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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-10-18
Signs of Prosperity.

The Corvallis Saw Mill is the
sem of wonderful ectivity which
tells in unmistakabIe terms Of
the growth and development Of
our city.
For three weeks The mill has
been running night and day
working two shifts Of men. This
was made necessary by the num-
Der Of rush orders received, and
the necessity Of lclearing up the
loose logs III the immense raft
lying in the river n7tgren the
mouth OF Marys river aud the
county ferry This raft conf
prised SIX nillious of feet. The
portion of it III Marys river is be-
lieved to be secure from any
prob3ble danger by high water,
as is also another lot of three
millions Of feet at Boonvllle.
This last is very valuable timber
costing SO, 600.
The company employs 60 men
and FIVE teams. The scale Of
wages paid runs from s1.o5 per
Gay up to $3.50 per month, and
aggregates upward of $I25 per
day.
Much of the product Of the
mill is for Immediate use Moor
Wallis and vicinity, being required
i'll buildings now in process Of
construction.
Four teams are kept busy de-
livering this material and one
hauling slab wood for fuel,
But for a break in the feeding
machinery the loose logs liz the
river WOULD have been disposed
of by Saturday evening. Two
or three days work, however,
will secure these, and enable the
company to catch up its delayed
orders.
Corvallis is not just the ''sleepy
place. casual observers and
strangers imagine it to be-
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-10-18
A Question of Tacks.

Any reader of this paper,
sending IS cents in silver, by pos
tai note or in one and two-cent
stamps, will be sent the Daily
Journal one month; or the Sun
day Journal two months; or the
emi-Weekly Journal for three
months, Or the Weekly Journal
four months, and in addition a
match safe filled with tacks, post
age prepaid. Address, The
Journal, Portland, Oregon.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-10-18

praise of the competing club and
of the kind treatment they re-
ceived from the people of SEATTLE
during their stay
The desrised little college at
Corvallis does much more than
play honest and winning games
of football. Each student Just
as earnestly aud enthusiastically
engages i'll his studies. The sue
cess which comes to its graduates
bears witness to the truth of this.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-10-18
October
Sunset Magazine
gives fine pictures of
California Life

Gen. Macarthur and other army
officers describe the recent mill
tary maneuvers in California, each
article being profusely illustrated
with half-tones, and colored draw
ings by Edward Cucuel. Interest,"
ing articles on California and Ore
gon, How Olive Oil is Made. How
Almonds are Grown, and fine de-
scriptions of Plumas and Suffer,
two great California counties.
Two hundred and twenty-four
pages of articles, Western stories,
sketches and verses. Ten ceats a
copy.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-09-10
KUROPATKIN'S FORCES SURROUNDED
Cars Forces Are Preparing to Gun
mukden, Which Means Abandon
nent Of Southern Manehurla.

A dispatch from Mukden, under date
OF September 8, says preparations for
the evacuation of Mukden are proceed
ing with haste, and that the japanese
forces are within thirty miles OF that
place.
A st. Petersburg dispatch, dated
Tuesday morning, says 1t is impossible
to obtain any statement from the au-
thorities regarding the reported prep
arations for the abandonment OF Muk-
den. This is the first intimation that
such a course is contemplated. II 1t
turns out to be true, 1t means the
abandonment of the whole Of southern
Manchuria and the winding up OF the
present campaign. In fact, should
Mukden be evacuated, there would be
no point for wintering the army Of a
quarter of a million, with its many
wounded, short Of Hardin.
On the other hand, the evacuation
OF Mukden would give Field Marshal
Oyama commodious winter quarters
and the practical control Of two lines
OF railway. The Kinchou.Simmintin
line. tapping rich Chinese territory.
stops little short Of Mukden, with
which 1t Is connected by a good wagon
road. The report of the prospective
evacuation of Mukden, IL well founded,
would indicate that the Gripping effect
OF the Lao Yang fighting on Kuropat
kin's army is more serious than has rs
yet been intimated.
A summary of the war situation to
date shows that the whole Russian
army, or at least the main portion OF
It, is already above Yen Tai station
and is pushing on toward Mukden
Field Marshal Oyamas entire army
has crossed the Taitse river and part
Of it is hanging onto Kuropatkin's
flank. A strong flanking column on
the east is pushing rapidly north, In
an effort to head off the Russians.
Against this column General Kuro
patkin has sent out a strong cavalry
division to the northeast, which, 1t II
believed, is already in position tc
check the Japanese fiankers, while tc
the westward Kuropatkin is moving G
division toward Singmintin, thirty
miles west of Mukden, to meet any in
reference that may be attempted
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-09-10
JAPs ARE VICTORIOUS
LITTLE Brown MEN Capture
LAO YANG.
Details Of Victory Are Lacking, svs
Il 10 Known That kuropatkin Was
Forced to Retreat

