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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (March 9, 1904)
,V.VAR OF RACES MAY FOLLOW LYNCHING 1 Negroes Make Threats of Aveng- ; ing Death of Dickson, and , Enraged Whites Fire ; Colored District. Fire Building In Rear and Bom bard It In Front, Ignoring the Police. ALARMED OFFICIALS CONFER 1 ' 'Mayor Wired Governor for Mili tary AMlntttiK'o to tjueii mn trbniu,aiMl IMght Com IuIn Are Heiit Out. 4 8prlnfleld. March I. A an after malh ot the lynching f the negrc Lrixon. threat wer heard during the afternoon that the levee, the negrt m.'t!on, would be bnrned. On the oth er hand It ! Mid the negroe are de termined on revenge, Fearful of the coneequencee, a conference ot the city and county official occurred this eveni lug. which resulted In asking for mltltt assistance, from the governor, The loon wer ordered closed. ' At 11:80 the threat of the mob, fre quently made through the day and evening, waa Anally made good, and a volume of flame wi seen to ahoot tin from -the renr of a place occupied by r"l':"TnoT(w,; J aatoon Tki frisedlng the firing of the building the mob shot at the f ront of the build ing for half an hour, but It is not known whether any fatalities result ed. It la thought the mob will not tol erate any effort of the Are 'department to put out the fire In the levee district, but will offer no resistance In- an at tempt to prevent Ita spreading to othei pnrta of the town. Troop are urgently needed, aa It la probable the negroes will make good their threats to fire the business die trlcta of the city and dynamite the Jnll and other county building. urgent representation of Mayoi nowlua,of Springfield, that a race war la Imminent a the result of the lynch ing of the 'negro Dickson, Uovernoi Herrick tonight ordered eight com panies of state militia to that city to preserve order, Governor Herrlck'a flrt order te Mayor Bowlu waa to Issue a proclam ation ordering the closing of all loons. Nest he ordered the colored member of company A, Ninth but tallon, to rest on thitlr arm In tht armory and to ce that none of tht gun were stolen. Benator Hype talked to Hprlngfleld shortly before 9 o'clock and wa ad vised that the outlook was alarming. Colored people wore remaining f'r the most part In their district, but were wrought up to a atnge of frenzy. The trouble, according to Hyphca Informant, wn due lunHyMo thr-at made during the dy by white-mw that they Intended to clean out tin colored district. On the other hand the colored peo ple, enraged at the public execution of Dickson, threaten reprisal. - The police, limited in number at boHt. were being wnony ircu all attempt to curb the rising spirit of the people wa 'utile. It wa be lieved by Mayor Bowlu that the ar rival of several outside companlei would have much to do with quieting the demonstration. , At 10 o'clock two companies from Dayton were en p, pains a- - ingfleld It Is expected that all troops will be In Springfield before moirnlng. RUMORED THAT RUSSIAN SHIPS ARE EITHER CAPTURED OR DESTROYED BY ENEMY ... - , London Paper Publishes Unconfirmed Dispatch From ToKio That Japanese Fleet Engages Russian Squadron to Disaster of Latter. Czar Receives Telegram From Viceroy Alexieff That Cites Events of Past Few Days-Government's Representative Reports That Damage Done By Bombardment of Russian Ports Alto- , . getherof Insignificant Character. manipulated much after the fashion of a skeleton key. In one of the safe attacked this tool ha broken and the blade with a part of the rod were left inside the lock. Sayr had a new tool made when the detectives came across him. When asked what the appliance was the man replied that It wa . used to open faucets. ' RED BEARDED SAINT TELLS SECRETS CONCERNING ISLAND TROOPS. Washington, March. i.-The senate spent almost the entire day listening to commute amedments to the army .in ,nnrnln nrovlslonal troop la the the Philippines, and the consolidation ,r the adjutant-general office with the record and pension office. The Porto T.li'ri imytdnv'nt v.s objected tof by " ' . . .. .....It... Ka n democratic snni'ir an iim - nmnnunced military form of gov ernmcnt. h amendment ultimately were accepted. i,ni u'na nminded SO a to pro liw " " -, vide for Increased engineer corps. It was still pending whh the somite art Joumed. GOVERNOR ACTS PROMPTLY. Columbus, Ohio, March 8. Upon the w.H Creditor Meet. Pendleton. Ore.. March 8. The first meefing of the creditors of C n. Wade, former cashier of the First National i..nk of Pendleton, wa held today. T. -..Ji-- ream elMtml trustee, v. Ith bonds at 820.000. Bills against the es tate amounting to $154,400 were a! lowed. Asset are valued at 860.000. FIIE Wat I ; . iHanSchiffner! 