Lane County leader., August 12, 1904, Image 2

TO
LANE COUNTY LEADER
------------ ♦ -------------
OREGON
NEWS OF THE WEEK
lesunx of the Less Important but Not Less
Interesting Events of the Past Week— His­
torical, National, Political, Personal.
The Japanese fleet ha« met a reverse
off Fort A rth u i.
New York butchers w ill
pa< kern’ strike.
join the
Panama, Aug. 10.— No information
has been received at the American lega­
tion here from Bogota regarding re­
ports circulated in the United States
and said to nave been aent from Pana­
ma that an outbreak occurred at Bogota
Friday laBt when the American con­
sulate was stoned by a mob and troops
called out to protect Alben G. Snyder,
the charge d ’affaires.
The American minister believes that
the consulate was stoned and alleged it
was the act of irresponsible persons,
caused by the feeling against the United
States, which obtains in Colombia.
The government hae abandoned the
Washington, Aug. 10.— Although the
Harney valley, Oregon, irrigation pro- slate department has not received any
ject.
information of the reported stoning of
General Stoessei, in command at Port the American legation at Bogota, yet
Arthur, ie repotted to have committed the officials manifest a live interest in
everything pertaining to the matter.
eucide.
Very recent advices from Colombia in­
The British steamer Calchae, from dicated a peaceful condition of affairs,
Tacoma, seized by Russians, has been with the exception of possible political
towed into Vladivostok.
complications glowing out of Geneial
Eihgty-two bin lies have been recov- Reyes’ presidential candidacy.
Presumably the feeling of dissatis­
reed fioin the wreck near Pueblo, Colo.,
faction that followed Geneial Reyes’
and mote ate known to be lost.
lailure to obtain any money from the
Famine conditions at Port Arthur
United States in payment of Panama
are becoming appalling and hospitals
still exists in Colombia, and this may
are crowded with sick and wounded.
have given rise to unfriendly demon-
Russisans aie busy strengthening the stiations against the Amet.can repre­
defenses of Port Arthur for the final sentatives at Bogota, if thin has oc-
strnvtfle, which they sr. expecting at ouiied. Sliil tiie confident beliet heie
anyt ime.
is that General Reyes w ill prompty
More rumors that Port Arthur has deal with any trouble that might occui
fallen continue to arrive in 8t. Peters­ and thus avoid complications with this
burg, but it is believed in the Russian government.
The charge d’affairs is a West V ir­
capital that the Japanese are still un­
ginia appointee and a newspaper work­
able to capture the outworks.
er by profession.
German papers condone the sinking
of the steamer Thea.
P L U N G E IN C R E E K .
An attempt was made on the life of
E n g in e a n d r i v e
the pieBident of Uruguay.
Kuropatkin’s position at Liao Yang
has strong railroad defenses.
Coaches
in C o lo ra d o .
W re c ke d
Pueblo, Colo., Aug. 10.— Train No.
11, the Missouri Pacific Hyer, crashed
The destroyer Gnldsborough will soon
through a brige over an arroya, on Dry
have another trial on the 8ound.
creek, near Eden, on the Deuver & Rio
Packers continue to add to their Grande railroad, about eight miles
from Pueblo at 8 o’clock this morning.
forces and are confident of victory.
The accident was caused by the
No new forest reserves are to be cre­
heavy rairiB which wrecked the bridge.
ated in the West nntil after election.
The extent of the injuries to the pas­
A railroad collision at Boxeman sengers lias not been received here, bill
caused the death of a traveling engi­ it is rumored that some fatalities re­
neer.
sulted.
It is estimated that of the 125 pas­
French troops aie being hastily for­
warded to Tonquin by the French gov­ sengers on board the ill-fated train, be­
tween 80 and 100 lost their lives, eith­
ernment.
er by the waters of the raging torrent,
Bids on Grand Ronde reservation or beneath the wreckage.
lands are to be made public and sent
Upon the news reaching Pueblo a
on to Washington.
special train, bearing all the available
Lack of news from Port Arthur for surgeons and the Rio Grande and Mis­
nevera) days is interpreted at St. souri Pacific officials, left for the scene.
