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LOCAL FINANCIAL NOTES
GAS COMPANIES COMING IN- CREASE OF CAPITAL STOCK.
Security Insurance Company Election = Bankers' Loan and Investment Com pnuy-Notes of Other Local stocks.

DnuT-MOtBS 0I OtAer 1<uCda 5hOchss
 New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad dividend checks were out early on the morning of the 1st inst. The stock is in demand from small investors from 195 1-2 to 196 Edison Rights sold from 2 1-2 to 3, closing at 7-S; the stock from 23O to 234 1-2, closing at 2S4. These rights will expire January 15. The first installment of fifty dollars per share will be payable February l, and dividend checks on old stock sent out the day before that is January 31, at the rate of $2,50 per share.
 At the annual meeting of the stock holders of the New Haven Gas compa- ny Saturday morning the issuance of sixty thousand new shares of stock was authorized. This will amount to an in- crease of $1,500,000 in the capital stock. The stock now $2,0O0,000 will therefore be increased to $3,5O0,OOO. A portion Of the new stock will be issued in a few weeks it is expected.
 At the annual meeting of the Security Insurance company Saturday the fol- lowing board of directors was elected: Charles s. Leete, James D. DeWell and W. R. Tyler for five years; General S. B. Merwin and Joel Sperry for four years; General s. E. Merwin and Joel Sperry for four years; E. G. Stoddard and John W. filling for three years; Charles E. Curtis and Charles E. Shell don for two years; H. Mason and John T. Manson for one year. The directors will meet January 14 to elect officers.
 The annual meeting of the Portland Electric company, of Maine, will be held on the 18th of this month. Proxies may be given to MT. James English, of this city, or sent to MT. William R. Wood, of Portland.
 The Bankers Loan and Investment company, of which Clarence w. Clark is now president, has declared on Class A a dividend of one dollar per share, also an extra dividend of one-half per cent. on the book value of the stock which remains at $65 per share. Glass; es B. D, E and F have 8 dividend of one-llalf per cent The annual meeting of this company will be held in New York January 19, at the office of the company in Wall street. The report is expected to be a good one, and will show continued improvement in it's finances. The company for some years had an office in the Benedict building in this city.
 The annual meeting of the stockhold- CTS of the New Haven Gas Light com- pany was held on Saturday at il a. m. The list of directors elected and the vote to increase the capital from $2,OOO,- GOO to $3,500,0O0 will be found in another column.
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pId. Asked
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COMMITTED SUICIDE.

Mrs. Martha c. Brandt Ends Her Life.
 While visiting her mother-in-law, Mrs. Martha c. Brandt, wife of Fred Brandt, of White street, committed sui eide Saturday evening at 6:30 Mrs. Brandt, who is said to have been suf- fering from mental disease for some time, was visiting her husbands moth CT, Mrs Belsar Brandt, at 122 Ward street. She suddenly produced a razor and cut her throat. She died before medical aid could arrive. She tried to end her fife about two months ago by infaling illuminating gas, but was re- suseitated at the hospital. She leaves two small children.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-04
FOUR LIVES WERE LOST.

Trains Dashed. Into a Gang of Italians
 They Were Unable to See the Train
 Owing to Blinding Snow Storm.
 Four men lost their lives Saturday afternoon on the New York, New Ha- ven and Hartford road. The accidents by which they were killed were due to the fierce and binding snow storm that swept over this section,
 Of the four victims two have been identified as follows; Daniel Francis, Of "A St. John street, and Gabriel Bi- cinch, or the same address, Bicinch is a married man and has a cousin and brother in this city. The bodies of the victims are at Flynn's undertaking es- tablishment in Grand avenue
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NEV FORK STOCK MARKET.

Opening, nighest. Lowest Quotation
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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-10-14
OUTRAGE BY RUSSIA.
United States Nail Is COnfiscafed
by viadivoSfok Squadron.


