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About The Columbia register. (Houlton, Columbia County, Or.) 1904-1906 | View Entire Issue (June 17, 1904)
t c IMA VOL. I. HOULTON, COLUMMA COUNTY, GUEGON, FIIIDAY, JUNE 17, 1904. NO. 8. EVENTS OF THE DAY tUTHEREO FROM ALL PARTS OP TKB TWO KEMISPHCRES. Cotnpreheeafre Rovtow of the Import at Hoppoawa of the Paat Week, Presented la Condensed Porn, Moat LUcel to Provo laUrwtlnf to Our Many Head. Rural hat called out more rcarevea. Many deported union miuera ara ar- i i . Tiving at iHmver. The Ruwlan forcea at Ting, south of iniu ibwang have boon forced to evacu at. Russia will not heed tho protect o Britain against declaring fooilatuffi con traband. An attempt haa been made to kidnap tne Italian conaal at Tangier, Moiocco, uy bandit. All Russian warahlpa at, Port Arthur are expected to bo ready for aervlco within a fortnight. Tho tenth semiannual reunion of tkottiah Kite Maaoni of Oregon la In 4nlon at Portland. Congressman Metcalf. of California. lisluU-d to succeed Cottelyou aa seoe- ury ol commerce and labor. Tho national head of the Rathbone Pinter and Pythian Sisters, at a con lerencc, have prepared a plan for the -consolidation oi the two orders. A clomlburat on tho tableland adja cent to Sterling, Colorado, caused a heet of water 10 to 18 Indira deep to cover tho lower portion of the town. Much damage was done to growing crops in that section. The land ofll-e at Oregon City may to moved to I'rotland. Abner McKinlej, brother of tho lata President McKinley, it dead. Tho Colorado train robbers have again eluded the and aro further into tho hills. Tho man who attempted to kill the Spanish premier has been sent to pris on for 17 years. Tho wife of Mayor Balllnger, of Seat tle, has been warned of a plot against her husband's life. Chinese report that battle was fought June 9 within seven miles of the Inner forts of Tort Arthur. . The Panama commissioners aro sure a currency system acceptable to the United States will be adopted by Pana ma. More union m inert aie being deport d from Colorado and the work will be kept up until all aro taken out of the state. The Japanese are constructing a rail road from Feng Wang Cheng to Shak dedal, 30 miles to the southeast, near the mouth of the Yalu river. Roosevelt desires Ambassador Choato to succeed Knox as attorney general. John W. M into has been apointed postmaster at Portland, to take charge July 1. ' Perdicaris, the American held by Moroccan bandits, will soon be re leased. The Japanese have dislodged Russian forces in a number of towns along the Liao Yang. A waterspout in Oklahoma was the cause ot three deaths and washed away many houses. Kansas objects to being made the dumping ground for the objectionable Colorado unionists. Many union miners are being de ported from the Victor, Colorado, mining district every day. Cripple Creek alliance has decided it will not try to break up the print ers' union, fearing that the papers will suspend. Four hundred Bchool children were thrown in a mass at Fan Jose, Cal., by the bieaking down of a platform in a theater. None were Beriously injured. The secretary of the Mineowners as eociation says the desire to make all join the union and not the eight hour day is the real issue in the Colorado trouble. Postmaster Bancroft, of Portland, has resigned. The American Medical association will meet in Portland in 1905. . The alleged leader in the Victor, Colorado, riots has been captured. In a battle between Colorado ranch ers and train robbers one ol the latter was killed. Russia is not negotiating with Tur key for the passage of the Baltic fleet through the Dradanelles. General Kurokl's movements are a puzzle to the Russians and they do not know what to expect next. The mother of Lewis Etzel, the American correspondent killed by Chi nese, has fileda claim for $20,000 with China." OOOO ROADS. A Few Simple Rotes Which Wm14 Help Our Highways. A t - - , ' . Among uio eiementa ana forces ol nature tbero aro several enemies of good roads, but the greatest of them is water. It washes awsy tho materia of tho road. It soaks into the road and softens It so that the wsgon wheels cut into the surface making ruts and holes It permeates and softens the foundation so that the surface of the road ainks or ireaks up. In the winter tha that ia In the road freezes, iianl. nd loosens and disintegrates