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CORVALLIS GAZETTE Gazette Publishing Co. CORVALLIS. ...OREGON WEEK'S DOINGS General Review of Important Happen- penigs Presented in a Brief and Condensed Eorrru ' PAYNE IS NO MORE. Heart Disease Causes the Death of , Postmaster General. WaehiDgton, Oct .6. Henry- C. Payne, postmaster general of the United States,' a member of" the nation al Republican committee, a stalwart of bis party, with the history of which, lCITII IC CttriroV CAUGHT BY FLOOD. ulm I n n vuk i Twelve People, Drowned at Wat- r reus. New Mexico. Las Vegas, Ni M., Oct. 5 Half the town of Watrous was destroyed by the flood and at leaBt 12 persona were STRENGTH IS f AST TAILING drowned. Payne Only Kept .Alive by Use of Stimulants. OREGON NEWS OF INTEREST . - - - . . , --'1'-. . . r :- , 2 A FEATURES POR CHAU I AUQUA. SAMPLE ORES POR PAIR. Many persons were rescued from trees in his home state and nationally, he I Family Has Been Summoned to the I and pousetops. The greatest damage Russia is finding it vety difficult to secure ships to carry coal to Vladivo stok. The Russians have frustrated several attempts of the enemy to break through their lines. The International Peace congress has made an earnest appeal to all nations to take steps to avert more wars. The Japanese are feeling out the Rus- sian positions around Mukden and a general advance is expected next week.' Jt it said that Secretary Hitchcock's report on land frauds wag largely in' tended to cover up his own ehortcom ings. Hops have made another advance in the Willamette vallej, several sales be ing reported at Independence at 31 cents. The Chinese government says that if foreign capital is needed for proposed railway construction, it will first turn to America. Chinese refugees from Southern Man churia say the Japanese are adminis tering affairs with a high hand. There is a great scarcity of provisions among the native popualtion. Lieutenant Granville Fortescue, American attache, who has been with the besieging forces at Iort Arthur, is returning home. He is pledged to secrecy as to the conditions around the fortress. Four persons were killed and fifty in jared in an English railway accident. Tokio is advised that the army is making steady progress at Port Arthur. Fire wiped out an entire village in Southern Russia. Five hundred fam ilies are homeless. The Norwegian bark Sir John Law rence, from London, struck on rocks off the coast of Norway and went down with all on board. The Santa Fe has large gangs of men at work in Colorado repairing the work of the flood. It will take a week to make the road passable. Detectives are unable to find any clew to the persons who have attempted to destroy the battleship Connecticut There is little danger that any further attempt will be made. Marines are stationed all around the boat and oth ers on it. According to dispatches from Okla hma the South Canadian river is high er than in 40 years. It is feared that the loss to cotton and corn crops and bridges, with other properties along the river, throughout the territory, will bi enormous. No loss of life has been reported. Sir William Harcourt.'a noted Brit ish politician, is dead. A third attempt has been made to wreck the battleship Connecticut. inmdad, Colo., reports that it can relieve all distress caused by the flood. The September receipts of the St Louis fair amounted to about $2,500,- had been identfied for many years, died at his apartments at the Arlington hotel at 6:10 last night, aged 60 years. Death was due to disease of the mitral valve and dilation of the heart. Mr. Payne has been in poor health for at least two years, but his last ill ness covered only seven days, an attack of heart trouble last week precipitat ing the end, at a time when, after test, he appeared to have recovered a small measure of the vitality impaired by years of arduonus labor. Death came alter nearly six hours of uncon sciousness. The-last official caller to inquire as to Mr. Payne's condition was President Roosevelt, and he had been cone only about ten minutes when tbe stricken member of the cabinet ex pired. The death of the postmaster general came as the result really of a succes sion of sinking spells due to a weak heart that enfeebled the sick man un til finally the heart literally gave out Never in iecent years robust, Mr Payne was unable to withstand the shock of the sinking spells, and last Friday, when be bad two sinking spells, it was believed he was rapidly approaching the end. While moderate doses of heart remedies sufficed at first, it became necessary by Sunday to give much more powerful stimulants, and the doses were given in greater quanti ties than on any