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Newspaper Page TextTHE RE BIA VOL. I. IIOULTOW, COLUMBIA COUNTY, QBEGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 20. 1904. NO. 18. WEE1VSD01NGS Newsy Items Gathered from All Parts of the OT IN1TECST TO 0U2 CEADEfiS General Review of Important Happen penlg Presented In a Brief and Condensed Corm. Oregon again lead, all other states Id the tale of public lands. A Rock laland trala waa derailed Mar I'rlncoton, Mo., and 45 peraona Injured. DlaKulaed horacmen In Crook coun ty destroyed a band of 1,000 thorough bred sheep. Lloyd'a agent at Nlu Cbwang re porta that Llao Yang la likely to fall at any time. The British consul at Shanghai haa ordered Russia to atop repairing ahlpa In that port Japan la aald to b trpatlng Ita prisoners of war with great consid eration and allowing them many 11b rtlea. Mra. May brick waa met on her ar-, rival In New York by a throng of cur loua people, but ahe refilled to aay anything. General Chafee aaya that ao long aa he la In command the army head quarters of the Columbia will remain at Vancouver. A portion of the British preaa de mand a that navy aweep the sea of Russian crulaera If diplomacy cannot prevent their stopping ahlpa. The riar baa ahown his joy over the birth of an heir by abolishing cor poral punishment, liberal treatment of Flulandcr and in dlvera other Mra. May brick haa arrived In New York. The loua by the tornado at SL Paul will reach f3.C00.000. Late reporta from Tort Arthur aay the fort haa all but fallen. Souvenir Lewis and Clark colna will be ready early next month. The Japanese continue to sacrifice thousanda of Uvea at Tort Arthur. A 8anta Fo passenger train waa de railed near Topcka and six persons In- 3ured ::;' ,,.v,...v :l The Russians estimate that the lege has already cost the enemy 28.000 men. A mob of COO burned a negro at Ce dartown, Oa., for the assault of a 13-year-old white girl. A hurricane awept over Watertown, S. D., killing two poople and Injuring many others. Great damage was done to property. The Russian cruisers Grombol and IloHsla are fast being repaired at Vladl voHtotk and will booh be ready to as sume the offensive again. John Elland, a wealthy sheepman of New Mexico, has fallen Into the hands of brigands In Mexico, where ho went on buHlnesR. A heavy ransom la de manded for his release. The czar has summoned all reserve ofllceri to the colors. Japan holds that the nutarlity cf China at Shanghai is imperfect. An engagement with Kutppatkin will Iorbably be forced at l.iao Yang. The inteiior department is in no hur ry to create forest reserves in Oregon. The Japanese have captured all forts on the l'igeon bay side of Tort Arthur. Five persons were killed at Manden, Mo., by tho explosion of a car of dyna mite. Rioting continues at the Chicago stock yards. Another man has been ehot. Japan in showing utter disregard for lives is bieaking all precedents at Tort Arthur. The loss caused by the tornado in North St. Louis is much heavier than at first reported. Ihe anniversary of "Mad" Anthony Wayne's victory over the Indiana was observed at the St. Louis fair by an imposing parade. The rains are stopping around Iiao Yang. Ihe roads aie still in bad con dition and active operations are not ex pected until they are in bettter shape. Forest fires continue to tage in the reserves of Montana, destroying mnch valuable timber. Japanese ships are cruising off Che f oo in search of the Russian boats Di ana and Novik. A felling almost akin to doepair reigns in the Russian admiralty. Paraguayan rebels have demanded the city of Asuncion, allowing it 24 hours to surrender. - A cloudburst near Globe. Arixona. caused a loss of several lives and great damage to property. A Russian gunboat was sank by com' ing in contact with a mine near the Liao Tung peninsula. The Russians will sink their ships at Port Arthur rather than let them fall into the hands of the enemy. AVOIDS A TIGHT. Directors to Choose Convention City tor 1003. Portland, Aug. 24. Politics, arrlr al of delegates, speeches, and adop tion of resolutions occupied the sec ond day of the American Mining Con gress. And a busy day It was, with the buti and hum of the rival dele gations filling the cool air of the con vention hall. Yesterday morning the convention adopted a atrong resolu tion urging congress to