According to Geographic advices re
ceived at headquarters in Toxic.
Thursday afternoon, the japanese
have captured Lao Yang.
The Japanese army corps on the
left, by fierce and repeated assaults,
took possession of the heights which
the enemy's right occupied. There
upon all the enemy south OF Lao
Yang began retreating, the Japanese
army pursuing.
The details Of Thursdays fighting
are scanty. 1t is only known that at
dawn General Okus army was hurled
against the Russian right center on
the southern line and that the Rus.
SLAMS were forced to abandon their
line and positions and retreat. Their
pursuit is now in progress.
No estimates are obtainable Of the
losses on either side. Field Marshal
Oyama describes his losses in the
morning assault as heavy. The early
success of the attack was somewhat
unexpected on account Of the strength
Of the Russians and the nature Of the
Russian defenses.
II is confidently believed that Field
Marshal Oyama will press the pur-
suit with desperate vigor and infiict
on General Kuropatkin the most
crushing blow possible. It is believed
that his trophies will prove valuable.
It is the opinion in Toxic that the
Russians we're not able to carry many
guns with them and that they were
forced to abandon or destroy vast
| quantities Of stores.
The news of the Russian evacua.
ton Of Lao Yang and the withdrawal
Of the Russian army to the right bank
Of the Taitse river reached only a
small section Of the people Of st.
Petersburg at late hour Thursday
and caused intense excitement and
disappointment.
The majority of the inhabitants re.
tired to rest believing that the Rus
sian army had again been successful
and that the Japanese attacks had
been repealed
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-09-10
Killed by His Grandson.

Word has been received from Trout
Lake Klickitat county, Wash, that j.
l.. Stump, one of the oldest and best
known settlers in this part of the coun-
try, was accidentally shot in the alb
domen Sunday afternoon by his IL
year-old grandson, his injuries proving
fatal. Mr.. Stump and the boy were
hunting grouse and the little fellow
stumbled. The shotgun which the
child was carrying was discharged
and the entire load of birdshot lodged
in Stump's body, making a CHASTITY
wound.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-09-10
REITERATED TOO LATE.
London Press Believes That kuropst
kin's Army is Lost.


Commenting upon the situation in
the far east, all the morning newspa-
pers in London discuss the problem
Rs to whether General Kuropatkin
will be able to extricate his forces or
whether Marshal Oyama will sue.
coed in completing the victory by en-.
veloping and destroying the Russian
army The consensus Of opinion is
that General Kuropatkin's position is
most perilous.
The absence Of kilograms from Lao
Yang, together with the news that the
railway is interrupted, the newspa.
pers regard as showing that General
Kuropatkin has begun his retreat too
late.
Interesting reports come from
Tientsin and Chefoo that the Japan.
csc have effected landing Of troops
and the capture of two small forts
near Tigers Tail, three-quarters Of a
mile from Port Arthur, and near the
lighthouse at Liaoti mountain, and
that the attack is being vigorously
| pressed.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-09-10
BUTCHERS ON STRIKE.
Men In Independent Packing Plants
Directed to Walk Out.

President Donnelly has ordered l.
800 butcher workmen employed In the
Independent packing plants of Chicago
TO cease work. He said that II these
men continue slaughtering cattle they
would be handling stock previously
looked after by the men who took the
places Of the stock handlers selected
to quit work.
The managers of the Union Stock
Yards and Transit company said that
In anticipation of the strike of the
stock handlers, men had been in train
Ing to take the places OF deserving
weighers, and that lot OF such mon
are available at once. He said further
that no trouble was expected in hand
ling the stock.
Famine in meat Is declared by the
strikers to be the probable result Of
their new move in the strike against
the packers.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-09-10
Japs Lose Over 1000 Men in Fight al
Palichuang.