Abont 11 o’clock a second train, carry­
Petersburg as good news.
ing stretchers, coffins and a number of
Thirty thousand Chicago stockyard officials, was sent out from the nnion
strikers paraded the streets to music of station.
bands and headed by a platoon of police.
About 1 :45 o'clock the relief train
Japan has sent a strong fleet of gun­ returned to the city bringing those who
boats and torpedo boats np the f ian escaped with their lives, numbering 17,
river to head oB the retreat of the Rus­ all so far as now known who have not
fallen victims of the disaster.
sians to the west.
Montana stockmen have sent a depu­
tation to Chicago to try and patch u|
peace.
,
The Russian government has given
order b that no more merchant steamers
be sunk.
1 intormaion has been given the feder­
al inspector of an infraction of the law
by the beef trust.
The Japanese have taken advantage
of mountain passes to outmnneuver the
Russians east of Liao Yang.
The fall of Port Atthnr ami the sur­
render of General Ktuopatkin are pre­
dicted to occur on the same day.
Altcn B I’aiker, Democratic nomi­
nee foi president, has resigned from the
bench of the New Yorx court of appeals.
The Chinese general, Ma, may cut
off retreat of Kuropatkin if he tries to
esrape the Japanese by going through
Mongolia.
Two Russian cruisers from the Baltic
are chasing a steame? which left Eng­
land for Canada, carrying ammunition
foi Yokohama by way of the Canadian
Pacific railway.
Germany has a fleet near Chefoo.
Ex-Governor James T.
Wisconsin, is dead.
Lewis,
of
Port Arthur is preparing for a final
stand against the Japanese.
PU N D S POR
P IG H T .
C h ic a g o U f llo n s fo B e A s s e s s e d
‘S t r ik in g M e at P a c k e rs.
No word has been received from Gen­
erals Stakeiherg or Zaroubaleft for sev­
eral days and it may be that General
Nodzu has qpt them off from General
Kuropatkin.
The London Times declares the sink­
ing of merchantmen piracy.
The assassin of Von Plehve has been
identified as a student at Kharkoff uni­
versity. He has died of his injuries.
Insurance rates have decreased since
the return to Vladivostok of the Rus­
sian raiding squadron.
L IN E N M IL L T O R
P la n t
T R O L L E Y A R O U N D G R A N D RONDE.
SALEM .
C o s t in g i 10 0 . 0 0 0 W ill
O p e n e d E a r ly N e x t Y e a r .
L o se at P o r i A rt h u r.
A d v a n c in g o n
M ukden.
Liao Yang, Aug. 10.— The Japanese
are advancing onpMtikden and it is
probable that a simultaneous attack
will be made on Mukden and Liao
Yang, in which case a decisive battle
la assured.
E le c tric L in e
W ill
U n io n C o u n ty -
D e v e lo p
La Grande— The people of Grand
Salem— Without asking for a dollai
of subsidy or for financial assistance of,Ronde valley, who have long waited for
any kind from the people of this com­ the advance of an electric railway
munity, Eugene Bosse and associates
will establish a linen mill in Salem
this winter and have it in operation
soon after the first of the year.
The plant to be established w ill re­
quire an initial investment of $100,000.
It w ill employ during the first )ear a
force of 100 persons, two-thirds of
whom will be women and children. It
will handle a ton of flax fiber a day,
and w ill use the product of 3,000 acres
of land sowed to flax.
This very gratifying outcome of the
flax fiber experiments and investiga­
tions may he credited in a large meas­
ure to the efforts of the Oregon Women’s
I lax Fiber association, the leading
spirits of which were Mrs. W. P. Lord,
Mrs. O. N. Denny and Mrs. H. L.
Pittock. Seven or eigth years ago
those zealous women began the experi­
ments which demonstrated the high
quality of the fiber irom Oregon grown
flax. Since that time the atteniton of
flax experts has been attracted to
Salem, where the experiments were
conducted. Though the Oregon W o­
men’s Flax Fiber association discontin­
ued its work because it had accom­
plished what it had started out to do
and was not able to carry the work
further, its efforts were productive of
results whose importance cannot yet be
estimated.
