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The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-27
OCEAN YACHT RACE.
Hamburg in the Lead With Endymion
 Probably second.

New York. May 26.-The latest re- port received fro mthe yachts racing across the Atlantic from Sandy Hook to the Needles for the German emper- or's cup up to 3 p. m. was dated at 1t:S0 a. m. Wednesday. when Hamburg was sighted tifty-five miles ahead of Endymion. Ailsa has not been seen since Tuesday morning. but at that time she was couple of miles ahead of Endymion, in whose company she had been for some days, so she was probably in about the same relative po- sition on Wednesday forenoon. Fleur de Lys and Atlantic were about on level terms with each other on Tues day morning, so they probably were eighty-two miles behind Hamburg, while Valhalla was probably in the same relative position, 119 miles be- hind Hamburg, as the sextette were travelling the same course and getting the same wind.
 When Hamburg was sighted she was 1,107 miles due east of the Sandy Hook lightship, and had been out about 161 hours, and had therefore maintained an average speed of 6.S7 knots, which would make her far behind the record of Endymion, and unless that speed is materially increased the race will take at least eighteen days, and the finish will not be for a week All this is counting without Hildegarde, which has not been sighted since the first twen- ty-four hours of the race, and 1t is i'm possible even to estimate her rate of progress. Utowana, Sunbeam, Thistle, and Apache are known to be behind the others, The two last named being the only ones with the possible excep- tion of Hildegarde, which have taken the northerly course.
 When last seen the leaders were pro- ceeding northeast on the starboard tack in a fresh breeze.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-27
Rumor in Tokio That Ro- jestvenskY and Togo Have Met in Ko-
 rean Straits.
COssACKs IN DARING RAID
BURN STORES, CAPTURE GUNS
 AND TAKE PRISONERS. Y

Lieutenant General Mistchenko in Per-
 sonal Command--Chinese Bandits and
 Two Companies of Japanese Annihi-
 lated-Large Convoy of Supplies Dis-
 persed--Russian Warships Reported
 Near Shanghai Now Said to Have
 saiIed-Chinese warships Clear for
 Action and Order Given Czar's yes-
 sells to Sail.
 Tokio. May 27-Noon.-It is rumored here that the Japanese and Russian fleets under Vice-Admiral Togo and Vice-AdniraI Rojestvensky have en- gagged in the Korean Straits.
 Tsingtau, May 27-A private tele- gram received here says that the Rus sian Vladivostok fleet has left Vladi- yostok, going in a southerly direction
 St. Petersburg, May 27--3:3O a. m.- While a flying raid of one or two com merce destroyers in the eastern sea is admitted as a possibility by the naval authorities here, these authorities are loath to believe that any division of Roiertxyo,, s,1. rJ yo,e, ;,, a ', tant sense has taken place, as reported from Shanghai They prefer to assume that the unspecifled Russian ships re- ported to be outside Shanghai, like the six which entered the port of Woosung, are units of the transport fleet without special fighting value, and that perhaps they have been sent thither to confuse the scent for Togo
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NET FORK RHER ursrrRF.
Mans Body Found With Nearly si,OOO
 fin Clothes.

New York, May 26.-Another case was added to the long list of mysteries of the river teddy, when the body of a man dressed in clothing of the finest quality, the pockets of which contained bank notes and silver amounting to nearly a thousand dollars. was lowed to a dock by little oyster barge. It had been found in the river floating face downward, and the oystermen who brought it to land had no aidea that treasure of such value would be found on it.
 In view of the large amount of money found on the body and the absence of indications of violence, the police are inclined to believe that the man fell frem some steamer either down the bay or at sea, and that the body was car ried up the river by the tide.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-27
FORMALLY HANDED OYER.
New Haven Oficials Take Over Spring.
 field Trolley.

Springfield, Mass, May 26.-In a meeting of the stockholders of the Springfield Street Railway company this afternoon the control of the road was formally handed over to the New Haven interests. The old board of di- rectors resigned and A. w. Damon, acting president of the company, and Treasurer Frederick Harris, both of this city, were reelected directors. The other directors, who are also directors of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad, are: William Skim nor, Holvolse: c. s. Mellen, New Ha- ven; Da Newton Barney, Hartford; J.. J. Storrow, Boston, and Charles F.. Booker of Ansonia. The new directors of the Springfield Street Railway com- parry. are trustees of the Springfield Railways company.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-27
NEAR SHANGHAI.
Several Russian Warships Anchored Of
 Saddle Islands.

