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Bohemia Nugget llohamla Nonet Pub- C. COTTAGE GROVE . . OREGON. Events of the da Comprehensive Review of the Import" nt llarpenlngs of the Pat Week, Prentcd In Condened Form, Most Jkely to Prove IntereillnE. A nlnt to wreck n train on which tlio czar was traveling was marly success ful.. Tlio Internal revenue rccclpta tor April were 1677,741) less than for April. 11)03. Tlio government will send only tlie 'bent of Ita exhibit at St. Iouia to tlio 1005 (all. Fcatllo's mayoi la receiving numer ous threatening Icttcra on account of having closed down gambling. Tlio Russian are reported to havo blown up the cruiser Hogstyr to pre vent capinro liy the Japanese. Estimates of tlio damage caused liy the flml In the Cache la 1'oudrevallcv. Colorado, run from $1,000,000 up. Several thousand tiacllll taken from plagno aufferera In India havo lieen lost Bomow hero between St. Paul and Chi cago. Franco haa ordered her ambassador to the Vatican to take a vacation aa a protest against the n to regarding the visit of 1'iesiilent Loilbct. A da ly newspaper ia to be published on tlio steamers of the Cnnanl line. Telegraph service will be furnished by the wireless system and news will In received from both sides of tho At lantic. The National Editorial association will visit Portland duiing tho 1905 Mr. Tho Russians have forced the Japan ese army to retreat to Feng Wang Cheng. Tho British steamer Turret Kay wem on the rocks off the Cape lireton coast The vessel waa lost with 13 of tin crew. Governor Chamberlain has offered $2,500 for the capture of the mnrderei of Creed Conn, in Lake county, Oregon and 300 apiece, for sheep slaughterers. The Rncaian fleet at Port Arthur will go out and take the offensive a eoon as the cripplea are ready. Onlj one vessel is now holding them back. The Japanese are prepai ing to storm Port Arthur, the waters becoming too dangerous fur the fleet on account of the (hailing mines turned loose by the Russians. England haa Fent a warship to Mo rocco to compel that government to tane immediate steps to capture the bandits who hold a British subject foi ransom. An Amzrican vessel will also Do sent. An imperial edict haa been issued by Corea still further Involving it with the itustian government and obliterat ing all semblame of neutrality. Co rcan Meamships are aiding in the land ing of Japanese. Two thousand Bnsaians were killed or wounded in an engagement at Hsien Yen Cheng. The forestry bureau will recommend the creation of four forest reserves in Eastern Oregon. Admiral Togo reports that 651 men went down with the two warehipa sunk by Russian mines. 8t. Petersburg officiala say there is a free passage1 at Port Arthur forever the largest battleships. The cruiser Tacoma haa left Hono lulu In search of an unknown island between there and Panama. Russians 'attribute the Japanese naval disaster aa divine interference, and believe the tide lias turned. Ttandits in Morocco have seized a rich Amreicait and hia stepson and will hold them for a heavy ransom. The Corean government haa an nulled all treaties and agreements witii Russia. Tliia ia practically a declara tion of war. It ia leared China will follow. Russian army surgeons are praising the Japanese bn leta. They Inflict a small, clear ound, though possessing onrui ntftmilne effect. One eantain in the Yalu fight uaB wounded 20 times but will recover. Seventy thousand Rnssiana are said to lie inarching to the relief of Port Arthur. RuaMan evacuation of Niu Chwang is complete. Chicago wanta to sell $8,600,000 of city bonds. Tho battleship Rhode Island has been launched. King Edward is said to be seeking to end the hostilities in the Far East. The Krnpp gun wurku in Germany Is busy turning out war material. The friction between Geaeral Kuro patkin and Viiceroy Alexieff is becom ing acute. The commander of the military forces in Port Aithnr declares that ho saw two Japanese submarine boats in the harbor and that the battleship I'o tropavlnvak was sunk by one. Russia will not try to send any ships out of Poit Arthur until the Ilaltic fleet arrives and a juncture with that and the Vladivostok squadron can be effected. The National Good Roads association, in convention In St. Louis, indorses the Lewis and Clark fair. ' Two prominent Japanese have ar rived In the United States in tho inter eat of bonds and commerce. A second Dreyfus affair has come to the front In l-ondon ny an naiianoiier Ing to sell 85 plans of tortiflcations ol French forts. The Japanese are tearing up more of tho railroad leading to Port Arthur and are determined