S O U T H W A R D P R O M S E A S ID E .
E x t e n s io n o f A s t o r i a & C o lu m b ia
R i v e r R o a d A g a in D is c u s s e d .
Astoria— The extension of the Astoria
A Columbia River railroad from Sea
side south is again being discussed, and
this time there is evidently some basis
for the rumor, although nothing ofti
cial on the subject can be obtained
Below Seaside is a fine ledge of rock
and some time ago there was talk of
opening it up to secure rock for the
jetty extension. Engineer Hegardt. of
Fort Stevens, and Superintendent M e
Guire, of the railway company, have
made an inspection trip over tiie pro­
posed line, and examined the rock in
the ledge. They are said to be well
pleased with the result of Ih ir inves­
tigations.
When the extension
built, it w ill also be used to bring logB
for the Seaside Lumber companny from
its limber holdings in that vicinity,
and the asserst on is made that A. B
Hammond has made a contract with
the m ill company to sell it his timber
also located in that section, at $2 per
thousand stumpage.
T e sts
D e t r o it
G ra n ite .
Chicago, Aug. 10.— A ll the labor
Albany— Major J. W. Abbott, of
unions in Chicago have indorsed the
stockyards strike. After listening to Washington, D. C., the national good
the strikers’ side of the controversy, roads expert who has charge of good
which was presented to them by Mich­ roads work of the government in Ore­
ael J. Donnelly, president of the strik­ gon, was in Albany and tested the
ing Butchers’ union, tlie Chicago Fed­ granite from the Detroit quarry. The
eration of Labor, which is composed of granite is to hi used on the roads of
every labor organization in Chicago and Marion count,', and a street in Salem
lias a membership of nearly 300,000, will be pavel with the rock as an ex­
adopted resolutions tonight pledging periment. Major Abbott stated that
the moral and financial support of the the granite was of an excellent quality
federated body as lung as tiie strike for building puroees, but might tie too
hard for road work. I t wrll, however,
continues.
Each member of the central body make an excellent foundation for
will he assessed a small sum per week, pavement or road.
and the w hole amount w ill lie turned
over to the striking unions to help in
P le a s e d W it h G ra n d R o n d e .
the support of tiie strikers anti their
La Grande— Professor L. B. Greene,
families during the struggle with the of the Minnesota argicultural college,
packers.
The exact amount each who is making a tour of the state in
member is to be assessed was left in tiie interest of the O. R. A N. Co., ac-
the hands of a committee, with orders companied by Industrial Agent Colonel
to report resultR tomorrow.
Judson, are in the city and have been
While tiie officials of the Federation looking over tiie Grand Ronde valley.
of Labor were unable tonight to give It will be given a write-up in the East­
an exact estimate of the amount of I ern pre«s. Pro-esBot Greene spoke of
money they would secure from this this valley as being one of the finest
source, it was stated that the total sum and moat prolific he had seen in all his
would be well up in the thousands each travels, and was particularly interest­
week.
ed in the growing of beets and the im­
8t, Petersburg, Aug. 10.— A tele
grant from Chefoo, dated August 7,
says that, according to Chinese infor­
mation. a fierce battle was fought on
the land side of I’o it Arthur August 5.
The Japanese ate reported to have been
repulsed with great loss, the killed
alone being estimated at 10,000, while
the Russians’ loss was about 1,000.
The telegram says Lieutenant General
Stoessel was personally in command
of the troops.
New
Be
fo r
V e s s e l s W ill L a r r y C oal.
W hile the battle was raging July 31
the thermometer was up to 102 degrees
Constantinople, Aug. 10.— The porte
near tiaicheng.
has practically accepted the verbal
notification made Saturday hv the Rus­
The old Grimes hotel at Seaside has sian ambassador, M. Zinavieff, of the
burned. I t was one of the oldest build­ impending passage ol the Dardanelles
ings at the coast.
by some vessels of the volunteer fleet
The Japanese army attacking General laden with coal. This notification was
Kuropatkin is estimated at 200,000.
accompanied by assurances that the
A fast train on the Friscosystem was vessels would preserve the character of
derailed in Indian Territory and a num­ the merchantmen throughout the voy­
age. To avoid difficulty, it alao in­
ber of persons injured.
cluded a textual reproduction of the
W hile trying to come ashore from a
Rnssian declaration in the official note
stranded yacht a number of persons
addressed to tiie Russian embassy.
were d row n ed in Nova Scotia.
