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ASTORIA, OREGON, T1HWSDAY,' FEBRUARY 18, 190W
NO. 115.
$:wt!mLa, ass u meq
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TIME FOR THE
PARTY TO
HUSTLE .
Qrover Cleveland Urges Rank and
Pile Associates to Manfully
Abandon Obsolete Issues
and took Ahead.
f r ,
Ex-President Believes That De
mocracy Can- Meet" With
Success Next November. '
A BROAD LEADER IS NEEDED
pices of our government, will be con
trlbutml by America to the world' pro
gress mid civilisation. It In, neverthe
less, not within the mandate of demo
emtio credit that, In consummating so
noble an enterprise a thin, the ter
ntorlul rights of any other nation
should be disregarded, or that our
own nutlonal food faith should' he
subject to reasonable suspicion." 1
Mr, Cleveland urges the selection, as
a, loader, of a man of broad principles,
fully conversurit with the needs of the
country and the people, He conclude))
aa follows:
,"Th democrucy'e opportunity In uJ
rendy la sight, but only a campaign
wiiged lrt rellnnce on the jwople love
o( country, and devotion and national
ruonilliy, under a. leadership tht per
sonlflis t ehsentlment, would be found
dmocrocy'e hope." , ' ; ,. t
SIGNIFICANT MOVEMENT TAKES
PLACE IN MILITARY CIRCLES
OF THE REPUBLIC
the other trial were failures, the Juries
falling to agree. ;',
Officers on Leave Requested to Return
. to Thier RegimentsIntend to Pro
tect French Indo China.
I'rgfN The lliiUdlnir of ('until but
Question Ihw Atlvimtbillty of
Dian'tfAnlliiif Territorial
Within of Oilier.
INJUNCTION TO BE DISSOLVED.
Dividends Amounting to $3,000,000 Will
Be Paid Over.
Movements of Russian Troops and Plans of Those In Command
Completely Masked .By Rijgid Censorship Imposed
by Authorities in St PetersburgExpect
' to Crush the Enemy.
Helena, Mont., Feb. ,17. Today wan
the Inst day on which the lawyers
'for John Mm-filnnls could make an ap
peoi anee In the supreme court and nk
for a rehearing In the suit decided by
rniMdeipnu. eb. 17.-In an rtl.-le,h, ,uprwnt courl FebfMnry whl.h
written for this week's Saturday Even- the Injunction forbidding the payment
Ing Tost, ex-President Cleveland urges f but 13,000,000 In dividends by the
his rank and flle associates of the
democratic party to unite and take ad
vantage of opportunities nest November,
"I am one of those," he writes, "who
believe there Is an opportunity for dem
ocratle success In the coming presi
dential election.
"This is no time for cunning finesse,
not for use of words that conceal In
tentions or carry double meaning,
'The democratic party has a message
to send to Its followers and to the
iiia of the Aufierlcati pe le,
that message be expressed In language
easily understood, unconfusd by evas
Inn and untouched by taint, or jug
gliry. Obsolete questions and slsucs
no longer challenging popular Inter
est should be manfully abandoned."
Mr. Cleveland urges tariff reform
pleads for economy In expenditures of
public money, and charges the oppo
sition with having made promises and
broken them, He arraigns the admin
istration's Prlllpplne policy and re
fers to the Isthmian canal In these
words:
"The democratic party has been con
sistent and unremitting In Its advo
cacy of an Inter-oceanlc canal and has.
lioston and Montana Company to the
Amalgamated, was dissolved They:
did not appear, and a remitter from the
supreme court was sent to liutte, It
Is'rxpected the lower court will be ask
ed tomorrow to dissolve the Injunction
In conformity with the supreme court
decision. This done there Is nrtthlng
to prevent the payment of the dlvl
(lends to the Amalgamated company.
Amador's Election Anticipated.
Colon, Feb. 17. The election of Dr.
te" Amodof'to theprctldeiMy of rii- re
public of Panama created no excite
ment here. It was genemly jnown
that be would be unanimously elected.
To Relieve Cotton.
Newport. K. I, Feb. 17. Rear-Ad
mlral ftiadwlck. today received tele
graphic orders from the navy depart
ment at Washington to take command
of the European squadron jnow at Olb
rjiltar, relieving Rear-Atdmlrnl Cniton
Paris. Feb. 17. Marine Minister Pel-
I ltan has written to Deputy De lOncle
Kep.), representing 'French Cochin
China, denying the reported shortage
of coal for. the French fleets, and ad
ding that measures had, been adopted
to protect French tndo China against
a sudden attack, and to prepare for all
eventualities growing out of the pres
ent situation. . ,
The Figaro today publishes , dis
patch from Angouleme, announcing
that the commanders of the army corps
had received orders from the minister
of war, prescribing certain measures
In case of the eventual mobilisation of
the army. Officers and noncommis
sioned officers on leave have been re
quested to return to their regiments.
inlnent, although It Is believed that the
piumage of the Talu river by the Jap
anese will be disputed.
