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Newspaper Page TextCORVALLIS GAZETTE Oazett PubUhtaf Co. V CORVALLIS. - OREGON WEEK'S DOINGS General Review of Important Happen. penigs Presented in a Brief and Condensed Corm. - A treaty of peace baa been signed be tween Chile and Bolivia. Russia Bt ill realizes that the position of ber Manchurian arm 10 critical. Fire destroyed a large raisin plant near Fresno, burning 200 tons of seeded raisins. t . English war experts asrree that the C? . A temporary success of the Russians can. nave little enect in me ena. Hunters are reported to have killed a number of elk in the mounting ot tn taatern part of Linn county, Oregon The game waiden is investigating. Accoidins to a Japanese official the :' Russian forces engaged in the battle south of Mukden consisted of about 200,000 infantry, 26,000 cavalry and 950 gune. J. E. Bennett, of Portland, has sub mitted the lowest bid for the cpnstruc tion of the government buildings at the 1905 fair and he is likely to be awarded the contract. A field party eent out by the recla mation service to investigate the possi hilitv nf divertiriff the waters of the John Dav river to the Umatilla lands in Eastern Oregon, says it is too costly. A rough estimate places the expense at $1,600,000 for a canal. Prominent Oregon men are likely to be indicted for land frauds. Kuropatkin is fighting doggedly to prevent an utter rout of his forces. The Montana mineral display will be transferred fiom St. Louis to Portland. All hope of relieving Port Arthur this season has been abandoned by the Russians. A Massachusetts commissionei has smarted for Portland to select a site foi 1905 fair building. v A number of torpedo boats believed to have been built for Japan have been hipped from Newport News, Va. A mortarbattery exploded at ' Fort Banks, on the Atlantic coast, killing three aitilelrymen and injuring eight otheis. The losses of the Russian army in the week of battle south of Mukden ia placed at 40 000 The Japanese have lost half as many. The Fouiteneth infantry, now in the Philippines, will be biougbt back to this country next February and sta tioned at Vanouver barracks, succeed ing the Nineteenth, which will be sent to the islands. , Kins; George of Saxony, is deaad. All official advices are withheld at St. Petersburg and the people are pre pared for the worst. The St. Petresbuig Vovosti v admits editorially that the Russians have suf feied a tilling defeat. Russia will rush men to the front military authorities believe 150,000 can be transported by April. Kuropatkin must bear the responsi bility for the advance, as it is officially denud that he was ordeied to advance. According to Tangier advices evidence has been discovered that the bandit Raisuli intends to attempt to capture another European. Telephone operators at Portland are . on strike. Both sides are confident and in the meantime the public is suf fering many inconevniences. A sensation has been caused ,all through Russia by the preeistent rum ors that the Russian teasury inteads to draw upon Russian church property in order to replenish ist war chest. It has developed that a pouch of mail for the United States cruiser Cincinnati, which waB aboard the steamer Calchae when she was captured had been open ed while in the hands of the Russian officials, subsequently resealed and sent on to its destination. , The Russians are offering fabulous prices to ships to make Port Arthur with supplies. President Fiancis says the St. Louis fair lost $1,000,000 by being foiced to close on Sunday. Fire at Kansas City destroyed piop erty valued at $100,000. The Rio Grande is still rising in New Mexico.. The river is now the highest in 20 years. The Duke of Cannaught, brother of King Edward." narrowly escaped death in an auto accident. " It is reported from St. Petersburg that five Japanese cruisers have been sighted off Vladivostok. The New York Rapid Transit com pany's new subway will be opened to the general public October 27. . There is renewed anxiety regarding the condition of King George, of Sas ony, whose difficulty in breathing and general weakness are maiked. 