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Sg -!- WtthJBtHm -jcf . . ffsj: VOL. LVII. ASTORIA. OREGON, " Fit I HAY, JANUARY 22. 1901. NO. 92 7711 ILI I . I I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 II 1 1 1 1 1 1 m LjO ' V HWVW f&WKy WWW? wannaa- e r a ill bib Ba.BastJflifl. w i.ss r e i a b a - a a a i REASURE SAFE PURLOINED WHILE TRAIN SLOWLY CLIMBS STEEP MOUNTAIN GRADE Bandits Watch Chance and Neatly Make Way With Plunder That Is Estimat , ed to Be Fully $80,000. Official, However, Disclaim Any Such Figure-Identity of Person or Persons Not Known, but Arrest of One Man on Suspicion Occurs, Who May Not Be Held for Long With- t , out Stronger Evidence. bun franclsco, Jan. II. Wbll th Southern Paclflo Company's Kunsot Limited train m climbing th moun lain btween Ban Lula-Otilapo and gan Into last night, tht Wells Pari (j Cam pany'i treasure was mysteriously stol an uut of the express car by soma un known person or persons, Timothy Hulllvan, tbt messenger, was In an othar car and whan ha relumed found th alia door of th espreea car open nd tha safe mlaalnir. Tha robber or robbara bad entered tha car through tha and door, tha lock of whli h had baan forced. . Sullivan at one notlflad tha railway officials of tha robbery and a search for tha missing safe resulted In Sliding It near tunnel No. I. It bad baan broken into and tha ootitauta taken with tha exception of a valuabla dla mond, eome checks and othar valuable paptfra. Tha amount of treasure carrl In tha aafa can not b determined. Kx press ofnclsls atnta that It waa only few hundred dollnis but that there were eome valuabla pa pore. Estimates from the acana of the roblwrjr plai I the umtnint as high aa IKO.Ooa, but It Ja thought thla estimate la greatly exag jeratei. One man la under arrest at Han Lula Oblapo on suspicion of being one of tha robbers, but tha evidence against him la only clrcuiintantal..sThs slow progress of tha train would have per milted tha robber entering the espress nr, throwing -nit the af and Jump' lint out gUn without danger. MARKET GUTTED WITH FRUIT Plrkcrs Ordertd to Stop Work In (lrovs Outlook Merlon. ' Ran Barnardlno, Cal., Jan. II, E. r, VanLeaven, manager of tha Ban Bernardino lult Exchange, control Red orange grower today to atop pick fed until further notice, In explan ation ho ay that not to hit knowl edge haa tha outlook been o aerioua aa It Is at preeent. Monday and Tues day there waa no auction of fruit at New York, and all other eaatero mark et have been cloaed on account of tha cold wave, Tha market Is glutted with fruit, and of the 106 carloads In tranalt that prospect are thai tvery box wilt be aold at a torn. It Is Impossible at present to ap proximate tha loss that will follow," said Mr. YanLeuven. "Our packing houses are swamped with fruit, r but none will be ahlptied until that which la In tranalt haa been sold It limy be, with tha clearing of the market even at greatly reduced prtcea, our next ablpmenta will bring better return Killed At Lagging Camp. Baker City. Ore.. Jan. 11. W. V Latham, 10 years of ag, waa Instantly killed In a logging camp narlcEven crushed blm. Ilia parents live f Orant Pass. ore. Lagging Camps Ctseed Dawn, Vancouver, B. C, Jan. It. Every logging camp on tb British Columbia coast are closed down on account of tha heavy anow fall. Tha men hav not left the camps, as It Is thought the warm weather will soon dissipate the anow, Brain ta Analysed. New fork. Jan. II. Thousands of persona, many of them children, have viewed tha remains' of George Fran tie PER CENT REDUCTION On Clothing'i Furnishing Goods, Hato, Shoes, Etc. Excepting only Dunlap Haia, E. A TT, Collars, Oil and Rubber Goods and Dtnts GIotm. THIS MEANS A GREAT SACRIFICE as our goods are sold on very close margins. SALE COMMENCES Monday, January 4, 1904. " .... aaassWaBBMaWaaMaalBisa p. M stfdteis. Train, wslch were lying In state In a mortuary chapel from which tha fu neral was held today,. Hcleritlsts, with (ha conwnt of Mr, Train's relatives, have removed the brain for the purpoee of analyale. Tha organ' was found to be remarkably heavy and showed no slgna of withering, as 1 vsual In per sons of his ag. ' . ,;s Btomaoh At Fault Ne.i Voik. Jan. 11. E. A. Karler, a banker, who aay that myatlo Influ ence war at work on him through the agency of his slomuch, bidding him kill tha president, was committed to Itellevue hospital today, for examina tion aa to hla sanity. Earler, who waa arrested after writing a long, rambling letter to Police Commissioner McAdoo, greeted the oftlcers aa "dellverera from his bondage.". Ho said that hs felt the myatertoua pains even In their presence and thut the clock was affected by tlte spell. "They are after ma so bad now," he raid, "that they want