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The Columbia register
VOL. I. nOULTON, COLUM1UJL COUNTY, OHEGON, Fit ID AY, OCTOHEIt 14, 1004. i0 o5
WEEK'S DOINGS
Newsy Items Gathered from All
Parts of the World.
Or INTEREST TO OUR READERS
Central Review of Important Happen
pcnlgs Presented In a Brief and
Condensed Corm.
Germany and Kuceii are reported to
have made h secret agreement.
Ht. Pcterl'surg In confident that Ku
ropatkin will relieve Port Arthur.
Tokio hai advice that three Russian
tthla At l'oit Arthur have leen lost.
London war experts Itelieve that the
Russian advance li just what the Jap
anese want.
General Funaton, in tiia annual re
poit, urgea an Increase In the pay of
ml luted men in the anny.
l.alor Commissioner Huff, of Oregon,
report, that the tout of living hai in
reaed 15 per cent in the pait four
year.
An officer who has juat escaped from
I'ort Arthur say there are plenty of
torea yet untouched. The garrison
now comprise 23,000 loldiera and !,
U00 aailora.
The flultlc fleet has at lat made
what is declared hy the authorities its
actual ttart for the I'ar Kut. From
-othr sources, however, It la said the
fleet ia unneaworthy and another post
ponement Is expected.
A daring Jail break hai been frui
trated at the Multnomah county jail.
Five prisoner proposed to kill the
jailer, hut the plot was revealed by a
mau condemned to be hung, who ia
awaiting a decision of the supreme
court.
Burglars gained entrance to a Silvej
City, Nev., atore and secured 2,300 In
cash.
It is believed a peace treaty will be
signed by Bolivia and Chile within a
week.
The national 1005 fair committee
-will allot apace and fund (or exhibit
(hi week.
Russian police have discovered that
exile are leaders in a movement, to
arevive a reign of terror.
Robbers dynamited the safe of the
Freeland, Ind , bank. It i reported
that they secured f 20,000.
Tokio ha advices showing that the
Japanese louses are not nearly aa large
as reported by the Russians.
One of the first acta of the new Rus
sian minister of the Interior waa to dip--charge
the bodyguard of hi predocesaoi .
Rivera in New Mexico have again
overflowed their bank, canting addi
tional lose to railroad and other prop
erty.
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Darl
ing will visit the coast in November
and Inspect the Puget sound and Mare
island navy yard.
The first great American auto rare,
for the Vanderbilt cup, resulted in the
death of one chaff eur and fatal injuries
to a millionaire. An American won
the race.
The Mukden situation remains un
changed. German shipbuilders are bnsy turn
ing out war supplies for Russia.
RusMan Ambassador McCormlck is
coming home on leave of absence.
The dredge Chirook has made the
channel across the bar at the mouth of
the Columbia two feet deeper.
Russians claim that Japanese are
cutting off the queues of Coieana and
forcing them to join the army.
" The German steamer Progress has
run a cargo of coal into Vladivostok
and officers of the vessel say it ia easy
to elude the Japanese.
The British steamer Sishan, from
Hong Kong, has been seized by the
Japanese off Niu Chwang. The Sis
ban cairied a cargo of cattle and flour
intended for Port Arthur.
It is leported that the fire of the Jap
anese land batteries have severely dam
aged four Russian warships in the
harbor of Port Arthur. It is stated
that one of the vessels waa completely
wrecked.
The volcano Pelee, Martinique island
is in violent eruption.
Brigadier General William B. Worth,
tetired, ia critically ill.
The Japanese are'' capturing many
junks loaded with provisions trying (o
enter Port Arthur.
The Russians are displaying great
activity at Mukden. The meaning of
the move is in doubt. '
Fire of an unknown origin started in
the hold of the cruiser Washnigton, be
ing built at New York. It waa extin
guished before serious damage waa done.
Filipinos are holding meetings at
Manila for the purpose of discussing
ways and means of securing independence.
CRASH IN DeCP CUT.
Bad freight Wreck on Northern Pa
cific In Montana.
