COEVALMS
GAZETTE.
WEEKLY.
S2LSM:r&J.fi7.-.iCoiisoU(Iatc(I Feb., 1899.
CORVAIililS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAX, JANUARY 29, 1904.
VOL.
:i. NO. 6.
EVENTS OF THE DAY HBYBURN REFORM MINERS ENTOMBED
HURRY UP EXHIBITS.
GATHERED FROM ALL PARTS OP THE
TWO HEMISPHERES.
Idaho Senator Makes HI Maiden Speech
Stone Talka of Panama.
Comprehensive Review of the Import
ant Happening of the Past Week.
Presented In Condensed' Form, Most
Likely to Prove Interesting to Our
Many Readers.
The powers say mediation between
Russia and Japan is impossible. Rus
sia first suggested it.
A cage and engine at a Victor, Colo
rado, mine got beyond control and 14
men rode to their death.
me .national uood Koada associa
tion, at a meeting in Washington,
adopted resolutions favoring the 1905
fair.
Roosevelt and Hanna.are said to have
reached an agreement by which the lat
ter is not to be a candidate for presi
dent.
Rescuers at the scene of the great
Pennsylvania mine disaster had to be
rescued. Few bodies have yet been re
covered.
President John Mitchell, of the Unit
ed Mineworkers, refused to allow the
national convention to raise his salary
2,000 a year.
A snow storm near St. Louis rend
ered lights invisible and two trains
came together. Three persona were
killed and a number injured.
Whitaker Wright, the noted promot
er, convicted of fraud and sentenced to
seven years' penal servitude, has cheat
ed justice by dying within an hour
after sentence was pronoucned. Pois
oning is suspected.
Washington, Jan. 28. The time of
the senate today was again divided be
tween consideration of the Panama
question and other subjects. There
was only one speech on the canal, and
it was made by Stone, of Missouri, who
spoke to a resolution directing the sen
ate committee on foreign relations to
make an investigation into the Panama
revolt. He contended the circum
stances indicated complicity on the part
of the United States in the secession of
Panama, and urged that in the interest
of the 'country's good name, all the
facts should be known.
Heyburn, of Idaho, made his first
speech in the senate in support of a
resolution introduced by himself pro
hibiting railroad companies from tak
ing up land in a so J id body in lieu of
land in forest reservations.
A number of bills were passed in
cluding one for a memorial bridge
across the Potomac river at Washing
ton.
I1T1 At . J TT 1
w nen me senate convened, xieyourn
made an address on his resolution di
recting a stay of proceedings on applica
tions to patent even numbered sections
of public lands in lieu of odd numbered
sections, held by railroad companies in
forest reserves. He complained that
the present law permits railroads to
surrender worthless lands, and take up
other -territory of much greater value
The resolution was referred to the com
mittee on public lands.
EXPLOSION OP GAS CAUSES DEATH
OF NEARLY 200.
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Only One Employe Who Went Down In
the Morning Has Returned No Warn
ing of 'Disaster Rescue Impossible on
Account of Foul Air Many Heart
rending Scenes.
TIRED OP QETTINQ LBTTERS.
Coates Kinney, the author and poet,
is dead.
Secretary Root is prepared to turn
over his office to General Taft.
Japan and Russia are growing bitter
and regard each other with suspicion
Mayor barter Harrison, with seven
others has been held for the Chicago
theater fire.
Ihe house nas passed tne army ap
propriation bill, carrying approximate
ly $75,000,000.
Major Hoyt Sherman, brother of
General W. T. Sherman and of Secre
tary John Sherman, is dead.
The Middle west is Buttering trom a
severe cold snap. The temperature is
far below, zero Atjaany points
Kepresentative nermann says it is
false economy not to pass a river and
harbor bill at the present session.
Roosevelt has decided to ignore
charges against H. Smith Wool ley
has reappointed him assayer at Boise.
Secretary Root is strongly opposed to
the proposed law that all Philippine
freight be carried on American vessels.
He says it will place the country at the
mercy of ship owners.
It is reported that Pope Pius intends
to retire in a short time.
