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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-07-14
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BIENNIAL CONVENTION.
Faro and Organ Workers in Session at
Boston.

Eostnn. July 13.-The delegates Of
tn" biennial convention of the Plan ;
ana Dream Workers International I'm
ion If America were addressed mt to
tayr session in tn" odd Fellows build
in" by Henry AbrIhams. who spoke in
the interest of the blue label Of the
cigar makers.
About tn, business sessinn was oc-
cupicG in n discussion nf proposed con-
stituti0nal amendments.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-07-14
FROM NATURAL CAUSES.
Wotnan'a Death Found at New Yory
Sunday Night.

York. Julv T.. Ily,au".tiua
p, IA 'prlrd most of tn mystery A.
i...tu.:; llt.. death -nf i ynIn:s W"lrru
l"II M"rdry niGnt iu II nan Wuy w VI
jml,Jt" in East nth St'o t. .til.
MN. t mrf >urrns,d I" hil, ~ N
Ua..t. I.,r.rti:;" uf hnifr W"uuGS III
Nv. MuIt which upp,altI To hH.,'
'.,1 tfu iucular N",n.
o. ID. frpsrirrd thtl ia" cut, ma,!r
MI ar-.nu iu rc:fn ming a. OPERA
'.., ,,.l.l ,I,N.; ~" ana that ia" W.
...' .jI.d mean uatural causes. 81" his
",u ii#tiiiyI Az Il character Of tho
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-07-14
AT NEW YORK.
Arrival Of Maj. BIack Of isthmian
Canal Commission.

MARY N'Ik. July l".-Major William NJ.
.''- Il. s. A.. n m"ml' r of th" ISthmi-
II" 'Hu'l commission. was a passenger
COL ih l"Hm"r Alliance which arrived
r. Wednesday,. from Colon. Major
i'"H has been in the isthmus Il
s '". liz ir.rNce for Washington At
'""r laS.rnrrrs We're Cen. \. J.
1rt"n Nnrrican minister 10 Erua-
''' d ANS. sampson, and Lieut.. f.
''O>'H Hd Surgeon \. l.. sutton. I.
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WHILE FISHING
Amos g. Simmons Drowned at Shirley
Mass.

Shirley. Mass. July 12.-Amos i.
Simmons of Shirley was drowned IN
the Nashua river, today. while fishing.
lie was with n party of three others
and in wading stepped into hole and
sank. Although he was an excellent
swimmer he failed to rise to the sur
face. He was about 40 years old and
i widow and seven children survive
him.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-07-14
AUGUST FIFTH.
Grig. Gen. Mcdonald Then Expects to
Reach Thibet.

Simla. British India. July 13.-Brig.
Gen. Mcdonald expects to commence
his advance on Lhassa, the capital OF
Thibet. tomorrow. and hopes to reach
there about Aug. 5.
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Schooner Brewster Wrecked.

Jonesport. Me-, July 13.-The schooner
Brewster. Capt. Harmon, Boston for
Calais, light. ran ashore at Moosebec
light. at o'clock. this morning. The
crew is stripping the vessel.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-07-14
Monitors at Newport, r. J..

Newport. r. T.. July 13.-The monitors
Nevada Arkansas and Florida aifIVtu
here from New London, this afternoon.
They will probably be Joined, tomorrow
by The flagship Texas.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-07-14
coNpENsED DISPATCHES.

w. X. Vanderbilt's Banshee won the
Prix Valkyrie at the Colonies races al
Ernest E Jones & lco.. brokers. of chi
cago went into the hands Of ref s, tht
Riajfo building and il said to have %
brapehes IL four state4 John A Barnes
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-07-14
Brooklyn Leaves Gibraltar.

Gibraltar July 1S.-The United
States cruiser Brooklyn. flagship OF
the south Atlantic squadron after coal
ing. left here, today, for Teneriffe
Canary islands.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-07-14
Boston Forecast.

Boston, July l3.-Forecast for Bos-
tom and vicinity: FAIR. Thursday and
iril.l; mortheattelly winds, becoming
,ariaDle.
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FAIR WEATHER.

Warrington. july 13.-Forecast for
Thm"d;,y and Friday: New England,
rain, Thursday ana Friday, fresh west
" inds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-07-14

Recent experiments seem to show
that plants have documentary herv-
Gus system.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1904-09-15
PARKING THE BOUNDARY.
How the InfcrnatIonal Boundary Is
Being Indicated.