previous day. SOVEREIGNTY IS RECOGNIZED. Bedside of United States Post i master. General. Diplomats on Isthmus of Panama Will Be Accredited to America Washington. Oct. 6. Chile has formally recognized the absolute sov ereignty of the United States over the Panama canal zone. Other nations which have been holding back to await the outcome of the diplomatic test case will do the eame. The result will be that practically all the foreign diplo mats on the isthmus will be accredited to this country instead of Panama. Chile some time ago applied for an eauatum for Greommo Osso, . who was appointed consul at Panama. The re quest was withheld, owing to the un settled condition of affairs. Though this country exercises full control over the canal zone, the land belongs to Panama . Today the secretary of state disposed of the question by issuing the exequatur, but instead of being in the regular form it is a notification to Gen eral Davie, governor general of the ca nal zone, that Mr. Ossa is authorized to represent Chile in all diplomatic matters involving the canal strip. This will probably involve further differences between this government and the republic of Panama. CORTELYOU WILL SUCCEED HIM. .Washington, Oct. .4. Postmaster General Payne is still alive, but only as the result of tbe injection of the most power fa' drugs known te the med ical profession. Frequent ' sinking spells marked the day yesterday, and his condition is decidedy worse this morning than it was 24 hours ago. The physicians express not the slightest hope for his recovery, and during the night possessed so little confidence that their distinguished patient could live through until morning that at mid night bulletins were issued predicting dissolution within a few minutes, and at 2 o'clock this morning they placed the limit at two hours at the outside, with the probability that every moment would be the last. General Payne, after spending the forepart of the night in a quiet sleep, was seized at midnight with a sinking spell worse than any that had preced ed it. Powerful restoratives adminis tered in larger quantities than thereto fore given produced not the slightest apparent effect, and the members of the family were hastily summoned to the bedside. Two hours later a message was re ceived from the bedside that the gener al was still alive, but all hope had been abandoned. The physicians refused to state how long their patient could sur vive, but stated that while he might live for two hours, on the other hand,' the end might come at the next mo ment. After administering the stimu lants at midnight, the physicians dis continued the use of drugs, and there alter allowed nature to take its course. Shortly after half past two, the pa tient showed signs of reviving, and a few seconds later he completely re gained consciousness, and exclaimed 'J Hello" to those about him. Dr. Ma- grader asked him how he was feeling and received the reply "first rate." Milk was then given him to drink. Shortly alter 4 o crock, General Payne's private secretary issued a bul letin in effect, that the patient was resting easily. It was added that Gen eral Payne's pulse was steadier and hi respiration more natural than it had been for days. A consultation will probably be held this morning. - was around the junction of Moia and Sapello creeks. The rock crusher, the great iron bridge and much track at Watrous were washed away. ine uaumas river formed a new channel here. In the Gallinas canon, the dams of the Aqua Pura company broke, bringing a terrific flood on the city. The Montezuma-Hot Springs track went ont in many places. Half a dozen bridges were destroyed and the Montezuma bath houses were partly carried away. The. Santa Fe loss here is $40,000. The Aqua Pura company's loss is $15,000. Foi two blocks on Bridge street every business house was flooded. The big Ilfield brick store was ruined and the bridge undermined. Twentj mer chants estimates their loss at from $2,- 000 to $4,000 each. Gallinas park is under water and the trolley line cannot be repaired for t wo weeks. , The race meet to have been held here next week has been declared off. One hundred thousand dollars will not cover the loss to the town and the railroad loss is equal to that of re cent floods in Arizona. TOWNS WASHED AWAY. Distinguished Women of the Coun try Booked for Next Year. Oregon City One of the main fea tures of the.Willamette Valley Cbatau- qua assembly for 1905 will be the part to be taken by the leading women of the country and for which the board of directors is already arranging. It is the purpose of the Chautaugua manage ment to devote two entire days of next e u s session to women and women's work, and