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BUMlIM'ScIetf THE TIRO I H v - - VOL. I. HOULTOW, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OBEGOK, FUEDAT, JUNE 10, 1904. NO. 7. A EVENTS OF THE DAY GATHERED FROM ALL PASTS OP TUB ' TWO HEMISPHERES. CMBprthnJvt RovWw el the Import ut Happening of the Put Wwk, Prejented la CondoMed Pern, Meet Ukaty to Prove InUraitlng to Our JHuy Reader. The Tort Arthur channel li again open. Mrt. Samuel Clemen (Mark Twain) la dead Russia (eara ft rlalng agalnat the cxar If Port Arthur falla. Vice Admiral Togo hee been pro moted to be admiral.. The Japanoae have found Tallenwan by completely mined and muit delay landing. Fire near Richmond, Va., deatroyed 4,000,000 pounda of tobacco. Loea, 1000,000. Report have been tent oat that both Japan and Russia have loat ahipa In ft fight at Tort Arthur. Senator Mitchell (alia to find any. thing in report to warrant the remov 1 of Postmaster Bancroft at Portland. Two rlota in Victor, Colo., following the blowing up of non-union minora, i eaulted in two miner being killed ftnd a number injured. Thirteen non-union miner were killed at Victor, Cloo, while waiting for a train. Three hundred pounda of dynamite waa placed under the depot Dlatform and fired by electricity by un known person. Troopa have been ordered to the acene. A Pari report aaya General Kurokl baa been captured.' The Colorado military continue! to deport atrlklng mlnera. Ruaalana are making important move- menu toward Kal Ping. Rain baa ceased in Kanaaa and the flood are now expected to recede. Communication with Port Arthur la maintained by the ue of carrier pid- geon. , ,-,'. . "" Lieutenant General Zabotkln, com mander of a Coaaack division, baa been killed. Bandit are becoming bolder in Nlu Chwang and realdenU fear warahlpi -will be needed. An allotment of $15,000 ha been mid for dredging the Colubmlft and Willamette below Portland. An explosion at the Pinole, Cftl. powder worka killed three men and de troyed $20,000 worth 01 property. An explosion wiecked the great Pe oria, III., distillery and ten men ftre burned In the ruina. Fire broke out .and the loss ia placed at $1,000,000. The Kansas flood already covere lares area and many atreama are atil n w t-laing. The Russian forces above Klnchou realise they can do little and ftre likely to retreat. Nine people were killed and many ininred In a collision of trains near Martin City, Mo. Charles 8. Deneen has been noml sated for governor of Illinois by the Re publicans on the 79tb ballot. 0ne4hird of New York' street weepers contract consumption, pre- cumftbly from germs in the streets. Senator Burton, of Kansas, has filed An anneal. The senator indicted for toribery thinks the lower court erred. Crook countv. . Oregon, towns are, booming with the arrival of many -would be sottlera who are attracted by the irrigation projects. Russia has no giound for supposing Geimany ia In a position to help her either diplomatically or materially, an no treaties exist between the two countries. The czar and a council of war have decided to advise Knropatkin to en deavor to relieve Port Arthur. Ttnnnia has dispatched the first of eight submarine boats to Vladivostok by rail. - ThnJananese are landing a second army at fakushan. Superintendent Potter, of the Che mawa Indian school, may be trans- (erred as a result of the charges against ' him. Large forces of Chinese bandits are collecting in the hills northeast of the . Liao river and are preparing to cut the railway north of Mukden. A new strike of what promises to be rich ore has been made about 13 miles from Crlonle Creek. Over a thousaud claims have already been staked out Transports loaded with troopa con tlnue to leave Western Japanese ports dally for the theater of war. A large proportion of. those dispatched during j the past week were to reiniorce uenera Oku. RwaUas Believe Important meats are Impending. BL Petersburg, June 7. The cen tral public- at the Russian capital is Imbued with the belief that Import ant military developments are Im pending at Llao Tang, and that ft gen eral engagement between Kuropat kln's ftnd general Kurokl's armies Is imminent. Although the authorities arc doing nothing to discourage tne idea, the best-informed circles at the war office do not anticipate ft decis ive battle Immediately, unless brought more or less unexpectedly