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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-06-24
MAY ESTABLISH NEW BASE.
Russians Now Believe japanese VIII
Take Niu Chwang.

Take Niu Chwang.
st. Petersburg, June 16.-The bonn
bardment by the Japanese of the coast
near Kaichou and the blockade of Niu
Chwang is taken to indicate that the
ultimate object of the combined move
ments is to clear the Lao Tung penin-
sula of Russians and occupy Nlu
Chwang as new base. The garrison
at Niu Chwang, it is said here, remains
undiminished, but it is not believed
the Russian plans contemplate a seri-
GUS attempt to hold Niu Chwang.
The Japanese are strongly fortifying
Feng Wang Cheng as a precaution
against disaster.
The war office has advices since June
IL from Pu Lan~Tien, in the southern
part of the Lao Tung peninsula, and
they do not mention the reported jap
anese ambush of that date, resulting in
the loss In that vicinity to the Russians
of 800 men. Neither has the war Office
any confrmatory report of the ambush
ing and almost total destruction by the
Russians of two Japanese battalions on
the Hal Cheng road. The officials of
the war Office discredit both reports.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-06-24
DEATH LIST GROWS.


Total Loss OF Life In Steamer Disaster
Now Put ut 700.
New York. June 1S.-With unceas-
ing effort search is going on for the
bodies of those who perished yesterday
on the steamer General Slocum. What
the list of victims will total scarcely
anyone dares venture to guess, but
whatever the number may be, there is
hardly parallel in the history of dis
asteIs where death came to SO many in
SO brief period of time. Police and
health department officials have placed
the number at figure as high as 1000
and more, but tonight it would seem
that the maximum figure will not
largely exceed 700.
All day long, until darkness shut off
even the melancholy satisfaction of
watching for the dead, anxious search
ers kept up their vigilance and at dusk K
there had been recovered $50 bodies,
for the greater part women and chill
dren-mothers who, weeks ago, bad
planned that fatal outing for their chill
dren, and little ones who had longed
for the coming of the happy day.
Up to dusk 499 bodies had passed
through the morgue and of these more
than 800 were unidentified. The East
Side had its sympathy aroused to the
fullest extent, and down by the river,
where the boats unloaded their dead,
thousands gathered throughout the day.
Streets leading to the morgue were
blocked, and only with difficulty could
the police clear the passages leading to
the long rows of coffns for those who
came in search for the missing.
Up the sound, where the hulk of the
General Slocum lies submerged, show
ing only paddle-box, scores of small
craft aided the tugs in graphing for the
victims. Divers went down time and
time again, and when the work ended
for the day they declared there were no
more bodies in the wreck. A score of
times a diver reappeared alter his
plunge with the body of woman or a
child. Two OF them coming to the
surface together on one occasion had in
their arms two little girls, sisters,
clasped in each others embrace, and
their mother, it was thought, whose
dead hand tightly clenched the skirt of
one of them.
AS far as they could, the divers
searched the wreck from stem to stern.
The wreck lies about 200 feet off Bar
retoa Point. At this point the water
is deep and the current is swift, and
beyond a doubt many bodies have been
borne along with the tide to be given
up on later day at some distant point.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-06-24
MANY MRN LOST.
japanese and Russians Engage In .
Furious Skirmlsh.