the road material. The most important thin in the building of roada Is to lesten or prevent the ravages ot water; yet no feature of the work Is to neglected as this. Many local road supervisors seem to ovm nn consideration to tho question of drain age, and th result is a regular mud 1 1 -i j . i uiocasgo auring several weeks or months of the year. The following aro a few almnla rnlea the observance of which would an far toward bettering tho roads of this coun try: First. The road should bo to located and constructed as to avoid ateen grades down which tho water rushes during heavy rains tearing up and washing away the road material. Bocond. The foundation of the road should be thoroughly drained by open siue uiicne which will carry oil the water, ana where necessary tile dralna should be laid in the foundation itself. Third. The surface of the road hould be hard and smooth and Lava sufficient slope toward the sides to shed the surface water. Fourth. Ruts and holes on the anr. face of the finished road should be filled as fast as made so that no water can lie on the surface to be worked up into mud. These rules are simple and easy to follow, and any one who gives any seri ous thought to the matter can see the wisdom of following them. Still they are almost universally ignored as the condition of our roads abundantly proves. What this country needa is a radical change, a new era in rosd building. The people have been moving in ruts in moro senses man one, and If each local community is left to work out the road problem aluue, they will continue to move in the same rata, and ever year milliona of dollars will be thrown nto tne mud, to say nothing of the osses resulting from the use of bad roads. lectures on road improvement seem to do very little good. Books and bulletins on road building appear to have very little effect. What the local communities need ia practical object lessons and actual as sistance, and these can come only from the state governments and the federal government. It is for this reason that road reformers everywhere are turning toward state and national aid aa the only soluton of the road problem. The bod roads ot the United States are a blight, a curse, a disgrace and all patriotic, progressive citizens should make a Brand united effort to win them out and put our nation on a level with tne advanced nations of Europe a the matter of roads. Pestilence In Siberia. Paris, June 15. Letters received from correspondents who have investi gated the condition! prevailing in Si beria show that the natives are suffer ing severely as a result of the war. An epidemic has broken out among the laborers who live around Lake Baikal. and it is feared the disease, the exact nature of which has not yet been as certained, will affect the troops who are passing through on the way to Man- hum. The unfortunates affected by the disease usually die within forty- eight hours after being first attacked, and so far all known remedies have proven useless. Visits tho Bandit's Camp. Tangier, June 15. J. W. S. Langer- man, commissioner ol tne Moroccan section at the St. Louis exposition, ar rived here today from the camp of Rai- sull, the bandit. In an interview giv en to the Associated Press, Mr. Langer- mansaid: "I met Raisuli and his band fully armed and suspicious of the iait. For a few miutes .the situation was critical, but all passed off well. on Perdicaris is much better and in good spirits over the prospect of his speedy release." Ount Drove Back Train. Tokio, June 15 Rear Admiral Togo reports that Tuesday a part of the fleet bombarded the west coast of the Liao Tung peninsula, near Kaichau, and drove back a military train that was pproachmg southward. No trains have been seen since. The enemy was moving in troops and erecting works evidently expecting a landing of the Japanese at that point and making all preparations to prevent it. Small gun boats Bent in close by Rear Admiral ogo bombarded the Russians at work. Russian Prisoners In Japan. Tokio, June 15. The Russian pris oners in the hospitals in Japan number 546, including 19 officers. Of these 38 men and 10 officers are wounded, while the others are suffering from sickness of various sorts. FOOLTHE RUSSIANS JAPANESE MAKE FEINT AND 800 OP CZAR'S MEN. KILL Defeated Troops Fall Back on Kakboa Sbow lodlcatloas of a Loaf, Forced March, but Will Olve Out No lafor. nation