RENEW DEMANDS
RUSSIA ASKS FOR MORE CONCES
SIONS FROM CHINA.
question of Evacuating Manchuria Ap
pear to Be Ntarlng Crists-Jspan
Tol4 That evacuation Docs Not Con.
ccrn Iler-Unltej States I Not
Surprised.
Yokohama, Oet. 9. Aerordlmf, to
Informatkm reaching here, the ItiwUn
minister at Pekin, M. 1mt, ha in-
f6rtm.il the Chioeee foretew otttee that
Bunda will never evacuate Manchuria
unlet hor latest demands arts granted.
China, It li added, 1ks appealed to the
Japamve minister, M. Uchida, for Jap
anew? assistance.
United Statei hot Surprised.
Washington, Oet. 0. Tin? state de
Iartmont lwi not received direct con
xlrmatkm of tlie Awortatml Prws infor
HMtlM from Yokolsama, but otHcial
my they would Hot v surprised to rv
ttHvu such confirmation at any time
from Minister Conger. They my they
aro fully prepared to believe the new
that Russia lias eorved notice on China
that sho will not evacuate Mnnehuriu
until hur latr-t demands are granted.
Kzaotly what tho demand are, no
officials of the state department if pre
pared to Kay, but the l-jlief ii strong
that they art practically tlte came a
thow reported by the As.ociatl Prw
from Pekin la!t spring and disavowed
by the Ras-dan foreign office.
It wax said tonight on the ldgliest
authority that thli government Iwd
n-asoft to beltew tliat Rnsa wa in
i4etlt; on the very demand which
Coast 1-ainnlorf afmrd Ambaef.lor
Me Cormlek had never Uiit presented,
and wkich Count CoMni. the ltuwian
aMbmdor, told Secretary Hay were
Hwwly pretexted as barf of tejotia
tbw. It wai stated by the mhw authority
that tblti mwrwnmetit will not feel
railed hjxhi to enter protect acainst
Itm-sta's action, so lonp an or com
murcial treaty, whlcli in to lm abated
tomorrow, i olMrved and the two
I-ort in Manchuria protwieed by ltuwia
rumaln open to the workl'e commerce.
Tells Japan She Can't Step In.
London, Oct. 0. The correfjiondent
of the Dally Mail at Kobe, Japan, tele
graphs that Karon Von Ito-vii, on Oc
tober , presented n note to the Japan
uk? government contending tliat Japan
had no right to interforo in the ques
tion of the evacuation of Manchuria,
which Kolely concerned Ruwda ami
China. Tlie note furthor propo.! the
.partition of Corea. and suggested that
Japan should take the southern half
and Ruseta the nortnern province. ,
The note was iHkhki1 by a roHiH'il of j
ministers Octolwr 5 ami Manniix Yam-1
acuta, eommander-in-chief. of the army, J
Itad eonraltattonH witn uie mims
tore of war and marine. The JaiMUtm
government, add the correeiHHMleiit,
Uhm sunt a reply to Baron Vo Koeti
rejecting Use Russian projioMl. A rri
sltj to probable at any moment.
RATS CUT TUB DAM.
Great Crevasse In Government Canal
at Seattle. 9
Seattle, Oct. 0. The dam at the
head of tho K"vcrnmnt canal, extond
ni from I-ak Union to the watorn of
the Sound, went out thix morning and
all day ami tonight a rivor 75 to 100
feet wide ami 10 or VI feet deep has
been racliiK through tho ditch.
The water flrft IxratiK-oplnjj through
taut tho wjuth wins of tho dam yoxtor
day nionilii? about 7 o'clock. What at
jjret wan a mhoU crevice grew to alarjre
erova(o.
Tito ditch In eut through rand ami
loo! earth and the niching wntor rap
Idly ate ItH way Into thin. Groat na
tions of tho bank from timo to time fell
Into tlw water ami wero curried away.
