Washington County news., June 08, 1905, Image 7

OPEN TO THE WORLD
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Centennial nf Lewis and Clark
Formally Observed.
GREAT THRONG ATTEND OPENING
Military
Pageant,
Addresses by Na­
tion’ s Dignitaries and Festivities
Inaugurate the Exposition.
Portland, June 2.— The Lewis and
'C lark Centennial exposition is open.
Portland is playing host to the world.
Yesterday, the opening day, w ill And
a bright place in the history of the na­
tion, marking as it does, the starting
point of an enterprise that means the
greater upbuilding of the West and
Northwest; new trade relations with
the Orient; closer trade relationship
between the Pacific coast and the A t­
lantic seaboard, and the hundreds of
attendant and incidental benefits_that
will accrue to the country.
The opening ceremonies and demon­
strations were on a scale commensurate
with the greatness of the day. They
were carried through without a hitch
of any consequence.
Old exposition
attaches, who have attended the im ­
portant world’s fairs of the past de­
cade, declared they had never before
beheld so pretty or so effective an
opening.
The attendance passed even beyond
the most sanguine official expectations.
Crowds, such as have never before lined
the streets of Portland, saw the great
m ilitary pageant that preceded the
opening exercises.
Standing room on
the three miles of streets was at a pre­
mium. And when the parade was at
an end this ocean of humanity turned
its tide on the exposition grounds.
Across Guild’s lake on the peninsula
a section of artillery tolled off the pres­
idential salute of 21 guns, the dark
blue smoke from the cannonading lift­
ing slowly above the government’ s pal­
ace and adding enchantment to the
peaceful grandeur of the inspiring
landscape to the north.
This salute brought on the opening
exercises. A ll of the speakers were en­
thusiastically received.
Especially
cordial was the reception accorded the
nation’s representatives. The exercises
were marred by no unpleasant incident.
8o orderly was everything that the
heavy detachment of policemen and
guardsmen were not put to the neces­
sity of issuing a single admonition.
I t was exactly 12 o ’clock to the dot
when President H . W . Goode, of the
exposition, called for order. It was
hardly 2 o’clock when President Roose­
velt was informed by wire that all was
ready. The president was in waiting
lor the message at the W hite house.
The great crowd leaned forward in a
state of high nervous tension waiting
for the first peals of the government
chimes, which were to have been Presi
dent Roosevelt’s first response. But,
lucklessly, the chimes failed to work,
and after a full minute of breathless
waiting, the assemblage was informed
by Mr. Goode that the president had
sent his greeting. A t the same time
he declared the exposition formally
opened and extended a greeting to all
the world. President Roosevelt’ s con­
gratulatory telegram was then read
and received with tremendous ap­
plause.
There was apparently almost as many
people at the fair grounds last night as
were present at the opening exercises.
Although the exhibits buildings were
closed, the exposition by night seemed
in every particular as great an attrac­
tion as during the open hours of the
day.
When darkness fell upon the heights
that raise beyond the fairy city the
reason was plain.
As a feast for the eye the spectacle
was incomparably beautiful.
The
fireworks which were a feature of the
evening, were beautiful in the extreme,
but they paled before the splendor of
th e electricity.
RIPE FOR A R E V O LU TIO N .
Feeling
Again*’ the War is Running
High in Russia.
8t. Petersburg, June 6.— Conditions
are, indeed, ripe for an uprising
throughout Russia which will be of a
widespread character. At the Pavlovsk
concert-hall last night a gigantic dem­
onstration was held, at which a dosen
prominent speakers, throwing discre­
tion to the winds, denounced the caar
and the government for continuing a
struggle which could only result in the
nation being plunged deeper into debt
and in the useless sacrifice of thousands
of loyal subjects.
The excitement was intense and on
order of General Trepoff, the police at­
tempted to clear the building.
A free
fight followed, in which the police
used their whips and clubs, but the
excited people fought back, and for a
time it seemed that they would gain
the mastery.
The crowd was eventually dispersed
when soldiers arrived on the scene and
threatened to fire.
The officers of the guards regiments,
who have been sent to outlying bar­
racks to instruct the reserves, have
openly revolted and refused to do their
work. A number of them have been
placed under arrest, and are likely to
be shot this morning.
