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About Corvallis gazette. (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 9, 1904)
JAPAN GAINING The Russians afe Withdraw ing From Liao Yang. ' BIG BATTLE IS NOT YET ENDED Train Service Between Mukden and the City Is Reported to Have Been Interrupted. Tokio, Sept. 5. The Japanese left began pressing the Rusians toward Ta Tzcho at dawn this (Friday) morning. The' Japanese right Is engaged in the neighborhood of Heiyingtail. The Jap anese casualties since August 29 are offioiallly estimated at 10,000. Thursday's news from the seat of war closed with the receipt of two dis patches giving information of a most significant character bearing on the domination of Manchuria, at the close of the present campaign. The first came from the Asociated Press corres pondent at St. Petersburg, filed there at 1:16 P. M., and said General Ku roptakin had withdrawn his whole army to the right bank of the Taitz river so as to meet General Kuroki's flanking movement. The Inference drawn from this dispatch was that Liao Yang had been evacuated, that city lying on the left bank of the river. Nothing to confirm this was received until several hours later, when a dis- imtch from the Associated Press cor respondent at St. Petersburg dated September 2, and timed 1:26 Friday morning, said "the news of the evacu ation of Liao Yang and the withdrawal of the Russian army to the right bank of the Taitz river had caused intense excitement." Late Thursday night the St. Peters burg correspondent of the Associated Press obtained an opinion from tne war office that the withdrawal to the right bank of the Taitz river became necessary so that the Russians would be able to repel a blow in that direction and that General Kuropatkin s move ment was the carrying out of a well- defined idea rather than a retreat. The same dispatch points out with notable lack of comment that the Japanese took advantage of General Kuropat- kin's withdrawal to occupy the city of Liao Yang. The second dispatch, which may have a significant bearing on the cam paign, is that filed at Mukden at 9:27 P. M., Thursday, stating the train ser vice between Mukden and Liao Yang was Interrupted, and it may mean the cutting of the railroad communication which may deprive General Kuropat kin of an opportunity to retreat to his more northern base at Mukden. As pointed out in the" St. Petersburg dis patch, the Mukden correspondent does not mention whether the telegraph communications are open. A dispatch from Tokio, filed there at 2 P. M., Thursday, said popular esti mates of the date of the fall of Port Arthur inclined to the last week in September. LEGATION IS ADVISED. Washington Learns that Russians are Forced to Retreat. Washington, Sept. 5. The Japanese Minister has received the following dispatch from Tokio: "According to telegraplc advices re ceived at headquarters this afternoon, our army corps on the left, by fierce and repeated assaults took possession of the heights which the enemy's right occupied. Thereupon the enemy sonth of Liao Yang began retreating. The Japanese army is now pursuing." The resume of the reports received up to the afternoon of the 31st is as follows: Since August 27 our armies are con tinuing operations toward Liao Yang. On the morning of August 29 the right and central columns of the first army occupied a position nine miles east of South Liao Yang, on the bank of the Taitse river. The armies were advanc ing along the Haicheng-Liao Yang road in joint operation with the left column of the first army, and took on August 29 a npsition facing the enemy's line of defense, which extended to the east and west of a point six miles south of Liao Yang. On August 30 severe fight ing occupied the whole day. and it was still continuing on the afternoon of August 31. The enemy appeared to consist of 12 or 13 divisions." Will Now Attack Capital. Buenos Ayres, Sept. 5. The Para guayan revolutionists have captured Villa Conception and 400 men with arms and ammunition. The revolu tionists now refuse all the terms of fered them by the government, and an attack on the capital is believed to be imminent. Argentine has refused to recognize the insurgents as belliger ents. Papers received today from Assun cion report that all the public schools are closed and that the owing to the scarcity of food the price of bread and biscuits is one dollar per kilogram. Russians Hold God on Their Side. St Petersburg, Sept. 5 The Em peror has received the folowing dis patch from General Stoessel, com manding the Russian troops at Port Arthur, dated August 26: "The gracious telegrams of Your Majesty have been received with resounding hurrahs before the enemy, and