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CORVALLIS GAZETTE CORVALLIS. ......... .-ORBO0N NEWS 0FTHE WEEK la a Condensed Form for Oar Busy Readers. A Resume of the Less Important but Not Less Interesting Events of the Past Week. A revolution is threatened in Hun gary. The crisis between Norway and Swe den is acute. Germany is to commence at once en the building of a larger navy. In the yacht " race across the ocean the American boat Atlantic won. The German boat finished second. Dewey says Togo has not equaled America's naval victories if he allows a single Russian ship to escape. The United States Supreme court holds that an oral will is valid under the laws ot the state of Washington. A prominent Sioux City, Iowa, banker, will be arrested for contempt of court in endeavoring to bribe a jury. The Rio Grande river has destroyed much property in Texas by overflowing its banks. One section of El Paso is flooded. - , The Supreme court has decided that Hvde and Dimond must be tried in Washineton for their alleged land stealing. The executive committee of the Pan ama Canal commission has deoided to reduce the working day of mechanics and laborers on the canal to eight hours. The' magnitude of the Russian naval disaster has fairly stunned French pub lic opinion, which had hoped Rojest vensky stood an even chance to win against Togo.- " European statesmen all compliment Secretary Hay. King Oscar has vetoed the Norwegian consular bill and brought on a crisis Wilkesbare, Pennsylvania, women boycotted the show Nan Patteson ap- ears in. Land operations in Manchuria have been suspended awaiting the final out come of the naval battle. Chief Signal Officer Greeley will go - to Alaska in July to inspect the Bignal corps and telegpraph stations. The several unions involved in the Chicago strike have quarreled among themselves. Rioting continues. American steamship lines . are not anxious to secure contracts, for govern ment business, claiming there is no money in it. Officers of the International Typo graphical union and the United Typo theatae of America will confer on an - eieht-hour day for the entire United States in the printing business. A Nebraska criminal will spring the trap at his own phanging. The warden showed the white feather, but the con demned man offered to do the i 3b. He says he is guilty and ought to hang An east bound Northern Jracinc pas senger train was held up about 40 miles east of Missoula by three men and the express car blown to pieces. No details are known. The express messenger missing and may have been killed. Martial law in Warsaw has stopped rioting. King Alfonso has approved the plans for a new navy for Spam . The belief lis general in Japan that a naval battle has been fought. Natives, in East " Siberia are in starving condition and whole tribes are dying. A killing frost throughout Germany has done much damage to fruit and vines. Russian warships at Woosung have -. been ordered to leave and China is pre pared to use force. A San Francisco firm secured the contract just let for furnishing lum ber for the Panama canal. . Baron Alphonse de Rothschild, head of the Paris branch of the great bank ing firm of Rothschilds, is dead. Secretary Hay has started for home. The Russian Vladivostok squadron has left that port and is supposed to be on its way to join the Baltic fleet. John Barrett, late minister to Co lombia, says yellow fever cannot be en tirely stamped out in the canal zone.- The Russian government is willing to do almost anything to raise money for the war. Three of the most lucra tive railway lines in the emipre are to . be sold. Warsaw, Russia, is in the hands of riotous Jews. A number of French anarchists have been arrested in. Paris for plotting against the life of King Alfonso, who will visit France. . Bulgaria has purchased Argentine warships for .Russia. The railroads have opened a cam paign against government rate regula tion. . William Ziegler, the millionaire bak- ing powder man, left a fortune of $25,- 000,000. ' CHEAP RATES FOR CANAL ROAD Manufacturers Convinced That Canal Zone is Foreign Territory. Washington, May 30. In view of the published intention of , the Isthmian Canal commission to buy in the cheap est market, there have been a great manv inauiries as to the price of steel rails, one of the principal articles of supply which figured in the commis- oiuii o ucrauiiuauuu. . Colonel Edwards, administrative offi- , nf tha Canal mmmission. addressed an inauirv to Secretary Drake, of the Panama Railroad company, intended to I elicit information on tnis point, ne re- ceved a reply which in substance id that the price of steel rails in the United States for the past 12 months has been uniform at $28 per ton, while in foreign makerts the price was $ 24 per ton. The