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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (April 29, 1904)
a 'Km. IJJHftl.. ,1 Vlee Pt W J? f SteretjX M StctttS j 35 Jr SfecreSHjaH? laSHSSSSKc' GOTt ;fc J" FVPtfTSOFTHEuAY -T M HRE0 FROM ALL PARTS OP TUB TWO HG.HiSrHEROS. Cafrrr RvWw ot Uw Import. act ttaffMiac the Pt Wettk, nuiMtiil In ComtaiMii Pcna, .Mott Uny U Prove Interring t Our Jfaay RwuWr. The senate has passed the pension and tho river and harbor Mil. The cost of the war to Uusla, up to Aprlt 5, in placed at (40,360,000. St. Tetcrbsurg it in rmdpt ol n it poit that Xiu Chwang ia being bom barded. Colorado militiamen clubbed tho sec retary ol the Miner' Federation for de fying their chief. The houM has paused bill provid ing a temporary government (or the Panama eanal lone. Secretary Hitchcock hag Issued an order prohibiting (heep on tho Baker City forest reserve. The river and harbor bill wai amend ed by the scnato so as to authorize the survey of Co and Tillamook bays. The secretary of the Interior has tent porarily withdrawn 200,000 acres of land adjoining the Yakima Indian res ervation The secretary of the interior haa tet aside f2.6O0.0e0 for tho construction of the Minidoka irrigation- system in Southern Idaho, and haa directed that advertisements for the work bo Issued immediately, bids to be opened June 21. Another battlo la reported raging at Port Arthur. Secretary fihaw says he will not bo a candidate for vice president. The body of Admiral Makaroff has been washed ashore with a number of others. Secretary Hay has advised tho 1005 I. o exposition to prepare invitational bo foreign countries to participate ' wilt dispatch them. .. ., . the bill creat The house has pasJ and Kew Mexico lug a state of Ariio'of Arizona and ono of undsr the nanybj inJiaj, Territory under Oklahoma 0i Oklahoma, taenv' jUn motion ol Senator rullon, the sen rate haa passed Mitchell's bill authoriz ing tho citizens of Oregon, ashlngton aod California to cut and remove titn- ler uuilbt TWlc domain or mining and domestic purposes. The Japanese ara fast preparing to force the Yaln. Russia would maka an agreement with Great Britain to gain an outlet to tbssea. Nelderrnler, the Chicago carbarn bandit, mads two desperate attempts to end his life, the first nearly proving successful. The house has passed a bill change the Washington custom headquarters from Port Townsend to Seattle, despite the protests ol congressmen. The foreign countries represented at the 6t. Louis fair will be Invited by tho government to transfer their exhibits to the Lewis and Clark exposition. The conference committee has elimi nated from tho military appropriation Idll the appropriation of 1 00 ,000 for a bridge across the Spokane rlvei at Spo kane. Senator Fulton has secured an amendment to the sundry civil bill In creasing the appropriation for roads in Crate! lake national park from f 3,000 to H.000. The senate has adopted an amend ment of Senator Mitchell to the emer gency appropriation bill by which the senator expects to have 1100,000 al lotted for continuing the improvement at the mouth of the Columbia rlvr. Chinese and Russian troops nearly clashed in Manchuria. The Grand Rondo valley Is a vast lake and thousands of acres of wheat are flooded The Russian press regards the Anlo French treaty as a hard blow to Gar man prestige. Italians who had plotted against the life of President Loubet, of France, have been arrested. In a riot between police and blue jackets at Fensacola, Fla, one man was shot and our others wounded. y A four story hotel at Indianapolis, Ind,, burned and for a time the Uvea of more than 300 guests were In perl!. Admiral Togo says he placed the mine which blew up the Russian war ship and tells how It was done. Rus sians emphatically deny it. Fresldent Moyer, of tho Federation of Miners, declares Governor Peabody, of Colorado, has violated his promise, having agreed not to molest the miners. Altogether 10 Russian vessels have been damaged or lost since the out break of the war. i'lND UXCLUSION TOO"sUVRlf. Senate Committee Objects to Mitt Dill Regarding Chinese. Incton. April 23. Tho xoncinl detlclcncV ,n" n,n,"c" "f ""'2JS-""' rommltteo; rri'"u" """" 111,342,140, ncrenso na it passed tho house of 325, 11 contain n Chinese cxclu- an amendment tho ceptcd by tho tlon bill, which wasi house before tho bill pawed, Tho Illtt bill was Introduced! thu senate io commit by lVnnvo mul referred ' tea on foreign tclations. I iir hm uitteo tno discovery, it la roTKiffio wen mauo mat tho bill will affcTM introduction of Chinese coolto labo? io mo l-nnaiim canal tone, am! in considerable extent afTcct tho Immlgra' tlon to this country of Coicnns and Fil ipinos ana tno deportation from the untied btaU. Hawaii. Porto itl.