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About Corvallis gazette. (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 5, 1904)
ASSAULT IS ON Japanese Commence Genera Attack on Port Arthur. RUMOR OP FALL OP THE CITY Ammunition Growing Scarce and the Big Guns in Beleaguered forts are Not fired Often. Chefoo, Aug. 1. Refugees who have juat arrived from Port Arthur confirm previous reports that a general assault has been began by the Japanese on that fortress, and they declare that the Rus- ian8 are sanguine that the Japanese could not succeed in capturing the place, even though they had twice as many troops. The Russians, according to the refu Sees' stories, are still hoping for succor from General Kuropatkin. They are unwilling to believe the reports of his defeat at Ta Tche Kiao. The refugees further confirm the reports that the Russian fleet is in a state of repair, but they say that the fleet is unwilling to Attack that of Admiral Togo, on ac count of the mines which the Japanese place nightly at the entrance to the harbor. It was believed at Port Arthur that if either the Vladivostok squadron or reinforcemnts from General Kuropat kin should arrive, the Russian fleet would take the risk of going out. Ammunition is said to be growing carce, and large fort guns are not often discharged. Attempts to manufacture ammunition in Port Arthur are re ported to have been failures. All of the public buildings are being used for hospitals. The sick and wounded are being well cared for by volunteer nurses. The wounds made by the Japanese rifles are dangerous only when vital spots are reached Hundreds of badly wounded have juickly recovered from their wounds. An American named Holt reports that Lieutenant Newton A. McCully, the American naval attache, now at Port Arthur, is well. LAWS NEEDED TOR ZONE. Panama Domain Not fully a Part of the United States. Washington, Aug. 1. Controller of the Treasury Tracewell, in an opinion today defining the authority of the Panama Canal commission regarding disbursements and the relation of the canal zone to the United States, holds that, while the "general spirit and purpose" of the constitution is appli cable to the zone, that domain is not a part of the United States within the ""full meaning of the constitution and the laws of the country." He said that until congress by ex press legislation sball have prescribed the form of government of the zone, the will and sound discretion of the president and his lommission will con trol, subject only to the general spirit and purpose of the constitution, and the local revenues of the zone shall Le handled in accordance with such rules as they may authorize. ADVISED TO STAY AWAY. Ho Protection for lien Not Wanted at Cripple Creek. Cripple Creek, Colo., Aug. 1. Sher iff Edward Bell will notguarantee pro tection to any person who has been driven from this district because of his alliance or sympathy with the Western Federation of Miners. He made this plain today when he received a message from Patrick Carvel, one of the hun dreds deported after the Independence depot dynamite outrage. Caivel is now at Colorado City and notified Sheriff Bell that he wished to return to the district and resume his residence heie, and would do so if the authorities would guarantee to protect him from violence. Sheriff Bell not only informed Car vel that he would not guarantee to pro tect him from harm, but strongly ad vised him nevex to return to the dis trict. Mlneworkers Threaten Strike. Fhiladelpnia, Aug. 1. There is grave fear that the executive board of Dis trict No. 1, United Mineworkers, will order a strike involving approximately 75,000 men, when it meets in special session here Monday, to consider the question of the refusal of the Toal com panies to dedui-t check weighmen's wages. If the strike is ordered, it will probably affect the whole anthracite region, as the companies seemed to be combined in resisting the demand, claiming it is tantamount to a recogni tion of the nnion. Great Run of Sockeyes. Vancouver, B. C, Aug. 1. One of the greatest runs of sorkeye salmon in the history of the canning industry is reported from Rivers Inlet, B. C. Wadharas cannery in one day took in 30,000 fish, the Brunswick cannery took -over 28 000 salmon and the pack for that day ran about 2,600 cases at each of these canneries. At Alert Bay, the big run was one day later and the fish are expected at the Eraser at the be ginning of this week. Sultan Takes the Held. Tangier, Aug. 1. The British cruis er Hermione arrived tonight. Accord ing to news from Fes the sultan is col lecting a big army outside Fex. The imperial tent has already been pitched outside the walls of Fez, which is taken to indicate that the sultan will person ally lead his foices against the pretend