and Mukden tested to the ut most the resources of the Red Cross. Most of the transport was carried in the roughest kind of two-wheeled carts, but arrangements for providing the troojis with food aloug the line of retreat worked mauniticienlly. During the live days from August :k) to September 4. 12. 300 wounded were tri ated in Red Cross ambulances, the Sisters of Mercy vieiug with the doc tors in phvsical courage ami resistance t fatigue. Much of the Japanese success is at tributed to the millet fields, in which the Russians were not accustomed to maneuver. MYRTLE CREEK NEWS. items of Interest in the Flourishing Little Village Down by the Placid L mpqua. Nearly everybody up this way are go ing to the prune orchards prim ipallv the fair sex. Mrs. A. K. Mattoou, of Kiddle, left Monday for a couple of month' ieit with relatives in Missouri an 1 at the St. Louis lair. The soothing hum of the miner's pick is heard on all sides, and soon the miners will all have so much gold it will make them how-legged (lacking it around Mrs. J. B. Kice is vit-iting her daugh ter, Mrs. A. B. C. Whipple, at Dixon ville and will remain about three week. Her little grandson, Kenneth Baylee-, accompanied her. Mayor HunEaker and C. O. White left Wednesday for a couple of days' business trip to North Bend, on Coos Bay, where Mr. White is about to make a trade for some real estate. Jeff Hunsakcr, who recently bad his foot crushed by tle cars, arrived here Monday from Yreka, Calif., accompa nied by bis wife. They are stopping at the home of his father, Mayor Hunsal-'-er. Jeff's foot is still in bad shape, but is improving under the care of Dr. Seely. The Free Methodist campmeeting is still grinding out 11. ore salvation than you can shake a stick at. old Satan on South Myrtle is having the tussle of bis life this week, but it is hoped the nobt will scare him out into the monntaies, never to return. Kd Weaver's 20-acre field of hops just south of town is being njrked this week. His and D. B. Dyer's are the only hop fields in this section. It has been found that the soil and climate here is so well adapted for the growing of hops that a great many others here will try their luck at it next season. S. U. Jones circulated a petition this week, and it was generally signed by our peoplu, asking the county court to render monthly assistance to Mrs. Susan Kondeau and six children, who are in destitute circumstances and Badly in need of help. Her husband was killed in a cave-in at a Starveout mine last spring. Mail. Oregon Postoffice Robbed. Illl I law. Ore., Sept. 9. The post office here was robbed last night. The parties, who are unknown, entered through a back window. They blew the safe open with black powder and secured f 1,025. Of this amount f:i25 was cash and the balance in stamps and valuable papers. The robbers then stole a horse and buggy from J. M. Geer and fled to ward Portland. The Myrtle Point Enterprise says, that if some women were to cast their bread upon the waters, it would obstruct navigation. Wonder where Bro. Roberts has been hoarding lately. GOVERNOR VARDAMAN AND THK POSTOFFIOl DEPARTMENT, Governor J. K. Vardamui. of Miix.vpin, km bu brought iut' the limelight again by the rf uaal uf the iHMtnffice department to confer the nam of Vartlitman on a Muftwippi iMravtoftuv. civjni; an a reason that lite OTenMI had ouc written an article reflecting um rreMc!rtJt liox veil's mother. This Vanl.t:u:in th nies. REMINISCENCES OF written by "Unci !am " Handsakt - SHOT ROM AMlll'SH. About April 15th, 1856; HeDonaJd Harkness anl another man. whose name I cannot recall, left Port Lo lan! for the mealous with eiprotw for our camps. When but two miles away they were tired upn by Indians in ambush, and thrhwo w:vs killed, his companion escaping. I am sure that not ne of my many comrades who saw the horrible si;ht we wit nessed when the nude body of Hark ness. lashed n a pack mule and mul tilated in the most horrible manner was brought into camp. Never will we forget the siht the red devils had wrought. This war was carried from start to finish, almost entirely, with volun teers, and in our ranks could Ik-found beardless boys and ld gra headed pioneers who had but recently ieft their homes "in the states." and with their families bundled into wagons drawn by the patient p!ddinK