exceptions were where rails were sold in the United States lor export, when the prices were estab lished by direct negotiation and were matters of private record. The Panama Railroad company con- vinced the manufacturers that its rails were purhased for export to foreign ter ritory (which, Mr. Drake says, Colon is), and was able to get in June last 70-pound rails for $22.50 for first qual ity and $21.75 for second quality. Last January it bought 1,200 tons at $25 for first class and $24 for second class, and more recently purchased 2,500 tons for the Canal commission and 3,500 for the railroad at $26.45, all'three contracts being made in com petition with foreign bidders, whose list price was $25 for f . o. b. at New York or $27.75 c. i. f. at Colon, exclusive of wharfage and port charges. - ELKINS IS OPPOSED. He Tells President Why Extra Session is Unnecessary. Washington, May 30. Senator El- kins, chairman of. the Interstate Com merce commission, in a conference told the president that his commission would reassemble two or three weeks before the next session of congress, whether it be extraordinary or regular, and report on the recent hearings on railroad rate legislation. At that ses sion of the commission the nature of the bill to be submitted to the senate will be determined. Senator Eklins urged the president not to call congress into extraordinary session, maintaining that, as the ses sion beginning on the hrst Monday in December would be, the long session, congress would have ample time to consider all questions of importance without a special session. He-ex- pressed to the president the - opinion that senators and representatives gen erally hoped the president would not call them into extraordinary session Senator Cullom, of Illinois, who talked briefly to the president, ex pressed the same wish. The president has not indicated defi nitely his purpose as to calling an extra ordinary session, although he has con sidered seriously the fixing of the date about the middle of October. END NOT IN SIGHT. Chicago Labor Unions All Planning for a Long Struggle. Chicago, May 30. Nothing devel oped today that would indicate an im mediate settlement of the teamsters' strike, which has been in progress for nearly two months. That the labor unions are of the belief that the ..fight will be a long one was demonstrated at the meeting of the Chicago Federation of Labor today, when , arrangements were made for holding a strike demon stration July 5. According to the pres ent plans it is the intention to hold a monster parade of the strikers and the affiliated unions unless the controversy has been ended before that date. At the meeting today eacn union affiliated .-. with the central body was represented by three delegates at the request of President Dold. . The "strike situation was discussed in all its de tails and the sentiment of the meeting was that the teamsters should continue the fight until the seven expresB corn- panies should off er some sort of a com- promise. The officials ot the express companies are still obdurate in their declaration that no concessions need be looked for from their side, so the mat ter of settlement through this channel seems as remote as ever. Norway Must Be Free. Aalborg, Province of Jutland, . Den mark, May 30. Bjornstjerne Bjornson, the Norwegian poet and dramatist, who is visiting here, today addressed a meet ing on the Norwegian crisis. . He said he desired to see the Norwegian, Swed ish and Danish races united. 'Nor way, he declared, must become free, as the other northern races are. : If she is free and independent it will be impossible to deal with the next great question, how we small states are to arrange our fu ture." Name of Vessel Not Known. Tokio, May 30. The name and des tination of the American steamer which Vice Admiral Rojestvensky is reported to have sunk oS Formosa about May 21 is unknown nere. Details concerning the sinking of the vessel are expected to be made known when the crew of the steamer reaches Japan. " Although nothing is known here about the case, it is expected in official circles that Vice Admiral Rojestvensky will allege the vessel was cruising. Sinking Confirmed at Washington, Washington, May 30, Confirmation Ihas been received here from Shanghai of the press report that the Russian warships have sunk an unknown Amer- ican merchant ship off the Chinese coast. Heavy gun fire is plainly heard I to the northward. OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST TAX ON TRAVELING STOCK. supreme uourt win t-ass on validity of Recent Law, Salem A nnit. hnn hnn hrrmcrht. in - . iU . K cuuulJ w lcDb act of the last legislature specifying the manner in which livestock shall be as- BeBBej aaA the taxes thereon shall be paid. The new law provides that