Parties from the Coast and Geodetic
SIiEEaBs
with similar bodies from Canada in
marking the Alaskan boundary line
according to the determination Of the
tribunal which met in London last
Summer. 1t will take several years
TO complete the work, for the physical
difficulties in the way are enormous,
says the New York Evening Post.
Some Of the country is so boggy
that it can be properly covered only
when the ground is frozen, while for
most of the rest Of it, especially the
mountain section, only few months
in the Summer are available. In addi-
ton, there is considerable stretch for
which no determination was made by
the Alaskan tribunal, as noted in these
dispatches a year ago. It passes
through a piece of mountain country
of no seeming value, even remotely, to
either nation. Until something arises
to make the land worth something,
which is rather improbable, no at
tempt will be made to apply to it the
principles agreed upon at the tribunal.
In certain respects boundary mark
ers have a harder task than any
class of workers who push through
the unbroken wilderness. The
civil engineer who lays out q railroad
line is on the lookout for the easiest
possible course. The route which
would have the fewest difficulties for
him to travel over would have the
fewest obstacles for railroad. When
he comes into sight of region which
is impossible by all human standards
he steps one side and looks for the
aext best stretch of country. With
the boundary-marker this is different.
He has to follow the marching orders
Of the treaty which he is to execute,
and no matter where the line which II
describes in degrees. minutes and sec
onds of earth's measurements lies, he
is expected to follow. This makes
his task one of the most adventurous
man has to perform. He has to carry
boats, prairie wagons, mountain-climb.
ing mules and a great variety of appli-
ances for swinging chasms, scaling
lodges and crossing streams. His
party must also keep communication
open with base of supplies, almost
as much as an army
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1904-09-15
Army IS SAFE
KurOpatkln In Suddenly Fac
Ing About Saved the Day.
PLIGHT or HIS nEN HORRIBLE
japanese Abandon Idea OF Heading
OFF Sssys and Both Sides are
Taking a Needed Rest.

!
s'' re'ersourg' sept l2.-h seems
70 oe es'apnsheu uennl'ely that Field
"aisnAi oyAna . 1ired troops on We'd
"eSuAy AOanuoneo the attempt 70 head
=" oehefAi Auropa'Kln' whose army
arrived sa'eiy at Mukden' after fright
iul experiences, houndering through
mud and mire over the Mancburian
roads.
n..,.,
''."p'i'hS VI 'ne scenes along tne
line oi retreat are almost Incredible.
They tell how the men lay down in the
mud and alept In a drencbin0 rain
7, ou,,,o,,. a., a.. 81. -,
' '"o '"s' ue'e'in'neu
choil Oh 'he japanese to bring kuro-
patkin TO bay. was made on Tuesday,
but the Russian commander In chief
faced ahor, and w;,h .mo 80. :,
.u,., NP'
''y oeA' oh 'he Japanese WINE the
remainder oil the troops continued TO
march 10 Mukden. After that. the
,Japanese could onIv han, ON 10 tha
a..L a,
'no ie'isA''ns
.ENA~ -
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1904-09-15
OREGON NEWS OF INTEREST
FLAX CROP SHORT.
Seed Yield In willamette Valley
viii Not GO Over 10 Bushels.

salem.-AlI Of the far Of the crop
OF 1904 has been harvested and the
threshing thereof has just been fin.
ished. AS was the case with all
other agricultural crops this year in
the willamette Valley. for the first
time In a decade. the yield was unusu-
ally light. that is so far as sed Is con-
cerned, and not to exceed ten bushels
OF fax was realized per acre this
year. Mr.. Bosse. however, considers
this a pretty good yield, taking all
things into consideration, and he is
In nowise disappointed as a result.
The average yield of fax seed per
acre, In Oregon, SO far as the exper
lence Of Mr.. Bosse goes, Is about 20
bushels.
Mr.. Bosse, however, says that he
places no dependence whatever upon
the seed yield of his Fall crop, as the
most important item in the business
Is the culture of the fax seed for the
fibre. He can get all Of the seed he
wants, and, IL the quality Of the fibre
or the quantity would be materially
increased by harvesting the fax be-
fore the seed was ripe, he would not
takes the seed question under consider.
alton, as the fibrous portion Of the
Oregon fax plant is the most valuable
part Of 1t, and that is what he is look
ing for. Taking all else into consid.
GRAFTON he is well pleased with the
outcome of this years crop and is
satisfied that he has obtained an ex-
cellent grade Of fibre-producing fax
this year. although the quantity is
not all that he desired.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1904-09-15
NOT A SINGLE GUN LOST.
kurOpsikiR Reports on HIS Success
ful Retreat TO nukden.

