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About Lane County leader. (Cottage Grove, Lane County, Or.) 1903-1905 | View Entire Issue (June 3, 1904)
TO CORE OUT OP DOMAIN. Pine hot It «comments Two More Reserves In Eastern Oregon. COVERS BIG AREA TO CHECK KUROKI. * — ; jV p y s General Kuropatkln w ill Make a Stead at L I « Yang. Victory at Kinchou W as Washington, May 28.— Chief Fores Louden, May 26.— Dispatches to the < Entire Business Section of Yazoo ter Pinchot has recommended the crea ; Daily Telegraph show that on May 16 Most Brilliant tion of the Blue mountain and Maury Is Now in Ashes. < mountain reserves in Eastern Oregon. LASTED SIXTEEN HOURS In the former it is recommended that about 3,000,000 acres be embodied; in the latter something over 00,000 acres Finally Beeted In Hand- to-Hand in the center of Crook county. A l Position Deemed Impregiia- though Forester Pinchot^most urgently recommends the creation of the Blue —Port Arthur Is Next. mountain reserve, it is not probable that the president w ill issue a proc , May 30.— After two days of lamation creating this reserve for sone lighting, the investment of time to come. Pinchot’s recommenda has become a fact. The pre- tion has been referred to ¡And Com missioner Richards, in whose office ’ engagements of Sunday, Mon- theie are numerous protests against the Tuesday led to the final effort creation of the reserve. His records nesday to take the heights of also contain information tending to u, including the fortress known show attempts have been made by vari castle. An artillery engage- ous persons to secure lands within the proposed reserve, with a view to having ginning at dawn on Wednes- them converted into a base fgr lieu se rning, lasted five hours, after lections. The forestry bureau has, period General Oku, command- however, carefully examined each the army divisions, sent Lieu- minor subdivision, and as far as practi General Baton Kawamura, of cal has drawn the reserve limits so as nth, Twenty ninth, Thirty-ninth to exclude private holdings. Commissioner Richards will make a rtieth regiments, to storm the This was the beginning of personal investigation to see if it is -at battle, which ended at 7 practicable to eliminate additional pri on Thursday night, when the vate holdings. Hs is determined that se infantry, in a hand-to-hand this reserve, when created, shall gen- t, drove the Russian defenders I eiate as little lieu base as possible, he Nan Sban-hill, said by mili- and w ill only consent to the inclusion uthorities to be practically ¡tu within the reserve of private lands shie. From this h ill, Dalny is shown to be held by bona fide settlers jtely at the mercy of the Japan- who intend to remain there. This ex -jm the west, as are the hills lead- haustive examination will consume sev rectly to the Port Arthur fortifl- eral weeks, possibly months. On the other hand, early action is Ifl. tile General Oku, through Ad- looked for on the Maury mountain rec Togo, telegraphs that the Japan- ommendation of Pinchot. This pro was heavy in the two days posed reserve is a clear cut proposition, kng, Tokio is wild with joy, and I with practically all private lands elim reets are filled with men, women inated. children, marching in line be- NEUTRALS FEAR 10 COMPLAIN. hands, and all carrying lanterns. I e great triumph north of Port A r - ' It May Be to Their Advantage to Plant lias confirmed the always strong Mines In the Future. I with the Japanese that their London, May 28.— Sir John McDon ere are more than a match for the ovite enemy. As all the dis nell, one of the highest authorities in hes show that the Russians fought Great Britain on questions of interna desperate valor, there is no doubt tional law, in an interview regarding the sowing of mines in the open sea by that their losses were heavy. Russians, today said: “ I thnk with our imperfect knowl FEW BOOKED FOR NOME. edge of the facts, it is quite premature to express an opinion as to what haB ring Men have Had Unpleasant Ex been done by the Russians in the wat periences In the North. ers adjacent to Port Arthur. I am re eattle May 30.