1 The battle at Port Arthur is becom ng fiercer than ever. The Japanese have succeeded in placing a mortar bat tery which has the range of the inner fortress. The Portland postal receipts for "the fiscal year just ended show an increase tf 151,000. OUT OP SERVICE. f -: ' The President Moves in Slocufn Disaster Inquiry . y Washington, Oct. '19. The report of the United States coron is?ion of inves tigation into th dipat-ter to the1 eteam er General SLutum wa made public- to day." In connection wi h -the import ant findings of the commission - pre sented in the jeport, President Roose velt, to whom the report .was sub mitted, has written a letter to Secretary Metcalf, x of ' the -department of "com merce and labor, briefly summarizing the report and diiecting'him tp-.ca ry inJo effect the recommendations of the commission. , The president also directs hit Rob-; ert S. Rodie,. supervising inspector of Ihe second district, steamboat inspec tion service, and James A. Dumont and Thomas H Barrett, local inspec tors, in charge oft. the' port .of New York, be discharged from the service, the commission holding them directly lesponsible for the laxity of the Bteam boat inspection to which the Slocum disaster was directly attributable. Appended to the report is a report from the department of justice on the criminal proceedings ' connected with the disaster and- the life-preserver cases. SUPPOCATED AT A PIPE. Pour Persons Lose Lives in a New York Tenement House. New York, Oct 19. Four persons were suffocated and 15 were overcome by smoke in a fire which gutted a five story brick double tenement house' at 15 Moore street, Williamsburg, early today. Two of the injured, a boy and a girl, prcbably will die. Incendiarism is suspected. The fire originated in the basement and ran up a dumb' waiter shaft caus ing tl e crowded flats to fill rapidly with sniokeV The flames spread through the flals on the fourth and fifth floors, and escape for the' persons asleep there was cut off. Firemen and police did heroic work and soon rescued more than a score, 15 of , whom ' were almost suffocated. Thepe were removed to St. Catherine's hospital. Two chil dren among the number were in a dy ing condition. One fireman in attempting a daring rescue was overcome by smoke and had to ne carried, out by his fellows. The loss was only about $3,000. Several fires occurred in the neighbor hood during the eaily hours today, all of auspicious origin. They appeared to have peen started by the same hand as all were discovered in the basements of tenements. Only tne one noted, how-ever,-was accompanied by loss of life. EARNESTLY DESIRE PEACE. Japanese Shocked at Victory Won With Such Shedding of Blood. Tokio, Oct. 19. There is a strong appeal lor peace in the appalling trag edy which is now under enactment in Manchuria. Both armies have fought ferociously for a week, and desperate fighting stillcontinues. It is probable that the death roll will be largely in ci eased before the' final sho.t is fired. The preliminary reports indicate that about 60,000 rr en on Moth sides have been either killed or wounded, the larger poition of them being Russians, since the armies of the two belligerents closed in combat. Even the Japanese, to whom the great victory is of paramount import ance, seem to be shocked by the slaught er of their enemies. The Japanese peo ple are receiving the news from the Ueld of battle calmly, and there can be beard no shouts in the streets pro claiming the victory of their nation. Few flags aie displayed. Probably later on there will be a procession with the consequent jollification, but there are heard many expressions of opinion that no demonftration of any kind could be held. A prominent Japanese said to the Associated Press correspon dent tonight: - "We have won a sweeping and a de cisive victory which may prove to be the salvation of our country's exist ence, but we regret both our own losses and the terrible slaughter which- our forces have inflicted on the enemy. We regret etill more the necessity which forced us to engage in this war." Suffers Prom Hurricane. Mexico Cily, 'Oct. 19. News has reached this city that the town of San Bias, on the Pacific coast, has suffered severe damage a the result of a hurri cane. Word from Tepeic, a town south of San Bias, stated tbat 250 huts, occupied by the poorer classes, were totally demolished. During the storm, which was very severe, hundreds of people fled to nearby mountains, fear ing a tidal wave. Several sailing ves sels foundered, but so far as can be learned no loss of life resulted either on land or sea. - House Is Blown Up. Indianapolis, Oct. 19. A telephone message from Rennssellaer reports that the residence of Thomas J. McCoy, president of the defunct McCoy bank, against whom indictments were recent ly returned for alleged complicity m the wrecking of the bank, has been dy namite 1 and totally destroyed. .The house was a frame structure, valued at $25,000, and considered one of the most beautiful homes in northern In diana. rieet Battered by Gun?. Tokio, Oct. 19. It is authoritively reported that the Russian fleet at Port Arthur is suffering severely from the fire of the Japanese land batteries. Reports of a recent attempt by the fleet to soi tie are nntounctea, as is me re ported capture of another blockade runner. " RACE OP WAR Russians Try to Make South Shore of , Hun. ROADS ARC IN