While tin caUntroplm wan fpectarii
lar In tho extreme, the damage in
Hiiall. No private property inaffecUsd,
oxuept tliat the oarth in wutdicd away
from boneuth the fliore oihIh of three
l)rldgtwf two lHloiH?lnu to the city and
oho to tite Feattle Klectric coni'tany.
The brklgao were not weakened. al
UtOHgh m h precautionary meawire
UaflW over them wa fctopiied. A tui
porary dam will bo thrown arrow the
UHiml tomorrow and the wim; dum will
1o tlien rebuilt.
The damage, including the coat of re
building the wins dam nrul tho tempor
ary dam, will amount to I em than 1,
(100 to tho govormnont. Tho city will
uhoaiH) with aliout 1 300 and tho elm'tric
ompaiiy witli but little more,
ItatH, who honeycomlK-l tho dam
with tholr holox, aro tliought to bo ro
Hjoiihlliltf for tho going out of the dam,
and not high water.
Soo Railroad Is Mown Up.
Sault Sto. Mario, Mich., Oct. 0.
Foveral feat of tho Algoma railroad
trauk, near tho Consolidated liko Ku
jHirlor eoinjmiiy'H brick plant, wuh
Idown up with dynuinito last night.
Tho dyimmltoru wero ovlduntly in too
areata hurry to do n comploto Job.
The track wa repaired with little
trouble, and traiiiH are running aa iih-uul.
ATTHACTnD DV PROSPERITY.
Immeose Immtsratlon of Cheap Labor
Front Southern Europe.
Albany, K. Y Oct. 7. The statu
department of labor, in Its quarterly
bulletin, attributes the diminution in
an unprecedented degiee of employ
ment and wRa reported In Juno as al
most wholly to labor disputes.
!'The lockout In the building trades
of Manhattan and llronx boroughs of
New York City," it nays, "oTershad
oired all other disputed of the summer
and threw teveial thousand raKeearn.
era out of work." In general the bul
letin holds that, exclusive of the build
lnjt trades, Now York lndustf les were
generally as active as In the summer of
1902, which was a banner year.
According to tlft bulletin, immigra
tion this summer baa exceeded even the
record-breaking current of lastyeai,
and Indicates the eagerness of the low
paid laborers of central and eouthraat
era Europe to enjoy the prosperity
which, on the whole, still reigns In
the Unltod States.
The largest continents aro still the
Italians, Polea and other races of south
ern and ccatral Europe, with a low
standard of education. Notwithstand
ing the great tide of immigration, the
superintendent of the State rice Em
ployment Bureau In New Yoik City
states that at no time during the qusr-
tor wa he able to meet the demands for
domestic help.
"Prosperity is so widely diffused,"
raya the bulletin, "that the eervant
keeping class ia larger than ever before,
and has thus created a demand that ox
ceeds the supply."
EASY ON RUSSIA.
Japan Will Not Force Maochurtan Issue
at , Present.
London, Oct. 7. No apprehension
exists in the minda of the British gov
eminent or the diplomatists In London
that the far Eastern situation will
bring forth any immediate serious de
velopments. Tble feeling of tempor
ary recurity on the eve of the day that
Rural ahould, but admittedly, will
not evacuate Manchuria, ia duo to as
surance on the part of Japan that aa
long aa the negotiations now proceed.
Ing between herself and lined present
a reasonable prospect that a settlement
will be reached, Japan will take no bos
tile action to Russia in the matter of
Manchuria.
It Is further learned that these ne
gotiations, looking to a final settle
ment of the Ruato-Japanoce spheres of
influence in the far East and eseclally
dealing vittl the situation In Corea,
are progressing satisfactorily at Tokio.
So treaty, nowover, has yet been
signed and it ia unlikely that the nego
tiations will be concluded by October 8,
the date on which .Russia was to evac
uate Manchuria. Russia's failure to
evacuate Maachuria on that day, how
ever, will not precipitate a diplomatic
criaio, aa Japan rather than break ofl
the negotiations covering broadly all
the itiuea between herself and Russia
ia willing to atrain a point regarding
-Manchuria in the hope of arriving at a
aatiafactory settlement. In all of this
the British government acquiesces.
