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3 Oil ssA VOL. LVI1. ASTOKIA, OREGON. FKlllAY,- FEBRUARY 2(5, 1901. NO. 122. ALL SEEMS TO BE WELL WITH CANAL Company Will ' Not Place Ob staclcs In Way of Govern ment Concerning Trans fer of Concessions. Conversations Between Ambas sador Porter and M. Bo, t Indicate Smooth Sailing. COLOMBIA MAKES A STAND Willi Helllntr of thtt Concession Will Nut He KiiJoIihmI, (Jov crmiirnt lteriuliiMl to Jtetitln Mhir'. Paris, Feb. 35. Conversation which have occurred between M. Ilo, presi dent of the Panama Canal ompany, and ibussador Porter, show that In the "Won of the former no obstacle will am. transfer of the concession to the 1 Btates. wh admitted at the Colombian Inn I hut there la likelihood Of the fta refusing to grait a writ en tiling the company from 1lln the omesslon, but that every effort will be mud y retain the ownership of the Colombian "hre In order that Colom bia may profit In the distribution of Senate on Patriotism. Washington. Feb. 25. The senate today passed both the agricultural and legislative, iind the executive and Judi cial appropriation bill. The amend mmit to the agricultural bill, fcu;uet ed by Hcyburn, of Mho, caused nl mated discussion. It contemplated the 'upervlnlnn of Interstate commerce so a to prevent the transfer of plants or seeds, fraudulently marked, from one state to another. " The amendment started n debate on palrlotlam. It wa ruled out on a point of order. Livernaih Retain Seat. Washington, Feb. 26. The house committee on eld-lion No. 1 today agreed to report In favor of Llvornash In the Kahn-Llvernash contest from tho Fourth California district. The committee decided the Gudger-Moody content from the Tenth North Carolina dlatrlct In favor Of Oudger, Democrat, the lttlng member, and the Dantsler Lever content from the Seventh South Carolina dlatrlct In favor of Iver, the sitting member. NAVAL BILL EXCITES DEBATE. Member of the Minority Campaign to Cut Down Ship. Washington, Feb. 25. The building program of the navy, a contained In the pending naval bill, occupied the attention of the house throughout the day, but the fight la by no means over. Minority members of the nnvnl com mittee, who, under the leadership of Meyer, of !ulslna, first gave endorse, ment to the measure, are campaigning for a reduction In the number of ships to be authorised. The amendment to strike out the onA battleship, made yesterday by Ilurton, of Ohio, was defeated. The cruiser wna then put to the test and enough friend were found for tta retention. Construction of ships at the govern ment yarda proved to be a fruitful topic for discussion, aid the amend ment by Hell, of California, requiring one collier to be built In the govern ment yard, waa adopted. The proposition for a preferential four per cent, In favor of bids from the Pacific const, waa defeated after Mc Dermott, of New Jersey, had delivered a humorous aueech In which the ship building trust and the state of New Jersey were put forward for the char liable consideration of the house, DISPATCH SAYS THAT THE JAPS ARE REPULSED WITH HEAVY LOSSES Brilliant Defense on Part of Russians Drive the Doughty Enemy, an Entire Squadron, from the Roadstead. Persistent Efforts on Part of Orientals to Avenge First Repulse Feeling of Irritation Against the United States Grows Apace In Russia, and Orders for American Goods Are Countermanded by Merchants. Consul En Rout For Mukden. Han Francisco, Feb. 25. Fleming It. Cheshire the newly appointed Unit ed fltates consul to Mukden, one of the threo Amrlwur rapreattttativnrtnmeit for Manchurlun ports under the provi sions of the treaty of last October, ban arrived here en route to the oi.-nt. Regarding the went anno-ituvment that Russia would probably tnjwt lo tho new rnnHuls asxumlug their lure Units In Manchuria, Consul Cheshire saya he hud received no a-lvices on this point and Is simply following ou In structions given hhn In Vah'wiNiv to proceed at once to his oost. He will sail tomorrow. Colonel Grayson Dtad. Cincinnati, Feb, 25. Colonel John T. drftysnn. of Portland, Ore., one of the wealthy mining men of the north west, dropped dead In his room at the St. Nicholas hotel here tonight. Henri failure or appolexy Is believed to be the cause. Our 20 per cent reduction sale on clothing' is STILL ON Parla, Feb. 25. A dispatch from th. Bt. Petersburg correspondent of the Echo Ue Purls aayi the lust, or the re torted second, attack of the Japanese on Port Arthur was repulsed brilliant ly. It says the Japanese were obliged to ijult the roadstead. Jt 4a presumed that the entire squadron joined In the second attack, hoping to avenge the repulse of ihe preceding day. The Jap anese are thought to have Incurred further tosses during thla long fight Admiral Stark telegraphed that he ex pects a third attack. munition or money, for the patriotic rich are subscribing. li fe 7 XS25 f:;-l" P H.nSAffr I .Ns- : '' l'Vr All v Mux I P. A. STOKES THINGS GROW UNPLEASANT. Americana in St Petersburg Get Cold 8houtder. 