when livestock is assessed, the tax shall be then paid or secured at the rate of levy for the preceding year, and that when such stock is driven into another coun ty for pasturage, it shall be assessed there and the owner shall pay a tax to that county according to the time the stock was pastured therein. The owner cin recover from the first county such portion Gf nia tax as he paid to the sec- ond county. The purpose of the law was to place a restriction upon the driving of stock into this state from otner states, or from one county to another, the object being to lessen the range troubles. A suit was brought by .Lake rcounty to enforce the payment of the tax, and the defendant set up by demurrer that the law is unconstitutional because! it requires payment of a tax at a rate dif ferent from the rate charged upon other classes of property. It is understood that the court sustained the, demurrer and that the case will be appealed to the Supreme court at once, so that the question may be settled. FILES ON THE KLAMATH BASIN Government Secures Itself Against Speculators in Irrigation Tract. Salem The United Statesgovern ment has filed in the office of State Engineer John H. Lewis, a notice of intention to appropriate all the unused waters of Malheur river and of : the Klamath basin. This notice is given under the irrigation act passed by the last legislature, and serves to prevent any water rights which - will conflict with the government's needs. The government has three years within which to file its plans and begin the construction of its irrigation system. The filing of the notice gives the gov ernment protection against speculators during that time. A. R. Black, of Eugene, has filed in the office of the state engineer a notice of his appropriation of the - waters of Waldo lakej in Lane county, for irriga tion purposes. His notice was filed in the office of the county clerk of Lane county, but under the new law it must be filed in the office of the state engin eer also. . Is Thick With Gold. Sumpter Messrs. Gilkey and Ker shaw, owners of the Belmont group, Greenhorn district, - have brought in another cleanup- from their famous mine. The lot aggregated in value $550, and represented two days' work. Gold is so thickly spread through the ore as to give it the appearance of being almost pure metal. What little quarz and dirt here are in the specimens are scarcely visible, as the gold predomin ates to such an extent as to almost ob literate every other substance from view. Annual Fair at Roseburg, Roseburg The annual fair for the Second Southern Oregon agricultural district will be held on the" fair grounds one mile east of Roseburg, September 12 to 16 inclusive. Arrangements will also probably be made fori holding the annual pioneer reunion for this county at the district fair grounds September 11 and 12. The board of trustees has offered the pioneers free use of the grounds during th6se two days for the purpose named. . Opp Strike a Real Bonanza. Medford With $8,000 taken out in the first two days after the strike in the Opp mine, and the rich ore promising to continue, the find m this once re jected mine looks like a bonanza equal to the famous Gold Hill ore of early days. Should the rich streak continue even 20 feet, which will apparently be the case, it will yield at least $150,000, The ledge is seemingly a continuods one of wire gold bearing quartz. Offer Money and Demand Land. Salem A number of persons holding certificates of sale of state land, which certificates the Marion county grand jury declared were secured fraudulent ly, are coming forward with money to make payments and are strongly pro testing that there was no fraud in the transactions. -Some of the certificates are still in the hands of first purchasers while others are held by assignees. Warehouse for Wallowa Wool. Elgin A large warehouse to be used for a storeroom for the large quantity of wool soon to come out of Wallowa county has been completed. 'This warehouse was built by a company of farmers of this section, known as the Farmers' Exchange and : Forwarding company, which will conduct a general forwarding business, and also carry farm implements and vehicles. . Northern Union Sawmill Season. Elgin The many sawmills tributary to this place have begun active opera tions, and ere long a large influx of men and teams will be engaged in hauling the output of these mills to Elgin, where the lumber is prepared for . the , market, being manufactured into all kinds' of building materials, which are shipped to all parts of the country. - - - . . REVENUE CUT OFF. Eastern Oregon Experiment Station Without Funds for Work. Salem The filing of the referendum petitions has left the Eastern Oregon Agricultural experiment station entire ly without funds. The