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Vol. XXXVI
ROSEBURG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON MONDAY, OCT. 3, 1904
No. 79
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NEW GOLD DISTRICT
W. S. Crabb Uncovers a Rich Ledse
at Diamond Peak.
READS LIKE A ROMANCE
Sixty Foot Vein of Free Gold Bear
ing Quartz.
V. S. tiralib arrived in Kngene a few
days ago and relates a story with enough
romance connected with it to satisfy the
most skepticle that a new eldor.do has
really i een discovered, one which will
no di.wn in liistory with that same
thrilling interest lingering aliont it. that
has characterized many of the great gold
discoveries of the pas. The story is as
follows :
Mr. Crabb. who is from Prairie City,
in the Kastern Oregon goil district,
made the discovery in August. He
came all the w ay from Prairie City afoot
and alone across the Kastern Oregon
plains for the purpose of prospecting in
the Cascade mountains. He prospected
some time among the canyons and
gulches, and one day ran across the ont
croppings which indicated the presence
of gold. He commenced digiag a- d
was overjoyed to find gold-bearing rocks
in great quantities, which, from out
side apiearances. promises to rival
either the llohemia or Blue River dis
tricts. About this time t'rahb's provisions
had given out and he was compelled to
come down to the valley to secure more.
After having lieen without anything to
eat for about three days, he arrived at
the Lowell ferry, where he secured the
job of operating the ferry boat for a In
days. While there he became acquaint
ed with Levi Law and Tom Hunsaker.
to whom he confided the secret of his
find. The three proceeded together to
the new discovery and set to work
iney nave oeneo up anu uncovereti a
vein of quartz H fee: wide and Mr.
Crabb, who is an old and experienced
miner, says it is the richest thing he
has seen in many years. He brought
to Eugene with him a few samples of
the rock from the vein which he will
have assaved In some of the reek par
ticles of gold can tie seen with the
naked eve.
The location of the find is alwut 70
miles east to southeast of Eugene and
can be reached by going up the Mili
tary wagon road. Naturally Crabb i
reticent about stating the exact location
of the find untii he and his partners
have staked off all theclaims thev want.
The newlv discovered district
is near
Diamond Peak and is on the mineral , fourth story. The building will be
belt between Blue River and Bohemia. ' fiuished by the first of next year and
The names of the claims on the orig-: will lie fur lease Charlie Tw in Wo .
inal discovery are irey Eagle No. 1 and ! one of tiie backers of the enterprise, i
Grey Eagle No. 2, which have been ' one of Portland's very wealthy China
staked out by Mr. Crabb. Messrs. men. He is interested in Alaska can
Law and Hunsacker have staked out ' neries, in a cannery at Kairhaven. in a
the Blubird and Yellow Jacket.
Had this find been reported in Brui-li
R. W. FENN . . t; S. Deputy . .
!! ; - T Mineral Surveyor
Civil Engineer 1
Lately with the govern- offlce v e ( Poetoffice.
ment geographical and piwivrprc nenAH
geologieal survey ol bra- KOEBL KG, OKEOON.
zii, South America . . . Correspondence solicited
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Colombia, Alaska, or some other far
away, inaccessible count ry. there wouKl
no doubt lie a rush soon ornanir-ed for
the new gold tieUs. hut the Sod is too
near eivili.atiou to eiS'ate nmeli excite-
llieilt.
From the Rural Districts.
The droughty condition tiiat lias pre
vailed throughout the state during the
last three months was partially relieved
during the latter part of last week by
Hod showers, which fell in 'nearly all
, districts. While the rains were general
ly insufficient to place the soil in condi
tion for plowing, they cleared the at
mosphere of smoke, started grass on the
ranges and pastures and revived all veg
etation. They came too Ir owever.
to be of much btMl f jd jxita
toes. Light frost occu. .. s one or
two mornings in scattered portions of
the Willamette valley, slightly damag
ing late potatoes, tomatoes and tender
vegetables.
Threshing will be com pleted in Kast
ern Oregon in a week or ten days. The
yields continue below the average, but
the quality is good.