8t. Petersburg, Feb. 25. The Irrita tion against the United States on ac count of the supsed unfriendly nttl tude of that country toward Russln, which '"u slight ly nohceable through. out negotiations, seems to have bet-ome dully more pronounced and since the Vlcksburg Incident at Chemulpo Amer. lean business men here are really con cerned about the possible effect on American trade. Within the Inst few days orders for American goods have been countermanded, the only explana tion given being that the prospective purchasers did not desire to buy Amer ican goods under present circum stances. I'nlted Btutes Consul -General Watts has been appealed to. Americans here believe that an offl clii! explanation of the Vlcksburg" inci dent would be opHrlune. The gov ernment, ofllclntly, h:ia not taken no tice in the Incident. In government circles, however, It Is seen plainly that Kusslan susceptibilities have , been wounded, the rear being expressed that should Washington now disregard Rus sian protests and procure exequateurs for the newly appointed American con suls at Mukden and Antung from Pe kin, and attempt to send those officials to their posts, a really unpleasant In cident might be created. The refusal of Russln to allow Mr. Morgan, the newly appointed American consul at Port Dalny, to go to his post nt present, is based upon the military situation, which may compel nil for eigners to leave Port Dalny. China It Intimidated. Toklo, Feb, 25. The question of the stay of the Russian gunboat Mandjur a Shanghai remains unsettled. Paul Lessaf, the Russian minister to China, Is said to be trying to intimidate the Chinese government In the matter, de claring emphatically that Japan has little chance 'of victory against the Russian army of half a million men. The court at Pekin is oscillating on Ibis question. Russia is also pressing China to declare neutrality In the por tion of the empire which Russia al ready occupies. ft w days ago from London, had " a lengthy audience with the cxar today. Videttes Cut Wires. Seoul, Thursday, Feb. 25. Kusslan videttes advanced south ot Anju and cut the telegraph wires between Anju and Ping Tang. Change of Base. V Tinkow, Feb. 25. Refugee mission aries say the Russian government bur eau at Vladivostok has been with drawn to Khavarovsk. REMOVE . BEEF SHIPMENT. Sailinp of 8tamer China Delayed by , Russia's Order. San Francisco, Feb, 25. The railing of the steamer China for the orient ha been postponed from tomorrow to Sat urday. Workmen are removing 1,000, 000 pounds of beef Isold to the Russian government by a local firm. Thre million pounds of beef had been con tracted for by the Russian government The first two Installments were shipped on the steamers Coptic and Korea. The beef seized by Japanese ocials Is be lieved to have been the same. Local sellers received orders at the last mo ment to remove the third shipment from the China. " CRAWFORD MAKES RULING. NONE SURVIES TO RELATE STORY Five Butte Miners Buried Alive by Cave In of Earth and - D.lr ' M.J fiJ tS To Strengthen Works. Foreman Knew of the Danger and Kept Force From Entering the Mine. TWO BODIES ARE RECOVERED Opinion of 'Attorney-General Effects Title to School Lands. Salem. Ore., Feb. - 25.. Attorney General Crawford today rendered an oDlnlon to the effect, in the indemnity f hol land nurchased from thei that tf vry oft and in danger Sad Death of Shift Bosk, Who Is Nearly ICestued When Sec ond Avalanche Hides Him From Sight of Reeuers. Butte. Mont, Feb. 25. Five Uvea were loat by a cave-in of earth and rock at the Minnie Healy mine this afternoon. ' '. '"'."" The accident occurred on the sixth floor of the thousand foot level. Early In the day,' Foreman Joseph Kane in formed the men that the ground at Jews For Jap Army. New York. Feb. 25. Leopold Moss, of Chicago, who ts in this city, has an nounced his Intention ot recruiting here "a'Tegiment of Hebrews for service in tfof Japanese army. Moss was a col onel on the staff of the late Governor Altgeld, of Illinois, and served ns a cap tain In the war with SDaln. Officials of the Japanese government have re peutedly stated that the country's laws do not permit the service of aliens, so that Colonel Moss' regiment is not at all likely to reach the front. state and divested of its growth of J timber. It afterward being found that the state cannot conyey title to sucn land, that the purchaser Is entitled to the repayment of purchase price from the' 'staW btrt-thar it the titteW-ww land is found to lie whh the United Spates, persons removing timber there from, they are acountable to the gov ernment for such devastation. RUSSIANS COMMIT BARBARITIES. Murder Helpless Refugees and Ter rorire European Women. . Pekln, Feb. 25, Private advices re ceived here from New Chwung con firms the Teports of IH-treutment to Japanese refugees at the hands of the Russians while they were Journeying through Manchuria. ' They declare moreover that some of the refugees were cruelly murdered. The Russian soldiery at New.Chwang la so undis ciplined that that place is unfit for European Women. -. ; : . . NATIVES ARE RISING. Manchurians Ar Being j Enrolled Against Russia. 