er, who is active in the districts of Ta za and Ujda. INVESTMENT OP PORT ARTHUR. Japanese Conduct a Slow Engineer ing Advance. Liao Yang, July 30. A Russian cor respondent of the Associated Press, who has just arrived here after two months' stay at Port Arthur, gives an import ant and interesting narrative of the situ ation at the beleagured ft rtress when he left there, July 14. which shows that the Japanese operations until then had not advanced so far as supposed. Sev eral Russian successes are chronicled, but the report of a Japanese reverse, with a loss of 30,000 men, is definitely disposed of, not being even mentioned by the correspondent, who says : "When I put to sea in a junk the land position on the Russian right flank, surrounding Green and Semaphore hills, which the Russians had lost, had been recaptured by assault. The heights of Huinsin, which the Japanese defended desperately, alone remained in their hands. But I am convinced that this position also has since been retaken. The very morn'ng of my de parture, July 14, the position was be ing bombarded by six-inch Howitzers and shells were falling repeatedly into the Japanese works, causing great dis order. "To sum up, by the fighting of July 3, 4 and 5, when evidently the Russian forces were acting on the offensive, the Russians regained on the land side the positions they had held in front of the fortress previous to the battle of Kai Chou. "The main forces of the beseigers are on the average at a distance of 20 miles from the perimeter of the fortress on the Russian right, but the Japanese have approached to within 12 miles on the Russian left. As far as Inchente station, 14 miles from Port Arthur, the lailroad is working. Between 40,- 000 and 50,000 men are operating be fore Port Arthur. The troops maintain a constant exchange of skirmishing fire, but the field or other guns are usually silent. The Japanese are apparently conducting a slow, engineering advance. Often in the morning the Russians discover fresh trenches. The Japanese ate compelled to abandon this work in the daytime, as the Russians regularly open fire on them as soon as daylight discloses the works." AID TO STRIKERS. freighthandlers May Take a Hand in Chicago Trouble. ( Chicago, July 30. After issuing a general order that would have involved all the Chicago railroads in the stock yards strike, Lawrence J. Curran, pres ident of the Freighthandlers' union, tonight reconsidered his action and is now holding ' his order in abeyance pending a conference tomorrow morn ing with leaders of the Allied Trades unions, whose members are on strike. It is said, howevei, that if President Donnelly, of the Butchers' union, and the other strike leaders express a desiie to have the order enforced it will be put icto effect at once. The executive committee of the freighthandles was in session until late tonight and it is said that preparations have been made td put the strike order in force if it be deemed necessary. President Curran's orders, if lived up to by the freight handlers, would work a severe hardship on the packers as it explicitly directs that nnion men shall handle no freight for the big packing companies, either outgoing or incoming. President Curran's order to the men follows : "At a meeting with the business agents of the local Freighthandlers' union today it was decided that all men under the jurisdiction of our or ganization in the various rai roads in Chicago be ordered not to receive or de- iver any freight of the packers, wheth er this freight is delivered at the freighthouses by teams or in cars." Duplicity of the Russians. London, July 30. Thomas Gibson Bowles, Conservative, will ask Premier Balfour in the house of commons if the government is aware that the Russian armored cruiser Demitri Donskoi, after having been allowed to take 500 tons of coal at Port Said, and after hei cap tain had given his word of honor that he would proceed at once and by direct route to Cadiz, remained off Port Said and stopped and examined six vessels, which were about to enter the canal, and a few days later repeated the stop page on Aleaxndria. Much food Adulterated. Cheyenne, Wyo., July 30. The first report of Henry Knight and Ross Mou dy, state food inspectors nnder the new pure food law, shows that during the year 425 samples were submitted for analysis, and of this number 268 were found to be adulterated. In all classes of food it was discovered preservatives were used. A majority of the samples were sent by dealers who desire to use pure foods, and it is expected concerted action will be taken. friction at Panama. Panama, July 30. The establish ment of a port at Ancon under the con trol of the anthoiitiea of the canal zone has created considerable friction between the steamship companies and