to tho Correspondent Who aro Along Thalr Una of March. St. Petersburg, June 15. I it re ported that a naval battle between the fleets of the Japanese on the one tide and the Russian fleet and shore bat teries on the other side occurred off Port Arthur on June 10. The naval battle was accompanied by the advance of the Japanese troops to the rear of the Port Arthur defense. The Rnssian forces within the fortress were is com mand of General 6toessel, who, It it reported, it wounded. It was neces sary to amputate his leg at the knee. Kin Chwang, June 15. Information as been received hero through hereto fore reliable channels that part of the Japanese force left at Pa Lan Tien to checkmate the Russians' southward movement to relieve Port Arthur was A A t 1 .1 ana tiacKeu southeast ol Bnung Mao yes- terday. After sliirht flffhtlnff the Jan. i I. . . .. . anese made a false retreat, the Russians lirttlv Inllnwlnf. tltAv I. l. T. . . , . .. . ese made a flack movement, catching the Russians in a trap. The Kuseian losses are placed at 800 men. They then fell back 'on Kaichou and beean retreat along the Baimatcrn-Taal L-nou road. -o About 2.000 Russian infantrv from Kaichou passed through Niu Chwang yesterday, accompanied by a large tup ply and hospital train. Several carta contained bandaged men. The troops ppeared to be fagged out, and shewed every indication of Ions, forced march. The officers refused to furnish any information, but a noncommit ioned officer told a correspondent of the Associated Prest that all the troops were retreating from Tsai Chon. Be fore be could say anything further, ha was reprimanded by a captain. Strag glers are closely watched by noncom missioned officers to prevent them from talking. The Russians have abandoned the ground mines eight miles south of here. A native messenger lust in from the Russian camp west of here renorta that there are many wounded men there. REVOLT AT PRISON. Four Condemned Men In Ohio Penitenti ary Attempt to Escape. Columbus, O., June 15. An attempt was made by four of the nine con demned men at the penitentiary to es cape at 1 o'clock this morning by over powering the guard. The guard was badly beaten, but two guards from the hall came to his assistance and the pris oners were forced back Into their cells and locked up. The prisoners in the plot to escape were Moses Johnson, ot Scioto county; Pnilip Nagle, of Wyandotte county; Lewis Harmon, of Franklin county; and Ben Wade, of Lucas county. Ouard Richards, of Williams county, was in charge of the prisoners. He was unarmed, no weapons being sl owed in the annex. The prisoners beat him down with their fists, and secured the key to the cage in the an nex, but' failed to find tie kev to the outer door. Guard Rirhnrrin that two guards in an adjoining hall were attracted, and they came to his rescue. The prisoners were overpow ered and locked up. Guard Richards was badly beaten, but his condition is not considered serious. It was evidently the nnrnosA of the t i prisoners to get out of the door of the annex which leads into the prison yard and scale the walls. They had no weapons, but expected to secure them from the guard. It is not believed that the five other men in the annex were a party to the plot to escape. Whlpplng-Post Reglmo Revived. Lexington. Ky.. June 15. Police Judge John j. Riley today revived the old whipping post regime when he sen tenced Simon Scearce. a 15-vear-old negro lad to be whipped in the public square. Scearce had struck a white boy. The court decreed that the boy's mother take the boy to the public square and give him 20 lashes with a buggy whip. The mother, in the pres ence of a large crowd, administered the punishment as directed. This is the first time such an incident has been witnessed since the Civil war. Dowlo Coming Home. that John Alexander Dowie has decided 1 - 1 X. l.1 - ' i ir.i i . iu return uj me unueo. oiaies Dy tne port today, it was lound that ten Kus first steamer. In strongly-worded de- sian officers and 664 jpien who fell in nunciatory. editorials, the London papers this morning express unbounded satisfaction with Dowie"a speedy de- PBrturt). PORCH WIPED OUT. Two BaUIlloos of Japaseae Ambaabod oo Fang Waag Cheng Road. Haicheng, Manchuria, June 14. A uanaing movement of tne Japan around the Russian left from Fen- nsng cneni. Jane . waa frnli who a lost oi two whole battalions. A large Japanese force moved ont in the morninfr aloncr the Fen if lVn vneng ana uaicheng road. The Rua iant had a force strongly posted In a a t ns r . . . . vino miles southeast ol uaicheng. i he Japanese were preceded by two battalions, who walked Into the Rus sian ambuscade. They received a murderous rifle and .