Seeding on summer fallow is progress
ing nicely in the western section. In
Columbia Kiver Valley fall seeding is
doing well, and the rains came in good
season to insure an even stand Corn
cutting has begun, and in the dairy dis
tricts silos are leing ti ltd. In Southern
Oregon the third crop of All Ha has
ben secured in good condition. In the
eastern counties rain interrupted work
in the fields and there is considerable
yet to be cut. Potato digging continues
wit h small yields as a rule. In some of
the coast counties and in scattered lo
calit ies of Kastern Oregon an average
crop w ill le secured, but the total vield
will be fovlow average
I'runepicking and drving is well mi
der way; the yield ot this fruit is very
light, but the quality is good. Lute ap
pies are dropping more than usual, but
still promise an abundant yield.
THRIFTY CHINAMEN.
Three Mongolians Are Erecting a
Costly Building in Portland.
Portland, Sept. 30. A six-story
modern brick hotel building is lieing
erectol at Seventh and Stark streets by
three Chinamen Charley Twin Wo,
Leong Jew Hing and lioon Lip, the last
named being known as Q. S Loag a
Co
The three Chinam n have formed
what they term the'western American
company, and aie investing over f-'iO.-00
in the uew hotel building, which will
consist of about l:V rooms.
The building was planned by David
William?. Construction is going forv. ird
rapidly, and the walls are now up to the
Willamette valley hop' ranch and other
lines of business
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STRONC
RN1TURE MAN
PEACEFUL DEATH.
Senator Hoar Meets Death Without
Pain After Long Illness.
PROMINENT PUBLIC LIFE
He Was Greatly Honored by the
People of Massachusetts.
Worciikstkr, Mass., Sept. 30.-(ieo.
Krishie Hoar, senior I'nited States Sena
tor from Massachusetts, died at his
home in this city at 1 :35 o'clock this
morning. The end followed a htiih1 nf
unconsciousness which had lasted since
early Tuesday and came so gently that
only the attending physicians re
aware of the exact moment of his end
ing. There were present at the bedside
when death came the Senator's n.
Itockwood Hoar, his daughter Mary
Hoar, and Dr. Wairen K. Oilman, who
foi weeks has I een in almost constant
attendance upon the Senator.
Oeo. Krishie Hoar was liorn at Con
DOrd Mass , August 29, 1898. Was a son
of Hon. Bamnel and Sarrah Sherman
Hoar. He graduated at Harvard I'ui-ver.-ity
in IMS, and also at the Dame
Law School, Harvard, and was an LL
D of William and Mary. Amrhe-t. Yale
Harvard and Dartmouth Colleges.
His first wife was Mary lxuiaa Spurr.
He was married after her death to Kuth
A. vjller. Bejan the practice of law at
Wo-chester. where he served as city at
torney in 1850. He was a member of
the Massachusetts House of Representa
tives in 1SJ and of the "Hate Senate in
lS-"7. He was sent to Congress in lSiiH
and continued thete till 1S77. He
one of the House managers iu th? Belk
nap impeachment trial, and was a mem
ber of the electoral commission in 17o.
He was sent to the I'nited States Senate
in IM77, ami has txen continuously iu
that liody ever siniee, his term of otfice
not expiring until l'.DT. Senator Hoar
was a republican and was a member of
a great many historical and scientific so
cieties. His home was iu Worchester,
Massachusetts.
G'neral OriofT in Disgrace.
The various reports regarding the sit
uation at the front from the Far Kast
received unlay give no indication of any
new movements. The most interesting
information from St. Petersburg is the
statement that MajoMieneral OriofT.
upon whom was place! the blame for
the step necessitating the abandonment
of Liao Yang, will lie detached from the
Manchurian army and given another
command in Knropean Russia, or may
be tetired.
Jilted Birdie to Mam Delia
James D Heryford, the I.ake county
cattle king, who has figured much in
the newspapers the past year on account
oi the I'nited States court proceedings
through which Miss Birdie MeCarty, a
fair and forty schoolma'm from Michi
gan, sought to obtain judgment aiainst
him for a fortune for breach of promise
damages, and who finally, a few weeks
ago, settled with her for fOOOO, was mar
ried in l.akeviw. September 19th, to
Mrs. Delia Lewis, County Judge Daly
performing the ceremony. The Exami
ner compliments the couple and ys
"everyone has something (teasant to
say of the match,'' adding that "Mr.
Heryford can well afford to take from
his years of accumulation of wealth the
doll trs that went with his glad hand to
the dishnan orchestra that greeted him
a few evenings ago."
