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I il I 1 1 I 1 VOL. LVII. ASTORIA, OREGON, WEDiNESDAY, JANUARY . 190. NO. 79. JAPAN LANDS TROOPS AT COREA WHIM LOOKS AS THOUGH WAR MAY FOLLOW Situation Has Reached Fearful Tension, and an Ourbreak of Hostilities Is Expected br the Powers. American Marines Und to Protect United States Legation and Others Will Follow This Action Considered by London to Mean s That Washington Expects War-Appears That Crisis Has Reached Breaking Point. Pari, Jan. I. Th Chcfoo corres pondent of Iht Herald cables as fol low; , , "Eight thousand Japan troops are ready to Und at Mranmpho and their landing will probably mean war. A regiment of Cossacks Is expected to ar rive at Tort Arthur, Iteaervea art be ing removed from Iba llliigovem hen.k cspltol of Amur province, In eastern Biberia'to Taltsehlar, In Manchuria. Th position of the troop In Man churia la bulng arranged, but their lo cation ara kept aecret, AMERICAN MARINES ON HAND Arrlv t Protect tntrt of United 8tatt In Cat Of War. Seoul, Corea, Jan. I. A detachment of St marine from the United Stale learner Vli ksburg, now lying at Chem ulpo, arrive 1 here yesterday a a guard fr th American legation. Another body of 70 marine will arrive tomor row. Th United Btatea Iran port fcaphlrb la alto at Chemulpo, where ItuMla, Japan and Great Britain have each one man of war. Quiet prevail here, but th palace ta heavily guarded by th Corean armjr. Tl movement of th Japane troopa and fleet ar unknown here. Th attitad of the Corean government la unchanged. Solicitude I ahown a to what may happen on th arrival of th Japane troop, LONDON PRESS COMMENTS. Appreve Ctand Taken By th United State In Sending Marine. London, Jan. ."Nobody will aua p't a rapta!n of an American man of-wat of being a chem!ng alarmist," ay th Standard editorially thl morning, Thta aentenc xpree th view tak en by th pra of Oreat Britain of th grav condition of thing In th far, cast a revealed by th fact that t United Btaie find It neteeaary to aend marine ta Seoul for th protection of American Inter. While It la atlll hoped a peaceful taeu may be found thl action I d to Indlcat that the view of th tltMtlon taken at Wash ington la that lb e rlst la drifting rap Idly to tb dangw point. Th action Of th United IHate In generally p proved. 7h naming Poet eay editor ially: "Th landing at American nmrlne prove that th United Mates In not watching for a aaatern inbrogllo with -out Intelligent Inter!." The dally Ttlagraph'a Tokto corres pondent says: "Th outlook I vry warllk. Th people ar commenting on the absence of ISaron de Rosen, the KiiMlaii mlnlntef to Japan, from public function for th last few day." oj counter proiiopals. There ar strong liopca In many circle that Thursday next, th Russian Christinas, the caur mar be able to announce that peace la ussured. The flurry on the bourne yesterday I explained by bonkers a being due to the annual settlement of operations und they Mid tbnt It wo wholly un influenced by tlx fur eastern ltua tlon. 1 Th statement mad by th foreign ofllc at St. Petersburg to the Associa ted Press today regarding th Induc tion aent to Viceroy Alexlff wa com municated to the llrltlsh foreign offlc and to the Jupane legation here. They bolt expressed pleasure at the fin t that Russia had evinced uch a friendly attitude, but they aald no deft nit conclusion could be drawn until th nature of the ounter propoaala waa known. The Jnpaneae legation re iterated that the cardinal point of the Jupane proposal admitted of no counter propoeal and paid that If any Important point were Included among (hone accepted there waa a poaalotllty of reaching a settlement by further negotiation. PROTECT RUSSIAN INTERESTS. Uerlln, Jan.. Th seinl-ufflclal koe lenlach Zeltung. In publlahlng the new that th Herman far eastern luadron hwd been ordered to conaen trat at Telmhou, auya: "The vital political lnlereata of Rus ! and Japan are cluahliig ao sharply that the yielding .f either country would mean the abandonment of thoae Intereata. The die mut aoun be cast RUSSIA CONCEDES MUCH But Japan Inaiit Upon 'Full Demand Mad. St Petersburg, Jan. J. In reply to Japin. Russia made great concessions. and hopea her propoaala will prove ceptabl to Japan Th foreign offlco Informed the Assorted Pre today thi.t Instruction! had been aent to Vic eroy Alexin, on which the reply wa baaed. The latter waa drawn up In the moat concllllatory aplrlt. Home of th Japanea propoaala were accepted, while other were made the aubject of extended observation and were met 2 PER CENT REDUCTION Cn Clothing, Furnishing' Goods, Hats, Shoes, Etc. Excopting only Dimlup Hats, E. & W, QJlara, Oil and Kubber Goods and Donts Gloves. THIS MEANS A GREAT SACRIFICE as our goods are sold on very close margins. SALE COMMENCES Monday, January 4, 1904. P.A.STOKES Rifl Ragimant Dipatehd to Scn of Disturbance. St. Petersburg. Jon. S. A seml-of-nclal dlapatch to the new agency from Vladlvoalock and private Information from Hukdeu