-I'll An ruuery nre at close range and were wiped out, only one or two escaping. iue main Japanese force, whirh waa greatly superior to the Russian force, tried to outflank the Russians who drew off without losinor a man. Tha Japanese, closing in, found the ravine vacant, save lor their own dead. RUSSIAN ARHV SWELLING. Exaltation Over Victory oa tho Fan. Wang Cbeog Road. Liao Yanc. Jnna 14 Tha arm Is increaaimr ranidl. a. fresh mnail arriving daily. There is no fresh newt from Port Arthur, nor haa any confirmation of serious eventt having occurred there been receired. On th cording to the best information, every- uting ia going wen. offlcert nd men here are very The officers and men enthusiastic over the driving back of miiuutiMuc over me anvinir back of the Japanese on the road between Feni 1 U "ll i . . . . Wang Cheng and Haichencr Jnna 0 Only a comparatively short dintanra eeparates the Japanese and Russian armies and the soldiers are all anxious tor active operations to begin. KUROPATKIN RESTS LITTLE. How Famous Ruaaiaa Oeneral Direct Mia Campaign. Liab Yang. Janel4.TintiPn- tian plan of campaign is directed from a railway carriage here, in which Gen- oral ICmnnatlrln wM-lra ..I. -1- The car it divided into a saloon, a study and a bedroom. The commander in chief passes the most of hia tim. in the study at work, surrounded by hit J - . - a a. a . aiaee. Aitnoueh ' tmall of aiwuuju auja.li vi Bismre, -.r.vAu . uuce uiBunguisnaoie among his entonraro. hnvv hriin.ni may be their uniforms, by hit deter may be their uniform-, hv hi, iZ mined gestures and sturdy figure. He has the reputation of being just and his word is law. His officers renoa? the fullest confidence in him and he ia the idol of tho common aoldiert, and tne foreign attaches find him most pleasant. He takes little or no rest ex cept a half hour's siesta after lunch, when the heat is excessive, and he oo. casionally indulges in the distraction ot reading literary works. Dispatches from the scene of operations ar brought to him at any hour of the dav or night. The general eats well, oi simple dishes, but he seldom remains at the table more . than a half hour. tie drinks wine, smokes a cigar or two after breakfast and sets an example of abstemiousness to his officers. He rises at 7 o'clock and retires at mid night. SQUADRON WILL BE READY. America Can Send More Shlpa to Tan gler If Emergency Artaea. Paris, June 14. Information has been received from Lisbon concerning the plans of the American battleship squadron. Kear Admiral .Barker ex pects to leave Lisbon June 16 for Gib raltar, where the squadron will remain until the Moroecan incident is settled. On the arrival there of the Illinois and Missouri, the squadron will consist of Bix of the most modern battleships, be sides the two equadrons of cruisers and gunboats now at Tangier. Although Admiral Barker does not expect that the necessity will arise of taking the battleships to Tangier, vet he will re main at Gibraltar for the purpose of meeting any possible contingency. When the American sauadron leaven Gibraltar it will not go to Villefranche, as at first intended, but will go to Pie- raus and cruise through the Grecian archipelago. Later, the squadron will go to Corfu and Treste. Of Qreat Strategical Importance. . Tokio, June 14. The town of Siu- yen, now occupied by the Japanese army, is of great strategical import ance, being situated about 40 miles east by south of Kaikine and 45 miles southeast of Haicheng. It commands perfectly the roadstead of both places. Saimatsa ia also an important point, as it controls the roads to Liao Yang and Mukden. By following this route, the Mao Tien Lin pass, a ftronclv fortified and almost impregnable Russian Btrong- hold will be avoided on the advance of the Japanese army northward. Russians Killed Number 700. Tokio. June 14. The militarv com mission assigned to bury the Russian dead in the battle of Kanshan bill at Kinchou May 26, presented its final re- I ... . . ...... the battle, had been carefully buried l and SO men were buried bv the