create a De partment of Mines and Mining, and last night another was paased advo cating the protection of forests. The question of the selection of the meeting place for next year's con gress will not be fought out on the floor of the convention as has been anticipated, but will be placed solely In the hands of the board of direct ors. A resolution to this effect Intro duced by Dr. Buckley, of Missouri, was adopted at last night's session of the congress and met with enthusias tic applause from those present This will prevent El Paso from mak ing an open fight In the convention for the honor of entertaining the 1905 congrcas. As yet the credential committee haa made no report, and therefore the membership of the congress will bo and unknown quantity, officially apcaklng, until Thursday morning. This preventa any definite action on the settlement of any question until that time, but a great deal Is being done Indefinitely. The permanent home agitation Is being kept up by the Salt Lake men, who are hard at work trying to get the membership of the congress Into line for their city. Tho Denver delegation la rep resented by two or three men, and though It has been announced that there Is a carload of delegates on the way from Denver, the car has not been Righted and the cause of Denver Is Buffering a Utile from the tardiness of the Colorado men. TORTS ARC LOST. RusslansTMcct further Reverse at Port Arthur. . Chcfoo, Aug. 25. A Junk which left Llao Tl Promontory the night of August 21 has Just arrived here. She reports that the Japaneso have suc ceeded In occupying Antszshan aa well , as ; another fort,j prbfcnbly Etse- ahan, about a mile southwest of Ant szshan. They have driven the Rus sians from the parade ground, which lies about two miles north of the har bor; they have destroyed two forts at Chaochanko, which Is within the eastern fortifications, and they have advanced to a point near Chaochanko. This news confirms information re ceived here previously, and which the local Japanese were not Inclined to believe. The Junk heard firing until mid night of August 22. Scarcely a build ing In Port Arthur remains undam aged. The town hall, whls was used as a magnzlne, has been destroyed. Four large warships unnble to fight, aro at Port Arthur. Only one ship, a vessel with two masts and two funnels, has guns on board. The fire of the forts not captured by the Jnpnneso. together with the ef loot of land mines, Is given as the reason why the Japanese have not as yet conquered the Russian strong hold. JAPANESE PEANS DEGANGED. Port Arthur Campaign May Cause In itiative to Pass to Russians. Berlin, Aug. 25. In a dispatch from Llao Yang, under date of Aug ust 23, the correspondent of the Lokal Anzelger says: "The Indications are that the Initia tive is about to pass to the Russians. The Japanese plan of campaign, in cluding the attack upon Liao Yang, has apparently been deranged by the unexpectedly stubborn resistance of Port Arthur. "General Kurokl's army has been withdrawn to the south of Taitze river, and only outposts reported to be In the Llao River Valley. "It is rumored that the Mikado has recalled General Ngi and has ordered Field Marshal Marquis Yamagata, chief of the General Staff at Tokio, to assume command of the besiegers at Port Arthur." America Asks for Information. Washington, Aug. 25. Acting Sec retary of State Adee has cabled Min ister Conger, at Pekln, a request that he report as Boon as possible the facts concerning the situation at Shanghai. A similar request has also been addressed to Consul-General Goodnow, at Shanghai, and Consul General Fowler, at Chefdo. Although no admission on that point is yet ob tainable, it Is believed that instruc tions have either been sent or will be sent to Rear-Admiral Sterling to co operate with the minister and consuls in the protection of American inter ests in treaty ports. , Russian Ship Hits Mine. Tokio, Aug. 25. Admiral Kataoka reports that as the Russian battleship Savastopol was emerging from Port Arthur yesterday ahe struck a mine, and afterward was seen to be listed to starboard. She was towed back into the harbor. OREGON NEWS 0E INTEREST SILETZ RICH IN TIMBER. Railroad Survey Party Loud In Praise m -mmm of Country. Independence. The surveying party of the 8. Chapman Lumber Company that has been In the Coast range mountains