the government at Panama, the latter asseiting that the companies should get their clearance papers from the Panaman authorities. STILL AT OUTS Further Aareements With Strikers Not Wanted. ARE GIVEN AN ULTIMATUM Packers Tell Board of Arbitration That Strikers failed to Live Up to Signed Agreement. Chicago, Jly 29. "We had an agreement with Mr. Donnelly's organi zation and the allied trades which they failed to live up to, and under the cir cumstances we do not care to make any further agreements with them." This is the statement which was signed by the tepresentatives of the packers and handed to the members of the state board of arbitration tonight at the end of a conference between the two bodies, held at the request of the state board in an endeavor to bring about another meeting for the settle ment of the butchers' strike between the packers and the strikers. The packers received the state board courte ously and listened to their arguments for a peaceable adjustment of the diffi culty. The announcement that the packers were opposed to any futther peace ne gotiationa with the strikers was handed to the board by Arthur Meeker and Thomas Connor, both of Armour & Co., who represented the packers. While from their statement it would appear that the packers are opposed to meet ing the strikers again on any terms, such is not the case. At the last conference between the strikers and the packers the latter in formed the union leaders that any time they expressed a desire to live up to the original arbitration agreement, signed a week ago, which provided for the reinstatement of the striking butch era inside of 45 days and for the arbi tration of all grievances, the packers would be willing to renew the agree ment. The contention of the packers is that this agreement is still in force, and as they are unwilling to offer any further concessions to the strikers, they say a renewal of peace negotiations with the hope of securing better terms would be useless. The labor leaders say that when the butchers went on the second strike be cause of alleged discrimination by the packers in rehiring striking employes, the arbitration agreement was nullified and that H is necessary to sign a new agreement before a settlement can be reached. ; SLAIN BY BOMB. M. von Plehve, Russian Minister of Interior Is Assassinated. St. Petersburg, July 29. Minister of the Interior von Plehve was assassinat ed this morning while driving to the Baltic Station to visit the Peterhof . A bomb was thrown under the min ister's carriage, completely shattering it. M. Plehve was terribly mangled. The crime was committed at 10 o'clock. The coachman was killed and the wounded and maddened horses dashed wildly away with the front wheels of the carriage, the only portion of the vehicle remaining intact. Immediate ly there ensued a scene of the wildest confusion. Police and gendarmes hur ried up from every direction and vast crowds gathered about the spot where the mangled body of the minister lay weltering in his blood. The Associated Presa correspondent was at the scene of the tragedy within five minutes after it occurred. M. von Plehve's shockingly mangled body was lying in the middle of the road. It had been partially covered with a police officer's overcoat with the left arm, the bone of which was broken off, protrud ing. A few yards from M. von Plehve's body lay a shapeless heap of the coach man's remains. M. von Plehve was on his way to visit the emperor when the tragedy oc cttrrd. Besides being Russian minister of the interior Councillor von Plehve was minister and state secretary for Fin lard. Sent to Impress Moroccans. Toulon, July 29. Under orders from Vice Admiral Gigon, the armored cruiser Kleber and the third class cruiser Galilee sailed for Tangier to night. The orders given to the com manders of the cruisers were to "hold themselves at the disposition of the minister of France." Officers of the ministry of marine say that this action is not to be regarded in any aspect oth er than pacific, but that it is desirable in the present unpleasant condition of Morocco for the French government to be represented by the two warships. British Note Sent. London, July 29. The London Daily Express states that it has excellent reasons for stating that the latest note sent uy Gerat Britain to Russia is not couched in the usual diplomatic lan guage, but is, instead, a peremptory demand for immediate reparation for all slights placed upon the British flag by Russia. It is also stated that Rus sia is warned that a repitition of the Knight Commander affaii will be fol lowed by immediate reprisals. To rit Up Volunteer fleet. London, July 29 The Times this morning says that six German steamers have been bartered to take $1,500,000 worth of war material from Hamburg: to