that there shall be no further rail communication. WIN I)IQ VICTORY. Russian Troops Atake Sortie Pron Port Arthur. St. Petersburg, May 24. Tho gov eminent this evening received nevrr confirmatory of tlio rumors In circula tion hero that General Stocssel has made a succsstul sortio from Port Ar thur, resulting in the defeat of the Japanese, with the lews of moro than 1,000 killed or wounded. The ltusalan losaea were 110 killed or wounded. Tlio movement wna carried out by a combination with a train bringing in war munitions and supplies and Gi-nci-al Stoc'sel's force, communication be ing maintained by wireless telegraphy. The Japaueso burred the route between the train and General Stoessol'a force, whereupon tho Russian attacked and routed the Japanese After thceiigage ment General Sloessel's force, together with the train, returned to Port Arth ur. The current accounts of tho Port Ar thur aortic are somewhat conflicting, and there is some doubt na to whether the version mentioning tlio train la correct. Hut tlio operation is des cribed aa having been brilliantly car ried out by the Russians. General Mocssel, it is said, made a new distribution of his guns before tak ing tiart in tho sortie. The Russians foueht with great bravery, breaking tho Japanese line and carrying the enemy for a consider able distance. COSSACKS NEARLY AMBUSHED. Pursuit of Japanese Is Stopped Just In the Mck of Time. St. Petersburg, May 24. Tho czar has received tho following dispatch from General K iiror.uk in: "The re.onnaissJiico of May 19 failed to show any sign of the enemy in the vahejs of the t-edzyk river and of the Unziag rivet, a tributary, as far as tlio village of Deoiouteidzkou, on the main road from Siuyen to Feng Wan? Cheng. "A detachment of the Japanese van guard numbering 300 men occupied the village of Deopudu, on the same road A Japanese battalion was posted five miles beyond Siaskhuangkl, and at least a division, including guard regi ments, was stationed five kilometres turther on toward Kliabalin. "A body of Cossacks on May 19 en countered three troops of Japanese cav .ilry near the village of Pipouza, 11 rr-iles southwest of Feng Wang Cheng. The Cossacks attacked and pursued the Japanese to Pipouza, where they en countered some Japanese infantry, who had prepared an ambush, which, how ever, was discovered in time. The Cossacks lost two men wounded, one horse killed and two hortes wounded. "Xo trace of the enemy was found in the mountains between Kaichau and Mu Yen." JAPANESE CAPTURE KAI CHOU. Advance of Russians From Mu Chwang Direction Alio Prevented. Tokio, May 24. Although it has not been officially reported, it is said on good authority that the Japanese forces have captured Kal Chou, driv ing the itussians back to Tashi Chi in ihe direction of Niu Chwang, and pre venting the advance of the Russian troops at Niu Chwang in the direction of Kui Chou. The bombardment by the Japanese in the vicinity of Kal Chou rccentlj as probably in preparation for the landing of forces in the northwest cor ner of the Liao lung peninsula for the purpose of capturing Niu Chwang and co-operating witli the other armies in i he march on Liao Yang. Probably a -mall Japanese force has been landed it Kin Chou bay. Takushan, where Japanese forces Mere landed May 19, is at the moutl -if Dayan river, west of their column. More Hu'ldlnea (or Army Forts. Washington, May 24. Constructing Quartermaster Penrose, at Port Town -end, has been instructed to invite bids 'or the erection of buildings to accom modate two additional companies of oast artillery at Fort Worden and one more at Fort Caey. At tort Worden the government will erect one Held ofli cera' quarters, one double captains' quarters and two double lieutenants' quarters, one double nnncommbsioned officers quarters and two banacks. At rort tascy tluee sets ct ollicer quar ters and one barrackB will be erected. Record Run lor Warship. New York, Mav 24. The United Slates battleship Kentucky anchored off Tompkihsville today, having made the world s recnnl run for a warship Irom Hung Kong and Madeira lo New York. The total distance steamed was 12,099 miles from Hong Kong at an average speed of 12.07 knots. The last run of 2,900 miles from Madiera to New York was made at an average speed of 13.fi knots. The whole distance was made under natural draught. The Kentucky has leen in comuiitsion a little more than four years. Excite Wonder ot Parle. Paris, May 24. The arrival of quan tities of American gold, on arcount ot the payment of the Panama canal purchase, excites the wonder of Parisi ans. A large crowd gathered