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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 25, 1904)
BARON FOUND SLAIN BY A BEAU part In the primaries, guarantying that Influent shall be given to advance the interests of organised labor by the recognition of the union label on man ufactured product!." Body Found Near the Dead An imal, Where He fell After .1 a Desperate Struggle -for Life. Had Gone Out on Hunt and Meeting Bruin Gave Battle That Ended in Death RESIDENT OF PORT ANGELES Ilnnk Itecclptd In Dntd Mmu'h Pocket Showed He lo sensed Fortune-An OflL ctr lu (lerttiuii Army PROBABLY MURDER. Body of Unknown Man Found In Cabin. ' t Miyrriitia vynpiu,, ...... wan revived here today that a prob able murder ha,d been committed at EhMton. The body of an unknown man waa found In a cabin a short dis tance north of town. A bullet hole In tht right temple, showed the cause of death. A pistol with one empty shell lay beside the dd mnn. That the death waa not a suicide was shown by the fact that the man's right hand waa under bla blanket, and the left hand badly cut and lacerated. The auDDOtltlon la that the man had ben suddenly assailed and had grasped the assailant's knife with the left hand. Nothing was found on the person ex cept an empty purse and a name c heck stamped "C Fchmld. b'tker, Seattle." An ln)u-t will be held over the re mains. . : . . Pb. 14. W(W1 hh just been received from Solduck hot springs that Paron Martin Von Kchlos ser'a dead body was found on the range south of Hot Springs Monday evening near the dead body of a bear. The baron was undoubtedly killed by the bear. He started in the morning on a hunt. His body will be brought here. "' , " s On hla body were found receipts from i,nl.k in Portland. Chicago and New York for over UOO.OOd; Jbtm waa also a letter directing, should anything hap pa. WW that wrlrf4firt of thla district, should admlnlr'.er his affnlrs. 1 : ''; : ,"; Von Schlosser was ail officer In the German army and a baron of that em pire. He had been a resident of this city for several years and recently took out naturalisation papers. THE JAPANESE FLEET APPEARS ON HORIZON AND FIRING BEGINS Glnnis for a continuance of the tem porary Injunction restraining the Bos ton & Montana Consolidated " Copper and Sliver" Mining Company, the Par rot Silver & Copper Company and the Anaconda Copper Mining Company from paying out dividends to the Amal gamated Copper Company on stock owned In these companies by the last named corporation. Orientals Attempt Attack on Russian Battleship and Are Repulsed by the. Enemy with Loss Crews Escape. Only Vessels Destroyed Are Steamers, Intended to Demoralize the Russian Fleet with lnflamables-Convoyed by Torpedo Boats That Escape in Safety-Invading Force Engaged by -. Retvizan, Russian Battleship. TRY TO RESTRAIN UNION. PEOPLES PARTY CONVENTION Assert that OrganU.J Lsbor Will Be .', Assisted By Influence. St. iouls, Feb. 24. Joint commit ters of fusfonlsts and middle road pop ulists today Issued the official tall for a national convention of the people's party to meet In Springfield, 111., July 4, tn nominate candidates for president and vice-president of the United States. The declaration of principles reiterates the oft repeated declaration and adds: "We Invite wealth producers to take e Alleged That Sailors Are Induced to Desert Vessels. IV.ston. Feb. 24. Spe Ial.)