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. . . ' i . VOL. LVIJ, ASTORIA, OREGON. SATURDAY, MARCH 5, 190. NO. 12j; TOWN HEMMED l IN BY BIG SNOWS Uwistown, Mont, Cut Off From Outside Communication, Ex cepting By Wire, for the Past Three Weeks. Three Trains Are Buried Some where Between There and Lombard. STAGE GETS THROUGH DRIFTS I Hnowplown Work Dally, Hut Are Able to Accomplish LlttiA as Snow t'onlluiicN to Fall No Fcari for Trnlii. Iluttt, Mont., March 4.-A Lwli towto, Mont, dispatch say: "Lewis town hat been cut off from communl cut Ion except by telegraph with the outside world for three week. Three train are burled in the Know between here and Lombard, nobody knows Jut whore, although repented efforts have been made to reach them with snow plowa, The stage at III runa, despite great dlfflcultlea. The railway la known aa the "Jaw bane." Of the three trulne atnlled one la a freight and two mixed. The mixed tralna carry a paapenger coach, but It la probable that not more than 20 peo ple are on them. The crew of . the freight managed to reach Harlow town and procured provision. It la not known Just where the mixed train are, but there la no apprehenalon aa tc their aufety, aa they can procure pro visions and fuel from ranchere, with the Inconvenience of Improvlaed sleep Ing accommodations In the duy couchea. The anow plowa work night and day, but anow folia almost dully and It la probable communication will not be opened until a thnw acta In.' He turned In time to eee a young man abstract hi puree and at once tried to seise him. Ttu thief eluded hla grasp and started to run, dropping the purse In hla flight. Oalbralth puraued him, yelling to thoae ahead to atop the thief. Juet a be graaped tfie pick ptx ket by ths collar the thief ran Into the outstretched arm of an officer la cltlaen'a clothe. Thinking to get away the thief asked the officer to protect him from Oalbralth, who, he said, waa about to assault him. out when ' the Pittsburg man explained the matter the officer handcuffed the thief and took him to jail. The prlaoner gave tne r.ame of William Adam. ie waa recognlied aa a, professional, tick pocket, for whom the police have ben searching for week and who will be charged with other rohberlee. He re fuse to make any atatement or tell where he roomed. He wm een at the depot accompanied by a well .Iressed woman, but during the excitement the woman disappeared. N REPORTED THAT TWO VESSELS ENGAGE IN BATTLE AND y B0THG0D0WN Two Hundred Japanese Are Saved Chinese Junks, While All the Russians Are Lost. Br r Daily Chronicle Publishes Report But Don So Guardedly-Russian Battleship Retvizan Lies in Such Position as to BIpcR Harbor for Exit of Anything But Light CruisersJaps Busy Land ing Forces in Corea and Navy Is Inactive. THREE LOSE THEIR LIVES. Oklahoma CHy. March 4. Three peraon periled In Wedneaduy nlght'.Uying that their veaael had sunk aa London, March 4. -On the atrength of a atatement made by a missionary, the Shanghai correapondent of the Dally Chronicle end In a doubtful report that 21 Japaneee aallor have lunded at Tengchau, west of Chefoo, prairie Are, and the flrinnclul loss 1 estimated at Sf.00,000. Further reixirta of proporty Ins by both fire and wind Indicate the first e tlmute waa trio low. The damage by wind extenda over seven countle In the aouthwesL Score of perona are suffering from burn and broken limb. The area from which the report of dumnge by wind come cover 100 mile square and the means of communication omt the dlatrlct are meagre, the reault of an engageenmt with Rue elan warships, which alao went down. No Russian were saved, but "200 Jap anese were reavued by Chinese Junka. This action I reported to have oc- cured between Port Arthur and the Mlno (aland. In CAPTURES PICKPOCKET. Light Fingered Gent Trie Tactlct on Wrong Man. Loa Angele. March 4.-W. II. Gal bralth, a wealthy glaaa manufacturer, of Plttaburg, who hoa spent the winter here with hi family,' captured a pro feiwlonal pickpocket today after he had been robbed of a puree containing more than 1400, Oalbralth waa at the depot of the Santa Monica' electric line and waa lifting hla little daughter on a car when he felt a man' hand In hla pocket Witness Confee.ee Crime, j Butte, Mont., March 4. During the progre yeterdny of the trial of Mar tin Blatnlch for the murder of an Aus trian named Joeph Stukal, aomethlng almoet unprecedented In a criminal trial waa the admission of Mike Mullch while In the wltnesk chair, that he had Inflicted the wound that reaulted Stukal' death. Ilia atatement, If correct, entirely re lieve lllatnlth of reepotutlblllty for fitukal'e 'death. During hla testimony Mullch stati-d that Stukal had attack , ed him. and that he had atabbed him In sclf-dfne,- believing that Stukal would Inflict great putilahment upon him. Iondon. March 4. Little change In the fur eaatern altuatlon la reported thla morning. It la apparent that the Jnpaneae are bually engaged in trans porting their forcea Into Corea, thl work being facilitated by the enforced Inactivity of the navy. According to the Beboetopool corre apondent of the Dally- Graphic, Ad miral Skrydloft haa learned privately from Port Arthur that the Russian battleahlp Retvlsan Ilea In auch a po rtion aa to block effectually the exit of battleahlp from the harbor, pan age