— A year ago 2,000 luctant to believe that they have re rage tickets had been sold by this sorted to an ex|>edient so wasteful, and i on tlie Nome liners. Up to the altogether uncertain in its effects, of ent time 500 have been booked on sowing or scattering mines in the wat first boats out of this port for the ers of the territoiial zone. “ Every belligerant is free, I take it, •th. rom these figures operators are to destroy his opponent's vessels wher uing the conclusion that there will ever they may be found, by all cus a shortage of common laborers n tomary means, including the use of tue during the coming season. In mines. If in attempts to destroy the w of the fact that the Council City enemy’s work he accidentally destroys '¡olomon railroad w ill rise about 1 ,- neutral property, he would, of course, men during the season there is ap- be liable for damages. Of course, if tently some basis for the contention mines are scattered broadcast on the it more men should be taken North. high seas, neutrals might complain Laboring men are not apt to flock to with justice, and I think it would not ol Nome this year, for those who avail belligerants to argue that they nt North last year had a hard seas- had given notice of their intention to Most of them loafed about Nome make certain waters impassable. “ Neutrals, however, are no longer thout work, and the season was so ort that those who found plenty of nuited to arrest encroachments of bel Now that many powers iployment did not make much, ligerants. bile there is promise of a long season have large navies, and are looking for d more work than usual, laboring ward to the time when they w ill be en regard the situation as one that aupreme on the seas, they hesitate to ly benefits the steamship companies. condemn sets to which in the past they would have severely objected, because, as they say, ‘ Who knows how soon it IN FIRST DEGREE. may be to our interest as belligerants to do the very arts which as neutrals we rman Williams Found Oullty of Mur today suffer from.’ ” „ dering His Wife. The Dalles, May 28.— Norman W il iams, forger, bigamist, nxuricide and nurderer of women, sits in the shadow f the gallowB now. Last night at 8 ’clock the clerk read from a typewrit- sn piece of paper the fateful words: "W e, the jury, find the defendant, ’ orman Williams, guilty of murder in Tie first degree." Out of Norman W illiam s’ mouth ame the evidence which is to hang im. " A self convicted murderer,” deputy District Attorney Wilson ailed him, and truly it was the amaz ing contradictions of W illiam s’ stories s to when he last saw the murdered eshitt women that fastened first the nspieion and then the certainty of milt upon him. Russia May Favor the Jews. 8t. Petersburg, May 30.— Interior Minister Von Plehwe has proposed to the conncil of the empire an important project for the repeal of the law under which Jews are forbidden to reside within 32 miles of the frontier. On account ot the prevalence of smuggling some years ago, the Jewish pale was drawn hack from the border. The new departure is considered one of the important steps in the execution of Emperor Nicholas’ ukase, issued in the early part of 1903, promising freedom of conscience to his subjects. Bolivia Seeks a Railway Loan. Washington, May 30.— Ignasins Cal deron, who succeeds G. Gua(htalla as minister from Bolivia to the United States, who w ill he presented to the president within a few days, has been charged by his government with the ar rangement of a railway loan. Bolivia has received 110,000,000 as indemnity from Brasil for the Acre rubber terri tory, and the Bolivian government w ill nse this fund as the basis for securing another 110,000,000. Russians Not Using Floating Mines. St Petersburg. May 30.— A high au thority at the admiralty said to the correspondent of the Associated Press today: " I t is false to assert that the Russians nse floating mines. They are not known in the Russian naval service. The Japanese nsed them con stantly of! Port Arthur.” JAPANESE SINK MORE SHIPS. Alexlelt Reports Attempt to Block Port Arthur Roadstead. THE LOSS IS ABOUT TWO MILLIONS Over Two Hundred Building« are Burned — B lu e Rages From Early Morning Until N igh t-S h o rt on W ater. Jackson, Miss., May 27. — Pirn in Yazoo City today destroyed every busi ness house of any importance, together with a large number of private resi dences, the principal hotel and the pas senger station. The fire started at 8:30 this morn ing, and burned until 6 o’clock this af ternoon, destroying 200 buildings. The burned distirct is three blocks wide and 12 blocks long. The estimates of the loss are between $1,600,000 and $ 2 , 000 , 00 0 . The water supply was inadequate and efforts to stay the flames were fu tile. A citizen named Chambliah was killed by falling walls and Mayor Holmes was severely hurt, his con dition tonight being reported as pre carious. In the afternoon the fire spread to Latonia, a residence district, where it destroyed some of the finest homes. The Yazoo county courthouse and the Ricks memorial library escaped des truction, and the vaults of the banks and the postoffice protected their treas ures. Yazoo City is 40 miles distant from Jackson, and has 6,000 inhabitants. Sams Put Loss at $3,000,000. the Japanese headquarters were