atate, that owing to dis turbance between Coreana and Jap anese in Corea, th nuailan second rifle regiment, at It full strength, hoe been dispatched to Corea In order to protect Russian inter! there. tendent Culbreath submitted hi re port covering thai period. , Dr' Culbreath report the general health of th Inmate of the institution a being good, with the exception of twocases of typhoid fever. In ward 2. "Kvery effort," he says, "I ltng made to discover the source of the infection and to prevent any further develop ment." The death rate for the month has been small. "Th farm work for the month," aay the superintendent, hu consisted of plowing, repairing of fence, graveling driveways, hauling slabwood. gather ing vegltables, etc. "The mechanic have worked on the hog bam. new closed cottage and gen eral repair. "The contractor haslnished the new closed cottage and the new dinning- room hull at the cottage farm, and they will be ready for occupancy as aoon as they can be furnished and a aewerage system constructed. We are pre oar ing to put In a large septic tank for thla purpose. "The earnings of keeping of Alaskan Insane for the quarter ending Decem ber II amounts to $2300.13. The statistic! report show an in crease of nine patient In the Institu tion over the previous, month, the total number on December 31 being 1249. it also show that the per capita month ly expense was S10.S1S.19. and the dully per capita 33 J3-100. FIRE DEPARTMENT CAUSES ' ARREST OF IRONWORKERS FOR SUSPICIOUS CONDUCT After Fire They Mounted Roof of Theater and It Is Alleged Destroyed Possi ble Evidence Tell Poor Story. Member of Council Committee Appointed to Investigate, States Not More Than 35 Per Cent of Playhouses Will Ever Be Able to Open Doors for BusinessCoroner Prepares for Inquest-No Trial, He Says. IN FOR WOOD Minority Prepares Brief in Reply to Senator Eoraker. Fleet to Reiv Order. Pensarola, Fla.. Jan. I. The Allan tic training squadron composed of the Minneapolis, Columbos. Yankee and Hartford, received orders today to pro ced to Ounntanamo. where further or ders would await Its arrival. Ilrlnjr Out Testimony )f Wiliiea sea Cult-muted to Injur t Ilia ProwtHH'tft. Washington, Jan. i. The viewa of the minority of the senate committee on military affairs, protesting against th confirmation of General )onard Wood to be a major general have been prepared Jn the form of a brief to be used when the report of the committee att presented tor action by the aenate In excuttve session. The brief follow the testimony Introduced before the senate committee on Investigation, di recting the attention of the senator to puiaea In the testimony arid em phasising the charges mode before the committee. H Is declared that most of thti Important matters brought out In the hearing came to the public's knowledge subsequent to General Wood' promotion to be brigadier gen eral. These assertions are made for th purpose of meeting the argument of Pcnntor Fornker. He argues thut the objections to General Wood's advance ment should have been made when President McKinlcy had under con sideration the matter of promoting him to be a brigitdlcr general. CRIPPLE DIES Brutally Attacked by Unknown Persons and Succumbs." Striijfjrle Omirs Rt Ilia Home at Night and Mystery Sur round Entire Affair. LODGE HOLDS SENATE FLOOR. Massaohuietts Senator Uphold Pans- ( ma Situation.- Washington, Jan. 5. --Practically the entire session of the wnnte today wasi devoted to a. speech by Lodge on the situation on' the Isthmus of Panama He discussed the abstruct question of the right of the president , to recog nlxe the independence of the new na tlon and concluded such a prerogative pertains exclusively to the office of the hlcf executive. Irfidge argued that our intervention in f'anama had been only in the Interest of peace and con tended that the president had not gone step beyond what propriety culled for. The conclusion of the speech was devoted to the political aspect of the tluatton. In that connection he re ferred to speeches made at n demo cratic banquet In New York Inst night. Cottage Grove, Ore., Jan. S Fred Oale. 4pho was found in his room about I o'clock Friday morning badly beaten up and halt daxed. died at 1:S this morning from the effects of the Injuries he received. There is some mvsterv connected with the affair, which ua yet haa not been solved. Gale attended a dance given In the Masonic hall, and at the close waa ac-comt-anled home by friends, who left him about midnight. Not appearing tit the usual time next morning, his (rler.ds mad an fnvestigatlon, and fcund him In bud n a helpless condi tion and daxed. Th room gave evi dence of having been the scene of a struggle: his lothlnr waa scattered tinund promlCJ3ualy on the floor, hlood spattered on the floor In many places, his face was badly beaten up, also his body, which bore the marks of a boot heel on the chest. He was able to trlve only a meager report of vhat hpned, and this was to the ef- ! feci that some