S2V0uS89 ma t(0881308 Engage IN q
Furious Skirmlsh.
81. Petersburg, June 16.-General
Stackelberg, through the army head
quarters at Harbin, reports a number
of desperate skirmishes with the Jap
anese, in which both sides lost heavily
and in one of which the Russian Cen
eral Gernross was severely wounded.
At midday yesterday an entire di-
vision of japanese made a desperate at
tack on the left flank of the Russian
position at Vafangow. They attacked
in three columns, and after Smelling
the Russians with heavy artillery made
furious bayonet charge in the face of
heavy charge of rapid-fire guns and
musketry. The desperation of the jap
anese charge is shown by the fact that
some of them succeeded in getting with
in few yards of the Russian trenches
before they were shot down. They
were finally compelled Ito retire, leav-
ing fully 800 dead behind.
The First Siberian rifles bore the
brunt of the attack, and their losses
were very heavy. Their commander,
OOiOu0I hdNdSIOuuOus 1oli dlmOSI III
the first fire, with a bullet through his
brain. Adjutant Sub Lieutenant Nod
ochinsky was killed almost at the same
time. Two majors and a number of
officers of lesser rank were picked off
by the Japanese sharpshooters, whose
fire was unusually deadly and acurate.
General Gernross was shot just as
the japanese attacking column broke
and fed. A shrapnel bullet shattered
one side of his jaw, but he refused to
retire.
A report was also received from Cen
eral Kharkevitch telling of the battle
between the outposts at Utiaton Satur-
day. He states that the Japanese at
tackled from front and flank early in
the afternoon and the fighting ragged
until late. Finally the Japanese were
driven back, and the Russians followed
up their advantage under cover of dark
ness. Just before dawn the Russians
charged the heights of Liao Tung, car
rying the Japanese position with loss
of but four killed and Is wounded.
Ger eral Kharkevitch also reports
that his scouts have reported to him
that Japanese column numbering 81
900 men is marching toward Huayen-
slang.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-06-24
Urges Fair Exhibit.

st. Louis, June 1S.-Before depart
ing for New York, Prince Pun Lun an
nounced himself as self appointed
committee of one to secure China's par
ticipation in the Lewis and Clark expo
sition to be held in Portland, Or, in
1905. The prince remarked to Theo-
dore Hardee, assistant to Secretary
Walter B. Stevens, that he was very
much impressed with the American
idea of celebrating the anniversaries of
great events with big expositions, and
declared he would use every effort to
secure Chinese participation.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-06-24
WOULD SEAL FATR OF RUSSIANS.
Report of Japanese Advance From Sui
yen Is Causing Great Alarm.

St. Petersburg, June 2O.-The popu-
lar disappointment felt in St. Peters
burg over the result of Lieutenant Cen
.eral Baron Stakelberg's fight, which it
had bean hope for the past S6 hours
might turn out to be victory, is temp
.ered somewhat by the knowledge that
the Russian force was overwhelmed by
numbers. General Stakelberg does not
attempt to conceal the seriousness Of
his losses, but his report and the re-
ports from all other Russian sources
agree that the retreat was in no sense a
rout. The fierce character of the fight
is made evident by the fact that the
Russians were again forced to abandon
their guns, thus indicating, as in pre-
vious encounters, the superiority of the
Japanese artillery.
The Russian official reports of the
losses are awaited with the keenest in
terest. The war Office declines to ac-
-cept the Japanese figures unreservedly,
although the officials frankly admit
that they believe the Russian casual
ties were severe.
The keenest interest is now manifest
ed in the reported advance of two jap
,anese divisions from Siuyen with the
intention of taking General Stakelberg
in the rear. 1t is realized that if this
report should prove true the Russian
commander may be unable to extricate
himself, and if he should be cut off
from General Kuropatkin's main army
the fate of the detachment would be
sealed,
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-06-24

Tangier, June 16.-A courier from
Raisuli, who kidnapped Messrs. Perdi-
caris and Varley, arrived here during
the night. United States Consul Cen
eral Gummere and the British embassy
visited Mohammed Ell Torres, the rep
resentative of the sultan of Morocco, to
discuss the contents of Raisuli's mes
sage. The distance of Rasuli's head
quarters makes the negotiations drag.
1t is now thought possible that the
captives will not be released this week.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-06-24
May Irrigate More.