last legislature raised the appropriation from $10,000 to $15,000 a year, but at the same time passed an act which requires that when ever public property at any institution is sold, the proceeds shall be paid to the state treasurer and be turned into i he general fund. Attorney General Crawford has given an opinion in which he holds that this latter act applies to articles produced at the experiment station. Since the appropriation was included in the om nibus bill, which has been held up by the referendum, all revenue for the ex periment station is cut off . When the omnibus bill was up for consideration in the senate last winter, Senator Pierce made a strong plea for the raise of $5,000 a year in the appro priation. His argument was that the station has had a revenue of nearly $5,000 from the sale of produce, and that since this had been cut off by the act requiring " that the proceeds be turned into the general fund, the leg islature should make up for it by in creasing the appropriation. As soon as the referendum petition was filed, the Agricultural college people began an effort to hold the proceeds of eales, if possible. In order to get an expres sion from the attorney general, his opinion was asked and his unfavorable answer was given. Might Burn Up Town. Astoria The new crude oil tank of the Standard Oil company, inthis city has received its baptism by the oil tank steamer Asuncion pumping 5,000 gal lons of crude oil into it, there being no opposition from any of the city author ities, notwithstanding the general dis cussion by the council that it would be a serious menace to the safety of the adjacent property, and might be the cause of a fire that would destroy a large portion of the city, it is un doubtedly located in a position that if it should get afire during one of the regular summer Northwest winds, entire city would be menaced. the . Speculators are Shut Out. Salem state land officials are ex ceedingly well pleased by the decision of the secretary of the interior, to the effect that the state can select indemni ty land for all state school lands inside forest reserves. While the department has held that the state may select in demnity land for both surveyed and unsurveyed sections, the state will have little opportunity to select indemnity on surveyed sections for the reason that these sections were bought up by spec ulators . before the state land board learned that the government proposed to create the reserves. State Land Sale. Salem The state land board has de cided to sell to the highest bidder all the school sections in the portion of the "Warner mountian reserve that were recently restored to entry. There are 9,720 acres of school land in the tracts restored. Sealed bids for the land will be received by the state land board at its meeting on the second Tuesday in July. When the government withdrew its lands from entry for the purpose ol creating forest reserves in Klamath and Lake counties, the state withdrew from Bale all state school lands in the same tract. . i . '" Wood Washes Away. Lebanon A slight rise in the San- tiam river at this place- caused the breaking of the boom which had been placed in the river to hold the cord- wood floated down the river, to the paper mill at this place, and about 1,000 cords of wood floated down the river. lt is not probable that any ereat amount of it can ' be saved at points below here, and. the loss to the mill company will be about $2,000. - "A few hundred cords wero lost by the mill in a similar way last fall. It was be lieved the boom waB much stronger. Warner Case to Supreme Court. Salem Attorney General. Crawford has returned from Lake county, where he tried the case for the Warner valley settlers against the Warner - Valley Stock company. The trial court sus tained a demurrer to- the attorney gen eral's complaint and the attorney gen eral appealed to the Supreme court where the question will be settled whether the Warner valley settlers have a good case against the company for title to their lands. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Club, 586c per bushel; bluestem, 9092c; valley", 85c. Oats No, 1 white, feed, $28."5029 per ton; gray, $28.50. Hay Timothy, $1416 per ton; clover, $1112; grain, $1I12; cheat, $11(312. , Eggs Oregon ranch, 18c per dozen. Butter Fancy creamery,1721Jc Apples Table, $1.502.50 per box. oirawDerries uregon, $zz.2& per crate. - ' Potatoes, Old, $11.15; new pota-- toes, 22c per pound. Hops 1904, 2325c per pound. Wool Choice, Eastern Oregon, best, 1923?c per pound; valley, 2728c per pound ; mohair, 3132Uc per pound. RUSSIAN FLEET ANNIHILATED Long Expected Battle in Far East a Victory for Japs. Tokio, May 29. It is officially an nounced that Admiral Rojestvensky's fleet has been practically