E 5 J ! Q
 Shanghai, May -Noon.-There are indications that Rear-Admiral Rojest- vensky has divided his fleet. Seventeen vessels of the Baltic fleet anchored at the Saddle Islands last night. It is believed that they coaled there, and that from that point they will proceed north.
 London, May 26.-A dispatch to .Lloyd's from Shanghai under to-day $ date says it is reported there and gen. orally believed that several Russian war vessels have arrived off the Saddle Islands Ca group of twenty-five small islands situated about sixty miles southeast of Shanghai. The dispatch adds that three vessels of the Russian volunteer fleet, the Vladimir, Voronej and Yaroslav, and three colliers, the Liyonia, Meteor and Curonia, are am chored off Shanghai.
 Tsingtau, May 26-The whole Rus sian fleet is assembled near Woosung and the German squadron at Tsingtau is preparing for eventualities.
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4 DARING RAID.
Cossaeks Hit Japanese Hard in vicin-
 ity of FaIxomrn.


 ity of Fakomrn.
 St. Petersburg, May 26.-News of a successful cavalry raid by Lieutenant General Mistehenko comes in the fol- lowing dispatch from Lieutenant-Gen- eral Linevitch to the emperor, dated May 25:
 "A cavalry detachment commanded by Lieutenant-GeneraI Mistchenko. composed of portion of the South Caucasian brigade and trans-Baikal Cossacks, while engaged on May II in repulsing the enemy to the southward, approached Sinlountchouan. On May IS squadrons of the vanguard succeed ed in reaching the Fakoman road, where they burned a stores depot and destroyed the telegraph for a consider able distance. Large bands of Chinese bandits encountered by the detachment were partly annihilated and partly dis persed.
 On May 19 the main body arrived at the Fakoman- Shifudzy road and found the heights south of Fakoman occupied by large Japanese force consisting of guards and infantry with machine guns. The Russians attacked and an initiated two Japanese companies and captured another company with all its officers and two machine guns
 '.The Russians seized a road on the right bank of the Liao river and dis persed near Shifudzy a transport train seven versts -four and two-thirds miles) long, with rice timed food and fruit, destroyed the telegraph line and took several prisoners and one hundred horses.
 ''On the return journey the Russians dispersed several bands of Chinese ban =dits. The prisoners taken number five officers and 234 men,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-27
AWARD SCHOOL CONTRACTS.
THREE SETTLED FOR SCRANTON
 STREET SCHOOL.

Mason Work For James H. Hogan
 David H. Clark Co. Gets Carpenter
 Total Must Nos Exceed $60s244--
 Mayor Makes Suggestions to Board
 Regarding Text Books and Vacations.
 At a special meeting of the board of education held last evening Mayor Studley appeared to offer some sugges- tions to the board. The board voted to suspend it's regular order of business and the mayor was accorded the floor. The mayor stated that he believed that there were a large number of parents of school children who would be glad to purchase the text books used by their children if they could obtain them at. wholesale prices. The mayor suggested that if the board could make arrange ments to obtain books for the children at this price some parents would buy them, and thus part Of the textbook expense would be done away with. The
 
 the abolition of free text books, but merely an aim to save part of the ex- pense in a way advantageous all around.
 The board appointed Superintendent Beede and MT. Wheeler committee to take the matter in charge.
 Mayor Studley also expressed his opinion that the vacations in the schools were too short When told that the dates for the closing of the school year and the opening in the fall were set as June 27 and September 6 the mayor suggested that, as the latter date came on Wednesday, the opening of the schools might be postponed until the following Monday. The proposition was referred to the committee on l schools.
 l Anthony Carroll appeared before the board to ask that an inspector be ap- pointed to oversee the erection of the new Scranton street school
 The note of the board of finance noti- flying the board of education of the fact that the necessary appropriation for en- suring the building of the new school Udu 5U0eHz STdIlCSu{ WStS TSdu. II ile 5pluS previously received were then referred l to the committee on schools, with pow l CT to award contracts to the lowest re- l.sponsible bidders, provided their bids tconformed to the specifications and that l the total cost should not exceed 69,244. The board voted to waive it's claims ,, arising under that clause of the con- tract providing penalty of $10 a day 1 for failure to complete the work within the time specified.
 | It was then voted that the finance committee, comprising Messrs. Whit ney and Wheeler, unite with the build- l ing committee to form special com mittee on the erection of the new school. @
 1 When the board adjourned it ad- journed until next Friday evening, Iwhen the assignment of teachers for the next school year will be taken up. At meeting of the building commit- tee held after the adjournment of the l board meeting the following contracts were awarded: For the mason work, \ to James H. Hogan, second bid, $32,475; for the carpenter work, to the David H.. Clark company, $23469, and for the plumbing to James J. Grady, $2,197. N
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-27
THREE LAWYERS ARREsTED.
conspired to Get Possession of Estate
 Worth s72,0OO.

