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EHHKiIEjc;,,, UMBIA REQI II 111 Id VOL. I. HOULTON, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OHEOON, FRIDAY, FEBIIUABY 3, 1905. NO. 41. UUL SUCK ii it .11 ii neys oniiE week la a Condensed Fern (cr Czr Busy RCuwSrs HAFPEKINGS OF WO CONTINENTS A Return of the, Ls Important but Not Lata Interesting Event of tho Past Wek. Three would-be assassin of the czar have been captured. A number of senators an opposing the Malhmir irrigation bill. TIio Japanese have captured another vessclb ound for Vladivostok with con traband of war. v The federal grand jury working on Oregon land fraud case la still grind ing out indictment. Thirty-six Russian refugee from Tort Arthur on their way to Chcfoo in a Junk were caught by a storm and drowned. (rand iMike Vladimir defend tho action of thu Russian government and aay hn ban not deserved the fierce ex ecration of the world. Russian officer declare before the North wa roinm Union that they uw torHdo boaU of a foreign country amuiig the Cubing boats. Governor Iieneen ruge the Illinois legislature to appropriate au'hYlcnt money for the Ix-wi and Clark fair to enable a bulbing to be erected. In the Colorado election content case I'cabody urr that all fraud-tainted precinct return lie thrown out. A number of ballot from precinct out side of iVnver have Ix-cn examined and found to have been made out' in the name handwriting. The provincial council aa warned the caar to grant freedom or loea hi crown. Russian accuse British of inciting the riot and Great Britain ha asked for an explanation. A canvas of the Denver vote in the ' Colorado, eon teat ahowa one-third of the ballot to ho fraudulent. The thermometer in Manchuria where the fighting ia now in prtgrea registers 20 degree U'low aero. The residence of Governor Trepoff, of St. Petersburg, waa almost demol ished by a bomb. The governor wa al stent. It ia believed that Kuropatkin re ceived order from ft. Petersburg to a mime the ofUnsive or elite he would not have moved against the Japanee at prevent. Twenty incmbera of the Chicago Commercial cmIoIi have gone to Cubat where they will devote two weeks to studying the commercial possibilities of the inland. Edwin Stone, of Albany, manager of the Corvalli A Eastern railroad, wa assaulted and the room in which he wa asleep set on fire. The (hunt were not discovered until, with the injuriea received from the assailant, they proved fatal. There i no clew to the mur derer. The naval appropriation bill provide over 1100,000,000. The Prussian government boa ap pointed a comminution to investigate the coul strike. Chile ha refused to wll war vessel to on American firm, presumably for one of the nation now at war in the Far East. Secretary Taft wants a reduction of tariff on Philippine product and de clare the inland will ultimately be given their Indeiwndcnce. Sympathizers with the Russian strik ers marched through the streets of Boston with a red flag, but they were not not allowed to make speeches. People fleeing from St. Petersburg for safety any the present half-calm ia only a period of preparation for greater resistance to the government and that active smuggling of arms and dynamite is going on across the Austrian frontier. The president has iHMued an order, effective March 1, taking into the com petitive classified service all custom service positions in Alaska, except those restricted to navigation Hcauon only. The Russian strike has spread in Poland and Baltic cities. A plot against the life of the czar has been frustrated. Peabody declares he will conitnue the contest for governor to the end. The new cruiser Maryland exceeded speed requirements on her trial trip. Officials in charge of the canal tone are employing drastic measures to stamp out yellow fever, The cabinet has discussed the advisa bility of teaching jiu-jitsu in the mili tary and naval academies. DOINGS IN CONQRE8S. Thursday, January 29. The agricultural appropriation bill wa considered in the house today, but the delate turned principally upon the topic of restricting railroad in the matter of freight rate. The house adopted a joint resolution appropriat ing $40,000 to defray the expense of the senate In conducting the trial of Judge Hwayne. The senate passed the army appro- iriallon bill after modifying the provls on concerning the, attaigoment of retired army officer to active service with mil itia organisations. This will relieve General Uiloa from iU application. The bill transferring the control of forest reservation from the interior to the agricultural department was paased. Friday, January 27. , The 8wayne Impeachment case waa brought up in the senate today and af ter several preliminaries had been ar ranged the time for the real trial was set for February 13. The rest of the day was spent ia considering the joint statehood till. Gallinger addressed the senate In support of his amend ment prohibiting the sale of intoxicat ing liquors to Indians, The house today passed the agricul tural appropriation! bill without ma terial amendment. The usual discus sion on the free seed distribution waa Indulged in. The house committee on naval affairs today decided that the bill should provide for two battle ship of 10,000 