by an accidental collision between strong columns, as often happens In war fare. The war office's oot Indicate that the Japanese hare concentrated for an attack on Gener al Kuropatkln, and It is expected they art not yet ready to assume the of fensive. Nevertheless, It Is known that differences of opinion exist at the Russian headquarters as to the ad visibility of taking the aggressive, and It Is believed this matter was the subject of a Rome, June 6. Reports from Tokio indicate that the Japanese have already begun tbe preliminary assaults upon Port Arthur. The Giornale d'lUila prints a dispatch from its Tokio corres pondent saying the Japanese haveoccu- lnformatlon does Pied tll flrt lln ot th outw fortifi cations at Port Arthur. In this event, the second line of the outer fortifica tions oust have been taken earlier. The correspondent adds that the Rus sians offered but the feeblest resistance to the assault. The Tokio correspondent of the Agenda Liberas, after confirming the Italia' report, says four Japanese dl- rnnr.n k.t.n th visions occupied Kwan Tung heights commander-in-chief and the Viceroy yesterday and placed heavy batteries of at Mukden Tuesday. artillery thereon, thus dominating the Kuropatkln' position Is becoming works of Port Arthur. very formidable, both in tne number Tbe Russian squadron, says tbe cor and character of troops at his dlspos- respondent, tried ft sortie from the port al. Tbe condition of some of the 81- .Minat th Jananeae. but the JaDanese berlan reserves when called to the colors was not satisfactory and caused Kuropatkln misgivings, but It now reported that they have been drilled Into a state of efficiency. More important, however, are the large reinforcements of field artil lery. In which the Russian army was especially woak. These have now ar rived. Nevertheless, Kuropatkln does not consider himself strong enough to risk the possibility of a EXPECT BATTLB AT LIAO YANQ. JAPS CLOSING IN Develop FORWARD MOVEMENT AGAINST POSIT ARTHUR BEGUN IN EARNEST. Heights Reported Takee ArtttUry DomU aaUa Works of Russia Stronghold OnUf Fortification Loat ftqiudrea Irles Sortie Frees Port, nt Aioilrml Togo Sees) Drives Tbena Back. flood in norms. Cteadbarst Compel Six Hundred Kauas PasOies te Flee. Topeka, Kan., Jane 4. Kansas streams are rapidly rising tonight. Cloudbursts are reported from Emporia, Newton, Strong City, Florence, Man hattan, 6t. John and Balina. At Lin coln Center more than four inches of water fell in three hours. Heavy rains are reported from up stream in the Kaw valley, but most of the high water trouble is being experi enced in the botom lands between Em poria and Newton. At Empof 1 the Neosho and Cottonwood rivers are re ported as rising a foot an boor. At Florence, the- Santa Fe tracks are washed out in several places. 8ix hundred people were forced to leave their homes in Newton, and res cue parties will be st work all night saving people from the flood. The town of Elmdale, eight miles from Cottonwood Fain, is reported as being under three feet of water. A sevete wind accompanied the rain, greatly damaging fruit and growing crops. fleet soon forced harbor. it to 'return to the DISCONTBNT IS OROWINCL Rnaslaa Trade and Finance are Suffer- log Oreatly as Kesolt of War. Patls, June 6. Private intelligence received in Paris at several different defeat quarters gives gloomy accounts of tbe which might be Irretrievable and re- growing feeling of discontent and anx- suit In disaster or at least years of fetr in Russia over the silence that campaigning. His. friends praise his steady conservatism, caution and re fusal to listen to the counsel of the hotspurs. RUSSIA CANNOT BELIEVE IT. Japaa prevails in officialdom as to tbe events of the war. Following so closely upon the exuberant reports received and dis seminated eagerly during the early part of the campaign, the utter failure of the government to give out any state ments either of victory or defeat has proven disquieting in the extreme, and has aroused popular misgivings to an almost dangerous pitch. It is, of course, admitted that trade Held to Have No Right te Offer Territory to China. St. Petersburg. June 7. The Rus sian authorities have not been ad vised by M. Lessar, the Russian Mis- ftnd finance invariably suffer in time of liter t' China, of the nronosttlon L wer, but in a country like Russia, 'V- . r - . - - . . 