since May 28, has com pleted Its task, coming out at a point no one guessed. The survey as com pleted Intersects the Southern Pacific scarcely half a mile south of Inde pendence, near the old racetrack. The surveying crew, comprising 15 men, Is In charge of Engineer L. M. Rice. The timber found In the Sllcts basin was a revelation to the party, many of whom are experienced timber men and surveyors. There Is enough Um ber In the Slletz country, says Chief Engineer Rice, to last 50 years after It Is made accessible by rail. The route terminating at Independence Is a very feasible one and, according to the survey. It Is not over 45 miles Into the heart of the rich Sllett basin. Terminating here, timber over the proposed rout could be handled by rail or river, and the Southern Pacific Is Just completing a spur from within a few rods of where the survey ended Into the bed of the river. A road over this survey would also afford a short cut to Newport. STIRRING UP DAIRYMEN, Effort to Induce Valleyrarmers to Produce Butter Tal. Albany. An Important meeting of the dairymen and farmers of Linn county was held at Shedd last week. The meeting is the result of the ef forts of prominent creamery men of Portland and of State Dairy and Food Commissioner J. W. Bailey. Curtis' Grove, one mile from Shedd, was the scene of the meeting, which took the nature of a farmers' picnic. A Portland creamery provided gallons of Ice cream free, and the attendance was large for this season of the year. The great Importance of the meeting in the eyes oi friends' of diversified farming In Oregon Is In the fact that it Is the beginning of an effort on the part of the large purchasers of dairy products In Oregon to induce .the farmers of the Willamette Valley to devote more time to raising blooded stock, and particularly dairy stock. County Is Worth More. Oregon City. Assessor J. F. Nelson has completed the assessment of Clackamas county property for the 1904 roll. The aggregate of property valuations, represented by the roll, is approximately $10,250,000, or an In crease of $300,000 over last year's roll. It Is not expected that any ma terial changes will be made In the assessed valuations by the board of equalization, which will be convened on Monday, August 29. This is the earliest date for years that the assess ment of property In this county has been completed. Raise Timber Land Values. St. Helens. The assessment roll for Columbia county will be complet ed and ready for the board of equal ization In a few days. It will show an increase of about one-third In the assessed valuation of the county. The valuation of the timber land has been raised from $2.50 to $3 and $5. This bears heavily upon the non-resident land-owners, but It Is not nearly as high as In Clatsop county, and Is far below the actual cash value of the property. The assessment of the Benson Company amounts to $128,000, and the cash value is certainly three times that amount. Start Work on Tair Grounds. Baker City The survey of the ground for the Baker County Fair As sociation is completed and the work of constructing the new speed track begun in earnest. The grounds ad Join the city on the north, and are within easy walking distance. The land Is comparatively level and ad mirably located for the purpose. Work on the grandstand and fair building will be begun at once. The date has not yet been set for the fair, but will likely be the first week in Oc tober. Seven Williams Name Camp. ' Albany. Because seven men whose first name was William were the first settlors of the proposed mining camp, the town was christened Blllvllle. It Is in the Blue river mining district near tne line Between Lane and Linn counties. Billvllle Is now a bus? min ing camp. Northwest Wheat Markets. Portland Walla Walla, 78c;' bine stem, 85c; valley, 83c. Tacoma Bluestera, 84c; club, 79c. Albany 75c. Salem 80c. Colfax Club, 68c; bluestem, 73c. Pendleton Club, 68)c; bluestem, 73 c. ' La Grande Club, 62c ; bluestem, 68c. WIND DAMAGES HOPYARDS. Poles Blown Over and Vines Torn by Brisk Breeze. Independence. Quite a little dam ate has been done to hopyards In this vicinity by wind. Walker Bros., two and a half miles north of here, are the heaviest losers. Fully 25 acres of tbelr yard Is flat on the ground. About five acres of the Patton 6 81oper yard and three acres in John