ton each. Three were asked for. The bill carries approximately $100,070,000. Saturday, Jan. 28. Kulogiea upon the departure of the late Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts, particularly engrossed the attention of the senate today. There were lfl ccchea by aa many senators. After the conclusion of the memorial serv ices the senate adjourned out of respect to the dead renator's memory. In a session of less than two hour today the house passed 373 tension bill and received for the calendar the naval and diplomatic, appropriation bill. The session wa devoted to leg islation entirely devoid of discussion. Monday, January 30. The senate today agreed to vote on the Joint statehood bill before adjourn tnent on Tuesday, February 7, the amendments to be considered on that date under the ten-minute rule. The larger part of the day was occupied in general debate on the statehood bill. Fulton offered amendments to the In dian appropriation bill referring to the court of claims of Chinook and Cath lamet Indians; also conveying title to persons who have purchased grating land from the Umatilla Indian. After a protracted debate the house adopted the conference report on the executive, legislatveand jodictal appro priation bill. As agreed to the bill carries $29,132,242. A bill was passed dividing the state of Washington into two judicial districts, the Eastern and Western. The bill extending to the Philippines the provisions of the rev is ed statutes concerning the extradition of fugitive from justice was passed. Tuesday, January 31. The senate today continued the con sideration of the joint statehood bill with Nelson a the principal , speaker. A numlx'r of bill were Passed, includ ing one largely increasing the fees for stock companies in the Ditsrict of Co lumbia. In the house the senate amendment to the army appropriation bill were disagreed to and the bill wa sent to conference. Williams. (Pern.. Mis. I started a lengthy debate by bringing up the treatment by General Mile of Jcnerson Davis, president of the Con federacy, when he wa a prisoner at Fortress Monroe. The1 postotfice ap propriation bill wa debated for an hour. May Shelve Statehood Bill. Washington, Jan. 27. Numerous conferences were held on the floor of the senate today regarding a vote on the statehood bill. An effort waa made to got Senator Beveridge to agree to some order for voting on amendments. He said he was not opposed to such an argecment and further, that he did not care much whether a vote was had on the statehood bill at the present sea sion.With 12 new senators coming in with the opening of the next con gress, he said, be felt that the bill would bo passed in its set form. Illinois Will Exhibit. Springfield, 111., Jan. 27. With the sanction and official approval of gov ernor Doheen, a bill will be introduced in both branches of the general assem bly next Monday providing for an ap propriation of $35,000 for an Illinois building at the Lewis and Clark cen tennial exposition which will open next June at Portland, Oregon. Along with the bill will be presented a special mes sage from uovenor Deneen. Burning: the Factories. London, Jan. 27. A dispatch from St. Petersburg late tonight to a news agency here reports that Tahl's factory and a large cotton mill have been set on nre ana are turning nerciy. ARE BEATEN BACK Russian Adyance Left la Cls astrca Defeat. AWFUL SUFFERING CF SOLDIERS Battle Carried On in Billiard by Jap anas When Forced to Fight to 8avo Position. Tokio, Jan. 31. The troops which twice captured Tort Arthur; once from the Chinese and then again from the Russians, have administered a defeat to General Knropatkln't army from which It cannot oibly recover during the w inter. Field Marshal Oyama has sent a dispatch to the imperial headquar ters indicating hat tho conquerors of Port Arthur were sent by him to meet the enemy in the bloody battle just de cided, ow ing to their long practice un der arms and their tried ability to withstand the hardships of the awful Manchurian winter. The result of the struggle so far has proved the"jwia dom of bis course. Every dispatch received from the front tell of winter horrors such as no other battling army ever had to contend with. Many inchea'of snow cover the country as far as the eye can see. The ridges are snow-capped. Avalanche upon avalanche has tumbled into the trench, inflicting untold suffering upon the soldiers therein. Field Marshal Oyama's dispatches have convinced the military authori ties here that lie was by no means anx ious to engage in the battle, and, in (act, ermitted the Russian to take several position in his vicinity to save the troops from the unspeakable strain of fighting in the storm. But the Run Mian advance was made withh such en ergy and determination by large bodies of troops occupyiag miles of ground that Oyama finally decided to accept the challenge. A large portion of General Nogi's army, both" his regulars and his re serves, were placed in the vanguard. Among them were thousands of veterans of the Chino-Japanese war, who, hav ing done service in Manchuria in the winter, wee able to make progress and use their arms where less seasoned troops would have been paralzyed. The victory gained over the Russian right