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CORVALUS GAZETTE Oazette Publlahins Co. CORVALUS OREGON EVENTS OF THE DAY Comprehensive Review of the Import ant Happening s of the Fasx wecK, Presented In Condensed Form, Most frkr 4-a Dram I ntprpctln r. Hobeon, the hero of the Merrimac, was defeated for congress in Alabama. Ice jams in the St. Lawrence river are flooding many houses in Montreal suburbs. Russia has demanded that Japanese instructors with the Chinese army be dismiss-id. The passage of the Yalu by the Jap anese will not be strongly opposed by the Russians. President Pro Tem Frye, of the sen ate, and Speaker Cannon, of the house, have sigDed the 1905 fair bill. Colorado militia officers, adjudged in contempt of court for action in the strike, declare they will defy the judge. A battleground has been picked out by the Russians in the interior of Man churia, were they propose to slaughter the Japanese. The agitation in Spain over France's acquiring a firm hold on Morocco does j not cause anxiety in France, as it is J believed the irritation will subside without straining the relation between the two countries. Russia is short of men for her fleets. Spain is very bitter because of the Anglo-French treaty. Easter services in Russia are much more impressive than usual this year. Queen Alexandra's persistent urging makes Britain ready to deal with Rus sia. Burke Cockran, of New York, says the house is losing caste and bids it wake up. Exiled Colorado miners say they were subjected to most cruel treatment by the militia. The port of Portland drydock is in position and in a few days the first vessel can enter. A leading dignitary in the Church of England holds that the old testament is a pack of lies. The senate has passed the 1905 fair bill in the same form as it came from the house and the measure is now ready for the president's signature. A favorable report has been made to the house on Representative Jones' bill opening the suiplus lands of the Yaki ma Indian reservation to settlement. - The Anglo-French colonial treaty has been signed in London. Ex-Oueen Isabella, of Spain, grand mother of Alphonso, is dead. Three persons were killed and nine injured in a tornado in Texas t Makaroff has engaged the Japanese fleet off Port Arthur. No details are obtainable. The University of Washington de feated the Unitersity of Oregon in de bate at Seattle. Japan has almost completed arrange ments for landing troops in the vicin ity of Port Arthur. Deported Colorado miners returned to Telluride, but were met by the mi litia and made to go again. Patterson, of Colorado, holds that all Chinese exclusion laws will expire De cember 7, and urges the senate to act. Nearly $2,000,000 is now available for the Lewis and Clark fair. Many states have provided exhibits and oth ers will. A military expert, in reviewing the war situation, says Japan is greatly strengthening her hand by delaying a general attack. The Japanese have crossed the Yalu and occupy several important posi tions. Kouropatkin has now massed the force he desired before beginning active "operations. According to the census bureau but 22 states now have less than a million inhabitants and 14 exceed two millions. John W. Kalua, United States judge of the Second circuit, at Honolulu, has been removed from office by the presi dent. Russia will endeavor to join its fleets and attack Togo. The census bureau has issued a bul letin which gives the estimated popula tion of the United States for 1903, ex clusive of Alaska and the insular pos sessions, at 79,900,389. Of the cities of the Northwest,- Portland is given 98,655; Seattle, 92,020; Tacoma, 45, 102; Spokane, 41,927; Butte, 38,127. Ground has been broken at the Lewis and Clark exposition site for the first building of importance, the Btates building. A special car bearing 63 Indians en route to see Roosevelt collided with a mail train in Illinois and three braves were killed and 20 injured. Republicans elected mayor of Kan sas City, Mo, and will control the coun cil. . At Miwlaukee the Democrats elected their mayor and 24 out of 46 council men. The Labor Union tickets carried in the towns of Colorado where elections were held. DEATH IN WRECK. anta Barbara Street Car Overt tuned and Five Killed Outright. Santa Barbara, Cal., April 13. A street car loaded with passengers re turning to town from the Old Mission ran off the track at Garden and Mis sion streets today and five deaths have resulted. All of the dead were Santa Barbara people. Over 20 of the pas sengers - were injured, many of them being frightfully mangled. Over half of the injured had bones broken about the body and not a few of them suffered serious fractures of the skull. The accident was due to a defect in the brake apparatus, was as revealed irom an inspection of the