to insure the success of this feature of the assembly an effort has been started to secure the services of tuch distinguished women as Mrs. charlotte Perkins-Gilman, of New York, a grand niece of Henry Ward Beecher and a literary writer of wide reputation; Miss Anna Shaw, president cf the National Woman Suffrage asso ciation, and also Mrs. Catt, president o the National Federation of Women s c a ib. oecretary Cross is in correspondence with these celebrities and expects to be able to secure their attendance and ser vices in making the 1905 Chautauqua a grand success. In forming the program ana engaging lecturers for next year the officers of the Willamette Valley Chautauqua association will take ad vantage of the holding of the Lewis and Clark fair, and will engage only the best of talent in everv department, that the exercises may be up to a high Prompt Action Urged on Blue Riv er Mines. Eugene D. H. Weyant, who is working up an interest throughout the mining districts of the state in prepar ing exhibits for the Lewis and Clark exposition, was in Eugene. He was in conference with mining men and others and urging prompt action toward pre paring an exhibit for the .Blue River district. . Mr. Weyant urges that unless some thing is done immediately the district cannot be well represented, because . it will be necessary to get out. Bamples before winter sets in and closes up the mines. If left until spring, it will be too late, hence it is desired that the exhibits be collected and boxed this fall. The Commercial club has taken an interest in the matter and has called a meeting for next Wednesday evening. at which time a plan will begin forth with. CUT ON GOVERNMENT LAND. MANY A BRIBE. 000. The Russians have temporarily checked the Japanese advance east of Mukden. The czar may block the plan for the immediate reoiganization of the Rus sian aimy. Postmaster General Payne continues in a dangerous condition. His life hangs in the balance. itussians made a raid on junks car rying supplies to Oyama and des troyed a number of them. It is reported that General Basilio Munoz, leader of the Uruguayan revo lutionists, has been shot by his former followers. Considerable loss of life and prop erty was occassioned bj fire in the ar tillery and ammunition magazines at Sebastopol, Russia. The Japanese have begun a general advance on Mukden. Mobile, Alabam, is having the warm est weather in its history for the time of year. The condition of Postmaster Geneial Payne is very serious. The Japanese have adopted tactics intended to prevent tbe return of the main Russian force to Mukden. The Russian squadron at Port Ar thur has made another attempt to es cape, but were driven back. Another sally is expteted. Kuropatkin nowieal'zee that be can not go on to Harbin- and the problem of wintering his troops is a serious one. The hope of the Russians is to defeat the Japanese at Mukden. Souvenir Lewis and Clark dollars have been sent to President Roosevelt and member of congress who were in . trumental in securing the appiopna tion to the Portland exposition. A mail car from Paris to Havre, con taining about 100 pouches of American mail, was broken into and 91 pouches opened and rifled of such valuables as they may have contained. There is no record of their contend or of the valu ables abstracted. W. J. Bryan is a grandfather. He Is Expected to Enter the Office About December I. Washington, Oct. b. In succession to Mr. Payne, George Bruce Cortelyou, ex-secretary of the department of com merce and labor, and now chairman of the Republican national committee. will become postmaster general. Mr. Cortelyou's appointment as head of the postoffice department was de termined on several months ago by Piesident Roosevelt, when Mr. Payne indicated to the president hit desire to retire from the department on account. of the precarious state of his health. Mr. Payne would have resigned the portfolio long ago had it not been for the then pending investigation of the affairs of the department. He felt. however, and said many times to his friends, that he could not relinquish the duties of the office while the inves tigation was rending, and expressed his determination to carry this work to a conclusion. Toga for Moody. Worcester, Mass., Oct. 6. The Tele gram tomonow morning will say: "Governor John L. Bates will, in all probability, at the next meeting of the governor s council, announce the ap pointment of Attorney General Wil Ham 11. aioodv, of Haverhill, to suc ceed Senator Hoar. Shortly before his Heath, Senator Hoar communicated to Governor Bates his wish that the pres ent attorney general might succeed him as senator from Massachusetts, and it is understood here