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en.') VOL. VIII. SCIO, LIKN COUNTY, OBEGON, JULY Jfiewa The gantiam PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT «CÍO, LINN CO., Qo To The Keystone Shaving Parlors OREGON By D. C. Humphrey. Only First-Claaa Shop In The City WEEK’SDOINGS or INTEREST TO OUR READERS Shaving............. Hair Cutting..... ....... 25 •• • General Review of Important Happen* Per annum...................................................... 11.50 Shampooing...... ...... 25 •* penigs Presented in a Brief and Advertising rates made known on application Baths................... ....... 25 “ Transient advertisement« must be paid for Condensed Eorm. when the orier la given for their insertion. IRA FOREN, PROPRIETOR 4 PROFESSIONAL-^ WILBUR N. PINTLER, D. M. D. DENTIST Bolo Oregon Anxiety is felt for a number of ves sels about due off the Japanese coast. In a 14-bour battle the Russians met a severe defeat eaBt of Ta Tche Kiao. Kansas City packers claim to contin ue to get nonunion help and to turn out a greater product. The Knight Commander, sunk by We buy our stock in large quantities the Russian Vladivostok squadron, had and keep a full line of carriage and a cargo of iron and steel. wagon material. All kinds of work la Malheur, Oregon farmers have two our line done on short notice. months in which to accept the govern ment irrigation project. Ex-Senator II. G. Davis, Democratic nominee for vice president, is reported to be engaged to be married. A Big Four engine at Indianapolis tub _____ —_ struck an electric car, killing two per sons and injuring a number of others. J. J. Barnes & Son, General Blacksmiths and Wagonmakers Horseshoeing a Specialty prill M. D. SGI0, OREGON PHYSICIAN aU SURGEON Belo, Oregon Scio Bank State Telephone Exchance Ko. 11. jj». SHELTON Scio • • • • Oregon REALESTATE BROKER, 0E7ICERS Juetlce of the Peace Notary Publlo President............................ T. J. Mostrai Cashier................................... W. A. E wing __ Solo Oregon R. V. HRGEY Watchmaker and Jeweler All kindB of watches, clocks and jewelry promptly repaired. _______ BOIO OREGON —VIA— Southern Pacific Co. —ALBANY— LUNCH - COUNTER McKillop & Churchill, Props. ALBANY OREGON The best 20c meal In the Open all night. D es a general banking and exchange business. L .« ns made at current rates and drafts issued on principal cities. vs ley 3HAS7Ä BDJ1TE. Trains leave West Scio for Portland and way stations at 10.45 a. m. Leave or Albany at 2.45 p. m. weaves Portland 8.80 a. m., 8.30 p. m. “ Albany 12.10 p. m., 11.30 p. m. Arrives Ashland 12.33 a. m., 11.30 a. m. “ Sacramento 7.55 p. m., 8.55 a. m “ San Francisco 7.55 p. m., 8.55 a £)R M. H. ELLIS Pullman and Tourist cars on both trains. Chair cars Sacramento to Og den and El Paso, and tourist cars to Chicago, St. Louis, New Orleans and Washington. McLlwain block Albany, Oregon Connecting at San Francisco with everal lines for Honolulu, Japan, China ,’hilippines, Central and South Amer C. HUMPHREY ce. See Mrs. M. E. Woodnansee, agent at West Scio station, or address EÏE AND EAR INSURANCE AGENT Forths Liverpool and London and Gohs Insurance Company. W. E. COMAN, G. P. A., Portland, Ore Outmaneuvered, He Must Abandon Liao Yang. Thirty-seven cotton mills have shut down at Fall River, Mass. The strike is on account of a reduciton in wages. The resignation of Superintendent Potter, of Chemawa Indian school, has been accepted. Ilis successor has not been named. Corean agitation against Japanese land grants is becoming serious. Parker has fixed August 10 as the date of his notification of acceptance. The Russian Vladivostok squadron has been sighted 70 miles from Yoko hama. All employes of the packing plants have gone out: About 85,000 men are affected. A battle has been fought near Ta Tche Kiao, and it is believed losses will be large. Thugs at Bonesteel, S. D., resisted eviction, and two of them, as many of ficers and a civilian were shot. Russia has stirred up the ire of Germany by seizing a steamer in the Red sea flying the kaiser’s flag. Britain, Informed of the seizure of two more ships, is determined to have tbs war status of the Russian volun tcer fleet fixed. It is alleged that great dissatisfac tion exists among the members of the meat packer’s unions because of the second strike order, and that a revolt against President Donnelly’s order will occur. Senator Goi man has refused to take the national Democratic chairmanship. Colonel E. Butler, a prominent St. louis