Japan proposes to make a military
demonstration in Cores.
the
and
The Sultan of Morocco Finally dives
$50,000 to the St. Louis Fair.
St. Louis, Jan. 28. In the list of
nations which are to be represented at
the world s fair by national pavilions,
Morocco probably will be missing
Secretary Stevens states that it is not
now expected that Morocco will official
ly participate by erecting a pavilion,
but that some use, doubtless, will be
made of the $50,000 appropriated.
According to information received by
the exposition officials from Commis
sioner J. W. S. Langerman, who re-
entiv returned from a mission to Mo
rocco, being empowered as the sultan's
commissioner on his return, the
amount appropriated by that potentate
was $50,000. Anent this appropria
tion an interesting story is told by Mr.
Danforth, assistant to Commissioner
Langerman. The amount was not
given with very good grace, according
to Mr. Danforth, who quotes the sul
tan as saying:
"Here is $50,000. Take it. I don't
care whether you use it for the world's
fair or put' it' in - your "own "pocket. "I
don't know where St. -Louis is, except
that it is somewhere in the United
States, and I don't care. And please
tell President Francis, whoever he is,
to stop writing me letters about his
fair, as I am tired of getting them."
JAPAN WANTS EARLY REPLY.
Russian military activity at Black
sea ports is greater than ever before.
Although war rumors are very num
erous, the trend of affairs makes more
for peace.
Seventeen men, including the man
agers, will be indicted for the Chicago
theater tragedy.
Thefl ood danger is over at Pittsburg
and the general Eastern situation is
much improved.
A noted diamond thief, suspected of
a San Francisco offense, has been cap
tured in Minneapolis with $12,000 in
diamonds.
General Taft has reached the United
States and will assume the duties of
secretary of war as soon as he arrives at
Washington.
Senator Burton, of Kansas has been
indicted for bribery in connection with
St. Louis grain concern, placed under a
ban by the postal department.
The accidental death of a Corean hit
by an American electric car in Seoul
started a serious riot, which was quick
ly quelled by the American legation
guard.
troops at Masam-
Japan has landed
pho, Corea.
Coreans are attacking Japanese in
many sections and serious trouble is
feared.
Henry Watterson says Brayn is a tool
in the hands of Republicans.
Kussia is reported to De growing
nervous over the continued delay in
negotiatoins.
The house committee has decided
that there will be no river and harbor
bill this session.
Fulton s bilJ protecting the Colum
bia against misbranded salmon has
been reported to the senate.
Pleasant Armstrong was hanged at
Eaker City last Friday morning for the
murder of Minnie Ensniinger.
A thaw in the East is causing great
floods and many cities are greatly
alarmed, particularly Pittsburg.
The senate has passed the Gorman
resolution calling on Roosevelt for pa
pers relating to the Panama aaffir.
The United States has eounded both
Japan and Russia and finds that neither
cares for the good offices of any outside
power to bring them together.
Ice blocks many Eastern streams and
floods are feared.
Russian Minister Given to Understand
Delay Is Too Great.
Tokio, Jan. 28. The Japanese gov
ernment has diplomatically intimated
to Baron De Rosen, the Russian minis
ter, that an early response is desired to
Japan's recent note to Russia. It is
calculated here that the Japanese note
reached the Russian cabinet on the af
ternoon of January 16, and it is felt
that sufficient time has elapsed for its
consideration and the preparation of a
response. The Japanese government is
conscious of the possible necessities of
the military and naval situation, and
is unwilling to permit evasions and de
lays which are designed to gain time.
The future course of the Japanese
government is a carefully guarded se
cret. The length of time that Japan
is prepared to await the pleasure of
Russia is unknown. It seems probable
that it has been determined to act de-
cisively within a few days. The popu
lar temper has long opposed further
delay.
While many objected to Japan taking
the initiative, a majority would now
welcome the issuance of a brief ulti
matum and a declaration of war if
that should prove ineffective. Some
outside opinion here inclines to the be
lief that the activities of Japan will be
limited to the seizure of Corea, which
emrprise, it is thought, Russia would
not oppose.