Misaoula, Mont., Oct. 12. One of
the wont freight wreck which ha oc
curred on the Itocay Mountain division
of the Nor i hern Pacific In many years,
from the standpoint of delayed traffic,
took place at an early hour this morn
ing, about five mile east of Garrison,
Mont. Freight car loaded with ex
port shipment for the Orient, were
piled 60jfeet high, and the wiecksge of
two trains ia scattered along the track
for a considerable dintance.
Traffic waa brought to a complete
standstill, and no train were able to
pans the scene o' the wreck for 18
hour. One of the train crew, Fireman
Bowman, of an extra east bound freight,
was instantly killed, and two other
trainmen were hurt, though not seri
ously. The accident was due to a mistake
in construing the orders on the part of
the engineer of the easttound freight.
Ilebad order to meet three sections of
No. 63 freight, west bound, on the sid
ing at Big Rend. The third stction had
passed the extra ahead of the original
second section. As the number of the
engine of tins second section corre
sponded to the engine supposed to be
pulling the third section, as given in
the orders, the extra' engineer pulled
out.
The extra met the original second
section in a denp cut, hile both traina
were running at a high rate of speed.
The im act was terrific, throwing the
debria mountain high, both engines
completey telescoping. It was impos
sible to build a track around the wreck
by reason of the deep cut.
PATENT DRUGS COUNTERFEITED.
factory in New York Is Discovered
by Detectives.
, New York, Oct. 12. The New York
police are convinced that they have
broken up a gigantic drug swindle bv
the arrest of several men in this city.
The arrests were made on information
that well known proprietary medicine
were being counterfeited and sold "is
genuine, and the authorities assert that
the investigation ia not complete.
Drugs seized at the apartment of
Howard K. Woolen today, it is said,
are valued at $10,000. Wooten is one
of the men under arrest. The others
are K. B. Minden, Manville Thomas,
Charles 8. Horn, Charles F. Risley and
WalterB. Rockey. It is asserted by
local detectives that slips were found
in the placea raided giving the names
of 6.000 druggists throughout the
country to whom dangeroua mixtures
made in New York wei sold.
It is said that the most in portant
find in the raids was the circular aent
out to druggista and containing the
code by which they could order the
preparations. It ia alleged by the po
lice that preparations made by the best
known chemical firms in Europe were
counterfeited. In circular discovered
was the statement:
"All these goods are genuine, in
original packages and unopened."
The price list showed that the drugs
in the list were being sold at from ,15
to 60 per cent below the UBual selling
price.
CHOKE IN TUNNEL
Six Men Lose Lives Under St. Clair,
Michigan River.
Port Huron, Mich., Oct. 12. Six
employes of the Grand Trunk railway
were euffcated to death by coal gas to
day in the St. Clair tunnel, which run
under the St. Clair river, from Port
Huron to Sarnia, Ont. A coal train
broke in two while passing through the
tunnel, and three of the train crew
were suffocated while part of the train
lay stalled in the tunnel. The engineer
pulled out with his engine, but return
ed and lost his life in an endeavor to
push the stalled cars back to safety.
Superintendent A. 8. Begg and another
man perished in attempts to go to the
rescue of the Others.
Chinese Buy Provisions.
Shanghai, Oct. 12. Chinese govern
ment ollicials are reported to be pur
chasing here foreign provisions which
are to be shipped to Tien Tsin. The
purpose for whnh the provisions are
being purchased is unknown. Well
informed Chinese express the opinion
that they are intended for the Russian
army. A telegram from Kweilin, in
the province of Kwangsi, in Southern
China, saya that the Chinese troops
have defeated a large body of rebels at
Lochenshien, after a fight lasting three
days.
Heavy Tire Loss at Columbia.
ColumbuH, O., Oct. 12. Fire today
in the five story building in North
High street, occupied by the Columbus
Dry Goods company, caused an aggre
gate loaa estimated at (200,000.
DEATHUST BIG
Twenty-Eight Killed In Mis
souri Train Collision.
SIXTY OTHERS ARE INJURED
Sleeping Passengers Hurled In Ev
ery Direction Scene of Wreck
on Down Grade.