car, after the accident. While the rear brakes were tightly set against the wheels, the for ward brakes were of no service because of the breaking of a part of the gear ing. The motorman discovered that some thing was wrong with the car several blocks above the point where the acci dent occurred and endeavored to set the brakes, but failed to check the speed of the car. At the intersection of Garden and Mission streets there is a sharp curve, and the car was moving at its highest speed down a 5 per cent grade when the curve was reached. The car was thrown from the track upon its side, the passngers being thrown in evrey direction. One section of the car was smashed into splinters. Those who were instantly killed and many of those who were most seriously injured were standing upon the guard rail on the side of the car as it crashed into the ditch. As soon as the news of the accident spread throughout the city every avail able physi. ian was sent to the aid of the injured and many prominent resi dents of the city were among those who aided the suffering and dying. A majority of the injured were taken to the hospital and the remainder were removed to their homes. AUTOS FOR USB IN THE WAR. First Shipment Started From St. Peters burg for the Front. St. Petersburg, April -13. It is stat ed that the Russian government has decided to make an extensive - use of armed automobiles during the coming campaign in Manchuria. A large number have recently been imported, they being the latest product of the se lect factories in Germany, France and Belgium, and the first batch will be sent to the front from Moscow on a special train today. They are to be manned by experienc ed officers drawn from the last gradu ates from the military, and it is expect ed that they will be of very great ad vantage to General Kuzliki, to whom has been entrusted the making of all of the arrangements for tne trip of the Baltic fleet to the Far East, has trans mitted to the czar the preliminay re port of what is expected to be accom plished. He declares that it will be possible to get the fleet to its destina tion before the last of August, should nothing unforseen happen. Two Rusisan army corps are to be mobilized during May. One of these will have headquarters at and will be drafted from Moscow and the surround ing towns, while the other will come from Siberia. The officer who made this announcement stated that Russia did not- consider herself in any danger from Japan and that therefore she would not remove any of the troops along her seaboard where they might be needed should any other nation have designs against her. Irrigation In New Mexico. Washington, April 13. The census bureau in a preliminary report on irri gation in New Mexico in 1902, shows 254,945 acres irigated from all sources. The number of farms represented was 9,285, and the average cost per irrigat ed acre $16.87. The 1,246 irrigation systems cost, initially for main canals and ditches and the necessary head gates, reservoirs, dams, pumping plants, etc., 14,301,915. The entire length of main canals and ditches was 22,646 miles, an average length per sys tem of over two miles. Convict's Sensational Suicide. Fresno, Cal., April 13. Richard Manoogian today, while waiting the return of a jury which had tried him on the charge of murdering Oscar Michael here on July 2, 1902, threw himself from the window of Judge Austin's courtroom, on the third floor of the court house building, to the pavement below, receiving injuries from which he died. The jury had al ready pronounced him guilty and would have given him life imprisonment. Senator Quay Is Very III. New York, April 13. United States Senator Quay is reported to be ill in Atlantic City. No one is allowed to see him and the attending physician has given strict orders that no verbal or written messages pertaining to pol itics or business shall be taken into the sick room. The senator, it was said, must have absolute rest and be free for the present from all care. He is 71 years old. Mississippi Tears Out Levee. Rolling Fork, Miss., April 13. It is reported tonight that a portion of the levee at Gales Head has caved in, seri ously impairing the strength of the embankment and causing grave fears of a crevasse. Large forces of men. are engaged in reinforcing the levee. MONEY TO RIVERS HOUSE PASSES BILL CARRYING $3,000,000. No New Projects Will Be Undertaken Channels are Only to Be .Maintained or Restored No Amendments Were Made Money Becomes Immediately Available. Washington, April 13. The house today passed the bill reported by the committee on rivers and harbors appro priating $3,000,000 for the restoration or maintenance of channels, or for oth er river and harbor improvements. Burton (O.), chairman of the commit tee, in explaining the bill urged the adoption of