THEIR PAYOR Retirement Is Ordered After Ter rific Fighting, in Which Much' Damage Is Inflicted. ' Liao Yang, Oct. 19. General, Oku, commanding the Japanese left, has ad vanced from his position on the sonth bapk of the Shakhe river in the direc tion of Chienliuchangtsen, 15 miles north from Hang Cheng, with detach ments pushing on the double quick to the west of Fnshung, and the east of Fuiing. It is General Oku's object to make impossible the retreat of the Rus sian right along the railway! The enemy's1 main force is based at Chien liuchangteeu, extending for three miles northward with isolated bodies of troops on both sides of "the railroad. Russian reserves are located above and below the bridge leading across the Hun river northwest of Manhaipao, and the Russian light is .hastening to reach this position. The rearguard has already been en gaged by the Japanese, but the Russian scouts posted on the hills east of Man date were observed yesterday afternoon and a change of plan tf Russian retreat is expected. The retreat of the Russian right was preceded by a terrible attack on the part of General Oka's forces, which re sulted in a stubborn struggle lasting over three hours, covering a territory of nearly five miles. The Russian ar tillery directed a steady fire at the ex treme right flanklof the Japanese left, forcing it to retreat one mile across a' series of low hills. There a rally was effected and reinforcements were re ceived from General Oku's main aimy. The extreme light returned to its original position, supported by heavy attillery fire from three strong points. After an artillery duel of less than half an hour, the. Ru-sian fire opened all along the line and a furious attack was delivered by tbe Russians, which tem porarily stopped the Japanese advance. The enemy was repelled, but repeated the attempt to' dislodge the Japanese vanguard six times, being worsted in every instance, but inflicting great damage and sustaining terrible losses. After the sixth advance the Russians turned to a hasty retreat. They left their dead and several guns behind, but managed to take with them the greater number of the latter and their wounded. CZAR MUST TAKE INITIATIVE. Baron Hayashi Tays Japan Cannot Judge if it Is Time for Peace. London, Oct. 19. The Japanese min ister here, Baron Hayashi, in an inter view today, on tbe result of last week's fighting, Baid tc the Associated PresH: "ihe war will- De continued through the winter, which in some respects is more suitable for operations than the summer. The next point of real im portance to be taken is Tie Pass. w nen mat, ib accomniinnnn thorn iu notuixig iu prevent iiie Japanese ad vance to Harbin. "- The minister expressed the utmost - . i L. I 1. m T . confidence in tne immediate tontinua- tion of the Japanese advance, adding : "With reference to the peace arba bilities, I can only say "that the desire for peace is but a natural feeling of hu manity, and the result of the horror we all feel at the awful carnage' now tak ing place. But it is late m the. day t. be terrified at what is happening. , It should have been foreseen and prevent ed. It is not for Japan to judge if the time has arrived to talk about peace This rests with the government of Em penr Nicholas." Time to End War. wasningion, uct. iw.-j.ne war in the Orient has enlisted the closest at tention of the administration, and it is felt that the time is approaching when it will be in order for the great neutral powers to move toward the restoration of peace. President Roosevelt has from the first stood ready to use his good offices to stop hostilities, but he is estopped from moving by the fact that it has been tbe unbroken rule of our government to wait until it is as sured that both sides to a controversy of this kind are willing. Larger Pleet of Kosmos Liners. han Francisco,' Oct. 19. Six new steamers are to be added to the fleet of the Kosmos line, to ply in the freight trade between this port and Hambrrr. Tbe vessels are to be larger and faster than those now running to this portr and are to be equipped with passenger accommodations . The Kosmos line at present operates steamers between Pug t sound and Hamburg, via this port, Mexican. Central and South American ports. ' - - - -; . : iSiiy r . Russia-.