x tOMBSj made the trip t" I Nmgoa, aft- r the iaflse of six months or more. Near the last of April some of the Indian chiefs, after a parley with Captain Smith who had under his command seventy-live regulars, agreed to meet him at the "Little Meadows" at a certain time with a view of entering into negotiations for peace. When he armed he made his camp in the timber. nt thinking of treachery on the part of the In dians. After dark two squaws in formed Captain Smith that the In dians would attack him early next morning. Orders were at once given to move the camp a short distance to j a bald, oblong hill where he expected to have an even chance with the In dians, but did not seem to be aware that not a drop of water could be had for his men. At M o'clock the Indians made the attack, but with the assistance of a howitzer and the . bravery of his men. the Indians, who were armed with better guns than the regulars, were prevented from massacring the entire company. At the first opportunity a courier was LOCAL COAL COMPANY Perfects Organization, Elects Offi- cers and Places Stock on the Market for Sale. At a meeting of the stockholders of the Umpu.ua Coal Company held in the office of Albert Abraham, SeptemU-r 7th the oricanization of the corporation was completed and the directors and officers for the ensuing year elected. TJie officers are Jeo W. Diminick, president; Jas. S. Hildebraml, flea president; K. W. Fflan, .- -retary ; J. W. Wright, tremarar. The diroctora are (ieo. W. Dimmick, Jas. S. BUdebam, Albert Abraham, Rev. (ieo. 11. Bennett and J. W. Wright. The company iB capitalized at $"00, 000, and shares are L00 each. LMO.000 shares have beenj.laced in the treasury to le sold for development. A few thousand shares will lie sold and are now on the market nt ten cents to start the development, but the number of these shares is strictly limited ami as soon as a few tons of coal are brought out from the mine and placed iion the market the price of stock will lie raised. Mr. A raham, while in Portland as a delegate to the American Mining Con gress last month, talked with other own ers of coal prospects in Oregon and nfter hearing all their claims, came away cou vimcd that the Mammoth Uaapqm Vein is the only vein of commercial im portance outside of Coos eonntv, known at the tuesent ti me. The Umpqua Coal Company has been favored with cert i lira tes from iocal black smiths who have used and tested their coal, aud who are nnaninrous in the ver dict that it is of excellent quality, free from sutphur and splendid for welding and other all forge work. ROGUE RIVER WAR r u Lieut. Stephen Longfellow. sent through the Indians' lines in the night to the mouth of the river for more troops which fortunantly ar rived on the evening of the second day. just as the Indians were ready t make I charge on the almost fam ished men for want of water. More than 1 third of Smith's men were either killed r wounded. Our forces during this time were vm the way down the river, but it was not until late in the day that we heard the howitzer, miles away. We at once stilted at the double quick, but when we reached the scene of their bloody tight a part of the Indian chiefs had surrendered. In conversation with some of the regulars. I was told that during the fight the Indians would creep near the soldiers and with forked sticks attempt to draw away t he soldiers' blanket, and when the soldiers would raise their heds the Indians would shoot them. This was the leginning of a per manent peace In a short time the various tribal surrendered and were t "lice taken to the ilrande Monde, an 1 Selitz reservations, where rem nants of them still exists. I am sure, old comrade, that not only yourself but the many readers f the PLABIMUljai will breathe a sigh of relief to know that my des ultory notes of the long ago are about to close. If, perchance some may wonder whv I did not make men tion of more of the battles during the six months we were in service, my answer would be. other and more competent writers have done this. In conclusion, it seems unnecessary t remind my old comrades that in the forty-eight years that have passed since we last met many of the old members of company C have answer ed the final roll call and ere long, we too. "I'.y an unfaltering trust approach the