politician, has been indicted for bribery. Pacific coast shippers have asked the war department to state what goods are contraband. British press will not believe danger averteu until the greater question of the Dardanelles is settled. The Massachusetts state board of ar bitration is trying to avert a strike at cotton mills, with a proepect of success. Bonesteel, 8. D., gamblers have met the demand of citizens to make grafters go, and the reign of terror seems to be at an end. The meatpackers strike has been re newed in all the leading packing plants and the tie-up is complete. The trou ble is alleged discrimination in rein- staating employes. Unless peace is made at oi ce all allied unions are like ly to go ont in sympathy. President Donnelly, of the union, is said to have demaanded that strikers be reinstated in 10 days instead of 45. The grand lodge of Elks has abolish ed the grip and sign. A reign of terror attneds the land rush at Bonesteel, South Dakota. G. M. McKinney haB retired as head of the Harriman immigration bureau Ex-Senator Vest is seriously ill and little hope is entertained for his recov ery. Correspondent at Mukden report an engagement in which the Russians lost heavily. Leading London papers contend that the wai statue of the volunteer fleet is the paramount issue. Russia will release the British sihp Malacca on assurance that she was not carrying contraband supplies. St. Joseph, Mo., union packers as saulted many nonunion men because plants are not discharging them fast enough. Eleven million dollars has been al lowed by the Russian government for the immediate improvement of the Si berian railway. The government may reclaim a great tract of land in Harney county.¡Oregon and has made temporary withdrawals to permit a full investigation. A warlike tone pervades the British press. Minister John Barrett has arrived at Colon. Both sides in the meat packers strike profess to be confident of winning. Democratic leaders have asked Gor man to become national chairman. Russia ia aaid to have received an other submarine boat from America. The German steamer Sambia has been seized by Russians in the Red sea. Russian ships bars seized another ■ British liner in the Red sea. of war. The Telegraph s Chefoo cor respondent, under date of July 23, says : “A junk from Dfclny reports that last night a Japanese fleet of 20 war ships and 20 torpedo boats bombarded Hwangshin for three hours, and the forts replied.” The same correspondent learns that the Japanese first army is being largely reinforced by veterans from the re serves. The correspondent of the Stan dard with the Japyro se army, under date of July 24 says “It is difficult to understand the in tentions of the Russians. Kuropatkin is evidently bent on a retreat north- watd, yet he lingers in the south, at- tracteii apparently by Port Arthur." The correspondent of the Chronicle, in a dispatch dated at Mo Tien pass, July 23, regards General Kuropatkin as outmaneuvered and anxious to abandon Liao Yang without fighting, but also reluctant to retire while Port Arthur remains uneaptured. The Chronicle’s Yinkow correspond ent reports that there was heavy light ing Saturday and Sunday in the neigh borhood of Ta Tche Kiao with General Stakelberg’s force, consisting of 20 bat talions of infantry, a brigade of artil lery and a division of Corsacks. RAIDS TO CEASE. Protests of Britain and Germany Heeded by Russia. St. Petersburg, July 27.—Grand Duke Alexis presided at yesterday’s council, which Count Damsdorf, the foreign secretary, and Vice Admiral Avellan, chief of the admiralty depart ment, and other high naval officials at tended. The result of the conference removes all doubts concerning the present atti tude of Russia with regaid to the vol- unteei fleet. The validity of the view expressed in the British note regarding the irregularity of the position of the vessels was so far admitted that the council agreed to waive the right of search. After a long discussion, in which Count Lamsdorff took a lea<ling part, it was decided that the present status of the volunteer fleet was not sufficient ly well defined according to intei na tional law to render further searches and seizures advisable and that there fore Russia, in the interests of friendly relations with the powers should with draw the author it j given the volunteer fleet in this respect. GREAT BRITAIN PACIFIED. Settlement of Red Sea Seizures Satisfactorily Arranged. St. Petersburg, July 27.