- After Past .Cruisers. .. . Ix)hdon,..Oct. j9. The. ily Tele graph Va Rt- letersburg coi respondent gives credit to the report that Russia is (.purchasing seven fast , cruisers, three eacn 4rom unrie ana Argentina ana one from Brazil. ' " ' SETTLERS WILL GET DUES. Government Completes Investiga tion of Eastern Oregon Cases. , Washington, Oct.' 18 Jhe interior department, acting Under a special , act passed at the last session, has complet e J an investigation of the cases of Sher man county settlers who have been dis possessed of lands lying within the limits of the grant to The Dalles Mili tary Wagon Road company, in Eastern Oregon. . The report' of the findings is confidential, and will be submitted to congress early in. December. Tbe evidence collected will be ; suffi cient to enable congress to take; final action for the relief of these ' settlers. It will show the terms on wheh the Eastern Oregon Land company, the successor to The Dalles Military Wagon Road company, is willing to relinquish its. title to the disputed lands, and al low then: to revert to the settlers. It will also show the state of improve ments which the settlers made on these lands while temporarily in possession. Congress must decide whether an ap propriation shall be made to buy from the company its title to the.-e lands, in order to restore them' to the sett lei s, or whether it is better to reimburse the settlers for the losses they sustained by reason-of being dispossessed. . - The land company, it ia said, is in clined to deal . fairly with the govern ment in this matter, and will waive its ti tle to these lands' provided the govern ment pays its price. : 'Many years have elapsed since these disputed lands were eventually awarded to the land company, and in that time a number of original settlers have dis appeared. These few cases cannot be reported upon. All ihe facta obtaina ble have been collected, and congress will be able to compensate settlers who sustained losses thiough no fault of their own, but rather through a faulty decision of the land office. COLORADO TRAINS COLLIDE. One Man Is Dead and Pifteen Oth ers Injured, Two Badly. Pueblo, Oct. 18: As a result of a head on collision today between the east bound California limited passenger train No. 6 and a ' west bound freight train on the Denver & Rio Grande rail road a mile and a half west of Portland this forenoon -one man, J. E. Duey, was so badly hurt that be died tonight and 15 others received injuries two ot them perhaps fatally. Y - The accident was due to the failure of the freight to take the siding at Portland and allow the passenger train, which was running on schedule time and had the right of way, to pass Both locomotives were completely wrecked, the baggage and express cars were telescoped and piled up in a heap, tbe forward end of the day coacn was smashed and five rfreight cars loaded with merchandise were demolished. The Pullman cars were not damaged . The passenger train whb running about 35 miles, and the freight 20 miles an hour, when the collision oc curred.; Great confusion followed the collis;on, and exaggerated reports le- earding the disaster were circulated. The iniured were taken on relief trains to hopitals at Pueblo and Salida JAPAN HAS SHIPS IN WAITING. Torpedo Boats Built at Newport News Transferred at Sea. Newport News, Oct.-18 Two of the Lake submarine torpedo boats built at the shipyards here, and believed to be destined for the, Japanese or Rus sian governments, : were " hoisted on board the Kennebec today. According to the foreman in charge of tbe 200 men engaged in loading the craft, the KenneKec will sail for Boston before daylight. . v It was stated on apparently good au thority tonight that the Kennebec wi 11 be met up the coast by a . steamship now lying far at sea, and the big float ing derrick, the, Ox, from New York. The Ox, it is asserted, will lift the Bub marines' from the deck of .the Kenne bec, and transfer them to the waiting steamer r which 'will proceed with them to their destination. Seizure of Mail Considered. Wahhington, Oct." 18. Postmaster General Wynne today had a brief con ference with Secretary Hay regarding the opening of the mail bags for the United States cruiser Cincinnati by Russian officials. The brief report on the subject which has just reached the postoffice depaitmant was given to the state department and will be included with the other papers ' relating to the seizure of American mails on the Brit ish steamer Calchas, for representations to the Russian government on the gen eral subject. To Prevent Accidents on Warships. . New York, Oct. 18. A device to prevent accidents like that aboard the battleship Missouri several months ago, when several men of a gun crew were killed by a "blowback" in one of the turrets, is being installed here on , the battleship Kentucky. It is called a smoke ejectorand ia designed to force out of the bore all of the un burned gasses and smoke remaining after . the gun haB been discharged. "" flood Still Delays Trains. El Paso, Tex., Oct. 18.-The Santa e' road still : nas a washout of about 12 m lea between here and Albu querque, and it will be severs;! days before trains are running.