Adopts Oold Standard.
Washington, Jan. 28. A belated re
port has been received at the state de
partment from United States Minister
Beaupre, at Bogota, upon the monetary
law of Colombia, which was passed by
the Colombian congress at its last ses
sion. The bill provides that the mone
tary unit shall be the gold dollar of the
United States; that future emission of
paper money be piohibited; that in
the departments and provinces where
silver has hitherto been current coin
age it shall keep to the gold unit and
all paper money burned.
Pittsburg, Jan. 27. From all that
can be gathered at this hour, between
180 and 190 men are lying dead in the
headings and passageways of the Har-
wick mine of the Allegheny coal com
pany, at Cheswic, the result of a ter
rific explosion today. Cage after - cage
has gone down into the mine and come
up again, but only one miner of all
those that went .- down , to. work this
. .
morning nas oeen Drougnt to tne sur
face. The rescued man is Adloph
Guina, and he is still in a semi-con
scious condition at the temporary hos
pital at the rude schoolhouse on the
hillside above the mine.
In addition to the miners who were
at work when the explosion occurred.
it is now believed by practically all of
the men of the rescue party who have
come up the 220-foot vertical shaft for
a warming and a breathing spell that
Selwyn M. Taylor, the Pittsburg min
ing engineer, who platted the mine.
and who was the first to reach the bot
tom after the explosion happened! is
also now among-the list of dead. Of
those in the mine all are probably
dead. - , '
The explosion occurred at 8 :30 o'clock
this morning, and the first warning
was the sudden rumble under the
ground and then a sheet of
lowed up the deep shaft.
cages were hurled through
JO feet above the landing
the three men on the tipple were hurled
to the ground. A mule was thrown
high above the shaft, and fell dead on
the ground. The injured men were
brought at once to this city, where two
of them have since died.
As soon as the rumble of the explo
sion and the crash at the pit mouth
startled the little village, the wives and
children of the men below rushed to
the scene of the disaster, but to gain
no encouragement. There was no way
to get into the deep workings. - The
cages that let the men into the mines,
and brought them out again when the
day's work was done, were . both de
molished. -
All day long there was -a jam of wait
ing women- and children "about the
assistance and for surgical aid from the
men in charge of. the mine, but it was
not until 4 o'clock this afternoon that
the first attempt at rescue was made.
This was a failure, as the two men who
had volunteered were driven back by
the foul air. Shortly after 5 o'clock
Selwyn M. Taylor and one of his assist
ants signaled for the engineer to lower
them into the shaft. Taylor is still
down there. Three times efforts have
been made to reach him, but so far
without avail.
flame fol-
Both mine
the tipper,
stage, and
Plea Sent Forth ': by Managers of St
Louis Exposition.
St. Louis, Jan J 27. The Lousiaina
Purchase exposition company stands
ready and is waiting for the fall and
general installation of exhibits. The
point has been reacted where the man
agement of the exposition is no longer
occupied with the rapid advancement
toward completion of the buildings
but instead, it now lays particular
stress upon the 1 importance of the
speedy shipments of exhibits, especial
ly those assembled by domestic exhibit
ors.
Officials of the exposition make the
statement to the Associated Press that
the one thing of paramount importance
to insure tne anticipated successful and
auspicous opening f the fair is the im
mediate commencement by domestic
exhibitors to shii cars as rapidly as
can re had. 11
.- Owing to the unprecedented partici
pation by both foreign and domestic ex
hibitors, vast amounts of exhibits have
been and are now i& course of arrange
ment and collection. The time for the
opening of the exposition is rapidly ap
preaching, but apparently the know
ledge of the fact s not causing the
shipment of exhibits to be rushed for
ward with the promptness and dispatch
that is absolutely necessary to. secure
rapid delivery of the cars to the fair
site, and to avoid possible congestion
in the handling of the cars after they
have reached St. Louis. .
