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VOL. LVIJ. ASTORIA, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 8. 1W. N0.8L .6. f JAPANESE WARSHIPS MAY USE OUR HARBORS' IN ORIENT Friendly Assurance Reported to Have Been Conveyed Meeting Held at Yokohama. V' 4 s , Governor Tail Said to Have Outlined Our Attitude to Marquis Ito in Event of Hostilities Ensuing Between fi the Two Countries. London, J Ml. l.-Ths Dully Mall's Toklo correspondent says: "Governor Taft had a secret confer no with Marquis lto at tho United .tales consul!. t Yokohama. It I underatod that Governor Tfl assured the Marquis (hut the United Btato would obrv friendly neutrality to ward Japan In the tv.nt of war and. that If nacMMry, It would grant the use" of American porta In the far east to the Japanese fWt.M baaed on observation. Is that the rail road would break down and It admin istration find Itself In hopeless confus lou within a w-k under the stress f war enwrgande. , INTERVENTION NOT WANTED. Japan lelievea That Outside Action Would Benefit Russia. ; Toklo, Jau., 7. The, government Is silent concerning the term of the Rus Dan rejoinder. A high authority hare however, says that the reply la unsat- Content of Reply of Russia Not Yet ; pifartory to Japan, especially In Its NOTE MAY IE UNDILIVEREDi Mad. Public, " London, Jan, I. None of the special cablegrams from Toklo, printed In this momlna's nowrt. Is able to live con tents of Russia's reply but all concur In believing It unsatisfactory. It ap pears that the note might be umlullver td as Baron de Rosen, the Russian mln later Is Buffering from ear affection, pad not Haron Kemura, the Japanese foreign minister, viaiiea me nuutan legation to get It, According to the Standard's Toklo correspondent, an In creasing number of steamships are requisitioned dally as transports. IN THE EVENT OF WAR. English Officer Arrivss At Pekin to Leek Over Situation. Pekla, Jan. I. Major Nathan, an of ficer of the British army, and second In command of railway transportation In the Transvail during the Boer war has arrived here, He traveled over the Siberian railway with the special view of ascertaining the possibilities Of road transportation of troops and supplies In .vest of war. His opinion, feature bearing upon the question of Cores. He says that the Russian gov ernment In Its communication express es ,t-desire for a peaceable settlement of the ra-uters in dispute. . Japan has taken the reply under con sideration and Is convinced that Rus sia's protestations art honest and (Hilt there Is a chance roe peace, she will jontlnue the negotiations. At the same time the ministry Is unqualified ly opposed to a long delay. It Is be coming apparent that Japan would re sent an ylntsrvenilan on the part of any f the outside powers In the ex tremity of the crisis. It Is thought possible here that the United States might Intervene. .Such Intervention, the Japanese say, would be unjust and only create delay which would be ad vantageous to Russia. oiufifoiinatJoh regarding the f con tents of the Russian reply to jiipan, but the lone Is distinctly pessiuilstk-. mid, 1 here are but slight hopeejofa peaceful exit from the position In which Russia and Japan hnd them elves. . :,!' The diplomat are making Inquiries as to the attitude of the powers In ease of war, that to W adopted by the United Stales being regarded M par ticular Important. To" the Associated Press the Japanese minister said: , "The attltued of th-TJulted States will mean much. She has negotiated a treaty with China for the opening of three ports in Manchuria to the com merce of the world. These ports have been occupied by Russians and thus her treaty rights have been violated." "Japan Is not guided by selfish mo tives, but is acting In the Interest of all nations. 1 hope the United Stat will clearly understand our position and will favor u with her support" r' HAD NOTHING TO OA IN. ' DIPLOMATS MAKE INQUIRIES. France Has no Information on Rus sia's Reply. s Paris, Jan. 7. Officials and diplo matic circles here clnlm to be with- 2 It. PER CENT REDUCTION - f On Clothing'. Furnishing' Goods, Hats. Shoes. Etc. Excepting only Dunlap Nate, E. & W. Collars, Oil - and Rubber Goods and Dents Gloves. tHIS MEANS A GREAT SACRIFICE as our goods are sold on very close margins. SALE COMMENCES Monday, January 4, 1904. -STOKES Japans. Minister at London Discred its Seoul Incident. London, Jan. 7. No further news from the far east has been received this morning at the Japanese legation. The Japanese minister, Baron Hataahl, says he falls to see how the Japanese railroad could refuse to transport Rus sian troops from