From all over the country come re­
ports of anti-war meetings which the
police have been powerless to suppress.
Only the official class favor the contin­
uance of hostilities, and the pressure
in favor of peace is very strong. It is
reported that several regiments of re­
serves at Sevastopol and Odessa have
mutinied and openly defied their offi­
cers.
Trouble is looked for here dur­
ing this week unless some steps are
taken to placate the malcontents.
P A S S P O R T S FOR HEBREWS.
State
R O JE S TV E N S K Y A PRISONER.
Department Informed
posed Russian Law.
o f P ro ­
Washington, June 6.— Acting Secre­
tary Loomis, of the State department,
has been officially informed by Ambas­
sador Meyer at St. Petersburg of the
provisions of the proposed new law in
Russia under which all American
passports, including those for citizens
of the Hebrew faith, w ill be recognized
there.
This information is confirma­
tory of the press dispatches of a week
ago, which announced the approval by
the council of the empire of the recom­
mendations of the passport commission
which included universal recognition
of foreign passports.
Mr. Loomis has communicated the
contents of Ambassador Meyer’s dis­
patch to Simon W olf, of this city,
chairman of the civil and religious
rights section of the UnioD of Am eri­
can Hebrew Congregations.
This con­
gregation, Mr. W olf said tonight, had
been working for 25 years to secure the
full recognition of passports granted to
Hebrews who desired travel in Russia
and the final triumph of the efforts of
those who have labored to this end,
he said, is a source of satisfaction to
his countrymen in the United States.
T O REPAIR SH IPS.
Russian Admiral Given Permission by
Governor General Wright.
Manila, June 6.— Rear Admiral En-
quist, accompanied by Rear Admiral
Train and the French consul, formally
called on Governor General W right
this morning.
After the usual greet­
ings had been exchanged, Governor
W right asked:
“ Admiral Enquist, do you wish to
stay at Manila permanently?”
Rear Admiral Enquist replied:
“ My ships are unseaworthy. I have
not heard from my government, and I
request time to make repairs.”
Governor W right then said that ac­
cording to his construction of the neu­
trality laws, the Russain vessels could
remain long enough to make necessary
repairs, anil after these were finished
they must 'eave within 24 hours or dis­
mantle and intern. Rear Admiral En­
quist requested permission to bring his
ships behind the breakwater for repairs.
This request was granted him.
Narita Goro, the Japanese consul,
called upon Governor W right just pre
vious to Rear Admiral Enquist and
made inquiry regarding the probable
disposition of the Russian warships.
Fair Practically Complete.
On leaving he met Rear Admiral En­
Director of Exhibits H. E. Dosch, quist in the corridor of the governor’s
who has been through a number of residence-and tendered him a profund
large expositions, was asked yesterday salute.
how this one compared with others as
far as its completeness on the opening
T o g o Visits Rojestvensky.
day goes. He said: “ It is more near­
Tokio, June 6.— Vice Admiral Togo
ly complete than any exposition to visited Vice Admiral Rojestvensky at
which I have been, even Omaha. It is the naval hospital at Sasebo and ex­
a very rare thing for an exposition to pressed his sympathy for the admiral’s
be so nearly finished on the opening wounds. He praised the desperately
day.
What incompleteness there is courageous fight of the Russians and
does not detract from the exposition expressed the hope that Vice Admiral
proper, and w ill be remedied in a few Rojestvensky would soon be able to re­
days.”
turn to Russia.
Rojestvensky was
deeply moved by the admiral’s words
Unparalleled Record.
and thanked him.
He congratulated
That the business record of the pre- Japan on the courage and patriotism
exposition period is unparalleled in the of her sailors in the recent great naval
history of expositions, is the statement battle.
o f Director of Concessions and Admis­
sions John A . Wakefield.
Yesterday
Storm Wrecks Churches.
he gave out the following statistics:
Chicago, June 6.— During a thunder
Concessions department — Concessions storm here today three churches were
revenue collected, $76,414.
Receipts struck by lightning and two of them
— General admissions, $27,222.50; com­ completely destroyed.
The storm was
mutation tickets, $1,022.50; admission the worst of the seas >n,*and besides the
tickets, $17,070; photograph passes, churches, several other buildings were
$3,222; badges, $2,967.
struck and damaged.