-n t,.t any tcitltorvy, "subject to thojurlsdlc tlon of tho United States of any ierson held to come within tho definition f tho word "Chlneso persons," and ob jection haa been mmlo to the far reach, ing effects of tho bill. When tho senate committee on for eign relations began consldertiou toJay of tho Chlneso bill It was suggested .... ... ui u,iKin oo o wiucr SCOpO . - . "". "" "lougiu. Sections ucuning tno words "Chlneso person .viv lAiidi iu iioiirv, nnu u was an gcstd tliat these might bo hold to lain to Filipinos, Corcans and ot not intended to bo Included, and tho purpose of tho bill might bo in hici wun me existing treaties. I late when the dlscovorv was mail unany tno nicmbcrs of tho com concluded that no action ahoj tew of taken on tho renrnro bill in lent was tho fact that tho Illtt a mend n: but that reported in tho deficiency bill In open the matter misht be iIIm-im.. an attempt senate. It is understood? measure bo- ... " . -------w VIII bo made to anion.) t)blll posses Uio ndtll fore tho deficiency senile. -OM JAPANUSO. FLBO r- ) are Rapidly Crossing; tbs Yalu Russ)' Many are Drowned. Nlu Chwang. April 23. A messen ger from the Yalu rivci reports that the Japanese outpoets are near tho Hus ian intienchmcnta witli large bodies of troops Ave miles distant. Ho also states tho Russians are fleeing north across tho river in overcrowded boats, losing hundreds by drowning. Tho meesenccr himself met only a few of tho Japanese, but they wcio reported to have shown themselves in force on various occasions, afterward quickly disappearing. . The newauaner oiiriesiHrtiUcntSHC- credited to the Russian forces have left for Mukden. Thoy bind themselves not to divulge newa respecting tho re sults of engagomenta, or give any in formation which may awaken public uneaslncea. The Russians have issued placards In Chinese explaining away the Jap anese victories, detailing Russian suc cesses, magnifying tho Russian strength, and prophesying victory for Russia. Tho Chlneso ara not misled, but still believe the Japanese will con quer in Manchuria. RUSSIA MOLDS IT BACK. Cztent ol Disasters to Her Arroa Can- not Us Sent Out. Paris, April 22. Tho Yinkow corres pondent of tho Paris Journal says ho has tried lepeatcdly to ascertain tho ex tent of the recent disasters to tho Rus sian arras, and ho has failed to do so lwcause of tho perfectly-organlwd sec recy of tho Russians. In ills conclud ing statement, ho says: "Tho people of Franco will be obliged to bo satisfied with notices marked 'official or semi-official state ments sent from Harbin or Mukden many rnlles removed from the actual scene of war. I am close to Port Arthur, and might give the true ver sion of many incidents, tho nowaof which, as published, has been rnero conjecture, but tho Russians strictly forbid all communications of land or pea event. At the moment of sending this messace. Krave happenings ore pro ceeding on tho peninsula; in fact, I am told that another battle is being uorcc y contested in the neighborhood of Port Arthur." Doltish Sympathy Much Appreciated. St. Potersburir. April 23. Whllo ac cepting gratefully the world-wldo ex pressions of sympathy which Russia has received at tho death of Vlco Ad miral Mnkaroff and tho Potropavlovsk disaster, the papers seem especially im pressed with tho sympathy shown by tho British presa, Boveral using tho text to argue on the opportuneness oi mo decision in favor of a Russo-Rrltlsh treaty. The Novisky eays: "A sin cere approachment with Great Britain would guaianteo our futuro develop ment" Kouropatkln Walta for More Troops, Paris, April 23. The St. Petersburg correspondent of tuo Journal sayn friend of Genqral Kouropatkln has re ceived a letter from him in which tho general says he intend! to await the ar rival of another 100,000 men boforo risking a battlo with tho Japanese. Kf- riera Minai ycou IX was mp, nnu jrnitteo jsu u DO i LOSS IS MILLIONS LARQH BUSINESS PORTION OP TO R0NT0 DESTROYED UY PIRD. Damage Placed at $12,000,000 With $8,360,000 Insurance-City