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7 a VOL. LVI1. ASTORIA, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAltCII V, 1904. NO. 132. If'"' HAY'S POLICY KEEPS THEM GUESSING European Situation Would Be Perfect, According to Rusjla, Were It Not for State Department. tn remainder of the world that wc have not time to prepare for the ahock, It la h verltuble nightmare to Kurope The present altuatlon la like an alge. bralo problem every quantity of th equation la known except one and that one la Mr, Hay. If we knew what he Blood for or what he Intended to do, the eolutlon would be easy." BU8INE88 13 SU8PENOED. Normal Conditlona In Springfield Up aet by the Race War. Rprlngfleld, Ohio, March The alt luiitlon eurly tonight woa conaldered by the authorltlea to be more threatening than at any time elnce the beginning of the preaont race trouble. Marjtal law practically exlste In the down towr dlatrlcts and In the burned portion of the town formerly occupied by negro. resorta. Companlee'of the Ohio na tlonal guard are on picket duty and aeven more companies are expected (here before 10 o'clock. , Saloons without a single exception Holutloil W0llll lie I'usy If It have tn closed all afternoon and Affalri Are Kept In Turmoil By Secretary's Persistence In Butting In. IS AN UNKNOWN QUANTITY Were Known Exactly What the AiiifrltHti IHploiiuit Stands for. ft. Peteraburg, March The mla glvlng exlatlng In high quartera re gardlng the ultimate alma and pur poena of the foreign policy of the Unit ed Statea waa verified today In the following remarkable statement to the Aaaoclated Preaa: "Were It not for a alngle unknown quantity the European altuatlon at preeertt would be aa perfect aa pos sible, For the avoidance of one thing, every chancellory In Kurope haa been straining every nerve namely, to pre vent the entanglement of an outalde power In thla war. That unknown quantity la your atate department "The altuatlon following the out break of hoatllUlee waa exceedingly delicate and surcharged with danger- many other llnea of buslnesa huv practically ceased. Among the buildings destroyed by Inst nlght'a (Ire were a number of tea- loona patronised by negroea and whltea. At 11 p. m., the mllltla had dispersed the crowda In the central part of the city but It waa feared they would form elaewhere for later movementa, While there are 10.000 negroea In thla city, none waa aeen anywhere tonight. The body of Dixon waa privately In terred here tonight In Fernellff ceme tery. The order for all aaloona to re main closed la obaerved but no atten tion la paid to the proclamation of the mayor laaued thla afternoon, for people to keep off the streets. Telegrama are being received by ne groea from their followere In other states, offering help. The' paator of a colored church In Ka'nsa City, today wired to a paator here: - oua Kinalbllltlea ,to the peace of the) "if you want nny ald from Kant s worid. "t.flrlevel-headed tttTWffar6n u? IV i are jfepuVd to come to of Kurope Inatantly co-operated to ypur rescue. ... . avert a general catastropne wnen ai moat at the Inception Secretary Hay's circular note for the neutralisation of China almost ditched them. But hap pily, he did not press It to a no'i't where differences wore aure to have arisen and aa It turnml out, owing to tin lmiffth to which the bowers save adhesion to Ita principle, It really con tributed to the. trend to which all de aired. The note mlKht have proved disastrous did not the preaent moment find all of Europe practically In ac cord aa to what ahould be done, i "The only place, where uncertainty ' exiftia 18 vvanuinKion. vy or, av mvm aa to what to expect from Mr, Hay's diplomacy,' which In theae latter daya la ao aggrcslve, ao atartllngly .sudden In the way It propoaea propoaltlona tc The only outbreak ao fur tonight oc curred t 11 o'clock. Five abota aimed at a colored man, were the occasion of three companies of mllltla being dis patched to the ace'ne of the disturbance. By the time the militiamen arrived the police had reatored order. '.. V Royalty From Japan. London. March J. It la announced on reliable authority that Prince and Princess Arlugawa will represent the Japanese court at the Ft, Loula exposition.. Abe Attell Wina in Fifteenth. Hot Springs, Ark., March 9. Abt Attell, of San Francisco, won from Patay Haley, of nuffalo, In the fifteenth round of a 20-round contest tonight. t It's Plain as Print ',) , w i VV tM IHartSchairnal J fJ I V U Mirx Hand Tailored r jT ' I hMHMMHnNHniHBVHiiHMVMMMHBBBWaBBllMiV That tbo placo to purcliasc CLOTHING is at Stolces; Reason, su perior goods and lowest pnees. Rcmembor our ' Dunlap Hats Finest on earth. Qijil,lil mut d Ht i fecbttfuM A Ban 0 mm ADVANCE OF THE JAPANESE CAUSES THE RUSSIANS TO RETIRE WITH LOSSES Orientals Capture Fung Wang Chang and Drive Out Enqmy In Vicinity of TaKu Ling, Concentrating Near New Chang. No Further News Received Concerning Reported Naval Engag' ment, But It Is Considered Pertinent That No Mention Is Made in Russian Dispatches Relating to Vladivostock Squadron. London, March 10. No further new