at Hit St. Lnzare nil I mad station to see a train '" four cars, carrying 178 barrels of gold, being a shipment of $9,000,000 by the French line steamer Loraine which had juts arrived at Havre from New York The excitement was such that the po lice leared It would ho necessary to Biimmon reinforcements, but it all passed off well. Exprct Foreign Powers to Protest. Tokio, May 24. It is absolutely cer tain that the battleship Hattuse Wiis sunk by liunsian mines ten miles off the co:iBt. The position of iheee mines makes navigation dangerous 'or neutral vessels, and a protest from foreign gov ernments is expected. The lo'a of the Japanese warships is keenly felt here. No flags are flying in tliia city, and the nightly lantern parades have been abandoned. American nurses will go to ileroshima hospital. Military Trains Reach I lao Yang. Liao Yang, May 24, Eleven mili tary trains have come in here during 'he past 24 hours. The Russian ruh.e Is risinu by leaps and hounds. The rains hate stopped suddenly and fine weather has set in. EXCLUSION LEGAL UNITED STATES MAS RIQIIT TO DE PORT ANARCHISTS. Opinion Rendered by United States Su preme Court In the Case ol Turner, the English Anarchlst-Chlef Justice Sat Act I Not Open to Constllu tlonal Objection. Washington, May IS. In nn opinion today by Chief Justice Fuller, the United states supreme court sustained the action ot the Immigration authori ties at tho port of New York in order ing the deportation of the Englishman, Turner, alleged to le an anarchist. The chief justice said in his opinion that Turner himself did not deny that lie is an anarchist. The opinion up hold the law for tho exclusion of an archists, and atlirincd tho decision of tho circuit court tot the southern dis trict of New York, which refused a writ of habeas corpus for Turner. Chief Justice Fuller, in Ida opinion, first reviewed the facta in the case, in cluding tho claim of Turner that he is a lecturer on sociological questions, also that hia counsel contended that he waa an anarchltt in theory merely, lie then referred to tho fact that Turn er's counsel attacked the immigration law as unconstitutional on the ground that it is in contiavention of the lirst. fifth and sixth amendments and also section one of tho constitution, because "no power is delegated by the constitu tion to the general government over alien foreigners with reference to their admission to tho United States or other wise, or oer the beliefs of citizens, denizens, sojourners or nliens or oer the freedom of speech of the press. All of these contentious were nega tived by the detision of the chief just ice, who said, among other things: "Whether rested on the accepted principle of international law that every sovereign nation has the power aa inherent in sovereignty and essential to self preseivatioti, to forbid the en trance of foreigners within its dominion or to admit them only In such cases and on such conditions as it may see tit to prescribe, or on the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations, which includes the entrance of ships, the ill) portation of goods, and the bringing of -erson into the ports of tho United States, the act before ua is not open to constitutional objection. Nor is the manner in which congress hasoxe.clscd the right, although whcr such a case arises, the objtction may bo taken." AMERICAN AVERTS CLAMI. Military Observer Prevent Russian From Firing on Own Den. Mukden, .May 18. Lieutenant Col one! Schuyler, U. S. A., military oh server with the Russian army, arrived here today and after an interview with Viceroy Alexieff, left for Liao Yang in the afternoon. It appears that William B. Judson, of the United States engineer corps, who is an observer witli the Russian army, helled to avert a clash between parties of Russians during the Russian reoccupation of the railroad after the Japanese had cut it at Poliade. When the Japanese had temporarily retired from the railroad, a train with two companies of sappers was sent south from Liao Yang. Captain Judson was aboard. When the tiain reached a break in the line a body of troops were seen and they were supposed to be Jap anese. Sharpshooters were thrown out, and preparations were made to swoop down on the enemy. Captain Judson througli his glasses recognized the Rus aian uniforms and the troops proved to be a party sent up the line from the south. Irrigation In Colorado. Washington, May 1H. The census bureau in a report on irrigation in Col orado says: Notwithstanding the fa vorable conditions, the construction of irrigation works in 1902 progressed rapidly, and the