The fair management has devoted
more than ordinary attention to prep
aration for the handling of cars and the
arrangements are now completed. Ad
equate railroad facilities are ready, the
warehouses have al been erected and
all the bnildings are in such a state of
completion that installation of exhibits
can be commenced immediately.
What the management now most
ardently desires isithe. prompt ship
ment of exhibits from the different
parts of the country to begin immedi
ately. Otherwise, j if there be delay,
congestion in trame handling after St
Louis is reached is almost an assured
condition. . v., .
HEROES AT FIRB.
HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON
Elevator
SALE OF EASTERN OREOON PINE.
LOOK FOR WATER OUTLET.
Seven
Be
Thousand Acre Tract Will
Held for Higher Prices.
La Grande One of the largest tim
ber deals made in Oregon for some time
was that to George Palmer by Robert
Smith, president of the-La Grande na
tional bank, of the white pine tract
known as the Stanley lands, about 25
miles from La Grande. This piece of
land comprises about 7,000 acres, and
was sold at near the $200,000 mark.
Near this land is situated the Elgin
lumber company plant, which was in
eluded in the sale. This company was
organized in May, 1902, and has been
closely connected with the development
of lumber industries in Eastern Oregon.
xne annual output oi this plant av
erages 12,000,000 feet of lumber, which
found a ready market as far east as Mil
waukee and Chicago. The tract of tim
ber is one of the finest in Eastern Ore
gon, and consists principally of pine of
unusual height and size, standing upon
comparatively level ground.
At some future time an extension of
the O. R. & N. from its present termi
nus at Elgin will tap this section and
develop a large industry in lumbering,
and when the land has been cleared of
timber it will still be valuable for agri
cultural purposes.
Mr. Palmer, the purchaser, states
that he bought these lands as an invest
ment, and will not, manufacture this
timber, but will hold it for increased
stumpage. He is a banker from the
state of Iowa, and is very favorably im
pressed with Oregon, and will likely lo
cate here in the near future.
Road
Booth-Kelly Company May Build
to Sulslaw Harbor. '
Eugene Rumors here to the effect
that a railroad to the Siuslaw harbor is
to be one of the enterprises of the
Booth-Kelly company have gained some
credencb from the fact that cruisers
have been at work in the timbered re
gions west of here. The company
denies any intention of such an undertaking.
The belief is general that they would
like to get possession of some of the
good timber on the coast slope and be
in position to compete for business by
means of water freights, but nothing
definite has been done on that line as
yet. The annual meeting of the stock
holders is to be held next week and
may result in some steps toward devel
oping business along the coast slope,
but nothing is looked for before that
time.
There is no doubt the interior mills
all feel keenly the handicap under
which they are laboring as compared
with mills to which water transporta
tion is accessible.
MONEY FOR PUBLIC ROADS.
Oregon's Share of Public Land Sales Is
Over $90,000.
Salfm Th rmhHn rnnd fnnfl ' re
ceived by the state from the United dividuals was not greater was probably
States for the year 1903 is four times due lar8ely to the efficiency of the fire
as large as ever before. The amount dri11 of the employes. When the great
Men In Chicaro , Shm..
Stick to their Posts.
Chicago, Jan. 26. Fire in the 20-
Btory Masonic temple caused a panic
among the 4,000 occupants of the build
ing, and damaged the stock and fixtures
of tenants to the extent of $20,000.
All occupants of the building escaped
without serious injury through the
bravery of the elevator men, who re
mained at their posts operating their
cars while dense clouds of smoke filled
the building. .,
The fire broke out in the suite of five
rooms on the fifth floor occupied by
Robert Friedlander & Co., manufactur
ers of X-ray apparatus. A lighted
match, carelessly thrown by an em
ploye into a pile of excelsior in the
packing room is believed to have start
ed the fire. There was a large number
of X-ray vacum tubes stored in the
company's rooms, and these exploded
the moment the heat reached them.
The thousands of occupants of the
building, with the memory of the Iro-
m"""3 iiuiuvauei, wmcn oc
curred but one-half block away, fresh
in their minds, were . alarmed when
clouds of smoke filled every floor and
rushed to the elevators. Many women
fainted in?the scramble to get into the
elevate rs, but none was seriously in
jured. The large building was emptied
within half an hour after the fire was
discovered. Hundreds of men and
women groped their way through the
smoke and came down the stairs.
inat the damage to property and in-
VALLEY FILLINQ UP.
