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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (May 12, 1905)
ftjiffi&i " ww& eh m ii I j i '.:! BUILD CANAL SOON Plan for Dalles-CcHto Waterway Approved. START WORK ON UPPER LOCK MAY WATER DESCHUTES LAND. Approval of Title to Right of Way by Attorney General Now Oniy Preliminary Necessary. Washington, May 0. Construction of The Dalles-Celilo canal will probab ly commence in Juno. General Mac kenzie, ohief of nrmy engineers, today approved Major Langfitt's plan for starting work on the upper end. He also submitted to the attorney general the title to the right of way which the state of Oregon 1ms presented to the government. The abstract of title hav ing been previously examined and ap proved, It is presumed the title will be found satisfactory and accepted. The law autthorixing construction of the canal stipulates that no work shall be done until title to the right of way and a release from damage has been convey ed to the United States free of cost. If the attorney general acts promptly and accepts title, instructions will be rent to Major Langfitt to advertise for bids for the work which he outlines in his project. In general terms Majtr Langfitt 'a plan conforms to the general plan laid down by the board which drew up the canal project. He, how ever, found it necessary to make an im portant change. The original plan lo cated the first lock at the upper en trance. When soundings were made, it was found that it would be impossi ble to get a rock foundation for a heavy lock at tha point, so the lock has been located 1,900 feet down the canal, and the entrance will be guarded by flood gates not contemplated in the original plans. These gates will be used in time of high water to keep the sediment brought down by the river from enter ing and obstructing the canal. Until bids are received it is not known just how much progress can be made with the funds available. There is now on band 1158,170 remaining from the old boat railway appropria tion, and the last session of congress appropriated 150,000 cash and author ized contracts for $220,000 additional, making a total of 45S, 170 with which to begin work. Major Langfitt's plan contempts es the expenditure of only about $375,000 of this amount, be deeming it expedient to have some re serve until a further appropriation is Government Ready to Take Up Pro ject If Carey Irrigation Falls. Washington, May 5. Information which reaches Washington iudicaitcs that the reclamation service may yet have an opportunity to irrigate in the Deschutes valley in Kastern Oregon. At the timo the national irrigation law- was pawed the reclamation service was anxious to build an irritation service along the Deschutes, but found ttat , private enterprise had entered the Held and was already operating or preparing to o)erato under the Carey act. Had it not been for this fact, the govern ment would today be completing an ir rigation system that would irrigate far more land itr the Deschutes than will ever be reclaimed by private enter prise, anil won hi prolxibly lmve been able to turn OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST YAMHILL PROPS DOING WELL. Prospects are that Cereal Yield Will Bo the Best In Years. McMinnviltc Yamhill county has not had a tatter promise of n good yield in ccrcai tor year man u n tin pre, out season. Crops generally nro thrif ty, and of the finest color. Owing to the weather and crop condition last spring, the farmurs seeded n larger acreage than usual lat fall. The fall sowing was mostly wheat, ami this is advancing rapidly. Oati also look well, and there is no sign of blight. The spring sowing is practically fin ished and the earlier spring groin is up and growing well. Farmers ttencntllv the water into the canals """ larger sowing ot spring .. i... .i .i i ii , "" "" usual, mere is a grow ng not later ttan Uie coining fall or win- ten,llilM.y , ,,,, Wn , t, icr. If private capital should decide wiintiraw rrom inc wesetiutes vallev. spring crop consist chierlv of oats. to Hop conditions, while go I, emunot .ta called excellent. The growth ha tit t.rnm.i .,,L l ........ i..i .. .""".' "iriruioiy uneven, some vines ,.,.,, , . , having grown rapidl, and are already enter that field, buy up what works ( trelllsed, wl,ile others have not ad have already been constructed, and . vanced far. Otherwise, the crop looks enter upon the irrigation of a much i wc" ""d has not been harmed bv frost. larger area than is now internded to be ' I.nl few, 'nl? ,cvn : 11,1,... , ! 'lightly nipptHi I, but pract en ly no reclaimed. 'Jut the government is not '..?. .1 ',''.i' ' ..,'". i umi ui uuiiu mj inn iiiiiifl. . liar n m ran ta ascertaintnl, every yard in the coun- going to make any advances. Nor will it pay fancy prices for such works as have been constructed by private capi tal. The situation in the Deschutes coun try is not altogether similar to that in Klamath basin. In the Deschutes, so far as known, the community is satis fied to have its lands irrigated by pri vate capital, notwithstanding private capital will reclaim only the cream, and leave forever barren a large tract that would be irrigated by the govern ment. In the Klamath basin public sentiment is a unit in favor of govern ment as against private irrigation. lhis much is to be raid: If private capital goes ahead and completes its ir rigation system according to present plans, the government will never go in and reclaim the outstanding Jamis. Private interests are promising to irri gate only lands which can be watered at a minimum cost; the government will not follow and undertake to irri gate adjoining lands where the cost will be excessive unless it can have the en tire field to itself. One of the prime objects of government irrigation is to reclaim lamb in large areas, combining y is oeing cuiiivatoi, ami a lair crop is anticipated. Hopmen are not dis couraged by tho uneven growth, and are having the yards thoroughly hoed and the more advanced hops twined. Apples and other fruit, except prunes ami cnerrice, will yield abundantly. The cherry crop will be very light in all parts of the county, owing to the late frosts. The prune crop will aim be less than normal. The prospects were exceptionally good until visited by the recent frost. Near Dayton and sections alone the Willamette river there will not be over a third of the usual yield, while on the prairie about half a crop is expected. In the more protected sections tl.cre may be three fourths of a crop, but in no twrta wlli it be up to the normal output. Berries en the Reservation. Adams John Pierce, a quarter-breed allottee, wlw reside two miles south of here, has demonstratd that the Tina- tilla reservation land is capable of rais ing more than wheat, although it is not irrigated. List year ho set out less than one half an acre of Hood Ittver strawberries, and althowh the plants were less than a year ol I. thev bore ALBANY BIDS FOR MILL. - Citizens Agree to Put Up Money to Aid in Rebuilding. Albany -A meeting of Albany's citi zens wm held lust week to consider the question ot taking some step to secure tho rebuilding of the woolen mill of the Haiiiiockburn Woolen Mills company in .uwny. tins is mill that was burned nliout a mouth ago, cumlliim loss of $7o,000. Among those who addressed the meeting were: J. K, WVatherford, Krcd Dawson, P. H. (food win, K. W Ungdoit, V. J. Miller and Mayor W. II. Davis. All favored purchase of stock by AlliHiiy citizens, and several volunteered to take block ranging in vmiie mini arm to f 1,000. A com mittee was apitolnted to take charge of the work, ascertain how iiuitii money .tumtiy copie will put up to assist in rebuilding the mill, what kind of n proposition the IMiiiiocichurn company will entertain, if any, and report. It seems tlmt Albany will be able to sulwcrita enough stuck in the ltunuock burn company to rebuild the mill If that company will put In the ma chinery, and put the mill in working order. Boom Spirit at Ashland. Ashland As a result of concerted actions of leading citizens of Ashland working through the board of trade, n fund of approximately $2,000 has tacit pledged for the promotion and publi city of the resources and attractions of