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S CQRVALLiS1 GAZETTE Gazette PuHlshbag Co. CORVALLIS. .OREGON NE!S OFTBE WEEIi fa a Condensed Form for Our Easy Readers, A Resume of the Less Important but Net Less Interesting; Events of the Past Week. Renewed disturbances in Russia cause great alarm. President Castro is threatened with revolution and foreign war. The Japanese fleet has sailed from Borneo to meet the Baltic squadron Mrs. Chadwick has been sentenced to ten years' imprisonment.' She has appealed. An American warship will - carry home the body, of the late Senor Asoiroz. Mexican ambassador to the United States.' : ' Russian officials believe now that the pressure on Linievitch has has been re lieved, the Japanese will next be heard from in front of Vladivostok. . President Roosevelt and President Diaz, of Mexico, may meet on the in ternational boundary when the former makes his Southern trip early in April. A report from Japanese sources says that a large part of Harbin has been burned. Great quantitis of reserve supplies intended for the Russian army are also reported to have been burned. The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul has completed surveys to the Pacific coast, touching all the principal cities. Construction will commence at once an i $60,000,000 is placed as the amount of expenditures to pat the line in work ing order. Hoetil'.ties in Manchuria are sus pended while the armies reorganize Thousands of locked-out workmen in St. Petersburg threaten an' outbreak Santo Domingo may ask the United 8tates to act as receiver for that coun try- : , Castro's attitude continues menacing .trance and - the ' United estates may combine to discipline him. Violent storms throughout Oklahoma iave caused four deaths and numerous injuries besides a heavy property ?: loss Contracts for " rock for tne jetty at the mouth of the Columbia have been let - and deliveries will begin next month. The two big ocean liners Parisian and Albano collided while entering the Halifax, N. S., harbor, and both were badly injured. A Pennsylvania oil authority says nothing has ever been seen to compare ' with the oil territory of Kansas and Indian Territory. A man has confessed to pulling the spikes and rails loose from ; the - Rock Island track in Iowa to see what would happen when a train passed. "Work on the Tacoma public building will be delayed another year in the hope of securing an addition to the $300,000 already appropriated. Jules Verne, the noted French novel- . ist, is dead. . Santo Domingo may ask protection of . the United States. .The Oregon City land office will be removed to Portland. Mrs.: Chadwick admits of debts amounting to $750,000. nenor de Aspiroz, the Mexican am bassador at Washington, is dead Peasant revolts in Russia are becom ing widespread and soldiers object to shooting. . French bankers have agreed to make Russia a loan on condition that she make peace. - , A consular dispute between Norway and Sweden may dissolve the union be tween them. Venezuela refuses to arbitrate dispute with United States and diplomatic re- lations may be broken. - The president finds he has not the power to reduce the number, of canal commissioners, though he may make any change in the personnel he may . desire. Terrorists have warned the Russian grand dukes that they will be removed Canadian shipbuilders have asked the government for a bounty of $8 per ton for ten years oh Canadian built ships to protect the industry against British competition. ' The Philippines may be sold to Japan . , .;- The United States has refused to aid foreign claimants against Panama. The Baltic fleet has been seen in the Indian ocean sailing eastward. " . Germany has angered Turkey by pro testing against buying arms in Franc Twenty-lour Uhmese smuggled over the Mexican border at El Paso, Texas, 1 have been arrested. ', The president hopes to stave off : for eign intervention in Santo Domingo until congress meets. ' The emotion of Vesuvius is abating, t.hnra heine only an occasional puff .: of light material and smoke. ,,. SINKr AT- DOCKS. Damage to Ocean UnerTri 'Collision Worse Than Thought. ; . ocean steamers,' the Parisian and the saved from -possible death at , sea after the collission between the two vessels off the harbor's mouth yesterday by a thrilling 15-mile race for shallow water, showed plainly today how serious was the accident, the Parisian resting on the bottom at her dock and the Al bano' s fore peak being full of water. The Parisan, which came np the har bor at 6 o'clock last night with a gap ing hole in her starboard side from the Albano's sharp prow, nued gradually during the night, and at dawn her engine room had been flooded, her fires extinguished, her lower deck was awash and her keel resting in the mud, Jt large part of her cargo is damaged by water,' but the bulk