NOT THAT KIND OF POWER.
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Corea
Not
FIRB DESTROYS NORWAY TOWN.
and
Czar Moves Troops.
Port Arthur, Jan. 28. It is reported
that about 150 wagons loaded with
army stores have left Lino Yang daily
for the past four days for the Yalu riv
er, where it is intended to concentrate
8,000 Port Arthur and Mukden troops.
The authorities assert that the hostility
of Japan compels mobilization on the
Yalu, and on this river Russia has
heretofore carefully avoided alarming
Corea by an appearance of threatening
Japan.
Consuls to Reach Posts Soon.
Washington, Jan. 28. Under the
provisions of the treaty with China,
the state department intends to dis
patch at once by the shortest route,
Messrs. Cheshire and Davidson, the
two consuls to Mukden and Antung.
They will be able to reach their -posts
in five or six weeks.
Inhabitants Become Panicstrlcken
Lose All Their Property.
Aalesund, Norway, Jan. 27. The
fire which swept over this town yester
day morning destroyed - every building
in it with the exception of the hospital.
The 11,000 inhabitants of Aalesund
were compelled to camp in the open, as
only a few damaged and uninhabitable
houses were left standing. The chil
dren of the town had to be housed tern
porarily in the church at Borgund.
The panic among the people was bo
great after the outbreak of the flames
that all attempts at leadersihp or dis
cipline became out of the question ; no
excesses, however, were committed.
The people first endeavored to save
some of their property, but they soon
found they had quite enough to do to
save their own lives.
The destruction of the town was com
plete within a couple of hours from the
time the fire started. Over 20 steam
fishing boats and many sailing smackp
were sunk in the harbor in order to
save them from the flames, but three
steamers and many smacks were burn
ed. It is believed now "that only three
persons lost their lives.
Asiatics are Wanted.
Johannesburg, Jan. 27. A monster
petition signed by 45,100 white male
adults in the Transvaal, requesting the
passage of a law providing for the im
portation of Asiatic labor into the col
ony, will be presented to the legislative
council by Sir George Farrar, chairman
of the East Rand Proprietary group of
mines. It is claimed that as the total
white male population of the Trans,
vaal is 80,000, and as 15,000 govern
ment employes did not sign the pe
tition, it represents the views of 70 per
cent of the white residents.
Joining .. With Japan Would
Drag France In.
Paris, Jan. 27, The attitude of
Corea in the event of war between
Russia and Japan has been the subject
of much comment among the diplo
mats here, as it is believed Corea's giv
ing aid to Japan might constitute two
powers attacking Russia, thus bringing
in , : France,, under the - terms of the
Fianco
the ambassadors, therefore; asked For
eign Minister Delcasse what the result
would be if Corea joined Japan and the
answer is in substance that Corea is
not considered to be that kind of a sov
ereign independent power, whose assist
ance to Japan against Russia would
bring about the contingency contemp
lated oy tne trance-itussian agree
ment. Although the answer was con
nnea to uorea, it is understood that a
similar view prevails, thereby confirm
ing previous reports on the same sub
ject that China's joining Japan would
not constitute two powers attacking
Russia. ,-
AMERICA NOT FRIQHTBNED.
It Expects No Trouble Over Sending Con
suls to Manchuria.
Washington, Jan. 27. Count Cas-
sini, tne Kussian ambassador, had a
long talk today with Mr. Loomis, act
ing secretary of state, on the Far East
ern situation. The ambassador's ad
vices gave some hope of peace, though
the phase of the question which re
ceived most attention was the uncon
tradicted statements wmcn nave ap
peared in certain newspapers regard
ing the attitude of this government.
The Russian government, of course,
could not presume to question the pre
vious assurances received from this
country regarding its neutrality because
of any newspaper publication, but the
recurrence of these statements has
proved annoying.