Weary of Politics.
Raw York, Sept. it. Win. R. Hearst
has announced that he does not desire a
renomination for congress. It is thought
that Chas. A. Towne will he his succes
sor. The Gardiner tannery is doing a good
business; it ships its leather to San
Francisco.
THE GREENBACK MINE.
Rich Producer at Depth ef One
Thousand Feet.
The Greenback mine in this dfsfrict
has lieen netting its owner, Wm'. 'Bre
voort of New York, an average of 130,-
000 a month for several years, with lit
crally acres of ore still in sight.
The main Bhaft is down 1000 feet, hav
ing been extended 300 feet during the
past year. The quality and. quantity 'of
ore is as goou as ever. . Alter sinning
a twenty-foot sump an east drift will be
started to determine whether the east
ern end of the vein is cut off by a wall
of serpentine, or not a condition which
is known to extend as deep as the ninth
level, but which there is every reason to
believe has ceased to exist.
Notwithstanding the rich output from
such quartz mines as the Greenback, the
Benton, the Gold Bug, and many others
that have been worked profitably in true
fissure veins for years, there are still at
large a few cheap "ox-spurts" who in
sist that "Southern Oregon mines are
merely pooketi." Out upon that class
of uninformed pretenders. Glendale
News. -
Site for Power Plant.
The Willamette 'Valley Klectric Kail-
road Company have-filed a notice in the
county elerk'sofnee at Eugene, that thev
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tin's rapids for power to run theif elec
trie plant.
THE REPUBLICAN
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FAIRBANKS PARTY IN OREGON
Tendered Grand Reception
From the
Poktlanh. Oct. 2. Oregon .- sv-
one gun was tired last night at the
Armory, when Charles V. Fairbanks,
the next Vice President of the I'nited
Btatrt. oke to 4500 of the cHomm
of Portlam. and by his masterly ar
raijrnment of the fallacies of the
I democratic platform and creed point
ed out to an tne patn to eontinuei
prosperity, peace and happiness.
It was a great m-vting and a great
audience, more people hv half crowi
ng the hall than have before greeted
Senator Fairbanks at anv plaice on
his Western tour.
It was a patriotic meeting and the
hundreds of Hags that draped the
hall floated and fluttered in the wave
of patriotism that sho ik the building
and punctuated the pauses in the
speeches made by both Senator Fair
banks and Senator D illiver.
Long before the seakers had left
their hotel for the meeting place, the
Arniorv was crowded hv those who
had come to hear the distinguished
visitors present the claims of the Re-
publican party for indorsement in
November. By 8 o'clock seats were
at a premium and hundreds lined the
spaces around the walls. A few
places had been reserved in front of
the speaker's stand and. when these Representatives of the state in Con
were thrown open to the public Krtss an,i eulogized Senator Mitchell,
shortly before the entrance of the whm he described as one of the
orators, there was a wild scramble
for them. Men. women and boys
strove to gain the vantage points
from which they could hear the
words to be spoken.
At S o'clock. Frank l". Baker chair-
man of the Republican State Central
Committee, led the jiarty to the plat-
form. He was accompanied by Sena-
tor John H. Mitchell, the president of
the evening: Senator Charles W. Ful-
ton, Congressman Binger Hermann
and J. N. Williamson. Mayor Ceorge
H. Williams, who acted as the imme-
diate escort of .Senator rairbanks and
Senator iolliver.
WAVE OF I'nKKKIW; MOTH OCT.
As the party entered the hall the
band was playing "America," but
when the crowd caught sight of the j Of the tariff as the policy of the Ne
man who is the choice of the Repub- publican party from the first. He
licans of the Nation for the second spoke of the administration of Presi-
highest office in its gift, cheer after
cheer rent the air and shook the roof
above until the strains of the band,
lost in the wave of greeting, died
away and were forgotten. The ova
tion continued fur several minutes,
men standing on their chairs and
waving their canes and hats in their
enthusiasm. It was a greeting that
showed the spirit of the people and
the presence of one of their standard
bearers.
When quiet was for a moment re
stored, Mr. Raker, as the chairman of
the State Central Committee, intro
duced Senator Mitchell to preside
over the meeting. His remarks were
brief but decidedly pointed and ap
propriate. When' Senator Fairbanks arose in
answer to the introduction, pandemo
nium was let loose in the hall. He
tried to speak and his voice was beat-
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- en bark uPon hlm'. ne
held up his
I hand and the tumult increased. He
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE.