Chemulpo to Seoul, as reported, nor if it did, what object could be gained, for the Russians could easily get to Seoul on foot. Consuls today touched M 13-11, an other low record murk.. The Roth ohllds say this appears to be ollety due to apprenen.lon' of , war ' between Russia and Japan, vtd not to fear that Great Britain would be Involved In the fighting. At their annual meetings all bankers are announcing that they have written down their holdings of consuls at 83. through the Exchange Telegraph Co. saying that the French foreign office Had received advices favorale to a peaceful settlement. This led to an Improvement on the stock exchange, consuls going up and Japanese and other securities following suit. ".. Can Not Be Averted. Pekln, Jan. 7.-Qen. .Yuan Shlki, commander In chief of the . Chinese army and navy sent his foreign adviser Chas: Denby, Jr., to Pekln, to invest!. gate the report as to the probability of war, Denby has reported. Accord ing to th. best opinions obtainable, based on diplomatic Information, that war cannot be averted. War Is Inevitable. Han Francisco, Jan. 7. Prominent Insurance companies have ., received cablegrams stating that war Is Inev itable and in consequence the war risks on Immediate sailings have been ad vanced to four per cent and on sailings during the latter part of this month to 10 per cent. Russia Make. New Demands. London. Jan. . The Dally Mall's Toklo correspondent learns that Rus sia has made new demands which will he Impossible for Japan to entertain. The correspondent says all the powers ate landing troops at Cores and that British blue Jackets at Chemulpo ex pected to go to Seoul Immediately. SENT TO INTERCEPT JAPS. Squadron May Find Difficulty in Step ping Ceal ' Vessel. Port Arthur, Jan. I. (via Cbefoo) Several warships left at midnight to reinforce the cruisers sent out for the purpose of Intercepting the Japanese squadron of four Ironclads which, it Is aald. la now approaching Cores to stop six Japanese coal laden ships from Japan destined for Port Arthur atid to cancel their charter to a Rue Ulan Arm. . There la an abnormal i number of government troop, coming In both di rections on the railway. Lake Bai kal Is frosen. Port Arthur defenses are complete and authorities are confident. . PUBLIC DEMANDS WAR. Wants t. Reless Fleet Pari. Jan, 7. A dispatch to the Patrle from Constantinople says that Russia Is negotiating with Turkey to permit her Black sea fleet, said to consist of 17 ships, to pas through the straits of th. Dardanelles. T. Strengthen British Fleet Victoria, B. C., Jan. 7. It Is ru mored at Esquimau that the flagship Grafton, seeond'lass cruiser, has been ordered to proceed to the China station to strengthen" the British fleet In tbe far east. . ' '' Was .Presented Yesterday. St Petersburg, Jan. 7. The war minister has received a dispatch from Toklo Buying that Baron ed-$osen,the Russian minister, presented Russia's reply to the Japanese cabinet yester day RUTH CLEVELAND IS DEAD. Daughter of Ex-Pr.aid.nt Pass. Sud d.nly Away. Rank and,, File of Japan With That Negotiat on Be Dropped. Toklo, JiMi.J. The attitude of Ja pan toward the' response of Russia u still undefined. Premier Katsura, the minister of foreign affnlrs, the 'min ister of war, the minister of finance and the jnlnlster of naval affairs held a council yestordny afternoon. It was decided that a cabinet conference with the older statesmen Would be held be fore dectdlng on the course of proced ure. ' It Is manifest that Russia will make concessions in one direction and Impose new conditions In another. The Japan ese nation Is deeply stirred. PubUo sentiment favors abandonment of ne gotiations, believing them to be use less, and urges a resort to arms. MARCHED OVERLAND. Princeton, N. J., Jan. 7. Ruth Cleveland, the eldest child of ex-Presl-dent Cleveland, died at the Cleveland home today very unexpectedly .the im mediate cause of death being a weak ening of the heart action during a mild attack of diphtheria. Dr. Wtckoff, the attending physician, aid that Miss Cleveland had been, 111 with a mild form of diphtheria for four daya and that the heart affection was not anticipated. She was IS years old, The Cleveland household Is , grief stricken over the death, and many mes- flic- v v ww;.,va .w ., q n. Theunernl will be held tomorrow. MN INTEREST OF COLOMBIA, Southern Senator. Congratulate man and Asiociates. Japanese Rsilrosd. Refutes Rutiians Trantportation to Seoul. Washington, Jan. 7. -United States Minister Allen, at Seoul, Corea, has today's date, that the Russian marines who were landed at Chemulpo and who were refused transportation over the