Burton's yard are also down. R. D'. Cooper will have nearly 2000 hills to straighten up, and a few trellls-poles are broken In one of tha HirrhhArr yards. A gale from the west sprang up about 4 o'clock In the afternoon. It was not severe enough to do any dam age ordinarily, but only very sub stantial poles were able to withstand Its force where the wind bad a clear sweep. The owners promptly set to work repairing the damate hy ah redrlvlng and propping poles. The eipense io walker Bros, alone In re setting poles will be over $1000. rrult Shipments from the Cove. La Grande. The Cove, 16 miles from La Grande, which Is considered about the best section of Eastern Ore gon for fruit, thus far this year has shipped the following: Twenty thous and boxes of cherries, 5000 crates of strawberries. 3000 rniM nf ta man. berries, 1000 crates of blackberries. uwing to a lack of pickers the loss on strawberries was about 20 per cent, on the raspberries about 40 per cent. Plums are now .moving and the Indica tions are that of these there will be about 4000 crates. Ther will ho about from 25 to 30 cars of prunes and aoout 4u cars or apples. The pear crop will be light. The cherry crop amounted to 100.000 boxes. The annl crop will reach 100 carloads. Restored to.Domain. The Dalles. The Secretary of the Interior has authorized and Instructed ths officers of The Dulles land office to frdstore to the public domain portions of the following-named townships, em braced in the temporary withdrawal for the Blue Mountain Forest Re serve: Twenve south, 17 east, 13 south, 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21 east, 14 south. 19 and 20 east, and 15, 20, 22 and 3 east. These lands were with drawn from entry at the creation of the reserve June 28, 1902, exclusive of townships 15 and 22. Twenty-three thosuand acres of land are released from the withdrawal by this order, out of which 14,500 are already filed upon. Malheur People in Earnest. Ontario. The committee of 17 for completing the organization of tEe Malheur Waterusers' Association met In Mayor Lackey's office and appoint ed committees for drafting by-laws and for dividing the territory to be ir rigated into districts. The committee for securing stock in the association reported that 50.000 shares have been subscribed, or 5000 more than was re quired to organize permanently. Work on the Malheur project is expected to be begun this fall unless something unforeseen occurs. A meeting of stockholders will be held ia Vale, September 27. Exhibit of Grasses and Grains. Albany. A. F. Miller, of Portland, Is getting together a display of grains, grasses, vegetables, leaves, mosses, etc., for a state exhibit Mr. Miller was In Albany in connection with his vork an 1 left a number of orders. It is a little early yet to collect a large display, but arrangements are being r.iade for materials to make up a dis play to be collected later. Mr. Miller has been making these collections for the last 40 years and knows just what part of the state to visit for the best collection of every variety of product. Surveyors In Grand Ronde. La Grande. The surveyors who are out locating the route for the new electric belt railroad in Union county for the Eastern Oregon Development Company are now In the center of the Grand Ronde Valley and will reach La Grande in a short time. The ex pense up to this time has reached a total of $85 per day, and the company have the greatest confidence in the best outcome of the undertaking. New Albany Tannery. Albany. The Star Tannery Com pany has been incorporated in Albany. The incorporators are Henry Lyons, John Shea, James H. Curran and Har ry Shea. It ia capitalized at $8000, the stock being divided into shares of $100 each. This is the second tan nery for Albany. rind Scab on Cattle. Albany. Drs, Wells, of Albany, and Hutchinson, of Portland, inspected a number of cattle at Halsey, Linn coun ty, prior to their shipment to Nevada. Considerable scab was found among the stock. This was ordered eradi cated before shipment. rtXSH AGAINST POWDER. Question Whether Japanese forces Will Hold Oat. 8L Petersburg, Aug. 24. The latest reports from Port Arthur Indicate that the garrison there is holding out with wonderful tenacity In the face of per sistent desperate assaults. The only question la how long any body of troops can withstand