The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930, April 27, 1901, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textr Bcoks, Periodicals, M"r;n?;r - Hot lo h? ten!'" 1 ii'n , i y wtllv ) ' ! j , . l.,-.nl i;tiii; (.- ' ' will be. liable lo prosecution. VOL. Mil ASTOKIA, QKEGOX. SATl'KDAY, AI'KIL 27, 1901. NO. ICO look for the Bunch of Gropes ECLIPSE HARDWARE GO, Plumbers and Steamfltters Book Bargains 600 Clolli Bound Ihioka, CinkI f.Tfcr Sil Titlcw, IiinIingaii Author. . . . lUI HP Just (he Kind (or These Long Winter Evenings Five-Volume Sot of Kipling, Russell, Holmes, lltnty, Meade ad other good authors .... GRIFFIN Jli) ilT L..'. "t 'i . ' L'p Si Fancy and Staple Groceries FLOUR, FEED, PROVISIONS, TOBACCO AND CIGARS Supplies of h11 kinds at lowest rates, for fishermen, Farmers and Ixiggers. A. V ALLEN, Tenth and Commercial Streets We Rent New Many new improvements added. See our latest ff ) No. 2 Smith Premier Typewriter I U Nbw Art Catalogue Free . . . -.1 F W. M'KFdIME. local Apent. C. J. TREINCHARD, Commission. Brokerage, Insurance and Shipping. Sole Agents 7C Ppp Vpt Itl J I vl OOl & REED Pure 9ai F. & S. Co. Red Cross Sayon Suits this man Foard & Stokes Co. REPUTATION REPRESENTS PUBLIC OPINION Imputation represents public opinion. How to get In your favor. Make a first-class, re liable article like the Char ter Oak Stove and Range. Every Charter Ouk Is guur nnteed. For sale In Astoria only by W. J. SCULLY. 431 Bond St., Between Ninth and Tenth. Typewriters. L M. ALEXANDER & CO. Kxoluolve l'Bcitlo Coast Dealers 24fi Stark HI., rorttond, Ore, Custom Homm Broker. ASTORIA, ORE Aceot W. F. AOo- and Paclflo txpren Co t. FIRST CLASH OVER DISPUTED GRADE Wagons of Oregon Short Line Stopped by Force. CLARK MEN AGGRESSIVE Ar mlitlce Flailly A(rtcd I'poa - Probability Tlut No Further Vlolcau Will Be limploycd - Dediloo of Coort Awaited. HALT LAKH. April 2 A Special to the Herald from Uvuln. Tun, ays: The flmt chub between the Oregon Short Line and Senator Clark's force for thi "iivtifiiii of the disputed Utah unl California grade occurred today when tweniy-two wagon loaded with Hi' were driven uti fi the right of way by order of Htii-rlnl-ri'l'Tit Young. Tin- flmt ti-am wa promptly stopivd hv the flurk force. Hherlff Johnson thru demanded thitt IrM t-ami be al lowed t, i:iiu dvi-r the public road but tin. curk force again refused to al low the t-imit to proceed. The tem Mem at'i'irptnl to force their home tlir'iiuh but the Clark men. h.-ii vlly ri-lnforci-d and armiM with thuvHii unil plrkhundU'D, ruched to h'Twn' li-adn und htUm itiippi thi-m. For two houin the artrunrnt wjh kept u;. c vrral tt-a.TmNTi in the nwantlin'- hi i (llni in tm-aklnir through and -t i Inir thi-lr whkotwi uwn the rllfht of wuy. finally ih' Clark forceii ask- it for an ar nliiMiv and an ajrre'Ttictit wu rarhrd by whlrh th wajrma are not to b unl'xulrtj nd the Oark fore.- ar 1 1 ri-tlre to th:lr line of d-fcnne at a barh-d wire trivho, two mllea down the ariid.'. x-ndlnir the determlnatlnn In court of the rvrn--t!Ve rlKhta of th rlnlniflnlK. The action. It la Iwlloved remove the rinncrr of a further rlimh bctwen the rival forrea. I.KTTi:n OF TOWTOI. II! Appeni to Czar for More Enllght etieii C, ivernment Ha M.vle Great !;ttprelon on TViple, ftKltl.IN. April :'.-The National Zeltnnk' today print Kiuvtun opeolal coi n-iipiiinl nee. which contain anoth er vcnOnn of the letter of Count Teo Tolxtiil of April 10th. addressed to th crar and cabinet. The letter protected uk ilnxt the ayxtem ,,f f,irxtb!y ulprea Iiik intellectual and political proirre! and cuinxeled the liberation of the pcammt from deKKitte treatment, thi removal of all barrier of enlighten ment and the free profewdon of any faith. The letter conehnb-d; "Thi appeal have I. Uo Toltol. written not a a H'rnnal conviction. hut a the conviction of million be lonKlnir to Kuftlan Intelligence." The cnrreiiHindent aaxerta that the let NT hn.4 made the leepet Impression tlir nigh nit ltiila. Tin- Coloiine Volk Z-ltung print a St. TVterahura; iecia! which say the unlverltv ltuatlon ba suddenly grown wore. Fim Miioimw I'nlverslty won! ha been given ti persist In passive rplxiHl'.l