ST. Petersburg, Sept. I0.-General
Kuropatkin reports that be did not lose
gun during the retreat. He also
states that General Kuroki's army lie
about 27 miles eastward OF the railroad
and that General Oku's army is 20
miles west Of the railroad. The gen.
eral staff expects big battle will be
fought.
From the generals report, 1t seems
evident that ne is tenta titvely prepar.
ing TO meet the Japanese again should
Field Marshal 0yama continue to press
northward. Nothing more important
than rearguard actions marked the
march TO Mukden. The region south
of that city is now clear of Russians.
IL Is evident that Kuropatkin is taking
precautions to prevent the Japanese
from creeping around his flanks, as he
reports that the Japanese cavalry scout
ing wide on his flanks.
The best information OF the war office
indicates that General Kuroptakin lost
about IL 900 men during the ten days
battle at Lao Yang.
A brief Mukden dispatch received
from one Of the Associated Press Rus
sian correspondents, dated Sept. Z, is
really the latest word from the front.
1t was probably all the censor would
allow to be sent, and offers no solution
of the question whether General Kuo-
patkin is continuing his march north
ward, But 1t seems to indicate that
such course is contingent upon the
ability of Field Marshal Oyama to try
to repeat at Mukden the enveloping
movement which failed at Liao Yang.
The only thing certain seems to be that
for the moment everything is quiet. Ii
the armies continue to race noithward
to Telling Pass, 40 miles north OF Muk-
den, in the opinion of the best military
critics, it will become Of supreme im-
portance to General Kuropatkin il the
door Of his retreat il closed there. In
the event of defeat, he would be forced
westward into Mongolia.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1904-09-15
pENNrD IN ~ rIRr.


New York, Sept. 7.-Fourfeen per
sons were killed and nearly 4 aeora
injured In ffve-ssory double tnno.
ment Ia Attorney street early thia
morning. The dead include four va.
men, one man and nine children, rang.
ing u age from . months 70 Il
Many OF the injured were taken 10
hospitals, and 1t Is thought that sew
eral viii die. Among the Injured we're
nye hremen who were In q fourth
fioor balcony when It fell with thern.
The small number Of men ani0nx tiia
killed and injured was due to The fact
that most Of the men who lived ii the
buildings. following the AttornnI
street custom IL bet weather were
asleep on the roof. while bit few of
the women and children were there.
Those on the roof were unable to
escape BY descending through the
burning building, and made their way
70 safety over neighborfng roofs.
Meanwhile the members Of their fami-
nes who had remained In their rooms
found escape cut OF and panic relgned
throughout the structure.
The IRE started about 3 O'Clock in
the morning, and there was much de
lay In sending In an alarm, although
the district Is one of the most thickly
populated In the crowded East Side
Of New York. When the firemen
reached the scene some OF the tenants
were jumping from the windows and
from the ends OF the fire-escapes that
reached only to the second floors.
Others were crouching In the smoke
in the small rooms and narrow halls.
The fire Is supposed to have been
caused by the explosion Of lamp chat
had been left to light the hall On the
second floor, and the sleeping tenanta
were not aroused until the hallway
was ablaze and escape through the
building cut of.
The fire was soon extingufshed and
the search for the dead begun. Most
OF the dead were found on the two
upper floors.
While the search Of the building
was going on four fremen were at
work on fourth-hoor balcony when It
gave way.
Another fireman on the balcony floor
above was carried down and was prob
ably fatally injured. The other four
were badly hurt, but will recover.
Leon Sober, owner OF the building:
Morris Levine. the agent, and Henry
Breitman, the superintendent. were ar
rested today and were charged with
criminal negligence.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1904-09-15
WATER STOPS COAL nINING.
John Day Anthracite Believed TO
be OF Great Richness.