There is no anticipation on the part
of this government of any hitch in the
reception of our consuls in Manchuria.
The evidence of approval of the com
mercial treaty wmcn Russia nas given
convinces the state department that
the consuls will receive every courtesy.
Destruction of the Cotton-Boll Weevil.
Washington, Jan. .27. The secretary
of agriculture has aproved the plans for
the cotton boll weevil investigation in
the Southwest, lor wnich au appropri
ation of $250,000 has been available.
Secretary Wilson believes that the best
methods for meeting the ravages caused
by the boll weevil will be put into
actual practice the facts which have
been accumulated by the department
during the past two years in the matter
of improving culture conditions, the
planting of early maturing varieties of i
cotton, substitution of other crops, etc.
Advertising the Willamette Has Brought
Many to Oregon.
Salem The advertising which has
been carried on in the Middle West in
the last two years for the 'purpose of at
tracting hoineseekers to Oregon seems
to have produced good results. Not
for many years has real estate been as
active as it is now, and still greater ac
tivity is expected . before the close of
the present year.-v. :-
- There is no- blfB-rnsh"4ebTry lai
and no effort is being made to "boom"
this section of the valley, but many
Bales of farm lands have been made to
people who are pleased with this
country and have money to invest in
permanent homes. Though most of
the sales have been made at prices but
little above those asked three or four
years ago, the increased activity is
tending to raise values, thus giving the
realty market a strong tone.
In the different localities of the Will
amette valley land may be found in
any-stage of improvement. There are
thousands of acres of land that still
bear a heavy growth of timber, fit to
be made into fuel. There are thous
ands of acres of land from which the
timber has been removed and upon
which the decaying stumps still stand.
Lying alongside these unimproved lands
are farms upon which grain, hay, fruil.
hops, livestock, poultry and vegetables
of superior quality are grown. It is
upon these lands that a dairyman can
support a cow to the acre, that hop-
3
growers ana prunegrowers nave pro
duced crops in one year sufficient to pay
lor tne land upon which they grew.
is $90,135.24, and this amount will be
distributed among the counties in pro
portion to their areas. The distribution
will be made some time this week.
This money is 5 per cent of the pro
ceeds of sales of government land in
Oregon for 1903. It is donated to the
state under an act ' of congress, and
can be used only for public road pur
poses. The state law requires that it be
apportioned according to area and the
large and - thinly settled counties get
the greater part of the money. The
apportionment is made in that manner
because the needs of the counties for
road purposes depends more upon area
that upon population orvalue of prop
erty. The increase in sales of public lands
in this state is indicated by the in
crease in this fund.
nre Deu at the top of the rotunde
sounded the alarm of fire, (every jani--tor,
engineer and fireman in the build
ing responded and long before the fire
department had reached the scene the
temple fire brigade had attached hose
to the stand pipes which extend from
the basement to the roof of the struc
ture and eight streams of water were
turned upon the conflagration by the
volunteer firemen. The fire depart
ment used but little of its hose, the
building's equipment being called
into use.
WORK CAN QO ON.
The
'Morrison? who
. , Fine Conditions for Wheat.
owns a large wheat ranch at Juniper
in the Umatilla district, and who is
living in Pendleton this winter, has
just returned from a visit to that sec
tion of the country. He says wheat
conditions for the 1904 crop were never
better. Mr. Morrison said: "Grow
ing wheat never looked better. With
favorable conditions until after harvest,
that district should yield 30 and prob
ably 35 bushels per acre. Last season
the yield was about 20 bushels to the
acre.
In Charge of Stock experiments.
Union George Gamie, of Portland,
has arrived here to take charge of the
work of carrying on experiments with
thoroughbred stock at the Eastern Ore
gon experiment station, located west of
this city, and will assume charge in a
few days. A large $7,000 barn was
completed on the state's land some
time ago and preparations are now com
plete for beginning extensive work in
this new department of the state's ex
periment station.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Merging Sugar Factories.