1 - IL I. leged to have been made to China by Tornado Injure Twenty. Omaha, June 4. Additional report from Tekamah. which was struck last night by a tornado, indicate that about 20 persons were injured, some of them seriously hurt. There were no fatal ities. The storm wrecked most of the build ings in its path, which was a block in width and several blocks long. The opera bouse, two general stores, a blacksmith shop and several residences were destroyed. A high school com' mencement rehearsal was in progress in the opera bouse when the storm struck the building, carrying away the i oof and partially wrecking the walls. A number of pupils were Injured. The people of the town had little warn ing of the coming storm, and many bad narrow escapes. The property loss is heavy. JAPANESE MINES EXPLODED. the Port HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON where It ! doubtfal H either are fsinnlkl hmmi sb. stnfStant 11 ttskflia Mni. Japan to hand over the towns captur- k. - ed by the Japanese in Manchuria to jg cmpalim, it is comprehensible of Port Arthur. The Japanese evident the Chinese civil administration, or that the most widespread apprehension ly have replaced the fireships which tjualaas CentUM te Clear Arthur Roadstead. St. Petersburg, June 4. The follow ing dispatch from Viceroy Alexieff to the emperor has been received here: - "Rear Admirals Wittsoeft and Grig- orovltch report that ap to JJay 28 nu merous Japanese minM-Mtr- been "dis covered and exploded In the roadstead usually large crop this year. PROMIS8 OP A Bid CROP. Umatilla Wkeat Field are la a FJonrUb- lag Conditio. PENDLETON. Baaed on report from the various sections of the coun try, the wheat crop, conservatively es timated, will amount to more than ,000,000 bushel. The condition of growing grain at tne present ume is considered most satisfactory and un less the weather within the next three weeks prove unfavorable, farmer ay this year's crop will reach 1.600, 000 bushel in excess of last year. The wheat in the Ticlnlty of fw- dleton is quite far advanced, navmg headed out several days ago. The sec tion of the county between Pendleton and Athena, , which 1 owned by the Umatilla Indiana, 1 an immense ex panse of waving grain. Thousand of acre In this locality are rented by the Tnriiana to tha large farmers at a nominal Azure, and comprise the rich' at firmlnz land in the country. The annual yield la from SO to 25 bushel an acre, and accordingly the profit to the farmer Is very large., in reality, the profits realised by in farmers by renting inese lanas are greater than they would be if owned by the fanners themselves, since a comparatively small working capital ia rMiulred. The reservation woeii land will, thla year, produce tbe larg- est portion of the crop of the county, provided the grain escape Injury from any trick of the weather during the critical period. Grain in that part or tne county northwest of the city Is also reported to be in a very healthy condition. It ha headed and reached the stage for haying. The land In that locality is lighter and or course me yieia never as large as that of the reserva tion lands, yet anything approaching a partial failure has never been known there. - . . . , , In the Helix country wheat Is look- ing good and an average crop is in nrosnecL The early froBts did some damage to grain in that locality, hut by the recent heavy rains the affected grain will make ft satisfactory yield. Out of 1000 acres owned by Christian Breedlnar less than 40 acres were cam aged. Other stand suffered in a less decree.' . Farmers living soutn ana soutn east of the city also give most favor- assured that they will harvest antm- APPLES BROUOHT HIM MERE. New Yorker Found Eastara Frolt Co old Not Compete. HOOD. RIVER. The Hood River Fruit Company Is a new Hood River corporation. The company is capital lied at $75,000, the stockholder belag Burt Van Horn, of Buffalo, N. Y., A. A. Jayne and T. A. Decker, of Hood River. Mr. Van Horn owns a 400-acre apple orchard in New York. His ap ples met with competition in big mar ket with the Hood River product, and last November he made a special trip to this valley to acquaint himself with conditions here. Tbe result of his In vestigation is the recent organization of tbe Hood River Fruit Company. The company baa been formed sole ly for the purpose of