being practicable only for cruis er. day reveraed the decree of the United State circuit court .for the district of western Washington, western divi sion, and directed the lower court tc dismiss' the bill In the case of the Black Hill & Northwestern Railway Company, the Mason County Logging Company, Thorn ua Bordeaux, II. An derson and Joseph Bordeaux, versut the Tacoma Mill Company. The plaintiff In error had petitioned the superior court of Washington for a condemnation of the right of way across certain land belonging to the Tacoma Mill Company for a line of railroad In Thurston county on Its way to the termlnua on the Pacific ocean. The defendant had refused to sell or convey the right of way. The low er court entered an Interlocutory de cree restraining the railroad company from proceeding with the condemna tion 'suit. ' , Under the Judgment of the court of appeal, condemnation proceeding may be prosecuted In the state courts. that Stark priced explosive and for day pent many hour In the vicinity of the railroad office. Sit foe Naval Station. Washington. March 4. Almoet the entire time oj the enate today waa given to the consideration of the ques tion of the selection of a sit for a naval training station on the great lakes. The controversy arose over the ap pointment of a new commission to se lect a site. The committee amendment was so amended as to apply to all the great lakes and not alone Lake Michi gan, but the Quarles amendment, call- big for a new commission to select a site ha not been acted upon. ' Worry Cause. Suicide. Sioux City, March 4. tYank L. Larue, president of the Cornning Sav ing bank, which is In the bands of a receiver, killed himaelf thl afternoon. The bank affairs are" badly tangled. Strain and worry had affected Larue physically and mentally. ENGLAND DOES NOT ALARM RUSSIA Government Convinced That Japan's Great Treaty Ally Will Not Interfere In War Now In Progress. Action Would Only Be Taken In Event of Third Power Mix ing in With the Affair. . AMBASSADOR IS REASSURED First Whaler Sails.. San Francisco, March 4. The steam whaler Belvadere haa sailed for the Arctic. She la in command of Captain Tilton and is the first of the fleet to leave. ' ; LOVE HATH A WAY. Young LEGISLATORS FAVOR ALLIANCE. Men of Affair in France Would Like to Have Treaty With Russia. Parla, March 4. The La Presse has tabulated the responses that It haa re ceived to the query addressed to mem bers of the chamber of deputies, which show that 272 out of 335 of the mem ber favor a treaty alliance with Rua slo. Only 11 of the 63 member who were not In favor of that Instrument expressed hostility to It. Replies received from senator to the same question show that equally a L. Herrera, the Mexican puglllat, In -'am a majority in tne senate support . . ....... I th ullllajir. inrec ruunun m nunc, gaming inuiu - notoriety. The Mexican claimed It to Easy for Charles Neary. Milwaukee, March 4. Charles Neary tonight received a well earned decision over Loul Long, of Oakland, In a six round bout before the Badger Athletic Club. Neary had the better of the mill throughout, knocking Long down 11 times. Long recently defeated H. be a fluke. OF USE TO JAPAN. FIDE M I HartSdiiffow (i Mara B Hud Tailored 9 1 Allow. Russia to Deliver Contraband Goods for Reason. Toklo. March 4. It Is evident that several vessel laden with coal, provi sions and other contraband articles have recently effected the passage of the Tsugaru strait and succeeded in reaching Vladivostok. The exact number and names are not known. Two of them are said to have carried cargo and Australian coal. , Japan hns re frained from making a special effort to prevent their pusmige, and It la not Impossible that the government hat calmly permitted the delivery of con traband goods, calculating that they would prove useful to herself at a lat er stage of the canipulgn. We are soiling superior grade hand tailored cloth ing in latest 6tyles and materials at prices any man can afford. Owrlf M ! wt MifM a an IV A, INDIAN APPROPRIATION BILL. House Consider Measure Syma, of . Tennessee, Retain Seat. Washington, March 4. The house to day had under consideration the Indian appropriation bill, the reading or w hlch for the purpose of amendment was pending on adjournment During tha general debate on the bill, Martin, re publican, of South Dakota, addressed the house on his resolution directing the secretary of commerce and labor to Investigate the causes of differences which exist between the cost of live and dressed beef. Stanley, democrat, of Kentucky, made an urgent appeal for relief at the hands of congress for tobacco growers and tollers In the tobacco fields and com plained that competition had been de stroyed by combinations of capital The controverted features In the In dian bill went over until tomorrow. The house confirmed the right of Syma, democrat, of Tennessee, to his teat A republican had contested it Has Ample Coat 8upply. London, March 4. A Japanese offi cer who has charge of Japan's finan cial and commercial interests in Eng land declare that bis government foresaw the possibility of coal being declared a contraband of war and has been collecting large stores of Welsh steam coal for years. Today It has a supply sufficient for the use of the navy for years to come. Consents to Vessel's