hi until all the sentenced stu dent h-av !ieen lard"iied. The Voi a ot: publlshe.1 a J'lnt pn- tei from the Proletirlat to the world hearing the signatures ef the leader of the aoclallHt niowtnent. including thoae of the I'nlted State, dated fnm Hru el .ign!n.t the lirutalltle of carlm." EXPRESS CAR ROBBED. Two Men Secured $3J0 on Central Geor gia Railroad. MACON. Giu. April 26. An express car of the Centril Georgia railroad g- Inir from Atlanta, to Savannah was rob bed thi morning by tw-i men who boarded the train at Macon. After the train pulled out of Macon the two men. who hod secreted them selves In some way. entered the ex press car and confronted Express Mes senger J. N. White. They wired and hound hi band and feet and threw a sark over hi head. They then went through he package and secured about :i.i0, but left a $1000 package lying on Ihe floor. The safe resisted their at tempts to open It. At Gordon, 20 miles from Macon, the robbers dropped off the train. The mes senger wa uninjured. Detectives and company officers are now scouring the country In seirch of the robbers. EIGHTY BODIES RECOVERED. Fresh Expl.wlon Yesterday Among Ruins of German Chemical "Works. FRANKFORT. Germany, April 26. Bv 11 o'clock this morning eighty bod ies hvj been recovered from the debris nt the electro-chemical works near flrleshelm. but there are still many missing. About 150 persons were In lured, many of 'hem seriously. The scenes which occurred through out the night were most distressing Villagers and survivors -were groping iiIioik i hi rtil'itt In i .nth of relative! .mil coinr nix. and endeavoring to pr.- Kti7. ' In ihe rharfwl IxIIch r dlM- iiii'iiibi'i'.d and n u 1 1 1 a t 1 eorpwn Ihv Identity of iiiUhIuk frlenda. The lliimei jrutt'-d Marx & Mu-ll-r'ff I 'heuilcul fiuioiy and a part of the CrlcMheltn -lor work. A number of children who were hurl ed by the expIonl in into the river Main were dr'twil -d l-fore the reac.uem could reach th'-in. Hevcral firemen are amonK the victim. A apeclal train with re lief firemen and additional dor tora and riurxi-H wan punt in the acene of the dln axter thla iiwnlnK- A numler whom It w.m feni'vl had perUhed have re lort"'l ttiermtelvvM. There m a freh outbreak ( the flam" amoriK the rulna thin mornlriK which revived aprehenHlon. and after Ihe exploal in of a irreat Ijei.alne reser voir, at 11 o'cliM-k. order were bwued ihar everv one lt the vlllaae of CJrte. helm and Ha vicinity munt vait their iii'i-imIh-h fm-thwlth. The inhabitant ll"d. panl-Mtri('k-n. with uch p'! lon a they ould haatlly collect, m'nt of tlvm stoIhk Ut Frankfort. Kven the firemen. Malvjjceni and older left the wene if the dUaater. The railroad er- vliv to rSrlcHhel:Ti ! aimix-nded on ac count f the danjp'r. Durlnif the panh- a numln-rof women and children were thrown down and trampled under foot. The d inacr of fn-ah exploolona neccs- Karlly retarda the drawing Up of a correct death roll, but th latent re port do nor Indicate that thi Id n large a wa at flrt rerted. CAimiKD OFF SAFE. Hold Saloon Uobbery In Montana. Anaconda ANACONDA, Mont.. April 26. Two burglar enter ?d the? Alaska saloon tar ty Mliy by forcing the Maln-atreet door. n.Hllly picking up a 300-pound afe thev loaded It onto an express wagon. Driving outride the city lim it they broke th safe rn and se ci'rej $1,000 In gold. Tutting the brok en Mfe back Into the wagon they start ed the hor? hick toward the city and nnde gnxl their ecape. There I no clew. CAKfHF.P OFF NATIVE GIItLS. Peculiar ConJud of .Oflieers of French Cruiser In South Seas. VICTORIA. B. April 26. H. M. S. Icarus returned 'ast evening from a cruise thnugh the South Sea, during wl.lch she visited all the American and British Island. Her officers savin-re was much talk at Tahiti over the action of otllcer of the French cruiser Prutet. wh i carrle l off a num her of native glrU and took them on a trip on the vcsjel. PICTI'RES OF CARD SHARPS. Rogue1 Gallery lo Be Place,! on Each Big Trans-Atlantic Liner. NEW YORK. Apr. 26.