Portland, Oct. IL The Russian
government, not content with stopping
vessels from the Pacific coast, because
they carried merchandise intended for
private firms and individuals in Japan,
has now taken to confscating United
States mails. This has been done with
the mail carried ON the steamer
Calchas, and the act has caused a pro-
test to be made by the owners and
agents OF the steamer, which has been
filed with the postofice department at
Washington. Alfred Holt & Co., the
owners of the Calchas, also give notice
that during the duration of the war
they will carry no more United States
mail to Japan.
The latest move of the Russians will
probably involve them deeper than any
of their other arbitrary acts since the
wal opened, as the government is not
likely to permit its mails to be moIest-
ed by the czar's officials or by any one
else.
The particulars of the Calchas affair
were forwarded by Dodwell & Co., the
Tacoma agents OF the line. to Frank
Woolsey & Co., their Portland repre-
sentatives, in the following telegram
yesterday:
"We have just sent the following tel
egram to the postmaster general at
Washing on, D. c.: Following cable
just received from Alfred Holt & Co.,
Liverpool, owners of the British steam
er Calchas, which vessel was sc lied by
Russian Vladivostok fleet off ia al
coast about July 26: "Calchas release
appealed against by Russian crown ad-
vocate, because amongst mail matte,
was information addressed Japanese
officials containing financial informa-
tion of value to enemy. We give you
definite instructions to notify postoffice
department that we refuse to carry any
mail for Japan during duration of
war"
The Calchas is one of the regular
liners operating between Puget sound,
London and Liverpool, via Japan, Chi
ma and the Suez canal. She was on
tanned no contraband. We understand
tt at the Russian crown advocate is
basing his appeal against her release
on the fact that United States mails
carried by the CalcEas contained infor-
nation for Japanese officials.
c. we hope the United States gov
eminent will take immediate action
against the confscatjn or detention of
the Calchas on acc cunt If carrying
United States M all. This is certainly
an outrage against the United States
by the Russian government that should
not be allowed to pass. Please be no.
titled that during the duration of the
war we must decline to carry United
States mails for Japan. Kindly advise
what action will probably be taken by
the department and whether there ls
anything that we could or should do
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-10-14
MUST DRIVE JAPAN FROM ASIA,
Leading Russian Paper Declares
There Can Be No Compromise.

lnSFC IAN Dc NO compromise.
St. Petersburg, Oct. 11.-Replying
to the statement OF Count Okuma, lead
er of 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 has been aban-
doned and that the wal must be prose-
cuted by Russia in such way that
there can be no possibility of Japan's
rent wing the struggle. Europe for 80
years was under the menace of revenge
for Alsace.
eff we conclude peace with Japan,
all our efforts in the Far East will be
valreless 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."
1t 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 difficult
ties which the Port Arthur squadron
must experience in breaking after the
disastrous sortie of August 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.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-10-14
FiIipinoS Delax neefind.

Manila, Oct. 1.-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's cabinet, who in 1899
signed an or ler for the massacre of all
foreigners and Americans in Manila,
and Ex-Governor Reyes, of Abra pro-
vince. and about 800 Filipinos, most
of them clerks, gathered at the ap-
pointed time but did not organize.
Sandico advised the meeting to dis
pe1se and to await developments.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-10-14
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 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 under stood, replace all exist
ing laws on the subject. 1t is 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 is perfectly willing that
this should be done. But the treaty
will contain provisions regarded as
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.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-10-14
WILL DO OR DIE.
kurOpafkin Has About Faced and
Will Assume Offensive.

st. Petersburg, Oct. ia battle
upon which the fate of this years cam
paign IN Manchuria depends seems
only few days ahead. Advices from
the front are meager. All that is posi-
lively known officially is that General
Kuropatkin has cast the die at last,
about faced his army and is marching
resolutely against the enemy as if 1e-
solved to do or die. According to I'M
official reports, Field Marshal Oyama,
at the first sign of General Kuropatkin
taking the offensive, began drawing in
his line and concentrating upon forti-
fed positions north of Lao Yang. Ao-
cording to the latest reports, which
are contained in dispatch to the AS
sociated Press from MuKden, the Jap
anese outposts are being driven in all
along the line.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-10-14
PATENT DRUGS COUNTERFEITED.
Factory in New York Is Discovered
bY Detectives.

New York, Oct. l2.-The New York
police are convinced that they have
broken up gigantic drug swindle bv
the arrest of several men in this city.
The arrests were made ON information
that we'll known proprietary medicines
were being counterfeited and sold as
genuine, and the authorities assert that
the investigation is not complete.
Drugs seized at the apartment OF
Howard E. Wooten today, it is said,
are valued at $4,000. Wooten is one
of the men under arrest. The others
are s. B. Minden, Manville Thomas,
Charles S. Horn, Charles F. Risley and
Walter s. Rockey. 1t is asserted by
local detectives that slips were found
in the places raided giving the names
of 5000 druggists throughout the
country to whom dangerous mixtures
made in New York we've sold.
1t is said that the most in portant
finds in the raids was the circulars sent
out to druggists and containing the
code by which they could order the
preparations. 1t is alleged by the po-
lice that preparations made by the best
known chemical firms in Europe were
In circulars 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 10
to SO per cent below the usual selling
price.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-10-14
Pushing DEVELOPMENT Work.