year showe a consider able Increase In the irrigated area. It is probable, however, that many hun dreds of acres repotted aa irrigated did not receive sufficient water to produce full crops. Colorado still holds first place among the arid states In the ex tent of its irrigated acreage and in the length of its canals and ditches. Ready to Lone 2,000 Men Chefoo, May 18. The Japanesehope to occupy Port Dalny within a few days. Dalnj ia not fortified, the only fort in the vicinity being one midway tietween Tallcn Wan and Kin Chou After the ! strcutinn of the submarine mines at Talien Wan the Japanese in tind to land additional troops there and commence an attack on Port Arth nr. A Japanese officer informed the correspondent of the Associated Press that the Japanese are ready to lose 2, 000 men in the attack. This ho did not consider to be a large number. Accept Panama Canal Position. Washington, May 18. Hear Admi ral Walker today announced that Ad nilral Kenney, retired, formerly pay master general of tho navy, hail ac- cepted tho ollice of general distributing ollicer of the isthmian canal commis sion and would shortly be formally ap pointed. It Is said that his appoint ment will in no wise conflict with the duties of Paymaster Tobey, who will make the disbursements on the isth inns. Oun Doom at Klnchow Day. London, May 18. The Shanghai enrrespoudnt of the Morning Post, says that ai cording to a native report from Port Arthur, the Japanese aro vigor otihly besieging the fortress day and night, by land and sea; that Oil Japan ese warships and transports have been sighted in lllackny bay, and tha heavy firing has been heard in Klnt chow bay. China Addresses Note lo Power, Inndnn, May 18. The Shanghai cor respondent of the Morning Post says that tho Chinese government is address ing nn identical note to all Its minis ters abroad renewing China's derlara ti'in of neutrality and that an Imperla- edict will ho Issued enjoining the Chi! nedo people strictly to obsuivo neutral- Ity. RUSH WAS TO (HIT UALLOON. "Ammunition Train" to Port Arthur One In Nam Only. St. Petersburg, May 21. On of tho reasons for the desperate effort ol tha Rustlans to get to Port Arthur what it otllclally culled an "ammuni tion train," haa been reU'iiled by In tel ination which leaked out today. There was little need, It appears, for more ammunition, great quantities being stored In the fortress, hut Gen eral Stoossel was exceedingly anxious to be provided witli balloons. Tlio highest point of the fortress la the Kaglo's Nest, from which much of the surrounding country can lie seen, but balloons will facilitate observation. lie tore the war the Russian authorities loaded on a vessel a complete lutlloon equipment for Manchuria, hut It was captured by the Japanese, who will use it perhaps In their operationi ngaiusi Port Arthur, liecogniting mo neon oi providing General Stoeseol witli nil the requisite instrument with which to conduct tlio defense- of Port Arthur, General Kuropatkin Is believed to have sent balloon on the "ammunition train." Tlio Russian balloons are sta tionary. "If tho Japanese try lo drift balloons over Port Atthur anil drop explosives on the fortress," . n ollicer said today, "the world will hear of the first battle in the air." Communication from Port Arthur ia now conducted by.Chlnese messengers. ItASTU DELAYS SHIPS. Russians Find Tht Mny Hotter Will llavr to lie Taken Out. Moscow, May 21. Wtcrnn exhaust ive Inquiry the coi respondent of tho London Times finds thut tliero is no need to take seriously the Russian threats to dispatch to the Far Kast next July reinforcements of war ves sels. Tho optimistic reports regarding the rapid progress of the warships of the Ualtle fleet which Intui lieoii printed in Kuropean captals havo been given ut here by officials and have liecn telegraphed abroad without change. They are absolutely untrue, because there are no means at hand for the correspondents to verify the re ports, and they have no mean of In specting the shipyards where tlio ves sels ate being prepared for service. Whilo it is a fact that unprecedented hato is being made in getting warships ready for service, there is a limit to efficient speed in ship .construction, and this has been exceeded witli the result that many of tho boilers which have been Installed in the new war ships will have to bo taken out and re placed. This has created a sensation at the navy department, and It la now certain that tho Ilaltic fleet will not start for tlie Far Kast for many months to come. SURE SUBMARINES WERE USED. Russian Have New A4vlcc.4 on the Lou ol the