—The Asso ciated Press is able to state on the highest authority that the Russian and British governmentts have agreed on a mutually satisfactory basis for a settle ment of the question of the status of Russ'an volunteer fleet steamers in the Red sea and the seizures by them of British ships. A few minor points still remain unset! led, but these will probably be cleared up tomorrow, and it is not expected that further compi- cations will arise. Great credit for the satisfactory term ination of this incident is due Foreign Secretary Lamsdoif, who, it is ad mitted, acted in the calm and concilia tory spirit worthy of a great statesman. The attitude of 8ir Charles Hardinge, the British ambassador, both <or mod eration and dignity, also evokes praise. 4 29, 1904. JAP VICTORY Newsy Items Gathered from All London, July 27.—Specials to the Russian Army Driven From London morniug papers confirm the Parts of the World. Kiao Tung. news of active operations at the seat TERM* Entered at the postoffice at Solo, Oregon, as second claca mail matter. KUROPATKIN MAY RETREAT. '•2 So#, ”•11 RESISTANCE WAS STUBBORN Muscovites are Believed to Have Lost 1,000 Men, While Victors Lose Half as Many. Tokio, July 25.—General Kuroki, after a severe fight, occupied Kiao Tung on July 19. The place had been forti fied by the Russians, who defended it stoutly. In the fighting General Kuro ki's troops drove the Russians from their strongly fortified position on the Chi river, which is northwest of Mo TenT’asB and east of An Pin, inflicting upon the enemy more serious losses than they sustained themselves. The fight began on the 18th and ended on the 19th. The Japanese loBt 424 men killed and wounded. The Russian losses are estmated at 1,000. General Kuroki began his advance early in the morning of the 18th. The fighting continued until dark, when the Japanese forces bivouacked. The Russians made two counter at tacks, but were repulsed in each case. The Japanese renewed the attack at njidnight, posting their artillery in the valley below and on the high ground to the south of the Russian po sition. The main Japanese body was assigned to attack the Russian center, Il small detaehmept sent toward the right flank and another to watch the enemy’s left flank. After these positions had been taken the fighting ceased for a time, but it was resumed at dawn. The Russians had 32 guns in action, and they vigor ously shelled the Japanese. To this fire the Japanese replied, and the bom bardment lasted for four hours. Dur ing this time the Japanese infantry moved forward and the flankers had succeeded in scaling the heights on the Russian right by 3 o’clock in the after noon, at which hour the main force was ordered to storm the Russian cen ter. The Japanese artillery protected thia movement splendidly, but the in fantry met with a severe Are and lost heavily in gaining the heights. The final successful charge waB deliv ered at 5:30 in the afternoon. The Japanese succeeded in partially cutting off the Russian retreat, and this soon beamc a rout. The enemy retired in two directions, to the northward and to the eastward. The Russian forces engaged included, in addition to the artillery, seven battalions of infantry and a regiment of Cossacks. NO MORE RAIDS. NO. 5. FARMERS TO AID. ________ Eastern Oregon Lands May Yet Be Irrigated. Washington, July 26.—It now ap pears that the Malheur Irrigation proj ect In Eastern Oregon will become a reality, and not have to be abandoned, as was feared. Advices were received by Chief Engineer Newell, of the re clamation service, today to the effect that the farmers living along Malheur river have aroused themselves and in tend to submit to the government their written promise to co-operate with the government In constructing this irrlgaion work. Mr. Newell’s crit icism of these farmers, expressed through these dispatches a short time ago, and his threat to remove his en gineers from Malheur country unless the farmers acted on his suggestion, has had the desired effect, and the lo cal engineers are now convinced that before long the farmers along the Mai- heaur river will comply with the gov ernment's requirements. If farmers co-operate, they will have to pay but $3 per acre per year for 40 years. In order to get water from the govern ment reservoirs onto their lands, and at the end of that time the entire works will be turned over to the users of the water. The government will mere ly retain control of the work of con struction until the cost has been re paid by settlers who are