this city and vicinity while the big exiHxition is on at Portland. Fifteen hundred dollars of this sum was sub scribed at a big mass meeting of citi zens held under the utupies of the board of trade, at which there was a ,c, ,ifc-v uui'iiwniK')- ami niucii en thusiasm for tho objects In view. A portion of the sum sulnerital will 1. cxiH'tidcd uimiii a permanent display at the Southern Pacific ditot in this city. nude. TWINE TRUST DECLARES WAR. cheap with expensive work, ro as to1 lrriw' 'ro,n June ,,nt'1 November. th make the average cost within the reach of the settler. The government is not taking up extremely expensive works; it cannot afford to; it is only irrigating where it knows it can recover the expenditure. TRIPLE ALLIANCE FOR PEACE Iwuviest crop being in June ami ()e tober. This year he has set out more plants, having now almost one acre. All are in bloom ami Mr. Pierce x Iects to have ripe tarries in two weeks if the weather is favorable. Hatchery on Wallowa River. Astoria Ferguson" A Houston, of this city, have completed the plans for the promised new salmon hatchery to ta erected by the State Fisheries de lartment on the Wallowa river. The t lins are for a frame structure KtO feet Img ami 55.4 feet wide. It will con tain 33(1 troughs, each if which will ta IH feet in length and hold six egg ta. kels. The capacity of the plant will ta 16,000.000 egg ech season. The appropriation for building the hatchery will ta available May 18, ami bids on the construction will ta called for own after that. MAY ABANDON PLAN. Government Llknly to Drop Palouin Irrigation Project. Spokane, Wash., May II. It is re iHirted here from what is thought to bo authentic sou tees thai the govermni'iit Iihm decided to abandon the Washing ton Irrigation piojcct In tho Pulotise valley for various reasons. In the first place, there is coitlllrt between the gov ernment lecliiiimtiim liureau and theO. It. A N. over tho removal of the tracks of the roail from the IkxI of tho Wash- tucua co nl co to n xilut higher up on the north bank of what would be tho artificial lake, provided the plaits of tho cngiucciH were to be carried out. The 0. It. A N. built the truck thioiigh the coulcti some years it go to afford trausiMirtatloti facilities to the fiinuers of the district, and last yiwr rehabili tated the line and tit it In operation after an Interval of three or four Jettrs' Idleness. As long as this track Is maintained It will bo liiiixxxtlhlo for the government to construct Its pn Jeeted reservoir. A conference has Iteeii held tatween the government en gineers ami those of the railroad com- xtny, and It has been estimated that it would cost more than $ I IK) ,000 to almnge tho track from the tal of the coulee to a toiift along the bank. This sum, added U the cost of the irri gation project, as already planned, would plactt such a burden ilxn the land tributary to tho district a to make the work Impracticable at this time. While this is the story currently re ported, there Is said to ta uuother and more vital condition prevailing. It is said to have taen recently discovered by the government engineers that the soil forming the tad and walls of thn coulee Is of such a nature that it would ta practically tiiiolhlo to nmke the lake hold water. Tho soil is a sandy loam, through which witter percolate as through a sieve In a great many places, and to build a rosorvolr that would liold under the immense press ure natural for such a large body of water would necessitate the artificial treatment of the walls and tat torn of the basin, which i at least 15 miles in length, at a cot that could not Ui con sidered by the Reclamation bureau for many years to come. RIOTING CONTINUES Troops Arc Moil for to liostore Pence In (.lilcip. MAYOR AND UNION OPPOSI: MOVH 1 eamslnrs Have Lobby at Capital and CJoviirnor Will Hear Thnlr aidn of Story. FIQHTING ON STREETS. Attempts to Take Away 'Trade of Jhe Coast Manufacturers. San Francisco, May 0. The Call to morrow will my: A great tight is on for the market far binding twine on the Paeiflc coast. On one side are arrayed the Portland Cozd age company ami