Pctropavlovik. St. Petersburg, .May 20. The ad mlralty is now convinced by mail re ports received from Port Arthur that Vice Admiral Togo used submarine boats. in liis operations. A letter from Lieutenant General Stoessel says he was standing on Golden Hill when the Russian battleship Petropavlovak went down and he saw a submarine boat torpedo the battleship. Lieutenant Schreiber claima he distinctly saw tlio periscope of a submarine boat and could trace the course of tho vessel Officers of the Rusdan battleship Pobi cda testified that a submarine boat dis charged a torpedo against their ship ami they fired at tho submaiine boat honlni! to sink It, hut failed. It ia officially denied that Viceroy Alexeiff has gono to Liao tang to as atime command of 20,000 troops there, and that General Kuropatkin haB left Liao Yanv for Hatbin. It is aaid that Kuropatkin ia cither at Liao Yang or in its vicinity. Tyner on the Witness Stand. Washington, May 21. Seated in an invalid's chair and face to face witli tlie jury, James N. Tyner, the aged de fendant in the Tyner-Iiarrett con splracy case, today denied the acctica tlons in which he and his nephew were Indicted in connection with their duties as law officers for the postoflice department. In the examination con ducted by Mr. Worthington for the de fense. General Tynei's answers were unhesitating. His diction was perfect and apparently his understanding aa clear as ever. (leneral Zaisalltch Out. St. Petersburg. May 21. It ia an nounced toniudit that Lieutenant Gen eral Zasalltch has been relieved of the command of the Second Siberian army division, and thut Lieutenant Gcncial Count Kellei. ex-governor of Ivkateiin oslav. has been appointed to succeed him. Mure tho battle of the Yalu, it has been predicted that General Kassa litch would not long retain his com mand, but there has been no disposi tion to act hastily. It is stated that there is no intention to disgrace him. Ambassador May Ue Recalled. Paris, May 21. Government circles aro seriously considering whether the pope's protest agalnBt President Lou bet's visit to Homo should not bo promptly followed by the recall of M. Nisaid, the French ambassador to the Vatican. Tho determination of this question probably will depend on For eign Minister Dolcasse's nbility to calm the indignation aroused among tlie various elements in the chamber of deputies against tlio papal protest. Many Turks are Killed. TAn.lnn T Ol TIim emitr:,! nnwn ..uii.i,',,, .. ........... correspondent at Ilaku, Caucasia, re- nn,lu n eo.lriua Airlift llfltu'f-f-n ArtTienl. ans and Turkish troops at Chelciuan, In the district ol ,-viusii. iiih iiirae lnD, iqrt tn Mlln,1 unit u-nnndeil. wlilln i"n, .i, .,!(..', " " 1 - tlio Armenians' leader and many others were Kiueu, L..iimrrjgii.i---J a-'Juert HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON I IR3T CLIPS SUM. courln( Mill at The Dalle NUht and Day. Working The Dalles The coming mill In il.t. ,-iiv I. im- riiniilim a double ciew I of sorters dally, ami tlie mill night and dleton to determine the merit of the day. turning out 8.000 pounds of Umatilla Irrigation project. Tlie re ..mor...l i.roducl eierv 2t hours. The elainatlon of between 100,000 and 200,- wool purchases made thus far iutvo , .... , ,, iif .1,,, been from station along the line of the Noitliern PucluY In Yakima county, and at Columbia tlver point, such n The Dalles, Arlington and Helm, where the sealed bid pian that was inangurU ed In tho stale three years ago doe nut obtain. The Hrst clip shorn aro near- ly all from the warm Columbia river range, which wwl are We or less . , i . . i i... ,!....t..r earthy and are sought only by dealer in the scoured product. There seem to be no disposition on the part of the grower to hold this class of wool, and buyer are apparent- ly ghid to toko tlioin, at they are living absorbed by the dealer a last a they are offered. .... . 1 ' .1..7, Z In the urease, whhl grown back in the Interior, aro now being sown. Thlsclasatl.at l V : ,rt..t,..l at The Dalle, and gave this city tlie dlstlne- tionol receiving and shipping more wool direct from the grower than any olbei place In the United Stale. h.i. since the completion of the Columbia the board report favorably on It- ex Southern railway Ik-cii transferred I., n.nlnatlon a poclal effort will b. Mianlko Tliete the wool are all made lo perfect the plans (or this irrl ottered under the scaled bid system, The llrt sale there Is set for Juno ., the second for June 14, and the third and last for July 1. Pendleton leads oft willi tho first sealed bid sale ol the n-iison on the 2:td