1 ' V Mrx 1 Hind Tailored We are selling" superior grade hnnd tailored cloth ing in latest' styles and materials at prices any man can afford. Loudon, March . The Uaily Tele graph tht morning publishes a dis patch from Toklo datod March 7, say ing: 1. "" . .. ' "It Is rumored that the Japanese fleet engaged the Russian Vladivostok squadron at sea yesterday. The result of the engagement is not announced. but it I believed the Russian shlpi were etlher destroyed or captured." St. Petersburg, March 8. Viceroy Aleileff hat sent the cear the, follow ing telegram;' ',.,. ; t ? '. - ' . Mukden I have tho honor to com municate to your majesty the follow ing details of events on March s "The enemy' squadron approached Vladivostok toward 11 o'clock In tht morning, having passed near Askold Island, 'After several maneuver, tw cruisers wer left to the north of tht Island and the remainder steamed along th coast of'Ussurl bay. Upon arriv ing off Mount SL Joseph and. Vssort bay, the squadron made toward the battery. The ships opened Are from both atdos. evidently at first using blank cartridges In order to warm theii guns. At 1:45 p. m., when at a dis tance of about 5 1-4 miles, the leading ship opened Are with her , forward guns and the entire squadron steamed alpng the shore, firing their port guna The squadron at 2:25 p. m. ceased fir ing and steamed oft to th southward. No damage was done to the fortress or entrenchments and In the town anJ at other parts of the fortifications the damage was insignificant. "According to reports of events on March 7, the enemy's squadron reap peared at 8 o'clock In the morning near Vladivostok. , They entered Us- surl bay and proceeded along the coast without opening fire. The squadron returned and headed for Cape Gamova, at Posslet bay, which it reached at 8:40 p. m. . . t i. l . "The enemy finally turned oft when opposite Pallas bay and departed in a southerly direction.", CtritlfM Iff kf kUrtfeiuuTiuH Man Pa L mm trunk lines that run south through the empire. The exaction of the censor ship and the difficulties of Intercom munication have served largely" to ob scure the view of the correspondent, and probably has resulted In much con-( dieting new from various point. It is anticipated that when the corps of newspaper reporters who are now at Toklo are finally allowed to go to the front a serlou condition of telegraphic service will result, a the land linet are not adequate 'to the service they wU be called upon to perform. Well Informed newspaper men wno have reached here express the opinion that therewlll be no extensive land oprations until the naval operations are conclusively decided, unless the Russians should-cross the Talu and start south, thus forcing the hand of the Japanese. ' Front the best informa tion obtainable, however, the Russians are not In shape to make such a move In force. It Is generally held by the experts that should the , Japanese sweep the sea three large, forces will be put in operation, one against Port Arthur, one through Corea and across the, Talu to cut the Russian center tt the railway, .and the third against Vladlvoatock. The regulations for. the government of foreign newspaper correspondents have been, promulgated, and are Iron clad. One article provides that If a war correspondent violates the crim inal law, military criminal law, or lav. for the preservation of military secrets, he may be punished according to mili tary law by court-martial. PORTE IS OBDURATE. ' Berlin, March 8. The porte has thu far met the request of the Russlar ambassador to Turkey, M. Zlnovteff, to permit the iflack sea fleet to pass th$ Dardanelles by naming condition! wholly unacceptable to Russia, One of these conditions naturally la that Rus sia shall break off or evade the fulfill ment of .her agreement with Austria respecting the Balkans, give the sul tan leave to ettle the contcoversy by his own methods and assist Turkey, should Austria or other powers dispute the sultan' decision. Russlo rejected these, proposal as preposterous, but she renewed her request, to which there seems little likelihood of the sultar yielding, a British diplomacy Is active at Constantinople In urging on ttw porte a strict observance of the Berlin treaty.. - "''.?"?' . . " ' France, so far a can be perceived he- ha not seconded Russia in xmt mo i C Such a step "a permitting the Francis M. Lyman President of Twelve Apostles, Proves to Be Outspoken Witness at Smoot Hearing. Likely Successor to Smith Shocks His Associates Who Shake Heads at Him. CONSIDER .HIM INDISCREET BlacX sea fleet to pass tnrougn uw Dardanelles would be regarded diplo matically as a breach of neutrality on the part of Turkey, though Great Brlt- aln' opposition to It being aimed at the maintenance of the status quo, ,li not so considered. Russia's diplomatic weight at Con stantinople has been aomewhat reduced by the occurrence In the far east Th norte win give nothing without a heavj ortce. Germany expresses no oplnlor on the subject The most that Ger many will do n the presence f bar gain between Russia and Turkey for the release of the Black sea fleet would be to maintain silence, neither advis ing nor assisting either party. V The government here ; is looking ahead. It can conceive of a time wnen It will be to Germany's advantage to have a portion ft the Russian navy locked up. Austria and Italy are not moving at Constantinople where all the powers therefore except Russia and Great Britain are quiescent Russia would not use the Dardan elles now if she could, in the opinion of experts here, jsecause her Black sea fleet is not ready for a far eastern campaign. " Several Witnesses, Talk, and Protestants' Case Generally Beginning to Be Looked Upon as Sf roiigr One. Ito's Visit Oocaslon Surprise. Toklo, March 8.