Washington, Oct. 12. Twenty-nine
Iersons were killed and 0 injured by
a collision of Missouri Pacific trains,
three miles west of Warrensburg, at 4
o'clock this morning. The trams were
the second taction of passenger train
No. 30, which left Wichita, Kan., for
St. Louis last night and anfextra freight
train. Twenty-seven of the dead are
In undertaking rooms in this city and
the set iously wounded are in the rail
road Hospital in Hedalia.
The passenger train, consisting of
two day coaches, a Pullman car and a
caboose, was loaded with world' fair
excursionists, from Southeast Kansas
and Southwest Missouri. The regular
passenger train, No. 30, had been cut
in two at Pleasant Hill on accouut of
the heavy load and an engine attached
to the front car without a baggage car
as a buffer.
The extra freight had sidetracked at
Montcerrat for the first section of No.
30, wnich carried signals that a second
section was following. This was fol
lowed by passenger train No. 60, which
the freight crew took for the second
section of No. SO. The freight pulled
out of the sidetrack, and three milea
west met the second section. The im
pact telescoped the tender of the pas
senger engine into the front car, which
was loaded with passengers, and it was
here that the sacrifice of life took place.
The passenger conductor, E. L.
Barnes, tan all the way to Warrens
hurg and broke the new of the wreck.
Every physician in the town responded,
and hundeda of citizens hastened to
the wreck and assisted the wounded
from beneath the timbers of the broken
cars. Twenty people were killed out
right and seven died before 8 o'clock.
The dead were placed upon flatcars and
brought to this city, and Dr. Bills, the
coroner, immediately impaneled a jury
and started an inquiry which is (till in
session. The afternoon waa taken ..up
in identifying the dead.
WORK ON TREATY.
New Chinese Exclusion Act Is Now
Being Considered.
Washington, Oct. 12. Secretary
Hay and Sir Cheng Tung Liang Cheng
have at last begun to lay the foundation
for a new Chinese exclusion treaty and
it is expected the convention will be
ready for submission to the senate at
the approaching session. The treaty
will, it is understood, replace all exist
ing law on the subject. It ia the in
tention to continue in full force in the
treaty the principle of the exclusion of
Chinese coolies and the Chinese gov
ernment itself ia perfectly willing that
this should be done. But the treaty
will contain provisions regarded aa
much needed and earnestly sought by
the Chinese government for many
years, looking to a more considerate,
liberal and kindly treatment of the
higher class .of Chinese seeking to enter
our ports.
WILL DO OR DIE.
Kuropatkin Has About Paced and
Will Assume Offensive.
St. Petersburg, Oct. 12. A battle
upon which the fate of thia year's cam
paign in Manchuria depends seems
only a few day ahead. Advices from
the front are meager. All that is posi
tively known officially is that General
Kuropatkin has cast the die at last,
about faced his army and ia marching
resolutely against the enemy as if ie
solved to do or die. According to un
official reports, Field Marshal Oyama,
at the first sign of General Kuropatkin
taking the offensive, began drawing in
his line and concentrating upon forti
fied poBitionB north of Liao Yang. Ac
cording to the latest reports, which
are contained in a dispatch to the As
sociated Press from Muaden, the Jap
anese outposts are being drhen in all
along the line.
Scandal Over State Funds.
Topeka, Kan., Oct. 12. Governor
Bailey today gave out an official report
covering an examination of the state
treasury and Bchool fund accounts.
The reports Bays: "Thia examination
has developed , shortages, irregularities
and discrepancies amounting to many
thousands of dollars in the 12 counties
examined. In my judgment, the Bame
conditions will be found existing in
the remaining counties of the state,
not only in the permanent school fund,
but in the normal and agricultural
fund.
Stoessel Must Have Help.
London, Oct. 12. The morning
Post's Shanghai correspondent save it
is stated that Lieutenant General Stoes
sel has reported that unless he is re
lieved before December he must surrender.
OUTRAGE BY RUSSIA.
United States Mall Is Confiscated
by Vladivostok Squadron.