E
 New York, May 26.Armitage Math- ews, a lawyer, and secretary of the re- publican county committee, together with two other lawyers. Samuel I. Fer guson and John w. Wooten, were in dicted by the grand jury to-day on charges of conspiracy and grand lar ceny of an estate valued at $72,000, in connection with their handling of an estate for David Rothschild. Roths- child, who was president of the defunct Federal bank, Is now serving a long sentence in Sing Sing, having been con- victed of irregularities in handling the banks funds. The convicted banker al so is named in the indictments return ed against the three lawyers. but the papers show that he was a witness be- fore the grand jury, and that he has turned states evidence against the others.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-27
Appellate Division Abolished.

Newport, R. T., May 26.-The appel late division of the supreme court of the state, after an existence of 200 years was abolished to-day in Newport county. The place of the appellate di- vision which was a court of last resort will be taken by the superior court, ere ated by this years legislature.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-27
4 RUSSIAN PARTICIPATION.
Report That United States is After
 SaIxhaIin.

St. Petersburg, May 26-The Tenote- chestva, a most radical anti-govern- ment organ, prints the startling rufnor that the United States government is in the market for the purchase of the Island of Sakhalin. The paper, which takes every opportunity to place the Russian government in poor light, says that the United States govern ment evidently believes that 1t can pick up the island with it's rich forest and mines at a bargain, as Russia is unable ito protect it. $
 Washington, May 26. Regarding the rumor published in a St. Petersburg newspaper that the United States is seeking to acquire the Island of Sak- 5halin, it is stated at the state depart ment that the matter has never been suggested to the United States, and that this government does not conten- plate the purchase of any island what ever. The Russian embassy here is without any information bearing on the story.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-27
ACCIDENT AT B0ER sHoW.
Three Seriously Injured in Charge of
 Australian Lancers.

New York, May 2s.--Three men were seriously injured and another may die after being trampled on in the charge of the New South Wales lancers and the Highland brigade at the Boer spec itacle at Brighton Beach. which opened tonight.
 The men were picked up and carried to the Emergency hospital on the grounds, where 1t was said that John Barlow was probably fatally hurt.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-27
DOUGLAS WILL NOT RUN AGAIN
Governor of Massachusetts Has No
 Taste for OfIice-HoIdIng.

Boston, May 26.-In a letter to John J. Flaherty, of Gloucester, chairman of the democratic state central committee, Governor William L. Douglas to-day announced his decision not to be a can dtdata for reelection. Governor Doug las states that he has no taste for otticeholding, much preferring his busi- ness and quiet home life to the con stant strain incident to public responsi- bilities.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-27
U. S. Rubber Increases Capital stock.

Trenton, N. J., May 26.-Tbe United States Rubber company filed a certifi- cate in the secretary of states office here to-day increasing the company's capital stock from $50O0oO00 to ST, ,0oO,- 900. Of the total $4o,OoO,oOo is preferred stock, S1O,000,000 is second preferred stock and $25.ooO,OOO is common stock.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-27
Shipping News.

Scilly, May 26.--Passed: Steamer Rot4. sterdani, New York for Rotterdam < Brow Head, May 26. Steamer Cedric, New York for Liverpool, reported by wireless telegraph 90 miles west at 12:45 ?. m.
 Dover, May 26.-Sailed: Steamer Bleucher 6from Hamburg), New York.
 Glasgow, May 25.-Sailed: Steamer Parisian, New York.
 Hamburg, May 26.--Arrived. Steamer Patricia, New York via Dover. steamer P Nord aaTls Amerlca aa Naples 1ps Ns York. '7s - II
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{ .ROssE4U U SENTENCED.
Man Who Attempted to Blow Up Inn bria Gets Three Years.