OERMAN DILLS ALLOWED.
Vcaexucla Will Par In Oold Coin the
War Indemnity.
Caracas, Oct. 7. -The Venezuelan
German mixed tribunal has officially
closed 73 claims presented against the
government, involving a total of 1,
317,817. Two claims, amounting to
$110,250, were withdrawn, and one of
$55,000, for the closing of navigation
of the river Catatumbo, the Colom
bian boundary, and the causing thereby
of losses to German traders, was dlsai
lowed by the umpire, General G.
Duffield, of Detroit.
The other claims, which aggregate
$043,800, were discussed and recog
nized and the claimants wero awarded
1380,005. According to tho protocol
the awards are payable in gold.
The German railroad obtains pay
ment In full of ita claims, and in ad
dition a sum of $800 a da) aa indem
nity for the interruption of traffic dur
ing a period of 17 days. The Germans
here are much pleaeed with the awards
and compliment Umpire Duffield upon
hia decision.
Archblthop Kaln's Case Serious.
Baltimore, Oct. 7. The physicians
who have for several weeka been in at
tendance upon Archbishop Fain, of St.
Louis, a patient at St. Agnes sanitar
ium, in this city, held two consulta
tions today. At the cloeo of the last
one, late In the day, they reported
that, while Monslgnor Kaln waa much
Improved, his condition does not war
rant the hope that ho will entirely re
cover from the ailment from which ho
is suffering. Consultations of the five
specialists and physicians will be held
tomorrow.
Cotton Mllla Resume Operatlona,
Augusta, Ga,, Oct. 7. -After being
idle more than two months tho cotton
mllla of tho Edwards manufacturing
company resumed operatlona today on
tun time, ino miiia which employ
800 operatives shut down on account of
the high price'of raw cotton.
HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON
WILL. PUSH IMJIAN CLAIMS.
Klamath Tribe Council Appoint a Commit
tee of Three.
Iter. Jeeie Klrke, who is a leader
among the Klamath Indians, at In
Ashland-recenlly and brought the first
news that has been given out in regaru
to the recent council of the Klamath
Indians to take action In nard to the
pushing of the claims of these Indians
for reimbursement by congress In the
sum of a little over 1500,000 fcr lands
lost to the Indians by reason of error
In reservation boundaries.
Tho council was attended by 100
heads o( Indian famlllea and Klrke,
Henry Jackson aud William Crawford,
all well. to-do members of the tribe,
were elected to represent the Indians at
the National capitol and were empow
ered to employ counsel to further tho
claim from the government during the
coming fcsslon ol congress and one, or
possibly all three of them, will go on
to Washington In December.
Resolutions were also paMd against
the state's claim to swamp landa with
In the reservation, which, It ia said, if
irantod, would throw 400 Indiana out
of allotments.
MAILS ARIJ TOO SLOW.
Governor Chamberlain Cootemptatca a
Trip to Waihlngtoa.
If his official business will permit,
Governor Chamberlain will leave Ore
gon In a lew days for Washington; D.
C. The purpose of his proposed trip
is to talk with the president, the pecre
Ury of the Interior and officials of the
general land office concerning land mat
ters in Oregon, lie desires to secure
what information he ran at W ashing,
ton regarding pa it and present land
transactions so far as Oregon Is inter
ested. Ho finds that correspondence W
a very slow and unsatisfactory way of
gutting Information, and by a brief trip
to Washington ho expects to get a pret
ty thorough general understanding of
the principal features of public land
matters.
It Is not certain that ho will make
the trip, but that is hia Intention if he
can get away.
STRAWBERRIES IN CLACKAMAS.
Two-Acre Tract Thit Mas Uccn Yielding
Sines June.
R. K. UartneR, a farmer residing
near Clackamas station, Clackamas
county, is now supplying the Portland
market with fresh ilpe strawberries.
The fruit Is of average slie, plump, ful
ly matured and delicious. Prom two
acres of ground Mr. Hartnell haa al
ready marketed this summer 850
worth of berries. Ho la still picking
berries from the same field, and ex
pects to harvest at least 160 boxes le
fore the season closes.