La Grande Word comes from Og-
den, Utah, to the effect.that there will
be a consolidation of all sugar fac
tories in the three states in the near
future, which is considered very prob
able. Should it take place it would
mean the consolidation of eight fac
tories, as follows: The Ogden, Logan,
Utah, and La Grande, Oregon, fac
tories of the Amalgamated sugar
company, the factories at Lehi and
Garland, Utah, and the Lewiston,
Idaho Falls and St. Anthony factories
in Idaho.
Oermany Sees Japan Is In Earnest.
Berlin, Jan. 27. As the German-
government understands the present
situation, the feeling is such at Tokio
that Japan will declare war unless
Russia answers her demands favorably.
Russia recognizes this, and accordingly
intends to accept enough of Japan's
points to make the Tokio cabinet feel
that a sufficient cause for war no longer
exists, and while the forthcoming note
will not satisfy Japan, it will prevent the
possibilty o a declaration of war.
Wants Arid Lands Reclaimed.
Washington, Jan. 271 Senator Hey
burn today introduced a bill appropri
ating $10 ,000 to provide for an exam
ination to determine the feasibility of
reclaiming the overflowed lands of the
Kootenai river in Northern Idaho and
Montana.
Philippine Trade on the Increase.
Washington, Jan. 27. The Philip
pine trade statistics of the insular bu
reau of the war department show that
the imports during the eight months
ended August, 1903, aggregated $22,-
266,580 and exports $20,857,313.
These figures are exclusive of coin and
government supplies. The aggregate
of exports and imports is an increase of
almost $6,000,000, over four-fifths of
which may be credited to shipment
horn the archipelago.
Destructive Fire in New York.
.New York, Jan. 27. The buildings
at 544-548 Broadway, occupied by
Morimura Bros., Japanese goods; E.
R. Donar & Co., hats, and Cranford & I
Quigley, Rossenware Bros., and Finkle-
stein & Maaget, clothing, was destroyed
by fire - early today. Jbstimated loss,
$250,000.
Weather Checks the Work.
Cottage Grove The Oregon & South
western railroad company has sus
pended construction of its road at the
front on account of the severe weather.
A couple of miles of grade is completed
beyond the end of the track, which is
laid to Frank Brass creek, 16 miles
from here. The bridge across this
creek is completed. Track laying and
grading the right of way will be re
sumed about April. Then it will be
rushed as speedily as possible.
Coming Events.
Poultry and cat show, Portland,
February 9-15.
Republican club banquet, Portland,
February 12.
Oregon Christian Endeavor conven
tion, Pendleton, February 19-22.
Benton county gun shoot, Corvallis,
February 22.
College oratorical contest, Pacific
university, Forest Grove, March 13.
Dog show, Portland, April 20-23.
Looking for Fattened Hogs. -
Enterprise E. E. Kiddle, a hog-
buyer of the firm of Kiddle Bros., of
Island City, and La Grande, came in a
few days ago for the purpose of buying
a load of fat hogs. The weather is so
cold now that they can be hauled in
wagons to the railroad with little or no
danger of death from suffocation.
Wheat Walla Walla, 73c; blue
stem, 78c; valley, 7880c.
Barley Feed, $20 per ton; brewing,
$2020.50; rolled, $21.
Flour Valley, $3.753.85 per bar
rel; hard wheat straights, $3.9034.10;
clears,$3.553.75; hard wheat pat
ents, $4.20 4.50; graham, $3.75;
whole wheat, $4; rye flour, $4.50
4.75.
Oats No. 1 white, $1.07K1-10;
gray, $1.051.07 per cental.
Millstuffs Bran, $1818.50perton;
middlings, $26; shorts, $19.5020;
chop, $18; linseed, dairy food, $19.
Hay Timothy, $1617 per ton;
clover, $1213; grain, $1213; cheat,
$1213.
Vegetables Turnips, 65c per sack;
carrotS; 75c; beets, 90c; parsnips, 85c
$1; cabbage, l2c; red cabbage,
lc; parsley, per dozen, 25c; tomatoes.
$1.502 per crate; cauliflower, 75c
$1 per dozen; celery, 60c per dozen;
pumpkins, lc per pound.