growing com mercial apples. It is not a specula tive land-dealing scheme, says Mr. Van Horn. Mr. Van Horn was for years prominently connected with the street railway business In the City of Buffalo. He expect to spend much of hi time in Hood River this summer and fall, except when his other busi ness Interests take him out of town. He has let contracts for clearing the fruit lands he has purchased. Following are the Hood River farm ers who made sales or land to the Hood River Fruit Company: Boyd Sproat, Warren Wells, August Paasch, C. H. Stauffer, G. R. Castner. W. T. Johnson. Found Wrth Stoka Horses. LA GRANDE. Word has reached. here from Wallowa county that Bill Cottingham, more familiarly known as "Coyote Bill," who was wanted In the state of Washington for stealing hors es, and who took French, leave, was captured near Wallowa last week in camp, in company with his wife. He was hunted down by some of hla bondsmen. He apparently thought he was perfectly safe when he was caught He had horses in the camp, also, that were stolen. Cottingham was immediately taken back to Wash-lngten. even of the refusal of the Pekln gov ernment to assign the administration to a neutral power. The foreign office cannot believe auch a proposition was submitted, pointing out that while the war ia In progress the fact that certain terrl tory Is occupied by the Japanese does not necessarily mean It will remain In their hands. As a belllgerant, Russia would, of course, refuse to recognise should exist. TURKEY'S TURN NEXT. they formerly used, by mines sown by merchant steamers In their service. The emperor has received the follow President Win See That Claims are Set. tied When Morocco Affair la Through. Washington, June 6.-Administra tion officials have permitted it to be come known that when a settlement has been made with the Moroccan Coming Brant. Knlehta of Pythias Convention, ninth district, Foesll, June 15. Commencements university or Oregon, Eugene, June 1S-15; Albany log dispatch from General Kuropatkln: Allege. iwne umvei- ?.A,.i. quiet in the direction of ''1S of Feng Wang Cheng. Sin Yen ba. not Qra lHood Rlrer, June been occupied by Japanese detach- . menta. m Oregon Cavalry and Infantry "On May 80 two camps of Japanese Reunion. Hood River. June 16. infantry and SO dragoons advanced Lane County Veterans' Association, New Hatchery Site oa Stasia w. , ' ASTORIA. Master Flab. Warden Van Dusen has returned from a trip1 to the Sluslaw river, where he aelect- ed a new sit for the atate sslmon batcher,--rConj;liriiIe tjou y.e fcfts been experienced in the past by ' the floods, which rise rapidly, and several times a vast amount of damage has been done. A location ha now been selected where this difficulty I ex pected to be obviated. an agreement which might hamper bandita, the United States will turn along the Takushan road towards Ona- June 22-24 her military operations, and she does her attention to Turkey. The presl- not believe the powers would consld- dent has announced that when Ameri er even for a moment a proposition of can warships were relieved from Bei- thls character. rut. at the urgent request of the sultan, At the conclusion or tne war, u that the fleet would return in srreat Japan Is Tlctorlous, It Is considered forc. cerUi. cl.lmi o! lon BtandinJ 11. .4 -V V..lf I. n.Aa A I I LI1BV DUO UCIDOU I UUUCt UlCUftO UUk to lassi for the purpose of taming the left flank of onr outposts. Our scouts dis covered the movement and firing en sued, in tbe course of which one Cos sack was wounded and one horse lulled "The Japanese detachment, which Linn County Pioneer Association Reunion. Brownsville. June 22-24. Pioneer Association Reunion, fort- land. June 23. Northwest Sportsmen s -lourna- Iment Pendleton. June 24-26. Christian Campmeetmg, Turner, civil administration ef Manchuria. MOHAMMBDIANS ARB EXCITED. Presence oi American snips, nowever, u American bicyclist. The sultan will Having Salutary Influence. klao be asked to make restitution for Washington, June 7. Admiral the ransom paid the brigands who cap- Chadwlck today cabled to the navy tured Miss Ellen Stone. department that the presence of the American fleet at Tangier has had a salutary Influence, but the commun ity is In a state of great religious ex citement Admiral Chadwlck's telegram Is un derstood to be in reply to certain crit icisms, mainly from