has reached London of the reported fighting at Port Arthur or of the fal! of the Ruimlan Vladlvoatock aquadron, but It In conaldered algnlflcant that none of the Ruaalan ofHclal dlepatche makea any mention of the Vladlvoatock crulaera. According to the Tien Tain corre- ariondent of the Dally Telegraph, the Japaneae advanced from Yalu river cap tured Fung Wang Chang, and drove out the RuNslana In the vicinity ot Taku Ling, the eaatern pass, and are in force 70 mllea eaat of New Chwang The Ruaalana with 35,000 men ere en trenched atrongly at Llao Tang and Hal Chang, where fighting la imminent Some small engagements already have been fought The Ruaalana are retir ing with loaaes. v LITTLE TROUBLE IN BALKAN 8. expllcltely warranted to be Japanese property. , - . McLauhlln's door to pay a friendly call, but lnsteaed of welcoming him McLaughlin grabbed an ax and a mote htm on the head, leaving a wide cut over hia left ear. . The cause is stated to be a woman, named Mrs, NlchoIU, over whose head some seventy-two summers lightly rolled, and to whom the belligerents have been paying attention, "chamber lain had bis head eewed -tip at the Harbor Emergency hospital and later was sent home. McLaughlin was cart ed down to the Hall of Justice. NO PLACE TO LAY THEIR HEADS l Kuropatkin Goes East. r Parla, March .The Figaro pub llahea a dlapatch from Ita St Petera burg correspondent, saying that Gen eral Kuropatkin will leave Moscow foi the far eaat next Sunday evening. Hie final destination is kept secret, as It ! connected with mobilization plans. Sultan Seeks Supply of Arms, but May Amount to Nothing. 8t Peteraburg, March . Careful in- qulrv. concerning the outlook in ' the Balkana develops the prevailing opln Ion In government as well as in dlplo matlc cb-clea that there Is little poasl. blllty of an outbreak In the spring, al though the danger la not considered aa passed. What asHUrancea the authorities have concerning .Bulgaria are noi kjiown. but they do not tally with di rect information from other aourcea. Evidently the porte la alarmed at the outlook, aa an American representative of an ordnance firm, who came here to act aa broker in the sale of South American warships to Russia, has been requeued to go to Cor.Rtantinople Im mediately, as the aultun desires to pur chase a large supply of guns. t Ruaaisn Advance Continue. , London, March . Under date ol March 9, the correspondent of the Times at Toklo, says that the Russlon advance south of Possiet bay continues. CUT OUT THE STATUE. JAPS CONTRIBUTE LIVELY. Call Art Being Made for War Func in Coaat State, v Salt Lake. Utah, March 9. The Jap anese in Utah have been asked to con tribute $10,000 toward the Japanese war fund. Similar assessments have been made on the Japanese of Ne vada, Montana, Wyoming and Colo rado. It Is said $280,000 has already been raised in San Francisco alone and large sums ore coming from Oregon, Washington and British' Columbia, 8nator Bacon Would Daoline Accept ance of Kaistr'e Gift Washington. March I. During the consideration of the army appropria tion bill In the senate today Bacon protested against the acceptance of tlje suuu ot Freckle the Or et,; of Ger many, tendered by Kmperor William, on the ground that the former Ger man emperor was not in sympathy with American institutions. Stewart defended Frederick against what he characterised as Bacon s gross mis representations, Tie army appropria tion bill was passed. The senate alsc passed the Philippine shipping bill. after speech in opposition by Messrs. Culberson and Patterson. , NO USE FOR. BRISTOW. Rusiiana Reported Defeated. London, March . 9. A dispatch to the Times from Wei Hal Wei, dated March 9, says: "It Is reported on good authority that a collision between Japanese am Russian trops has occurred near Halju, Corea, 54 miles northwest of Chemulpo, which resulted in the defeat of the Russians." ' No Mention of Naval Fight St. Petersburg, March 9. The Asso ciated Press has received direct ad vices from Vladivostock' since S o'clock thla afternoon. They do not mention a naval engagement , Duchess Goee to Front Paris, March 9. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Journal tele graphs that It is affirmed that Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrova, sister of the czar, Is going' out to Manchuria to act as superlntendent-of the Red Crost work. Japanese Are Confident. London, March 10. The Tlmea this morning publishes what it terms a re markable instance of Japanese confi dence. The Japanese have arranged foi the dispatch ot coal from England to Port Arthur ' or Vladivostock and steamers taking It are to call at Slnga Congrewmen Hurl Epithets at Head of Fourth Aasiatant Washington, March 9. That the in vestigation of the postoffice department by the house of representatives wiK result from the publication of the re port Involving members of congress in ihat connection was indicated by every expression possible, short of a vote, in that body today. With a whirlwind of protests, the report was1 taken up by indignant members, their personal connection with It