Medford-The company headed by
Colonel T. Waln-Morgan Diaper, Of
San Francicso, which purchased the
Monumental mine from 1. L. Hamil-
ton, H w. Jackson and G. B. Baker, OF
Medford, in the Shelly creek district,
several months ago, made the last pay
ment of $25. 900 on the property sever
al days ago and are pushing the devel-
opment of the mine rapidly. They
now have As men at work blocking out
ore, erecting buildings and doing other
work for the installing of a 200 ton
8 nelter at the mine.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-10-14
DEATH LIST BIG
Twenfy-Eight Killed in Mis-
souri, Train Collision.
SIXTY OTHERS ARE INJURED
Sleeping Passengers Hurled in Ev-
cry DireCtion-SCene of Wreck
on Down Grade.

Washington, Oct. 12.-Twenty-nine
persons we've killed and so injured by
a collision of Missouri Pacific trains,
three miles west of Warrensburg, at
O'Clock this morning. The trains were
the second section of passenger train
No. so, which left Wichita, Kan, for
st. Louis last night and an extra freight
train. Twenty seven of the dead are
in undertaking rooms in this city and
the seriously wounded are in the rail.
road hospital in Sedalia.
The passenger train, consisting of
two day coaches, a Pullman car and a
excursionists, from Southeast Kansas
and Southwest Missouri. The regular
passenger train, No. 80, had been cut
in two at Pleasant Hill on account 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
Montserrat for the first section of No.
80, which carried signals that second
lowed by passenger train No. so, which
the freight crew took for the second
section of No. 80. The freight pulled
out of the sidetrack, and three miles
west met the second section. The i'm
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..
Ro~ nJl H. 30
burg and broke the news of the wreck.
Every physician in the town responded,
and hundeds of citizens FASTENED to
the wreck and assisted the wounded
from beneath the simbers of the broken
cara. Twenty people were killed out
right and seven died before O'Clock.
The dead were placed upon fiatcars and
brought to this city, and DR.. Bills, the
coroner, Immediately impaneled jury
and star ted an inquiry which is still in
session. The afternoon was taken up
in Identifying the dead.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-10-14
Scandal Over State Funds,

Topeka, Kan, Oct. 12.-Governor
Bailey today gave out an official report
covering an examination of the state
treasury and school fund accounts.
The reports says: "This examination
has developed shortages, irregu tarities
and discrepancies amounting to many
thousands of dollars in the IL counties
examined. In my judgment, the same
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.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-10-14
Little Green Timber Burned.

Oregon City - Supervisor Adolph
Aschoff, # the Cascade forest reserve,
has removed his headquarters from
Hood River to his home near Marmot,
Clackamas county, and has established
telephone connections via sandy. MIR.
Aschoff reports that while there have
been a great number of forest fire s dur
ing the summer. few proved at all seri-
GUS, while but little green timber was
destroyed. AS rule the fires were
confined to tracts of dead timber.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-10-14
Chinese Buy Provisions.

Shanghai, Oct. 12.-Chinese govern
ment officials are reported to be pur
chasing here foreign provisions which
are to be shipped to rien Tsin. The
purpose for whclh the provisions are
being purchased is unknown. Well
informed Chinese express the opinion
that tn, y are intended for the Russian
army. A telegram from kweilin, in
the province of kwangsi, in Southern
China, says that the Chinese troops
have defeated large body of rebels at
Lochenshien, after fight lasting three
days.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-10-14
CRASH IN DEEP CUT.
Bad Freight Wreck on Northern Pa
CifiC in Montana.

Missoula, Mont, Oct. 12.-One of
the worst freight wrecks which has oc-
CURED on the ROCKY Mountain division
of the Northern Pacific in many years,
from the standpoint of delayed traffic,
took place at an early hour this morn
ing, about five miles east of Garrison,
Mont. Freight cars loaded with ex-
port shipments for the Orient, were
piled so feet high, and the w1eckage of
two trains is scattered along the track
for a considerable distance.
Traffic was brought to complete
standstill. and no trains were able to
pass the scene of the wreck for 18
hours. 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 mistake
in constituting the orders on the part OF
the engineer of the eastbound freight.
He had orders to meet three sections of
No. SO freight, west bound, on the sid
ing at Big Bend. The third section had
passed the extra ahead of the original
second section. As The number of the
engine of this second section CORE
sponded to the engine supposed to be
pulling the third section, as given in
the orders, the EXTRAS engineer pulled
out.
The extra met the original second
section in deep cut, while both trains
were running at high rate of speed.
The impact was terrific, throwing the
debris mountain high, both engines
completely telescoping. 1t was impos'
sible to build track around the wreck
by reason of the deep cut.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-10-14
Heaviest Freight Traffic Known.