-Tbe strike of the seamen at this irt as sumed a new phase' today, when a bill in equity was. filed In the superior court asking the offlcere and members of the Atlantic Coast Seamen's Union be re stricted from Influencing sailors for shinning on vessels managed by per sons who are unwilling to accede to the demands of the union. The plain tiffs assert the union has Induced sail rs j desert their vessels and haye In certain Instances used force to prevent crews from bing shipped on vessel,. managed by plaintiffs. . OiCK'S ELECTION I8 ASSURED Nominated to Succeed the Late Senator Hsnmf at Cauous. Columbus, Ohio, Feb. 14,-Charl.ea Dick was nominated by acclamation for both the unexpired and regular terms for United States senator to suc ceed the lute B nator Hanna at a au cus of the republican members of the legslstuie tonight. The name of Mr. Dick was the only one presented. Ab the republcans have a large majority In both branches. Mr. Dick's election is assured and the balloting on March 1 will be only a formality. In the caucus 10 republican members answered roll call, two senators and six representa tives being absent. ' ' St. Petersburg. Feb. 25. Tha Port Arthur correspondent of the Novostl telegraphs: "Twenty-three Japanese vessels are visible on the horlson and cross firing has begun, In which the Russian cruisers Hay an. Novk and Askold are participating In." Our 20 per cent reduction sale on clothing' is STILL ON St. Petersburg. Feb. 25. (2:45 a. m,) A telegram from Viceroy Aiejciere te the csar says: "At 8:15 on the mowing of February 24 numerous Japanese torpedo boats sttempted to attack the battleship Retvlsan and to sink large steamers loaded with' inflammables. The Ret vlsan was the first t observe the tor- redo boats and opened a strong fire on them. She was supported by land batteries. She destroyed two steamers near the entrance of the harbor; they were coining, dirctly toward her. One of them went orT the rocks near the lighthouse on Tiger peninsula, and the other sank under Golden hill. Tne Retvlxan observed four steamers In a sinking condition and eight torpedo boats" slowly departing to rejoin the waiting Japanese warships. A sum- nf fh crews of the Japanese ves sels were drowned. The grounded steamer Is still burning. "The enemy Is observed In the offing of Port Arthur in two lines 7 "The Japanese crews saved, them selves tn boats, and It Is possible some of them were picked up by the enemy's torpedo boats. , "I am proceeding to examine the coasts. The entrance to the harbor Is open. I attribute the complete de rangement of the enemy's plan to the brilliant action and destructive fire of the Retvlsan. Floating mines are still visible In the roadstead. I have re called three cruisers sent in pursuit of the enemy, in order, in the first place, to clear the roadstead of floating mines. We had nor losses." , was not the case. They are known to be heavily armed and a desperate fight lsxpected If the sheriff and bis men overtake them. J. W. Flacks, who runs the postofflce, brought the government money to Pen dleton yesterday, thua saving that, but the thugs got $50 out of the safe be longing to Flacks, 59 worth of stamps and considerable money and a waun from McNerney. Witnesses in 8 moot Cass. Bait Lake, Feb. 24. Several of the highest officials of the Mormon church have been summoned to Washington to testify ' before the sub-committee on privileges and elections of the United States senate, which has to conduct the Investigation Irfto the status of Senator Reed Smoot. of Utah. AMENDMENTS TO BILL. FIRST STORIES OF BATTLE IN ERROR Heavy Loss' to Japanese fleet Circulated and Wild Rumors of Effect Are Pro- duced. Report Said that Orientals Were Frustrated in Attempt to ' Bottle the Enemy, COALING STATION FOR P. I. l?W"riW i ll NVj f i ' r , HurtSthiffncr I ' lUnaT.lared "it !! ii in iiini miii " "'MrilllMI,IMIWW""' Ccvyrlgiil ilhl.jf UIHUWJtK .P. A.S House May Racommend Important Provision for Waval Bill. , Washington, Feb. 84. Two storm ..ontora were encountered In the con sideration of the naval appropriation i UM In the house today. The first great lakes training station went out on a point of order.; The building program proposed tn the" bill then met criticism and blocked further progress of the measure for the day. Burton, of Ohio, moved, to strike out the provision for the single battleship authorised. This motion is now pending, m the vent of the defeat of this mo tion and the acceptance of the whole building program a motion Is to be mt.rf tomorrow by Representative Meyer, of