-A rogues' gal lery of card sharps U to be provided by the New York police to be hung in the card room of each of the big trans Atlantl.1 liners running out of this port. This action Is the result of the alleged swindling of Dr. Joseph Muir out of $000 on a recent voyage. THOMAS COL.E HANGED. Had Killed His Sweetheart After a Quartvl. CLINTON. Ky April 26. Thorn is Cole was hangvd here today for the murder of Emma C. Rice, his sweet heart, with whim he had quarreled. On the acaffold Cole expressed sorrow for hi crime. UNION SUITS OR rrtf OfLtAMl V IJJJJ.l llll I ll.lly MANY BOERS AND CATTLE CAPTURED Report From Lord Kitchener to War Office. BRITISH USING BUSHMEN Boer Force Wit Surroaoded Dvrlsi M(bt id Wkts British Opcied Fire at Daws the Botri Sir reidered. LONDON. April 2 The war office ha received the following dixpatch fr"m Trd Kitchener: "Pretoria. April 26. Since yesterday the column report Ifcier louse to be twelve killed, twenty wounded, forty even capture! an4v forty-two urren derd. In addition to the foregoing. Lieutenant Held with twenty buxhmen captured, southeast of Comansle drift. Ollphant'a river. Commandant Sohoeder and forty-one Boexs together with a Maxim. Iteld's men crept up and sur rounded them Oefore dawn and opened fire. The Boers Immediately surrend ered." In a later message forwarding advices from General Kitchener, his brother, the commander-in-chief says: General Kitchener reports from Snardee Platx eighteen Boers killed. fourteen taken prisoners and 3000 cattle and many wagons captured." NEW SHIPPING COMBINE. Steamship Managers Association Form- ed at San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO. April 26.-A steamship managers' association was formed here today. It Includes every steamship line of Importance on the Pacific coast. R. P. Schwertn. of the Pacific Stall, was elected chairman. "There is one thing that we will cer tainly do." a&ld one of the ship-own-era after the meeting, "and that is to protect ourselves against the unreason able demands of other organlxatlons." This Is the strongest combination of "hipping interests ever formed on the coast. CUBANS AT WASHINGTON. Devoted Mu-h Time Yesterday to Dis cussion of Economic Questions. WASHINGTON. April 26,-The Cuban commissioners held two conferences at the war department today. Not only the political relations of the United States and Cuba were discussed hut much time was devoted to economic questions, such as th possibility of a reduction of the tariff on sugar and general reciprocity arrangements be tween this country and Cuba, No statement could be obtained from the deleiration as to the progress that was made during the conference today nor would the delegates go so far as to sav they were satisfied. MINISTRY IN DANGER. Balloting in House of Commons Shows Governme it Majority Is Very Unstable. LONDON. April 26. The unstable character of ihe government majority received a pointed illustration tonght In the house of commons during divis- MADE HATS Are Made by Freemen Are Made by Experienced Men Are Made to Fit Better Are Made to Wear Better Are Made by Fair Labor To Sell at Fair ISSUED BY AUTHORITY OF REGISTERED ion on many vote. Numerous divis ion wcr taken In a thlnrnrd hmse. the government majoritle ranging from forty to alxty. In one cane, that "t the reduction of the aalary of the at-lorn"y-general. the government major iry fell a low a 33. It I evident that, unle thr gov..mm"nt I really riding for a fall, their whip ned constantly to be alert In orJ"r to prevent an un pleasant iiurprle. HEAD SEVERED FROM BODY. Noted Outlaw Hanged In New Mexico Yesterday. CLAYTON, N. M.. Aprtl 26.-Thotnas Ket hum. alias "Black Jack." a notor ious outlaw who ha terroriied the peo ple of the Southwest for the past M' teen years, was hanged here this af ternoon and hi head was severed from his body by the rope an It by a guil lotine. Ketchum pent the greater portion of the morning In reviewing his ptst life. He frequently referred to his momen tarily ?xpected death In a Jocular man ner. He cursed the railroad and ex press company and their officers who were Instrumental In hla conviction and the people of New Mexico In general and their laws. RIVER IS STATIONARY. Improved Conditions Expected on the Ohio Today. CINCINNATI. April 26. The Ohio river has been stationary here and for ome distance below