me to kill the president. I have wonderful will power and have stood them off so for, but they are going at me through my stom ach, and I do not know what will hap pen," ' I I I I. Firs During Cold Snap. Dawson, Y. T.', Jan. II. Fir today, while tha tl -reometer was IS degrees below xerd, caused a loaa of over $100, 000. The tadau Company, In whose storage plant the Or started, loat 7S, 000 and the Ames Company lost 130,(00. MINORITY LEADER ARRAIGNS REPUBLICAN POLICIESON V FLOOR OF LOWER HOUSE . iicr Declares Party Has Become One of Nega tion and Asserts That the TarrifT ., Should Be Revised. Recaption At White Heuae, , Washington, Jan. li. Hhe second of the formal levees at tha White House for the season, k reception of President nd Mrs. Roosevelt to the Judiciary, waa held tonight. There were 17( guests present. : The diplomatic corps, headed by the dean, Count Caaslnl, the Russian ambassador, attended In body, In full unlforme. REPLY IS FIRM Manchuria Must Be Under the Influence ef Russia. Grants ,Jmihr Commercial Con- cessions Only Foreigners - Leave Territory. ,, London, Jan. y. Special dispatches from Ht. Petersburg to the Pally Tele graph and Dally Mall aaaert that Rus sia's reply to the latest Japanese cote was drawn up yesterday at a minister ial council at which the csur presided. The tenorof thla reply la courteous, but firm, according to M. Wltte, president of the council of ministers. It Is un derstood that Russia maintains that Manchuria must remain amenable, politically, and trategetically, to Rus sian Influence, the concessions made being aaly of a commercial character v London, Jan. II. A atatement Is published In London this morning with an air, of authority, to the effect that tha question of a neutral none haa dis appeared from the Russo-Japanese ne gotiations. Although It Is Impossible to confirm this statement, it agree with other Inspired statements, that Russia haa acquiesced to Japan's views r gardlng the integrity of Cores and that the only trouble now remaining relates to Manchuria. SI. Petersburg, Jan. 11. The for eign office does not offer an Indication when the Ruaslan reply to Japan will be ready. Some of the strongest men In the empire are working to secure a sue ceasful termination of the difficulty They are meeting with opposition on the ground that propositions which are cceptable to Japan do not preserve Russian pride. " l. TO REPEAL LAW National Board of Trade After Bfc Irrigation. Is London, Jan. II. It Is announced that Premier Katsura Is convelescent und about to resume his duties. From New Chang, the correspondent of the Dally Mall reports that alt BiltlHh and American employes of Russian flrma are leaving FoA Arthur, and that the Tokah una Specie bank has closed Its offices at New Chank, Various corres pondents report riots In Cores. London, Jan. II. The Daily Mail's correspondent at Chefoo cablea that hs Is able to confirm the reports that Viceroy Alexin! has dismissed many of ficers at Port Arthur on discovering that instead of having on board pro- Islons for an army of 100,000 men for twa years, as was supposed, there was only sufficient stores, of an Inferior quality, for sis months. London, Jan, 11. The Pekin corres pondent of the Times has cabled a corrected and minutely detailed list of all Ruaslan military forcea In tha far east, Lake Baikal, In eastern Siberia, Including the frontier railway guards which shows a total of 8115 officers, 147,471 men and !6t guns. London, Jan. 21. Two Identical ca ble dispatches, originating with ,W. T. ftead , nnd W. R. Cremer, M. P., were sent tonight to the czar of Russia and the Mikado of Japan, urging these potentates, if diplomacy failed, to sub mit the far eastern dispute to The Hague tribunal. y Do Away With the Timber and Htoue Act aod Give Actual Svttk r a Chance. Waihlngton, Jan. 11. The national board of trade today adopted resolu tions declaring "The Timber and Stone act. Desert Land act and the Comma, tatkn Clause of the Homestead act," should be forthwith repealed and In the future all agricultural and Irrigable land ahould be reserved exclusively for actual settlers under the homestead act and that In the future the government should reserve title to government lands, selling only the stumpage of ma tured timberand also that the forestry work of the government should be con -!tdntd in a bureau of forestry of the depart men of agriculture; that great Irrigation works are necessary to save vt tracts from waste, and to utilise for irrigation tb waters of our large western rivers; that the works should be built ss rapidly aa the lands are taken and utilised by farmers Into farms of 1(0 acres or leas In area, and the entire coat of construction be re paid to the government trough a