the Tubta Cordage company, of this oity, tame manufac turers of cordage and twine. On the other side are the International Har vester company and its leading ageu cies on the Pacific coast, the trouble all coming from an attempt, as retarted, on the part of the International Har vester company to take away the trade completely from the Tubbs Cordage company and the Portland Cordage company. Deprived of the agencies of the In ternational Harvester company to mar ket their goods, the program of the coast manufacturers is to market on their own account, through retailers, through agents of their own employ and In any other feasible way. Violent Strike of Collarmakers. Troy, N. Y., May fl. A crowd which at times numbered 4,000 or 5,000 per sons, surrounded the collar factory of Cluett, Peabody & Co. ywterday where a strike had been inaugurated by the collar fctarchers. Disturbances were frequent. Those still tt work, were kicked or beaten as they entered or left the factory, and several workers had their c!otthirg torn off. Police and deputy sheriffs were cowed, and there was talk of calling for troops. The strike is against alleged cuts in wages and the installation of machines. French See France, United States and Britain Thus Combined. Paris, May 4. The Temps In a lead ing article today discusses Ambassador MeCortnlck's remarks to President Lotttat yesterday on the presentation of tlw former's credentials as being timely reassurances of the strong rela tions uniting the two coonUkts. The paper says : "The ambassador referred to the franco-American alliance as being strongeryhan if inscribed in treaties, ami then "by an initiative which I worthy of emphasis he expressed ratis faction with the Anglo-French rap prochement. It is not habitual for third powers to be mentioned in cere monies of this kind, and this makes the ambassador's allusion to Anglo trench friendship more significant." The Temps adds that the friendship thus indicated between France and the Lnlted fctates and France and Great Britain, is susceptible of developing into a triple understanding for the ben efit of tht participants and the peace of the world. The Journal des Delists also devotes a leading article to Minister MCor mack's speech. Rogue River Craft. Grants Pass The first boat, other than a canoe or skiff, to navigate the I'ppcr Rogue will be one now complet ed ami reaily for launching here. The craft is a light draft, staunch affair. and was built by John C. !.es,a louil merchant, for pleasure nurpo-i. It is 30-foot length, with six-fooi tanm, ami will ta propelled by a jowerfiil gaso line engine. Its builder is confident It will successfully make the rapid of :he Hogur, both below ami nbov Grants Pas. The power dams will ta mounted by skid ways. One Fare to Albany. Albany Efforts of the Albany Com- mercial club to seen re ecial rates from Portlaml to Albany during the Lewis and Clark exposition have proved toeeecsfnl. A committee was appoint ed some time ago to confer with the officials of the Southern Pacific railroad in Oregon, and as a result of the work of this committee the traffic men liavn granted a rate of one fare for the round trip for all who hold transitortation Irom hasten) points, tickets good to re main in Linn county for 16 days. ExceHent Crop Prospects. Pendleton The reservation south ami east ot here presents tho imwt thrifty appearance ami the prosteM are for the finest wheat crop in the his tory of the county. South of Adams the wheat is m-arly knee high ami of a dark green color, which imlleati the best of growing conditions. In a few instances in the same locality the fields are infoled with Ur we.nl, tta pn.t of the risorvatlon. The grent number of these wel is itartly accounted for by tta fact tlmt only combined harveaters have taen used for years. 