Portland, Oct. 11. The Ruasian
government, not content with (topping
vessels from the Pacific coast, because
they carried merchandise intended for
private firm and individual in Japan,
has now taken to confiscating United
States mails. Thia baa been done with
the mail carried on the'' steamer
Calebs, and the act ha caused a pro
test to be made by the owners and
agents of the steamer, which has been
tiled with the postoffice department at
Washington. Alfred Holt & Co., the
" ners of the Calchas, also give notice
that during the duration of the war
they will carry no more United States
mad to Japan.
The latest move of the Russian will
probably involve them deeper than any
of their other aibitrarv acts since the
wai ojiened, aa the government is not
likely to permit its mail to be molest
ed by tie czar's officials or by any one
else.
The particulars of the Calchaa affair
were forwarded by Dud well & Co., the
Tacoma agent ot the line, to Frank
Woolsey St Co., their Portland repre
sentatives, in the following telegram
yesterday:
"We have just sent the following tel
egram to the postmaster general at
Washington, D. C.: 'Following cable
just received from Alfred Holt & Co.,
Liverpool, owners of the British steam
er Calchar, which vessel was w ized by
Russian Vladivostok fleet off Ja. ai
coast about July 26: "Calchas release
appealed against by Russian crown ad
vocate, because amongst mail mattei
was information addressed Japanese
officials containing financial informa
tion of value to nemy. We give you
definite instructions to notify postoffice
department that we refuse to carry any
mail for Japan during duration of
war."
" 'The Calchas one of the regular
liners operating between Puget sound,
London and Liverpool, via Japan, Chi
na and the Suez canal. She was on
her regular voyage and her cargo con
tained no contraband. We understand
tl at the Russian crown advocate is
basing his appeal against her release
on the fact that United States mails
carried by the Calchaa contained infor
mation for Japanese officials.
" 'We hope the United Slates gov
erncjtnt will take immediate action
against the confiaMtin or detention '.of
the Calchaa on account tf carrying
United States mail. This is certainly
an outrage against the United States
by the Russian government that should
not be allowed to pass. Please be no
tified that during the duration of the
war we must decline to carry United
States mads for Japan. Kindly advise
what action will probably be taken by
the department and whether there is
anythiog that we could or should do.' "
MUST DRIVE JAPAN fROM ASIA.
Leading Russian Paper Declares
There Can Be No Compromise.
St. Petersburg, Oct. 11. Replying
to the statement of Count Okuma, lead
er ot the Japanese progressive party,
that the war with Russia would be
long, but that the Japanese would win
in the end, the Novoe Vremya today
declares the idea of a possible com
promise with Japan haB been aban
doned and that the war must be prose
cuted by Russia in such a way that
there can be no possibility of Japan's
renewing the struggle. Euiope for 30
yeais waa under the menace of revenge
for A'sace.
"If we conclude peace with Japan,
all our efforts in the Far East will be
valueless and we shall have to spend
enormous sums to keep up our arma
ment there. The Japanese once for all
must be driven out of the Asiatic con
tinent." It is now accepted here that the re
ported naval battle off Port Arthur was
purely imaginary. The naval reports
of the newspapers dwell on the difficul
ties which the Port Arthur squadron
must experience in breaking after the
dissstrous sortie of AuguBt 10. The
general opinion is that the squadron
could not venture out unless something
happened to the Japanese warships of
which there is no knowledge here.
Filipinos Delay Meeting.
Manila, Oct. 11. The mass meeting
of Filipinos, called for the purpose of
considering the question of Philippine
independence, has been postponed.
Teodoro Sandico, an ex-member of
Aguinaldo'a cabinet, who in 1899
signed an orJer for the massacre of all
foreigners and Americans in Manila,
and ex-Governor Reyes, of A bra pro
vince, and about 1,500 Filipinos, most
of them clerks, gathered at the ap
pointed time but did not organize.
Sandico advised the meeting to dis
perse and to await developments.
Rumor of Transport Scandal.
San FranciBio, Oct. 11. The Call
this morning states that complaint has
been made to Brigadier General Hum
phrey, "quartermaster general, regarding
the conduct of the transport, service,
and that a searching investigation is
being made by a board consisting of
three army officers. It is added that
an upheaval in the department ia anticipated.
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OREGON NEWS
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TEED fROM EASTERN OREGON.