have redoubled the strength of the defenders and the heroic spirit of the troops. From August 23 to today, in clusive, all the daily assaults have been repulsed with the help of God." Win Courtmartial Admiral. Paris. Sept. 5. The corerspondent at St. Petersburg of the Echo de Paris says that at a council of Admirals pre sided over by High Admiral Grand Duke Alexis it was decided that Rear Admiral Ouktomsky bo court- martail ed for having disobeyed the order not to return to Port Arthur. The court will sit at Vladivostok, Alexis presidios. WILL FORCE FAMINE.' Striking Butchers Deem It the Most Effective Weapon. Chicago, Sept. 7. "A meat famine will be forced at all costs. It is the best weapon with which to fight the trust packers, although it may not be welcomed by the independents." In these words, President Donnelly of the butchers' National organization, today declared a boycott against all meat, and announced that union men will quit in; all packing establishments irjiipediatefy regardless of where live stock is secured. Donnelly's announcement was made at the conclusion of a meeting of the Allied Trades Conference Board. The executive board of the Retail Meat Dealers' Association of Chicago had" just been in conference wit Mr, Donnelly and his associates, having come to ask certain concessions for the independent packers and to seek authority to attempt to bring about meeting between the packers and rep resentatives of the strikers. By ignoring these latest attempts at peace and by adopting such an ag gressive step, the strike leaders dem onstrated their intention to make it a fight to a finish. The following statemerit was given out by President Donnelly: "The conference board, representing all organizations involved in the pres ent packing-house strike, has taken ac tion to place all meats on the unfair list. This order goes into effect on Saturday evening, September 3, at 30. The order will be sent to every packing-house in the country, and no member of the .meatcutters' and butch ers' workmen will be allowed to dress any animal until the strike is settled. This action is the result of the re quest that the public refuse to eat meat, and no person, no matter in what capacity , employed in handling meat, must handle the same after 5 : 30 P. M. Saturday. The packers have re sorted to extortion as the results of the strike, buying livestock on the hoof for almost nothing end charging any price for the dressed product. The public will now be given an opportunity tc retaliate by refusing to eat meat until such time as they can procure the same at a fair market price." - Indications are that the five inden dent packers within the stockyards inclosure will join the big packers in their fight, while those outside will endeavor to continue operations with union crews. Two of their number re ceived consignments of cattle at an outside railroad yard today, and will have them driven to the yards through the streets. Within the yards inde pendents are obviously preparing for war, a wagonload of cots having been taken to one plant. The union switchmen employed by the Chicago Junction Railway inhan- aung stocKyaras business will send a committee to the packers today to urge plan of settlement, the details of which are not yet known. Secretary Mallow, of the switchmen, declared there would be no strike, be cause the Chicago Junction Railroad Company has a force of strikebreakers ready to step into their places. The police record of the strike at the stockyards station today reads: Asaults, 46; murders, 4; accidents, 97; removed to hospital, 43. CONFIRMS MUKDEN RETREAT. General Kuropatkin Has Given Up All Hope of Stemming Advance. Rome, Sept 7. A dispatch received from what is regarded as a reliable source at Niu Chwang, states that Gen eral Kuropatkin has given up all hopes of stemming the Japanese advance in the vicinity of Liao Yang. According to the advices from Niu Chwang, Gen eral Kuropatkin made this announce ment to his staff. He called them in council and stated that he had obtain ed his object in moving to the north ward and thus delaying the Japanese attack upon his position. He said it is eported that it is now indispensable that the army reach Mukden, and that orderly but quick retreat to the north was in order. This was to be atained, it is reported, General Kuro patkin continued, no matter what the cost to the Russian'forces from the op positioa to their retreat by the Japa nese. "Even if I sacrifice half the Russian army," General Kuropatkin. said to his stalf, according to the account, "Muk den must be reached." Six Burn to Death. Yellow Creek, C, Sept. 7. Six per sons were burned to death and foui terribly injured by ai oil explosion