of the mail, consisting of 400 sacks,- was recovered in good condition. The statements of the two command ers of the vessels as to the probable cause of the collision are conflicting, and the courts will be invoked to place the responsibility. Proceedings have been begun in the Admiralty court against the Hamburg-American com pany, owners of the Albano, and today that steamer was libelled for $150,000 ages in behalf of J. & A. Allan, owners of the Parisian. .Later it 'was announced that a counter suit would be brought by the German company. MEXICO ON GOLD BASIS. President Diaz Issues Decree Author ized by Congress. Mexico Cityj March 28. President Diaz has issued a decree for the reform of the monetary system authorized by congress in December last. The decree establishes the 2-peso, or silver dollar, at - a value of 50 cents gold, and the theoretical unit of the Mexican "cur rency is defined to be the dollar or peso of 75 centigrams of gold. An important feature of the decree is a provision for a reserve exchange fund, which, at first, will consist of $18,000,000 or $15,000,000, and may be increased. The original plan did not provide for the immediate estab lishment of this . fund, but it is now deemed wise to start with one simul taneously with the beginning of the new monetary system. The mint will be closed April 16 to the free coinage of silver and the new monetary system will go into effect May 1. The publication of the decree gives general satisfaction in' business and financial circles. It assures busi ness men against losses in importing STANFORD CASF IS DROPPED. Every Clew Known to San Francisco Police is Run to Earth. Ban J rancisco, March ; zo. it was announced at police headquarters today that every, known clew in the Stanford case had been run to earth, and - that the complexion of the matter had not changed in the least. Barring a con fession or something, "turning op," the police admit that they will never solve the mystery of how, January 14, in this city, strychnine poison was placed in the Poland water used by the late Mrs. Stanford. ed with her tnurivWh it Wnlnln ........ W.VU V. VUW VUlVm the police say, has been solved on the theory that Mrs. Stanford died by natural causes and that the jKwdered strychnine found in the bicarbonate of soda was placed there by some druggist and intended as a tonic. The police detectives working on the case have all turned their attention to other matters, and while' nominally I men are detailed on the case, in reality the department has entirely dropped it. CORTELYOU TO SUCCEED SHAW Will Become Secretary of Treasury in Another Year. Washington, March 28. Leslie M, Shaw, secretary of the treasury, has signified his intention of retiring".: from public office on February 1, 1906, at the end of a four-year term. It is re ported in official circles in Washington that Postmaster General GeorgeB. Cor telyou will succeed him. :,;No authoriz ed statement has. been , made ,. on this point, but the assumption is generally accepted as' correct. Kansas' Fight with the Trust. Topeka, Kan., March 28. The Kan sas .Natural Gas company, through its attorneys, has filed ; in - the Supreme court ' an amendment to its answer to the suit brought to compel it to .show cause why it is operating in Kansas. The petition asks that the suit be dis missed at the cost of the state. : The suit was brought against the company last fall by -the attorney general. It as alleged that the company had no authority to transact business in the state, the charter board haying refused to grant a license. . ' , I.", 7", '. .. - In Very Strong Position. ' St. Petersburg, - March " 28. A dis patch received - from" Sypingai" states that the Russian commander has suc ceeded in withdrawing ' all of his rear guard to a very strong position, where they will be able to withstand any at tack of the ' Japanese.' ' The dispatch states that the spirits of the men' is of the best and that 7 they ' are becoming more and more confident. ' It is further stated that General Kuropatkin is dis tinguishing himself. , ... ' - Hit by a Bomb. , Warsaw, March 28. A bomb was thrown into the carriage of 'Raron von Nolken, chief of police of Warsaw, at 8 o'clock this evening. It was reported that the Baron was severely wounded. IllAY W MEDIATE SflSpSCted FOTPOSS Ol Hajf'S ED' ropean Trip. OPINIONS OF THE DIPLOMATS Whenever Hay Has Been Reported III, a Great Stroke of Diplomacy . Has Quickly Followed. Washington, March 28. Several prominent diplomats in Washington be lieve that John Hay, secretary of state, during his trip to Italy, will make an effort to see what can be done in the way of mediation and settlement of the war in the Far East. The news from the -Azores that Mr. Hay's health - was improved, and that he expected to re turn . to Washington by May 12 adds color to this theory. r