Washington, June 16.-An addition
to the Malheur irrigation withdrawal
in Eastern Oregon was made today, Is
sections being added, as follows: Sec
tions to 9, Is, II and Is, in township
IA south, range 40 east; section 81,
township Is, range Al; sections 4, 5,
6, 8, and the south half OF Is and 16,
township IA, range Al. These lands
have been examined by engineers of
the reclamation service and are believed
to be susceptible of irrigation under the
Malheur project, in case it is eventual
ly carried out.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-06-24
VeGetable Oddities,

Tho Department Of Agriculture is
endeavoring to secure the Introduction
of wasabi, the japanese horse-radish.
into the United States. The Japanese
wasabi Is not white, like ordinary
horse-radish, but Is a delicate shade
of green. In Japan it is grated and
served with the raw fish and forms q
most important part Of the meal. It
has a fresh sharpness unknown to
that grown in this country. Another
novelty is the black winter radish,
which is quite prominent in Western
markets. The vegetable is shaped like
a carrot. Germans are very fond of
the black radish. They peel it and
eat with salt as one would a cucum-
Der. They are of peppery taste, but
make a fine relish.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-06-24
HARBOR FREE TOO LATH.
japanese Have Already Landed Men te
Attack Port Arthur.


Toxic, June 1S.-A fotilla of tor
pedoboats and torpedoboat destroyers,
under command of Captain Tsuchiya
and cooperating with the army, made
a reconnaissance in force near Siau
Ping island yesterday and bombarded
the Russian outposts on the coast to
the west of the island. Siau Ping ist
land is IL miles to the west of Por-
Arthur.
At noon the Russian cruiser Novik,
conveying ten torpedoboat destroyers,
steamed out from Port Arthur. The
Russian shore batteries protected these
vessels with heavy cannonade. The
Japanese hotilla retreated slowly, fir
ing as it went, for the purpose of decoy-
ing the enemy to sea. At 8 O'Clock in
the afternoon the Russian ships re-
turned to the entrance of Port Arthur.
The fact that the Novik came out of
Port Arthur makes it certain that the
Russians have succeeded in blasting a
channel through the cement laden
merchantmen sunk by the Japanese in
the entrance to the harbor. This free
dom of egress comes too late to permit
of any effect upon the operations of the
Japanese army, for men, guns and
stores have practically all been landed,
and Admiral Togo is capable of keeping
the remnants of the Russian feet i'm
prisoned in Port Arthur.
Last Monday night Japanese vedette
boats, protected by torpedo boats and
torpedo boat destroyers, succeeded in
reaching the entrance to Port Arthur
and planting series of mines there.
The darkness of midnight favored the
oepration. The Japanese vessels were
not observed and they returned to the
rest of the squadron without having
sustained any damage.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-06-24
Reinforcements for Kuropatkin.

St. Petersburg, June 1.-THE ap-
pointment of Lieutenant General Leon
idas Dembowski as commander of the
Fifth East Siberian army corps is evil
dence that larger reinforcements are to
be placed at General Kuropatkin's dis
posal. The four corps originally
formed of Siberian troops are mobilized
in Manchuria and other drafts have
been sent out to the Far East. The
organization of the new corps, inde-
pendent of the Russian corps ordered
out from European Russia shows that
Kuropatkin now has 200, 1000 troops.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-06-24
Further Demands VIII Be Granted.

Washington, June 20.-The state de-
partment has received the following
from Mr.. Gummere, American consul
general at Tangier: GAS reported yes.
terday. Raisuli has increased his de-
mands. l am informed today by the
minister of foreign affairs that one of
the shieks and two of his brothers,
whose apprehension were demanded by
Raisuli, have been arrested; also that
a courier has 5een dispatched this
morning to Paisuli to say that his
further demands will probably be
granted by the Moroccan government. y
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-06-24
Russians In a Tight Place.

Berlin, June 1.-The newspapers
today discuss the situation of General
Stakelberg's corps, which is regarded
as being extremely grave. The Kreuz
Zeitung points out that the attempt of
the japanese in yesterdays fight to
trun the Russian left creates a situa-
tion similar to that at the battle of the
Yalu river, and says that even if Stak
elburg is not surrounded, he will find
it extremely difficult to execute his
lOO-mile retreat. -.=--..---
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-06-24
BELIEVES WAR ABOUT OVER.
Peabody Discusses Strike Conditions and
Replies to Critics.