here ibis morning. The dead: Mrs Henry Fiing, her two children and three unidentified men. The injured. Rov. M. Stidd, Robort Alexander, Hen ry Fiing Fish. The disaster was caus ed by a lamp in the I ling residence taking fire. The 1. nines were commu nicated to the oil derrick and tank near the house. A terrific explosion follow ed, and the house was completely des troyed. Both Armies Lose Heavily.' Mukden, Sept. 7 The Russian losses about Liao Yang since Tuesday are now estimated to be 10,000 in killed and wounded. These estimates are given 'unofficially, as the department returns ere not jet complete. Calcu lations cn this basM. combined witt hospital corps acounts, so far received, indicate that the Japanese losses may reach double ths number, or approxi mately 20,000 men, killed and wound ed. Princess Louise Located. Rome, Sept. 7. Princess Louise of Coburg, who eloped several days ago from Elster, Saxony, with Lieut. Count Kemelvitoh-Mattisch, has arrived at Rome, accompanied by the count. They are staying at the Hotel Plinus, under the name of Mr. von Ruse and wife. LIKE MAD MEN 2 Japanese Troops Hurled Back, Rush on Again. .- " f RESH TROOPS ARE IN PLENTY Extreme Flank of the Army at Liao Yang Attacked With a Sudden ness That Nearly Paralyzed It. St. Peteisburg, Sept. 2. Some in teresting details of yesterday's battle are furnished by Russian correspon dents, from which it appears that two regiments of Japanese at dayreak at tempted to capture the batteries of the Sixth artillery brigade, located on the extreme flank of the Russian army The attempt was only discovered in the nick of time. Some of the Russian troops fought continuously for 36 hours. . The concussion and roar of the guns shook windows at Liao Yang, though the ai til Iery was six to eight miles awsy. Nemirovich Danchenko, the famous Russian war correspondent, descibing the battle, says: lne enemy, drunk with their ior mer successes, attacked from three sides like madmen. When they were hurled back, fresh troops, of which they seemed to have an inexhoustible eurTly, were sent forward.1' M. Danchenao says the combatants haa about 600 guns on each side and adds: " "It was our first victory. The ener my was beaten back everywhere, many of his batteries were destroyed, and in some cases his infantry was put - to rout." The utmost confidence continues to prevail here that the issue of the fight will be a complete victory for General Kuropatkin. Fiom dawn until dark yeeterday the battle raged, first in the center and left and then on the right of the Russian line. The Japanese charged gallantly and desperately in an effort to break the center, and then in the afternoon came a movement against the opposite flank. This at tack was delivered from the west, but General Kuropatkin had evidently an ticipated just what happened, for he not only met and repulsed it, but ac tually was able by- superior force to overlap and envelop the Japanese .Last night both armies bivouacked in their positions. No attempt was made by Lieutenant General Sakharoff in his report to esti mate the Japanese losses, execpt to say that they weie extremely heavy, and tne Kussian Josses were only approxi mated at 3,000. No Russian general omceTs fell. MET ON CURVE. Trains Collide in Quebec and Many Persons Suffer. Montreal, Quebec, Sept. 2. Nine persons were killed and 23 others in jured in a head-on collision on the Grand Trunk railway near Richmond, Quebec, today. The trains involved were a special excursion from Montreal bound for Sherbrooke, and passenger train No. 5X running between Island Pond, Vt., and Montreal. The collision, it is alleged, was due to neglect of oiders on the part of the train crew of the excur sion train, which left Richmond with out the arrival of the passenger train. The excursion train, made up of ten coaches and a baggage car carried about 1,000 persons bound for the ex position at Sherbrooke. The Island Pond train was composed of five coach es and a oaggage car and -had only a small number of passengers. The ex cursion tiain had barely cleared the Richmond yard when, rounding a curve, it met the Island Pond train running at a high rate of speed. The engineers reversed, and, with their firemen, jumped and escaped with minor injuries. Both engines were locked firmly to gether. The baggage car of the ex cursion train was picked up and dropped on top of the car following it, a smoker, and it was in these two cars that the greater nurrber of fatailties occurred. The accident is the worst that has taken place in this province since the Craig's road disaster in 1885. Hot Skirmish Fought in Cornfield. St. Peteisburg, Sept. 2. General Sakharoff reports that a large Japanese fqree