Mr. Moody will ac cept." Believes Confession Not True. Xopeka, Kan., Oct. 6. Robert Ro- maine, who confeesed to complicity in the Independence and Vindicator out rages in Colorado, was taken to the Kanass penitentiary fiom here today. He will seive a sentence for robbery. The Colorado officials have decided to drop for the present all notion of porse cuting Romaine for his alleged part in the explosions, as they believa his con fession is iiot true, and matle with the sole purpose of evading punishment. Japan Does Not Pear Cruisers. Tokio, Oct. 6. The navy depart ment discredits the report that the Russian cruisers Roesia, Gromoboi and Bogatyr have been lepaired at Vladi vostok and are about to descend for another raid on the Japanese coast. The navy department further expresses the belief that the Bogatyr is complete ly disabled. Ex-Speaker Kelly Informs on the Missouri Combine. St. Louis, Oct. 5. In a written con fession today Charles F. Kelly, "speaker of the house of delegates during a per iod in the life of the boodle combine, relates the story of that combine. He declares a prominent politician prom ised himself and others implicated' that the next circuit attorney would be "all right," and promised if they would re main firm he would secure for them either continuances until the next cir cuit attorney took office or pardons afterwards. He declares the politician said the new circuit attorney, for which office the Democrats today made their nomination, would be "his man." Kelly declared the politician paid him $15,000 of $50,000 promised to keep away from the giand jury, befcre which he had been sobpoened to appear after John K. Murrell returned from Mexico and turned states' evidence in the city lighting deal. He went to Europe by way of Canada, taking the name of James Logan. It was the in tention of the politician, Kelly said, to have him remain away until after the statute of limitations had run out on the lighting deal. By a miscalcula tion, Kelly said, he came back too soon, and was arrested. Kelly is under conviction for perjury in connection with "boodle" cases, and his ttial on the charge of bribery in connection with the suburban fran chise deal will be called Monday. He is now out on bonds. Rio Grande Cuts New Channel and Hundreds are Homeless. Albuqurque, N. M.,Oct. 5. Reports from the floods in the Rio. Grande vai ley above and below this city are com ing in. The towns of Valencia and Los Lentes were practically washed away and several hundred families are homeless. The river swung to the east, cut a new channel, and poured torrent thiough the two . towns. No lhaj were lost. ' The Barelaze suburbs of this city Buffered the most , in this immediate vicinity, about 50 houses being des troyed. x Ignacio Gutienez, a commissioner of Sandoval county, telephoned that the damage at Los Cordales and Ala meda. above the city, will amount to several hundred thousand dollars. There is one passenger train from Southern California at Gallup and an other from San Francisco at Winslow, while the other trains from California are held here. The local officials can hot say when the trains will arrive or depart, and the traffic situation is seri ous. Many feet of track is reported gone at Ortiz, at Cerrillos, Waldo, Thornton and Bernalillo, and above and below this city at Rincon, Amarillo, N. M, and Isleta. standard for the entertainment of v the' many visitors from distant points, since the Chautauqua sessions will be held during the life of the 1905 expo sition. SEPTIC TANK A SUCCESS. DROP INTO CELLAR. Honor will Go to Widow. London, Oct. 5. The St. James Ga zette says the late William Vernon Harcouit. who twice refused a peerage, eventually accepted the honor and woull have been gazetted Baron Mai would on the next birthday honor list ate, the paper adds, has tendered the event impossible, but it is deemed probable that a baronetcy following the proceedure on the death or W. H O i 1 1 : . . fjuiiiH, woo was a minister ot war in Lord Salisbury's cabinets of 18S5 and 1886, will ne vei theless be conferred on Lady Harcourt" Day Home from Alaska. Washington, Oct. 5. Judge Day. who was sent to Alaska last June to in vestigate charges brought against Judges Brown and Wickersham and various other officials of the iudiciar. - . i v I has returned to Washington to report to the attorney general and president. On his report, the president will de termine whether the judges and various district attorneys and marshals shall be reappointed or whether service de mands new men; Lives of Pour Snuffed Out. CarteisviUe, Ga., Oct. 5. By the falling of earth and ore in the Morgan mine, the lives of four men were snuffed out here today. Two others