1005 Hop Contracts Filed Salem Three 1W6 hop contracts, MCresttittg JH),000 pound, or M) tales have taen filed for record in the department of thu comity recorder. They are- J. K. Forrest, of Halem. to T. Itnsonwald A Co., of New York, 10,000 iKMind at IK cents; J. K. Kirk lam! and others, of Independence, to T. ilosenwuld A Co., New York, 30,000 pounds, at 17 cents, and George II. Irwin, of ilrooks, to Valentine Loewi's bons Co., of New York, 10,000 jsjunds, at 17 cents. Death and Broken Bones Outcome of CMcsko Strike. Chicago, May 3. Tho death of one man ami the injury of scores of others were the immediate result of today's fighting tatween the striking teamsters ami their syitiiathir on the one side ami the lic ami the nonunion men on the other. There wero rlo4s in all part of the city M,.M were eluhltml ami stoned almost to death within a square of policw hembiilarters ami fir mi lee away uhmi were shot down in the streets. At a hundred place tatween these two extremes there were aseanlU ami right in the streets. III.m.I shod mi Ktato street, In the heart ol the lashlonahle "tapping distriet, ami fnri on riots took place almost in the door way of the leading leitel. Nonunion men were pelted with stone, bricks ami every ermcelvable sort of miiwilmt iney were dragged irom Wielr watfous, IxMteti, cIiiM-hI ami '.ampel nm. He loiio-i wmi lououml uie wagons on which they rule were ugly in the ex-trwne. Chicago, .May -i. Hinting In th,, streets tixlay was so prolonged ami of so fierce it character that many of tho lending business! men have couelmtal that there will ta neither petite In the city nor safety for outside iuleresta until the state mllltla has taen cullml out to restore outer. A committee uf members of the I'mplnyiuV aMtoclalliin left for Hpiiullgold today to confer with Governor Deueen ami to request him to gie ordcis to the slate troops. The labor unions have an extensive lobby at the slate capital, ami It is likely that they will also ta heard before any action is taken by thn governor. Chief of Police O'Nell says hn Is confi dent that ho has control of thn situa tion, ami can keep pence In thu city with the mayor's suptxirt, who hi done all In his poer to adjimt tho state of affairs. Mayor Dunne was emphatic In his declaration tonight that he will not acquiesce in any call for outside alst ance In preserving order, and Intimated that he will strongly oiimmh any iimm to secure armed Intervention. "'.Ve have by no means reached the limit of ieerve," the mayor declared tonight. "I am cHiixiwored to call on every aiue-mxiuoi eitUMI over llie g of IH years. Of course, 1 could not call on the striker ur the strike-breaker or their syniHithlers, tail I wmild have U. draw upon the clt'iens of gd character from the general public." Despite the order of .Mayor Dunne an the prohibition of the cltv eoum-il. many of the wagon of the com-erna against which strikes were declared, were handled Unlay by men armed with rtltat ami shotguns. FRENCH SUPPLY RUSSIAN FLEET BLAMES ANTI-TRUST ACT. Strikers Cause Others to Quit. Elmlra, N. Y Jlay 0. Fifteen hundred striking miners gathered in Ulosaburg, Pa., at an early hour today and started to inarch to Morris Run, Pa., to induce the nonunion men who have taken their place in the mines of the Morris Kun Coal Mining company to not only quit work, but to leave Morris Run, the striker furnishing money to them which had taen suj pliod by the National Mineworkers' union. Austria Shuts Door on Poles. St. Petersburg, May C In order to stop tho flood of Poles who are fleeing acrods the border to escape conscrip tion; and on account of the troublca in Poland, Austria has ordered that all Russian citizens desiring to cross the frontier must bo provided witn paes porta, vized by Austrian consuls. Garfield Has a Carbuncle. Los Angeles. Mav 6. L'niu-I Hiatua CommlHiioner of Corporations James . uarneiu, wrio arrived In Southern California Monday to investigate the oil condition of this section, is suffer ing severely from a carbuncle and is temporarily hampered in jmrsuing his investigations. Both the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific railway companies have thrown open their offices and rec ords to the commissioner and hisasHist ants. When he goes from here to Tex as he will leave two assistants behind, who will continue the investigation. Oyama Will Hasten Siege. Paris, April 6. A disi)at!li tn li Temps from St. Petersburg