Instant, and lleppner follows on the 20th willi its first sale. The other two point In the slate where wool will Ih offered Um sealed bid nio linker City on June 1", and Klgm on June 28. Indians Work With Jupanrie. Iji Grande Nearly 100 Japanese are in Iji Grande f.om Poithind and polti.a in Washington t work In tho Grand liondc sugar boot fields thl summer, and more are expected to arrive n little later on. The work will 1k to keep the lieets thinned out and free from weeds. F. S. Ilrnmwell, field superintendent of tin, snenr iai torv. Mated ilial the sugar company alone has just louipleted seed ing 2.81)0 acres ot good land to neet. while many of the fannots have put in large amounts, tlio a, rouge being far ahead of latt year. Union's Fljht for County Sett. la Grande Tho cltiieiis of Union are determined to keep the county scat if Ksihlc. Knowing thai there Is no possibility of securing the restrain ing order to prevent the .ounty clerk from printing the official ballot willi tlie relocation clause Iheteon, a writ of review wherein lln-y attack the juii. diction of the county court in ordering nn election for tlie rehs ation of the county seat from Union to la Grande, it former uto is made returnable June 21. Ibany Will Sell chl llonils. Albany Tho school board foi dis trict No 5. whld- iiicluihs the Albany schools, ha decided lo advertise fur bids for 4)i tn-r cent district bond which will h-ion Ik- issued Forainiin Imt of venr the district has been pay. Ing intercut on bond which are held by an Kastern company. At a recent oleetioii it wat dcelded to fund Ihe debt ami borrow money Irom the Oregon M-biMil fund for the purpose. Hut It has shire devebiHil that tlie state hi no school moneys to loan at tho pres ent time. To Extend Ditch. Freewatcr Survey for an cxtenalon ol tho Milton. Freewater and Hudson Hay ditcli ha started about 12 mile west of hero for tho Pino Creek Irriga tion company, whoso Incorporators are Chris Itowcrs and pal no nrniiier, nil of Walla Walla. The company pro poses to cover between 5,000 and 0,000 acre by the extension. Tho incorpor ators hold n franchise covering the waste waters from the Milton, Free water and Hudson Hay ditch. La drande City IUII ilonda Sold. Iji Grande At a special session of the city council 'lie hid of J. W. Scri bet for city hall bonds was accepted. Mr Scriber offers a premium of $175 on tho entire issue. Tlio hid gives tlie city tlie right to Ibsbuc bonds in book of 5,UU0 aa tlie city may need the money to erect tlie city hall, and tho cily is to receive tlie aa rued Interest on Ixuids issued but not UBcd after July 16, 1004. Population of Eugene Is 5.H20. Kugcne P. J. Mcl'lierson, enumcr ato. of tlio school census for tho Kugene school district, has completed his work and reparts thut within tlie city limits of Kugeno ho counted 5,820 Inhabi tants. The enumeration was curefullv made and there Is everj reason to be lieve that the count is correct. Wheat Caught by Frost. "Pendleton Estimated damage to tho wheat crop of Umatilla county on ac count of the last two frosts will reach 500.000 bushels. All the damage Is in tlio Helix country and muny farmers are cutting wheat for hay. Ship drain to New York. Pendleton Ten thousand bushels of whea.at Warren, a wheat .station on the W. & O. R near Helix, will bo shipped in a few days to New York state. School Money Dorrowrd. Salem The state land board has just approved 12 applications for loans'from tho school luna aggregating tii.-iou. At AY SAVII WATllK. Uovernment Expect lo Investigate ir ritation in Umatilla. Washington A consultation ol Irrl- gallon expeits lutn been ordered at Pen 000 aetes of hind, ylng directly west of Pendleton, at an elevation ranging from .)m) (o m)() nU)yn f(,n , ,.,,,. ,,MH (,,,,,11,1,,, lIxainliiBtloii lias shown lur ol tlilx land to lie unpatented, mid that the Northern Pacific control tlio ;;, t v(ir (r()m Himk(, rlu,ri mnr H,,rn, nd bring ll onto this land, ,Uid tlio expeil will determine the feasibility ; of storing tlie flood waters of the Uinatll a river III a system of rr- ( a m,( ( n practicable and that dam can liocnn- -truclcd on the reiH-rtlr leservnlr site, and litigation can be avoided, mr.. " - ; " - " ; r t inutil n. and leave Ihe Mal- m,lir ,rj,.,.t i i, disposed of later, The government l now fat I filed that reservoir In township II north, tango SA and 20 east, can bo built to hold snlllclent water to .e. la ... 