benefitted. Work along the Malheur river is in such shape that as soon as the farm ers owning lands within the proposed irrigation area pledge themselves to pay the required amount, the govern ment will be ready to make final sur veys and plans preparatory to letting contracts. In the eyes of the engin eers this project Is no longer ques tionable, but one that promises com plete success. It remains with the farmers to say when work shall commence. It is ex plained in this connection that the government will not accept a partial promise ot co-operatlou, or promises from only a part of the farmers within the irrigation district. Every man who will be benefitted by this work must pledge himself to contribute his share of the cost before the govern ment will adopt the project. The government today advertised for blds for 14,000 barrels of Portland cement to be used on the Minodoka Irrigation project in Southern Idaho. Blds will be received by Engineer D. W. Ross, at Boise, until August 25. LARGE SHIPS TAKING NO RISKS. Japanese Holding Them Back for the Final Blow at Port Arthur. On Board the Mikasa, Admiral Togo’s flagship, off Port Arthur, July 20, via Fuean, Corea, JYily 26.—In re ply to addresses made to him by the newspaper correspondents who are on board the steamer Manchuria, Admir al Togo Bald, modestly, that he felt complimented to learn that the world was Interested in his victories, and It was his desire, through the press, to send his thanks to those persons who admire him. The Japanese naval policy Is to hold their larger warships In reserve until the time, comes to deliver a crushing blow at Port Arthur. In the mean time, torpedoboats are to make con stant and harassing attacks. Every night the Japanese lay mines at the harbor entrance. The entrance to the port Is now clear. The steamer Manchuria Is making a tour of the theatre of war with mem bers qf the Japanese Diet, foreign at taches and newspaper correspondents on board. Sink Prize Ship. Yokohama, July 27.—The Vladivo stok squadron yesterday sank the steamer Knight Commander, from New York, off the province of Izu, af ter transferring the crew of the Knight Commander to the steamer Tsinan, which arrived here this morning. The Vladivostok squadron also captured a German vessel believed to be tire Ara bia, with 300 tons ot flour, and an un known British steamer. The two ves sels were sent to Vladivostok in charge of prize crews. The American Trading company is the agent for the Knight Commander. Russia Will Release Malacca and Put End to Red Sea Incident. St. Petersburg, July 25.—The steam er Malacca is at Suda Bay, Island of Crete, where, under an agreement reached by Great Britain and Russia, she will be perfunctorily inspeted joint ly by the Consuls of the two countries and released unless palpable contra band of war intended for the Japanese shall be found, in which case the contra band only will be held. British gov ernment stores aboard the vessel will not be examind. The Russian reply to the Brinish protest was handed to Ambassador Hardinge in the afternoon. Russia agrees that the Malacca shall not be brought before a prize court, and un dertakes that no incident similar to this will occur in the future. A claim for damages as a result of delaying the steamer wil. lie presented in due course of time through the Brit ish embassy. Thi captain of the St. Petersburg, in his report, gives as hie reason for sum marily making a prize of the Malacca the fact that the British master of the Malacca declined to produce the mani fests of his cargo. Boy a Turn Bandits. Chicago, July 27.—Emulators of the exploits of the carbarn bandits, four youths arrested yesterday, confessed to killing one man in a saloon and hold ing up and robbing a score of others at dinerent times. The murder was that of Jehn Lane, stage carpenter of the Il linois theater, who was shot in an at tempt to hold up Gustav Riegel’s sa loon on the morning of July 4. The proprietor also was shot. The prison ers are Peter Dulfer, James and Wil liam Farmby and David Kelley. All are less than 20 years old. Torpedoed by Accident. Tientsin, July 25.—A letter was received here today from Niu Chang saying that the commander of a Rus sian torpedo-boat had reported that while in the gulf of Pe Chi Li he had accidently torpedoed a British steamer. It is surmised here that the vessel re ferred to is the Hipsang, now five days overdue from Nu Chang. The Hipsang belongs to the Indo-China company. It ia reported here thi.t a heavy bom bardment of Port Arthur occurred yes terday and heavy gun-fire was heard at Niu Chuang the same day. Japanese Government Silent. Tokio, July 27.