Constantinople. The inference is drawn, according to the Times, that this material is intended for the equip ment of the Russian voluntser steamers or other Russian warships in the Black sea. RUSHING IN MEN. Packers Striving to fill the Places of the Strikers. Chicago, July 28. Little if any ad vantage was gained by either side in the stockyards Btrike today and there is no hope tonight of any immediate settlement of the difficutly. Realizing that they have one of the hardest prob lems to contend with in the history of the packing industry, the packers are leaving nothing undone to gain the npperhand in the struggle with their 30,000 union employes who are on strike. All day long, workmen from outside points were rushed to Chicago and taken to the stockyards to fill the places of the strikers. Tonight it was announced by the packers that 7,000 new men were now installed in the different plants at the stockyards With these men and with the arrivals that are expected each day, the packers expect to get their affairs in such shape that the strikers will be compelled to seek a truce in the hostilities and seek a peaceable settlement at the dictation of the emloyers. Although the receipts of livestock today were small, compared with re ceipts on corresponding dayB under normal conditions, still many cattle, hogs and sheep were left ' in the pens tonight unsold. RETREAT TO HAI CHENG. The Japanese Made Ta Tche Kiao Untenable. Mukden, July 28. The Russians have retreated trom Ta Tche Kiao to Hai Cheng. They decided to withdraw from Ta Tche Kiao Sunday evening. General Zarabourieff , commanding the Fourth army corps, who is General Stakel- berg's senior, resolved to take this step in consequence of the reports of scouts that the Japanese were turning the left flank. The Japanese foices are believed to nclude the whole of the armies of Generals Oku and Nodzu. More than eight divisions of Japanese are engaged The rear guard action between Datch apu and Ta Tche Kiao continued until 11 at night, .when the Japanese weie within sight of the Russian entrench ments. The Russians withdrew in per fect order, favored by the beautiful moonlight. General Kuropatkin reports that the Japanese column in the vicinity of Saitmatsza, which is believed to be two divisions strong, is marching along the valley of the Taitse, with the obvi ous aim of cutting the railroad above Liao Yang. The evacuation of Ta Tche Kiao was prepared for long ago by the Russians, as military experts have repeatedly in dicated. The retirement is not regard ed as materially altering the situation. The Russians had strongly fortified Hai Cheng, in view of this contin gency. ' APOLOGY AND DAMAGES. Basis of British Settlement of Knight Commander's Loss. London, July 28. The British gov ernment is taking energetic action rela tive to the sinking of the British steam er Knight Commander by the Vladivo stok squadron. All information re ceived by the government tends to es tablish in the official mind the belief that an outiage has been committed for which no excuse exists in interna tional law. The demands which will be .made on the Russian government will include compensation to the owners of the ship and to the Owners of the goods on board the Knight Commander, an apology for the action of the Russian cruisers and an agreement that in structions shall be given which will prevent a repetition of such action. Bntish shipowners are up in arms over the danger which shipping is now running and are bombarding the gov ernment with representations looking to the thorough protection of their in terests. War Vessels Must Not Pass. London, July 28. While the nego tiations between Great Britain and Russia respecting Red sea seizures have been carried on in the most con ciliatory manner, the Associated Presa learns that in the representations to the St. Petersburg government, For eign secretary Lansdowne declared that Great Britain could not, in view of her treaty alliance with Japan, allow any interpretation to be placed on treaties relating to the Dardanelles which would permit of the free passage of ves sels of the Russian volunteer fleet. Action Delayed in New York. New York, July 28. A telegram from President Donnelly, who is in charge of the meat strikers' main head quarters at Chicago, directing the local union officials to call out all men em ployed by the companies affiliated with the so called beef trust here, was re ceived today. No immediate action was taken, however. The local repre sentative, Mr. Eichelberger, said that in view of the present conditions here, it would not do to act hastily. fighting About Port Arthur. Chefoo, Jtiy 28. A junk bringing Chinese refugees from Port Arthur, has ust arrived here. The Chinese report that, when they left Port Arthur, July uly 