Prairie City.-The development OF
the John Day coalfields, near Mount
Vernon, are disclosing a large deposit
Of anthracite coal. A United States
analysis states that it has no equal
except in the Pennsylvania hard coal.
The work done so far has been
made under the management of Rob-
ert Hines, Of Canyon City, and con-
sists of three incline shafts of a
depth of "A, 81 and SIS feet, of which
all struck the coal beds, and with it
a large flow of water, which stopped
the work thereon for lack OF pumps.
A 66-foot crosscut tunnel has been
run, where they also had to stop work
on account of water, when they en-
countered the coal deposit
One tunnel crosscutting the coal
beds to ascertain the width Of the
coal deposit. is in 81 feet, and has FIVE
veins of coal with a 16-inch solid
sandstone wall between each vein, and
there may be many more of such
veins. This tunnel is only 16 feet
below the surface.
James Smith has drilled IA feet
down on the coal deposit, the capaci-
ty of the machine-all is coal 1t is
now the purpose of the coal prospec-
tors to get a drilling outfit Of a 1000
foot capacity to prove the depth of
the coal deposit.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1904-09-15
RUSSIA INCLINED TO YIELD.
nOdlfIcatlon of Rules Regarding
Confraband Expected Soon.

London, Sept. S.-The preliminary
representations made by Count Benck-
endoIh, the Russian ambassador to the
foreign office, indicates that Russia lie
on the point Of making substantial con.
cessicns to the United States and Great
Britain regarding the question of con-
traband OF war, as result of the sub
mission by Foreign Minister Lamsdorf
of the report of the general commits
sion to Emperor Nicholas today, to-
gether with the information trans
mitted by Ambassador Beckendorff
showing the views of the British gov
eminent.
The Russian foreign minister is ex-
pected to present to the British govern
ment, through Sir Charles Harinee,
the British ambassador to Russia, to-
morrow, the formal reply Of the Rus
sian government. 1t is understood in
official circles here that Russia, while
not acknowledging herself at fault for
the capture made by her ships in the
past, will more specifically describe
the conditions under which certain
goods, such as foodstuffs, and cotton,
become in ber view contIaband.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1904-09-15
AAaRAss MIs RrAR.


London, Sept. s--The deartb Of Inn.
mediate press and official dispatches
from the recent actual seat Of the Far
Eastern struggle continues, II IL ad.
mitted by the Russian war Office that
no telegrams whatever were received
from General Kuropatkin bearing
Tuesdays date, the lee. message 70
the emperor from the general being
dated September 5, and briefly telling
that the army was advancing north.
ward; that IL bad extricaied itself from
dangerous position; that there was
constant cannonading Of the rear guard i,
ard that The losses N that day were
about 100. The situation, In the light
OF the latest information, nav be
summed up as follows:
The Russians are pushing on to Muk-
den, greatly impeded by heavy rains
and floods, conducting an orderly re-
treat, and followed step by step by the
Japanese. Details Of the fighting and
OF the exact position Of the opposing
armies are lacking.
1he report that Kurop2tkin's rear
guard kas been annihilated, and that
the Russian forces are in danger of be
Ing surrounded, 10 denied by the Rus
sian general staff. The Russian war
Office is entirely confident that the re-
treat is slowly, but surely, being effect
ed.
From Toxic comes the official report
that the bulk Of the Russian forces ie
still at Yentai. The Japanese field
marshal, in an extended report Of the
fighting up TO September 4, says the
Russians burned all the railroad
bridges over the Taitz river, and pre-
diets that, while the japanese list OF
catualtiss Is not yet completed, the
losses viii prove Leavy.
VicsTSy AIexieff is on bis way from
Hsrbin to Mukden. The heads OF
Kuropstkin's long commissary trains
have passed through Mukden, and are
northward.
The attack on Port Arthur contin.
ues, and Chinese arriving at Cbefoo
say the Russian garrison expects gen.
eral land and sea attack today.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1904-09-15
WIND UP CAMPAIGN.
Evacuation of riukden Also FteanS
Losses Greater Than Intimated.

st. Petersburg, Sept. 7.--It is impos-
sible at this hour to obtain any state
ment from the authorities regarding
the reported preparations for the aband-
onment OF Mukden.
The advices from Mukden give the
first intimation that such a course is
contemplated. II it turns out to be
true, it 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 $50, 900, with its many
wounded, short of Harbin.
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-Sinmintin line,
tapping rich Chinese territory, stops
little short OF Mukden, with which ii
is connected by good wagon road.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1904-09-15
WILL EXTEND LINE.
Salem Business Ficn Aid in Building
Road from Dallas.