says that dispatches received there confirms tho reports mat the Iluwtlan cruisers which have had their headquarters at Vladi vostok since the outbreak of the war with Japan have left that port. Mili tary critics at St. Petersburg expect General Oyama will hasten the invest ment of Vladivostok or tho purine of cutting off Admiral RolsstvMnVv'a squadron from a Russian naval base. Lost rVail Pouch Pound. Woodbnrn The registered mail pouch lost at this point, the disappear ance of which has constituted a great mystery, tuts taen found by little tavs as they were after a tall timier the Southern Pacific freight station. ' Tim thief tad unlocked the letter sack, ex tracted the registered pouch ami re turned the sack. He got the contents of several jackagea, 1210 tlist tad lien placed there ar a remittance from this office to Washington. Hood River to Get the Mill. Eugene The present owners of tho wjoolen mill here, Messrs. W right and Wilbur, of Union, bave no intention of putting the mill into operation, as was reported at the time' they made the pur chase last winter from the receiver. Instead, it is no'v learned, the mill will ta moved to Hood River, where the citizens are to take stock In the concern to the amount of i'0,000. Valley Wool Pool Sold. Dallas Tho Polk County Woolgrow era association sold Its jool of 100,000 pounds in Dallas for 2oJ$ cents a pound. H. L. Fenton, of Dallas, was the buyor. May 13 both the mohair and wool associations will meet n Dallas to elect officers and transact Other general business of the associations. Bombmakers Arrested. London, May fi A dispatch from St. Petersburg to a news agency here says that a dozen men have been arrested in a joiner's workshop who ure suspected of being tambinakers. Several infern al raalicines, tho dispatch alil uor found in the shop. Land Sale Near Union. Union The D wight ranch of 100 acres, well Improved, 4)$ miles from "Union, on Catherine creek, wiim sold last week to Faulk Urothers, of Daven port, Wash,, for $0,000. Aero proper ty in this section is showing a livelier ported. Will Not Contract. The Dalles Tta wool slttiut'on in this part of Kastern Oregon varies from practically all tho other woolgrow lug sections of tho statu from tho fact that the growers have thus far declined to contract tholr clips in advance of the scheduled sales days, June U and 23 ami July 0. These sales will ta held as usual at Khanikn, the market place for the wooU grown in W'aeo, Crook, Wheeler, and Grant ountlu. ulu.r.. the cltoiceet clips are produced. Educational Exhibit. Pendleton The eduratinnal erl.ll.lt lor urn jwls ami Clark fair is all in the hands of tho county school suiiorin. tendent, and Ii taing nisembled and proiMtrud far thu cabinets. Onn r !,, fine features of the exhibit Is a inrntar of drawings. The Papers to l lumml after reaching Portland are classified into piles according to tho work. Hu perintemlent Welles has three assist ants ai tne work. PORTLAND QUOTATIONS. Wheat Club, 8(8fic per bushel; bluestorn, 800Icj valley, 80o. Oats No. 1, white, $28 per ton; KggH Oregon ranch, 1717Wc t.nr dozen. flutter Fancy creamery, 17JBI0c per pound. Potatoes Oregon fancy, $1(21.05; common, 808oc. Apples Fancy, $1,75(32.60 nor tax; choice, $11.25. Hops Choice, 1001, 23Q26e per pound. Wool Valley, 23fcf?0 U0; Eastern Oregon, best, 17U10o: mohair. choice, .11324c pur pound. Hay Timothy, $M10 per ton; clover, $1112; grain, $1112; cheat, $11012. Railroad Man's View of Ceniolldutloit -Bryan's PUtform Safe. Washington, May 3. Hugh I.. Itoml. of the llaltimore A Ohio railroad, t day continued his statement tafore the senate committee on interstate com merce. Asked ha to what caused the consolidation of railroads, Mr. Itoml answered - "The antl. trust act." He explained that thuru was no method of preventing weaker line from cutting rates. The weaker lines wero taken in so as to prevent demoral ization of rates, !..!..... ff-.l l.t. . '""wn .uniiiai, uiiairman oi tne ex ecutive committee of the Chicago, Hock Island A Pacific railroad company, wan next heard. During his statement Mr. Mather alluded to the assertion