The government is awaiting futther
news of the seizure of part of the Ara­
bia's cargo before taking action.
The Japanese are supposed to he de­
layed in the pursuit of the Russians by
a lack of ammunition, which is being
hurried to the front.
DELAY.
P h ilip p in e A r m y S u p p l ie s M a y
G o by T ra n sp o rts.
HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON
T r o o p * C alle d O u t to P r o t e c t C h a r g e
d 'A t f a l r e s a t B o g o t a .
A . C U M OKU U A U E . Editor A Pub.
C O T T A G E GROVE
A V O ID
A M E R IC A N C O N S U L A T E S T O N E D .
through Union county, will
their hopes realized.
Engineer Davidson and a corps of
surveyors will be on the ground by the
middle of this week.
The company
behind this scheme is known as the
Eastern Oregon Development company,
of which T. W . Davidson is president
and W. E. Davidson is secretary and
treasurer.
The road will conned all to the prin­
cipal points in the valley in addition
to circling the valley. The survey and
first estimate will cost about $10,000,
and $1,000,000 will he invested before
the road is in operation.
In addition to the great amount of
produce and fruits to be handled by
tire new line there are many hundred
million feet ol lumber that may thus
be brought to market, and numerous
big lumber plants will exist where at
present are small mills. Real estate
will be valued much highet and all
will reap a harvest from their interests
here.
F a r m e r s ’ L in e In L in n 'C o u n t y ,
Washington, Aug. 9.— The war de
partment is considering the advisabili­
ty of shipping all supplies for the P h il­
ippines by army transports, until the
hostilities between Japan and Russia
are concluded.
Commissary General
Weston, in a letter to the secretary of
war, calls attention to the possibilities
of delays on shipments made on com­
mercial steamers and strongly urges
that all shipments be made by trans­
ports until the danger of seizure is
over.
Contrary to previous reports, it is
learned that the British steamer Ar-
duva, seized in the Red sea and subse­
quently releaBetl, carried United States
army supplies, hut rhat is the only in­
stance so far in which the Russians
have interfered with the supplies of
tliis government. Under the new law
ail army supplies must oe cartied by
Ameiican bottoms, so tiie only Pacific-
lines affected, if the dejiartinent
adopts General Weston’s recommenda­
tions, w ill be the Boston steamship
company and the Pacific Mail.
Genera! Weston’s recommendation
has been referred to the quartermaster
general for his opinion. His recom­
mendation will probably be carried
out. W hile the department does not
fear that any of its supplies will be
confiscated by the Russians, it is not
debited that there should be deiay in
tiie delivery of these supplies, many of
which are sent on short notice, or to
fill emergency orders, and might, if
sent by commercial steamers, have to
go along with tiie contraband goods.
P R O D U C T IO N O P P E T R O L E U M .
CLACKAM AS
F ir s t
S te p s
CO U N TY PRO DU CTS.
T o w ard
S e c u r in g
G e o lo g ic a l S u r v e y G iv e s F ig u r e s f o r
L a st Y e a r.
Ex­
h ib it f o r 1 9 0 5 Pair.
Oregon City— The Clackamas county
court has issued a call asking the farm
era of e. ch precinct of the county to as­
semble and name delegates to attend a
sort of a convention that w ill be held
at Oregon City October 6, in connection
with the meeting of the court.
This
is a step preliminary to the gathering
of an exhibit of the resources of Clack­
amas county to be made at the Lewis
and Clark fair tinder the terms of the
offer of the Lewis and Clark commis­
sion, which agrees to purcha-e at cash
value the exhibit from each county at
a cost not to exce-d $500.
The call
also requests the farmers to reserve the
cream of their products this year as
nucleus of a creditable collection to be
sent from Clackamas to the 1905 fair.