settled principles with re gard to river and harbor work. Bur gesa (Dem., Tex.) and Ransdell (Dem., La.) favored increases in the appropria tion for river and harbor improvement, the former urging that they should be doubled and the latter regarding $100, 000,000 as not too much. -Quite a large number of bills of minor import ance were passed. The house then went into committee of the whole for the consideration of t!ie emergency river and harbor bill, general debate being limited to three hours. Burton, (O.), in charge of the bill, made an explanation of it and gave a general survey of the subject of river and harbor improvements. He said the amounts expended for this purpose, when the vast extent of our waterways was considered, was very small. The system pursued in the United States, he thought, contrasted, most unfavorably with those of foreign countries. The bill then was passed without amendments. . Under its provisions, the money appropriated becomes imme diately available, and is to be expend ed under the direction, of the secretary of war and the supervision of the chief engineers. DIFFICULTIES OF IRRIGATION. Geological Survey Points Out Need for Qreat CIrcumstractlon. Washington, April 13. The pro gress made in the irrigation work of the government is reviewed in a publi cation issued by the geological suivey, which points out the necessity for great caution and conversatism in the expan sion of the reclamation work. It says that of the irrigation projects favorably reported in 1903, which included those on the Truckee river in Nevada, on the Salt river in Arizona, on Milk river in Montana, on the Sweetwater river in Wyoming and on Gunnison river in Colorado, the Nevada and Arizona pro jects have been found feasable and con struction on the engineering works along the Truckee and Salt rivers has progressed to a reasonable extent. The Montana project, however, has presented unexpected engineering diffi culties, as well as complications regard ing water rights, so that progress is slow. It has been found necessary to modify the first plans in order to achieve early results. Engineering difficulties are encount ered in the Colorado project. The amount of arid lands thereby ieclama ble is less, too, than was expected. OPPOSES GENERAL STAFF. Secretary Moody Gives House Commit tee His Reasons. Washington, April 13. Secretary Moody is riot in favor of the creation of a general staff in the navy modeled after the general staff of the organiza tion in the army. This fact he com municated to the house committee on naval affairs today in a hearing granted him on a bill of his own drafting, "to increase the efficiency of the navy." The secretary explained that this bill did not really enlarge his present au thority in the matter of an advisory board. He now has the right to create such a board of any number of officers and continue them on the board for any length of time. He said a civilian had been, and always would be, at the head of the navy, and it was proper he should have expert advice, but as he was responsible to the country he should be master of the situation. No board, he said, should be created which would usurp the powers of the secre tary. The committee took no action on the bill. Navy to Be Seen in Miniature. An effort is to be made to have the attractive collection of United States battleships in miniature brought to the Lewis and Clars exposition. One of the provisions of the appropriation bill is to the effect that President Roosevelt may name any additions he may see fit to the government exhibit and on the strength of this provision President H. W. Scott, of the Lewis and Clark cor poration, will confer with Mr. Roose velt with a view to inducing him to send on the reproduction of the United States navy. Sure Japan Lost a Chance. Niu Chwang, April 13. The Russian officers commanding here openly declare that Japan has lost her chance to capt ure this port by failing to .assault be fore the modern artillery now in place could be mounted. The defenses are now declared to be ample to insure the repulse of any force that can be mus tered by Japan. An excessive rainfall has flooded the railway and blocked all of the roads in Southern . Manchuria, leaving the country impassable. Congress to Be Invited to Fair. Washington, April 13. Congress has been invited to attend the opening of the Louisiana Purchase exposition on Saturday, April 30. CHINESE WILL BE KEPT OUT. American Policy Will Continue, No Mat ter if New Treaty Is Made. Washington, April 12. In cabinet meetings and in conference directly be tween the executive heads of depart ments the whole subject of the status oi the Chinese immigration question, as it will be after the lapse of existing treaties, has been thoroughly digested, and it can be stated that the adminis