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Newspaper Page TextCORVALLIS GAZETTE OazetU Pubtlshiac Co. SWALLOW 15 NAMED. CORVALLIS. ...OREGON EVENTS OF THE DAY Comprehensive Review of the Import ant Happenings of the Past Week, Presented in Condensed Form, Most Likely to Prove Interesting. in two divisions on Liao Yang. Admiral Togo reports thejjlowing up of a Russian guardship and torpedo boat destroyer. The rainy season will greatly hamper operations in Manchuria, the whole of that country seem leg to have turned into a marsh. The Vladivostok squadron is faster than the Japanese fleet sent against it and can continue to raid the coast until the Japs Bend fleeter ships after it. . Kuropatkin has decided to withdraw to Haicheng. The Japanese have landed another army of 10,000 men. The proceeds of the Butte mines for 'the fiscal year just ended is $7,354,229, The Vladivostok squadron sank a steamer and sailing vessel at Gensan, Corea. Mayr Jones, of Toledo, Ohio, is seri ouslv ill and the chances of his recov ery are slight. Harciman has placed an order for 60.000 tons of steel rails, one-third of which are for the Southern Pacific. A Telluride, Colorado, mine has closed down on account of inability to secure competent help. Other proper ties aie expected to follow in a short time. A report from General Oku says that after the fight at Vafangow the Japan ese buried 1,854 Russian dead. The trophies taken in this engagement ccn- Bisted of 16 guns, 46 wagons and 5 rifles. Japanese advices state that women were seen on board the Russian war ships during the last engagement, con firming the suspicion that the Port Arthur fleet was trying to escape to a neutral port. Secretary Shaw has approved a de sign for the Lewis and Clark souvenir golddollai. A likeness of Lewis ap pears on one side and of Clark on the other. The Philadelphia mint will coin 25,000 at once. Paul Morton has assumed the office of secretary of the navy. There is a colony of over 200 deport ed Cripple Creek miners m Denver. The Russian Vladivostok squadron has appeared at Gensan, Corea, and filed on the town. ' decided that a corporation has the same right to file on desert land as a citizen. The secretary of commerce and labor has ordered that all passenger carrying steamboats in the New York harbor be reinspected. A Russian submarine boat sank at her moorings at the Baltic shipbuilding yards through inexperienced handling and 21 lives were lost. Germany has ordered a gunboat to Hayti to insist upon the punishment of the guards who assaulted the French and German ministers! The Japanese second army is report ed to have effected a juncture with the first army and that the whole force now uas a fighting front of 120 miles. Forty-three firemen, four of whom will probably die, were overcome by gas and smoke at a fire in New York. The breaking of a gas main was the cause. Thuty-six more Colorado miners have been deported. Knox and Cortelyou have given up their places in the cabinet. A tornado in Nebraska wrecked many homes, causing two deaths and injuries j to six others. General Oku is close to the heels of Kuropatkin, who is withdrawing to ward the north. The Port Arthur fleet is reported to have given battle'to the Japanese and proceeded to sea. H. J. Middleton, an Associated Press correspondent with the Russian army, has died of disentery. Two Japanese, disguised as organ grinders, have succeeded in making maps of the entire Eatlic coast. It is reported that Edward F Knight, the correspondent of the London Morn ing Post, with the Japanese army, has been killed. There is still no trace of Kent J. Loomis, brother of A ssistant Secretary of State Loomis, who diasppeared over a week ago. His wife has given up hope for him. Perdicaris says the brigand Raisuli posing as a patriot. Count Tolstoi inveighs against the present war and holds the czar up to ridicule. The body of another woman hs come to the surface from the General Slocum dieaster. I. H. Amos, of Portland, is a possi ble candidate for president on the Pro hibition ticket. Heat prostrations have been numer ous the past few days in New York and "Washington. Prohibition National Convention Selects Presidential Candidate. Indianapolis, July 5. The Prohibi tion party in national convention nomi nated Silas C. Swallow, of Pennsyl vania, . for president, and George W. Carroll, of Texas, for vice president. The platform was adopted without ar gument after a long deadlock in the resolutions committee. It