out posts, making the total number of killed i ieu penind py tne nuseians vu. TO BLOW UP CZAR INFEHNAL MACHINES DISCOVERED IN ROYAL PALACE. MacbiMry Waa Worklag and Expiosloa Would Have Occurred la a Short Tloio-Ouo la Dialog Saloa About to Bo Enter by Imperial FumUj a4 A sot her la Audience Cham bar. St. Petersburg, June 13. Two ia fernal machines were found concealed in tobacco boxes in the Tsarskaye Selo palace near this city, where the czar and hit family reside. On nf th boxes waa found in the dining saloon, to which room the imperial family were abort ly to enter for the evening meal, and the other In the audience chamber. The machinerv in both boxet waa working, and would have exploded within half an hour. Had the machines nol been found in time it is probable that the entire pal ace would have been wrecked, and all ts inmates killed. War Paralyzes Tralo. Odessa, June 13. Reports from most of the manufacturing districts of Rus sia state that the output is mush limit ed. Factories are struggling along on half ti me, and the Lands are being discharged for lack of orders. Trade of the leading Black sea porta with the ar East by sea has been temporarily abandoned altogether by the Russian lines. So far as the trade with Vladi. voetok and Singapore it concerned, the Russian volunteer fleet, the leading subsidized shipping of Russia, is in a sim worse plight. The Ekaterinoslay, of over 10,000 tons, has been captured by the Japanese. The Kzan it abut up in Port Arthur, and no fewer than 12 more cruisers and transport, inclnd. ing ahips of 12,000 tons and 20 knots speea, are ryrng in Kussian home ports, with scores of officers and hundreds of men waiting orders. o i ua.w iui iub rariiuu umnr. xneir efforts hav nmrm Aaouianioa Traaefhe-railottriraliis. Their effort have prov-m v " u.D15u Bujjnug trade of any magnitude, and th rriu ent paralysis it a severe blow to it.' RUSSIA RISKS NOT. Japanese Attack on St. Petersburg Be- log Onarded Against. St. Petersburg, June 13Remoteas , g ,g0 10 any lengtn u Becure to ur appears the chance that tn J. J Ormat,0n- The7 wIU 7 with- now appears the chance that the Japan ese fleet will ever be in a position to venture up the Baltic and make a dem onstration against the Russian capital, or that a European power tuat a European power will be drawn into the war, Russia it evidently taking nothing for granted. The pos sibility of the fall of Port Arthur or a disaster to the Baltic squadron after the later sails for the Far East have been considered, and no precaution will be omitted to protect St. Peters burg against attack. The fortifications of Riga, in the southern part of the gulf of Riga, and Reval, at the entrance of the gulf of Finland, have been strengthened. Some new guns of the latest patterns have been mounted in the fortress of Cronstadt. and a chain of water batteries, innninc ont on either side of the shores of the gulf of Finland, will guard the entrance to the mouth of the Neva. This system of fortifications was sufficient to discourage the attack planned by the British fleet during the Crimean war. In addition, however, shore batteries have been constructed near Cranienbaum, on the gulf of Cron stadt, 19 miles from St. Petersburg. and Sestroryetsk, on the Sestra river, and 17 miles from St. Petei shnrs-. probably as a precaution againBt land ings, as the forts are able to Bton ''the advance of a hostile fleet. The sd- proaches to Cronstadt are also being mined, and merchant shins are beinc forbidden to enter port without a pilot to conduct them through the mine fields. Turkey Will Be Neutral. St. Poterbsurg. June 13. The Asso- ciated Press is informed officially . that no negotiations are taking place be tween Kussia and Turkey concerning the passage of the Black' ae& fW. through the Dardanelles. The Turkinh government has affirmed positively its intention to maintain neutrality and to observe strictly the obligations of the Berlin treaty. While diolomatin eir. cles do not believe in the existence of danger in the Balkans, yet it Is thought Russia will not consider a reduction of the Black sea fleet at this time. China Will Investigate Hia Death. Tien Tsin. Juris 13. Virwnv Vnnn Choi Vul Ko u.t tV. T.t.l T 1.. ount ikai una ocub iuo XMUlal X.1U - XO I Niu Chwang to investigate the death of T.n.;. vi.j nrn wrm a v. a t il. t Lewis Etzel. correspondent of the Lnn don