- ju': bran na:tT f.r ili lie- Treidnrr of tho
a farm n ar I mmmtmm I eut r. UIH
ai..l aa ..n :it ill- enj'.j luetit iti ittte
dialia. lie waa elected lo tile I niled
in Portland Extracts
Speeches.
waited and the enthusiasm wore itlf
out and sank in ed lying waves until
the speaker's mice could reach out
over the audience and silence it.
Then he began his speech. Slowly
and deliberately he sent his words
out across the vast audience until
they could be easily heard in the
farthest corner, and the people who
had a minute liefore been so tumultu
ous hushed until the movement of a
in. the shifting of a foot was aud-
ible.
Mr. Fairbanks spoke of the magni
ficent reception accorded him and
made known his gratitude, but he
Mid that in it he saw nothing person-
aif but simply the fact that the people
were honoring him because he stood
at this time as a representative of
the glorious principles of Republican
ism. OR.iN SIHKE FOR NATION.
He paid a tribute to Oregon and to
the stand taken bv the state. Ore-
Klin was on the picket line and. when
the state spoke for Republicanism in
M uncertain tone, the people of the
natjn breathed easier and knew that
t was an index of the voice of the
;ati,n.
The speaker then turned to the
,rr,.atest leaders of the Senate. To
Senator Fulton he paid high compli-
ment mrfmg that he had a bright
;ind promising future. Congressman
Hermann and Williamson were com-
,,ijmented for their devoted and scon-
St.i,ntious work for thepeopleof their
state and for the interests of their
Nation.
j The i,ewis anj Qkrk Exposition
was touched upon and the speaker
, that Oregon paid high honor to
; herself bv the commemoration of so
j ,,reat an achievement and one that
; u.M i,een of so irreat imnortance in
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the increasing greatness of the Na
tion.
The Senator then delved into the
National issues of the day and spoke
dent McKinley and paid a most elo
quent and fervid tribute to that mar
tyred hero of the American people.
The questions arising from the war
with Spain and the Philippine rebel
lion were discussed and the attitude
of the party made clear on those sub
jects. The Democratic party, as it re
lated to the history of the country,
to its prosperity and development,
was treated and the money question
was discussed. Mr. Fairbanks paid
tribute to The Oregonian and its edi
tor for the help and succor they had
given the cause of sound money in
times of need.
The speech was a masterly one,
strong and clear in tone, and won the
people, who punctuated it with apv
plause time and time again. All
through the hour occupied in its de
livery there was not a moment when
the interest flagged or the audience
became restless.
BIG CHIEF JOSEPH.
His Late Death Recalls Memories of
His Remarkable Career.
TELLS HIS OWN STORY.
Gen. Miles Declared Him Greatest
Indian that Ever Lived.
Chief Joseph, the famous leader of the
Ha I'erces, who gave the I'nited states
army one of the hardest campaigns it
has ever conducted in the west, and who
Oen. Miles declared was the greatest In
dian that ever lived, has passed peace
fully to the happy hunting giounds. A
year ago an Oregon friend saw Chief
I'isepb in bis tepee near Spjkane, and
to him the old warrior told the story
for the first time to a white man, it is
said of his hard fight for w hat he con
sidered his rights. A portion of his nar
rative, just as he told it, is reproduced
here :
When Gov. LI. Stevens called the
great Walla Walla council of 18K, the
result of which was that all of the In
dians in that section agreed to give up
most of their landj and go on reserva
tions, ail the tribes W'-re opposed to the
treaty except the Nez Perces. Old Ka-mi-a-kin
the lead t of the war of ls,
got the Yakimas, the Cayuses all the
tribes, in fact, but the Nex Perces to
agree to massacre the governor's party.
Joseph's father and the other chiefs of
the Km I'erces pitched their tepees near
-We-is' and thus saved the white
from lieing killed. For this act of
friendship the governor gave the Nez
Perces a larger share of land than to the
illier tribes.
We had 2500 people at Walla Walla
poawow,'" said Chief Joseph. "Yakima
Cayuse, Cmatilla, Wallula, tribe have
.' 00. Net Perces people keep Stevens
from kill. Stevens people give Nez I
Perces people Upwai, (.rand Konde.