—The passage of the Dardanelles by the Russian volunteer fleet steamers, the seizures ol German mail and the capture in the Red sea by Russia of the Peninsular A Oriental steamer Malacca have attracted great atttention throughout Japan. TLe government is watching the situation keenly, but it has not given any form of expression to its views or indica tion that it will take any action in the matter. Ca.sc of Senator Burton Up. Washington, July 25—Justice Brew er, of the United States supreme conrt To Call Troops In. has granted a writ of error to the Denver, July 26.—The Republican to- United States district couit for the eastern district of Missouri in the case { day says: Before the end of the pres of Senator Joseph B. Burton, convicted ent week there will be no military in 8t. l.qpis of accepting a fee for serv | rule In the state of Colorado. The ing before the postoffice department , troops in Teller, San Miguel and Las while a member of the United States Animas counties will be withdrawn, and the administration of affairs In senate. The rase will be reviewer! by these counties left to the civil author- the Un’terl States supreme court, prob i itles. The withdrawal of the troops ably in the fall. ] will also bring about the dissolution ; of the military commission now in ■ existence in the Cripple Creek district. Panama Now Gold Standard. Washington, July 25.—The Panama Steamers Equipped as Crnlscrs. canal commiaaion today received infor Hamburg, July 26.—It Is said that mation from the government of Pana North German Lloyd steamer ma of the ratification of the money the Kaiserin Marie Theresa and four system of the new government in ac Hamburg-American liners recently cordance with the agreement reached purchased by Russia have left Llhan, by the joint commission. Panama ia on the Baltic, under sealed orders, new a gold-standard country. 1 fully armed and equipped aa cruisers. Let Supreme Court Arbitrate. Panama, July 27 —The 8tzr and Heradl, in an editorial article proposes that the differences pending between the Panama government and that of the Panamas cf nal zone lie submitted for decision to the supreme court of the United States. The idea is well re «eived in all circles here. OFFICERS ARE DEFIED. Bonesteel, South Dakota, Has Reign of Terror With Land Rush. Bonesteel, 8. D., July 25.—Excite ment is running high in Bonesteel to night, brought about by the rescue of an arrested gambler, who was taken from the hands of the police by a dozen ot 15 of his friends and rushed down the main street of the town and se creted. The gambler was arrested and was be ng escorted to the police station when, suddenly, at the word of a leader, a crowd of cappers and friends of the prisoner made a dash for the po liceman having him in charge Seiz ing grasp of the officer, who drew his revolver and struck one of the attack ing party a blow in the face, cutting him quite Beverly, and then fired two shots into the air, hoping to bring the rescuing party to a halt, the attacking party surrounded the prisoner and suc ceeded in getting him away. The city authorities immediately tre pan swearing in extra policemen and have expressed the determination to enforce the law at any cost. Probable Action of Russia. St. Petersburg, July 26.—While not admitting the illegality of the action of the Russians in converting vessels of the volunteer fleet Into warships af ter they had reached the Red sea, It is probable, in view of the fact that neu tral ships dl<l not receive previous notice, that Russia, in order to remove the shadow of a cloud upon their right to fly the war flag, will formally notify the powers of their conversion Into warships, thus putting all neu trals upon their guards. In the mean time, all the ships seized will be re leased. FAVORS FORCE Russian Acts In Red Sea Arouse Ire of British People. FOREIGN MINISTER IN DILEMMA Realizes That the Policy Fostered by the King Will Be Repudiated —Press Is With the Public. London, July 22.