Louisiana, to have the twi recommitted to the naval committee with the. following instructions: J. First To provide for a coaling sta tion and dock at Olongapo, P. I. Second-To eliminate the provision for two armored cruisers and armor therefor, costing $15,000,000. " . Thlrd-To place the limit of $398 per ton as' the maximum price for armor r.itP with the provision for an armor plate factory to cost not over $4,000,000, if armor cannot be procured within the limit prescribed. , , Fourth-AU vessels herein provwea for, under the neaa or ' aw .Mcenf a battleship be con- atructed In the government navy yard. Aldrich Believes That Duties of Sscrs- tariss May Conflict. "Washington. Feb 24. The senate spent the greater part of the day dis cussing the amendments to the agri cultural appropriation bill, striking out the house provisions and giving au thority to the secretary of agriculture to Inspect imported food products when mlsbranded or suspected of Impurity. The amendment was suggested by Aid- rich, who said the provisions opened the way for encroachment by the secretary of agriculture on the duties of the sec retary of the treasury. The discussion was closed by substltutlngithe provi sion rf the act of 1900 bearing on the same point,, v ,;. .... , . WOULD SINK STONE CARGOES Excited Crowds IJieMered tbat Czar Would Offer Peace and ; That Mikado Had An nexed Cores. . - CANAL COMMISSION NAMED 7 All Appointees Accept, Among Them Being San Francisco Man. Washington. Feb.; 24. President Roosevelt has received definite accepf- ance from five of his appointees on the new Isthmian canal commission, name ly: Admiral Walker, General George W. Davis, Colonel Frank Hecker, of Detroit; William Barclay Parsons, Wil liam H. Burr. It is quiite likely, al though It has not been determined ab Bolutely, that the other two members of the commission will be Benjamin M. Harrod, of New Orleans, engineer or the Mississippi river commission, and C. Ewald Grunsky, of San Francisco, a distinguished hydraulic engineer. It in believed that Mr. Grunsky will ac cept. :, Chinese on Msrch. , , New Tork, Feb. 24. Transportation of 10,000 Chinese troops to the great wall has begun, according to a World dispatch from Tien Tsln, Four trains filled with cavalry were first dispatch ed. Several. Japanese officers weie m the station to inspect the proceedings. Russian 8pies Prowling. Seoul. Feb. 24. The Russians keeping communication between OARRICK THEATER SCORCHED. Another Chicago Theater Fire That Nearly Proves Disastrous. Fire Water and Indians. Everett, Wash., reo. : 'iw Sheriff Stanyar arrived here tots morn ing with John Price, a. Si wash, as pris oner. Last Saturday niht the In dians on the -tillafuamlsh reserve, near Cicero, fillet , up on whisky, and a free-for-all fight ensued- , ' John Price had a, tour-inch blade stuck through his back Into his lung. He may recover. Billy Willson was dlsembowled and will die. Andrew Price, son of John, was cut on the thiKh, and Louise, the wfe of Andrew, j has a deep slash In ner back. nm Willson savs John v rice cui A J Chicago, Feb.' 24 .-Another theater J John the-cutting: was all building in Chicago has been attacked Snlith Smlth and a ..l in,ABt atriipturei Is the ! . . , n.,,.. have ' by fire. The wiesi uun-sky-'scraper known as the Schiller, 16 atofies In height, and located half a XL. f.A,linl0 Anttl. .A U,iiarA tt'PNt QI m ASUVi""- . Wijul Tha Garrlck theater, recently reopened. and Adju, Core, oncn. Otherwise no advance to the southward has yet been made. Russian spies, however, are re ported to be in. the vlcinlty(of Ping Yang, ' -. ' BOUND AND GAGGED. Enter OKB is situated in the Schiller building. The fire started In the 13th floor before day- Heht and for a time seemed likely to ( get beyond control, owing to the diffl- half-breed named Billy r uiton disappeared. ; . . Fulton brought the whisky to the Indians." John Price bears a'hTW name. ' "". :' St. Petersburg, Feb. 25. (2:12 a. m.) Reports of a Russian victory at Port Arthur were current late yester day afternoon and early In the even ing, and about midnight they seeme to have been definitely confirmed here, but In the absence of an official an nouncement, which is momentarily ex- rctd, stories of the dimens'ww of this victory were most conflicting and con fusing. 