Washington, Aug. 9.— Tiie United
States geological survey lias issued re­
ports on the production in the United
States during the year 1903 of petrol­
eum, asphaltuui and bituminous rock
and copper.
The petroleum production was 100,-
641,337 barrels, valued at $94,694,050,
against 88,766,916 barrels, valued at
$71,178,910, in 1902.
Production in California increased
more than 10,000,000 barrels, while
the Texas production decreased more
tiian 1,000.000 barrels.
The production of asphaltnm and
bituminous rock was 101,255 tons
valued at $1,005,466.
This was s
smaller amount by more than 4,000
tons in quantity than the previous
year, but its value was 31 per cent
greater. Of the total production, 46,-
178 tons, valued at $522,164, was from
California.
A S K B IG S P A C E .
M a r io n W ill A s s i s t in R o a d B u ild in g .
Salem— The county court of Marion
county has decided to act in conjunc­
tion with the Ltnn county court in
considering the matter of opening a
wagon road to connect the Corvallis A
Eastern railway with the Deschutes
country, east of the Cascades. If pos­
sible, County Judge Scott w ill go with
a representative of Linn cottnly and in­
vestigate the feasibility of the plan and
the probable cost ol construction. Hon.
John Minto, who laid out the Minto
trail through the Cascades, w ill ac­
company the party and act as guide,
pointing out what he believes to he a
shorter and easier route than the old
trail.
F o r t y A c r e s o f W a ln u t s .
Newberg— The 40-acre English wal­
nut orchard at Dundee, two miles from
here, which has been watched with so
much intreest and which bore a light
crop last year, w ill bear heavily this
season, considering the age of the trees,
which are rugged and healthy.
Cap­
tain G. W. Peters, who is in charge of
the orchard, is very enthusiastic over
English walnut prospects in this sec­
tion. He Bays the nuts from this orch­
ard have been compared with samples
from over tiie United States and even
foreign countries, and found very much
C e n te r at Eugene.
Eugene — The Willamette Valley
Electric railway company has been in­
corporated for $1,000,000.
Eugene
mense sugar factory in La Grande.
will lie the center of operations. The
minty court is asked to give a fran­
N u g g e t W o rth $ 4 7 6 .
chise ftom Fiugene to Blue rivet, Eu­
Grants Pass— Word has been re­ gene to Florence, Eugene to Cottage
ceived of the finding of a very valuable Grove, Eugene to Junction and on
nugget near Holland, about 40 miles north to the county line.
Benton
from here. The nugget is valued at county w ill be asked to give a fran­
$475, and is said to he nearly tiie chise to Corvallis
The idea is to con-
shape of a shoe and to be very smooth i nect with the line from Salem to Port­
and symmetrical. The find was made land. Plenty of capital is behind the
by “ Jake” Glippel at his place on movement.
Holen creek, neat Holland. The fact
that this find was in the vicinity of the
G r o w t h o f A s y l u m Roll.
Briggs claims gives it an added inter-'
Salem— The poulation of the Oregon
est.
state insane asylum expetienced an un­
usually rapid glowth last month, when
O p e n in g R o a d t o B lu e R iv e r M in e s . the total reached 1,371. The monthly
Eugene— The work of rebuilding the report of the superintendent shows the
Number of pa­
wagon road to the Bine River mines following statistics:
w ill begin next week with a force of 30 tients July 1, 1.355; received during
n.en and 16 titm i. The amount raised July, 56; escapes returned, 2- dis­
by piivate subscription w ill be abont charge.!, 27; died, 10; eloped, 4 - ,e.
$3,000 and an equal amount w ill be maining August 1, 1,371. The cost of
given by the county court, making a maintenance per capita per month was
$9.62 and per dry, 31 cents.
fund 'o f $6,000, which w ill put tiie
road in good condition.
Albany— Another link in the chain
of telephone lines that is rapidly con­
necting all the villages and hamlets
has been completed. This one is be­
tween Peoria and Shedd, and connects
all the farmhouses along the line with
the two towns as well as with other
farmers in the country.
A ll
C an Pill F o r e ig n B u ild in g a f
a n d C la rk P a ir.
L e w is
TAKES EXCEPT!