grave Like one who wraps the drapery of the couch About him. and lies down to pleasant dreams." The Knd. ARE WEARY OF TITLES. Three American Women Who Mar ried Foreigners With Titles Shake off the Yoke. New York. Sept. Nathalie Scbenck whose unfortunate marriage to Capt. Olen Collins, the clever officer of the Qoeea'a Own Cameron Highlanders, w hose bankruptcy forced his resignation from the regiment on August 2, will shortly return to this country. Within a short time she will rejoin her mother in 1'aris, ami shortly after sail for this country, broken hearted over the mari tal mistake which united her to a bank rupt young Briton w ho sought her solely for her fortune and left her when he learned that it was not at his disposition. The Countess of Yarmouth has arriv ed in New York on her way to I'ittsburg, w here she will join her mother in the handsome Thaw home As You Like It, just outside of Pittsburg. Alice Thaw, whose wedding was held up for an hour and 40 minutes while the Karl of Yar mouth dickered with the family and insisted upon the signing of certain pap ers, has not spent a happy year with her husband according to the reports which have come from Kngland and the continent After a brief and qu:rt visit , to Paris they sailed for America a week ago. The countess remained in New- York yesterday while her mother went on to Pittsburg. Helen Morton, whose unfortunate marriage to Count Boson de Talleyrand Perigord, now Duke of Valencay, was dissolved by the French court last spring will arrive in the dated States Sept. 10. None of these youug women, it is safe to say, will leave this country agaiu soon, and a great setback is given the titled Knglish and French snobs and rues FRUIT ASSOCIATION At Ashland Makes it Possible for the Small Growers TO GET THE BEST PRICES For the Various Products of Their Orchards and Gardens. Amii.and, Sept. '. The heavy run at the packing house of the Ashland Fruit Association is about over, though the employees there still have a lariie amount of business in hand. They are receiving late Craw fords and Muirs and are still getting about a car a day. Relatively very few shipments have gone to Portland this year. Six cars have been sent east to Omaha, Des Moines and Council Bluffs, two cars to British Columbia and seven cars have been sold in San Francisco. The Block has been about an average. Some of tiie peaches have been a little smaller than usual on account of thedrv weather. The early Crawfords have not tieen as rirm as usnai, got soft qelcMj after picking and therefore could not stand longdistance shipments o well as in former seasons. The crop, according to uperintendent A. L. Kitchin and bis assit-tant, A.C. Cotbrie, has been a iarie one and their business lot the naeoa ha been very successful. They have handled 22,000 boxes of Early r.iwfo: Ik . i ..-xan ler-, 1. "00 Hali-s Betty an 1 their receipts of the later va ieties are heavy. They sold about 4. Jo rat. s "f blackberries and that crop is now practically gathered. The Association also sold 37,000 crates of Btrawbenriei and has done nite a busi ness in other fruits and also dealt jiiile extensively in vegetable. Mr. Kitchen says : "We got better prices for strawberries than was re ceived at any other point on the coast They were obliged to consign a good many blackberries but for those bi led out got nothing less than ) cents rer crate. In the midst f the heaviest re ceipts for peaches considarable embar- rasement was occasioned bv their in ability to get ice, which compelled the coifiirnnient of considerable stock that otherwise could have been disposed of at a better price. The price received for !eache. as a rule, were 4-x-. -tOc and VV per box. according to grade, f. o. b. Ashland in car lots. They were sold outright at a price named here. So consignments have been mad- of peaches t distant points. LAST DAYS OF INSTITUTE It Was a Very Pleasant, Profitable and Successful Session At tendance Was Large. On Thnrsdav afternoon upt. R. F. Robinson introduced the subject "South ern Mountainers". He picture! the battlefields of Chattanoga and Oettvs bunt and scenes along the way of Sher man's march to the sea, and painted a graphic won! picture of that sanguinary struggle between the north and south, asserting that the north won not so much by force of arms as by cutting off the resource" of the south. Mrs. R. O. Breeden ably discussed Romanticists in grade work, including the various phases of mythology and demon: t rated what prominent part it j plays in the cultivation of a child's imagination. She said that stories of myth an 1 dreamland should not he carried to far, but that the child's at tention should be at the same time called to the realistic in life. Prof. A M. Sanders discus.