22, heavy fighting was going on both on land and sea. They were un able to give any details. They i eport that the Japanese have heavily fortified San Chnpo Hill. Coop for Growing; Chicks. Where chicks are raised in consider able numbers. It Is necessary to pro vide protection for them while they are on the range, and a house such as Is Illustrated and described here may be produced at small " cost Make a number of them and scatter them over the range. Obtain a number of small dry goods boxes, making the roof of any material one has on the farm or buying the cheap hemlock lumber and covering the cracks with laths or tar red paper. In the gable end cut a large hole for ventilation and arrange the opening in the front so that some means will be had for closing it so that the storm may be shut off. If one has but a few coops a slid ing window may be used to close the front; if many coops are made the opening may be closed by a sliding door made of thin material. During the summer, if this solid wood door was used it would be advisable to make the ventilation opening larger and cover it with some coarse mesh wire netting. Unless one has had. ex- perience, it Is hard to realize the great value of these coops and especially during the early fall before the chicks go to winter quarters, a period when hard storms are likely to occur. In dianapolis News. Cultivating- Drilled Corn. It is generally conceded . that more corn can be grown on an acre in drills than in hills, but in weedy land the great trouble is to keep drilled corn clean and free from weeds. The great mistake in cultivating drilled corn usually is made at the first working, when shovels of medium size are used and small furrows left close to the rows. We find it no harder to keep drilled corn free from weeds than it is to keep hill corn clean, by using the smoothing harrow across the rows just as soon as the corn is up. In four .or five days a second harrow ing may be given and then the culti vators be set to work. Avoid leaving any furrow close to the rows, and also be sure not to throw a ridge of earth up to the plants. Keep the land just as level as possible the first two or three workings and then as the plants be gin to shade the ground they will do much to smother out weeds. The later cultivation of any corn is best given by a one-horse five shovel cultivator instead of the two-horse riding imple ment, as with the former one can go very shallow and keep at any desired distance from the growing corn. We believe there are too many high-priced riding cultivators and not enough small one-horse Implements used. The latter, diligently used, insure clean crops. The Cost of Making Pork. The sole purpose of finishing a bunah of pigs at an early age is to make them more profitable by saving feed. It takes a certain amount mere ly to keep them, and the shorter the time they are kept the less this will cost. So far it is a simple problem. but there are other factors which en ter In. The pushing process may be the most costly in the end because it requires the feeding of a large quantity of high-priced grain or mill stuffs, whereas by utilizing the pas tures and the woods they may make a cheaper growth and ultimately go to market at less cost. It may be said that the pasture has value in propor tion to the grain. Sometimes it has and sometimes It has not all de pends on what something else could get out of it in the way of gain and consequent cash. The point is that early maturity in the sense of market ing hogs at an early age is the best thing only when It is the cheapest. A man can afford to wait, a couple of months to put his pigs on the market If by utilizing pastures or forage and saving high-priced grain he can do It cheaper. The cost of . marketing a pound of pork and not the time it takes to do it is the vital problem. Thinning Peaches Pays. Not every grower appreciates the Importance of thinning peaches, but there can be no question of the neces sity of the practice, if best results are to be secured. The Michigan Experi ment Station reports the following concerning this matter: MA thinning test was started In 1903, to last over a period of three years. Of one lot, one tree was thin ned to 8 Inches; one was thinned to 4 er 5 inches, and one tree was left un thinned. Of the other varieties, one tree was thinned to 8 inches and one tree left unthinned. . It was noted at the end of the first season's test that all trees severely thinned 'wera much 53i ill iff jii' mrlftier, and their foliage much healthier, and did not fall from tha trees as early in the season as on un thlnned trees; that peaches from the thinned trees sold for nearly double aa much as those from unthinned trees. The varieties chosen for the test happened to ripen at a time when there was a good