was des cribed by I. H. Amos, of Oregon, secre tary of the committee, as the broadest platform ever placed before the people by the party. In addition to the planks on the liquor question, it declares the party to be in favor of international arbitra tion, a suffrage of law bated on men tal and moral qualification, uniform laws for the country and dependencies, popular election of senators, civil serv ice extension and the initiative and ref- NEW HOPB FOR PEACE. Diplomacy May Soon Enter Into the Far Eastern Straggle. Washington, July 5. While the officials here are satisfied from their private advices that the recent visit of King Edward to his nephew, Emperor William, was not brought about by purpose to initiate a movement toward the restoration of peace between Russia and Japan, there is reason to believe that some very careful and discreet in quiries as to the opportunities of some such overtures at this time have ema nated from Washington. 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OOC02a0r-WrOOifliftt9'dflPl-'Il"l?lCiC Q ?1 O C M ifi T - , scSSS3!.rtiAtee?iiSe3','o Z' 1 S Si ? h-v Sribt HHM P1H .H IH fN M CCr.Cr.ri MNHfJCl CO l J Prohibition 1 H D O : :g 11 : d sa s a o :j4 EC O o o OP 1 eS sag a eS S-S o s !-? S- tff.yasj r- C S 5 S85 x eg C x : Sc os e - - : : '. as ; 1. 5 c:: erendum. The trust question was lec- ognized by a demand for a rigid appli cation of the principles of justice to all organizations of capital and labor. A reform of divorce laws was demanded, and polygamy denuonced. Fairbanks Will Not Resign. Washington, July 5. Werd was re ceived in Washington today to the effect that Senator Fairbanks will not resign his seat in the senate until after the election in November. He wants to be sure of the vice presidency before relinquishing the office he now holds. As vet, Fairbanks has made no nlans for the campaign, but it is expected he will go on the stump during Sep tember and October, particularly in doubtful states. Over $16,000 was raised by subscrip tion pledges from the floor of the con vention, which, with $11,000 in the treasury, will be the nucleus of the campaign fund. National Chairman Stewart and National Secretary Tate were re-elected. . so far held toward both Eussia and Ja pan, standing ready to mediate and ex. tend its good offices to the full when ever the belligerents indicate their wil lingness to accept them. Lands Patented to Railroad. , Washington. July 5. The secretary of the interior today patented 21,029 acres of land in the Vancouver, Seattle and Spokane land districts to the Northern Pacific railroad. Torpedo Works Destroyed. ; St. Petersburg, July 5. As a result of the leceipt of news of a fire which took place at the torpedo works at Cronstadt last night, this city was to night filled with the wildest rumors, including one to the effect that the Peterhof Palace had been blown up. The damage at Cronstadt was con fined to the torpedo mechanism shops, which were almost wholly destroyed, together with 20 Whitehead torpedoes. Five of the torpedoes had war heads attached and they exploded, which added to the fire and the excitement. A considerable quantity of coal stored in the works was also burned. An alarm was given in time to prevent loss of life and more serious loss of proper ty. The authorities here do not attach serious importance to the accident, and say that the works will soon be able to resume at full time. HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON PESTS DESTROY ALFALFA. Great Damage Done in Morrow County by Ur&sshoppers Heppner Grasshoppers by the mil lion are appearing in some localities in Morrow county. They have settled in great numbers in the Sand Hollow country, a farming district about ten miles northeast of Heppner, where they are doing considerable damage. They are doing the most damage to alfalfa and the Lay crop, and in' some places are taking gardens. The first crop of alfalfa, which was immense, has practically all been saved, but it is feared that very little of the second crop can be saved, owing to the -ravages of the millidns of these insects that have been- congregating in the alfalfa fields. At Hynd Bros., b.g ranrh in Sand Hollow, they are so thick in the alfalfa that in the evening after the insects go to roost on the heads of the alfalfa plants they can be scooped up by the gallon by taking coal oil can or bucket and striking through the grass. It is only the work of a short time to fill a gunny sack Some of them