On the night of August 20 the Japan.
ese surprised the worn-out Russians at
Palichuang and inflicted severe losses.
The Russians retired and the Japanese
occupied their position The next
morning at o'clock the Japanese
moving from their new vantage
ground, in heavy force, desperately
assaulted Palichuang and an adjoining
tort repeatedly until ? o'clock in the
afternoon, when they were compelled
| to retire, losing over 1000 men.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-09-10
Woman Frightened to Death.

A rapidly moving automobile
caused the death by fright of
Mrs. Green Of Paterson, n. J. The
woman was awaiting a car bound for
her boarding house. As she stepped
from the sidewalk to board the car q
large automobile went past with a
roar She screamed with fright and
fell. Doctors We're quickly sum
moned, but the woman was dead
when they arrived. Heart disease
superinduced by the shock was found
TO have bee. the c,.ase.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-09-10
Rebels Are Victorious.

The Paraguayan revolutionists have
captured Villa Conception and 40
men with arms and ammunition. The
revolutionists now refuse all the
terms offered them by the government
and an attack on the capital is be-
lleved to be imminent Argentina
has refused to recognize he insur-
gents as belligerents. Papers re.
ceived from Asuncion report that all
the public schools are closed and that
owing to the scarcity of food the
prices have scared skyhigh.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-09-10
Pastor Out on Bonds.

The Rev, r. S. Leland, pastor OF the
Victor, Colo, Methodist church, who
was arrested week ago and charged
with assault to murder, conspiracy to
murder and assault with deadly
weapon, has been released on bonds.
The Rev, Mr. Leland Immediately
started by the first train to Pueblo to
attend the annual Methodist confer
ence. 1t was at the Rev, Mr.. Leland,
house In Victor that two men. resist
ing intrusion, shot several times .
Sheriff Bell and deputies.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-09-10
eeIslans Fear a German Invasion.

Ofllcial information from British
Central Africa says that the Congo
Free State is constructing concealed
forts Of considerable magnitude on
the western shore of Lake fanganylka
and that one OF these forts, which is
equipped With twenty guns, is within
two hours of the German frontier. 1t
is believed that the Belgians appre-
bend a German invasion. A number
OF natives who are German subjects
have been expelled from the Congo
Free State.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-09-10
Fire In Portland.

Fire of an unknown origin broke
out in the upper story OF a dock used
by paint and oil company as stor,
age warehouse at the foot Of Morrison
street, Portland Saturday night. A
strong wind was blowing up the VILLA.
mette river and an hours delay, prob,
ably owing to ineXperience, in getting
the fire boat into action, seriously
threatened the water front on the west
side Of the river lying south of Nor,
risen street. The loss was not great
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-09-10
ENGAGED N sLoopv sAfr,u
Hall a Million Men and Thoussno
Guns on Both Sides.


Wednesdays dispatches from Lao
Yang, the scene of the bloody battle
now going on between tho japanese
and the Russian forces, state that the
battle was resumed in the morning
earlier than II began Tuesday. With
the first gray Of dawn the artillery
opened and the firing soon extended
along the entire line. The rain ceased
during the night and day broke bright
and clear.
A balloon assembled from one Of the
Japanese positions southeast OF Lao
Yang, making a target for the Russian
mortar batteries, but the shells failed
to reach It.
Mukden advices say 1t is rumored
there that General Samsonoif has cap
tured two Japanese battalions.
The Japanese are getting around
the Russian left flank. Over 500 900
men and 1000 guns are engaged on
both sides. Practically the whole Rus.
sian force is on the firing line.
Dispatches from Lao Yang confirm
the report Of the capture Of forty.six
Japanese guns, with were brought up,
to the railroad station where General
KUopatkin's train was standing.
The Russians made repeated bayo-
net advances on the road directly
south OF Lao Yang, where the Japan.
csc approached from San Quaiship.
and Tao, Smelling the positions In the
Russian lines until o'clock in the
afternoon, when the engagement,
which was general throughout the
south and southeast narrowed to the
main line. The Japanese advance on
the southeast was by way Of the FenS
Wang Cheng road.
Immediately In front Of Chiaoentuan
the Japanese stubbornly attempted to
occupy q Handicapped hill, which was
literally shaved by the Russian shells.
making repeated attempts the entire
day where apparently 1t was impos.
sfbie for anything TO live. The can
nonading continued from this point to
the vicinity of wangpaotai until Wed.
nesday evening without apparent ad-
vantage to either side.
The days developments show that
the Russians are prepared for all
emergencies. Slow rain began to fall
at noon, gradually Transforming the
plain into a wilderness through which
the wounded, in carts and walking.
are making their way to the hospitals,
Considering the scale of the opera.
tons, the number of Russian wound.
cd 10 apparently small, while the Jap
anese losses are believed to be great
especially where they we're repulsed
on the southwark. Chinese graves
with trees are being leveled about
Lao Yang In order not to interiors
with the defense.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-09-10
London Critics Are pumbfounded.