Daily Telegraph, who was reoent.lv shot by Chinese imperial soldiers. It y. i " is now reported mat ne was iouily dealt with. CANNOT AID FORI. .nrpauia Mys It Is IsaposaiMe to Re- Hove Port Arthur. Paris. Juno f. A SL Peterahura- diapatch quote a general offlcor ot Ue Russian army M f0u0Wt: Tw day ago there waa a eon fa. ence bstweea the Emperor and the cnler partlaaaa of Oeneral KuroDatku and Admiral Alexleff. The latter were active la an attempt to Influ ence the Czar to tend an order to Gen eral Kuropatkln to advance at r. and relieve Port Arthur. The lnlen Uoo, of courae. was to upset tho dia. iosition of troops, made by the mill- tary commander-in-chief and rnmnol him to give battle, even at th Hk f defeat "Fortunately the good tensi of tho emperor prevailed and ho himself with Inquiring of General Kur opatkln if the situation emitted of Ms adraaclm: to relieve the beleag uered stronghold, saying ne wl8he1 lt could be cone, but leaving lt tM hi. general to decide. General Kurt-pat-, kin replied it was Impossible at pres ent to do anything for General Rtn-a. sel and his command. Knowiaghira aa a9- certain that the commander-in-chief WOUld fcCOner have realeW than to have executed an order which. might have brought disaster nnon hia troop." RUSSIANS DESPERATELY BOLD. Reconaoitcrug Parties Oo to Any Leagth m uet iarormouon. Tokio, June 9. According to thm Japanese corresDondentu with k. first army in Manchuria fKnroki'ai. the active Russian operations are lim ited to a terleg of sklrmishee fought ny Cossacks and mounted Infantrv but which, accomplished littu i. than to occupy the attention of th Japanese outpost. The Russian en gaged aumber hardly more than (Oft men, iupported by a mountain bat tery. Their operations extend thmneh ue districts of Aiyans and Balms and their object is to Interfere a much, aa nnaalMa with t . i - uib xapuuena pro via- miuie, and no damage has been dan . . Ba a3ne "tcpi JU1I,ng 01 number of JP- anese trooper. Tho Russian reconnoitering parties are bold to the point of desperation. They consist chiefly of a young offic er and a handfull of men who are will ing to go to any length to secure in-' In the Japanese lines, and, if discov ered, shoot their way out, endeavor ing to do as much damage as possible before being killed or taken prisoners. BELIBVB FLEETS MET. Steamer Passing Oulf of Pechlll See Flashes at Soa. Chefoo, June 9. An impression pre vails here that a naval battle took place last night in the Gulf of PechllL Passenger on steamers passing the Uao Tie Shan promontory at the time did not hear any firing, while report come from Ten Chow of heavy firing being heard there from 11 o'clock last night until 2 o'clock, this morning. Vessels from the Miao Tao Islands confirm this renort and so do the residents of hills in the vi cinity of this city who heard the firing and saw flashes out at sea during the night The fact that the Russians were en deavoring, June 4. to clear the road steads off Port Arthur of mines indi cates an intention upon their pirt lo give battle outside the harbor upon the first favorable opportunity. A Japanese correspondent returning from Talienwan says there Is a per sistent rnmor there that the Japanese battleship Yashima struck a mine off tnat port recently and was sunk. Chinese arrivals from Talteiwan are unable to confirm the story. Japanese Punishing Bandits. Chefoo, June 9. A fleet of JudAb which has arrived from Dalny :or the purpose of buying stores for tho Japanese report having heard contin uous nring netween uainy and Port Arthur for several days. ' Japanese warships are making Dalny their, headquarters and are coming and go ing continuously. They take turns guarding the entrance to Port Arthur The junks report Chinese are no long er allowed to leave .Port Arthur, and that the Japanese are punishing the bandits who raided Dalny and Talien wan. f Ihird Paclfla Squadron. ! St, Petersburg, June 9. Grand Duke' Alexis, com.ma.nri'ar-ln-rhief nf tho navv. according to an nnrnti reliable renort. whirh however la nnf i-)nfflrlol1v nnnflrmorl Via nKtctJJ IU . wumww, uao uuiaiacu uio Permission of the emperor to create a third Pacific sauadron from tho, ships of the Black sea fleet, and per uiiooiviu uas aiicau . uccu ,(i uuLUIuea from Turkey to take the ships through mission nas aireaay oeen mo uarnaneues on tne condition that they will not return.