Detention. Washington, March 4. Consul-Gen eral Goodnow, at Shanghai, haa cabled the state department that the Russian consul-general, Snghai, haa advised Taotal that Russia will consent to the dismantlement of the Mandjur and her detention at Shanghai until the end of the war. DECISION REVERSES DECREE. Railroad Company May Now Proceed With Ita Suit San Francisco, March 4. The Unlt- 8HREWD CRANK, 8AY OFFICERS. Joseprf H. Stark Says He Is Not Craxy and Will Fight for Liberty. Loa Angeles, Cal., March 4. Joseph LH. Stark, who was arrested yesterday afternoon on a charge of Insanity, and also accused of threatening to blow up the Huntington whops and to kilt H. E. Huntington, hla-son, and ail the employes of the company with dyna mite, purposes strenuously to contest the effort to have him committed to an asylum. I Stark 'has interested Certain frater nal organizations In his case, engaged counsel, and suys he will fight for his liberty. He charges that, owing to the fact that he was Injured in a street railway accident, the company desires, v. to prevent him from..' prosecuting a damage suit In the courts, and to that end the detectives of the company have had htm arrested as an Insane person. . By tha authorities who have him in charge. Stark Is considered a shrewd crank, with only one dangerous hobby that for the use of explosives, of which he has made a study. Other wise he la considered Bane, and, . be- ng a well read man of more than or dinary ability, his presentation of his defense promises to be able. That he made threats against Mr. Huntington and his son there Is no reason to doubt. He told several at- neys what h purposed to do, they having refused to Institute a damage suit for him. He was closely watched by detectives day and night and on one ocasion tried to reach Mr. Hunt ington in his hotel, but an officer frus ta woman Comes, to Spokane tc Marry Man of Choice. . Spokane, Wash., March 4. Mist Dollle Markham, of Omaha, Neb., is on her way to Spokane to wed the young uaa of her choice. There Is an Inter esting and somewhat romantic story connected with the affair. Five yean ago Miss Markham and Leonard Hall were attendants at the high school In this city and while there a feeling of affection grew up between them which appears now to be likely to be con summated in their marriage. Mrs. Holshelter, Miss Markham' mother, opposed the match from the beginning. ; When young Hall left Omaha for the west some months ago, her consent was asked, but she refused and perhaps thought the match was ended, but the young couple have kept up correspondence. Mrs. Holshelter continued to refuse her consent to the match and the young people decided to wait till 'Miss Markham's 18th birthday, when she would be free to marry whoever she chose. Shortly after her birthday the young woman announced her intention of leaving foi Spokane and started for this city Tuesday. ' ', Young Hall's mother was at first opposed to the rnavriage on account of the youth of the lovers, but finally became Interested In the match and is now giving her aid to the young peo ple. . - ' Goes to St. Petersburg to Ex plain .That former Fears Entertained Ifj- Him Are III Founded. .,. - ' ' St Petersburg, March 4. There ex ists high authority for the statement that Russia has reason to feel more tranquil regarding the attitude of Great Britain. The real reason of the visit to St Petersburg of Count Ben- eckendorff, Russian ambassador to Great Britain, while ostensibly to sec his son off to the far east was per sonally to assure his government that his suspicions concerning Japan's ally was ill founded and that Great Britain, although standing by the obligations of the Anglo-Japanese treaty, would not move unless compelled to do sc by the entrance into affairs In the far east of a third power. Chairman Issues Call. Seattle, March 4. Ellis Morrison. chairman of the republican state com mlttee, today Issued an official call for a republican state convention. The call, which bases the apportionment on the official vote, makes a few changes in the apportionment Insurrection Explodes. V Salon lea, Macedonia, March 4. The Albanian Insurrectionary movement at Ipek is ended. The government baa promised the Albanians exemption from cattle taxes. Several skirmishes have occurred near Amatova. Fairbanks Will Accept ' Washington, March 4. The Star to night says: . Senator Fairbanks will not resist the movement to make him the vice-presidential nominee of the republican party. If the convention nominates him, he will accept. More than that' he will not attempt to discourage ef forts looking to the nomination. The Bee Hive We have just opened up an immense stock of NewSpriiig Goods Consisting of Shoes, Dress Goods, Underwear, Muslins, Sheetings, Table Linen, Percales, Cor- sets, Shirt Waists, Skirts, Ladies' Suits, and in fact all kinds of new spring goods, and You can buy them cheaper at The Bee Hive P. S. We intend to maintain the high standard x already established by this house for Fine Millinery, and hae' engaged the serv ices of Madame Dillard, of New York, who will . have charge of this department. - ed States circuit court of appeals to-trated the attempt It Is also known Carter's Inks, etc. The show window tells the , tale. Come and see. Then v its up to you. J. N. GRIPFI I.