still at Feng Wang Cheng. This the corre spondent attributes to the necessity (or joint action with the Japaneae army which has landed at Pitaewo. He ex plains that communication has not yet been established between the two Jap- aneee armiee, bat it is expected te be effected within a few days. The dispatches say the telegraph lino between Feng Wang Cheng and tho south has been cut by Russians dis guised as Chinese. A Russian transport is moving from Liao Yang in the direction of Mukden, but it ia not known whether this means a retirement of the army, or merely the removal of winter clothing, which is no longer needed. The movements of war correspond ents, the dispatches say, are limited to a radius of a mile and a half from Feng Wang Cheng. The Daily Telegraph's Niu Chwang correspondent declares that General Kuropatkin is determined to check the Japanese at Liao Yang, where probab ly the greatest battle of the war will be fought. He adds that the Japanese land operations against Port Arthur are meeting with little auccess and that Lieutenant General Stoessel and Major General Fock continue to make well directed but desperate sorties against the advance of the Japanese, who are fighting with stubborn deter mination almost unequaled in history. Several hundred Japanese reinforce ments are arriving daily from Pitaewo and P<¿indien, according to this cor respondent. The Seoul correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says that Kinchou is being besieged by the Japanese, and its sur render is momentarily expected. Jackson, Miss, May 27.— It is im possible tonight to place an accurate es timate upon the loss entailed by the fire, but it is thought that the total will be between$2,000.000 and $2,500.- 000. Some estimates are even as high KUROKI'S FORCES NEED POOD. as $3,000,000. The total insurance is between $800,000 and $1,000,000. Cossacks are Also Interfering With W ILL EXPLORE LAKE COUNTY. Surveyors are to Learn for Irrigation. Poaslbllltles Washington, May 27.— At the re quest of Senator Mitchell, a reconnaia ance party w ill proceed late in June to make an investigation of the central part of Lake county, Oregon, with a view to ascertaining whether there is a leasable location for the construction of a large irrigation work by the gov ernment. Senator Mitchell describes this district as having a fine climate, where all cereals, fruits ami vegetables that are cultivated in any part of Ore gon grow abundantly, and where there is a large body of fine agricultural land. The Chequican river, which flows through this section, is reported to furnish an ample supply of water for reclamation of nearly, if not quite all, these lands. It has beeii reported to Senator Mitchell that reservoir sites ran be secured to hold flood waters at different points along the stream. Aa lak e County has contributed largely to the arid land fund, citizens of that dis trict are exceedingly anxious that this project shall receive early considera tion. Movements ol Ammunition. London, May 26.— The Mukden cor respondent of the London Morning Post cables that he has been informer! on excellent authority that the Cossacks under General Remenkampf have suc ceeded in cutting two trans|>ortcolumns of the Japanese army and secured a very large quantity of supplies. Ac cording to the correspondent, the Cos sacks have also succeeded in greatly harassing the Japanese line of commu nication, with the result that General Kuroki's column is in need of food and ammunition. This fact has compelled the Japanese to remain at Feng Wang Cheng much longei than has been planned, anil a forward movement will not be undertaken until troops arrive in sufficient strength to prevent further interference with transport service. The Shanghai correspondent of the Post states that General Kuropatkin, after a minute inspection of I.iao Yang and its defenses, told Admiral Alexieff, who was with him, that the position was vulnerable and shonld lie aban doned This advice was resented by the admiral, who declared the position was absolutely impregnable. C05SACKS PRESS JAPANBSB. FINDS NU FRAUD. Jury In the Poatofflce Case Clears T y ner and Barrett. Washington, May 27.— Within 22 minutes of the retirement of the jury in the case of James N. Tyner and Harrison J. Barrett, tried on charges of conspiracy in connection with their dnties as law officers of the Postoffice Department, a verdict of not guilty was returned. The throng which filled the courtroom throughout the argu ments to the jury hardly had time to leave the building before the jury was back and the foreman announced that a verdict had been reached. General Tyner appeared greatly ex cited as he attempted to face the jury, and when the verdict was returned, he broke down completely. Several of the jurors wept with him, and all of them shook hands with him. The Tyner Barrett case was begun on May 2 and has been before the court 19 full days. 8t. Petersburg, May 28.