'. Color on Top. .
Baker City, Ore., Feb. 17. Joe Wat
kins, of Australia, and Sylus Telton
(colored), of Pennsylvania, wrestled at
the armory here this evening, catch-as
catch-can, The colored man won the
flrst and third falls. r V
1 Jenkins Wins Match. ,
New York, Feb. 17. Tom Jenkins, of
Cleveland, defeated HJalmar Lundigo,
of Sweden, tonight Jn Brooklyn In a
mixed wrestling match, winning first
and third alls. .
New Collector Selected.
Victoria, B. C, Feb. 17. On excel
lent authority It Is learned that Joshua
K Ingham, the local agent of the West
ern Fuel Company, of Nanalmo. will
succeeded the late It MUne, C. M. 3, as
collector of customs of the port of Victoria.
OPENLY EMBARK TROOPS.
In
Americans Bombard Rebels.
Pan Juan, P. ft.. Feb. 17. A private
message has been received here from
Ranto Domingo city, dated February 1
saying an American warship bombard
led the Insurgents at Pajarlto, near
with tbe liveliest satisfaction, looked! Santo Domingo, and landed marines.
forward to the day when such a high- These, however, subsequently re-em
way of commerce, built under the aus- barked. , ' .
t'-l-lil U 'J. i 1 ! ,. , ."I . ', I.1 'STB
Our 20 per cent reduction
sale on clothing' is STILL ON
Win nW
Hart SchilTntr
ty Mx-
Hand Tailored
CojjlUnl tit li tMrtMUtliMl
P. A. STOKES
Movements Are Mssked.
Kt. Petersburg, Feb. 17. The rigid
csimorsblp Imposed here upn.i et news
from the fur cast completely musks the
movements of ItuMKlnt troop and the
plans of those In command, but what
Is being done Is evidently satisfactory
to authorities here, as they manifest
the utmost confidence that when hte
proper time arrives' the enemy will be
crushed. They say that the prelimi
nary seu victories of the Japanese will
then be speedily forgotten.
No 8ecrecy Employed By Japs
Landing Forces in Corsa.
London, Feb. 18. Dispatches pub
llshed in London ' newspapers this
morning continue to give alleged de
scrlptions of the embarking of Jap
anese troops. Instead of the embark
ation 'occurring secretly from UJina, as
was the case during the Chlno-Jap
anese war, transports, according to dis
patches published in the Dally Tele
graph and Daily Mail, are openly em
barking troops from NagasakJkl, Alojl,
Kobe and elsewhere.
Troops are clearing every night from
those ports for Korea, and 10 large
trarnTs -werJ- embarking '
Nagasaki last Monday.
troops at
t
Russian Steamer Injured.
St. Petersburg, Feb. 17. A dispatch
received here from Port Arthur dated
February 17. says that In the action
off that port. February 15, the Russian
volunteer fleet steamer Kherson was
struck by a 12-Inch shell In her upper'cor 0f the sick and wounded.
works. A slight fire broke out which
was quickly extinguished. There was
no loss of life.
Benefits of Russian. Rule.
Paris, Feb. 17. A dispatch from the
Harbin. Manchuria, correspondent of
the Matin says the Manchurlan news
papers publish a manifesto by the czar,
countersigned by high mandarins,
which recall the benefits China has de
rived from the friendship of Russia.
For Sick and Wounded.
Moscow, feb. 17. Prince Galitsin has
donated $000 toward the construction
of a fast erulser. Count Orloffdaxo
has contributed 11000 and a private
concern has given $250,000 for the suc-
Exeludss Manchuria.
Toklo, Feb. 17. It Is stated on high
authority that the Japanese govern
ment, In responding through United
States minister Orlscom to Secretary
Hay's note agreeing to the neutral
isation of China, excluding Manchuria,
which Russia Is now occupying. Japan
It Is also said, reserves the ' right to
counterbalance , any action of Russia
In violating Chinese neutrality.
First Report Confirmed.
Chicago, Feb. 17. Confirmation of
the report that two Russian warships
were torpedoed in the attack of the
Japanese torpedo boats upon the Rus
sian fleet at Port Arthur last Sunday,
was received today by Shezburo Shlm
Isa, the Imperial Japanese consul at
Chicago. The message describing the
engagement came from the govern
ment. '
Fleet En Routs.
Copenhagen, Feb. 17. A dispatch
has been received from Wlsby Island,
Gothland, saying that six Russian war
ships passed that Island February 15,
going south. '
' Contributions Pour In.
St. Petersburg. Feb. IT. Voluntary
contributions to replace the ahtps al
ready destroyed by the enemy are as
sumtng large proportions, one man hav
Ing given 120,000.