The diplomats attach great import ance to the news tnat Henry wmte, the new United States ambassador to Italy, was ordered to hasten his arrival at his post. Mr. Hay and Mr. White are warm personal friends, and the sec retary has" great confidence in Mr. White's adroitness in diplomacy. It has been figured out in the diplo matic corps here that Italy is practi cally the only country of importance in Europe that might be expected to take part in friendly mediation without be ing suspected by either Russia or Japan of ulterior motives or hostile intent. Mr. Hay has come to be regarded almost' as a fetich by diplomats sta- tioned in Washington.. ' They recall that he frequently has been ill, con fined to his house, and inaccessible to diplomats, and half a dozen times after these illnesses something of great lm portance has happened bearing on dip lomatic affairs. MUST GIVE SPAIN HER GUNS Secretary Taft Calls on Cuba to Carry Out Terms of Treaty. Washington, March 28. Spain has never been able to secure from uuba the ordnance left there at the termina- tion of the Spanish-American war, and Senor Oieda called on - Secretary Taft today to learn the position of this gov ernment in the matter. Under the terms of peace it was held that Spain was entitled to all movable ordnance ; in Cuba and Porto Rico, and in the latter case its claim had been recognized and the ordnance trans ferred.' : But in the case of Cuba there appears to be some difficluty in secur ing the recognition by the Cuban : gov ernment of the obligation entered into by the United States. ,t Secretary Taft caused a cablegram to be sent to Minister Squiers in Havana instructing - him to notify the Cuban authorities that the ordnance in ques tion remains the propearty of Spain that it was never possessed by the United States and should be returned to Spain. . - i : . " STEP TO HOME RULE. . 1- ft, -- . I . 1 '-ensu8 ?T u.pp.nes is -ompieiea . Legislature in Two Years, Washington, March 28." Secretary Taft today notified President Roosevelt that the census of . the Philippine islands, had been completed and pub lished, and under the law , of July i 1902, two years from this date the pres- ident shall direct the Philippine com mission to the choice assembly. call a general election for of delegates to a popular All legislative power on the islands will thereafter be vested in 1 a legisla ture consisting of two houses, the Phil ippine commission and the Philippine assembly'.: The condition on which the election is to be called is that complete peace shall have continued in the terri tory of the ; islands not occupied by Moros or other non-Christian tribes The popular election is not to extend to the Moro tribes Two resident . commissioners to the United States will be elected when legislature is chosen. Would Federate with Canada. Toronto, Ont., March 28. M. Fil lian, a member of rthe Dominican legis lature, now here, says the sentiment in the British West Indies is strongly in : tavor of federation with Canada "There are among us," said :he: "hardly any but would be glad to see some scheme inaugurated for bringing the two more closely together. I think a union would be helpful to both.' Mr: Fillian has seen Premier Laurier on the subiect and is hopeful of erood results, and will also interview the Ontario premier. i ' Tornado Wipes Out Town. bh. raui, Minn., jaarcn z. a re port reached this city tonight that the little town of Lonisburg in the extreme western portion of the state had been practically wiped out by a tornado and that. seven persons had- been seriously injured. It was also stated that from two to seven were killed, but ud to late hour it has been impossible, owing to lack of telegraph facilities, to verify tne latter statement. Louisburg is town of about 100 people. : Call to Jamestown Exposition. Washinton, March 28. Befoe Presi dent Roosevelt starts on his South western trip next week he will issue proclamation Inviting foreign nations to participate in the exposition to be held in the summer of 1907 in the vicinitv of Hampton Roads in celebration .of the settlement of Jamestown, Va TWO GREAT PROJECTS. ---i---)i 11 '-', -r v. '. y Reclamation , of ..Tract . in t Idaho and I .7 . ; Another In Montana.").;,, . Washington,' March 2 7 . The secre tary of the interior today set apart $1,- 300,000 from the reclamation fund ' for the purpose of beginning operations in connection with the Payette-Boise irri gation project in Idaho, and $1,000,- 000 for the same purpose in connection with the Milk River project in Mon tana. It is calculated that 370,000 acres will be reclaimed in Idaho and 325,000 in Montana, and the ultimata cost of the two enterprises is fixed at $11,000,000 and $10,000,000 respect ively. ..'"