The race of General Kuropatkin for
and public, and military and other crit
les scarcely dare venture a brief sur
mise as to it's result. The best opinion
inclines to the belief that Kuropatkin
will get through with a respectable
remnant of his great army, thus rob.
bling the Japanese of the complete
fruits of their victory, but it is real
ized that the Russians will not be out
of the woods for several days.
The latest report is that General Ku
ropatkin is once more in danger OF
being cut off, and it is believed here tC
be likely that this report will be re
peated several times before the issue
of tie sanguinary struggle is decided
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-09-10
Almost Cremated.

During a drunken brawl in the Rec
Light saloon at Sheridan, Wyo., Harry
Webber narrowly escaped being ere
mated alive. Weber was assailed by
companion, and while in a stupoi
had the contents OF a gasoline can
poured over him and match touched
to his clothing. Though bystanders
grabbed Weber at once and eXtin'
guished the flames by rolling him on
the floor, he was badly burned. It Is
believed he will recover. Webber'
assailant is in the county Jail.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-09-10
Bloody Feud May Result as Sequel to
Shooting in West Virginia.

As a result of an attempt to collect
a long-standing bin by a clerk in a
country store at Green Shoals, twenty
miles south Of Huntington, w. Va, on
the Guam river on Monday, two men
were killed, one fatally injured and
another seriously injured and two
more men who escaped and have dis.
appeared, are supposed to be injured
The fight may result in another
bloody feud being added to those al
ready existing in this part of the coun.
try.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-09-10
Fell Dead When Arrested.

An FL Paso, Texas, dispatch says:
J. s. Knowles, recently in the EN-.
ployment of the El Paso g. South.
western railroad, secured 500 from
the Lowden bank on the statement
that he was ]. II. Knowles, a mining
man for whom draft has been re.
ceived at the bank, but who was nm.
known to the banker. and when tho
fraud was discovered officers were
sent to search for the swindler. When
the handouts We're placed on his
wrists he first turned pale and then
dropped dead.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-09-10
Report Comes That kuropatkin's Rear
Guard Has Been Almost Annihllated
and Main Army Is In Danger.

II was reported in st. Petersburg Mt
n late hour Monday night that General
Kuropatkin's rear guard has been al
most annihilated, and that the main
Russian army is in imminent danger
of being surrounded.
The Russian losses during the hght'
ing at Lao Yang are estimated at TO-
900. There is no doubt here that a
number of guns, especially siege ar
tiilery, have been abandoned.
A dispatch received in st. Peters
burg from General Kuropatkin indi-
Gates that General Kuropatkin's army
and General Kuroki's army are racing
for Mukden, and that the result Is In
doubt.
General Kuropaktin says that the
retreat is being conducted In perfect
order. The Japanese repeatedly at
tackled the Russian rear on Sunday,
but in every case they were repulsed.
During September the Japanese
strengthened their forces operating
against our left flank, extending their
lines from the Yen Tai mines north
ward. The Japanese also on Septem'
Der 4 crossed from Lao Yang and Its
environs.
Field Marshal Oyama's whole army
IL across the Taitse river and Is pur-
suing General Kuropatkin's forces.
1t is reported, but not yet confirmed,
that General Kuropatkin was obliged
TO abandon 200 guns at Lao Yang.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-09-10
reaR,sls TENEMENT FIRE.
Fosstsen Persons Burned to Death In
New York City.

rowteon persons were killed and
nearly q score injured in IRE in q
fivestory double tenement in Attorney
street, New York City. early Sunday
morning. The dead include four wo.
men, one man and nine children rang
Ing in age from months to IL years
Many Of the injured we're taken to
hospitals, and It is thought that sew
eral Of these will die. Among the in
iured were five firemen, who were in
fourth floor balcony when 1t fell
with them
The small number OF men among
the killed and injured was due to the
fact that most of the men. who lived
In the building, following the Attor.
ney street custom in hot weather
were asleep on the roof, while but
few OF the women and children were
there. Those on the roof were un
able to escape by descending through
the burning building, and made their
way to safety over neighboring roofs
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-09-10
Drowned In Bathhouse.