The total loss
occasioned by lightning is estimated at
$200,000. A t the time the storm pass­
T w o Revenue Cutter* Here.
There are two revenue cutters now in ed over the city the churches were
port. The Russ arrived shortly after empty and no loss of life occurred
dusk last evening and dropped anchor thereby.
in the stream above the Burnside street
Expect Soon T o Be Attacked.
bridge and just astern of the cutter Mc­
Vladivostok, June 6. — It is expert-
Culloch. The Rush was on her way
from Seattle to Ban Francisco, when ed here that a Japanese attack on the
she received orders at Port Townsend fortress w ill not be long delaved. There
to stop at this city, She will remain is, however, a calm and determined
here for some time arid will then pro­ spirit manifested by the population in
face of the forthcoming crisis.
ceed south.
Togo
Cannot Realize DamagtnmiicuJ
by Japanese Fleet.
TALK OF PEACE STILL SCOUTED
Will Fight Another Land Battle, and if
That i* Lost She May Then
Ask for Peace.
St. Petersburg, June 1. — The Rus­
sian admiralty is literally stupefied at
the extent of the disaster suffered by
Vice Admiral Rojestvensky’s fleet, and
its own advices paint the situation in
even worse colors than the Tokio dis­
patches .
The Associated Press Vladivostok
dispatch received at an early hour yes­
terday afternoon accounts for only two
ships of the great Russian fleet — the
cruiser Almaz and the torpedo boat
destroyer Grozeny— and the absence of
news about the battleship Navarin and
the cruisers Oleg and Aurora, which
are the only fighting ships of any
value not enumerated in the Japanese
lists of destroyed or captured, and
which, up to 4:30 o’clock yesterday at-
ternoon, had not reached Vladivostok,
renders almost idle any hope that they
ware able to shake off the pursuing
Japanese cruisers and reached
the
shelter of the fortress at Golden H >rn.
Russia has agreed to disarm and in­
tern the big fleet of colliers and trans­
ports sent to the Chinese coast when
Rojestvensky determined to try to
force the Straits of Corea. It is be­
lieved here that the admiral did not
want to be hampered by a big convoy
in the sea fight, and the decision to
send the convoy to the rear compelled
Rojestvensky to adopt the shortest
route by the way of Tsu island, as some
of the ships could not carry enough
coal in their bunkers to steam around
Japan.
The question of inaugurating peace
n gotiatiois is not likely to be opened
until full reports of the Russian dis­
aster have been received.
The war
party continues its defiant attitued,
and declares that peace is impossible,
while many Russians who heretofore
have been in favor of peace, but who
are now humiliated by the sting of the
defeat of their navy, are giving their
voice in favor of a continuation of the
war. Nevertheless, the peace party in­
sists on the absolute futility of prolong­
ing the struggle. Ever slow to reach a
decision, it is improbable that the gov­
ernment w ill decide on the course it
w ill pursue until after battle has been
joined in Manchuria.
The Associated Press dispatches in­
dicate that Field Marshal Oyama is
already in motion and that a grand en­
gagement is imminent.
The govern­
ment still predicts the publication of
losses in ships not contained in its own
advices, but so far as 8t. Petersburg is
concerned the truth is known.
Says He Rescued Russian Ad­
miral from Sinking Ship.
Washington, May 31. — The official
Japanese report on the latest details of
the great naval battle in the Corean
straits is made in a cablegram received
tonight by the Japanese legation here
from the foreign office at Tokio, convey­
ing Admiral Togo’s dispatches up to
this afternoon. The report says that
Admiral Rojestvensky and another ad­
miral and staff officers were taken pris­
oners on the sinking of Rojestvensky’s
flagship, Kniaz Souvaroff, Saturday
night, south of Urleung island, off the
Corean coast.
The total number of
vessels lost to the Russians, according
to Admiral Togo, now is 22, and he
adds that, although the full particulars
are not yet in, none of the Japanese
ships was seriously injured and the
loss to the first division of the Japanese
fleet was over 400.
Ships Reach Vladivostok.
Vladivostok, May 31.— Two ships
alone of Vice Admiral Rojestvensky’s
powerful flotilla, the swift cruiser A l­
maz and the torpedo boat destroyer
Grozeny, lie at anchor here today in
the curving harbor of Golden Horn,
they having separated from the fleet
early in the battle, which began in the
Corean straits Saturday afternoon, and
headed, in obedience to orders, with
full speed to Vladivostok.