— The fol lowing dispatch from Viceroy Alexieff, has bee* received by the emperor: "Reports from Rear Admirals Witt- soet and Grigorovitsh today state that the enemy bombarded from In-Gentsi bay, on the west coast of the Kwang- tnng peninsula, about 13 miles north of Port Arthur, with gunboats.” The viceroy’ s dispatch does not give the date of the bombardment. “ On the night following the Japan ese attempted to blockade the roadstead of Port Arthur with mines, and from Russia to areatly Enlarge Navy. shore observations it is believed that St. Petersburg, May 27.— Despite some steam launches and two torpedo the fact that the details are being kept boats were sunk." secret, it has been learned that the lat est Russian naval program is of the Russians Stubbornly Resist. most extensive ever planned by the na Chefoo, May 28.— A jnnk which left tion. The special committee recently Dalny on the night of May 23, and appointed by the czar has given orders which arrived here today, reports for the immediate laying down of an that the Japanese army had then reached Sansnripo, which . is north of nnusnally large number of vessels of every type, including many sub Dalny, and southwest of Nangalien. marines. A number of vessels are The Russians offered a stubborn re daily being maneuvered ontside of sistance to the advance of the Japanese, Kronstadt, paying especial attention and a battle was fought at noon, May to torpedo practice and gunnery. 22, at Sansnripo. The result of the battle was not lelined by the bearers Japanese Again Bombard It. of the news. The advance of the Jap anese Indicates that they have recovered Chefoo, May 27.— A portion of the from the reported reverse at Kinchau. Japanese fleet bombarded Port Arthur at 11 o’clock yesterday morning. The attack was witnessed by a Frenchman Remain on the Defensive. London, May 28.— The Standard's who left Dalny on the night of the 22d, He says that correspondent at the headquarters of arriving heie tonight. the Japanese first army, under date of eight large warships circled before the May 23, says there is no change in the entrance of Port Arthur harbor for one situation. The Russians seem to be hour, firing broadsides at intervale of perfectly content to remain on the de ten minutes. Up to the time the fensive, and are vigorously strengthen Frenchman left Dalny everything was ing their position, with Liao Vang qniet there. as the base. They are a little more Carrying Snbmartnrs In Sectloas. active, however, northeast of Feng Moscow, May 27 — A long train Wang Cheng, where the patrols of both passed throngh here early this morn armies are in touch almost daily. ing, rarying three recently boilt sub marines in sections, which are for Black Fleet Making Ready for War. New York, May 28.— Intelligence service either at Port Arthur or \ ladi- has been received from 8t. Petersburg, vostock. Great secrecy was maintained according to a Times dispatch from in shipping «be craft, and none bnt employes were permitted in the sta Vienna, that 14 vessels of the Blark tion prior te the depertore of the Sea fleet are being mobilised and train. placed ia readm e« fer serviee. They are Driving Them Back, but Fight ing Is Inconsequential. < < ; L IT T L E S TO R IE S ------ Or— AND IN CID EN TS j \ » < ’ T h at W ill Interest and \ | E ntertain Young ] Readers. ► 1 : f e p G A i: G l f f S : On th e M a n te l-B h e lf. The Japanese doll got up very early one morning and harnessed his wooden cow to the cart that be might go to town. He traveled and traveled along the mantel shelf a great way. The wooden cow did not go very fast so the Japanese doll saw all the sights along the way. Suddenly he beard some one calling. “ Jappy, Jappy, Jappy. stop!” And the Japanese doll suld. "So. Bossy! so Bossy!” to the cow. and the cow stopped. Then the doll saw wlio It was that had called to him; It was a paper nun. She was standing now In front of the wooden cow, with a great earthern Jar In her arms as big as a tub. “ Your cow looked so hot and thirsty," said the paper nuir, "that I thought I would bring her something to drink.” “ You are very kind.” said the doll, as the nun set the Jar down In the roadway. The cow sniffed It and then drank It all up. for It was full of milk In stead o f water. A little Maltese kitten had followed the nun. and'whlle the cow was busy drinking the milk the kitten crept from behind the nun’s skirts to lap up some spatters of milk around the bottom of the Jar. Just then a