Potatoes Fancy, 70 75c per sack;
common, 5060c; sweets, 2c in
sacks; 2 c crated.
Onions Yellow Danvers, $1.10
1.25 per sack.
Honey $33.50 per case.
Fruits Apples, fancy Baldwins and
Spitzenbergs, $1.50 per box; cooking;
75c$l; pears, $11.50; grapes, $1.50
.Butter .extra creamery, dZ&c per
pound ; fancy creamery, 30c ; choice
creamery, 2527Kc;dairy, 2022c;
store, 1214c.
Cheese Full cream, twins, 14c;
Young America, 15c.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, ll12c
per pound; springs, small, 1314c;
hens, ll12ic; turkeys, live, 17
18c; dressed 20c; ducks, $89 per
dozen; geese, live, 8c per pound.
Eggs Oregon ranch, 2728c.
Hops Choice, 2627c per bound;
prime, 25c; medium, 24c. .
Wool Valley, 1718c; Eastern
Oregon, 1215c; mohair, 3235c.
Beef Dressed, 67c per pound.
Mutton Dressed, 67c, lambs,
Veal Dressed, 79c. , . ' i
Pork Dressed, 66e j
Dalles Canal Will Not Be Delaved
for Lack of Funds.
Washington, Jan. 26. . SenafchAv
Mitchell and Fulton have made ihor-
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uugu investigation oi tne status of Ore
gon improvements, i"view of no river
and harbor bill at this session. They
found that only one project can be
taken rarp. nf in tlio rv,l n
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the sundry civil appropriation bill
and that is the canaj, nd locks at The
Dalles. The senators were advised by
the chet of engineers that there was
on hand January 1 an unexpended bal
ance of $1,200,000 for the bar at the
mouth of the Columbia river. The
amount for the river between Portland
and the sea was less than $100,000.
For this project Major Langfitt recom
mended $1,200,000, but the war depart
ment cut the amount down to $500,000,
believing that no more than that '
amount could be utilized in one year.
It was stated by the chief of engineers
that the half million, if it could be ob
tained this year by any means, would
be sufficient until a river and harbor
bill could be passed early in the ses
sion, perhaps before the holiday recess.
The engineers recommended, and the
war department concurred in the rec
ommendation for the appropriation of
$500,000. In addition, $125,000 is
favored for dredging. It is deemed
very important, the senators say, that
this appropriation should be made, but
under the existing conditions it cannot
go in the regular sundry civil bill, in
the regular course. All of the Oregon
improvements, except The Dalles, are
affected, and' it is doubtful whether
anything can be done before January of
next year. It is the intention of the
delegation to make the very best fight
possible to get the necessary funds for
carrying on the Oregon improvements.
Russian Troops Expect War.
Victoria, B. C, Jan. 26. Four Ital
ians, who have been working on the
Manchurian railway, who arrived by
the Victoria from Yokohama today, re
port the Russian soldiers all expectant
of speedy war with Japan, have been
passing through there and large detach
ments of artillery have been arriving.
Great camps of soldiers are being made
at many points ready for concentration
on the Yalu frontier when necessary.
Fortifications were being hurriedly
erected in many places in Manchuria.
Cost of Field Maneuvers.
Washington, Jan. 26. A request
for an appropriation of $1,245,366 for
field maneuvers for 1905, and of $1,
255,466 for the same purpose for the
fiscal year of 1906, was transmitted to
the house today from the war depart
ment. It is proposed, General Chaffee
says, to hold the maneuvers in two of
the four military divisions of the
country each year. During the present
year they are to be held in the Atlantic
and'Pacific divisions.
Oreat Radium Discovery.
Austin, Tex., Jan. 26. What is said
to be the richest radium bearing earth
in the world has been discovered in the
Llano gold and coal fields, 115 miles
north of this city. Rumors of the dis
covery of the earth bearing a large per
cent of radium in the Llano have been
persistent for some time, and today
these rumors were verified by the re
turn kof a party of scientists who had
visited the mine to investigate the re-
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