- All. other road are -running trains regularly. It is still rainy here, however, and -.the Rio Grande river ia rising slowly. ' OREGON NEWS .. COST OP ALIEN'S LIVING. Chinese Spend 7.40, Japanese V c ' 49.SO Per Month. Salem Tne cost of living of Chinese and Japanese laborers form a part - of the biennial report of Labor Commis sioner O. P. Hoff and it ia shown that the expense of the formir is $7.4Q per month and of the latter $9.50 per month. The information waa derived from numerous reliable sources and the figures given are an average of the estimates received. Though the total difference in .the cost of living is not great between the two nationalities, there is a great differ ence in the proportion of the money expended .for American goods. A com parison is thus made: ' . Of the total cost of living for Japan ese, 85 per cent is for food and of thiB 87 per cent is American product and 13 per "cent foreign. The expense for clothes is 15 per cent of the total,-and all of this is for American goods. Of the total cjst of living for Chi nese, 81 per cent is for food, and of this" 25 per cent is for American goods(and 75 per cent for foreign. The expense of clothes is 19 per cent St the total, and all of this is for American goods. PULL REGIMENT AT CORVALLIS. Growth of Attendance Makes a Change Necessary. Cor vail is An almost complete reor ganization of tbe cadet battalion, and its evolution into a regiment, is a con sequence of the largely increased at tendance of students at the Oregon Ag ricultural college. Instead of about 250 men, the ranks are now swollen with about 380. and instead of the bat talion of two small companies in vogue a few years ago, the regiment will now comprise four full companies of infan try, a detachment of artillery, a signal corps and the regimental band. The infantry companies each com prise 64 men, or two more than in the regular United States service. Mounts are provided for the cavalty detacn ment, comprising 24 men in addition to officers. Two field pieces with as signments of horses and 16 men and officers constitute the equipment and personnel of the artillery detachment. The signal corps numbers in men and officers oyer 30, and the regimental band, under command of a lieutenant colonel, the officers being newly elected under the orders providing for the or ganization, and issued by Lieutenant Quinlan. Athena Wheat Crop Shipped. - Athena But little of Athena's im mense crop of wheat remains in the warehouses, with tbe exception of that purchased and stored here by the mill. As the greater part was sold early in the season and shipped before cars be came scarce, there remains but a small part of the crop to be shipped. The Prestbn-Parton Milling company pur chased about 120,000 bushels at Adams, Eastland and Athena, and have their warehouses fillel to their capac ity. ' The elevator could not be used this season owing to its unfinished con dition and lack of machinery. As soon as power can-be obtained a part of the bins will be filled for immediate us . Good Road to Blue River. Eugene W. T. Can oil, who has been in charge of the improvement work on the road hading to Blue river, has completed his work and returned to Eugene. A force of men and teams has been employed for two months and a large amount of good road along the McKenzie river is the result. Team siers bauiing over the road report that the work - has been done in a most sat isfactory manner, and that it is now an excellent mountain read. The cost to the conn ty and people contributing is nearly $6,000. . Looking Toward New Postoffice.' Oregon City Postmaster Rannall has received. from the office of the sup ervising architect at Washington a let ter inquiring as to the amount of space that is now occupied by the postoffice and the land office, and asking the amount'of rent that is being paid for the quarters so occupied. This i con sidered locally to be an indication that the government authorities at Washing ton are investigating the actual needs of a government building. ' Goats Take Pair Prizes. Monmouth Riddell Bros., who are breeding pure bred Angora goats, took some of their stock to St. Louis and en tered them in the contest for premiums. They were awarderd one first sweep stake on doe kid and fourth on buck kid. They have for years been im proving their stock by addition of only pure breeds nntil they herd. have a model Spur for Logging Company. Albanv A new sdui of the Ccrvallis & Eastern railroad is being constmcted above Detroit. It will run from a lit tle above Detroit almost to the Breiten bush river and will be one mile in lentrrh. It will run through splendid timber and is being constructed for the benefit of tbe Curtis Lumbering com- . m . 