Cincinnati since 9 o'clock this morning. Local Forecast Official Bassler said tonight: 'I look for the river to remain sta tionary until tomorrow morning when there may be a fall." The condition on both sides of the river here tonight Is quite serious. Many sick have been removed from in undated houses to hospitals. Thousands are out of work here and up the val ley but most of them will resume Mon day. MURDERER RE-SENTENCED. Killed To She-o Hedder9 in Idaho In ISM. SALT LAKE, April 26. A special to the Tribune from Albion. Ida., says: "Diamond Field Jack" Davis, con victed of the Tiurder of Cumralngs and Wilson, two sheep herders. In Cassia county In 1S93, was today re-sentenced by Judge Stewart, the date of the exe cution being set for June 2L NEW SYSTEM AT PORTLAND. Independent Telephone Company With Capital of Half a Million. WARREN. Ohio.. April 26. Warren and Youngstown capitalists who now own an independent telephone system at Seattle. Wash., will organize a comoanv Vith $3O,O0Q capital to buy an Independent system at Portland, Or. The same company owns the Birming ham. Ala., plant. GREAT INDIAN MASSACRE. Two Hundred Christian Brazilians Re ported Killed. NEW TORK. April 26. A dispatch to the Herald from Rio Janeiro says: Reports from Marsmhao say the In dians attacked the Christian settle ments in that Brazilian state, that a fight ensued, and that 200 Christians were killed. No official report has been rec?lvei. PRICE OF SILVER. NEW YORK. April 26. Silver. 60. UNION MADE DRESS OR WORKING PANTS Prices BOXER UPRISING AGAIN IMMINENT Chinese Take Courage From Withdrawal of Allied Troops. MISSIONARIES NOT LOOTERS Cosxer Praisci Then Hl(hly tad DecUrts Tbat Without Native Cbrlstiais All Ufitioitri Would Hare Beet Slaia. LONDON, April 26. The ReutT Telegram Company baa received the fol lowing dispatch from Pekln: "A band of Boxers estimated t 1000 Is operating twenty " mile south of Pao Ting Fu. It ha raided three vil lages within a week and threatens t massacre the Christians tn that vicin ity, many of whom have fled to Pao Ting Fu for refuge. "In Mancheng district, northeast of Pao Ting Fu, another strong band h committing depredations and has an nounced Its intention to attack the city of Mancheng. where there Is poet of twenty German soldiers. "Even Pao Ting Fu, since the tow wa practically denuded of trops the exnedltlon to the great wall. Is not wanting In evidences of serious unrest among the more disorderly elements of the population. "Competent .otwirvers believe that the worst class of Chinese are only await ing the withdrawal of the foreign troops to resume the campaign of ex termination against the native Christians.- SERIOUS FAMINE. NEW YORK, April 21 The follow ing cablegram was received by tb Christian Herald today: "Pekln. April 23. A very serious fam ine spreads over the whole, province of Shan SI. Over '11,000,009 -population are affectsd. Urgent relief necessary. The wnditlons warrant, an Immediate appeal. ' U HUNO CHANG." The Christian Herald has announced its purpjoe of raising a fund to relieve the sufferers in the famine-stricken district. EMPRESS APPOINTS BOARD. ' WASHINGTON. April 28- The fol lowing cablegram has been received at the state department from Mr. Squler, the United States charge at Pekln, dat ed today: "The empress dowager has appoint ed a board of national, administration to relieve her of public functions. Ther embrace three members of the cabinet now with the empre3s at Sian Fu. and Prince Chlng. Viceroy LI Hung Chang and Prince Kunr. who are now In Pe kln." The news is regarded as of Import ance. Indicating as It does the relin quishment by the empress .dowager of the arbitrary powers she heretofore has exercised. It is also apparent that (the has placed herself In a position to avoid direct responsibility to the for eigners for whatever may happen In the future and the board will have to bear the brunt of any complaint. It Is felt that the appointment of lata board will make it much easier for the forehrn ministers to transact Dullness with the Chinese government. PLANNED TO CAPTURE EMPRESS. PARIS, April 26,The Gaulois affirms (Continued on Fourth Page.) o r - a 1 rri A 'A i