army is considered here even a greater feat than wa the capture of Port Arthur, for, while the battle raged, there were no trenches to seek protection in and every shot of the enemy w as made more deadly by the Indescribable cold. For this reason the news from the front that Field Mar shal Oyama- in now following up his advantage with relentless energy has been received with amazement. CITY OF BLOOD. Battle Rages in Warsaw Streets with No Respect to Age or Sex. Warsaw, Jan. 31. Another day and half a night of horrors have passed. As this dispatch is sent, the city is ruled by savage mobs and more savage soldiers. Both are intent upon killing. No official statements are obtainable at this hour, but when the cost in human lives come to be counted there will be found dead by the hundreds men, women and children. Everybody young . and old, men, women and children-was attacked by the soldiers and ruthlessly shot down. One soldier aimed a sabre blow at a woman. In self defense she drew a re volver and fired a shot, which went wild. A second later a volley was di rected at her, and she fell dead, riddled by a score of bullets. This is but one of a hundred instances. For the most part the soldiers w ho rode and tramped through the streets during the late afternoon of Monday were drunk. They seemed , to take a particular delight in attacking harmless person. They killed for the mere sake of killing. All Agree with Hay. Berlin, Jan. 31. The Russian gov ernment's reply to China's declaration that she has not infringed neutrality, nor permitted Japan to do so, is a reas sert ion that she has done" so. The Rus sian note is such that it is inferred that Russia is not likely to carry the discussion much further. It is learned here that Russia found that all the powers, particularly Germany, held views identical with those of the United States on limiting the zone of war and the keeping China out of it. Beef Trust a Monopoly. Washington', Jan. 31. The supreme court of the United States today decid ed the United States vs. Swift & Co., known as the beef truBt case, charging conspiracy among the packers to fix prices on fresh meats and like products. The opinion was handed down by Justice Holmes and affirmed the de cision of the court below, which was against the packers. COLO KILLS THE WOUNDED. Stream of Suffertrt Pour Into Muk dn Japansie Sprsad Dissension Mukden, Feb. 1. Constant streams of wounded men are arriving here from the right flank, including Lieutenant General Miatchenko, who is in excel lent spirits and la receiving visitors. According to the official army organ, the wounded number 3,500. The cold ia intense and the condition of the wounded causes the greatest anxiety, because the exposure of their wounds to the frost inuocos gangrene. The Japanese art taking good care to see that the Russian rank and file are not left uninformed regarding the dis turbances in Russia. They are carry ing on a regular campaign to spread se dition and discouragement among the troop. Letters are daily thrown with in the Russian lines declaring that all Russia is aflame with riot and revolt, arguing that the soldiers are shedding their blood in vain, and calling on them to surrender or desert. The sol diers eagerly read and discuss these communications, especially account of the events at St. Petersburg January 22. GIVES UP ATTEMPT. Kuropatkin Will Not Try to Break Through Oyama's Line. Mukden, Feb. 1. There is no appar ent connection between starting of the battle of January 26 and the domestic excitement at St. Petersburg, nor the order just issued to abandon the plan ned advance against the Japanese posi tions. The effect of the trouble in Russia is as yet inpcrceptible here. The facts are not generally known. Officers possessing information of oc currences at home say that the disaf fected are probably using the present war as a pretext for their periodical demonstrations, which are regarded no more seriously that formerly. The commander in chief's order to abandon the advance are reported to reasons for stopping the advance: First, the losses sustained ; second, the failure of a quick attack upon which the advance depended. The precise meaning ,of the above is not apparent. Notwithstanding the order to cease, a tenacious conflict continues in the vicinity of Sanchiapu, a fortified out post on the Japanese left, where it is reported the Russians have taken the outer work. - TOWNS ON IRRIGATED LAND. French Proposes to Sell Lots and Water Rights for Fund. Washington, Feb. 1. Representa tive French, of Idaho, today introduced a bill authorizing the secretary of the interior to withdraw from entry any public lands needed for townsite pur poses in connection with any Nirrigtion project under the national irrigation law and to subdivide them into lots. Such lots shall be sold at public auc tion to the highest bidder for cash, the proceeds to be expended for the con struction of water and sewer systems and other municipal improvements and for payment for rights to the use of water. Money so expended for muni cipal improvements shall be repaid by the town authorities in 20 annual in stallments into the reclamation fond'. Tho secretary may sell rights to the use of water available under the recla mation