is advancing northward along the Taitzu river valley, west of the rail road. The Russian cavalry, which pre vented the turning of the Russian right flank Sunday, had to operate amongst the fields of Chinese corn which was above the heads of the rid ers. A report from General Sakharoff announces an engagement between a Russian force and 120 Chinese bandits, of whom about 50 were killed. , No Sign Evacuation Is Contemplated. Paris, Sept. 2. The Temps' corre spondent at Liao Yang, telegraphing from there today at 1:21 a. m., says: There is ro sign that the Russians propose an early evacuation of .Liao Yang. Through the night from a roof top, I could see the bursting of shells from the Japanese guns. The Japan ese are approaching the crests east and south of the town. The attacking force is estimated at 200,000 men and 700 guns. Britain Will Be Party to Appeal. St. Petersburg, Sept. 2. It is under stood that Great Biitain will become a party to the appeal in the case of the British steamer Knight Commander, sunk by the Vladivostok squadron off Izn. The case of the German steamer, Thea, chartered by a British firm, sunk on the Japanese coast by the Vladivostok squadron, has also been appealed. - CALLS MEN OUT. President Donnelly Greatly Extends v Packers Strike. Chicago, Sept. 3. Fearing to call off the great packers' strike on the eve of Labor Day, because of its moral effect the, strike leaders today took desper ate steps to bolster up the cause that has been generally admitted as lost It is believed the calling out of the livestock handlers which is a direct violation of the interstate commerce laws, was done to force the govern ment to interfere.. President Donnelly has frequently said that the powers that be were quite too apathetic to the strike on the verge of a -national campaign, and before his last card was played he would bring matters to the attention of the federal officials and force their hand. An effort w ill also be made to involve the Brotherhood . of Railroad Trainmen, and thus stop the handling of all stock' trains consigned to Jhicago or any other point affected by the strike. The independent packers, who all along have been friendly to the strik era, and who have supplied meat I o the commissary depots, were today placed under the ban. President Donnelly professes to have evidence that they have been shipping meat for the pack era. Strikes have been called in all these plants, involving about 15,000 men, throughout the country. This action puts Chicago nearer an actual meat famine than any yet taken. Drastic orders have been issued by the labor leaders not to permit anyone to enter or come out of the stockyards The force of pickets was today in creased to 12,000 men in the vicinity of the yards alone, and they have been directed to slug any one coming out or going into the. yards. President Don nelly issued a statement today in which he said the strike must be won at all hazards. To lose it would mean the crumbling of tiades unionism all over the country, and every union laborei in the United States will be urged to contribute in every way to the cause. FILIPINO OFFICERS TOO LAX. Carter Seys Attacks on Americans Must Be Avenged Promptly. Washington, Sept: 3. In his annual report Brigadier General William H. Carter, commanding the department of the Visiyas in the Philippines, strong ly urges the encouragement of athletic sports among the soldiers to supply the present lack of means of recieation, and carefully regulated and abundant employment as the most wholesome antidote for the effects cf Philippine service in time of peace. He holds that the number of troops in the is lands and the distibution should be definitely determined. He says no in surrection or invasion can succeed if deprived of the control of Manila and the principal seaport cities, and their occupation is a military necessity. Temporary construction and make shifts of every kind only serve, he says, to develop and confirm in the minds of Filipinos the idea that Amer icans do not intend to hold the islands peimanently, so the matter is properly one for the study of the general staff. A considerable portion of the rep .rt deal s with the operation of ladrones in this department during the past year and General Carter says : "I am of the opinion that it is of no benefit to the good people of these is lands and will delay their ultimate Ami r'canization if the evil element is allowed to thieaten, harass and openly attack American soldiers without im mediate action by the commanding offi cer nearest to the place where the offense is committed." The reason of tais complaint is a general order which leaves the civil authorities to deal with such offenses. Well-Known