Mr. Hartnell has been marketing
berries from this field since, the straw
berry season opened last June, and ho
now has In his field berries in all stages
of growth, from the bloom to the ma
tured fruit.
Free Ferry at llarrisburg.
Tlia rnnntv mnrt nf T.lnn mtintv tim
decided to opreate a free ferry at liar
risourg. inerenaa lor yeara oeen a
fftrrv iprnil (fin WlllatnftMA at fliat
place, but It has been maintained and
operated by private capital. A jw
tuion asking trie county court to taxo
tho ferrv nnd nnerate it on a freo hauls
was lagoly slgnod by the cithens of
every section aflected. Last week the
mAmtw.rn nf ilin rrtiirft. vIhII,mI ttm itfHiiit
of the ferry and offered tho operators of
the private ferry $700 for their
outfit.
Lucky Doy Mine Not For Sale.
L. Zimmerman, president of the
Lurky Boy mining company, came
down to Eugeae from Blue river a few
days ago, bringing tho regular monthly
clean-up of the mine. The brick were
smaller than usual, valued at only $7,
600, which Is due to the fact that the
mllla were not running all tho month.
Ho says they are not considering a
sale of tho proprety, but have gone so
far and are reaping such sanlts that
they could not think of soiling, aa was
recently reported.
Union Oets Good Prices for Fruit.
The Medford fruitgrowers' union
shipped two cars of Winter Nolls poara
and Jonathan apples, besides Bovoral
smaller shipments, this week to San
Francisco. The last shipment sold for
$1.26 per box, which la n good price
for these apples. Throughout tho
Mason the union has been getting bet
ter prices for tho small grower than
they could have otherwlso secured.
Small Delinquent List.
Unpaid taxes on the 1002 roll for
Clackamas county have become delin
quent. On a roll aggregating $177,000,
Sheriff Shaver has collected approxi
mately $108,000, leaving delinquent
less than $10,000. Delinquent taxpay
ers will now bo obliged to pay 10 per
cent penalty, and 12 per cent per an
num Interest in liquidating with tho
county.
THNUINa TOWAHO 1II1NO.
Corvallls A Hasten. Alaklnr llxtrnslre
Preparations to llullj.
W, A. Ilrandebury, the Albany luin
tmr dealer, who has oumo across the
mountains to look after Interests In thn
region of Bend, says there Is every evi
dence along the line of the Corvallls A
Eastern of preparations lor extending
the rovl to Bend. Pour sawmills aro
engaged In turning out railroad ties,
which are purchased by the Corvallls
A Eastern and plied along tho track for
miles. Tho mills report that they
have sawed more of these ties In tho
past six months than lu six years be
fore and but fow have been shipped out
tp market.
The roadbed cf the Corvallls A East'
em haa long been graded for a distance
of 14 miles east of the crest of thn Cas
cades and the short tunnel necessary
haa been bored hall way through the
backbone. The Corvallls A Eastern
was mortgaged five years ago for some
thing like $2,000,000. but the bonds
were never Issued. It Is said that ev
erything la ready (or an advance on
short notice.
Some of the officials of tho company
havo 1-cen making Investments in the
vicinity of the survey on this aide of
tho mountains, which la regarded aa
significant.
SALI1 OF LINN COUNTY FARM.
Presage of Inrush ol tlastern People
This TalL
One of tho largest real estate deals
of the season for Linn county was con
summated in Albany by fi. N. Steele A
Co , real estate dealers. The sale con
slsted of the large Jacob Roth farm of
230 acres'near Albany, and the conilil
nratlon waa $10,000. Carl Salimann.
from Minnesota, purchased tho land
and will farm It in the most up-to-date
aud approved manner.
This is considered by real estato men
as the beginning of tho fall sales, which
are expected to bo the best in years.