one entered his room dining the after part of the night and strii -k him In the face repeatedly and grubbed htm and pulled him out of bed .... a Hn..t ft,.. ...Kl,.h K j ..il uic iiuui, niiiri n nun nc luai lull" i a.;louaitea. Tic- count sheriff Is here Investignt j Inn the affair, hih! it is quite likely ; th it B(im revelations will be unearthed i before Ion?. " The deceased was born In Minneap oll, Kan., was 44 years of age, wns htrnessmtker by trade, having located In Cottage Grove abut three years ago. He had recently sold out, and after tak ing a trip to California, returned to this place and was preparing to open a cigar stand. He was a cripple, having ben thrown from a horse when young, receiving Injuries to the spine, from which he never recovered, the lower limbs being paralysed, necessitating his using an Invalid's chair as a means of moving about. Chicago. Jan. S. The committee composed of member of th city coun cil appointed last night to Investigate th condition of the' local theater held It Brit meeting today. According to th statement of Alderman Prleatedt, one of th member of the committee. It I doubtful If IS per cent of the theater will ever re-open their door. Late thl afternoon attorney of the fire department caused the arrest of four employes of th Fuller Con struction Company, David Jones, ma sonry foreman, and Angus UcKay, Otto Rausch and John Kingston, Ironwork er. It ha been charged that Jones and his men broke th skylights on th theater after the fire In order to destroy possible evidence. It developed today that the skylights were blocked by scantlings and tied with wire to pre vent their opening. Jones, In making hta statement to the fire department sdd: ' T took three Ironworkers with me up through, the adjoining building. First I removed the wooden scantling which blocked the skylights. Then I found the lights lied with wire inside and broke two panes of glass to get at the wires to untie them, t finally got the wire off and opened the light." Jones was asked why he went to the roof of the theater, and replied he had been told that the north wall had cracked In during the fire and went to see of it waa true. "Why did you take three Ironwork er with you to Inspect a brick. wall?" asked Aatorney Futkerson of the fire department. Jones waa confused but finally answered that the men went with htm through curiosity. Numerous witnesses who were In ad joining buildings overlooking the theater testified that the skylights aer not open during the lr. Coroner Traeger said tonight h waa almoat ready for th inquest wblok wlU commence Thursday morning. -I wish it understood." he said, "thla la not a trial, but simply an investiga tion to determine the facts of th 8r The coroner's jury will not attempt ta fix the blame, nor will It recommend punishment of anybody." DECISION FOR DEFENDANTS. Suit Involving Larg Sum Settled la Stratton' Favor. Denver, Jan. I. In the case ef th Independence Mining Company, of London, against the executor ef th estate of the late Winifleld S. Stratton, the Cripple Cree& mlllonalre, clalmlag tt.OOe.aoe damages for the alleged salt ing of the Independence mln hefor Its sale to the English company, Judg Riner, In the United States court thla afternoon, decided for the defendants, Widow Commits Suicide. Attleboro. Mass., Jan. S Mrs. Jen nie Guy. a widow who formerly -Hved here but who of late has made her home In Chicago, was found dead la a room at the Park hotel with a bullet hole In her head. An unsealed not addressed to the Medical Examiner stated that the woman had committed suicide. No reason for the act waa assigned. . . , ,-gH-4Ttmm i . . "Kf.t Receiver Fr Jscep Bok. Bellngham, Wash , Jan, S. A recatv er waa appointed today for Jacob Seek who, In 1892 expended more than 1 158.- 000 In building in this city one of th finest theatera on the coast. Assetts, 1225.000; liabilities, $S.000. J REPORT OF THE ASYLUM. Superintendent Tails of Th Conditions ! Befor Trustee Board. Salem, Jan. 6. The board of trus tees of the Insane asylum held the regular monthly meeting for the month of December, at which time Supertn- IF YOU WANT GO TO Dunbar's Shrinkego of Earnings. New York, Jan. 5. The dividend of the United Slates Steel Corporation common stocks was passed today at the quarterly meeting of the directors today, but the regular 194 wns declared on preferred stock. ..'At. a previous quarterly meeting, the common divi dend wa cut from a four to a two percent baids. A statement of earnings for' 1903 shows a shrinkage of $24,000,000. 1904 1904 1904 1904 1904 1904 1904 1904 1904 1904 1904 1904 1904 1904 1904 1 & 0 4 DIARIES. TIDE TABLES, CHARTS. CARDS. CALENDARS, ETC , START RIGHT, KEEP RIGHT, BUY RIGHT. J. N. GRIFFIN. 1 i 0 4 1904 1904 1904 1904 1904 1904 1904 1904 1904 1904 1904 1904 1904 1904 1904 Groceries. Hardware, Ship Chandle ry Paints Oil and Glass Hardwood Lumber Boat Supplies etc. t? j& ' ;.,, V "i -ATz -' ' . FISHER BROTHERS Cor. Bond and 12th Sts, Astoria, Oregon