1 , , ' The most Important circumstance at tached to the report was that the Jap anese haA attempted to bottle up Ad- tnirsl S'ark's fleet .in Port. Arthur by , Sinking two stone laden vessels at the entrance of the harbor. To accomplish this two Japanese shipsj appeared oft the harbor with the Japanese fleet be hind them and ostensibly In pursuit. The Russians, however, suspected the ruse and their ships steamed out, sank the stone laden vessels, engaged ana defeated the enemy and drove them off. Reports of the loss inflicted, how ever, are conflicting, All the stories feature the vfsacla loaded with stone, but according to some versions tlie Japanese f'eet was convoying transports r.'.th the purpose cf effecting a landing at Pigeon bay. ! and after the failure of this preliminary 'maneuver the Russians played havoc: with both Japanese battleships and . transports, -sinking four of the. former and twt of the latter. One account gives the name of the battleship Ret Vizan as the vessel which particularly dstlnguished herself during the action by ramming and .sinking one of the Japanese battleships. ? News of the victory was accompanied by two stories, one that after the first decisive victory the emperor would of fer peace, and the other that Japan had deposed the emperor of Corea and for mally annexed tbat country. Rola these Vports are without confirmatioa and they -a re given simply as examples of the stories which floated about la have'-thA edited crowds. I V Tommy Ryan Victorious. Indianapolis, Feb., 24. Tommy Ryan Maiked and Desoerate - Men ' Postoffice and Pillage. Pendleton, Ore.. Feb. 24. Four masked and desperate robbers entered the postofflce at Cnyuse. 12 miles east of here, last night, bound and gagged John McNerney, the clerk, and looted the establishment,, escaping wun stamps, cash and mcrehanflse to me amount of $160.:' The safe was blown open and with the violent explosion a portion of the building was torn away. Sheriff Taylor.' with 'a posse, is pursu ing the outlaws, whose trail has been discovered .'v , Cayu'se Is a small station on the line of the O. R. & N..-Being Isolated the postoffice was exposed to robbery, en abllng hold-ups to operate with lm punty. , It s beleved the desperados must have thought a considerable sum i nrh a lofty height. Guests of the Union hotel, adjoining on the west, were roused front sleep, and some of them were In a panic The fire damage, however, was small and whs confined "to the lour upper stories of the Schiller building. . , Delegate For Alaska. Washington, Frt. 14. Representa tive Cushnmn. of ' Washington, and Judge Wlckersham, of Alaska, were heard by the house con'initte on terri tories today In favor - "f leeitslatioii authorizing the territory or Alaska te send a delegate to congress. Transport Reaches Portland. Portland. Feb. 24.-The transport Buford arrived here from San Fran cisco today. Se Avill take on board about 1.000,000 feet of lumber, and It is expected she will get away the mid dle of next week. Besides the cargo nf lumber,' the Buford will carry 600 marines, but Whether they will be tak- s en on In this city or San Franeim c; is not known. . ... IrATEAT HITS v '- Everybody is playing them Bidelia! Moon Moths! IN OUR SHOW WINDOW J. N. GRIFFIN .' Rap's! Reserves His Decision. New York, Feb. 24. Justice Gildor sleeve, in the supi-eme court, today heard argument on and reserved a de- cf money was , on dcposit.X but such tteion on the appllcaton by John Mac Groceries, Hardware, Ship Chandle ry, Paints, Oil and Glass-Hardwood Lumber BoatlSupplies etc. 7 - .. X? & FISHER 'BROTHERS ' Con Bond and I2th Sts. ; - Astoria, Oregon