Hay Docs Not Agree With
sia on Contraband Goe**
TH E
RIGHTS OF NEUTRAL
Treatment of Cotton. Cool and gg„
as Absolutely Contraband fa, ¡,"
With the Privileges of Contmert,.
Washington, Aug. in__ uj.
nition in principle, of the tie,"
coal and other fuel and raw n-itJ
tatto,,
absolutely contraband of
* ar, II, IK.
ultimately lead to a total inhibition
the sale by neutrals to the
belligerent states, cl all Iiticw T.t
could he finally converted to mo­
uses. Such an extension of tfa **
eiple, by treating coal and otfar
and raw cotton as absolutely
.
ham) of war, lim p ly l>., ause th«
shipped by a neutral to a nonhl,,
ed port of a belligerent, would noti
jiear to be in accord with the ru­
ble and lawful rights ol s neuir,|
merce.”
The circular is based on a drek
tion by tiie Russian government ’
coal, naphtha, alcohol and other u ,!
have been declared contraband "l*“
W h ile cotton could be made « I
clothing for the military n,ea „( § T*!
ligereut, the secretary adds th at,ijj
itary use might possibly be mid, a|
foodstuffs of every description « u l
might be shipped from M S l n l m f
the blockaded jiorts of a lielli|tern!’ l
The
principle under con«i.lenti»l
might, therefore, he says, "be eitemyl
so as to aj.jily to every article of I "
man use, which might be declared?
trahand ol war lim ply because il m,gl
ultimately become useful to a heilia *
ent tor m ilitary purposes,
The secretary speaks of coal lni] ,,,y. I
er fuel and cotton aB being emplovedI
for a great many innocent parpen I
and that many nations are deiendent I
on them for the conduct of inoffenaiea I
industries, adding:
"A n d no sufficient ¡»resnpmtionofn I
intended w arlike nee seems to be if,*) [
ed ny the mere fact of their destinatioo I
to a belligerent port.”
lie declare« I
that the recognition in principleo(the [
treatment of coal and other luel and I
raw cotton as contraband of war mi(ht I
ultimately lead to a total inhibition c! I
the sale by neutrals to tiie people ci I
belligerent states of all articles whirh I
could be finally con'erted to military I
uses. This, the secretary commit,
would not appear to lie in accord wifi,
the reascn.ible and law ful rights d I
commerce.
Secretary Hay directs attention a I
the West African conference in l»St
when Russia “ took occasion to disw;
vigorously from the includon ol Ml
among such articles eontiaband of in.
and declared that she would categoric
ally tefuee her consent to anv artirlsj
in any treaty or instrument whiter«, I
which would im ply its recognition a |
such.”
St. Louis, Aug. 9.— T h e determina
tion of the Japanese to foster American
friendship and introduce themselves
thoroughly to the people of this coun­
try has again been strixingly illustrat­
J A L K S P L A I N L Y T O TURKEY.
ed by the commissioners from Japan to
the St. Louis exposition, who, it is H a y I n f o r m s H e r A m e r ic a n Patience |
slated by Colonel Henry FL Dusch, the
I s N e a r ly E xh au ste d .
St. Louis representitive of the Lewis
Washington, Aug.
10.—Secretin |
and Clark centennial at Portland next
year, have asked for the entire floor Hay today bluntly told Chekih B*y,
space of the toreign building at the ex­ the Turkish minister here, that fit I
patience of the American government
position of 1905.
When it was explained that nearly is well nigh exhausted. The minister
all of the foreign countries now partici­ is expected to communicate this infor­
pating in St. Louis have promised to mation to his home governmnt speedi­
send part of their exhibits to the Pa­ ly. Chekib Bey had no instruction
cific coast next year, and that all the from tne porte when he called at lb'
exhibits from foreign countries will be state department today. lie had seen
housed under one roof, the nature of the newsjiaper reports of tiie state de-
the request made by the Japanese com­ pai tment to Second Minister LeishminY
efforts diplom atically at Constantino­
missioners may lie better understood.