Denver, June 15.-"I think the war
is nearly over" said Governor Peabody
today. "I have news from General
Bell that the Cripple Greek mines are
open and running today, also that
there is comparatively little disaffec-
tion among the men. There is no
news of any further trouble or any like
lihood of any.
81. learn from Captain Bulkeley
Wells, of Telluride, that the union men
there concede that their cause is lost,
and those of them who are acceptable
to the mineowners are already at work
again. One hundred and fifty capable
men, whether union or nonunion, have
been invited to 60 to work. and the in
vitation will be speedily accepted.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-06-24
Bag Holder.

A convenient bag holder is made As
follows: Procure a piece Of two-inch
plank thirty inches long and as wide
as you can get. Bore two one and
quarter inch holes in the plank twenty
four inches apart. Then get two sticks
three feet nine inches long of some
tough wood: Shave these sticks to fit
tightly into a three-quarter inch hole.
Now take two blocks Of hard wood
four and one-half inches long like A
In illustration. These circular pieces
should be one inch thick each way
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-06-24
A to Farm Poultry.


1t is very hard to make farmers un-
derstand how great their advantages
are in poultry raising. They will say
the work does not pay, for it takes
their time from crops that bring more
money. There is something In this II
one has a crop which is profitable and
which is brought to the marketing
point at small expense. It would be
folly to advocate that anyone drop a
paying crop to take up something they
are doubtful about, but where there
are diversified interests on the farm
poultry can be made to pay more than
it does.
The writer knows q man who has
one acre in q small town devoted to
poultry. He goes to nearby city and
buys live poultry of wholesale commits
sion men at the market price. ships
them home. fattens them and markets
them dressed in the towns near him.
Nine-tenths Of the food consumed by
the fowls must be bought, and yet this
man makes a comfortable living out OF
the work. This is one case of many,
and If this can be done it Is certainly
reasonable to claim that the farmer,
who can raise the chickens from eggs
and also the food consumed by them,
can turn the result on to the market
at a profit.
The one cause Of failure Is not un-
derstanding the needs Of the fowls and
how to feed them to advantage. Learn
this By experience, and poultry raising
will be found one Of the most profit
able ventures in which the farmer can
enxare.-Indianapoh News.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-06-24

New Conditions for Farmers.
One day, late In the autumn, nait
dozen farmers, coming fifteen miles,
drove into a prairie village with heavy
loads Of corn. They went to the prin-
cipal elevators and asked the price.
Thirty cents bushel to-day"
Eve will go to the buyer at the 9TH
er end Of the town." said the spokes-
man.
1T will do you no good" was the
reply, "as all the buyers pay the same
price here"
'Very well; we will 60 home and
send our corn to market on foot-"
They drove back fifteen miles and
unloaded the corn into their own gran
aries, to be shipped later in the form
Of fat cattle.
Such an incident would have been
impossible ten years ago, when the av-
erage farmer was compelled to take
what was offered for his crop. But
two things have worked a transfor-
nation in the grain-growing portion ct
the West; the farmers have become
conservative with prosperity, and the
railroads have widened the markets.
Five years of good crops in the West
have not only paid the debts, but have
also made tho farmer capable Of en-
ploying business methods. A few
years ago 4 settler visited town only
once fortnight or once a month. He
took home with him the county papers.
the few magazines that he received
and a large bundle Of groceries and
dry goods. With rural delivery and
rural telephone all that is passed
Under these conditions the Western
farmer has developed an independence
In the movement of crops disconcert-
ing to the market manipulators.-C.
M. Harger, in the Worlds Work.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-06-24
MORGUE BLUNDER
MEANS OF IDENTIFICATION OF THE
CORPSES DESTROYED.
Bodies and Personal Effects Numbered
and Then Numbers on Former are
Changed Without Reference to the
Larter-Large Number of corpses
found Packed In Wheel House.