British sources, now planning to make good hiadeclara- 30. i now stationed four verets from tion. These claims aggregate more Vafangow. fortifying its position. than $250,000. They include more "There have been further Japanese than $200,000 for missionary claims advances from Ssimatza toward Feng and $40,000 for the murder of Lens, an Chow Ling PaBS on the Liao Yang road.' MEET AT FULL SPEED. Fires Torpedoes Under Water. Newport, R. I., June 6. The second day s government trial of the subma rine boat Fulton today was devoted to the firing of torpedoes while submerged and just afloat. Three torpedoes were upon the wisdom of sending American taken on board at the torpedo station, warships to Morocco at this juncture, and the Fulton, accompanied by the Tne religious excitement mention ed as prevailing among the Moors Is believed here to be incident primarily to one of the annual Mohammedan pilgrimages occurring at this season. Undoubtedly, however, the presence of the seven American warships at Tangier, with a promise of rein forcement if necessary by another Bquadron, is regarded as threatening Moorish Integrity and the Moham medan religion, and has contributed to the excitement. Electric Hundreds Homeless In Oklahoma. Oklahoma City, O. T., June 7. Wat er covers tne western section 01 tms city from First to Sixth streets, and hundreds of families have been driven from their homes. The excessive rains of the last few days culminated in a terrific downpour. The water covers ten residence blocks, and Is two feet higher than during the big flood of a year ago. The river Is ris Ing and threatens the southern part of the city, when additional water reaches here from above. gunboat Hist and tbe tug Powhatan, with the trial board on the Hist, went up the bay as far as Gould island. Two torpedoes were fired while the Ful- communication, ion waa entirely uuuor wuicr aim guiug at a speed of about eight' knots. The boat then rose until the conning tower was in sight when the third was diB charged. The three topedoes bad an average range of 1,700 yards. Cap tain Train, president of the trial board,- stated tonigbj that the tests were satis- actory. Car la Ohm Collide and Six . Person are Killed. Norwalk, 0., June 4. Six persons were killed and a dozen or more hurt this afternoon as a result of the collis ion on the Lake Shore Electric railway hatnoan n Aimthnund fast electric Tas- nA wofithnnnri "nankflcA members of the big Kinenan v r 7 . 11 - -!.. A WoaMnrtnn Wfil a Corners, a few iruiu u ut -"f"" r . Federated Fraternal Mardl Gras and Carnival. Portland. June 28-July . . Western Division State Teacnera Association. Portland. June 29-July 1 Eastern Oregon G. A. K. Encamp ment: La Grande. July 1-4. Southern Oregon unautauqua As sembly, Ashland, July 13-22. ' American Mining congress, tron- land. AugUBt 22-27. , Rlnehart Clans WOl Qatber. PENDLETON. A fare and one- third rate is being granted by the O. R. ft N. for the second annual Rlne hart family reunion at Summervllle la the Grand Rondo Valley, to which clan Build a Hotel at Hot Lake. . PENDLETON. A fine new hotel Is under construction at Hot Lake, where State Senator W. M. Pierce, of Pendle ton, is one of the proprietors. The structure will be three stories high, brick, equipped with modern conven iences and 100 feet long with two L's, each 120 by 45 feet It will cost $75,000. PORTLAND MARKETS. Japanese Not Paying for Supplies. Liao ,Yang, June 7. Merchants from the south complain that the Jap anese are not paying for the supplies taken by them as they did in the ear lier stages of the war, and assert they are even ill-treated and insulted when they ask for money. Two Chinese bandits were executed her today. freight" car at miles eant of this city. The acident occuired at a point quite distant from any immediate means of and assistance waa Bent from Norwalk, where every phy sician and nurses in the city was hur ried to tbe place. All those killed were in the .smoking compartment of the passenger car. The cars were su burban electric cars of the largest type, and were smashed to pieces. They met in collision at full speed. - Wireless Telegraphy a Success. Honolulu, June 6. The United States hospital ship Solace, leaving here yesterday afternoon for Guam is land, made wireless telegraph tests, and kept in communication with the apparatus of the cruiser New