caught in this way are being fed to the hogs. Along Willow creek, where there are many alfalfa fields, the grasshoppers are numerous and doing considerable damage in some places they are attack' ing wheat fields but are not doing much damage, owing to the fact that the grain is nearing maturity and is getting hard. However, thay are stripping the green leaves from the stalks. Id the wheat belt thev have not appeared in sufficient numbers to cause any alarm and the damage to the wheat crop will be of little consequence. TENT CITY SPRINGS UP. Prospectors Swarming to Southern Ore gon Qold District. Grants Pass Numbers of prospectors are outfitting at Grants Pass daily and starting for the mines on Thompson creek and all through the Sucker creek country. They are coming from differ ent points as far away as Idaho and Southern California. The actual digging of gold at the Briggs claim, on Thompson creek, has stopped for the present, as thay are now engaged in bringing a ditch from the headwaters of Thompson creek to the mine for the purpose of supplying water. All of the dirt moved will be sluiced or puddled in order to get all the values they carry. Already a townsitte has been located, and it is reported that there are now 50 tents up and prospectors with pack animals are arriving daily. Another strike of a large body of rich ore has been reported near the Briggs find. Damage in Umatilla Not Serious. Pendleton The damage to grain from the' heavy rain which visited a portion of Umatilla county last week was not as extensive as at first believed. Farm ers living in sections where the lain was heaviest leport the gram lodged in many fields, but believe that most of it can be saved. John Crow, an ex tensive wheat raiser on the reservation, probably the largest loser, says his loss will reach $5,000. The country around Warren station received a se vere drenching. A number of bridges were washed out. Oem Mine Changes Hands. Baker City Announcement is made by Mr. Frank Geiser that the old Gem mine at Sparta, one of the big produc ers ot the. uaser v.ity camp, win re sume full operations by July 10, under the direction of the Geisei-Hendryx company, lne parties mteresiea win not permit much of a statement to be made at present, . but sufficient is known to make the statement that the property has been sold to the Geisei- Hendryx company. Busy Month in Land Office. Salem June has been a busy month in the state land office as shown by the statement of receipts made by Clerk G. Brown. The rush has been due in some degree to the payment of balances on old notes and certificates of sale, which payments were demanded b3 the land board some time ago and were re quired to be paid prior to July 1. The business of the office amounted to more than $1,500 a day during June. ALFALFA IS TAK.INQ ROOT. In Successful Results of Experiments Marlon County. Salem The experiments conducted by Gilbert & Patterson in growing al falfa on pne of their farms near this city seems to be very satisfactory in its results. The alfalfa was sown three years ago, on bottom land. For two seasons the crop was very light but the alfalfa is now becoming well set and seems to be a good producer. The first cutting this season yielded ten tons on three acres. The alfalfa is now a foot tall and there is every pros pect for a yield of from one to two tons per acie for the second cutting, with some fall pasturage left. The dryness of the season has not yet had any ap preciable effect upon the crop. Where the alfalfa is growing there is about 12 feet of soil on top of gravel containing water. Presumably the roots of the alfalfa find their way down to the water or at any rate go deep enough so that the dry weather does not affect them. .. . A number of farmers in this section of the valley are experimenting with alfalfa, and though they have difficulty in getting a start they believe that the ultimate results will be satisfactory and that this fodder plant will become a common product in this section of the state. The fact that it need not be resown every year or two, that it is not affected by drouth, that it can be cut before and after the usual June rains, gives it its chief value as a farm product in the valley. Lay Dust With Oil. Oregon City Experiments that have been made on Main street with crude oil for keeping down the dust have met with success, so elaim the city offic ials, and it id very likely that the oil will be used in the future by the city in solving the