charge Imposed on lands reclaimed. Resolutions were adopted favoring th establishment and maintenance of Judicious reciprocal relations with the chief of foreign markets of the world especially with the Dominion of Canada and other contiguous countries. Senator Piatt Eulogizes President Roosevelt PronouncingHim Brave and Fearless Concludes. Speech on Panama, in Which He Upheld Course of Cheif Executive Throughout- yi , , Morgan Explains the Annexation Bill. - - Washlnlon, Jan, II. The army ap propriation was under consideration in the commute as a whole In the bouse today fo five hours,most of whlct time was devoted to a general discussion of the tariff question. ' Mr. Bull, of Iowa, chairman of the committee on military affali i explained the provis ions of the army bill, and Parker, re publican,' of New Jersey, and Prince, republican, of Illinois, paid a irlbute to th army as now organised. "' Williams, the minority leader, taking the phrase "stand pat" for his text made a general arraignment of repub lican policies, and declared that, the republican, party had become one of negation. ' Replying to the question by Watson, of Indiana, he said th tar iff ahould be revised. The only op position Jbo the army bill waa made by Baker, - democrat, of New York, who said he opposed war. . ' v DREDGE CHINOOK MAY GO TO MARE ISLAND Washington, Jan, II. Senator Piatt of Conn., concluded his speech on Pan ama today. He defended the course of the president throughout the Pana ma revolt, and eulogised the execnt Ive personally as brave and fearless. During the morning Morgan spoke in explanation of his bill for the annex ation of Panama b tha United. Stales basing his argument on tha groun4 that th pending canal treaty con templated that result. ARGUMENT AT MACHEN TRIAL. Appsals Court to Let Defendant B Tried on On Charge at a Tim. Waahlntoii, Jan. 11. At th trial of Machen, the Groff brothers and tba Lorenses, on an indictment charging conspiracy to defraud the government in connection with the sal of letter box fasteners, just before adjournment Mr. Taggert. assistant district attorn ey, offered as evidence the .transcript of Marhen's entire dealings with tba Union National bank of Westminister. Md. To the admission of this trans t-ript, Chss. A. Douglass objected Taking up the document. Holmes Con rad, special counsel for th govern ment, contended that It was admissible; and remarked that after looking It it appeared that by strict economy Machen on a salary of 13500 a, Tear had managed to make 120,000 a year. This brought forth a storm of protect from the counsel for the deense, wba appealed to the court to let Machea' be tried only on one charge at a Urn, In the midst of the argument, adjooro- 'ment wjA taken) unt tomorrow. Flood Threatens Iow District. Keokuk, Iowa. Jsn. II. A repetition cf last summer's flood seems probable. A. gorge has formed at th mouth of th Des Moines river, and . water is backed up over several milee of low lands In th Missouri and Iowa but- ' torn. The Fox river has overflowed its banks. Indian Grave levcw twa miles south of here on the Mississippi and Lima Lake levee broke today. rinsing heavy losses to farmers having bind In wheat. Th fee (till holds In the Mississippi, but th water has rises two feet in 14 hours. ' Vollejo, Cal., Jan. 11. (Spec lal) It is stated that It Is prob able the dredge Chinook will be brought, to Mare Island to have additional work done upon her, aa suggested by her experi ences on the Columbia river where she hns achieved reat success. The success of the Chinook, it Is reported, has caused the government to lay plans for the building of sev eral oother dredges on n sim-. liar plan for use In other water. Report May Be Favorable. Paris, Jan. 11. The , Associated Press learns that the report of Attorney General Baudouy la favorable to Drey fus, following the view adopted by the court which recommended a revision of the case. The attorney general today finished the examination of the case, by the court of cassation. The decision of the court, which Is not expected for some weeks, probably will be favorable to Dreyfus. In the event of the court of cassation deciding that a further Investigation ts necessary, the matter will com before the three chambers of the supreme court sitting together, which will decide whether to refer the cose to court mar tial or pass final Judgment upon it. Should an Investigation be ordered, the proceeding would probably last .j for six months. Armstrong Will Hsng, Salem, Ore., Jan. II The supreme court has made a final decision, so far as the Pleasant Armstrong case is concerned. Th court hahded down an opinion today, simply dismissing the appeal. v , . 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