Japanese railway, have" reached the capital, marching overland. Europe Looks For Peso. London, Jan. 7. The expected meet liig lot the British cabinet on Saturday has been postponed. This Is interpre ted In business circles to an ameliora tion in the far eastern crisis, coupled with the better reports from Paris Gor- A Bogato, Sunday. Senators Caro, Velex, Qulntero, Marroquln and 1$ oth er senators hive addressed the fol lowing dispatch to United States Sena tor Oorrmin: "The undersigned Colombian sena tors heartily congratulate you and those who support you In defending the Ideas of Justice and respect for the rights proclaimed by General Washing ton and sustained by all your great statesmen. "The secession of Panama did not take place as a result of general im pulse, but through the treacherous plan of bribing the public forces, and It simply subsists by the Intervention of President Roosevelt, who, occupying adjacent seas with a powerful navy, Impedes Colombia access to the Integral part of Us territory." DOZEN PERSONS SUBMIT EVIDENCE BEFORE JURY IN FIRE INVESTIGATION Coroner's Inquest Opens Behind Closed , Doors, Not Even Members of City, Council Being Admitted. . Representative of Company Furnishing Asbestos Curtain Goes to Show ; That Upon Occasions Such a Curtain May Lose Necessary Resisting Strength to Fires Corned ian Sustains His Former Testimony. Chicago, Jan. 7. A dozen persons today testified before the coroner's Jury Inquest over the victims -of the Iroquois theater fire on Wednesday, December 10. r No person was admitted to th. coun cil chamber " without an order or a subpoena from Coroner Traeger. Even rHfmt.ers of the city council who ac- p led for admission were turned away. though tbe inqulstlon was bob! in the chamber of th. city council. Among the witnesses were Eddie Foy comedian of the "Mr. Bluebeard" com pany and George W. Stetson, repres entative of the company which manu factured the asbestos curtain. The evidence of Foy did not differ greatly from the statements which have been published heretfore concerning his ac tion on the day of the fire. Mr. Stetson uid Coroner Traeger be came Involved In a long discussion as to the merit of asbestos curtains, dur ing which Mr. Stetson admitted that asbestos curtains. If subjected to an extremely high heat, would lose their life and crumble. .-Building Commis sioner WiXlam tOdayiresclnded the or der closing the Coliseum, declaring it safe from Are. Fifteen additional halls were ordered ilosed. WANTS A CLEAR CONSCIENCE Salvation Army Man Confesses to Fm P.nitantiary Prisoner. St. Louis, Jan. 7. William Wilson, a member of the Salvation Army, sur rendered to the police confessing to having set fire to the Occidental hotel at Forsythe. Mont, July, 1901, In which on. man was killed and 20 Injured. Wilson stated that another man was In the penitentiary for the deed and to clear his own conscience, Wilson surrendered to the police, He said 1m did not fire the hotel Intentionally but accidentally dropped a match In the hallway and tbe flames bursting' forth be ran away Instead of raising? an alarm. Wilson la held pending aa Investigation. FAL8E ALARM SAVES PRISONER. Mob Storm Jail Bent Upon Lynching Alleged Murderer. Salt Lake. Jan. 7. One hundred street car men. Infuriated by the mur der of Motorman Gleason, and Con ductor Brighton, by a highwaymaai Tuesday morning, made an Ineffectual attempt tonight to storm the city Jail and lynch John Shocklelgh, the man arrested during the afternoon on the Information of his room mate, Bert Brothero, who told the police that Shockletgh had confessed to the anar der. Shocklelgh denied all knowledge of the crime, but was unable t. tv a satisfactory explanation of his where about. " A 'jfelst. fire ,' alarm was turtted la which diverted the attention of the crowd. During. Its abesence Shock lelgh waa removed to the penitentiary. . " 1 " : "till? I Little Danger f War. Washington, Jan. 7. Arthur" Bean pre, United States minister to Bogota. arrived In Washington today and call ed on Secretary Hay. ; Beaupre said bi his opinion there was little danger of war on the Isthmus. The minister doe not attempt to minimise the high feeling that prevail In Colombia i gardlng' isthmian affairs, but he te lle vea th. people of the republic are beginning to realise the situation ant know what war would mean. IF YOU WANT GO TO Butibar's Jury Being Selected. San Francisco, Jan. 7. The task of impaneling a Jury to try Mrs. Martha Bowers, charged with .thtymurder of her husband, Martin L. Bowers, was commenced In Judge Cook's court to day. 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