Acta lor Sulftrtrs-AII Public Uulldlngs are Placed at Their DUpol-l!rectloo of Temporary Structures Permitted. ' Toronto, Out., April 22. Tho total lc by tho lire which destroyed tho wholesaln district of Toronto Inst night will, according to tho most conxorvn llvo estimate, rench 12,000,000, tho total Insurance (8,3(10,000. Tho area swept by tho llro embraces I acres, and 0,000 to 10 000 iwsona o thrown out of employment. Tho uiK of tearing down tho tMnmoim Us was continued until this alter- oon. Tho city council this afternoon placed I public buildings and tho exhibition ounds at tho disposal of tho fire uffcrcrs, amended tho llro regulations to allow tho erection of temporary structures, and nmoInted a commltteo to wait on tho legislature und secure an act ordering all wires under ground. Tho principal warehoused ot the city were reduced to ashen and nearly 250 Aims wero put out of btislnexs. Tho area covered by tho llro is threo, blocks in length and vnrjen from half a block to two blocks In width. Kvcry build ing on Ray street, from Melinda street southward to tho waterfront, was wiped out and tho flro spread on Wellington and Front streets, along the waterfront from this section and tho Ksplamado along tho waterfront from this section with Hay ntreet for a boundary for a fow hundred feet to a wholo block. From the timo ho flro started on tho north side of Wellington street, n short distance cast of Hay atrcct, In tho K. A 8. Currle manufacturing plant, till It burned Usolf out at daybreak, there was not a moment when a shift of tho wind to tho northward would not have resulted In tho destruction of tho great er pait of tho city. At a meeting of tho Toronto legisla ture tonight, tho premier mid the leader of tho opiKsltion expressed sympathy with tho tiro sufferers, and it was decided to place a sum of monoy in t suDplcmcntaiy estimates for t)io Kcncllt of tliu flremen'H fund. It is probable that the prorogation of tho legislature, will bo Indefinitely do layed becauso of tho fire. Tho burning of tho Warwick brothers and Rutter building dolays the government print ing for this year. Tho total number of buildings des troyed Is 122; tho number of films affected ia 222. IRRKMTION WORKS I'OR IDAHO. Government Decides to Take In the Pay ette Valley Project. Washington, April 22. Tho govern ment has finally decided to tnko up tho Fayctto Irrigation project, In Idaho, which contemplates tho reclamation of 140,000 acres of land In Bolso and Pay etto valleys, by diverting tho waters, of Bolso river. Kxaminatlons of this pro ject havo been under woy for several years, and tho department is now con vinced tho project Is feasable and can bo carried out at a rcasouablo cost. During tho coming summer, final surveys will bo medo for canals and other works, and it is exacted that contracts for tho construction can bo prepared and lot by tho end of the season. Tho board of consulting engineers will consist of II. N. Savage, J. II. Qulnton and W. H. Sandors which will noon examine tho Umatilla and Mai hour irrigation projects In Kastern Ore gon to detormlno which of tho two is tho better adapted for government con struction. Tho report of tills board is likely to lead to tho formal adoption of ono or tho other of these projects. Dllzzard Rages In St. Louis. St. Louis, April 22. A sovoro storm ......a iim todav. at tmes assuming .i... nr.nnrtions of a blizzard. Tho &.r.n beimn with a sleet storm, fol i,t hv a. fall of 20 degrees of tern- neratuio. Following there was n snow follofflvo Inches. Btreot trolllc was Impeded and trains wero Iato. Tho snow prevented tho games between tho St Louis and Chicago nutional lciiguo teams, and St. Louis and Cleveland American league teams, scheduled for today. Fivo to soven inches of snow fell within radius of 150 miles of St. Louis. Tralnrobbsr Oct $50,000. TIflls, April 22. A train en tho Trans-Caucaslan railway was hold up between Novosenakal and. Abaslm by four armed mon, who entered tho mail car and, after binding tho officials, escaped with registered letters and val uablea worth f 60,000. Ill WOULD QUIT Alexlell AV the Cxar to Rs llcve Mini. Viceroy 8t Petersburg, April Ul.