Wallowa. Tribe my father sret Vs:!owa.
ily people believe white man keep his
word.
"Bimeby my father get sick. He call
nie. he call my brother OWcM his tepee.
He say nie and my brother 1 lien t : 'My
lime die come. You keep Wallowa.
, Heap a bite man come now this country.
, May te some day you fight. You keep
' Wallowa Our people live here this
vallev Ion time: white man want take
I Wallowa, you tight.'
I "My father die. 1 chief. White man
i-ome take Grand Uonde country. I no
light. Heap while man come in Wallo
wa, build fence, plow ground. One
Mimmer I go hunt, buffalo country.
While I away buffalo country, one chief
man sign paper, give white man Wallo
wa. I come back. I aay : 'Joseph chief
.Nez I'erces people. lxng lime ago j
Walla Walla powwow Gov. Stevens say I
Sea Percas keep Wa Iowa all time My
father die, he say "keep Wallowa." I
keep Wallowa.' ''
Chief Joseph described the prelimi
naries of the war how the whites killed
in Indian and lie held his men in check
until they taunted him with being a
coward and an old woman. Then hr j
aid he would tight.
"First fight White Bird creek ", went j
on Joseph. "Month JaM my tillicums '
kill some white men close Mount Idaho. I
Lieut. Terry came from Fort lapwai. j
He have ninety men on horse. Perry
come White Bird creek where creek
come in Salniou river. White Bird say ;
we cross the river. I say no, we Ifefcft.
We .-hoot white man ; horse scared.
"Bimeby scout come in. Schut say j
100 white man. I leave village behind, j
I bring so,uaw hold horses. I take all
my tillicums, go behind rocks on hill. I
tell Ollicut and White Bird stay on
horse : drive Soldiers me. Soldiers come :
e shoot. First man we kill blow bu
gle ; we shoot officers ; white man sol
dier horse seared. S..ldier come, nie
behind rocks. They come in line, four
by four. Kaoy mark. I drive soldiers
back. Ollicut and White Bird shoot.
Soldiers bad scared. We whip white
soldier. They go back. That day we
take thirty.
TONIGHT! TONIGHT!
"Sweet Clover" at the Roseburg
Opera House.
The Portland Telegram says of this
very popular company :
Its very title suggests clear, healthy,
country air, does "Sweet Clover," which
was presented to a pleased audience at
the Marquam Grand Friday night.
"Sweet Clover" is a pastoral drama, but
does not drag iu a black alpaca heroine,
a city villain, a pump, a church choir or
a mortgage. True, the mother of the
heroine, did run away from her home
and husband with the traditional gentle
man from the city, and, it is feared, at
times, that the girl will follow in the
footsteps of her wayward maternal pa
rent, but she does not.
The comedy Is supplied by Clara Taps
field and Robert Robson, as an old maid
and a bashful bachelor, who have been
sparking for 30 years, and l eo B. Mor
daunt and J. M. Moss, as youthful lov
ers. Otis B. Thayer, as father of the hero
ine, gives a fine tharacter portrayal.
He is homespun and life-like, and, after
the first act, appears to notable advan
tage. W hen on the stage Mr. inayer is
never motionleea, but fills his part with
endless trifles of "business" which go
far to make his creation close to nature.
His Jerome Holoombe is one of the few
stage farmers that can stand the test.
There is an abscence of "be-gosh-ing"
and "I-Bwan-ing" about Thayer's im-
personation w hich is refreshing, and his
action would make the role attention
compelling anywhere.
iertrude Kon lhill, co-star with Mr.
Thayer, is a small woman with an ex
ceptionally pretty and likeable face She
plays her part well John Maurice Sul
livan, formerly the Horatio Drake in
(laker's "Christian" company, did his
part of the husband full justice, and the
role could scarcely have been improved
upon.
Giuts of tht Forest.
A yellow pine that stands in the deer
park of A. J. Osteen four miles from
this city, measures t wenty-seven feet in
circumference at the base, is 27") feet in
height, and experts esti-nate that it will
scale 30,000 feet.
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Another giant pine that for centuries
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had been a landmark in this region was
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maile inio lumber recently by (iiendaie 1
Lumber companv. That tree was eight j
feet three inches in diameter at the base.
iT.i feet in lnafh -n.t -..,.
than 2S,(J00 feet of clear lumber. Four
logs each being sixteen feet in length
and one log twenty feet in length were
cut before the lowest branch was reach
ed, says the iien lal e News.