New York, May 26. Gessler Russell, better known as Gessler Rosseau, who sent a dynamite machine to the pier of the steamship Umbria on May Il, 1903, was to-day sent to states prison by Re- corder Golf in the court of general ses- sions for not less than three years and not more than four years.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-27
PROT. HOLLYWOOD TEsTIFIEs.
Yale Chemist Gives Expert Testimony
 in Murder Trial. l

Bridgeport, May 26.-B. B. Boltwood, a prfessor of chemistry at Yale univer- sity testified this morning as an ex- pert on spontaneous combustion intro- duced by the defense in the trial of Henry Adams of Stamford, charged with murder through the burning to death of man in the Salvation Army barracks at Stamford, which he is ac- cused of firing. Professor Boltwood told how spontaneous combustion might or iginate and said it would be possible for rats, gnawing matches to start a fire.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-27
CHINESE CLEAR FOR ACTION.
Russians Told They Must Leave vicin-
 ity of Shanghai.

London, May 27.-The Shanghai cor respondent of the Daily Express says:
 All the Chinese cruisers in these waters cleared for action to-day and the Taotai went to the Russian con- sulate and demanded that the Russian ships leave withi ntWenty-four hours."
 Cabling from Shanghai, the corre- spondent of the Daily Mail says he be- lieves the vessels of the Russian Baltic squadron off Saddle Islands have pro- ceeded on their voyage, and gives a ru- nor that the main Russian fleet is in the neighborhood of Fuchan (province of Shantung). The correspondent says President Roosevelt has wired the Vice. roy and Taotai commenting their steps to preserve Chinese neutrality. @|
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-27
RUSSIAN SHIPS LEAVE.
Sail from Saddle Islands--yesseIs at
 Woosung Remain.

Shanghai, May 27-The Russian war vessels that were off the Saddle islands left last night. The Chinese authorities ordered the vessels of the Russian vol unteer fleet, which were anchored off Woosurlg, to leave within twenty-four hours. The Russians thus far have en- tirely ignored the order
 London, May 27.The correspondent of the Standard. at Shanghai says that the Russian transports now at Woo sung were conveyed by the cruisers Rion and Smolensk.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-27
Justice Charles H. Van Brunt Dead.

New York, May 26.-Charles H. Van Brunt, presiding justice of the appellate division of the New York state supreme court, died suddenly in the street to- day. <,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-27
Purchased at Auction in London for J.
 Pierpont Morgan.

ftcEpOnt lWVTSdns
 London, May 2s.A small sixteenth century drinking cup, carved out of rock crystal, and mounted and enam- eled with gold, was sold by auction. here this afternoon for the remarkable price of $S1, ,375.
 It is stated the cup was purchased for. J. Pierpont Morgan of New York. It belonged to John Gabbitas, of London,. who placed the reserve price at only $25, ,OO0. There has been much discus- sion as to it's authenticity, but the British museum has pronounced it gen. uine The bidding was fast and furious from s2.5OO to $50, 900, but thenceforward the duel was between two prominent London dealers. It is believed that $s1, ,375 is the highest price ever paid for a single object of art in an English auction room.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-27
CONSERVATION AT PEKIN
Feeling of Diplomats on Russia's De-
 cision to Extend War Area.

London, May 27.The Times corre- spondent at St. Petersburg says that Rlussia,s decision to extend the area of hostilities into Mongolia has evoked sen- timent akin to consternaton among the diplomats there. It is regarded, the cor respondent says, as the first step to- wards annexation, and the opening up of the question of the partition of China.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-27
SCHOOL sUPERINTENDENTS.
F. H. Beede and Others Support aschooI
 City, Plan.

Boston, May 26 About 200 New Eng land school superintendents at the seventy-sixtb meeting of their associa- tion here to-day, heard Wilson D. Gill, general superintendent of moral and civil training in Cuban schools during the American occupation, speak on the school city, plan as established in New York and other cities.
 Mr. Gill, F. H. Beede of New Haven, Ossian H. Lang of New York and oth- CTS supported the plan. Walter E. Ranger, Vermont superintendent of ed ucation, was less sanguine than the others of the efficacy of this form of student government. .,..s5...
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-27
Harvard and corneII Row To-dny.