--The1 forthcoming visit of Marquis Ito, as special ambas sador from the Emperor of Japan to the emperor of Corea, claims general attention. It was originally planned to send a prominent Japanese to Seoul. The announcement that Marquis Ito Is rolng Is a surprise. It is denied that Japan has any new plan to' execute It Is thought, however, that the mar quis will make ah investigation of the general condition in. Corea and for mulate possibly some recommendations which will be useful in the adoption of a policy for the future. , CENSORSHIP TOO RIGID. Press Representatives 8k Mainland to Get News. N ' Shanghai. March 8. The rigid cen sorship placed by the Japanese au thorities on all telegraphic dlspatchet both press and private, has caused many of the foreign correspondents, to seek a field of news on the mainland. Correspondents who have reached here from Toklo report that the censorship Is more perfect than they have ever encountered,; and is exercised on in tercommunication as well as on for eign matter. Traffic on the wires has trebeled. and their original carrying capacity is reduced because the war department and the foreign offlce have each taken possession of the many 1 THINK THEY HAVE HIM. Expert Cracksmen Supposed to Be In Hand of Seattle Police. Seattle, March 8. John Sayrs, who will be tried for having In his posses sion burglar's tools, is believed by me police to be the man who has been try imr tn nnen richly laden safe a In Seat ' D "r - - tie for several weeks past by a clever and noiseless method. In addition to the evidence found on the man's, person when they arrested him Saturday after noon Detectives Kennedy and Byrnes found a complete burglar's outfit in his room yesterday. v The following articles taken from Sayrs are now in the possession of the police: Appliance for adjusting com blnatlon disks of safe lock, black re volver, pair of "sneaks" or rubber-soled shoes, slouch hat, crushed soap (used by cracksmen in safe work) and black shirt . Sayrs roomed on Columbia street a ivtineetable Dlace. He Is thought to have worked entirely- alone. Kennedy and Byrnes are positive that he Is the mart who tried to open the Grand opera house. Merchants saloon and Tom Wll Hams' saloon safes. The tools with which all these at tempts were made are a "drag" and the sort of key arrangement The "drag" was placed in each tnstane beneath the lever whfch throws back the bolts. This was drawn out by screw leverage, and with it the long rod which runs from the handle into the lock. Into the cylindrical aperture through which this rod ran the tool was inserted . . This tool consists of a rod, In whose end is a slot In this slot a short blade ts hung free on a screw. When the tool Is shoved into the lock the blade folds back into the slot Entering the lock lit drops out and hangs at right angles to the rod. This rod is then Washington, March 8- The senate committee today In the investigation of the protests against Senator Smoot, brought out a variety of testimony, of which the most sensational was that . given by Francis M. Lyman, president of Twelve Apostles of the Mormon church, and the man chosen to be the successor of president Smith. HI ad missions were similar to those previous ly made by Smith pertaining to Ua church government. He is more free of speech than the president of to church and his testimony, though not differing, caused several apostles pres ent to shake their heads at the witness for the purpose of compelling more dis cretion in arr"T n""tions. Lyman 4s ani. ' ' "built Ma- ae. is covered with a growth of bushy red whiskers and his speech is blunt Four witnesses were" on the stand today. They were Mrs. Kennedy, her mother, Mrs. Matthews; Chas. Merrill, son of Apostle Merrill and Lyman w BALLINGER'S ELECTION SURE. Republican Candidate for Mayor Get There by Very Close Margin. Seattle, March 8. Complete returns at midnight from 35 of 52 precincts give Ballmger, republican, for mayor, 4409; Tucker, democrat -8445. Ballln gr will be elected by from B00 to 809 plurality. At 118 Hi - This week we have on display the . , fiuest line of Ladies', Misses and ' .Child reus1 Musilii Underwear - The finest assortment of New Embroideries . The finest line of . Hosiery Ever shown in Astoria and you can buy them cheap at The 13 Of o fi"nl ive p, S. "We intend to maintain the high standard already established by this house for Fine Millinery, and, have engaged tho serv ices of Madame Dillard, of New York, who will have charge of this department. r , - Carter's Inks The show window tells the tale. Come and see. Then its up to you. J. N. GRIFPi: etc.-