—The Associated Press tonight intei viewed many promi nent persons connected and in close touch with the government relative to the seizure oi British vessels by steameis of the Russian volunteer fleet in the Red sea. As a result of thee« inquiries, there is shown to be a hos tile feeling against Russia, of a strength and bitterne-s almost without piece dent. The most conservative men, who have been in the service of the government for many years, and who openly deplored the haste with which they thought Great Britain bad plunged into the Transvaal war, tonight irank- lv declared for a policy of reprisal against what is regarded as Russia’s vi- otations of treaty and her piratiial at tack on British commerce. The warlike tone of such papers like the Times, the Standard, the Morning Post, and the Daily Tele graph, which in national crises hither to almost invariably have advised cau tion, lias had its inevitable effect. There has been stirred up a storm of indignation among all classes in the United Kingdom, the strength of which the government itHelf can scarcely gauge. Those who deplored the out break of the war between Japan and Russia and insisted publicly and pri vately that Great Britain, crippled fi nancially, after her South African ex periences, must not, at all costs, be drawn into the Far Eastern struggle, ■ re among the most outspoken cham pions of a physical force that will pre vent the repetition of the Malacca in cident in the Red sea. Those few officials at the foreign office who are in full possession of all details of Great Britain’s desire to ar rive at an entente with Russia are in despair. They realize that the policy so carefully fostered by King Edward and Foreign Minister Landsdowne will now lie indignanty repudiated by all parties in the house of commons, and involve with the public the downfall of any ministry advocating it. Every nerve will be strained, how ever, by the foreign office to secure from Russia an explanation that will pacify the aggrieved feelings of the British public, and no Btep will be taken officially that will tend to preju dice subsequent diplomatic negotiations looking to the settlement of all im portant questions now outstanding be tween Russia ami Great Britain. BIG STRIKE ENDS. ’ Packers and Union Have Agreed to Settle Trouble by Arbitration. Chicago, July 22 —The strike of the packing-house employes begun nine days ago, and which has demoralized the packing industry through the coun try, was settled here tonight at a con ference b tween representatives of the packers, officials of the Meatcutters’' union and representatives of all the allied trades employed at the stock yards. The whole controversy will be submitted to a hoard of arbitration, both sides agreeing to abide by what ever decision thia board may raech. Pending the decision of the arbitra tion board, the men will be taken hack to wora as rapidly as possible by the packers, and it is agreed by the packers that all the old employes are to be reinstated within 45 days from the date work is resumed. If any of the former employes are still unim- ployed at the expiration of that time, such persons aie to have the privilege of submitting their cases to the arbi tration board for settlement. The strikers will return to work as soon as they can lie notified of the peaceable adjustment of the trouble, and it is expected that by tonioirow morning everything will tie in normal shape at all the plants in the diffeient cities where the employes «ere on strike. Japs Retreat After Hot right. 8t. Petrestmrg, July 22.— The czar has received the following dispatch from General Kuropatkin, <late«l July 19: “There has been no special change in the situation since July 17. “At 5 o’clock in the afternoon of July 18, Japanese advance forces of considerable strength were observed in the direc tion of Sikseyann, on the Liao Yang- Saimatsza road, moving against a de tachment of our troops. After two days’ fighting, the latter force is re treating toward the village of Houtsi- atsze, east of Anping.” Shoot Japanese from Trees. Ta Tche Kian, July 22.—All ia. quiet in this region. Neither side ia moving. The only activity is at the outposts. The Russian sharpshooter! are having good practice sniping the Japanese from the mountain side«. Small detachments creep out at night, steal up to the Japanese pickets in the darkness, hide themselves in treetops and there await sunrise. So soon as the light is strong they get fine shots before the pickets can get away. May Intercept American Steamers. Paris, July 22.- The Tempe, discuss ing the passage of the Vladivostok squadron through the Straits ot Tsur- garn, says its purpose is either to attack the unprotected cities on the eastern coast of Japan, or to intercept Ameri can merchant ateamera. which are sup plying Japan with all Binds ot provis ions through the port of Yoko.