00.000 ace, but More thl project laadopti, , ll I desired to know how much nihil tin..,, and can be reilalmrd hy walcr .tm-d in smaller reservoir In hat xl- clnl ty which can " "" .?! ' w Il". water l.om Unu. Ilia river. If gallon project letter Wonl, Worse Mutton. Pendleton The fact that 12.75 and more win readied for dry ewe and two year olds, two and three year ago, while buyer are not offering more than (2 for the same clasn ol stock now, Is not altogether dun to conditions ill the mutton market, thiugli price have fallen considetably. The tendency of Uiiinlllla county sheepmen to breed for wool since good pi lent pn-val'c-il I low ering Ihe mutton ipuilltie Sheep bled for selling purpose usually haw coarser, lower griulo wool than those raised for their fleeces. Complaint ol I rot Injury. Athena A trail of yellow marks, the progress of the recent frost, exlend over mile after mite of green field through tlie Athena, Adam and Helix district In most ase only Ihe top have wilted, white in oilier the entire stalk apt-ear to have been rut off One rum her l-etwecn Helix ami Pendle ton report that his 40U arm field will In, n total loss. More conservative view are that tlio damage ia hut tern ponrnry and that it will not affect tlie ultimate crop result. Roots are mil thouuht to be injured. Dickering on Sh.ep Price. Pendleton Seven eastern sheen buy er have just come into Umatilla coun ty to see if they can pick up large con slgnme.it to tuke to the middle west and while tlu-y are still quite a distance apart Iron, grower on price their pre encii make tlu prospect moro encour aging in the congested sheep district where it was feared sheepmen would have to carry over all their last )ear holding, together with the spring In crease. Can Start Oil With IOOCoks. Kclio ll I estimated thai 100 rows will lie available to start should the Hardwood Creamery company carry out its intention to install a branch here. Several farmer in addition ti those already possH-sing dairy aiiimnln are scanning their herd for dairy po aihiliticH, and with a district a ilnri-n mile long up ami down the Umatilla river to draw from, It is thought 200 cows could lie secured by midsummer. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Walla Walla, 72c blue- stem, 80c; Valley, 80c. Uarley Fc-eil, f 23 per ton; rolled, ji: ujum'-'o. Flour Valley, $3.00(31.05 per bar rel; hard wheat straights, $f4.25; clears, I3.H0M4 ID; hard wheat pat euts, $t.404.7O; graham, $:i.6()i4; whole wheat, $4M 1.25; rye (lour, $4.50. Oats No. 1 white, $ 1. 80(31. 22 j gray, ll. 10(3 1.17M percental. MlllstufTs llian, $100120 per Inn; middlings, V&.fiUaL7; shorts, $203 21; chop, $IH; linseed, dairy fowl, $ 111 Hay llmolliy, xinMlll per ton; clover, iiuisu; grain, $11M12j cheat, liiisi:. imps iuoa crop, 236525c per pound. Wool Valley, lfi17; F.astein Ore gon, HQ l ie; mohair, 30c per pound i or cuoice. llepf Dressed, 6(38c tier pound. Million Dressed, (l7Jiic per pound. eai ureBseil, ii(7c or pound. Pork Dressed, 77Kc per pound. Vegetables Tu mips, 80c- per sack; carrot, 8()c; lieets, $1; parsnips, $1; cabbage, 2(2c; red cabbage, 2V4C; lettuce, head. 25040c por dozj hot house, $1.75 per box; parsloy per doz, 25c; cucumber, $1.75; asparagus, $1.25; peas, GwOc per bound; rhubarb, 3c; beans, green, 15c; wax, 15c. llonoy $303.50 per case. Potatoes Fancy, $1.2001.35 per cental; common, $101.20; now pota toes, 3 H 04c por pound; sweets, Cu por pound. Fruits St rawberrlcs. $ 1 .600 1 .75 imp crate; cherries. $1.6001,75 pur box; apples, fancy Hahlwins and Srillzen. bergs, $1.6002.50 per box: choice. I ttti 1 Ed. ,., rt-n ' fiv-i.uu, uuiJMllg, focejtl, lCgg Oregon ranch, lHc por dozen. Butter Fancy creamery, 17io: store, 12013c. Huttcr Fat Sweet cream, 184c; sour cream, 17c. Poultry Chickens, mixed, 12kO 13c per pound: springs. small, 18020c; hens, 13014c; turkoys, live, 1(1 17C; drefised, 1820c; ducks, $708 per dozen; geese, live, 708c per pound. Cheese Full cream, IwIiib, now slo,:k, 12H13c; old Mock, 10a; Young America, 14c, f.NIIMY ON REAR. Japanese Clate lo RuMlans at Mukden and llrrat IIMlle lunula. nt. Loudon, May 1U. No lurlhur nwi has reached London throwing light upon the appearance of Japanese troops northeast ol Mukden, or Indicating u what route they readied that point io unexpectedly. The Jiipanuso am so Bucierftil In hiding their movements that ll I only possible to guess at them Irom the vngue Indications ll. Iturslen official dlspalche. Ai cording lo the Standard' Hen Tln eottespiuident, General Kuropat kin lilts tell for llnrhlti; Viceroy Alex left "till being at l.hui Yang with 20,- 000 troops. It I notleeahhi that llii-slat. official tlsputrlic seldom name tho plain whence they were sent. A iplestlnii greuliy discussed in inn Liuidiiii niiiiei this