-Vlceroy Aloxleff Itivs applied by telegraph to Urn emperor to bo relieved of his position ot viceroy ol tho Far Kant. i ex pected that tho request will bo linmo dlatoly granted. Whllo no olllclal an mmneoinunt has yet been mmlo, thuio Is every reason to.bullovo Unit tho fore ....I.... .iiiiiiiiimit In correct. Tho Im- mediate cause of tho vlceroy'n applica tion Is reported Io bo tho appointment of Vlco Admiral Hkrydloff, ono of Ad ...I...I Al,.Tli,ft'n Ntrunuest enemies and sharpest critic, as successor t tho late Vlco Admiral .iiunnrou in oi " tho Russian navy in tho Far Kl, The relieving frouicoiiiiiiandof Ice roy Alexlcff would not surprlso Intelli gent oWrvern of tho Far Kastern situ atlon, who aro familiar with tlio gradu al change In tho emperor'a attitude to ward tho viceroy and M. UorobrnolT, whe represented tho military advanc ing element, which was anxious that Russia should remain In Mnnchur a. It was these two men that tho Anglo Japanese cntcnto first lost Its friends. They believed Great Britain would not go to war and that Japan could not do so. To tho Indignation of Japan, they succeeded In turning tho imllcy ol tho empire from carrying out tho treaty for the cntlro evacuation ol Mauchiiiia, ponding further demands on China. IIIU LOSS IIY rilill. Over' $10,000,000 Worth ol Properly Destroyed at Toronto. Toronto, Out., April 21. Fire swept through a section of Toronto's whole sale business district tonight, causing a lots which will probably reach f 10.- 000,000. Tho flio started In a factory In Wellington street aliout u o'ciiwk. In lest than nn bout tho llames'lmd nr..ntl from till Idltm to building oil both sides of tho street until tho wholo block was n iiism of llnmrs, and tho llro was utterly lieyond tho control of tho local department. Appeals were sunt to every surrounding city where flro apparatus could be obtained nsKing for oMsistance. Montreal, Loudon, Hamilton and Buffalo at ouco renKnd- ed, but It will lw hours before they can Iki of assistance. It was believed at 11 o'clock that the flro was under control, but a sudden shift In tho wind again fanned the flames into a roar and clouds of sparks and burning brands wero carried down sldo streets until threo entire blocks wero doomed. Tho firemen wero mak ing a gallant fight amid tho falling buildings and a mass of tangled wires, but their efforts at midnight seemed to bo fruitless. POR RAILROAD TO ALASKA. Victoria Undone Project Which Will Taka Trad Prom Scattl. Victoria, II. 0., April 20. John Cain, of Port Angules, Wash., ad dressed a crowded meeting hero last night on the proposed scheme to build a railroad from tho south to tho north end of Vancouver Island, connecting with tho Port Angeles lino by ferry across the Straits of Fuca anil with Alaska at tho north end by swift ferry steamers. Ho guaranteed to start bulldim: within 00 days after tho sub sidy is tottlcd and complete It within two years. Tho proposed lino will cost 10,000, 000. The subsidy asked for is 5,000 acres per inllo mid $10,000 per mite, 3 per cent inscrlla'd stock of tho pro vince, redeemable In -10 years, Tho meeting endorsed tho project and de cided to appeal to tho provincial gov ernment to take Immediate action. Tho schema Is designed to capture tho Alaska trade from tho Puget sound cities and San Francisco. Pivora Olfcnilve Tactics. Paris, April 21 Tho Figaro today publishes an interview with Vlco Ad miral Hkrydloff, wno is now in St. Pet ersburg, Tho admiral Is qoutodas say ing: "I bellovo In offensive tactics. It Is necessary to push ahead and takq the Initiative Instead of lotting tl.o en emy keep us in a statu of unrest, It la essential to keep him in a stato of un rest. It is necossary to Invito a com bat, and take chances Any combatant who awaits his enemy Is practically at his enemy's mercy. But agrgcsslve iicbs does not mean Imprudence," Pacific Squadron Sails Prom Panama. Washington, April 21. Tho flagship New York and tho cruisers Marhlohoad and Bennington, of tho Pat Ilia squad ron, commanded by Rear Admiral Glass, havo started from Panama on their cruise to the Aloutlan islands ,by tho way of Honolulu. They first .will proceed up tho coast to Acapulco, whence thoy will sail to tho Hawaiian islands, a distance of about 3,300 miles. Tho next run will bo from Honolulu to Unalnska, in tho Aloutlan group, a dhtanco of about 2,000 mllos, Denies She Has a Submarine float. London, April 21 . Captain Kabaclil tho now Japanese attache, who has ar rived in London from Japan, denies positively that thero ara any sub marine vessols in tho Japanese navy. GIVES RUSH ORDERS CZAR WANTS UATTLI'.SIIIPS TO I'LEBT