tration feels that it has ample warrant for continuing to enforce the rigid pro visions of the the Chinese exclusion act regardless of the denunciation of the treaty. So far from opening the door to Chinese immigration, the lapse of the treaty, will, it is said, actually render the entrance of Chinese into this country more difficult than while the treaty remained in force. This fact has been pointed out to the Chinese government by Mr. Conger, who has not yet abandoned the effort to induce the Chinese government to reconsider its denunciation. However it is positively stated that the exclusion laws will continue to be emorced after December next, whether the treaty expires or not. Attorney General Knox has undei consideration the question of the valid ity of the exclusion law of 1902 in view of the denunciation of the treaty, and he will prepare and submit to the pres ident an opinion on the subject. Both the president and the attorney general have discussed the matter with mem bers of congress. It is being consid ered, too, by members of both branches of congress, and if it is deemed neces sary some legislative action wiji be taken on it before adjournment. If it should be concluded that the denuncia tion of the treaty by China would ren der inoperative existing laws regarding Chinese exclusion, the probable course of action will be to attach to one of the pending appropriation bills an amend ment forcing the exclusion of Chinese. Members of congress are generally agreed that no difficulties will be ex perienced in passing the legislation if it should be regarded as necessary. JAPAN TO HAVE FINB SHIPS. Vessels Ordered In England Will Be Ahead of Those of That Country. London, April 12.. The two new bat tleships ordered in England by Japan will be exceedingly powerful, their length, 445 feet, exceeding that of the most powerful British battleships by 20 feet. In order to meet the capacity of docking accommodations, the beam and draught have been fixed at 78 feet and 26 feet respectively. Each will have a displacement of 16,400 tons. $ Their main batteries, it is. said, will be the most powerful yet devised, con sisting of four 12-inch guns, four 10 inch and five 6-inch guns each. The armored belt at the water line will be nine inches thick with six-inch armor continuing to the level of the deck. A rew feature will be a superstructure of four-inch armor, insuring that no part of the upper works will be unprotected . In. addition to the two battleships actually ordered, Japan is contemplat ing two more vessels of that description to be built here. Formal orders for two battleships were placed by Japan with Vickers, Maxim & Armstrong January 30, the orders being to expedite their construc tion as speedily as possible. They are to have a speed of 19 knots and will be able to discharge 11 tons of projectiles per minute from their main batteries. HISTORIC OAK PLANTED. Roosevelt and Hitchcock Place Tree in Ground That Sprang From Acorn. Washington, April 11. A historic oak was planted by President Roosevelt and Secretary of the Interior Hitch cock this evening in the yard to the east of the White House. The little tree was grown from an acorn that Mr. Hitchcock picked up from beneath an oak on the grounds of the Peterhof palace in Russia. The' Russian oak was grown from an acorn that came from the tree that sheltered Washing ton's tomb at Mount Vernon. The spade that was used in the ceremony at the White House this evening will be preserved as a memento of the occasion. On its blade will be painted a legend detailing the circumstances of the tree planting. New Capital of Philippines. Chicago, April 12. Plans for the new capital of the Philippines were made known today by Secretary of War Taft. Secretary Taft said : "The new capital will be about 15 miles from Manila, on a plot of ground over 5,000 feet above the sea level, which will make it far more healthy for Ameri cans. It is to be to the Philippines what what Simla is to India, and will be of great benefit to the islands. The climate is superb, the location good and the new opportunities for men with capital will be very great." Niu Chwang Defenses Strong. Niu Chwang, April 10, f ia Chefoo, China, April 12. General Kouropatk in's visit to Niu Chwang has inspired boundless confidence. The commander in chief ordeied 10,000 reserves to re inforce this position, in view of the ex pected Japanese attack, while an ad ditional force of 15,000 mer is ready to concentrate upon this place at short notice, if necessary. . Ii is esti mated now that there are 400 000 Rus sian troops in Manchuria. Biscuit Factory Employes to Strike. New York, April 12. A general strike of the employes of the National biscuit company's factory in this city has been ordered because of alleged dis crimination against