llioinlliu I whether General Kuropulklll ha slUTeedeil I.I iiM-erlal.il.ig ".hut the Japanese rn threatening III rear so Ileal Ihe Muk den line, and hu been enabled to la in a retreat, or whether he na I'leelcd lo light. In any case. II I" considered that any dav tuny ming new ol n great hal tie In thl dlirlct. a tho transport dillleiillle urn be lieved lo be so gteal a to mule ll al io isl Impossible f"r General Kuropat- klu to elfect a rapid retirement. Indefinite n-pnil continue In rrai-i. Loudon of Japanese boiiibardine.it of Port Arthur and Dalny. Tb Standard' Ifihiwu correspon dent confirms the report tl Bl General Kuropulklll Aggregate lone lor tlie pending battle do not extcod 100,000 men. Shanghai dlspalche reirt that the Chinese ate gieutly giulllbd at the Japanese luv iinlloii to the 'larlar vice roy ol Mukile.i In te.eslabllnh the ad ministration of Anliing and Induce Chinese trade! to leiurn and resume business. MIJ.ST IIOI.II Pimr ARTHUR. Russia Will MuMlUe All I'nrce Possible There tur Ita Hcl.n.e St. Petersburg, May 10 Advice re ceived by the general stuff show that ilia Japanese are practically masleis of all the southern end of the Liao Tung peninsula, save Port Arthur and tho teiritory commanded by gun. Thl result, o ptoinplly brought about, Is due to tho failure ot the Itin-slan to make opposition of any co.isiip.elica to the Japanese advance. A ineuil-er of the general stuff said lo the Assm-lateil Pies thai tlin re moval of tlie gun troui Ihe fortifica tion erected at K Indian, ami tho lc. tructlon of Port Dalny, went primarily for the purHH-o of concent'ntiug Ihe entire Ituiwlau forio at Port Atthur. If the men and gun were m-iittcrcd, Ihe effect would havo Im--.i to dlstrlb litn the means of ilefeme of the fort ress over n nutnln-r of point strate gically weak. To defend ihe whole of the southern end of the l.lau Tung -ii. Insula It would have l-ccn iirrcs.ary to have an army eipial In that which Ihe Japunes.' cutild have landed. Tho weaknes" of the Mauchiirlan army. Mid thl olliier, left only one coiine I" pursue, namely, that o mo bilizing sufficient troop at Port Arthur to hold it until relief came. I1.M1WY SLIPS IN . ltusalan Near Ylnknw Surp.-l.-d by the Lending ot Army. Niu Chwang, May 18. The Itussian were surprised by the appearance of the enemy at Kaichau, 20 mile south of Ylnknw this morning. They were expecting tlie Yalu army. Nine trnanspnrt, nsalstcd hy the navy, landed 100 troops nud the re mainder will land tonight and tomot row, The number of the Japanese foi co in not known. The warship shelled the shore from early morning until evening. The Japanese are expected here to morrow and tlie ltusnians are rapidly evacuating the town. War to Involve Olhcra. St, Louis, May It). General Nelson A. Mile, who I here attending Ihe Good Hoads convention expresses the belief that tho Ituaso-Japanesn war will eventually involve oilier nation. "I believe that the war will bn a long nud desperate one," laid General Miles, "In the next great wnt, I he lievn Ihe nutnmoblto will, to a large extent, supplement the horsn. Tbero nre now 100,000 automobile In the United State and the number Is In creasing inpldly. Automobiles can be used on hud roads an well us horses. Oppoae Japanese Advance. Ilerllu, May 10. Colonel Gailkr, the German military expert, who is accompanying the Iliissiiin army in tho field In tlie dual capacity of military expert ami correspondent, telegraphing irom Mukden, state that tlio Japanrsu advanco against Lino Yung I being conducted in two lines, which parallel iliu railway lielween Niu Chwang and Lino Yang. Thu Jupancso rliilit. he declares, I moving with extreme cau tion, while tlio left wing la advancing much moro rapidly in an attempt to outflank the Itussluu position, Outpost Already In Contact. I'uriB, May 111. Tho Journal' Muk den correspondent says: "Important events are Imminent. Tlio outposts of tlie two armies nre already in contact In the zone northwest of Knur Wand Cheng. The Japanese nrmy advancing on Liao Yung Is estimated at 100,000. A persiHtent rumor, which is not eon firmed officially, has It that anothor Japanese corps is executing a flanking movement direct on soma point be tween Liao Yang and Mukdeti," Wireless Telegraphy for Alaska. Washington. May 10. General Greely Iiiib give directions to have tho wireless telegraph stations which have been Bf-ceBHfully used on Puget Bound, taken to Nome and St. Mlchae, Alas ka. In order to establish cnmimmlca linn between these polnlH. Tlie freez ing of the sea In tlie buv has rendered cable service between these points im practicable,