New York, June 20.-Every hour
adds to the horror of the excursion
steamer disaster, when the General
Slocum was burned to the waters edge
n sar North Brother island. Divers
had explored the wreck of the steamer,
and reported that no more bodies were
to be found there, but today diver
who was at WORK on the sunken hull
found large number of corpses packed
tightly inside of one of the paddle
wheels. Just how many there were
was not known, but it was planned to
remove them as soon as Coroner O'Gor-
man reached the scene.
The coroner had arranged to visit the
wreck today for the purpose of ascer-
tanning, if possible. what evidence of
culpability on the part of the Knicker-
booker Steamship company or of the
off iials of the boat, if any, could be Sc
cured to present to the coroner's in
quest. Therefore, it was determined
to take out the bodies at that time.
At various hospitals where the in
jured are visited today it is said that
their condition is fair. There are now
only So victims of the disaster in the
hospitals.
Today it is said another horror has
been added to the terrible conditions
resulting from the disaster through the
over -officiusness of some person at the
morgue. AS result some of the
bodies probably never will be identified
and will 60 to last resting place in the
humble plot furnished by the city's
charity. When the bodies were taken
by hundreds from the water and laid
in lows on the grass at North Brother
island, each was tagged with a num-
ber. That number was carefully re-
corded, and the papers, valuables and
trinkets which would have served to
possibly identify the bodies were re-
moved and placed in separate packages,
each package bearing number cores
ponding to the number on the body
from which the articles were taken.
When the bodies were taken to the
morgue they were placed in numbered
boxes, but in many cases these num-
bers did not correspond with the fig
ures the bodies previous had borne.
As result, the plans were completely
upset and the numbered packages of
valuables became practically worthless
-as a means of Identification.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-06-24
Chinese Bandits Fight With Russians.

Toxic, June 20.-A detachment Of
the army under General Kuroki cap
tured the town of Stu Yen, after rout-
ing and defeating force of 500 Rus
clans and 800 mounted Chinese bandits.
The enemy retired toward the Tao riv-
er. The total of their losses is not
known. The Japanese sustained no
casualties. This is the first actual re-
port of Chinese bandits fighting with
Russian troops and it may mean that
large numbers have enlisted.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-06-24
Fodder RYE.

The first crop to be of service in tho
spring is rye, which is sometimes ready
for feeding the last week in April.
and may be continued through the
first half Of May. 1t natures very
rapidly after the heads appear. and
can be successfully used for a period
of from ten to fourteen days If seeded
at different times, and cutting is begun
before it comes in head. Where it is
not practicable to practice soiling the
crops may be pastured. This method,
while more wasteful, is less expensive
than soiling. It is very important to
have a pasture crop at that season,
because coming before meadow pas
lures are ready. The crop yields well
on medium soils, though it responds
prof1tably to good treatment. It Is rec
commended that it be seeded thicker
than when the crop is used for grain.
From two to two and one-half bushels
Of seed may be used with advantage
on good soils. The fertilizers should
be rich in available phosphoric acid.
A fertilizer containing nitrogen 8 per
cent, phosphoric acid per cent, pot
ash per cent, may be applied at time
of seeding at the rate of 200 to 900
pounds per acre. A top dressing OF
nitrate of soda In the spring at tho
rate Of. 100 to $50 pounds per acre 10
excellent
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-06-24

St. Petersburg. June 20.-An official
denial is published of the rumor that
the Russian ambassador at Washing
ton, Count Cassini has protested against
the reported intention of the govern
ment of the United States to dispatch
a squadron of warships to Turkish
waters with the view of bringing prss-
sure to bear on the porte to secure the
PAYMENT of American claims.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-06-24
Japanese Transports Have Close Cal

Toto, June 1S.-It is reported here
that the Japanese protected cruiser
Niitaka engaged the Russian Vladivo-
stok squadron off Tsu island, in the
straits between Corea and Japan. This
report, however, lacks confirmation.
The Japanese transports ego and Fuyo,
homeward bound, met the Russian ves-
sells this morning near Oki island. The
Russians pursued them and fired Is
shots at the japanese ships. The
transports escaped.