are seri ously injured and are expected to die. Many People Injured at Church Cor ner Stone Laying. Adams, Mass., Oct. 6. While Right Rev. Thomas D. Beaven, Roman Cath olic bishop of Springfield, was laying the coiner stone of St. Stanislaus' Pol ish church, a floor collapsed, precipi tating 150 persons into the basement. A dozen persons were injured, several seriously. Bishop Beaven and several of the priests assisting him were slight ly hurt. Some 7,000 persona attended the ceremony and about 200 were seated or standing on the floor which covered the newly made basement. Just as the bishop was about to lay the stone a sec tion of the flooring, about 40 feet square, collapsed, dropping 12 feet, and carrying with it the bishop, the clergy and about 140 others. In the confusion that followed many were trampled upon and half suffocat ed. Bishop Beven was caught in the crush but was able to save himself from serious injury. He was bruised . about the body and had his hands scratched. Breastplates Will Not Be Made. Rome, Oct. 5. Some time ago the Russian government ordeied 100,000 bullet proof breastplates of the tpye in vented by Signor Benedetti. The lat ter recently started for St. Petersburg to supervise the manuufacture of the breastplates, but was stopped at Mun ich by the Italian firm to which he had sold the rights to manufacture, and Trustees Inspect One Recently In stalled at Mute School. Salem The new septic tank recent- constructed at the State Mute Bchool is giving complete satisfaction. The board of trustees of that institution visited the school and were highlv pleased with the improvement in the sewerage system, which makes the con ditions there more healthful, It seems to me that the septic tank will come into general use in cities, said Governor Chamberlain, after his return from the Mute school. "By this process all solid matters are con sumed and the outflow from the septic tank is clear and odorless liquid. I believe these tanks should be used even where there is good sewer connections, for by this means the sewer system can be made to carrv a larger amount of refuse and the stream into which it is turned will not be so heavily polluted. in su Durban districts where there are no sewer connections the spetic tank will do much to improve Banitary con ditions. 1 believe the people should investigate the subject and learn the value of the septic tank." Coming Events. Portland Presbytery, Fairview, Octo ber 10. Baker County Fair, Baker City, Octo ber 11-15. iuamath uounty Agricultural asso ciation, Klamath Falls. October 12-14. Federation of Women's clubs, Baker City, October 12-14. Fruit Fair, Hood River, October 13-15. Oregon Press association, Hood River, October 14-15. Baptist Young People's convention McMinnville, October 14. Oregon W. C. T. 0., state conven tion, Portland, October 18-27. Inland Empire Teachers' association, Pendleton, October 19-21. Power Prom the McKenzie: Eugene Notice has been filed with the county clerk by the Willamette Valley Electric Railroad company of its intention to appropriate from the McKenzie river 15,000 cubic inches of water, by miners' n.easure, under six inch pressure, to be used in Many Cords of Wood Held Up in the Vicinity of Meacham. La Grande It is reported that there is tied up by government inspectors around Meacham, 25 miles west of this city, 2,000 cords of wood believed to have been cut from land not yet out of government ownership. A large num ber of men have filed on land in the mountains. Of each 160 acres 120 is gtazing land and 40 acres timber land'. The pre-emptors can get the grazing land on time, and yet use it for grazing purposes, lo acquire title enough, to give them the right to cut wood on the remaining 40 acres they must pay dow n in tuu for the land. This it is alleged many have not done. The marketing of the 2,000 cords de pends upon the outcome of the investi gation. It is believed it will be releas ed upon the settlement of each individ ual for the 40 acres of timber land by paying the cash for it, as was the orig inal intention. LEDGE SIXTY PEET WIDE. New Camp Will Be Opened In Bohemia District. the Eugene According to the report of W. 8 Crabb, a prospector who has just come down from the mountains in the vicinity of the Upper Willamette, an other rich mining camp is about to be opened up in this county. Mr. Crabb reports the discovery of a very rich ledge of quartz, which he says. is ou feet .wide, samples of the ore from which he brought out for assay. From his description of the location, it is 20 miles above Hazel Dell postoffice, and must tbeief ore be about that distance to the east and north of ' the Bohemia mining district. Pruits for