1 nanv. wbicb will estaDiisn togging camDS along its extent and secure logs for its mills at Mill City. OP INTEREST AAAAAAAttAAAtAAA4AAAAAt: DUTY OP COUNTY JUDGES. British Consular Officers to be In - formed of Subject's Death. Salem Governor Chamberlain ban received from the secretaiy .of state of the United States a copy of a treaty be tween " the United - States, and Great Britain, wherein it ia agreed that in., case of the death ol a subject of one country while residing in the other. . and leaving no heirs or testamentary executors in the country where he died,, it shall be the duty of the local author ities to inform the nearest consular' officer of the nation to which the de ceased pei son belonged, of the' circum stances, in order that the necessary in formation may be immediately foi waided to persons interested.- Acting Secretary of State Loom is says that the British ambassador com-., plains that the local authorities have failed to carry out the provisions of this treaty and that it has eomeiiuies been found impossible to obtain reports, from administrators in regard to the distribution of the interstate estates. The daty of giving the notice specified, falls, in this state, upon county judges, who have charge of probate matters. PEED 9,000 SHEEP. Riigg Bros. Decline to Sell Any of Their Holdings. Pendleton R-ugg Bros are prepar ing to feed theiT 9,000 sheep through the winter. Five thousand will be fed on their farm east of this place for spring mutton and will be sheared juet before turning on the market. The re maining 4,000 will be ranged on their farm east of Pilot Rock and will be held over the next season for wool. The. Rugg brothers have nearly 13, 00Q acres of land in the mountains on the head of the Giand R mde; river in Union county for summer range and . 8,000 acres between Birch cree and Butter creek, where they feed during; the winter. Snow scarcely ever lies on the ground at the latter ranch,' and lit tle hay needs be fed during the winter" months. ' Mr Rugg says they have no sheep to sell this fail,- although. they would have no trouble in disposing of them should they so desire. Old ewes are Belling; from $1 upward and young ewes a high as $2.75 a head, "with a market lor every sheep. They will keep their sheep until spring. Cordwood Must Pind New Market. - Oregon City The Oregon City man ufacturing company has compleetd tne installation of oil-burning machineiy at its woolen mills in this city and will use this more satisfactory and econom ical fuel in the operation of is large mills in this city. The substitution by both of the paper mills and' the woolen mill of crude petroleum for wood a& fuel reduces to a large extent the de mand for cordwood in the vicinity and dealers5-will have to find another market, for their produce. Fully 5,000 cords of wood have been required an nually for thet operation of the manu- . facturing institutions that have within, the last six months, arranged to use oil. Exhibit Prom Clnckamas Schools. Oregon City H. S. Lyman, superin tendent of tbe educational exhibit for the 1 e v 8 and Clark fair, w.ill meet the teacheiSof Clackamas county at the court house in this city when, detail will be arranged for the making of an exhibit of educational wi rk form this county at the 1905 exposition. It is proposed to have-an educational exhib it from this county at the Lewis and Clark fair. In the display in the edu cational department at the St. Louis fair the exhibit from this county com pares favorably with that . of other county represented. Packing Houses Closed. Freewater All fruite , wit,h the ex ception of winter apples" are disposed of, and all of tbe packing houses except the Walla Walla Produce company ate clos d. This c impar y is packing a few winter apples for Fargo, N. D. Low prices are being rei eived for theee ap ples, as they are inferior in quality, be ing quite wormy. Growers sprayed faithfully, but conditions were such that there are more wormy apples than usual this season. Bettei prices than usual were received by growers, and all realized good prices. Pix Irrigation Ditches. Ml ton Since the larger part of the fruit has been marheted growers in this vicinity are engaged in doing work ne glected during the rush of the fruit season. A force of men is at work ex tending the Hudson Bay irrigation ditch into the Hudson Bay country northwest of here and wil' h .veit com pleted in time for aee next season. Another force is engaged in making a ditch west of here to drain iff the waste water from the ditches. Pall Work Begins. Adafins The past few days of rain have enabled farmers, to commence seeding and harrowing. Fully as large ' an acreage of wheat will be fall sown as was gown this season. Northwest-Wheat Markets. " Portland Walla Walla, 8182c'; bluestem, 85c; valley, 85c- Tacoma- Bluestem, 86c; club, 82c. Colfax Club, 70c;. bluestem, 75c.