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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
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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.
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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-
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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.
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