annihilated. Twelve warships have been sunk or captured and two transports and ' two torpedo boat destroyers have been sunk. London, May 29. No details of the fighting between the hostile fleets have been received here as yet and none are likely to be until due of the Russian ships reaches a neutral port or the Japanese government releases the cen- sorship on messages from Tokio. This latter is not likely until the fight is over. ' Only the barest bulletins are printed in the morning papers here, but they all point to a sweeping Japanese vie- tory. In fact, the correspondent of the London Mail at Tokio, who is generally most conservative, makes the bold statements that the Russian Baltic fleet as a fighting force has been completely wiped out, that some of its best vessels are sunk, others are prizes of war, and the remainder fleeing before the Japan ese vessels. He adds no details, which is not surprising, inasmuch as the cen sor apparently got in his work on his message, wnicn reached tins city un finished. Just what has taken place is bard to say, but the naval experts think that Togo attacked the Russians Siihday morning with his destroyers, which have already scored heavily in the past, and then he followed up the fighting with his whole fleet, ., GRAZING IN NEW RESERVES. No Restrictions This Year Pending Study of Conditions'. Wsahihgton, May 29. The secre tary of agriculture today issued an or der directing that no restriction be placed upon the grazing of stock within new lorest reserves that have been or may be created this year. mere has been considerable concern among the sheep and cattlemen of the West on afceount of the creation of new reserves, which include considerable areas of what has heretofore been pub lic range. Many letters received by the depatrment indicate that stockmen fear they are - to be deprived of thier range on ihort notice. In justice to these stock interests, Secretary Wilson on recommendation of the Forestry bureau, decided to impose no restric tions within the new reserves this summer. : However, investigations are now be ing made to determine how many sheep and cattle may safely be admitted, and based on: these investigations, restric tions will be imposed next year, and a grazing season will be set ior each in dividual reserve, to be regulated by climatic and range conditions. Today' order applies to new reserves in Oregon and Idaho, and will apply to new re- serves soon to be established in these states and in Washington. TITLE IS CLEAR, Government Accepts "Right of Way to Celilo Canal. Washingtn, May 29. The United : States government today formally ac cepted title to the right of way for The Dalles-Celilo canal, and early this week Major Langfitt wih be instructed to ad vertise for bids for construction of the upper lock and approaches, for which $300,000 was appropriated last session Title to the right of way was examined and approved some weeks ago'. Today the attorney general examined the deed from the state, and, finding it regular. ad vised the secretary of war that he could, under the law, proceed with construction of the canal. This means that the work of con struction will commence early in the summer, and there is money enough on hand to continue it until congress has an opportunity to make a further ap propriation. If the original intention is carried out, the Oregon, Washingtoi and Idaho delegations will attempt next session to have The Dalles canal made a continuing ''contract; in order that appropriations may be made an nually until the total cost of $4,000 000 has been appropriated. ' : : n : Chinese Did Not Understand. Chefoo, May 29. W. W. RockhiU who succeeded Mr. Conger as American minister at Pekin, arrived here today. en route to Taku. Minister RockhiU stated that he was informed, at a con ference with Chinese at Shanghai, that it developed that the stories given wide circulation by the Oriental press, to the effect that., the Chinese were contem plating a boycott on American goods as a retaliation for contemplated Ameri - can legislation against Chinese immi I oration, were the result of a misunder- standing. Tornado and Flood. Guthrie, Okla., May 29. Meager de tails received late tonight indicate that a destructive storm passed over Plattes, Indian Territory today," wrecking many houses, killing one- man and -injuring six others severely. Wires are down and the 'Fricso train cannot reach Plattes until the tracks are cleared fallen trees . arid other debris. The tornado swept across Oklahoma and Indian Territroy, doing damage nearly a dozen towns. 