La Grande - Freight traffic was
never known to he so heavy in Eastern
Oregon as at the present time, and it
is mostly due to the increase in the
shipment of wheat to the East and the
resumption of the large lumber mills
also adds to the volume. There are
many etxra trains run out on the La
Grande division daily, and there is
but few hours rest for the t,ainmen
at the terminal stations when they are
called out for another trip.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-10-14
FEED FROM EASTERN OREGON.
willamette Valley Farmers Forced
10 Buy This Fall.

Salem-To relieve a very bare 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
article is selling at $50 a ton and
higher, with very little to be had in
the local market. Dea,ers are i'm
porting to Salem alone about eight cars
of feed week. With this movement
so soon after harvest, it is expected
that much heavier shipments will be
made when winter weather sets in.
As means of fun ther relieving the sit
uation the Southern Pacific has been
appealed to for special reduction in
freight rates on feed shipped in for
valley livestock.
The principal feed imported is rolled
barley, which comes here from Port
land, but is grown in Eastern Oregon.
This feed COSTS the farmer $27 a ton,
and as ton of it is worth more for
stock generally than ton of oats, the
barley is being purchased by farmers
who must buy iced of some kind.
Dealers say that barley at $27 is $5
ton cheaper than oats at $50, hence
the Eas ern O,eg'n feed can be
brought in to the advantage of valley
fsrn,r,. Owners of driving horses
must have oats for which they pay $50
ton, and dairymen are buying chop
at 500, bran at $3.50 and shorts at
$23.
As rule, grain farmers have feed
enough for their own needs, but have
none to sell. FIuitgrowers, hopgrow-
ers, 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 this year the grain farmers have
little, if any, feed to sell. A great
many farmers " ho have few head OF
stock will be compelled to buy more or
less feed, but they will not constitute
the heavy buyers.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-10-14
WATCHING for Supply Ships.

Chefoo, Oct 12.-The increased &C
tivity of the Japanese fleet blockad-
ing Port Arthur in the stopping of
merchantmen is due to a lookout which
is being kept for three British ships
which, it is suspected, intend to at
tempt to enter Port Arthur with timed
meats end vegetables. The British
ship Vic oria was stopped near Wei
Hal Wei this evening, and the above
explanation was made to her by the
Japanese boarding officer.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-10-14
Appointed by the Governor.

Salem-Tom Richardson, of Port
land; A. B. Wood, of Cottage Grove,
and j. w. Bailey, OF Portland. have
b en- appointed by Cow rnor Chamber
lain as delegates to the Trs ns- NJ ,ssissip-
pi Commereia ial congress, which wilk
meet in st. Louis October 25 to 20 in
elusive. Mr.. Richardson is manager Of
the Commercial club, of Portland. and
Mr.. Bailey is state food and dairy COM
missioner. MIR. Wood and Mr.. Rich
ardson and Mr.. A. N. Soils. of Ontario,
have been appointed debates to the
National Irrigation convention to be-
held at E Paso, Tex, November 15 to-
l ;, inclul i've.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-10-14
Will PASS 1t I'D to Emperor.

St. Petersburg, Oct. 12.-The strain
ed relations between the foreign Office
and the admiralty over the question of
contra band has reached an acute stage,
az cording to high authority. Foreign
Minister Larmsdorff is said to consider
that he has suffered a personal
affl ont under which he cannot rest.
and purposes to raise the issue at the
weekly audience with the emperor to-
morrow and at the same time tender
his resignation.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-10-14
$50 Sacks Der Acre.

Echo-Peter shel idan, who resides
at the mouth of Butter creek, l6 miles
west of here, is harvesting Is acres of
potatoes. Mr.. Sheridan says the field
is yielding $50 sacks 10 the acre. He
has all eady disposed of several hui
dred sacks and will probably keep the
remainder until spring. A resident of
the vicinity says that last season he
raised 243 sacks to the acre without
irrigation. Mr.. Sheridan's field was
net irrigated, but is situated on the
)ttoh. of the valley through wh.ch
Butter creek flows.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-10-14
To Be Chief Signal Officer.

Washington, Oct. 11.-Majo, Will
liam A. Glassford was today relieved
from further duty in the department
OF the gulf, and will proceed to Seattle
and assume charge OF the Alaskan cable
system. reporting to the commanding
general of the department of the Co.
lumbia for duty as chief signal officer.
relieving Lieutenant Colonel r. E.
Thompson Lieutenant Thompson will
proceed to the Philippines for duty as
chief signal officer.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-10-14
CHOKE IN TUNNEL.
Six Men Lose Lives Under St. Clair,
Michigan River.

Port Huron, Mich, Oct. 12.-Six
employees of the Grand Trunk railway
were suffcated to death by coal gas to-
day in the St. Clair tunnel, which runs
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
Law 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. s. Begg and another
man perlshed in attempts to 60 to the
rescue of the Others.