problem of fighting dust The first test was a failure for the rea son that the oil was carried on the shoes of pedestrians into the stores of the merchants. After two days the oil bad dried and there is little or no dust in front of the stores where the oil was used. Large Acreage in Barley. Umatilla Barley heading has com menced in northern Morrow1 county in the Lexington and lone neighborhoods along the northern portion of the Heppner branch of the O. E. & N Grain in the last two weeks has ripened rapidly and there is every prospect that the largest crop of wheat in Morrow's history will be harvested. Fall grain is better than normal and the only ap parent shortage will be in spring grain sown unusually late. Berry Season Over. Jreewater lne strawberry season is about over around FreewateT and Mil ton, and the big rush is in cherries. Final returns from the straw beriy out put show that little over half what was expected was realized. Only a few crates are going out daily. PORTLAND MARKETS. Pest of arassnoppers. Pendletrini Completion of cutting of the hay crop of Butter creek and Mor row county has saved it from what would probably have been serious dam age by grasshoppers, which are more numerous than for several years in the hay fields of the western part of this county and in Morrow. The first crop, however, is nearly all taken off and the pest will be unable to-work serious harm. Wheat Cutting Is Commenced. . Helix Wheat cutting has begun in the Cold Spring country west of here, near the Columbia, this section being among the earliest in the Inland Em pire. Only a few farmers are at work, but in some parts of the county cutting will' be continuous until Umatilla's big harvest is all in. No definite report has been received as to how the first cutttings are running. 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, $3.50(4; wholewheat. $44.25; rye flour, $4.50 Wheat Walla Walla, 6769c; blue stem, 77c; valley, 78c. Barley Feed, $23 per ton; rolled, $24.5025. Oats No. 1 white, $1.20; gray. $1.15 per cental. Millstuffs Bran, $19 per ton; mid dlings, $23.50; shorts, $21; chop, $18; linseed, dairy food, $19. Hay Timothy $1516 per ton; clover, $89; grain, $1112; cheat, $1112. Eggs Oregon ranch, 1920c per dozen. Cheese Full cream, twins, new stock, 1212c; old stock, 78c; Young America, 1314c. Poultry Fancy hens, 12 H13c per pound; old hens, 12:ai2c; mixed chickens, lllljc; springs, IK Jo 2 pound, 1819c; broilers. 1 to Im pound, 1920c; diessed chickens, 13 14c; turkeys, live, 1416c; do dressed, 1516c; do choice, 1820c; geese, live, 78c: do dressed, 9K10;; ducks, old, $67 per dozen; do young, as to. size, $2506; pigeons, $l1.25. Vegetables Turnips, $1.25 per sack; carrots, $1.50; beets, $1.25; parsnips, $1.25; cabbage, lKlKc; lettuce, head, 25 40c per doz; parsley, 25c pei doz; tomatoes, $1.251.50; cauliflow er, $1.752 per doz; celery, 7590c per doz; cucumbers, $1(3)1.25 per doz; asparagus, due; peas, 413; be per pound; beans, green, 45c; wax, 45c; squash, $1.25 per box; green corn, 60c per doz. Honey $33.50 per case. Potatoes Fancy, 75$1 per cental; new potatoes, $2.25 per cental. Fruits Cherries, 45c per pound ; gooseberries, 6c per pound; raspberries, $1.25 per crate; apples, new, $11.75; apricots, 80$1 per box; plums, 90c $1 per box; peaches, 90c$l per box; cantaloupes, $2.753 per crate; water melons, 3c per pound; prunes, $1.25 per box. Beef Dressed, 56Kc per pound. Mutton Dressed, 46c per pornd; lambs, 6c. Veal Dressed, 100 to 125, 67c per pound ; 125 to 200, hbc ; 200 and up, 34c. Pork Dressed, 100 to 150. 77e; 150 and up, 67c. Hops 1903 crop, 23c per pound. Wool Valley, 1920c per pound; Eastern Oregon, 1017c; mohair, 30c per pound for choice. REPORT OF KUROPATKIN. He Says the Force of the Enemy Was Much the Stronger. St. Petersburg, June 30. The em peror has received the following dis patch from General Kuropatkin," dated Liao Yang: "The Japanese attacked our forces occupying Mo Tien, Fen Shui and Ta Passes. Our infantry and cavaliy re treated persuaded that the -advancing-divisions of the Japanese army which, were operating against each of the three passes were stronger than our de tachments. In the attack on Ta Pass, the Japanese guards, besides other regiments, participated. The Japanese made a frontal and flank attack in con siderable force on" both sides of this po sition. The Japanese troops occupied Fen Shui and Mo Tien Passes. "Our forces, which retreated from Fen Shui Pass, were attacked by small