Up to 4 o’clock this afternoon no
other vessel of the Baltic fleet had yet
arrived, and the signal stations at Ask­
old and Rimsky Korsakoff island re­
ported none in sight.
Officers of the Almaz and Grozeny
say that both fleets had already sus­
tained terrible losses when the Almaz
and Grozeny broke through the hostile
line. Of the Japanese, two battleships
had gone down before their eyes, and
two cruisers, their sterns high out of
the water, seemed ready to plunge bow
foremost to the bottom of the Bea.
SPRANG T R A P ON RU SSIANS.
T ogo Also Used Submarines and T o r­
pedoes with Deadly Effect.
Tokio, May 31.— The proverb that
Admiral Togo always tights and seldom
reports is proving true in the case of
his greatest battle. From the briefest
and most fragmentary reports coming
to Tokio, it is impossible to gain an
approximate conception or picture of
the desperate and decisive combat.
The Navy department, after announcing
the bare results yesterday, has lapsed
into silence again. It meets inquirers
with the statement that the department
is not interested in the publication of
news, but is concerned only in securing
victory for Japan. It is probable that
many details of the fight w ill never be
given to the world. It w ill probably
be days or weeks before the main facts
of the battle and its strategy are made
k,nown.
Admiral Togo appears to have plan­
ned and laid a complete trap, which
fitted Admiral RojestvenBky’ s action,
and the Japanese outmaneuvered, out­
fought and outshot the Russians, fear­
lessly taking their lightest cruisers
against the heavy Russian armor-clad
battleships and joining battleships with
armored cruisers, smothering them
with gun fire.
W A LLO W IN MUD.
W IL L RAISE PRICE OF PEACE.
Slush Beneath, No Fodder Behind and
Foe in Front o f Russian Army.
Japan's Victory Increases Severity o f
Term s Demanded.
Washington,
May 31. — Minister
Takahira had an hour’ s conference
with President Roosevelt tonight. The
minister reached the White house at 9
o’clock and remained until after 10
o’clock. Mr. Takahira refused to say
anything regarding the object of his
visit.
There is reason to believe the ques­
tion of peace was under consideration,
the object of the minister being to in­
form the president that the old basis on
which Japan would begin negotiations
would not now be acceptable. It is be­
lieved that with the latest decisive
naval victory, the demands of Japan
w ill be materially increased, and in­
clude a large indemnity in addition to
the retention of Port Arthur and the
evacuation by Russia of Manchuria.
Gunshu Pass, Manchuria, June 1.—
The rains which began three days ago
have ceased. General skirmishing has
been continuous for the past fortnight.
Arriving troops, on leaving the trains,
find themselves in a sea of mud.
The
country in the immediate rear of the
Russian army wears the same aspect as
did the rear of the old positions which
the Russians occupied in the south, be­
ing denuded of forage.
Many of the
Chinese fled from their houses, and
wherever the troops camped these hous­
es were torn down for firewood.
Interest in the attitude of the Mon­
gols continues. It is asserted that a
state of rebellion exists against the
local prince ruling the eastern tribes.
A few native traders with goods are
arriving at the interior cities from Sin-
mintin, but the only remaining trade
route for Northern Manchuria Bince the
loss of^Sinmintin to the Russians is by
way of Kiachta, over which traders are
already active.
Dispute O ver Price o f Salmon.
New Westminster, B. O., May 31.—
Trouble between the fishermen and the
eannerymen may end in a strike. The
difference concerns prices for fish dur­
ing the big run of the season.
The
fishermen met today and decided on 10
cents straight for fish for July and 15
cents for August.
The eannerymen
and packers declare the entire season’s
rate must lie 8 cents per fish. Trouble
is just commencing, and promises to
get hot. During the last big run the
m ilitia had to be called out for the
same trouble.
“ Loop” is Finished.
New York, June 1.— What was re­
garded as one of the most difficult tasks
in the digging of the subway has been
completed by the finishing of the loop
at the Battery. With the work of ex­
cavation over and the walls built, the
Interborough company w ill be able to
run its trains to the southern end of J
the line on Manhattan island.