explained -nd epithets were hurled at Fourth Assist ant Postmaster-General Brlstow. RELATING TO APPOINTMENT. Senator Carmaok Want Information Regarding Boiae Aasayer. , Washington, March 9. Senator Car mack today introduced a resoluttor calling on the secretary of the treas ury for alt papers and documents filed In relation lb the appointment ot H. Smith Wolley as assayer at Boise, Idaho. LOVE AND SHARP AX. Aged Irishman Deal Rwal Terrific Blow on tha Head. San Francisco, March 9. George Mc Laughlin hit William Chamberlain on the head with an ax' and haa left a mark that will take many moons to ef face. Though the occurrence in itself Is serious enough, the events that led up to it are of a humorous character. McLaughlin, who halls from the Em erald Isle, says he does not know how old he Is, but states with emphasis that he was born on the same day and date as Queen Victoria, which would make him 85 years of age.on the coming May 24 He certainly looks it : He Is small, wizened, and has parted with all his teeth, but he has not parted with all hla vigor nor the passion of love that filled hla breast in early youth. From what Is reported on the water front, McLaughlin lives in Baldwin court, and Chamberlain, who is 65 years old. Uvea near by. Shortly after pore for definite orders. The coal is noon yesterday Chamberlain tapped on DEAD DOG CAUSES FRACAS. Marshal Kill Animal and Lively Row Follows Concerning Fee. Roseburg, Ore, March 9. At the regular meeting of the city council in this city last Monday night, a wordy conflict between Mayor Hoover, and Marshal Jarvis furnished amusement for the specatora. The marshal pre sented hla bill for salary for the month of February and Included 12 for the killing of an impounded dog. Th mayor raised an objection on ' th grounds that the marshal was only en titled to his salary and that the city charter states that no fees shall be paid to any city officer. The mayoi produced letters from the mayors of both Ashland and Grant's Pass, in both of which it was stated that they al lowed no fees to their marshal. The mayor of Ashland added In his letter that should the marshal of his citj present a bill for killing a dog be would immediately ask for his reslg nation. Then Councilman Norman arose and said: "If I were mayor, 1 would be ashamed to write a letter like that I don't consider a city mar shal a dog killerand if he Is com peted to kill impounded dogs he should be paid for It" V , " On motion of one of the councilmen it was decided that a special meeting be held next Saturday afternoon tc settle , the . differences between th mayor" and marsnat baa blood hartng been existing between them for some time, and the said meeting is to be be hind closed doors. During the meeting the council par tially condemned the city hall as be ing unsafe for occupancy on account of the building settling and the wallt cracking. A committee was appointed to Investigate and ascertain the condi tion of the building. Si t Kansaa Republican Ticket. ' Wichita, Kan., March 9. The repub lican state convention tonight nominat ed the following ticket: Governor, E. W. Hoch ; lieutenant- governor, David Hanna; secretary of state, J. R. Burrows auditor, Seth G. WellB; attorney-general, C C Cole man; treasurer, Thomas T. Kelly. Two Thousand Families Deprived of Their Homes and Mil lion Dollars Worth of . Property Destroyed. Wyoming Valley Desolated By Turbulent Waters and Towns Are Fighting to Live. ' INDUSTRIES ARE ALL CLOSED Entrapped In Flooded Homes Many People Seek Refuge i)n Upper Floors and Await Death or Jjiiecor. Wllkesbarre, Pa., March . More than 91,000,000 worth of property ha been destroyed by flood In the Wyo ming valley, and over 2000 families are rendered homeless. Though the rivei is falling at Wllkesbarre tonight the towns ' In the vicinity of Bloomburg are experiencing the worst flood In their history. .. . ' Industries all along the Susquehan ' river from Ptttston to Nanttcok are closed down on account of high water, and In many placea the water la flow ing Into the mines. At Plymouth the entire business section of the town is under water. Ice Is gorged there and the water backed op so rapidly this afternoon that many families found it Impossible to leave their homes aiwT?tr f-"r riv!!iff m. th per ' floors. Communication by j-uh. roads has been cut off. , Will Fight Hollander. New York, March 9. Kid McKoy haa been matched to fight Henry John Placke, the Hollander who has just ar rived. The bout which will take place in Philadelphia on the n'ght of April 1 is to go six rounds.' Placke weighs 250 pounds and he measures six feet B 1-1 Inches In height, i 1 Rev. Oscar Ostrom will leave In a few daya for California. He Is not de cided yet where he will be located, but probably he"" will go east after a few weeks' vacation. Mr. Ostrom has been in Astoria two years and a half. His successor. Rev. A. G. E. Rydqulst, will arrive in Astoria this sprlnjc At 1 . KG ! 1 irnifi WW Ln This week we have on display the finest line of Ladies', Misses and ... . 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