union men. About 300 workmen attended the meeting at which the strike was decided upon, but at least 1,000 will be thrown out of work. Happenings here in Oregon GOLD FIND IN CROOK COUNTY. CUoe - Butte Contains a Mass of Gold Bearing Rock. Bend Cline Butte, 15 miles north of Bend, has been found to contain a large mass of gold bearing rock. The whole butte is supposed to be of the eame character and there has been quite a rush to locate claims there. There is room, however, for less than a dozen mining claims on this butte, but a sim ilar geological formation extends through a string of hills to the west ward and prospecting is in progress there. The rock is porphyry and quartizite and it carries about $4 in gold and a little silver to, the ton. This surface outcrop is considered very promising. The ease with which this rock can be mined gives it value, even at this low grade. It is estimated that at least half its value will be profit. The rock is of the same kind that is found in the Ochoco mines, northeast of Prine ville. This discovery was made by Otto Retzlaff and C. P. Becker, the latter having spent a year and a half on the Yukon, where he became acquainted with gold mining. Steps are being taken to develop the Cline Butte claims. HEAVY FIRE LOSSES. Shown by Annual Report of Insurance Commissioner Dunbar. Salem An increase of over 10 -per cent in the fire insurance business, a decrease of 17 per cent in net premi ums on fire insurance, an increase of 18 per cent in both business and net premiums in life insurance, and the withdrawal of all but three surety com panies, are the most prominent features of the annual report of Insurance Com missioner F. I. Dunbar. The report covers the year 1903, and was compiled on April 1. as required by law. Though the report shows the healthy industrial growth of the state, as indicated by the increasing fire in surance business, it also shows the de creasing profits caused by unusual fire losses. In the past five years the amount of fire risks written per year has increased about 50 per cent. In 1899 the total as $64,100,000. In 1903 it as $95,500,000. The net premiums for 1903 are less than in 1902, or for any other year since 1898. The fire losses for 1902 were $659,000 and for 1903 $1,314,000, or an increase of almost 100 per cent. Seven companies lost money last year on their insurance business in Oregon. TO TAP TIMBBR BELTS. Oregon & Southeastern to Again Begin Construction. Cottage Grove That the Oregon & Southeastern railroad may be extended into virgin timber lands, construction work is to be renewed after an interval of four months. A grading gang will start at once and a tracklaying gang will follow in a few days. G. B. Hengen, of New York, manager of the road, says the line will be extended this season to Warehouse, ten miles from here. Two miles of grade are now almost ready for the track. Manager Hengen declares that the depressed lumber situation will not long continue, and wishes to have the road extended into new timber belts to take advantage of a livlier market. The new electric plant of the Oregon securities company will be commenced this week, Manager Hengen says. A gang is now connecting the machine drills in the long tunnel. The com pany expects to strike the Champion ore chute in about 30 days from this tunnel, which will be used later for an electric roack from the Champion to the Iifusick mine. Indians Have a Whole nonth. Pendleton The Umatilla Indians, whose diseased cayuses brought the state veterinarian to the range in Northern Morrow two weeks ago to in spect conditions, will have all this month to dip their animals and try to rid them of mange. Vats will be pro vided at Pendleton by the domestic an imal commission of the state, and the Indians must have their animals here before May 1. A simillar opportunity is extended white men with mangy horses. The expense of dipping will be paid by the state. To Clear Columbia Channel. The Dalles Major W. C. Langfitt, engineer in charge, accompanied by Lieutenant Rees and W. H. Morris, have left on an inspection visit to Three-Mile rapids, above this city, where work will commence immediate ly upon removal of obstructions in the Columbia at that point- The contract for this work, awarded some time since to Wakefield & Co, of Portland, has now been approved and operations will be pushed there at once. To Build Levees Along River. Pendleton County Judge Hartman and Commissioner Walker are in Walla Walla to confer with the commissioners of that county on important improve ments for the Little Walla Walla river j near Freewater and Milton. Nearly every season the river has overflowed its banks and done considerable damage to fruit and crops. The two counties will co-operate in the building of the levees. i Eastern Oregon G. A. R. La