detachments of Japanese. They were, however, easily repulsed.' "After pushing back our advance guard from Vandiapudze, on the Siu yen Haicheng road, to Ta Pass, the Japanese continued their avdance against our position in a defile. For some time the attack of the Japanese infantry brigade was repelled. Three battalions were engaged in the frontal attack. But being menaced by other troops engaged in a flanking movement, our forces retreated. "Eeconnoitering parties report that the portion of the southern army is moving northeastward, with the inten tion of joining General Kuroki's forces. "All cf the reports of the last few days, state that the forces of Japanese ar rayed against our Manchurian army consists of eight or nine infantry di visions and several brigades of re serves, which also occupy positions in. the fighting line." The dispatch from General KuropatT of the Official Messenger, informed St. Petersburgers that General Kuroki's army had croshed the three passes of the Fen Shui mountains and was ad vancing in. strong columns from Sinyen on Haicheng, and from Feng Wang Cheng on Liao Yang, while portions of General Oku's army were " moving; northeastward' along mountain pathsr to strengthen the attack on Mai Cheng. The same telegram reported a cavalry engagement at Senu Chne, indicating that the Japanese retreat southward was only a feint. General Oku has again assumed the offenisve, and is sup porting General Kuroki. CAUGHT BY FLAMES. Explosion of Fireworks Causes Tbree , Deaths and Heavy Property Loss. Philadelphia, June 30. Three per sons were killed and a half dozen were injured as a result of the explosion of a small bundle of fireworks in the store room of the Diamond fireworks com pany, at 986 Arch street. The fireworks concern occupied the first floor of the building. The second floor was vacant, and the third floor was occupied by the French Hat& Bon net Frame company. Jancovitch, the proprietor of the hat. and bonnet concern and two of his em ployes were the ones kiLed. These three were the only persons above the first floor. About a dozen persons were employed by the fireworks com pany. The cause of the fireworks ex plosion is not known. Thomas Con way, one of the firm of' the fireworks company, was wrapping a small bun dle of fireworks for a customer when it exploded. Almost instantly the entiie room, full of fireworks, became ignited from flying rockets and firecrackers. All the employes on the first floor es caped without seiioua injury. The front of the first floor was blown out by the explosion of powder, and soon the- entire building was in flames. Every effort was made to rescue those on th& third floor. Firemen climbed ladders in the midst of the protechnics, and. finally reached those on the third floor. During the fire's progress three fire men were injured and three others. were also cut and burned, but their in juries are not serious. The names- spread to the building occupied fey C H. Hilner, publisher of Cathloic books,. and that occupied by J. L. Gibney ' &: Bros, dealers in automobile supplies, but did no serious damage. The entire. loss on all three buildings is $30,000.. Boiler Explodes on Cruiser. San Francisco, June 30. The steam er Maripsoa, which came from Tahiti, brought a story of a boiler explosion on the French cruiser Durance, resulting: in the death of 15 men. The explosion occurred while the warship was on her way to Noumea from Papeete and the last reports received by the French offi cials at Tahiti were to the effect that; the warship had made Uoumea and. Captain Bozier, who was prostrated by the disaster, was sick on shore. The Durance, for a number of years, has. been stationed at Papeete. ' Miners Appeal for Aid. Trinidad, Colo., June 30. An appeal, for aid was issued today by the officers. " of the United Mineworkers and gener ally distributed throughout the city and county. It will also be sent to all the cities throughout the East and. West. The appeal cites the cause of the strike in district No. 15, which be gan last November, and says that every honorable effort has been made by the. national district officers to reach an. agreement with the operators. - Movement on Foot to Honor Choate. New York, June 30. A movement is on foot to .present to Joseph H. Choate a portrait of himself, in tecog nition of the fact that he has served a longer term at the court of St. James-: than any of his predecessors since? Charles Francis Adams, says a Herald! dispatch from London.