Although Colonel Dosch, as director ple by the presence of a fleet of Amen-
of the exhibits at Portland, was forced an warships in Turkish waters, indhe
Secretary Hu
to tell the commissioners that he could doubted the reports.
not grant them all the space in the soon satisefid him on that point, and
building, he states that hv will prob­ the minister returned to his legation
ably erect a special Japanese pavillion to frame a dispa tell for the lnlormali*
for them. This has never been broach­ of the Turkish foreign office.
He did not care to make a ptatemfit
ed at the meetings of the exposition
managers, but Colonel Dosch says that himself as to the nature of his inter-
from present indications it will have to view with Secretary Hay. There ap­
peared to be an impression in the mind
be done.
“ I was very much surprised," he of the Turkish statesman that became
said, "a t the rqeuest of the commis­ the president of tiie Uniteil States conld
sioners here, nnd told them that they not make war without the con"ent ol
could not use all that space, but they congress, he thereby was estop) ed from
replied so earnestly that they could indulging in a demonstration to for-
ttiat I was forced to consider the pro­ ward his purpose to secure fair treat­
ment for the Americans in Turkey.
posal seriously."
When Chekih Bey left the state depart­
ment he evidently was in a state oicon­
D e c is io n S e n t to U n ite d S t a t e s
St. Petersburg, Aug. 9,-R u ssia lias cern over what he had heard.
communicated to the United States the
F ir e d o n b y J a p a n e s e Boat.
decision of the Vladivostok prize
Nin Chwang, Aug. 1 0 . — A Japanese
court, August 4, in the case of the gunboat, which has returned herefrom
Portland A Asiatic line steamer Arabia, a trip up the rivei, reports that
captured by the cruiser Gromobot, of fired a lew shots at the sunken Ku«i*D
the Madivcstok squadron, July ->2 gunboat Hivoch, which, it is stated,
confiscating such part of the cargo ’ as was scuttled by her crew and not blown
The Russians destroyed their
was consigned to Japan ports.
The up.
foreign office is carefully considering stores before leaving for Haicheng,
the objections raised abroad in regard either owing to being in a hurry or on
to Russia s list of contraband, but no account of defective transportation.
All is quiet here and trade is toirlf
decision has been reached.
brisk, considering the ciicumatancw-
Everybody apparently is well contented
C la im e d a s L a w fu l P riz e .
with the Japanese occupation.
Vladivostok, Auir 9 __ t k „ *
^our. has .djadge«1 the sunken steim“
Knight Commands! and i,„ cargo
lawful prize. The trial of the case and
an investigation of the steamer’, ,,8.
1««.S, etc., established the fact that the
cargo, consisting principally of railwav
material, was consigned through a Jam
P ° ? •» Chemulpo, leading f . i X
to the infeience that it v a a a « •
i
S u r v e y o f N e w E le c t r ic L in e .
for
use
on the military ta “ wav
Salem— Manager L. B. French, of
the Portland A Southern railway com­ const.action from Seoul to the Vain
pany, which proposes to build an
M o n s t e r C o a l C o m b ine .
electric line from Canemah to Salem
Pittsburg, P « „ Aug. 9.— The Poet to.
is in Salem making arrangements for a
permanent survey of the route for his day prints a story that a new a or non
,CO* 1 corr,bin« composed of 28 ’inde
road; The survey will begin at once
and it IS his expectation that a consid­ pendent companies is in process of i
erable portion of th* construction work mation. The principal objects of th*
new combine, it i, £ ldi .Je
° f ,he
will be completed this yew .
to main-
“ in prices.
A p p r o v e C ir c u la r o f Hay.
London, Aug. 10.— The Tirnea «t"*
other newspapers this morning cont*u>
editorials strongly approving the circu­
lar issued by M r. Hay, the Amarfc**
secretary ol state, as to whst constiM**
contraband of war. The Times »7*
"M r. Hay lays down a sound and re**"
onable rule on the subject.
We trs
that our government w ill not delay in
letting it be k n o w n that we fully
the viewe of the United States, *11
that we shall uphold them.”
R u s h f o r N o r t h D a k o t a Land.
D evil’s Lake, N. D., Aug. W.—* * ?
3,000 to 4,000 strangers rverein D*TI
I^ke today when the government open
ed the registration booth. T*w
hundred pereona registered today.