net for domestic, fire and other purposes to any city or town establish ed as above provided, and also to other cities or tow ns. DEAD IN HEAPS. Warsaw Streets Full of Human Bodies aa Result of Battle. Warsaw, Feb. 1. More blood has been shed in the streets of Warsaw during Tuesday and early Wednesday morning. The number of strikers is increasing, and condition throughout the city are fast becoming chaotic. The worst disturbance occurred in the suburbs, while the city proper was somew hat more quiet. Many streets in the city proper are like chanel houses. In some disticts the dead lie in heaps, as it has been impossible to bury them all. Author ities admit that at least 700 corpses are still in the streets. They are pu trefying fast, and in some quarters the stench is becoming unbearable. Can't Collect Old Debts. Washington, Feb. 1. All the mem bers of the cabinet w ere present at the meeting today except Secretaries Hay and Wilson, the former still being con fined to hid home by a severe cold. Again the president emphasized his in terest in the arbitration treaties pend ing before the senate. He holds that the opponents of the treaties are pro ceeding on wrong premises in maintain ing that they may be used by foreign countries as a basis for action against certain of the Southern states in the collection of old claims. Carrying Out New Forestry Law. Washington, Feb. 1. By order of the president, the forest division of the general land office was abolished today, and its work will bo continued by the bureau of forestry of the de partment of agriculture, under Chief Forester Gifford Pinchot. OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST j IN THE LEGISLATURE. Salem, Jan. 23. A score of bills dealing with tho salaries of state and county officers have been introduced in the bouse, and more are to follow. The most important of all is tho bill for flat salarieo for state officer. Speaker Mills waa absent today and Bailey, of Multnomah, wa elected peaker for the day. Thirteen bill were passed by the bouse, of which eight related to charter amendments or incorporation acta. Twenty-eight new measure were pro posed. In the senate eighteen bill were passed, a large majority relating to municipalities. ' One appropriate $45,000 for Indian war veterans. Eight new bills where introduced. The house passed a concurrent reso lution asking an investigation of the methods by which the Northern Pacific railway secured 400,000 acre of Ore gon timber lands.' The house will pass a bill to grant each county a prosecuting attorney and do away with district attorney. Representative Steiner, of Lake, has a bill intended to end range war. It forces the county in which the damage is committed to pay one-half of the value of the stock injured or destroyed. The senate went on record today against making trainrobbery punish able by death. A bill fixing imprison ment at not lees than 10 nor more than 40 year was favorably reported. Salem, Jan. 26. That the legisla ture will not adjourn short of a 40 days session was indicated today when the house voted down the resolution for final adjournment February 10. A large number of bills were favor ably reported to the bouse by the vari ous committees to which they had been assigned. Twelve new bills were intro duced. Three house bills were passed, as follows: To extend time for Cottage Grove to give notice of tax levy; to authorize Clatsop county to erect a court house; for deficiency and legis lative appropriations. " Tho senate con- cured in the adoption of the bouse con current resolution to investigate north ern Pacific land transactions. Fifteen senate bills were passed by the senate. among them being: Increasing the penalty for train jobbery to imprison ment lor 10 to 40 years; to create juve nile courts and provide for control of neglected children; to apppropnate $25,000 for the operation of the port age road at Celilo; to appropriate $45, 000 for the Indian war veterans. Eleven new bills were introduced in the senate. At the close of today' session 179 bills had been introduced in the senate and 281 in the house. Kay's flat salary bill passed the house today with only two opposing votes. The yearly sal aries proposed by this measure are: Governor $5,000; secretary of state $4,- 500; state treasurer $4,500; supreme Judge $4,500; attorney general $3,600 Salem, Jan. 27. Nineteen billa were passed by the senate today. Twelve new bills were introduced. The bouse passed 21 of its measures. A bill has made its appearance in the senate intended to regulate the frater nal insurance orders in the state. The Coe measure raisins the aire of consent has been unfavorably reported by the committee and a substitute re c - o ported favorably. It is thought the new bill will pass. The bill providing for agricultural institutes and carriyng a $2,500 appro priation passed tne bouse with votes to spare. Salem, Jan. 30. Sixteen new bills were introduced in the senate todav. One prohibits the sale of cigarettes to minors and makes the use of them by a person under 10 years a juvenile de linquency wbicn may be dealt with under the juvenile law. Another is to approppriate $50,000 annually for nor mal scnoois. -Nine bills were passed bv the senate. One of these