York foi 70 miles. Later she maintained com munication with the Interisland wite less telegraph company for 194 miles. At noon today, at a distance of 250 miles, the test signal letter V was repeated five times. When leaving San Francisco, the Solace lost communica tion with the shore at 78 miles. One Squadron Annihilated. St. Petersburg, June 4. General SakaroS has telegraphed as follows, under today's date, to the general staff: never "According to reports, tne Japanese commander in the action of May 30 near Vafangow had three battalions of inffciitry in reserve. Our, losses were 17 men killed and 23 men wounaea and Lieutenant Meyer and another offl r. whose name has not been ascer tained, wounded. The Japanese losses weeks were very considerable. One squadron of the Thirteenth Japanese cavalry was annihilated." are expected to come. The reunion is to take in the descendants or Liouu and Elizabeth , Rlnehart, whose Im mense family has blossomed out Into other Immense families, until with the fourth generation there is an extraor dinary gathering when all get to gether. It is probably the nrst time that the O. R. ft N. has made ft low rate for a family reunion.- Qrand Ronde Fruit flood. LA GRANDE. The crop prospects for Union county and most of Eastern Oregon are very flattering so far tnis season. Grand Ronde Valley has had a heavy shower last week, Just when it waa most 1 needed. Sugar beets looked better than now, and hundreds of Indians,. Japs and many whites' are now in the fields thinning them as rapidly as possible. Only few early strawberries and some cher ries were damaged by the frost A full crop of all fruits is assured in the Grand Ronde Valley; the strawberries will be on the market in about four Poor'Buslnesa at Cold Storage. ' ASTORIA. Up to the present, the fishing season has been a greater fall- Reports Battleahlp Aground. hire than' last year, especially lor tne Discover, a New M.crobe. , St. Petersburg, June 4.-An uncon- TnV .TTi Bah Naples. June 6. Professor 8chron. firmed rumor has reached here from ' . ,. ,, -mi, nn nnt nTnr the discoverer of life in crystals, gave a Mukden that the Japanese battleship 150 tjercea nave been . packed. The public demonstration today that he Fuji is aground on a reef off the Miao pac 0( 9 canners is not muoh over bad found a new microbe which causes Tao islands, between tne Jtwan ATing jnooo cans, but those interested are phthsis, a microbe quite different from and Shan Tung promontories, where not discouraged , as . they expect a that causing tuberculosis. she Is being guarded bf torpeao ooats. large iai run me name on w. WHEAT Walla Walla, 72c; blue- stem, 80c; Valley, 81c BARLEY Feed, $23 per ton; roll ed $24.50$25. FLOUR Valley, $3.90$4.05 per barrel; hard wheat straights, $4 $4.25; clears, $3.85$4.10; hard wheat patents, $4.40$4.70; graham, $3,600 $4; whole wheat, $4 Q $4.25; rye flour, $4.50. ,. , OATS No. 1, white, $1.25; gray, $L20 per centaL MILLSTUFFS Bran, $19$20 per ton; middlings. $25.50$27; . shorts, $200 $21; chop, $18; linseed, dairy food, $19. , HAY Timothy, $15 $16 per ton; clover, $8$9; grain, $11$12; cheat. $11 $11. VEGETABLES Turnips, 80c per sack; carrots, 80c; beets, $1; pars nips, $1; cabbage, 224c; red cab bage, 2Vic; lettuce, head, 2540c per dos; parsley, per doz., 25c; cauliflow er, $1.75$2 per dozen; celery, 750 90c per dozen; cucumbers, $1.25 . $1.60 per dozen; asparagus, 50c; peas. 5c per pound; rhubarb, 3c per pound; beans, green, 15c; wax, 15c; squash, $1 per box. HONEY $3 $3.50 per case. POTATOES Fancy, 75c$l per cental, growers', price; new potatoes, 34040 per pound. FRUITS Strawberries, $1.75$3 per crate; cherries, 75c$1.25. per box; gooseberries, 6c per pound; ap ples, fancy Baldwins and Spltzen bergs, $1.50$2.50 per box; choice, $1$1.60; cooking, 75c$l. EGGS Oregon ranch, 17017c per dozen. POULTRY Chickens, mixed, 13 13Vc per pound; spring, small, 20 22e; hens, 1313c; turkeys, live. 16l7c per pound; dressed, 18 20c; ducks, $7$8 per dozen; geese, lire, 78o per pound. " . . CHEESE Full cream, twins, new stock, 12V413c; old stock, 10c; Young America, 14c. HOPS 1903 crop, 2325c per pound. WOOI-Valley, 1920e per pound; Eastern Oregon, ll16e; mohair, 30c per pound for choice. BEEF Dressed, 5 7 c per pound. MUTTON Dressed, 4 6c per pound; lambs, 8c. VEATJ Dressed, 66e per pound. PORK Dressed, 67c ... , HAM 14lc 1