loud and very peculiar noise from away down the road— 1 mean the mantel shelf— made the kit ten scamper off for safety. The nun and the Japanese doll looked down the road In the direction from which the sound came. Even the wooden cow turned her head and the kitten peeped around from the shelter o f the nun’s black skirt. What they saw was a yellow china chicken coining with a hand-organ. When It came lip to them the chicken stopped, and It played such a merry tune that the kitten came out In the road where It could hear better. The nun clapped her hands, for she was good natured and liked a bit of music now ami then; while the Japa nese doll leaned over the rail o f his cart and said to the chicken, "That Is a very pretty tune, sir.” The doll had Just finished speak ing when the sun rose. Its bright rays shone In at the window and clear across the room. That made the man tel-shelf folk all stop Just where they were; they never move about by day light. And when little girl Margaret came down stairs there she saw the Japanese doll and fhe wooden cow and the paper nun and the kitten and the chicken with the hand-organ.— St. Nicholas. In consequence, the nolee In a C h in e « schoolroom would drive the average American teacher frantic. A t first the pupil does not understand any o f the words be learns by rote. The mean ings are all explained to him later on. This Is the kind o f school that In China keeps seven days In the week with very few holidays through out the year. O u r O ld F r ie n d . There’s a pleasant looking fellow liriDg miles and miles away, Yet he manages to come end eee us nearly every day. He will peep In at the keyhole or through the smallest crack, And tay, “ Good morning, children! Aren't you glad to ace tue back?” Then he glanree through the door, and he laugha along the floot, And chaaea to the cellar all the ahadowa big and black. No matter where he ahows his face he ie a welcome guest. He always wears a golden coat and love ly yellow vest. His smile ia broad and generous— bright as a field of corn. And he makes you feel so frolicsome and glad that you were born. Now when you have guessed his nntne, you will praise him just the snme. And will give him smile for smile when he appears to-morrow morn. — Youth's Companion. T h e K ent H e ro . He may never get a dollar out of Mr. Carnegie's "H ero Fund” but the boy who sticks to Ills work until it Is don* is a hero Just the snme. T h e Old, Old Q n eation . Little Fred—Our teacher says the earth Is round like a ball. Papa— Yes, that's right. Little Fred— And do people live on the other side o f It? Papa— Certainly. Little Fred— Why don’t they fall off? W is h e d H e W o u ld T e ll T e a c h e r . Tommy— Papa, didn't you say It was wrong to strike any one smaller than yourself? I n a C h in e se S ch ool. T o learn to read and write In China Papa— Yes. my son. It's both wrong means about as much work for the and cowardly. youngster who undertakes it as mas Tommy— Well, I wish you'd write tering five or six languages such ns and tell my teacher. I don't think English, French and German. To be she knows It. gin with, the Chinese Inngtinge has M a m m a '« A d v a n t a g e . no alphabet. Every character used Little Harry— Mamma, wouldn’t It stands for a word. There Is not even be nice If you had the toothache In any way of telling the sound of a stead o f sister? word, except by hearing It pronounced Mamma— Why do you think it by the teacher. To learn to read would? means that the small student must Little Harry— 'Cause you can take be able to understand thousands of your teeth out and she can't. these different characters at sight, and pronounce them according to the local G e t t in g A ro u n d th e D iffic u lty . Teacher— In going from New York dialect. As a rule a Chinese school Is not to California, what States would you divided Into classes. Each scholar has pass through? his separate lesson, consisting o f a Pupil (who hasn't studied his lesson) number o f lines to he learned “ by — I wouldn’t pass through any. I'd bearL” He lias to study aloud and, travel on a ship. Liao Yang, May 26.