Cambridge, May 26.--The first dual boat race between varsity eight-oared crews representing Harvard and Cor nell will be rowed on the Charles river tomorrow afternoon. The race, wealth. CT conditions permitting, will be started upstream at i4:30 o'clock and will be over the red one and seven-eighth miles course. N
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-27
Russian Governors Assassin Caught,

Baku, Caucasia, May 26.-The man who assassinated Nakachidze, governor of Baku, Wednesday evening by throwing bomb at his carriage was arrested to-day at the Hartisoff fac- tory.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-27
ss1,s75 FOR 4 DRINKING CUP.

(Continued on Eighth Page.)
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-02-18
Referees Sale of Land.

Notice is hereby given tn 1t under and by vir-
tue af decree of the Circuit Court of the State
of Oregon for Benton County, made the 3oth
day of November, 1904, in suit in equity then
pending tu said court, wherein T. W. B. Smith
and Nancy ]. Smith were the plaintiffs and John
W. McBee, Maud Grubbs and Thao deus Grubbs
were ethesdefendants, appointing the undersign.
ed Referee to Sell the hereinafter described real
property, and directing the sale ofsaid property
as such referee will on Saturday the 18th day
Of March 1905, at the hour Of TWO O'Clock in the
afternoon of said day, at the front door of the
county court house in the city of Corvallis Ben
ton county. state OF oregon, sell at public auc-
ton to the highest BIDDER for cash in hand all
of the following described real property towit:
Lots five, eleven and twelve of section six town.
ship thirteen south, range four west and lot
nine in section one, township thirteen south,
range five west containing 1881 acres and be-
ing the same land patented by the United
States government to the heirs at law of Thorn
as McBee, deceased; also the southwest quarter
the south half of the. northwest quarter and lots
two three, six and seven of section one,
and lots two, three, four and five in Sec. in
township 13 south, range five west, containing
320.63 acres, and being the donation land claim
OF the heirs law of William McBee, deceased
and Elizabeth Nc Bee, widow, Not No. 4757. All
in Benton County, Oregon.
SAID sale will be made in the manner required
by law for the sale Of real property on execution
Dated this February is, 1906
NJ. P. Bui nett Referee.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-02-18
cry movement after they reached
Portland.
THE WIFE BEATERS.
And Their New Punishment Sheriff S
Office has Visions of First
Offender.

Over at the sheriAPs Office there
is some speculation over the things
that may develop in that vicinity
as result of the law requiring
wife beaters to be whipped. The
Office has good reason to believe
that wife beating is going on in
this town to limited extent. The
new law makes it encumbent on
the sheriff to administer 20 1ashes
to the husband, in case of con-
viction. In case the wifescomes out
victorious in the family scrimmage,
there is no provision for her to be
led to the whipping post. There
are several husbands in town. who
are said to show visible signs occas-
iona1ly that their wives have the
mystery.
The new law provides for the
whipping to be done inside the
county jail. fused to be done
publicly. The convicted prisoner
was tied to the post, and stripped
to the waist. The officer applied
vigorously whip having a number
'of crackers. The swish of the catwas
frequently followed by bleeding back
for the prisoner. In the new law
there is provision for jurisdiction.
not only for circuit courts, but for
justices of the peace. The first
penalty under the new law will un-
doubted1y be attended with extreme
interest.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-02-18
Next Wednesday.

You are wanted at the Martha
Washing ton Tea next ednesday
eve from S to 8 O'Clock, in the par
1or Of the First Methodist church.
From 8 to Ga splendid program
will be rendered in the church pro-
per. No charge to hear program,
but + s cents for supper. RRemen1ibser
the place, date and hours. Every
one invited to wear Washington
costumes if they so desire.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-02-18
II. S. PERNoT,
Physician q Surgeon

Office over postofice. Residence Cor
Fifth and Jefferson streets.f Hours 10 to
IL q. m, to p. m. Orders NAV he
eft at Graham & Wortham's drug store
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-02-18

Wifi Our patients are our
w ILL best advertis ements
w. Every pair of glasses
I GU fitted by US sells others
II We wat to add you to
be our chain
49, To fit you is to fit your
|o1lG f.iends in the future
t>A1 MATTHEWS the 0ptician
Room r2 over NATL Bk.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-02-18
Wood Choppers

Wanted at once. 200 cords of fir
wood to cut. P. A. Kline