Bulgaria Is Warned
London. Feb. 17. A dispatch received
here from Sofia, says that Russia has
officially notified the Bulgarian govern
ment that any encouragement given by
Hulgaria to the renewal of the Insur
region of Macedonia will be regarded
as an act of hostility.
SPRINGS SENSATION.
J. R.
LAND BATTLE NOT IMMINENT
Viceroy Alexieff Will Wait Befors Tak
ing the Aggressive.
St. Petersburg, Feb. 17. At Port
Arthur today the thermometer regis
tered two degrees below zero, Concen
tration of the Russian troops will pro
ceed ns rapidly as possible, but It Is
believed that Viceroy, Alexieff will not
take the aggressive until he feels cer
tain of his ability to aduilidster A de
cisive defeat. Therefore, In spite of
the. extensive landing operations of
Japanese In Corea, an Important land
fight Is not considered here to be lm-
Robertson of Spokane makes De
msnd For Grand Jury.
Spokane, Wash., Feb. 17. A sensa
tion was created In the superior court
In this city today when J. R. Robert
son made a demand on the court for a
grand Jury. The Jury In the case of
Mollie J. Spragg vs. the Washington
Water Tower Company had Just re
turned after being out for 40 hours with
a verdict In favor of the defendant.
After the verdict had been announced
Mr. Robertson, of the firm of Robertson,
Miller A Rosenhnupt, the attorney for
the complnlnoft, rose, and, addressing
the court, remarked. .
"I would like to have a grand Jury
investigation. I can produce evidence
that the Washington Water ' Power
Company, through agents, who, I sup
pose, were working in their employ,
haveattempted to bribe certain wit-nesj-s
In this case,"
H. M. Stephens, attorney for the
Water Power Company, expressed his
willingness to have an Investigation at
any tl tie, and the court said the mat
ter would be taken up later. This is
the third trial of the case. Mrs. Spragg
claimed to have been Injured by being
thrown from a car while If was n mo
tion, and sued to recover $10,000. Both J
ONLY SURVIVOR CHINESE.
Tells Thrilling Tale of the Sea Steam
er Went Down. ,
Vancouver, B. C, Feb. 17, A thrill
ling tale of the sea Is told In Hong
Kong by a Chinaman who claims to be
the sole survivor of the Ill-fated steam
er Flnsbury, which was lost In a; ty
phoon, between Kobe and Yokohama.
The celestial says the wind blew with
terrific force, and mountains of water
washed pver the vessel. First of all,
the boats were smashed, then the en
gine Area were put out. and the steam
er lay helpless, completely at the mercy
of the elements. After some time an
enormous volume of water, much heav
ier than the seas which had preceeded
It, came down with full force on the
forward cargo hatches. They
WESTERN MEN
ROUNDED UP
BY JURY
Joint Indictment Reported Against
Two Californians, Their At
torney' and Resided
' Agent In Arizona!,
3ench Warrants At Once i,ued
and Arrest of Agent Follows
Others Located. )
INVOLVED IN LAND ricAUD
Charged With OMainli. ..ami
Through Dummy Applicants,
Later Purchasing Lrge
Tracts for Small Sums.
Washington, Feb. 17. As a result
the Investigation into the wholesale
public land frauds In western tales,
the grand juryf of the district of Co
lumbia today reported a Joint indict
ment of conspiracy against John A.
Benson and Frederick A. Hyde, of Saa
Francisco; Henry C Dimond, the CaK
Ifornta attorney; representing Bensoe
and Hyde, and Joost IL Schnedier, of
Tucson, Ariz., agent of Benson and
Hyde. Bench warrants were Imme
diately Issued and Schneider was ar
rested In this city late this afternoon
by Secret Service Agent William ,
Bum. Schneider's ball wa fixed at'
ave j $20,000.' Benson, who already had been
n.an .k. 1 J ,, . .....
U w,c way imo ,ndicted here . th- charlr of hrhw
me unip s noia. i ne vessel was doom
ed. The crew had no means at hand
wherewith to save themselves from a
watery grave. The steamer gradually
filled with water and went down with
a gulp Into the dac waters. '
The Chinaman managed to cling to
the fore-and-aft bridge. After three
days clinging to this wreckage he was
picked up by the crew of a Japanese
schooner, who landed him on a small
Island, After spending some weeks
there he managed to get to Shanghai,
where he was in a hospital 20 days, and
then returned to Hong Kong.
Is now : believed to be In New Tort,
while Hyde Is thought to be In San
Francisco.
The Indictment Is a voluminous doc
ument and sets forth a number of
transactions by which land Is alleged
to have been fraudulently , acquire
from the government In California,
Oregon, Washington, Xevada and e
where. Most of these transactions ire
alleged to have occurred under the Umi
land law.
The scheme outlined in the iit-
(Contlnued on page Four.)
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