— There is con tinual skirmishing between the Russian cavalry and the Japanese. Cossacks are pressing the Japanese in the hills and byroads, generally driving them back. The general plan of the Japanese has not been divulged. They aro appar ently marking time, awaiting the ar rival of reserves from Coiea, who have been delayed owing to the impassibility of the roads. The Japanese are sending all in valids in the direction of tho Yalu to a central hospital. The Chinese report the destrnction of another Japanese battleship off Port Arthur, bnt the report is unconfirmed H IN D O O IS M A N D T H E ZO N E . and is not credited. Several Japanese who landed from E x p o s itio n o f t h e T h e o r y o f T r a n s m i jnnzs near Poit Arthur and started to g r a t io n b y O ne o f th e H w um i. ward the town with the intention of As Is well known a great majority dynamiting the docks were captured o f Hindoos are firm believers In the and shot. transmigration o f the soul. The doc A typhoon is raging off the coast. trine, however, la but Imperfectly un derstood In Christian countries. Stu Rutsla Seeks Support of Prance. dents of philosophy will be glad of the Paris, May 26.— The 8oir says it has explanation which a Hindoo swaml learned from a trustworthy source that who signs himself “ Ansnda M.” gives Lieutenant General Baron Fiederick o f what transmigration really signifies and another member of the Russian to the Buddhist. Twenty-five pages couit who recently visited Paris, came o f close reasoning lend him to the con on a secret mission which had for its clusion which he gives In the follow purpose the seeking of intervention ing paragraphs: with effective support of the French "T o live In love with all that lives, government in the event that China not seeking or not earning for to adopted an aggressive attitude toward morrow's guerdon; to make of his life the Russians in Manchuria. Th# pa an oasis In the desert of self-desire; per alleges that the government gave a to strive ever, even here and now, formal promise of compliance with after true love and wisdom and the Russia’s request. perfect peace— this Is for the Buddhist the supreme Ideal, the glory of his Coesacks About Wiped Out. dhamma and the hope of all his ways. Tokio, May 26.— Additional details All else— all thought o f future gain of the fight at Wang Chia Tun, near on life for self—Is but a mockery and Takushan, May 20, indicate that the delusion. As something real true, as sqnailron of Cossacks was almost anni Buddhaghosa tells us, there rlsee In hilated by the Japanese infantry, us the thought ’I am.’ ’I was,’ or ‘I which surrounded ami completely shall be.’ And It Is all Illusion, the tented the enemy. A ll the Russian dewdrop deeming Itself a permanent officers were killed, wounded or cap and separate entity, though the waters tured. Natives report that some of the which compose It lay yesterday In the Coemcks escaped on foot, abandoning ocean's depths and with the dawning their eqnipment. Many killed and light will rise and melt Into the wan wounded were found on the battlefield. dering airs. "Bnt If this universal life he ever- Plan to Reduce It. changing, sorrowful and without a Shimonoeeki, May 26.— Active prep soul there Is still, our religion teaches, arations are in progress for the redac an end and a cessation. Thought Is tion of Port Arthur. These prepara the creator o f these worlds, the hnlld- tions have been instructed to be marie er o f this earthly tabernacle, the maker hr a carefully chosen force of veterans of Illusion, and to him who gains the forming a part of the third army. victory over thought come* In this life Very heavy artillery is being landed on unutterable peace. He la the victor tho Liao Tong peninsula. 1 who here and now has triumphed over Ignorance: who has overcome all pas sion. hatred and Illusion and has pass ed where nevermore the woes o f earth can come. To him la Joy beyond all Joy we know—the Joy o f liberation from this vanity o f life; who knows that for him rebirth Is finished and bis toll at end, and that when dentb shall claim bis body there will be no more o f change or sorrow or delusion, even as the master has said: Decay must come to ail that is, Impermanent the elements of life! What baa been horn must cease to he; Burelj in cessation alone la happiness! Tho Ile t o r t C ou rteou s. She was a demure little woman with a baby. As the tram car was crowd ed she did not put the little one, who was old enough to sit up, on the scat beside her. She carried It on her lap. and made room for a flerce-looklng, big man with a newspaper. The child kicked Its tiny feet In de light at the strange things It saw while riding along, and lta shoes rubbed against the man’s trousers. "Perhaps, madam,” he exclaimed, "you Imagine that tills conveyanro Is your private carriage?" "Oh, no, I don't,” was the prompt reply. " I f It were, you wouldn’t be riding In It.” P lo t t h a t F a ile d . The landlady was determined t » have an understanding with Mr. Slow- pay. "There Is no d m o f mlnrlng things any longer.” she began, "and I— ” “ Oh thank you.” Interrupted Blow- pay, " I Infer from your remark that hash will no longer be served for breakfast.” And before aha recovered from her astonishment he bad disappeared | down the street.