1 ' ; ; American Steamer is Sunk. Tokio. May 29. News has been ceived here that Admiral Rojestven sky's fleet sunk an- American t steamer . off Formosa about May 21 . The name of the steamer is unknwn. Her crew was saved. ROJESTVENSKY LOST: Remnants of His Shattered Fleet Flying for Refuge. ORPEDOES DID SPLENDID WORK Togo Sunk or Captured Nineteen of Russia's Vessels, Including Admiral's Flagship. Washington, May 30. The Post says the Navy department has received an official telegram from Tokio saying -that the battleship Kniaz Souvaroff. Admiral Rojestvensky's flagship, went down in the action, ani that Admiral Rojestvensky was lost. " ' London, May 30. According to the correspondent of the Daily Mail at Seoul, Corea, early on Saturday morn ing Vice Admiral Togo, with practi- -cally all the powerful fighting ships of the Japanese navy, was at Maeanpho, Corea, when wireless signals from his -scouts between Tsu and Quelpart is lands announced the Approach of the - T" : a j. - .n f xiutsaiau uwb 111 iuii iorce. . A few hours later the scouts report ed that the Russians were not ascend ing the western channel, as had been -anticipated, but that they were coming : up the eastern channel, which caused . some surprise. Admiral Togo immediately started at - full speed around the north of Tsu is land, and when he doubled the island . he saw the Russians coming in two col- - umns. He then brought a terrific fire to bear on the flank of the port col umn, and, as the .Russians fell into dis order, he forced them steadily eastward i toward the Japanese coast, where they were attacked by every vessel that flew the Japanese flag. Repeated torpedo attacks were deliv ered, some of them with the" greatest success. The vessels which escaped, the cor respondent says, will probably be able to reach Vladivostok and he adds that other operations of the utmost import- -ance are proceeding. IN DEPTHS OF WOE. Russia is Downcast at News of Lost - Naval Battle. St. Petersburg, May 30. -.After wait ing vainly all day and evening for di rect news of Vice Admiral Rojest- -venak'y's destroyed and beaten fleet,, the Russian admiralty at midnight no longer attempted to hold out against -the overwhelming evidence pouring in from -all directions that the fleet, oik which all their hopes were centered,, had suffered a greater disaster than did - the combined French and Spanish fleets at Trafalgar. More bitter even . than defeat is the Japanese claim of virtual annihilation of the Russian fleet, - with practically no losses on their side,, and many officers cling doggedly to the- belief that Vice Admiral Togo might. have suffered heavily. With every ship of Rear Admiral. Nebogatoff 's reinforcing division either- sent to the bottom or forced to strike- its flag, and only six of Rojestvensky's- original 16 fighting ships absent from the list of vessels sunk or captured, and with the Japanese pursuit still continuing no naval authority has the temerity to dream. ' that Russia can again attempt to wrest the mastery of the sea from Japan in the present war. The captured warships alone will furnish Japan with ready made rein forcements, which will be more than, a. match for the fourth Pacific squadron now about to sail from Cronstadt. ' The emperor was completely pros trated by the news,- and. according to-, reports, he broke down and wept". The effect of the disaster will be a. . terrible blow to the government. The - futility of trying to struggle on on land . is everywhere recognized, and the cry for "peace at any price" is sure to be -. raised. This time, it is believed, the government cannot resist the cry. In deed, the radical Liberals are openly rejoicing in this hour of their country's' humiliation. , Has No National Guard. Honolulu, May 30. The territorial legislature adjourned tonight. All Na- . tional Guard appropriations and the appropriation asked for the government, band were refused by the legislature. -The band will probably be maintained", by the citizens of Honolulu. The Na tional Guard is likely to disband or will be largely reduced in numbers. It is claimed by the opponents of he appropriations asked for that- Governor -Carter has the power under the army regulations to use the Federal forces, if: necessary. ; . Russian Version of Battle. St. Petersburg, ,,May 30.-3S The St.. Petersburg Telegraph- agency has re ceived the following from Shanghai:: "Word has been received here that . seven Japanese ships, two of which were 'armored, and four Russian ships have been sunk. It is confidently ; believed here that the . Japanese are -awaiting the publication of Vice Ad miral Rojestvensky's official dispatch from Vldaivostok before admitting the -extent of their own losses." . All Found Not Guilty. Trenton, N. J.,- May 30. H. J. Stone, H. C. Quintard, Charles W.. Russ and James Rubs, of the Nonpareil . . Cork works, of Camden, N. J., tried on ' a charge of conspiracy, were acquitted tonight. They were accused of placing: iron in life preservers.