such awful pun ishment, and whether the garrison in the fortress can outlast Japanese am munition and men. The report that SO regiments have been drawn from General Okn to strengthen the attackers Is believed to Indicate that the Japanese southern army Is in desperate straits and seems to show that the Japanese have not enough men to prosecute simultan eous campaigns of great magnitude in the north and south. The report that the Novik haa been sunk has not yet been published here. . If It is true, it will be greatly felt, for the gallant cruiser, which haa been frequently mentioned In dis patches, has endeared herself to the whole nation by her tireless activity at Port Arthur, and It has been great ly honed that she would reach Vlad ivostok In safety. The attitude of the Japanese govern ment In regard to China has caused Increasing uneasiness here. Whlla it Is believed that the dictatorial attitude assumed by Japan was adopted large ly for its moral influence on the Chin ese, it is also taken to indicate that Japan Intends to make hemelf th dominant spirit In the Celestial em pire. PORTE VERY SILENT. Embarrassed by Reminder of Verbal Plckge to America. Constantinople, Aug. 24. A note from American Minister Lelshman, dated August 16, was handed to the Turkish authorities within 12 hours after the receipt by the Minister of the Turkish note Monday. In this note Mr. Lelshman holds the govern ment to Its solemn undertaking, com ing direct from the Sultan, respecting equal treatment with other nations for; the United States concerning the question of educational Institutions. This allusion to the imperial pledge apparently embarrassed the Porte, which had previously announced that it would Ignore the former verbal as surances which Minister Lelshman de clared he had received. It is considered lmnrohnhle thnt tho Porte will reply to the Minister's note and therefore the question is looked upon as shelved pending the execution of the process of recognition, when it Is considered not Improbable fresh dlf- ncuities win arise. Notwithstanding the assertion by Izzet Pasha, the secretary of the. Pal. ace, that $250,000 has been deposited as Compensation due to an Arnerfonn citizens at Smyrna for land illegally lanen, no sucn deposit has yet been made. FLEET APPROACHES SHANGHAI. Consul Goodnow Cads Consular Body Together for Action. Shanghai, Aug. 24. The steamer Halting, which arrived here today, re ports having sighted a Japanese squadron last night off Gutzlaff Island, about 65 miles southeast of Shanghai. The squadTon showed no lights. The United States monitor Monad- nock and two torpedo-boat destroyers have been ordered to be ready to pro tect the neutrality of Shanghai. American Consul Goodnow called the meeting of the consular body for 10 o'clock tomorrow .morning. It is believed that the foreign consuls will arrange meanB to strengthen the hands of the Taotai in dealing with the matter of the Russian warshlna here. Later renorts declare the .TAnnneae squadron to be 20 miles from Woo sung. Woosune is the outside harbor of Shanghai. Rrin Stops Hid Operations. At the Headauarters of General Kurokl, in Southern ManchuTia, Aug. 20. via Fusan and Seoul. aAuit. 24 Tt has rained steadily for four days and Doin or me lower roads are covered with ten feet of water and are abso lutely impassable. A number of Chinese and horses of the commis sary department have been drowned crossing the Lang river at the ford. Russian spies have been located hid ing in the cornfields near the outposts ana large scouting parties are search ing for them. The relative Dosltlona of the two armies remain unchanged. St. Petersburg Advised. London. Aue. 23. A dtannrch tn news agency from St Petersburg Bays news nas reacnea tne admiralty there to the effect that the missing Russian cruiser Novik has arrived at Kors akevBk, a port of the island of Sak halin, and that the Russian cruiser Diana, concerning whose fate there has been considerable anxiety, haa been seen off Hong Kong. MINERS MEET Seventh Annual Convention at Portlsnl . wu. select pemanent home Tight Is Between Denver and Salt Lake, With the Tormer Blry In the Lead. Portland, Aug. 23. Under the fold of ue flags of the world, the seventh annual convention of the American Mining Congress was called to order yesterday morning at 10 o'clock at the Armory. The