Willamette Valley farmers forced
to Buy This rail.
Salem To relieve a very oare feed
market valley dealers are importing
Eastern Oregon barley, bran and chop,
to be sold to the valley farmers. Ow
ing to the great scarcity of oats, that
rrt'ele is selling at $30 a ton and
higher, with very little to be bad in
the local market. Deaiers are im
porting to Salem alone about eight cars
of feed a week. With tbis movement
so soon after harvest, it is expected
that much heavier shipments will be
made when winter weather seta in.
As a means of further relieving the sit
uation the Southern Pacific has been
appealed to for a special reduction in
freight rates on feed shipped in for
valley livestock.
The principal feed imported ia rolled
barley, which cornea here from Port
land, but ia grown in Eastern Oregon.
Thia feed coats the farmer $27 a ton,
and aa a ton of it is worth more for
stock generally than a ton of oate, the
barley is being purchased by farmers
who must buy leed of some kind.
Dealers say that barley at $27 ia $5 a
ton cheaper than oata at $30, hence
the Eastern Oregon feed can be
brought in to the advantage of valley
ffrmin. Owners of driving horses
mutt have oata for which they pay $30
a ton, and dairymen are buying chop
at $20, bran at $22.50 and shorts at
$23.
As a rule, grain farmers have feed
enough for their own needs, but have
none to sell. Fruitgrowers, hopgrow
ers, a few stockmen and some grain
farmers are the heavy buyers of feed.
They have been accustomed to buy
from their neighbors who raise grain,
but thit year the grain farmers have
little, if any, feed to sell. A great
many farmers w ho have a few head o
stock will be compelled to buy more or
less feed, but they will not constitute
the heavy buyers.
Eastern Capital Scared by frauds.
Medford B. H. Harris, who has re
turned from a trip East ir the inter
ests of the proposed railroad to the' Big
Butte country, states that he can giv.
no definite information as to the pres
ent condition of affairs until the engi
neers' estimates and surveys are com
plete. The estimates, he reports, are
to be rushed to completion at once.
He Bays that there is a marked reluc
t n e on the part of Eastern investor
to go any further into Oregon timber
on account cf the many "land frauds"
of which the Oregon newspapers have
laid such stress.
Pushing Development Work.
Medford The company headed by
Colonel T. Wain-Morgan Draper, ol
San Francicso, which purchased tht
Monumental mine from I. L. Hamil
ton, II. W. Jackson and C. B. Baker, o1
Medford, in the Shelly creek district,
several months ago, made the last pay
ment of $25,000 on the property sever
al day ago and are pushing the devel
opment of the mine rapidly. Ihe
now have 45 men at work blocking out
ore, erecting buildings and doing other
work for the installing of a 200 ton
shelter at the mine.
Sugar Output Large.
La Grande The sugar factory is run
ning day and night with a full comple
ment of men. It will run longer and
make many mo e tons of sugar this
year than in any pievious year. The
season for beet growing has been ar
ideal one. The yield per acre eceexb
any previous yea", and next year wil
tee a very large increase in the acreage
throughout the entire county.
Woolen Mills Busy.
Pendleton The Pendleton woolen
mills are manufacturing a new line ol
goods this season workingmen't
blouses and smoking jackets. The lat
ter are manufactured from Indian
robes of unique patterns. Although
the mill has been manufacturing thest
garments since September 1, only three
are on hand, the demand being si
great. More garment workers will bt
employed later.
Lighting Plant for College.
McMinnville College, McMinnville
A new vapor gas plant for lighting the
main college building and for uae in
the laboratories has just been installs i
and is now in UBe. The plant cost
about $400, which waa subscribed by
the people of McMinnville. The sys
tem will probably be extended to th
gymnasium to light that building for
the evening classes in physical culture
Big Tract of Timber Sold.
Astoria The Bale of another large
tract of timber land in Clatsop count
has been closed recently, but the prict
paid is not obtainable. Deeds filed foi
record show that Horace Irvine, ( i
Minnesota,'' has Bold to the Nehaleir
Timber company 5,288 acres in tht
southwest portion of tho county. Thi
consideration named in the deedB is $2.