JULY 15. JOIN Naval Strength In Par Halt Demands In. crcase-l'ort Arthur May lis Cut Oil Superiority ol Japanese on Water (lives Them lUcsllent Opportunity to Operate on Land. Paris, April 20. "Tho emperor, In receiving a visit from High Admiral Duko Alexis today," says tho Ht, Pet ersburg correspondent of tho Rrlm do Paris, "Informed mm tnai no unmcu the Urtttlo licet to Ui ready to start I y July 15. Orders accordingly linvu been wnt to Croustadt to nnsien uio prepar ation of Its licet (or willing on tho dido mentioned under Rear Admiral Itojest vetiskl, unices another admiral, of whom there has been much talk shall bo selected, "Vlco Admiral Doubossoff declined tho command of tho Black sea licet. It Is piobnblo that Admiral Chuklii, director of tho naval ncmlciny, will bo appointed." MAY CUT OPI PORT ARTHUR. Superiority of Pleet (lives the Japanese an llxcellent Opportunity. St. Petersburg, April 20. St. Peters burg Is flooded with rumors from all directions rcgaidlng thu plans of tho JupauuMt, now that tho Russian licet at Port Arthur Is unablu longer Io menace their troop transport. Thu Awiovlittod Press In a dispatch from Port Arthur gnvo 20 as thu mini Ikt of Japanese trnortH reported an having been seen steaming In tho direc tion of Yinkow, tho wapott of Mu Chwang. Olllclals of tho general staff, whllo having no Information In this rn etit. would nut lie surprised if tit ntunlxir should turn out to bo correct, or even that n larger number Is steam ing thuio. Vlco Admiral Togo's Immenio super iority enables him to hold tho UiimUh squadron In Port Arthur and JapanrM transports, therefore, can w fitly pass through the straits of lVcliill and attempt to land at tho head of tho Llao Tung gulf, under tho guns of tho war ships, ns did General Hhaftor'a army at Dlaqulrl, Cuba. Should this succeed, the Japanera will Imi In an excellent position to execute a flank movement on Llao Yang, or cut off Port Arthur. CONDITIONS IN PORTO RICO. dovtrnsr Hunt Reports America aa Rap idly 0lnlnTrd. New York, April 20. Governor Hunt, of Porto Rico, arrived hero today on tho steamer Ponco from Han Juan. Ho will remain in the United Staten aliout two weeks, Governor Hunt sayit ho had not heard of his apH)lntmeut of Judgo of the United States district of Montana and Wyoming, and would say nothing about his intention in rrganl to the appointment. Hu will imd considerable time In Washington In connection with olllclal duties and eventually wilt return to Porto Rico at tho end of two weeks. H peaking of conditions on the island Governor Hunt said: "Just at present a strong effort la bolng made to promote n market In tho United States for Porto Rico by prepar ing for an itxtcnslvo exhibit at Ht. Louis. Coffee will Imi tho feet am of the Island's exhibit because fruits and cotton will Im nlso displayed. Ameri cans ore planting oranges qullo exten sively. Tho groves aro growing well. Cotton bids fair to Iki very profltablo. Coffco crop will li aliout normal this year for tho first lime since tho hur ricane, and If n slightly higher prim can Imi had for tho crop planters would Imi ablo to relievo their estates of part of their old mortgage dubts and will bo satisfied. "It Is probable that tho export will exceed tho value of Import by a million dollars. Trado with tho United H tat en Increases rapidly and will continue to grow as tho sugar, fruit and cotton aro bolng grown." America May Step In. Santo Domingo, April 20, United States Minister Powull Informed tho minister of foreign affairs today that In tho event of any foreign pon or attempt ing to force a settlement of tho claunn of Its cltlruns, tints excluding tho claims of othor nationalities, ho would, in tho iiiimo of his government, tako Immediate charge of nil tho custom houses ot thu government, plucu in each a military guard, und protect tho samo in thu Interest of tho United States creditors, basing his action upon tho recent decision of Tiio Haguo tribunal. Influx or Chinese, Victoria, R. 0., April 20, Ono bun dled and twulvo Chlneso aro coming on thu Canadian Pacific steamer KmprcHH of Chlun for this port, according to special cahlo dispatches to thu head quarter of tho company Ah each Chlneso has to pay $500 ho'ad tax, tho olllclals hern aro puzzled to know what It moans. It Is surmised that the Em press' crow of Chlnoso may bo wanted ashnro, but tho officials have no reason for such a step,