Con­
struction on the loop, from which an
extension of the system w ill pass under
the river to Brooklyn, was frequently
Agricultural Congress Opens.
interrupted since it began in 1903 be­
Rome, May 31.— The first Working
cause of the flow of sea water.
session of the international congress,
made at the instigation of David Lubin,
Frost Damage* German Vineyards
of Sacramento, Cal., to establish an
Berlin, June 1.— Inquiries now com­ International Chamber of Agriculture,
pleted regarding the extent of the dam­ took place this afternoon at the Corsica
age caused by the recent cold weather | palace, in the presence of the diplomat-
to the vineyards of middle Rhine reg­ ic corps and all the delegates.
Fix-
ion show serious losses in the best dis­ Minister Tittoni delivered an address
tricts. The vineyards present a sorry welcoming the delegatee and outlining
spectacle. Some famous vineyards in the object of the congress, after which
locations like Johannesberg, Geisen- the meeting adjourned.
heim, Erbach and Iiattenheim suffered
particularly, and w ill hardly produce
Will March Into Mongolia.
anything like an average crop.
Rhine
New York, May 31.— The Chinese
Hessen also suffered severely.
authorities deny that they have receiv­
ed from Russia a positive notice of the
Castro Conciliatas a Rebel.
intention to march troops into Mongo­
New York, June 1.— General Benja­ lia, cables the Pekin correspondent of
min Herrera, Liberal leader in the late the Herald. On the other hand, the
revolution, has been appointed, says a foreign office is delnged with charges
Panama cable to the Herald, military and counter charges relative to alleged
chief of the Venezuelan frontier, an breaches of neutrality by both Russians
important and responsible position.
and Japanese.
J
GRANDFATHER OF EUROPE.
K IN G C H R IS T IA N IX . OF D ENM ARK.
King Christian IX . of Denmark, who recently celebrated his eighty-sev­
enth birthday, has been called the grandfather of Europe. His eldest daugh­
ter Is Queen Alexandra o f England. His second eldest Is the Dowager
Duchess o f Russia, mother of the Czar. His third daughter Is the Duchess
o f Cumberland, her husband being a son of the ex King of Hanover. Hla
eldest son will succeed to the Danish throne, while the second aon Is King
George I. o f the Hellenes. The remaining son. Prince Waldemar, was offered
the principality of Bulgaria, but wisely declined.
King Christian Is one of the most beloved monarchs In Europe and ts
extremely popular In Denmark. Despite his age he retains the elasticity and
bearing of a young man. He has been reigning since 1863— a period of forty-
two years. Our Illustration Is taken from the Illustrated London News and
shows the King, with the Castle of Rosenborg, one o f the royal palace*, la
the background.
5 Conquest
Great <
> American Desert
\
The officials or the reclamation de­
partment of the United States geolog­
ical survey have taken the field for
the most active campaign thus far
undertaken for the benefit o f the peo­
ple's heritage— the public lands of
America, estimated to measure 841,-
872,377 acres, o f which 172,873,079
acre« have been reserved by law for
forest culture, Indians and other pur­
poses, leaving 794,794,884 acre* open
to reclamation and ultimate settle­
ment. Colorado contains 36,831,596
acres of this heritage, of which 4,098,-
543 have not yet been surveyed.
In connection with Irrigation enter­
prises, snd to enlighten the
large
number of settlers who know practic­
ally nothing about the application of
water to the soil and to growing crops,
the Ban Francisco Call discusses the
"quantity of water allotted to a given
area o f Irrigable land.” Taking the
States as a whole, the quantity per
acre used In California Is about 50 per
cent of the Colorado average. This
would appear to convict Colorado of
needless waste, hut as the nature of
the soli and the kind of crop Irrigated,
together with rainfall, are factors In
the problem, It la not safe to conclude
without careful comparison. This Is
now going forward at Fort Collin« and
at other experiment atatlona tinder the
general control o f the Agricultural
Department. Experts connected with
pump and machinery houses In this
city are also collecting data, this be­
ing the natural result of the Installa­
tion of plants In different portions of
the State, on different soils and for the
care o f different crop«.
It has been stated by one o f the en­
gineers In charge of Federal work In
Nevada that a miner’s Inch of water
would Irrigate 500 acres of land. This
Is not the Colorado experience. Even
California rejects It, the San Francisco
Call alleging that the estimate ts un­
sound and Is not supported by Califor­
nia experience, dating hack to the time
of the missions, when the Franciscans
brought with them the experience of
Egypt snd the Orient.