OF INTEREST
DISCRETION WITH DIRECTORS.
State School Superintendent Recom
mends Change In Law.
Salem In bis annual report, now
in the hands of the state printer, Su
perintendent of Public Instruction J.
H. Ackerman, recommends to the leg
islature a change in the language of
the school law so as to place upon sec
tion 3,389 the construction which
Judge Hamilton gave it in his decision.
Subdivision 11 of that section provide
that the directors of a school district
"may" transfer a pupil from one dis
trict to another upon the parenta fling
a petition, etc., and Superintendent
Ackerman has always believed that the
word "may" in this section left the
matter diacretionary with the ichool
board.
A question having arisen, the matter
was referred to the attorney general,
who held that the parents have a right
to have the child transferred and that
"may" mean "must." Superintend
ent Ackerman accepted the attorney
general' ruling but recomended that
the legislature insert after the word
"may" the worda "at ita discretion,"
so that there could be no doubt aa to
the construction to be placed upon these
words. The decision rendered by Judge
Hamilton give the words the coneruc
tion desired by Superintendent Acker
man.
Appointed by the Governor.
Salem Tom Richardson, of Port
land; A. B. Wood, of Cottage Grove,
and J. W. Bailey, of Portland, have
been appointed by Governor Chamber
lain aa delegates totheTrans-Mississip-pi
Commercial congress, which will
meet in St. Louis October 25 to 29 in
clusive. Mr. Richardson is manager of
the Commercial club, of Portland, and
JlrBaUejrj!! state food and dairy conr
miasioner. Air." Wood "and Mr. Rich
ardson and Mr. A. N. Sol is, of Ontario,
have been appointed de lea tea to the
N'ational Irrigation convention to be
held at El Paso, Tex., November 15 to
13, inclusive. '
ISO Sacks per Acre.
Echo Peter Sheiidan, who resides
at the mouth of Butter creek, 16 miles
west of here, ia harvesting 15 acres of
potatoes. Mr. Sheridan says the field
s yielding 150 sacks to the acre. He
has already disposed of several h un
bred sacks and will probably keep the
remainder until spring. A resident of
he vicinity saya that last season ho
raised 243 sacks to the acre without
irrigation. Mr. Sheridan' field waa
net irrigated, but is situated on the
bottom, of the valley through which
Butter creek flows.
Pew Sales of Wheat Made.
Pendleton Although the wheat
market hovers around the 72 cent mark
for club, no recent sales of cooeqeuenca
nave been reported. Some grain ia
Hill being hauled into town, mostly
barley and wheat for the feed and chop
mills. The mills are constantly receiv
ing wheat, but the most of the crop ia
aider shelter. Some of the warehouses
tlong the railroad are so full that
wheat is piled on the platforms.
.rew Indians In Pendleton.
Pendleton Seldom in Pendleton are
so few Indians seen on the streets.
Nearly all of the residents of the reser
vation are in the Grand Ronde valley
harvesting the beet crop, in the Yakima
valley picking hops, or in the moun
tains hunting or fishing. Until severe
vveather comes the hunters and fisher
men will remain in their mountain
:amps.
Taking of Chinook Cggs finished.
Astoria A letter received at the fish
warden's office states that the taking
of spiing Chinook eggs at the Umpqua
Hatchery has been completed and 2,
500,000 eggs secured. The auperinten
lent expects to secure a large number
)f silverside eggs later in the season.
Advices received from the various points
ilong the coast indicate that the run of
dsn thua far is very light.
Timber Sells at $25 an Acre.
Astoria A deed haa been filed for
record whereby the heirs of the late
Francis Hood, of Saginaw, Mich, sell
to William M. Bray, of Portland, 1,
760.3 acres of timber land located short
(istances south of Westport and Knap
a, in the eastern portion of thia coun
y. The consideration named ia $44,
J00, or $25 per acre.
Northwest Wheat Markets. '
Portland Walla Walla, 8182c;
iluestem, 85c; valley, 85o,
I Tacoma Bluestem, 86c; club, 82c.
1 Colfax Club, 70c; bluestem, 75c.
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