-et "Humane Falucation," and read a paer by Mrs. I-ouise P. Rounds, pre sented by the W. C. T. U. He showed that tenderness is a mark of gre.fness and illustrated the great intl letice of home upon the life of a child. Prof. Ressler followed with a descrip tive talk on the National Kducational Assxiation. The evening session of Thursday was very largely attended and the program ; of musical and literary exercises as an nounced in the rnriTn was well ; rendered and thoroughly enjoyed. Prof. ! R. F Robinson, of Portland, delivered an interesting address on "The Makers of Tomorrow ." He introduced all : phases of development from the time ot Columbus to the present. He impressed his hearers with the necessity of proper- j ly shapiug the course of the child's edu cation today that he may be properly ' qualified to meet the conditions of to morrow. FRIDAY. The morning session opened with singing alter w hieh Prof. Robinson took j up the subject of "School Sanitation and Decoration." He said t2 per cent of the cases of curvature of the spine occur be tween the ages of five and fourteen years, and gave excellent reasons why school j room seating should be better adjusted throughout the country. School room j ventilation and cleanliness about the i premises was particularly urged. The decoration of school rooms and the beautifying of the grounds with trees, , shrubs and flowers was also strongly ad vocated as a means of making the school more attractive and interesting, which at the same time tends to inspire more local interest and pride in the schools. Prof. A. M. Sanders billowed with an excellent talk on the treatment of school evils, in which he discussed the various difficulties that t achers meet in the public schools. Prof. K. D. Ressler delivered an able address upon the American systems of education. He discussed various schools and systems throughout the country from the kindergarden to the university. Prof. W. if. Dempster closed the morning session with a continuation of the subject: "What to Teach in Arith metic." The afternoon session was very in structive. F:specially interesting was the topic of Romanticists in grade work, by Mrs. Breeden. Her papers were all marked by their eloquent construction and beautiful thoughts. The afternoon program was closed by a short talk given by President Ressler on the Na tional K lucational Association, what it is, how it works, and what a grand com ing together of teachers it is. In par ticular he spoke of Margaret Haley, of Chicago, and her influential spirit. FKIIlAY EVENJXG. The institute closed Friday evening with a well arranged program which wasrenlered at the Opera House, bnt which was marred by a combination of unforseen misfortunes a I lay being occasioned at the opening of ' the exercises by the tardy arrival of a number of persons prominent on the 1 program. The Roseburg Orchestra made a decided bit in its opening num ber and the address of Prof. Ressler, of the Monn. .-it!i Normal School, on the! "Philosophy of Happiness,'' held the j marked ar.-ntiou of the large audience. ' The meal eolo by Mrs. A. T. Steiner ! entitled, "In the Cottage by the Sea" ! with full orchestra accompaniment, was well rendered and heartily encored. The , cornet solo by Louie Beltils, with piano accompaniment by Mrs. A. T. Steiner,' was weil executed and came in for a ' round of applause. The vocal solo,' 'Voices ai the Woods," by Miss Blanch Riddle was well rendered 1. d equally as well received. Other inter. Jng features ot the program wad the piano solo by Mias Klsie Benedick, and Male Quartet j "Got a Feeeling for You," by Messrs. Ban, Bell, Forbes aud Fabke. The ex- I ercises closed with a grand Intermezzo, i from Cavaliera Rusticana, by the Rose- ' burg Orchestra, a difficult number, bat ! which was decidedly well rendered. The instructors and teachers all re turned to their respective homes falir conscious of the fact that the institute had been a most interesting, profitable ' and successful educational meeting, one which w as thoroughly enjoyed by ' all present, from which much bene fit will be derived and one about which j will long cling pleasant memories. Expects 23 cats for bps. Portland Telegram: That the hop cr .t. of Oregon will amount to or exceed WJ.000 bales is the opinion of F. Uransne der, who has just returned from a trip to his hop ranch near Aurora. He ex pects 15 cenU a t und to h ' The hop," sail Mr. Gransnetler l till., , 1. .'