The Indications aro that the Immigra
tion this fall will exceed that of last
spring. Many communications havo
been received from tho eastern and
middle states during thn summer Iwth
by real estate men and thoso who have
recently come to the Coast, and tho let
ters all contain Inquiries as to the pros
pects of gutting good farms, what the
prices (or land are, and a goner I re
quest ia mado for a teneral description
of conditions.
Salmon Running In the Nrcanlcum.
Pall fishing haa commenced on the
Necanlrum river, and a good run of all
versldea la said to bo coming in. Ac
cording to reports, someone has
stretched a not acroia the stream near
the lower bridge. This ia contrary to
the state law, which provides that no
net shall extend more than one-third
the way across any stream. David
Hansen, one of the ownera of the Ne
canlcum salmon cannery, la at Seaside,
making preparations to begla operating
the cannery next weak, lie expects to
put up between 1,000 and 1,600 cases.
Fewer Insane Patients.
Tho monthly reiwrt of Superintend.
cnt J. P. Caibreath, of tho state Insane
asvlum. shows that dlirlnir (tin tnnntli
o( September tho enrollment at the
asylum uocreaseu Irom 1,307 to 1,332.
The average coat of maintenance, per
capita was $0,68, or 32 cents per day.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat vTalla Walla, 73c; blue
stem, 77c; valley, 77c.
Plour Valley, $3.7603.86 per bar.
red; hard wheat straights, $3.76(B4,10;
hard wheat, patents, $4.2004. 60;
graham, $3,383.75; whole wheat,
$3.664.00; rye wheat, $4.60.
Barley Feed, $10.00(820.00 pr ton;
brewing, $21; rolled, $21921.60.
Oats No. 1 white, $1.10; gray,
$1.00(81.05 per cental.
Mlllstulfs Bran, $20 per ton; mid
dlings, $24; shorts, $20; chop, 18;
linseed dairy food, $lt.
Hay Timothy, $16.00 per ton;
clover, nominal; grain, $10; cheat,
nominal.
Butter Fancy creamery, 25Q27c
per pound; dairy, 18Q20o; store, 16
910c
Poultry Chickens, mixed, 11
HKc pei" pound; spring, OaiOcj
bens, llOUJic; broilers, $1,76 per
dozen; turkeys, llvo, 14315o per
pound ;dresied,ia18oj ducks, $5(38.00
per dozen; geese, $708,00.
Eggs Oregon ranch, 26o.
Potatoes Oregon, 66S76c par sack;
sweet potatoes, 2c par pound.
Beef Gross ateera, $3,7694.26;
dressed, 097c per pound.
Veal 8o per pound.
Mutton Gross, $3; dressed, 6
6Kc; lambs, gross, $3.60; dressed, flc,
Hogo Gross, $6.6096,76; dressed,
8 c.
Tallow Prime, per pound, 46c;
No. 2 and grease, 2tt93o.
Hops 1003 crop, 24920o per pound.
1002 crop 2021c.
Wool Valley, 17918c; Eastern
Oregon, 12915c; mohair, 8637);c.
STHIKIIIS COSTLY.
Colorado Troops Cost Slate $5(1,000
Per Month.
Denver, Oct. 0. Strikes nud lockouts
at the mines In GrlpphiOrcoknml other
gold mining districts In Colorado have
already reduced tho mineral production
ol the stato this year at least $2,600,.
000, and II tho present conditions oh.
tain until thn first of thn year, tho pro
duction will fall moru than $0,000,000
twlow what it would have been under
normal conditions. In consequence of
tho strike, 1,000, soldiers of tho Colo
rado national guard havn Ikmmi doing
police duty In Crlppln Creek (or four
weeks, and as yet neither the mint-own-era
nor tho atrlkora shew any evident)
of weakening. Thn cost to the state ol
maintaining thn military force In tho
field Is estimated at 50,000 a month
Tho unsettled conditions In thn nilii
Ing Industry ate duo to the failure ot
the legislature to enact an eight hour
law applying to mint, mills and smelt
era alter the voteia of tho state had
adopted a constitutional amendment
authorising such an euartmrnt An
eight hour day hail beea generally
granted at tho mines, and the Western
federation of miners determined to en
force tho same condition lu mllla ami
smelters Strikes were Inaugurated last
June at tho smelters lu this city anil
the mill lu Colorado City, and eight
weeks ago 4,000 miners In the Cripple
Creek district wero onlrred by the em
cutlvo ollicera of tho fedoiatloir to go
on strike In supiort ol tho demand for
an eight hour day for mill ami smelter
employes, which had ttren refused by
the American smelting and refining
company ami the United States red no
tion and refining company. The mlu
era otwyed the onler reluctantly, n
they hail no grievance aa to their own
hears of labor or wages,
MURLIII) TO DEATH.