the St. Louis Pair. La Grande VV. K. Newell, of Dilley. Or., and George H. Lamberson. of Portland, have been in the valley dur ing the past week, gathering Grand Ronde fruits fo the St. Louis -fair. Judd Geer, of the Cove, horticultural commissioner for Eastern Oregon, and A. C Gail, a prominent . fruitgrower at Union, assisted them in gathering a choice assortment, and they expressed themslelves as highly pleased with the excellent fruit grown here. Apples are being picked and packed for the fall makets. "Over 100 cars will be sent out from the valley this season. Prune packing and picking is still going on. The fruit growers of Grande Ronde will organize and hold meetings pertaining to the growth and sale of fruits and other things concerning their common good. ing power to operate all kinds of elec trical machinery. The point where the water is to be taken from the river is given as on the north bank neai the line between sections 35 and 36. town ship16, range 2 east, and describes the line of the canal 14,000 feet long. Step Toward New Can Factory- Astoria A deed has leen fiied for record whereby the American Can com pany sells to the Pacific Sheet Metal works the frontage of lots 1 and 2, block 3. The property is the site of the old can factory and the consideration nam ed is $1, although the price paid is Sheep Poise ned on the Trail. Lakeview Three hundred mutton generat- sheep en route to the railroad for ship ping are said to have been poisoned along the main tiaveled road between here and Bend. The alleged poisoning happened near a spring, and analysis of the stomachs of some of the sheep is said to have disclosed saltpeter and strychnine. The name of the owner could not be learned, nor the motive of the reported deed. The scene is in one of the remotest portions of Central Oregon, and only slight details reached Laktview nnrierntnnri tn ha 9fl flflO This is the which objected to Signor Benedetti's in- rD Bton tnarA ua aBtaMiahmont tervention in the matter, and he re- the new factory, which the Pacific turned to Italy. The firm had also ci rfai nrtsn-iii sor Koi-dUw undertaken to supply the Japanese government with 200,000 breastplates. Train of Sick and Wounded. General Oku's Headquarters in the Field, Oct. 5. The first southbound train on the railway left this afternoon cairying 490 Japanese wounded, 100 sick and 33 wounded Russian prisoners on the way to Japan. The wounded are practically the last of theJapanese wounded at the battle of Liao Yang. Tbe hospitals are now devoted to those Buffering from beri beri and other dis eases. Gunboat Bit by a Mine. Tokio, Oct. 5. It is rumored that a Japanese gunboat hit a mine and sunk south of the Liao Tung peninsula. A portion of her crew reached an island and were rescued. The navy department does not deny the report, but says that the department lacks confirmatory in formation. the opening of the fishing season. Sugar-Making at La Grande. La-Grande The La Grande Amalga mated Sugar factory is running day and night, and will have a run of over 90 days on the sugar beets raised in the Grand Ronde, which amount to 25,000 tons. The beets from Umatilia county will keep the factory running consider ably later this season than usual. Beets are being plowed and pulled in the valley, and ton ate being hauled to the factory every day. Development of Copper Mine. Medford Two tunnels are being driven in the Blue Ledge copper mine, located about 30 miles west of Medford, near the California line, and owned by a New York company. These tunnels are driven to deteimine the extent and value cf the property. The force of 13 men will be increased soon. So - far, the quality of the ore is all that could be detired. Investigate Sherman Land Claims. The Dalles Francis W. Clements and James I. Parker, attorneys of Washington, D. C, representing the secretary of the interior, are here to confer with Special Agent Neuhausen and the local land officials upon the investigation of the claims of the Sher man county settlers. After their con ference in this city they-will leave for San Francisco, there to meet the offi cers of the Eastern Oregon Land com pany. Many Agrics Enrolled. Corvallis The enrollment at tbe Oregon Agricultural college has passed the 500 mark, and is now 103 greater than in the same daVlast year. The count is confined to students in the actual college courses, and is not inclu sive of music pupils and other side is sues. The number is more than dou ble that in the academic and college course Of any other educational institu tion in Oregon. Wheat Market. Portland Walla Willa, 8182c; bluestem, 86c; valley, 85c. . -t ., Tacoma Bluestem, 87c; club, 83c. Colfax Club,70 j bluestem, 76c.