day waa anent In KoH, nlng the work which will for five days np me ume and attention of the delegates, who have COma from all rt the mining states of the country to make an effort to better the conditions of the industry, and to bring it before the people on the plane where It should stand. Preliminary work, addreeaa nf come and resnonsea ocrniat nat day and last night, and today the real work will commence. The powers that are behind the management of the COnETeSfl. the wish A a anJ w-. of the delegations are beginning to be iuwib manliest oy conferences and caucuses, and tha hooea at hm. an the desires of ambitious men are now Being Beiuea. The one treat mmnilnn that i before the convention of miners as- semDiea is mat of selecting a perma nent headquarters for the congress, of choosing some one city In whh n be erected a home for the organiza tion, and where can be maintained permanently the offlrea nf gTess, the exhibits to be collected and the records of the proceedings. Denver and Salt Lake are both out after the permanent home, and are bending every effort to secure it, both by offering bonuses and rnnreaainna and by velvet-tongued arguments. Which will secure the prize is now un- anown. tnougn it looks as though It might be Denvwr. for that cltr h many warm supporters and friends. ine question or the permanent es tablishment is a serious one. aa the members well know, for it means the presentation to the city securing the headquarters of every annual meeting after the one held next year. It la the opinion of a great many of the del egates mat me only business-like plan of proceeding, will be to give Jthe an nual convention to the city securing me permanent nome. The records, the exhibits, the secretary and his as sistants, the bulldinsr and hoArinna. ters of the organization will be in the piace Known as the home of the con gress. It will be. therefore on riven lent and more practical to hold the an nual meetings at that place than to send them to new chip anh VIA. cessltating the establishment of tem porary quarters and transfer of re cords. AMERICA KEEPS OUT. She Will Take No Part in the Shang hai Trouble. Washington. Aue. 24. Tha rTnit States Government does not intend tn insist upon the neutrality of China, it aoes not intend to Insist that the Russian warships now in the harbor at Shanghai shall be disarmed or ha forced from their present haven. It does not Intend In any Way to prevent the Japanese from capturing the Rus sian warsnips. It does not at this time nronnsA nnv tecting American interests In Shang- nai or any otner Chinese ports, if, by so doing, it is found necessary tn In. terfere with the freedom of the war ships of any other nation. This Is the decision that wm rnih. ed this afternoon by the Department of State after a conference between the State and Navy Department offi cials with President Roosevelt at Oys ter Bay over the long-distance tele phone. Instructions in accordant with this decision were sent to Rear Admiral Sterling, in chaTge of the Asiatic squadron now at Shanghai. 1 An imoression exists, h pra that Consul-General Goodnow may have unintentionally paved the way to com mitting this government to a main tenance of the neutrality nf Phina when he ealled the meeting today of me roreign representatives to take such action as was deemed necessary. But before that meetine had a a n Am bled, a cablegram had been Bent him carefully to abstain from any action that could be deemed to be interfer ence. Railroad Shops to Work Less. Altoona. Pa.. Auar. 24. Tha Penn sylvania Railroad Company today made the most sweeping reduction in the time of the men employed that has taken place since the panic of 1893. The employes of the machine shops tonay were notmed tnat, commencing with tomorrow moraine they wnnM be divided into shifts, one shift to work Monday and Wednesday and the other , Tuesday and Thursday, eight hours to constitute a day's work. The remainder of the week the shops win do ciosea entirely. It Is not known how long the order will con tinue in effect Port Arthur to Be His Tomb. London. Aug. 24. No further news has reached London. According to the Moscow correspondent of the Morning jfost, Lieutenant-General Stoessel. concluded, a telegram to an Intimate friend there with the words: "Farewell forever, Port Arthur , wiU be my tomb."