is the bill raising the sal ary of the assistant warden of the peni tentiary from $900 to $1,200 a year. Another raises the salary of the clerk of the state land board from $1,800 to $2,400 a year. In the house the bill creating a state tax commission lookinir to a revision of the tax code was passed. The bill cre ating cascade county was passed. Hood River is given as the county seat. It the new countv is created will be in the judicial district wi Multnomah and joint legislative di Will Abandon Contests. Ajax Few of the score-odd contests instituted against Gilliam county set tlers in the vicinity at the instance of William Twilley, of Devil'B butte, will probably be carried to trial, most of the contestors having realized that sen timent in this community and in the county generally is against them. In the past six weeks 22 homesteads in the Ajax section have been contested. Three or four were heard at The Dalles and the rest were set; for hearing before the Gilliam county clerk at Condon. Feeling isbitter against Tw illey, trlct with Wasco. Strong opposition ill develop in the senate, where the Wasco peoplo have centered their force. Nine other mea tares were passed bv the house. Th Jarn local option bill will be amended bv eliminating the emerranrr clause and the reduction of the number of voter required on a petition for a prohibition election from 40 to 30 per cent of the elector of a precinct. Comparatively few salary bill have been introduced in the senate thai far. but it is known that others will be in troduced later. A a rale these bills being local, they pas without question upon tne recommendation of the dele gation from the counties affected. Salem, Jan. 31. A bill was intro duced in the senate today to suppress poolselling and poolrooms. Eleven . other new measures were introduced. Nine bills were passed, one of them appropriating $15,000 for fish hatcher ies. This bill baa already passed the house. The senate bill authorizing the Lewis and Clark fair corporation to condemn private property was passed by the house. Ten new bills were introduced in the house, . one of them being the anti- cigarette bill, identical with that intro duced in the senate. The house rejected the senate con current resolution for a joint assembly ' tomorrow to consider a constitutional convention. Thi stops any further possibilities of a constitutional conven tion. the object of a bill introduced in the " house today. . They are to be of suffi cient weight and sound to be heard 100 yards and are to . be placed at every crossing where a public road crosses a railway track where the view in . ob structed either way. r The house committee on mining fa vors the passage of the bill relieving such mining companies of the annual license tax as have an annual output of less than $1,000. . A new bill in the house provides that all sheep driven into the state for pas turage shall be taxed 20 cents a head and 5 const a bead shall be , paid for each county through which the sheep are driven. The Cascade county bill will appear in the senate tomorrow or Thursday. Talk New Railroad. Tillamook Another railroad propo-' sition has been made to the citizens by Mr. Simmons, who says he is backed by Portland capital, to give Tillamook county railroad connections. He made a proposition to build a standard guage railroad from either Forest Grove or North Yamhill, and have it constructed within one year, provided the citizens could get a 100-foot right of way, give $35,000 subsidy and a suitable site for a depot in this city. It is the inten tion to extend the line, provided it ia built to this city, to Netarta bay. Little Wheat is Left Over. v rendieton y. McComig, agent for the Pnget Sound Warehouse com pany in this city, says that there is only between 150,000 and 200,000 bush els of wheat left in the county out of the 5.000.000 crown in Umatilla ronnlv last year. Nearly every farmer keeps a supply of seed on hand, even for fall sowing, in case of the grain freezing out. This seed is included in the amount left in the county unsold. Union Farm Sells for $18,000.' Union The sale of 400 acres of hay land to William Hutchinson by Floyd Wilson has been reported here. The land brought $45 an- acre, a total of $18,000, paid in cash. This is the second largest land sale made in this section this winter, the Nichols tract, which sold for $54,000 cash, being en titled tq first place. Union County's Hog. La Grande The big Union county hog which is being fattened by Kiddle Bros, at Island City for the Lewis and Clark fair, which weighed 900 pounds a few months ago when purchased from Sam Brooks, now weighs 1,000 pounds, and continues to grow fatter. It is in tended to make it weigh more than the prize St. Louis fair hog. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Walla Walla, 83c; blue stem, 88c; valley, 87c. Oats No. 1 white, $1.3232.35. gray, $1.351.40 per cental. Hay Timothy, $1416 per ton; clover, $1112; grain, $1112; cheat, $1213. Potatoes Oregon fancy, 8590c; common, 6075c. Apples Baldwins, $1.25; Spltzen bergs, $1.752 per box. Eggs Oregon ranch, 2728c. Butter Fancy creamery, 2530c. Hops Choice, 2728c; prime, 26c per pound. Wool Valley, 1920c; Eastern Oregon, 10 17c; mohair, 25 26c per pound.