Ihploslon In
llllauls Distillery
Seven'Llves,
Costs
Peoria, III,, Oct. 0. Seven men were
killed and five otlmrs Injured by an ex
plosion at Corning' distillery hre to
day. One largo section of the llvo story
building was thrown into the air by tli
burstlng of a copper cylinder 20 fret In
length and eight feel In diameter.
Every man who waa In the building at
the time of thn explosion Was Instantly
killed, thn Injured living men who wero
on the outside.
The great cylinder of coper crashed
through the east wall of the cooker
room, and on through the mill as
though the wall hail been tissue pr,
shot In an ooique and downward course
throogn the air, cut down a large tree
In Ita (light, scattered a pile of lumbsr
as If beams nd timbers had been so
many straws, ami landed 200 feet ansy
from tho start of Its flight.
Three or four walls of the building
were nlown out. Grsat gap wero rent
In them from top to bottom, pulling
the i oof with them, and underneath
that mass of brick, mortar, haem and
twisted machinery He the corpse ol
one of the men, which may not be gut
out for a day or two.
Nobody ha a dear idea of what
caused tho epxloslon. Tho damage to
tho building and machinery iseatfuated
at about $100,000, and It will he thrr
months before tho plant la in operation
again.
TO l'ROTHCTWl7AK"TaTIONS.
McVrague, for Venezuela, Holds This I
the Spirit ol the Magus Court.
Tho Jlscuo. Oct. 0. At ll... .,..!.,,.
of today'a session of the Venezuelan ar
bitration court, Muravleff, tho presld.
nix umrer, rean telegrams from Queen
Wilhelmilia and the r..r lk.n,l.,. !,-
court for Ita good wishes to them at tho
primary sitting.
The court announced that It had de
cided that biiefa fcid other documents
should lie delivered hflfnra ntnl.. ic
and that replies should bo handed in
oy iovcmwr sz. The ccurt will hoar
tho arguments of counsel November 4.
Wayne MacVeagh opened today In
behalf of Venezuela. Ho said that the
only question of International law In
volved Mas whether strong powers In
extorting money by aggressive nnd ego
t stlo war from u weaker owor, havo
the right of preferential treatment aa a
recompense for their action, or whother
all creditor nations athall share equal
ly Tho spirit of Tho Hnguo conven.
tlon, Mr. MaoVeagh contended, waa to
protect tho weak against thn strong.
Railroads In a Ilox.
Chicago, Oct. 0. Tho railroads of tho
entire country are faco to fnco with
what promises to lo tho greatest car
shortage In tholr hlatory. Despite thn .
fact that moat llluirat ....In.. r. ....
equipment have boon given by nil tho
iHiMumm utiring UIO last 12 inontlis
they now find thomsolves unahlo to nc
onpt all tho tralllo that la ordered. The
condition ol affairs ia outlined by Vlco
President W. 0, Brown, of tho Lake
Shore, who saya that tho company la
In urgent nood of 1,600 box cars
dally.
Many lurks Are Slain.
Halonlca, Oct, (l.-At tho vlllogo-of
Kohcharlna, Inhabited by Turks, 400
houses nro reported to havo hoen burn,
od, most of tho Inhabitant nolng killed.
It is reported tliat n Turkish convoy
was rocontly attacked In the Fiorina re
gion and that 80 of the soldiers v,er
killed.