The body of a young man about rs
years old. who, from letters found In
his clothing, is supposed to be Henry
G. May OF the state of Washington,
was found in the plunge tank at the
bathhouse at Santa Monica, CAL, VIXEN
the water In the tank was drained on.
May was. seen among the bathers In
the plr7ge the previous afternoon,
and again at night and is supposed to
have diyed into the tank, and, striking
his head on tho cement floor, was rem
dered unconscious and drowned.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-09-10
STRIKERS WEAKEN.
Indications That End OF Packing
House Trouble is Near.

The members Of the national execu-
tive committee of the butchers union
held a two hours meeting Sunday
night to discuss the present condition
Of the stock yards strike. After the
adjournment Of the meeting those
present would not divulge what they
had done, but made the announce
ment that nothing definite had been
settled and that another meeting
would be held in the morning.
BY some members OF the executive
committee the idea has been ad-
vanced that the proposition should be
made to the packers to call off the
strike If the packers will make indi-
yidual agreements with the men.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-09-10
Eleven Killed In Collision.

The worst railway accident that has
taken place In the province since the
Craig's Road disaster in 1885 occurred
at Richmond, Quebec, Wednesday,
when the regular No. Grand Trunk
train from Island Point, VT, collided
with the special train from Montreal
to Sherbrooke. Nine persons were
killed outright, two of the Injured died
later of their hurts, and about fifty
others were injured, twenty-five OF
them seriously. Many Of the dead are
30 badly mangled that they are un-
accountable.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-09-10
RUSSIA LOSES MANY MEN.
Awful Slaughter In Engagements II
Vicinity Of LAO Yang.

Unofflcial estimates place the Rus
sian forces in the vicinity Of Lilac
Yang at fifteen divisions of 15.00s
men each. These are probably exces.
sive. but II is evident that numerical
iy the Russians exceed the Japanese
The opinion that the Russian cas-.
ualties in the recent fighting will
reach 10000 Is confldentially ex.
pressed in high quarters at Toxic.
Neither Field Marshal Oyama nor the
Japanese army commanders has as
yet estimated the Russian losses.
II seems that the Japanese avoided
, direct assault upon Lao Yang itself,
but devoted their energies to the
troops outside the city, and an effort
TO cut off the Russian retreat.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-09-10
WARsHIPs OFF SHANGHAI.
Japanese Fleet viii Remain Until the
Askold Disarms.

The Chinese government has de-
cided that the crews of the Askold
and Grozovoi while in treaty ports are
under the control of customs officials
and Russian consuls. A Japanese fleet
OF five cruisers and six destroyers are
off Shanghai. The Japanese torpedo
boats enter the harbOr regularly for
dispatches. The fleet will remain un-
til the Askold leaves her dock and the
big guns are removed.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-09-10
CENSUS OF FRANCE.
Official Figures Give Population Of
Almost Forty Million.

The minister of Commerce has com
pleted an official report of the sensus
Of France in 1901. 1t shows the pop.
ulation to be SS,9C1 ,945, or a gain OF
only 444,613 in ten years. Comparative
tables disclose that there Is no other
European nation in which the popula
ton increased so little. The percent
age of population in Great Britain
Germany and Russia is almost
third greater than in France for The
same period.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-09-10
CALLS FOR MORE SOLDIERS.
General kuropatkin Asks the Gar for
More Fighting Men.

Emperor Nicholas on Sunday after
noon received a telegram from Gen.
eral Kuropatkin asking for the imme
tiate dispatch to the far east Of the
Sixth army corps,
General Kuropatkin, in report dat
ed Saturday, September 3, Z p. m.
says that the greater part Of his army
Including General Stakelbergs force
which succeeded in rejoining the main
force, Is now south of the Yenta
mines, about ten miles from Lilac
Yang,