that, If tho government did not take Jiold of rate making, there would bo u demand for government ownership of railroads. Race for Rich Coal Fields. Ilutto, May 3. A Miner special from Hridger, Mont., miys there is a rncu on between railroad surveyors to get Into tho Hear Creek conl fields. Phlhulel phia capitalists are behind one set of engineers, while thu Burlington is said to bo sending u purjy of 40 men into the Hear Creek country from itsTnlnen. Cody branch. Tho route of tho Ilur lingtou party Is raid to embrace CooW., City and the Sunlight mining districts, recognized us two of thu best mining sections in tho statu without a railroad outlet for their ores, -Warehouse Fire at Bay City. San Francisco, May 3. Flro broke oil In thu property of the Arizona AuruhouHo company at Sixth uml King streets lato yosterduv. and tho ImlMlm. and its contents wero totully destroyed. The loss will amount to ut least flfiO,- uuu. iiio siock iiostroyetl was of a vuriud character uml tho greatest diffi culty was experienced in extinguishing tho flro In uwctlon tlmt contained oil, sulphur and other combustibles. Tho loss Is divided among huvorul firms, Only Bluff at Neutrality Maintained in Cochin China, I long Kong. May I. It I tainted from a reliable source that tta simmer Cva, Dagnmr nnd iHmrtan. under charter by tta KitMian government, have lwen plying between Halgon and tta HumUm I'altie fieet, carrying to the latter full enrgoo f dour, rut, lard, rhtli, vegetables, moat, and enormous iuahIIiIm .of taamly and wine. The latter has bAm wlth.lr.ui, ai a imp Ui the neutrality regulations, but the two former vwswU are Mill en loKtl in tta work. After tta llourbon had rmml hrr trips, sh was mUl up ly the French transport In tta Hatain river ami h crew of French marines placed alwrd to "couiwl her to cwis her trip" The two vessels which are still in thn servwe were allowed to go on their way uiimoiestei. A iiumtar of French trausKirt steam er are cruising off thn const of French Cochin China, ostensibly engaged In safeguarding France's neutrality. It Is reiwirted that American ami German oorresKindents at Shanghai have chartered the strainer Wiiuhang for the purixwe of witnessing the com ing fight. Tho Wuchang Hie thn French Hag. hut Is talleve.1 inlu. .ij by Russia, ami it is thought that her real mission will ta not so much to see n naval tattle as to locate Togo's fleet for Ho jest vens ky's Information. Raising Sunken Ships. Tokio, May !!, Tho work of salving thu Huiikiin ships at Port Arthur ami Chemulpo Is progressing satisfactorily u mo jiipiiiivsu. uuiaiiB nro withhold, but it Is belloved to ta certain that the Japanese navy will secure several bat tleships and cruisers, Japan Wants to Know Fnrjs. Purls, May 4 Notwithstanding ,e nluls, it appears tlmt the JapatiHMt oill- eials are carefully obeerving the con tinued presence uf vessels of Admiral Ilojnstvensky's squadron off tho Imlo C'lilna coast, ami are seeking Informa tion from tho French ittithorlllc con cerning the nature or duration of their stay. Tho lucmtar (if the legation have addressed several Inquiries to thu mreign oiiico asking particularly whether tho ships wero iuslilo French wuturs. Tho reply given was that nil tho vessels have left French waters. More Riots In Russia. St. Petersburg, May 4. Reports or slight disturbances In various places of European Russia during Easier Mon day nro now coining In. Thu gravest occurrence In that part of tho emtdro wits n Mllltopohvw, whore u moli for suvontl hours hold high carnival uml burned a ttortlon of tho town. At NIj ul Novgorod, a regular buttle occurred between soldiers ami thu crowds on Mllllomilii street. Thu soldiers fired, killing one uml wounding many, Russia Buys South Amorlcan Shins. Purls, May 1. According to the St. Petersburg correspondent of tho Petit I'll rlutfitiiio ii. ......! . . t ... transports will niny n lor Hoiitn Purlslunne, several leuvo Cronstudt on Ainurlcii, conveying crows and military stores for the equipment of wnrshlps purchased by Russia from Chile and Argentina, Tho Potlt Journal print n. dlsputch confirming tho foregoing. l?i