In support o f bis liberal Nevada es­
timate— 600 acres to one miner's Inch
— Expert I.lpplncott quotes conditions
at Yuma and in the Klamath district
of California.
Ills allowance for
Yttma, If we understand him correct­
ly, Is 680 cubic feet of water per sere,
which Is not quite three sixteenths of
an Inch per acre. That Is a very thin
sheet of water to spread upon land In
a region where the evaporation la
twelve or fifteen feet per year. "W e
doubt very much,”
says the Call,
"whether It will sustain growing crop«.
I f he means that a miner’s Inch flow­
ing constantly for ninety days will suf­
fice for an acre and a half, we have
this result: In an acre and a half are
66,340 square feet, which a miner’ s
Inch In ninety day* would cover about
fifteen Inches.
He allows eighteen
Inches at Klamath for the crop sea
son, against fifteen Inches at Vnma.
But the record o f thirty-six years’
rainfall at Yuma show* an average an­
nual precipitation o f three and fonr-
tenths Inches only, while at Klamath
It la thirty-six to fifty Inches."
Experiments the world over show
that land requires about three feet o f
water during the growing season to
produce a crop. This la averaging all
absorptive conditions of the soli and all
rates o f evaporation.
Italy, In the
valley o f the Po, has long established
a scientific Irrigation, and the aver­
age duty o f water Is one cubic foot
per second to about alxty-alx acres, In
continuous flow.
But Italy on the
same land has a rainfall of between
thirty-five and forty Inches, of which
twenty-two Inches falls In the season
of growing crops.
So the Irrigated
land of Italy geta about 180 Inches o f
Irrigation water and twenty-two Inch­
es of rain, or a little over twelve feet
In the season of crop growth.
This feature of the Irrigation prob­
lem deserves close attention, because
It Is basic In the matter o f dividing up
lands. The settlers should know in
advance what the chances for success
really are, and. In estimating those
chances,
the
government expert*
should lean to the conservative rather
than the hopeful side. A season o f re­
action would materially Injure the re­
clamation project.— Denver News.
I.taxemburgera A re Content.
All tourists who have spent any
length of time In the Grand Duchy o f
Luxemburg agree that the Luxem­
burger« are the moat contented people
on the face o f the earth, writes Henri
Chevalier In the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Though o f very small area the popula­
tion represent« many nationalities. It
appears to form part o f Belgium and
one has to penetrate toward the capi­
tal from the border quite a bit before
the Belgian dialects cease to be heard.
Then there la quite a Dutch element.
H alf of the people apeak F’ rench and
there are many Germans, as Is shown
by the two German papers printed In
tiie little capital of 22,000 Inhabitant*.
That the people are happy Is be­
cause the Grand Duchy Is Independ­
ent, at peace with all its neighbors, ha*
but a small army to support and Im­
poses little tax on the Inhabitants,
moat o f whom are neither rich nor
poor.
O f Grand Dnke Wilhelm, the regent.
It cannot be said that "uneasy lies the
head that wears the crown,” for n®
ruler Is better beloved by his subjects.
He was married In 1893 to the Infanta
Marla Anna o f Portugal, who Is the
mother of Princesses Marie. Charlotte,
Hilda, Antonia, Elizabeth snd Sophie.
The family Is fairly worshiped hy
the Luxemhnrgers. The old Grand
Duke Adolf of Luxemburg, the real
ruler, is still alive. He Is a nonagena­
rian and. though he abdicated In favor
of Wilhelm In 1902. he still takes a
deep Interest In all the state and court
affair*.
Tom m y I,earns.
Tommy Flggjam — Paw, what la
meant hy the newspaper expression
‘bleeding Kansas’ ?"
Paw Flggjam— That ts what John
D. Rockefeller ha* been accused of.
Tommy Flggjam —O f what?
Paw Flggjam— Bleeding Kansas and
Kansas objects to being bled any fnis
ther.— Baltimore American.
Bill Bowers, who baa been alck. said
this afternoon: "W ell, as I can't rea­
sonably expect any more arrangers t®
tell me how thin I look, I will go horn*
and take my medicine.*’