The fact t lat there are thousands of
such trees in the viritin forests of South
ern Oregon forms one reason why our
people rarely visit California's wonder
land, Yosemite vallev.
The completion of the Galveston sea
wall was celebrate 1 last week. The
wail stands 17 feet above mean low
tide. The grade of the city is now to be
raised to slope gradually fn the top to
the sea wall. This will n-cessitate a
raising of the grade from one to 15 feet.
accTilinit lo location. For this purpose
the state his donated all state taxes
collected in Galveston county for a
period of is years. Bonds to the amount
of $1. 500.000 are to
purpose.
be issued for this
PREACHERS IN A SALOON
Hjyg Sond 3mCC and PraVCr
in
Eugene Grocery.
EroEXE. Sept. 30. A mild sensation
wa created on the streets early last
night a hen it was announced that a
number of ministers would visit some of
the saloons. The ministers carried out
their plans ami entered one saloon,
where they sang, delivered a prayer or
two and went to another place, where,
it is said, they were not allowed t re-
main, bring informed that there was
more room on the outside for their eer-
vices.
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This n.ovement was led bv Rev. C. A.
Hess, of Portland, a reformed drunkard
and gambler. He was formerly of Baker
City, where he was converted a year or
two ago. His father was once a saloon
keeper, but he, too. is now a Methodist
preacher.
From one acre of 1 md a Dayton man
sold over 300 bushels of peaches.
FULLERTON &
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Every ingredient dispensed in our
prescription department is weighed
and measured with that care which
should characterize so important an
operation ." . . .
Exactness and scrupulous attention
are given to the details of compound
ing : We promise fidelity to formula
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LATEST WAR NEWS.
The Baltic Fleet Will Sail for the
Far East Tomorrow.
PORT ARTHUR'S PLIGHT.
Japanese Directing Attention to
Golden Hill Fort
St. Ptrrtaiucaij, Oct. 1. The torpedo
boat destroyers Rezoy, Prouziteldi, Proe
orlivy, Oroznly and Groaki have been
onlfrMl ir t.n tl.A !.:'. ... r
"J . mini - . . . I . r
,vt .ku . - u . ,L .
Jct- - which is a sure iniication that
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KoM 1 A telerm from Chee
report l Japanese as directing ail
,helr ten:ion now to the Golden Hill
i fortress, which they hope to capture
I within a few days. The fortifications on
i the hill are said to have been almost en
tirely destroyed by the Japanese artil-.
; lery fire. ,
Chefoo, Oct 1. A junk which left
; Port Arthur on the 2th reports
hearing firing there for seven days pre
ceding. The firing was still progressing
when the junk left.
Br PaTEEaBrao, Oct 1. A report from
'en. Sakaroff states that the Japanese
are still pouring across the Taize river
at Bensichu, northeast of Liao Yang.
Numbers of Chinese bandits are with
the Japanese.
St PiTXKSBrBG, Oct. 1. A report from
Shanghai to the effect that a general en-
gagenient at Mukden had been won bv
the Japanese is denied at the war office.
The Russian cavalrv are believed to be
trying to cut the Japanese line of com
munications and thus defeat the flank
movement.
DC A HOKKIBLZ PLIGHT.
Rome, Oct. 1. A telegram from Tien
Tsin says a junk which arrived from
Port ArUiur reports that the garrison is
in terrible straits, and that they are suf
fering from lack of the commonest neces
sities of life. There is intense suffering
among ad classes and particularly so at
the hjspitais. where the wounded are
in a wretched condition. The most 8e-
rious factor is the lessening of the water
supply. The opinion is growing i
the town people that the time has come
when a surrender could be made with-
' out a loss of honor. This was suggested
to Gen. Stoessel, who became frantic,
raved like a maniac and declared he
would continue fighting as long as a
grain ot powjier remained.
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A companv has purchased the Co-
.'lniUe 9mil! n1 also Peart s coalmine
adjoining Co-iuille City. The company
will make extensive improvements at
once, it is said, in both the mill and the
mine. It is understood that the miil
t will start up at once for the purpose of
-cutting timbers for the new bunker
which will be at once constructed for
: the mine.
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