., '' An international question is involved in the Milk river case, as a portion of that river, from which it is proposed to divert water, lies in Canada, and to the matter Secretary Hitchcock has been giving personal attention. After conferring with the president, he has instruc ed Director Walcott, of the Geological survey, to take immediate steps to carry into effect . the plans of the reclamation service for storing floods in St. Mary's lake, diverting the water of St. Mary's river -over into the head of ; Milk ' river and ultimately across the headwaters of Milk river in to the Marias and again out of the Marias back into Milk river -in ':- Mon- tana, thus creating a great -., artificially egulated system of water supply south of the international boundary. ' i It is expected that construction will be begun this season on the r diversion of St. Mary's river into the headwaters of Milk river, allowing the . water to flow for a time through Canada back into the United States. PEACE IS NEAR. Preliminary Pourparlers Being Held in : Northern Capital. Paris, March 27.-Inquiry late last night tends to strongly confirm the statement in last evening's dispatch that approaches toward peace between Russia and Japan have already - begun at a private conference in a Northern European capital. In view of the statement from St. Petersburg that pourparlers- were going on in Paris, the Associated Press last . night called at the Russian embassy and at the Jap anese legation. Ambassador Nelidoff stated specifically that he knew noth ing about such negotiations being in progress here, and Minister Montono while declining to discuss - the general question of peace, authorized the state ment that no pourparlers were occurr ing in Paris. - At the foreign office it was also stated that officials there were not aware of steps toward peace. The foregoing statements by Count Nelidoff and Dr. Montono, while indi cating that negotiations are not pro ceeding here, do not alter the main statement that peace preliminaries are atually progressing elsewhere. ; The real explanation is probably to be found in the Paris dispatch of last evening that a preliminary conference had already been held . at a northern capital. There are strong indications that this capital is Stockholm, and that the negotiations will be conducted Stockholm, if the preliminaries prove successful; -Copenhagen also is men tioned, but it is .understood that the point was raised against past or' future conferences there that there is a large and influential Britsh element: at. that capital, whose sympathies might be hostile to Russia. . Sweeping Increase in Wages. Pittsburg, March 27. Officials of the United States Steel corporation are re ported to have completed all plans pre paratory to making the announcement of a sweeping wage increase to go into effect Saturday, April 1 The amount of the increase is not known at present, but it is stated that, "With the exception of tonnage men in the steel mills, . all employes will receive the full amount of the former reduction. The total in crease, they say, will approximate $9, 000,000. ' The advance will affect 90, 000 workmen in this district. Washington Building Falls. St. Louis, March 27. While work men were razing the : tall ! building erected by the state of Washington: at the World's fair, the building suddenly collapsed and three men were injured. The work of demolition . had been in progress since the first of the' month. All but three of the gigantic - 110-foot timber props that peculiarly character ized the construction ofthe building had been taken downl - While workmen were taking down another the building fell.-"-"--- - - - ' ' -C- 1 Collecting Alaska Exhibit. Washington, March 27. The Interior department recently 1 sent Godfrey Chealander on a tour of Northern Alas ka to collect exhibits for the Lewis and Clark exposition, in addition; to those shown at St. Louis. He will cover the territory from Fairbanks to Cape Nome, collecting specimens on ' the . way and advertising the exposition as he goes. J. H. Ridgeway, government taxiderm ist, is now at Sitka preparing the Alas ka fur exhibit fot Portland. . ' - - Lena Remains Until War Ends. San Francisco,. March 27. First As sistant Secretary of State F. B. Loomis, when asked today whether he. had re solved on any action with regard to the Russian cruiser Lena, which is now held at Mare Island, said: "I paid a visit to the Lena yesterday,; ; but : she will not be released until the war is ended, for that would be a breach of the neutrality laws. She will have to stay at Mare Island." - . - OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST 7 i'-t zc'it PROTEST TO GOVERNMENT; f: Removal of Land Office to Portland is Bitterly Opposed. Oregon City There wlil be -vigorous opposition offered to the proposed re moval of the land office from this city. The claim . that the removal of a the office to Portland is being made ' for