Diplomat Dies. New York, Sept. 3. Dr. Thomas Herran, who represented Colombia at Washington for several years up to the time of the Panama incident, died to day at Liberty, N. Y. Mr. Herran was educated in the United States and de voted his life largely to his country's foreign service. In his appointment as Colombian minister to the United States, he rounded out his term of ser vice and at the same time achieved the unique distinction of becoming the ac credited minister to a country he had once represented in a minor capacity. Fail to Slip By Ships. Chefoo, Sept. 3. It is reported here upon good authority that the Japanese have captured some Russian officers Dound to Port Arthui with important papers, lhese orhceis left Mukden and attempted to get into Port Arthur by means of a junk from Chefoo. For some time past a Japanese torpedo boat has been at sea watching for this jnnk, and according to the report, she overtook it at 1 o'clock this morning and took the officers, and papers. Germany Holds Action Unjust. Berlin Sept. 3. Announcement is made a jming from apparently well founder sources that Germany is mak ing representations to the Russian gov ernment in the case of the German steamer Thea, which was sank by the Vladivostok squadron, holding the pro ceedings of the prize court at Vladivo stok were unjust. I tm. ii t in " Ti -vr- tin T75iSS-JiT Good Summer Host Fen. Where swine are to be kept In. a somewhat small enclosure and fed in the house it is not always easy to keep the floor of the house clean. The plan here suggested will accomplish this and give the hogs something to keep them busy besides. The hoghouse is built with a slanting floor and in the end at the high part' is cut a trough the entire width of the house, into which is thrown leaf mold or broken sod. This the swine will root down and it will act as an, absorbent of the manure, particularly1 the liquid por tions. If the floor is made quite slant ing most of this sod, etc., will be root ed down to the lower end by the hogs. While the artist has not shown the floor slanting as it should be, in the il lustration, otherwise the cut will show just how the pen should be built In A BUMMEB HOG PEN. the lower part of the illustration figure A shows the end of the plank floor, with a strong timber supporting the edge, and a heavy piece of plank un derneath, forming the edge support. Figure B, the end section, shows ex act mode of construction, the upper piece (O) floor, and X the method of spiking together to support. This rath er complicated finish is to prevent the hogs from rooting under the floor. In dianapolis News. Exhibiting: Crops. Any farmer who will religiously fol low his county fairs from year to year will observe the opportunities there to make a reputation If he can grow one particular crop better than another. As every one knows, one soil worker is an expert potato grower, another raises prize swine, another understands corn better than other crops, and so on. Let each one take a specimen of that which he can grow best to the county fair and exhibit, advises the Indianapolis News. Possibly he- may not win a prize, but he will have a chance to see what others are doing and thus ascertain his own shortcom ings. Again, his exhibit may attract the attention of some one who wants just the product he produces and a profitable business Is worked up. The educational, advantages of the county fair ought not to be overlooked and the family should be taken to every one that can be reached at a moderate cost. Get out Into the world and see what other farmers are doing; one will find them willing to talk and one may get enough good ideas at a single fair to pay for the expense of attendance twenty times over. Bear this item in mind as the fairs begin JM 1 C A I ' now ami in eepiemuer. , A Steady Sawhorse. When sawing wood it is a matter of considerable work to get out the pieces, mortise and fit them together to make an ordinary sawhorse. The one shown in the cut from New En gland Homestead can be built in twen ty minutes if one has some strips of hardwood board at hand of the proper width. The crosspieces are firmly nailed together, and six strips of the , jut , A QUICKLY HADE SAWHOBSE. same board put on to strengthen and hold the ends in place. Such a horse will prove very rigid and serviceable. Improving the Meadow. There are many meadows yearly turned into pastures which might be saved for hay yields several years longer with a little care at the right time One of the best ways or doing this at small emense Is to plow the meadow early in August after manur ing It well, and here is a way or util izing manute one Is storing under the shed, and which is golng-to waste, and