The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-05-07
| CHASED HORSE CARRY
ING DYNAMITE AROUND
HIS NECK.
Had Owned the Horse for 30 years
and Wished to Give Him a
Quick and Easy Death
Man Found Himse1fin
Forks of Tree and
Horse in Horse
Heaven.

Grangeville, Idaho, May 3.-John
Eckert, who lives near here had
a narrow escape from death Sunday
because he was tender.hearted.
There was a horse in tho barn
which he had owned for nearly 20
years. Its hold on life was so pre-.
carious that it had become emaciat-
ed holding on, yet Mr.. Eckert hesi-
tated to cut the thread which bound
the animal to this existence.
Finally, when the horse was un-
able to eat and tottering skeleton,
the kind.hearted farmer conceived
plan for its destruction which
would spare his feelings, be quick,
sure and painless.
He bought two sticks of dyna-
mite, cap and bit of fuse. He
tied the dynamite together, inserted
the cap and fuse in one stick, tied
the death-dealing bundle around
the horses neck and lighted the
fuse.
Then be started for the orchard,
about 80 yards away, at as brisk q
run as his 60 years and narrowed
feelings would permit. But be had
not gone far when he heard a noise
behind him. He turned about and
beheld the poor old horse, mad with
fright at the sizing fuse, trotting
close at his heels and pranciug as
; energetically as colt.
Mr.. Eckert settled down and did
some really wonderful running.
A barbed wire fence separate the
orchard from the barnyard, but he
took it like a college hurdler. The
horse, not having been trained
to follow the hounds, fooled
and to this Mr.. Eckhart probably
J owes the fact that he is still alive.
He thinks he covered about SO
.! of good orchard land in the next
! two seconds, and then something
! happened. The next thing he knew
be was nicely placed in the forks
| of an apple tree, about 100 feet good
fence was blown down and the horse
/ had vanished into horse heaven.
Mr.. Eckert was in Grangeville
! Tuesday to see what could be done
] toward repairing the disordered
! functions Of his left ear, which re-
!. fused to recognized sound.
St. Petersburg. May Sit is sale
that General Zassalitch was not re
\ spopsible for the Russian disaster
on Sunday, but that he fell into ar
y ambuscade as the result of intercep
& ton by Japanese spy of tele
Il gram from General Kuropatkir
containing general orders and {
! plan of campaign to be followed il
! meeting the japanese forward move
ment.
There is a feeling of apprehen
sion here over the outcome of th
Impending battle at Feng Huap
Gheng, where the routed Russial
army bas been rallied. Genera
Kuropatkin is known to have lei
\ Lao Lang with 10000 men to rein
! force the Russian column there an
, to check the advance of the victor
, GUS japanese. 1t is feared that th
Japanese have succeeded in landin
another army and are attemptin
a dash to cut off the commander-ir
chief. General Kuroki's force whic
is in front of the Russian positlo
, at Feng Wang Cheng is believed
!, number not less than $4,000 mel
: and the Russian force available
, vastly inferior. Therefore it is fea
ed that General Kuropatkin wi
. find it hard to avoid annihilatiol
h should the Japanese undertake
Z general attack and at the same tin
strike at the flank of the Russia
2 army with fresh body of troop
D Seoul, Corea, May 3.-Later r
h ports of the Russian reverse on tt
n Yalu are to the effect that the ia
g anese captured % small rapid-6
guns, besides 20 field guns. Th'
: also captured 80 Russian office
and over 500 men, many of who
j, were found hiding in the unde
- brush by Japanese searching pa
-. ties. Cossack officers who we
q q captured place the number of Ru
t 'is. slams killed and wounded at sc
but it is thought that this unde
states the Russian loss. which