economical reasons is not accepted as genuine by Oregon City people, who think they see in the plan a move pre liminary to the consolidation of the government's land business in this state in a central office with headquar ters at romana. At present tnere are six land offices in the state, those other than in this city being located at The Dalles, La "Grande, Lakeview, Roseburg and Burns. At any rate it is believed here that a consolidation of the Oregon City and Roseburg . offices could be effected to the improvement of the ser vice. But so far as the move being in the interest of economy, Oregon City people laugh at the idea. The Oregon City office now occupies a suite of five rooms, for which a monthly rental of Sou is paid, and it is argued that sim ilar rooms could not be had at Portland for several times that amount. In ad dition it appears that accommodations must be provided for the land office at Portland, all available room having been otherwise appropriated in the gov ernment buildings. - In their present quarters the officials of the Oregon City land office have' no ' extra room and could hot transact the. business of the office in more limited quarters. . i The land office here is the first land office that was established in Oregon, and one of the first created west of the Mississippi river. Relics From Jackson County. Medford The curious and interest ing relics found in an Indian grave on the farm of J. H. Ring, . Jackson cou-ity, a few days ago7 will be sent to Portland, as a part . of the Jackson county display at the Lewis and Clark fair. In the grave, besides the skel eton of the brave, there was . found a decayed plainsman s blanket, a U.S. army coat, the buttons of which ' bore the dates of 1837 and 1487. Three Mexican dollars of the stamp of 1840 were also found. Then tnere was a scalping knife, beads of all . sizes and hues and other articles taken by the brave from unfortunate victims of In dians during the early days. Bronze Statue of Sacajawea. Portland The clay model for the statue of Sacajawea has been shipped from Chicago to New York, where the bronze casting will be made. Miss Alice Cooper, the sculptor, has achieved a most remarkable success in her work After the exposition the statue will be presented to the city of Portland. -The cost- of the statue : will be $9,000, of which $7,000 has been' subscribed, all but $200 of this amount coming from persons outside of Portland. July 6, Sacajawea day, all children under 15 years wearing Sacajawea badges will be admitted to the fair grounds upon pay ment of 10 cents. - ' : Heavy Rains on Arid Land, trrigon This whole section has re ceived such a drenching as the oldest inhabitant never heard of at this sea son.- The precipitation' of last week exceeds three week inches, and the en tire section east of the Cascades - and west of the Blues is soaked down o the gravel. This means wonders for the wheat belt in Morrow, Gilliam, . Uma tilla and the Horse Heaven countries, and to Irrigon it -means that people need, not resort to irrigation for many weeks. Settlers have already put out over 150,000 tress this spring. Crawford as Grammarian. Salem Attorney General Crawford holds that the tax exemption law oper ates to exempt personal property (household goods) to the extent of $300 worth and no : more. ' The . question arose out of a mistake in punctuation in the exemption clause of the Shelley act, wherein several articles of property were set off with a semicolon and then numerous f other articles of furniture and household goods were punctuated with commas, preceding this clause "To the value of $300 shall be exempt from taxation. Indians are Dying Out. Chemawa From reports received from the Grand Ronde - reservation it appears that the Indians of the North west are eitherrapidly passing away or else being absorbed oy tne body pontic In the official report for 1878 it was stated that there were 807 Indians : on the Grand Ronde reserve; in 1886 510 wer reported ; in 1897, 399; while at the present time there are living there 353, of whom 56 are old and decrepit, be ing supported by the government. - Fleeces Average 12 Pounds.' ' - Pendleton Charles Cunningham has 35 men shearing sheep on his ranch south of here, near Pilot Rock. - Thus far they have sheared 10,000 and have 11,000 to shear. His sheep. are . pure bred Merino and are yielding, on . an average,, fleeces weighing 12 pounds each, Mr. Cunningham contracted all of-his clip to the Union' woolen ' mills for-17 cents a pound .early in the season. " ; . Will Run a Long Tunnel. Silverton The Lewis fe Clark Min ing &. Milling company has let a con tract for their 300-foot tunnel, to be increased to 500 feet, and the work will begin at once. Lsat year this company 'quipped the mine with modern ma chinery and now this new contract will thoroughly develop the