Grande The Eastern Oregon G. j A. R. encampment will meet in La Grande this year for the first time in some years on July 1, 2, 3 and 4, and it will be one of the most rousing cele brations ever held in Eastern Oregon. VIEW HOOD RIVER LANDS. State Land Board Please 1 With Farm on Which Loan Is Asked. - . Hood River- Governor Chamberlain, Secretary of State FrankDunbar and State Treasurer Charles E. Moore, com prising the state land board, arrived in Hood River the first of the week and were driven over the valley in order that they might form an opinion of the fruit lands upon which the state is to lend school money to the farmers who must borrow funds to meet their pay ments on stock in the Farmers' irriga tion company. All the members of the board were very favorably impiessed with what they saw, and are perfectly satisfied to loan the Hood River farmers the money some of them need. Five and Seven Cents. Astoria The Columbia River Fish ermen's Protective union has fixed the opening prices for salmon on the Co lumbia river for the coming season at 5 cents per pound for fish weighing less than 25 pounds and 7 cents per pound for those weighing 25 pounds or over. This is the same price as last season for the small fish, but is an advance of one cent for the large ones. The meet ing also appointed a committee on the question of affiliating with the Fisher men's Protective union of the Pacific coast and Alaska. Coles Hot Springs Sanitarium. La Grande Arrangements are being; made for the erection of a sanitarium at the Coles hot springs at Haines. It is reported that Dr. May and other Baker City 'parties, who have a 42 year lease on the proprety, have en tered into a contract With Mr. Snell of Haines to furnish 250,000 feet of lum ber for the construction of the build ing. Tkiis will make two springs of the kind in Eastren Oregon, the Hot Lake having been used for this purpose for some time. Columbia Jetty to Be Extended. Astoria Assistant Engineer Hegardt states that the replacing of the portion of the jetty trestle, which was carried away by storms last winter, has been, completed and work on the jetty ex tension will be resumed on April 30 One thousand tons of rock will then be received from the Bugby quarry, but no rock will be received by water from, the Columbia contract company's quary for some time, as the receiving wharves at Fort Stevens have been delayed in construction. Will Vote on Union County Seat. La Grande The county court of Union county has just decided that the question of relocating the county seat, from Union to La Grande may be voted: upon by the people of the county in the general election in June. J. D Slater, of La Grande, appeared for the petitioners and T. H. Crawford, of Union, for the remonstrators. The court decided to dismiss the remon strance and granted the prayer of the petitioners. Down a Long Flume. La Grande The work of shooting; wood down the flume, from Fox hill to the electric light plant at Oro Dell,, which furnishes the light for La Grande, began this week. The flume is two miles long. Six men are em ployed. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Walla Walla, 74c; valley 83c; bluestem, 81c. Barley Feed, $23 per ton; rolled,. $2425. Flour Valley, $3.904.05 per bar rel; hard wheat straights, $44.25 clears, $3.854.10; hard wheat pat ents, $4.404.70; graham, $3.504j whole wheat, $44.25; rye flour,. $4.25. . Oats No. 1 white, $1.151.17 gray, $1.101.12 per cental. Millstuffs Bran, $1920 per tonj middlings, $20.5027; shorts, $20 21; chop, $18; linseed, dairy food,. $19. Hay Timothy, $1516 per ton clover, $1011; grain, $1112; cheat $1112. Eggs Oregon ranch, 1718c. Butter Sweet cream butter, 30c per pound; fancy creamery, 25c; choice creamery, 22)24c; dairy and store nominal. Butter Fat Sweet cream, 28c; sour cream, 26c. Poultry Chickens, mixed, 13 1 3 c per pound; springs, small, 17 18c; hens, 1314c; turkeys, live, 16; 17c; dressed, 1820c; ducks, $89 per dozen; geese, live, 8c per pound. Cheese Full cream, twins, 1213cj Young America. 14315c. Vegetables Turnips, 80c per sack; carrots, 80c; beets, $1; parsnips, $1; cabbage, l2c; lettuce, head, 25 40c per dozen; parsley, 25c; tomatoes $2.252.50 per crate; cauliflower, 75c $1 per dozen; celery, 6090c; squash, 2c per pound; cucumbers $1.752 per dozen; asparagus, & 11c; peas, 9c per pound; rhubarb, 7 9c; beans, 10c; onions, Yellow Dan vers, $22.40 per sack. Honey $33.50 per case. Potatoes Fancy, $11.35 percental ; common, 7090c; new potatoes, 3c per pound ; sweets, 5c per pound. Fruits Strawberries, 21c per basket ; apples, fancy Baldwins and Spitzen bergs, $1.502.50 per box; choice, $1 1.50; cooking, 75c$l. Hops 1903 crop, 2325c per pound Wool Valley, 1617.c; Eastern Ore gon, 1214c; mohair, 3031c per pound for choice. Beef Dressed, 57c per pound.