demand, otherwise peaches from unthinned trees would have been unsalable. From a com mercial standpoint the benefit from heavy thinning was very apparent." Points of a Good Dairy Cow. I will endeavor to give a few of what many years of experience has taught me to believe are essential points in selecting a profitable dairy cow, and will commence at the nose. Take a cow that can put her nose in a tlncup you can take a tincup to milk her in; but a cow that it takes a buck et to get her nose in, you will have to take a bucket to milk her in. In other words, I want a cow or a calf I of either sex, in order to make a prof J itable dairy animal, to have a great j broad mouth (so It can mow a wide ! swath), with thin Hds indicating a ' thin hide and fineness throughout, en abling it to sift out most of the nutri tion in food consumed and return it to you In its milk; with broad, open, nostrils, giving it good breathing ca pacity; and short from nose to eyes .long In this space indicates long in the legs; too much wind blows under it and soon dries up the milk, even if they give a good flow in the start; broad between the eyes, indicating a broad deep cow throughout with good heart, lungs, liver and digestive or gans; large, full eyes, indicating plen ty of nerve force to cany out the re quirements of the body; long from eyes to horns, indicating good sense; narrow between horns, indicating but little combativeness and a mild dis position; a well developed body, not "pot-gutted." with large teats and plenty of loose skin for udder devel opment but not a large, meaty, fleshy udder that will be nearly as large after being milked as it was before; a long tail with a good switch to enable the cow to keep the flies from sucking her blood that goes to produce milk. There are other indications, but these are enough to give a beginner a start Harding Bailey, in Jersey Bulletin. Kill Weeds Before Planting Corn. The best time to kill weeds is be- .fore the corn comes up, but I can kill more weeds in going over my ground once with a drag or harrow before the corn is planted than you can in two or three times after the corn is planted. My practice has been to fol low the breaking plow with the drag. If not too wet and in a few days cross harrow, and in a few more days harrow again and follow with the planter or drill. I drill exclusively. I open a furrow two or three inches deep and plant in the furrow; there fore I cannot use the harrow 8r weed er after my corn is planted, for it would fill the furrow and cover the corn too deep. I use the cultivator with narrow shovels and fenders, and fill in the furrow gradually until it is level, then keep the surface level. Now I see some one holding up his hands in horror at the idea of drilled corn planted down in a furrow. I should like to divide a field with you; you plant on the surface in hills, and I drill in the furrow; neither to use hand hoe, and the one that has the cleanest and most corn to take the crop.--!. N. C, in Indiana Farmer. Xoss from Bitter Rot. The losses from bitter rot of apples are seldom appreciated, but the men that have investigated them declare them to be simply enormous for tho entire country. Professor Blair of the University of Illinois, said last fall that the losses from bitter rot in four counties of Illinois bad totaled for the past season $1,500,000. This was in the four counties of Marion, Clay, Richard and Wayne. Bitter rot Is a fungous disease and can be controlled to some extent by spraying. It is time that apple growers awoke fully to the enormous tax they are every year pay ing to the fungous diseases that rav age orchards. Could farmers elimi nate even this one scourge of bitter rot we would add millions of dollars to the value of the apple crop. Water for the Swine. Pure water does more than quench the thirst of the hog. It enters large ly into the composition of flesh; It as sists in digestion by acting as a sol vent for food elements; it is a vehicle for carrying off the poisonous wastes of the system, which. If not thus re moved, are often reabsorbed by the system, either creating diseases or conditions favorable to disease rav ages. When the drinking water hap pens to be unwholesome in itself, the possible double mischief is easily un derstood. Little Profit in Cooking Peed. The utility in cooking feed for ani mals, and specially for pigs, was given most attention in the days previ ous to investigations by experiment stations. Cooking feed is no longer regarded as an economical practice for fattening animals. However, for breed ing stock and sick animals, and for animals which it is desired to put into the very highest condition, cooking may be practiced with good results. If expense is disregarded. Pigs so fed show marked thr if tines and health.