. r. . , .. ' I , 1 - - " utuf. r in spicnuiu eooaiEHm in fact the training has been 2o per cent better than usual There have been no lice or mould. The weather was so favorable that it was not neces sary to sprinkle, and we have had no trouble in spraying. We have also had no tronhle am mMin r.i.l...u t . . - . pvfir. iu jia-i years pickers were s-.-arce, but this vear they are plentiful. "Good prices ior the crop are expected ' this year. Some contracting has been ' done at 27 cents per pound, but nearlv j all the growers are looking for 33 cents or more." CARE. SKILL AND FIDELITY ARE ESSENTIAL IN SUCCESSFULLY F1WNC PRE SCRIPTIONS ANO THESE ARE OUR STRONC POINTS IN THIS DEPARTMENT OF OUR BUSINESS. WE ARE EVER ON THE ALERT FOR THE BEST IN MEDICINE AND YOU CAN RELY ON THE DRUGS THAT COME FROM THE DRUG STORE OF QUALITY FULLERTON & RICHARDSON HEAR DEPOT : : ROSEBURG, OREGON DOUCLAS COUNTY BANK r. J. K. Chico Nursery Co. INCORPORATED We offer one of the largest and Finest Stocks on the Pacific Coast : : : : : Write Immediately for terms m Chic o JC ARMIES RESTING. Attack on Port Arthur to be Re sumed Tuesday. JAPS HAD 300,000 MEN. Armies Will Race for Tie Pass and Again Lock Horns. Chefoo, 11. According to Japanese information from Dalny the grand as sault on Port Arthur is postponed until Tuesday, and a still further postpone ment is possible. The Chinamen who left Port Arthur Sept. I say the Rus sians are preparing to vigorously resist the next assault, for which their spies said the Japanese are making elaborate preparations. ABWIB ARK RESTIXG. "The troops on both sides are rest ing. This information from the A sociated Press correspondent at Mukden came in a dispatch filed at 10:55 p. m Saturday nigbt .and coupled with re ports received at St. Petersburg Satur day from Kuropatkin and General Sak baroff reporting inactivity in the fight ing zone on Thursday and Friday, in dicates that since Thursday, because of torrential rains and heavy roads, hostili ties have been reduced to a minimum. The rear guard of the Russian army has succeed in taking most of its transport and guns through Mukden. The Japan ese, however, are reported going there by railroad an 1 the force under Kuroki is in the bills east of Mukden. JAPANESE FORCE WAS 300,000. Chinese reports received at Mukden estimate the Japanese force in the bat tle of Liao Yang at 300,000 men, of whom 70,000 were Chinese and Coreans. Kuroki reports that after the battle of September 5. the Russians took 10,000 wounded to Mukden, leaving 3000 in the vicinity of Liao Yang. No official figures on losses at the battle of Liao Yang have been given ott. WILL XARK 0 UBMA END. The prevailing i lea is that Kuropat kin will not make a stand at Mukden if the Japanese come on again in earnest but that be will retire at least to Tie Pass. Once through the Pass, the gen eral impression in military circles is that the Japanese will not attempt fur ther pursuit. It is reported that the Japs are quietly fortifying this Pass in I the hope of cutting on the Russian re treat and demoralizing their forces at this place If the Japs succeed in reaching the Pass first the great battle of the war will occur there. The Dunsmuir News says the South ern Pacific, realizing the urgent needs for a hospital in Dunsmuir. is arranging the preliminaries therefor. Oil We.ine day Superintendent L-ws and Dr. A ins worth, chief surgeon of the system, were in town selecting a suitable location. Etablih-.-1 1nS Incorporated '.901 Capital Stock $5o,ooo K. W. BSNSON. A.C. f.RTER3 PretMent. Vice President. BIJ4HD OF DIRECTOR a. BKN-ws, a. 3 oru j. h. bjoth. T. 8tt S. ItH LtOS, A. C. MAKSTBttS L M1LLKR. A QENERXL BANKING BUSINESS KWSXCrED a 1 i f o r n i a