ledge. .. LITTLE WHEAT IN UMATILLA, ; Only One Large Lot of 40,000 Waits Coming of. Assessor. . Pendleton Assessor Strain reports but one lot of wheat of any consequence in the county to be assessed this year. This is 40,000 bushels belonging to the Balfour-Guthrie Warehouse company in this city. : All other large lots have been disposed of long ago and most of it shipped from the county. The Pnget Sound warehouse reports the purchase of a small lot of 1,600 bushels of wheat from Oliver & Co., grocers of this place, but aside from that there are practically no sales. Some of the farmers who had seed wheat; saved over from last fall, which they did not - need to use, are offering that for sale, and some small purchases have been made. -. , ? Estimates are that hot over 75,000 bushels remain in the county, and all those are in small - holdings. -Those who have not sold will likely hold over until another year, as the prices of late have been declining instead of,, adyanc - ing. - .; - ' TO CONTROL FRUIT PRICES. Growers' Associations Arrange for Single Selling Agents. Hood River In 1 order to prevent overstocking of the fruit markets, the fruit associations of Hood River, Puy- allup and Vashon propose to unite in, having one representative salesman. each at Helena, Butte and Great Falls, and also at other points east. i v: At local points it is proposed that one broker shall act for the several as- ' sociations. Fruitgrowers are determ ined as much 'as possible to -fix prices- in each of the different markets. Job bers and commission merchants will -handle the fruit on a fixed basis, and as soon as any market is likely to be overstocked, the representatives wilt advise the shipping associations to 'di vert the shipments elsewhere. ; . , ? Test Standard Ores. . Sumpter D. L. Killen and . E. F. Warner, of the firm of Killen, . Warner & Co., mining promoters, are now at' Denver, where a test is being made of the ores of the Standard group, in the Quartzburg district. This firm has financed the Standard, and expects . large returns from the immense body of ore opened on the porperty. The object of the test is to decide upon the character of the reduction plant to be installed at the mine this . season for the proper treatment of the ores. ,, The Standard is one of the many, properties -shipping ore to the smelter here. . Cottage Grove Mill May Start. Cottagee Grove It is rumored that the Long & Bingham sawmill, which was recently sold to Eugene and other ; parties, will soon be started up. A . few meetings have been held between' the interested parties, and it is the ex pression that the mill will start up in the near future. - This mill was run -successfully for several months,- as the timber was taken from the territory crossed by the O. & S. E. Railroad George H. Kelly of the Booth-Kelly; Lumber company, and W. E. Brown, of Eugene, have been investigating th matter. ! .- -. ' " ? -, Electric Line Man Wilt Not Talk. ' Salem Isaac W. Anderson, of Spo kane, who is a representative of the Rhoades, Sinkler & Butcher syndicate, of Philadelphia,; which recently bought -a large, interest in ' the Salem Electric Light Power & Street Railway .. system, is in Salem inspecting the plant.. He declined to either affirm of deny the reports that it is the intention of his company to build interurban trolley lines in the valley. : He gives the im pression, however, : that there is no present foundation for the stories that have been published. . Will Take the Oregon Census. Pendleton The blanks for the regu lar state census have been received by Assessor C. P. Strain, and the work of taking it with the regular county as sessment will begin on April 1. - The last census taken of Umatilla county, five years ago, showed ; 13,000 popula tion, and Assessor Strain believes that this year will shew; at least 22,000. In taking this census. Mr. . Strain asks the co operation of the, people of the county to assist the census takers. Oregon Stock in- Good Health. Salem With the exception of mange- in one band of horses m Eastern Ore gon, in which case two head have ' teen -killed and the rest are being dipped, the general health of - stock in this state is good. This is according to the verbal report made by State Veterina rian McLean to the Domestic Animal; commission. - ; ; ' PORTLAND MARKETS. Oats No. 1 white,. $1.371.42; gray, $ 1 .50 per cental . Hay Timothy, $1416, clover, $11 , 12; grain, $1I12; cheat, $1112 per ton. ' - ' ' ' Wheat Walla Walla, 8687c; blue stem, 94c; valley; 87c; Eggs Oregon ranch, 1818)c per dozen. - 1 .--'' '.. .-. :-. Butter Fancy creamery,27) 32)c ' Pstatoes Oregon , ; fancy, 8590c j common, 65 80c. i Apples Fancy, $1.752.50 per box. choice, $1 1.25. " Hops Choice 1904, 2324c per pound. Wool Valley, 1920c per pound? Eastern Oregon, 1217c per pound; mohair, choice, 2830c per pound."