sow ire In early Septemoer at tne rate of two bushels an acre. Tn Anrtl or as early as possible, plow under the rye, smooth and sow with - :vxx u , - f I i if grass seed, using the mixture -best suit' ed to your section or using a mixture of timothy, red top and clover, which is excellent in most sections, and will not contain enough clover to injure it for sale as prime mixed hay. Sulphate for Blight. While the recognized formula' for Bordeaux mixture, yill remain a favor itej or potato blight applications, there are some objections to its use, one of the most formidable ones being the clogging of the nozzle of the sprayer by the lime used in the making of the mixture. Experiments have been made, on a small scale, with the soda-copper mixture which are exceedingly' prom ising. The ordinary washing soda is used four pounds of sulphate of cop per, five pounds of washing soda and fifty gallons of water as a basis, and increasing the quantity of sulphate and soda slightly if it was necessary. Dissolve the soda in a barrel and then pour it into the copper sulphate, mixing thoroughly and using with the spray pump In precisely the same man ner 'in which Bordeaux mixture la used, and at the same intervals. While it is not advised that this new mixture be substituted for the Bordeaux mix ture, it is well worth experimenting with on a small scale. Exchange. Witch Grass. This Is a terrible weed to eradicate either from the field or the garden. It spreads by means of underground stems, . called root-stocks. These run along below the reach of the mowing machine, or of grazing animals, and often too deep to be disturbed by sur face cultivation. They produce buds at their numerous scaly nodes, and these buds develop Into new plants in exactly the same manner as branches are produced above ground. The root stocks of couch grass will sometimes grow to a length of ten to fifteen feet in one season, furnishing this weed with a means of rapid distribution and propagation, a character making It most pernicious In cultivated land. The only way entirely to get rid of it is by forking the ground over carefully, and picking it out piece by piece. Even the smallest bit left in the ground will start into growth. American Cultiva tor. New Kgg Plant. Those who have a market for egg plant will find the Early Black Beauty a decided Improvement on the Im proved Large Pur ple, which has been the one va riety up to the in troduction of the B l.a c k 'Beauty which could be re lied upon. The Early Black Beauty is entirely spineless, is tea EGO PLANT. days or more earlier than the Large Purple, the fruit Is large and the plants are remarkably healthy, a char acteristic which will be greatly appre ciated. The illustration gives an idea of the perfect form of the sort. Money In Growing Beef. Many of the agricultural papers are urging farmers to raise beef for mar ket, claiming that the demand exceeds the supply. This may be so to a cer tain extent, but there are several other conditions to be met before this Indus- ' try can be made profitable to farmers generally. As a matter of fact, the farm and its adaptability has every thing to do with success. There are many farms even in dairying section not at all suited to dairying, but emi nently fitted to raising cattle for beef, and with such a farm and a proper knowledge of the work the results would probably be successful. The question is but one of many which should be decide entirely on local con ditions and by each man for himself. It is folly to generalize on some things, and this Is one of them. Farm Motes. Milking should always be done in a clean, airy place, free from all ' bad odors. Too heavy loads make balky horses. "With all stock discomfort alwaya costs in extra feed. Plowing for wheat should begin Just as soon as possible after the harvest work is finished up. Dairy stock can not be improved if a promiscuous trying of all breeds is permitted to go on. Cream should have a uniform con sistency as well as being of uniform ripeness before churning. The cow, to do her best and continue it for the longest period, must have at least one-fifth of her food of some kind of nitrogen. It takes longer and costs more to make up a pound of loss than it does to add five pounds of gain under favor. able conditions. In feeding fattening hogs the food should always be given in a clean, wholesome condition and never al lowed to become sour. The walk is the foundation of all the other gaits, and without beginning at the foundation all future develop ments will be unsatisfactory. . Good hickory ashes are said to be excellent for expelling worms from the bowels of young horses. Give a couple of tablespoonfnls twice a weak In their feed. r