25. Manchuria Is the Russians, rays a lismitch from Chefoo. Five thousand Russian' troops have been moved from Mukden to Sunmlnunff. because In the vllluges along the west side of Llaotung peninsula the rctlves are making active preparations to cut ofC.snuill bodies of Russian troops. Ten thousand Manchurians have al ready been enrolled In the movement which I spreading. 4'olunteers are Kind to Wounded. London, Feb. 25. A special dispatch from Hongkong says that the British admiralty officials are serving out clothing to Russian sailors rescued at Chemulpo, Corea. and that crews ofJ vessels forming part of the British squadron have given half a day's pay to provide luxuries for the Russian wounded. Attack Is Renewed. St. Petersburg, Feb. 25. Following the dispatches of Major-General Pflug, naytoig the Japanese had again attacked Port Arthur Thursday morning and had been repulsed. Viceroy ' Alexleff sent in an Identical report to the cxar. The fact Is known that the Japanese have renewed the attack. Makes Port in Distress. San I Francisco, Feb. 25. The schooner Sausalito, 15 days from Grays Harbor for San Pedro, put into port tonight In distress. She left the north ern port about the same time as the schooner Emma Utter, and weathered the storm in which, the latter vessel was wrecked. Strychnin in Their Tea. Baker City, Ore., Feb. 25 Engineer Legg, of Pleasant Valley, w ho runs an engine on the O. R. & N., u..d wife were mysteriously poisoned last night by strychnine in their tea. Owing to the queer taste I'gg did not drink his, but Mrs. Legg raitook of a quantity and narrowly escaped i death. Legg gave some to a dog and the animal died In ten minutes.' Investigation ia proceeding. Legg was married a week ago. Cruiser to Be Raised. New York, 'Feb. 25. Measures are being taken for the raising of the Railroad Employes Censured. Ogden, Utah, Feb. 25. The coroner's j Jury In rendering a veraici ior me cause of the cut-off disaster last i-ti-day, may be regarded as censuring railroad employes, inasmuch as it j iej m t.h.e matter ot wa8es- states that the accident might have , . of falling. He withdrew all the min ers working there: This afternoon Shift Boss Haggerty took Furlong; Dwyer, Abraham and Trinetti In to laMv-afcwUUiead a nd - otherwise strengthen weak spots. Just how the fall came about will never be known, as not one of the five men is left to tell the tale. Shift Boss Haggerty was found on the edge of a mass of earth and rock, burled to the waist. He was able to tell the rescu ers that he and Furlong nearly got clear of the place when they were caught by the cave. Furlong was onlyv a few feet behind Haggerty. Haggerty scarcely had time to tell Foreman Kane this much when the second cave oc curred, burying him. respite the dan ger, the rescue of the miners of the Minnie Healy kept right on. Not un til 6 o'clock that night was the body ot Haggerty found and taken to the sur face. It will likely be days before M tjie bodies are recovered. Trinttl. like the others, ' heard the thing coming and made a dash for safety. He ran into a chute, dow which he fell. His dead body was found at the bottom of the chute. Longshoremen Strike. Tacoma. Feb. 25. The longshore men of the steamship Lyra, chartered for a government contract struck to day against the government wages of 25 and 30 centa an hour, and demanded 40 cents. There are 250 men. -They have wired Washington. D. C for re- cruiser Varlag at Chemulpo, according to a Times dispatch from Toklo. The ! been avolded -had the powder been j vessel Is said to be not seriously dam- J piacei a greater distance from the en- aged, but the Korteu is a complete . gln wreck. Czar Congratulates Navy. Stock Freights Collide. De Moines. Feb. 25. Two fast stock A nre- St. Petersburg, Feb. 25. The caar freights came together tonight. has telegraphed warm congratulations ; man and three unknown stockmen to Viceroy Alexleff and the entire Rus- Were badly injured. elan squadron at Port Arthur on the h - able manner in which they reuisea me JyfJ'J' HITtJ laiesi niinviv w me .ij"'" v Bakers. Raise Price. New York, Feb. 25. Master bakers of the west side have decided1 to ad vance the price of rolls from 10 to 1! cents a dozen owing to the high prices prevailing for wheat and flour, Many bakers have reduced the sixe of their loaves, but no action has been tiiken toward raising the price of bread, York. Feb. ugainnt FUet Reaches Port Said. Port Paid. Feb. 25. The United States torpedo boat destroyer fleet, es corted by the auxiliary cruiser Buffalo, has arrived here on Us way to the Philippines. The vessels had a rough trip, but sustained no damage. Everybody is playing' them Rag's! Bidelia! Moon Moths! IN OUR SHOW WINDOW J. N. GRIFFIN Mysterious Visit to Consulate. Toklo, Feb. 25. The secretary of the Norwegian consulate at Kobe has gone j Snjphn to see the cautain of the cap- I tured ship Hoiks. This action is not understood and has given riae to spec ulation. , ' Confers With Czar. .St. Petersburg. Feb. 25. Count Henckendorff, the Russian ambassador plentiful and there Is ho lack -of am-'to Great Britain, who returned here a Groceries, Hardware, Ship Chandle ry, Paints, ..Oil and GlassHardwood Lumber Boat'Supplies etc. & Jt? X? AT FISHER BROTHERS Cor. Bond and 12th Sts. Astoria, Oregon