Salem.-The plan for the construc-
ton of railroad between Salem and
Dallas took effective form when Presi
dent L. Gerlinger, of the Dalles, Falls
City & Salem Railway Company, sub
mitted to the Greater Salem CONNER
cial Club proposition under which
he offers to build the road. His offer
is to extend the present Falls City
Dallas road to Salem. The present
line is ten miles long. The 15-mile ex-
tension to Salem will cost $120, 1000,
and Mr.. Gerlinger will build, equip
and operate the road if the citizens
of Salem will take 100000 bonds OF
the road. The bonds are to be first
lien, not only upon the new road but
the present road and theeQnipment.
The bonds will mature in ten years,
and bear interest at 5 per cent.
The committee - of business men
having the matter in charge are salts
fed that the security would be good
and the club showed its approval OF
the proposition by directing the com.
mittee to proceed at once to secure
subscriptions to the bond issue. This
road, il constructed, will not only give
convenient transportation between
Dallas and Salem, but viii provide
means of hauling logs and lumber
from the timber country around Falls
City to the Willamette river. It is
announced that the Falls City road
will Immediately be extended a few
miles west to tap larger belt OF
timber, an dthere is very general
opinion that the road will be extended
westward across the Coast Range to
the Siletz.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1904-09-15
Noted Veteran Is Dead.

Baltimore, Sept. 10,-Maior Seton,
of New York, veteran of the United
States army in the Civil and Spanish
American wars, noted Indian fighter
with General Crook, brother OF
Archbishop Seton, OF Rome, and a
grandson Of Mother Elizabeth Ann
Bailey seton, founder of the Sisters of
Charity In the United States, is dead
hare, aged 66 years. About a year ago
he contracted pneumonia while sta
toned in Arizona, and coming east,
fell victim to tuberculosis. His last
service was in the Philippines.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1904-09-15
Fortress Is Dishcartened,

Toxic, Sept, H. Unofficial news re.
ceived here from points near Port Ar
thur suggests that the garrison at the
fortress is much disheartened. The
ships OF the harbor have ceased seri.
ously to oppose the approach Of Japan
ese accommodating vessels, which have
thus been enabled to ascertain that the
battleship Sveastopol is in a crippled
condition, while others are more O,
less damaged. The number OF soldiers
who surrender is increasing daily.
Several junks laden with provisions
and ammunition have been captured.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1904-09-15
NO FEED ron CATTLE.
Grave prODIem faces SfOckmen in
willamette Valley.

Salem.--"There win be hundreds OF
Willamette Valley farmers with eat.
tic this Winter and with not enough
feed for them" says J. X. Sears. OF
Mccoy. 1T would seem absurd to
say that livestock In the Willamette
Valley will starve this Winter be
cause Of the scarcity Of feed. but /
shall not be surprised II many cattle
die this Winter OF starvation. The
farmers have more cattle than they
want, there Is no market for them and
the hay and grain crops were 50 short
there is not feed enough"
This statement, made by Mr.. Sears.
was repeated to well-known whole
sale butcher, and his comment was:
Mr.. Sears has stated the situation
Just about as it is. The outlook is
very bad for the farmer with beef
cattle, and with feed as scarce as II
is now, stock win be In pretty poor
condition this Winter. The farmer
can't sell his cattle, and there won't
be feed enough for them unless Il is
shipped in. The price OF feed is high
and the price of cattle low. II won't
pay TO ship the cattle out Of the Val.
ley to- Winter them. If farmers buy
feed to Winter their cattle they must
do so at a loss. | wouldn't like to say
that cattle will starYe in the William.
cite Valley, but-weII, Mr.. Sears is
not far from right"
This unfortunate situation arises
from two causes, an oyersuppIy OF
beef cattle and an unprecedented
shortage Of feed. Hay is now selling
at $11 to $12 ton, or about 30 per
cent higher than usual. The oat
crop was but q small part of what Is
usually harvested in the Valley. and
many farmers are now buying for
their horses. Pasturage has been
very poor all Summer, and unless
there are early rains there will not
be much grass this Fall before cold
weather stops its growth.