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J, i ft y .. jW., JJ A.' ,1 FlSfe M i I VOL. LVI1. ASTORIA, OREGON. TIIUKSDAY, MARCH 2, 1901. NO.m. SETTLED THAT i , MOHLER IS' TO MOVE President of 0. R.&N., Will Pos itively Be Transferred to Omaha as an Official of the Union Pacific. General Manager C. E. Calvin of the Short .Line Scheduled for His Place. SHAKEUP TO BE GENERAL Other ChiMiK of n Hwccpliifr .Nature Will Tnko I'lncc on Hsirrliiuui Linen nml Other a Well. Portland, March, J3. Tht President A. I- Mohler, of the 0, K ft N Is to be promoted to a petition with; the Union Pacific at Omaha, and that Aa slatant General Manager K. E. Calvin, of the flhort Una at Bail Lake City, lit to come here to All Motiler place, w practically coniirmcd n thi city today. No detail a to when the change will take place or the exact title that the offlelahi wilt hold In their new position can be nwurcd, aa local official are not at liberty to dle cua the mutter. However, tt l pretty gennrally underatood what the new arrangement will be, and official con firmation la looked for within the next wy or two. , Mr. Mohler, It la underatood, will aa aume the position vactd by Freal dent Hurt and will exercise the aame authority aa that official over the Un ion purine. --.. Mr. Calvin, who la to come here In Mr. Mohler' place, It la underatood, will, not be prealdent of the O. It. ft N., but will occupy the poaltlon of general manager and will exercise gen era! authority over the affair' of the rood In Oregon and Washington. The preaent atmosphere of uncer. talnty that pervadea railroad clrclea la looked upon aa an Indication that there will likely be come sweeping changea, not only on the Harrlman tinea, but on othera aa well. Dully to be Enlarqed. Salt Lake, March 23. According to the Herald, the Jurisdiction of E. E. Calvin, aa head of the Oregon Rail road ft Navigation Company, la to be conalderably greater than that of hi predecessor, A. L. Mohler, All of the Southern Pacific In Oregon north of Aahland 'la to be under hla control. The Una between Aehlund and Port land le owned by the Oregon ft Cali fornia Company, but leaned by the Southern Pacific. THE TRIP KILLED HER. Aether Goee to Nuree 8iok Son and Die Suddenly. . Jacksonville, Ore., March 23. Mre. Mary Cameron, wife of Hon. Theodore Cameron, died at the home of her eon, Qtla Krauae, Saturday, March M, In Klamath Fall, aged 45 yeara, 1 month and X days. The ' remalna reached Jacksonville Sunday night and the fu neral waa hld Tueaduy afternoon In the Masonic hall, under the auspice of Adarel chapter, No. S, order of the Eastern Btar, assisted by Ruth R bekah lodge No. 1, and Mudrotta lodge, No. 12, Degree of orlnor, of wlilch or dere she waa a prominent member. Mr. Cameron waa prominent In lodge and society clrclea. She went to Kla math fall a few day ago In response to a telegram Informing her of the aerlou lllnca of both her son and duughteiMn-law. "The tiresome stag ride and exposure to cold were too ee vere, and brought n an attack of pneumonia and peritonitis. An opera tlon waa performed Saturday morn ing, but she did not rally from it. FRAUD CASE BEGUN. Hyde and Dlmond Appear for Their Preliminary Hearing. San Francisco, March 23.-The pre liminary hearing of the riyde-Dlmond land fraud case waa resumed today before United State Commissioner Heacock. Francla J. Hmey, for the prosecution, offered aa evidence a eer tllled copy of the indictment, the ad mission f which was strenuously op poacd by the attorney for the defense. The objection waa overruled and an exception waa taken, j t ,, 'The government then announced that It would rest the case on the evi dence aubmltted, Tht action waa ob jected to and after further argument. adjournment waa taaen unm Monoay. Indian Appropriation Bill. Waahlngton, March 2S. The eenute apent the greater part of the day con sidering the Indian appropriation bill. Three hour ot the time, waa given to a dlKuuiton of the claim for 60,000 for service rendered the Choctaw In diana It waa. finally eliminated 'from the Indian bill The civil aervlce de bat waa renewed and there waa a dlculon of the policy to be purued In securing employe for work on the Panama canal. It's Plain as Print That tho placo to purchase CLOTHING is at Stokes; Hcason, eu porior goods and lowest prices. nm HanSctufTncr U Mara HandTtilored PRAIRIE FIRE IS SWEEPING WITH GATHERING FURY OVER CULTIVATED FARMS Known That Two Lives Have Been Lost and It Is Feared That Many Others Are in Danger From the Wild, Insatiable Flames. v Burlington Sends Out Special Train to Assist Ranchmen in Their Desperate Fight for. Their Homes Houses and Stock Amounting to $100,000 Lost-Distance of Fifteen Miles Will Certahly Be Swept Clean. Kanau City, Mo., March 23.T-A special to the Time from Loom!, J!b,, aaya: ." A prairie fire la raging and already three death are reported, while' a number of farmer are mlsalng. Jiouae nd stock amounting to 1100, 000 have already been loat and the fire continue with unabated fury. The iturllngton railroad ha ent a special train with Are fighter from Holdredge to aaalat the ranchmen In saving the mall town. From Loom! to Platte river, a distance of IS mile, the whole country will undoubtedly be awept clear by fire. Further to the west, toward which the blase 1 sweep In, prairie country extend for near ly 200 mile and the 'fire may sweep to Bend or Platte on the river in that direction. ' i , JAPANESE STATESMEN MEET AND REHEARSE BIG EVENTS office appropriation bill for amend ment, but only six pages were dis posed of. The appropriation for the railway mall service was ' ' carefully scrutinized and in case of Inland mail transportation by star routes, the ap propriation was scaled down from $8,' 100,000 to $7,850,000. TO PROTECT NEUTRALS. New Chwanj In pngr From Fir of Japanese Force. New Chwank, March 23, An Infor mal meeting at the foreign consuls sta tioned here has been called for the pur pose of securlngprotectlon of the prop erty of neutrals in view of he fact that New Chwang is now surrounded by large Russian, forces. The situation -exposes the treaty port to danger from cannon fire should the Japanese come up the river. ASSERTS THAT WASHINGTON WAS CRANK. Eccentric Schoolmaster Has Ideas On Patriotism That Create Sensation in County Teachers' Institute. Toklo, March 13At a special ses sion the diet today entered upon the business for which It , wa called. Premier Katiura and Minister of For clgn Affair Kotnura addressed the house. Russia not only failed to meet the Japanese praposala but defiantly re sorted to actlto calculated to Injure (he national ristit rf Japan, Japan wa compelled lri e?-defenae to ter minate negotiations and take Inde pendent action. ; ' tie was confident that the world would recognUe tho Justice and pa tience uniformly exercised by Japan In carrying forward negotiations. Minister of Foreign Affairs Komura placed before the house the full text of the diplomatic correspondence with Russia, commencing with, the opening of negotiations In July last and end ing with the Instructions to Minister Kurlno to- withdraw from St Peters burg. The substance of the correspond ence has already been made public. Mine In Jap Ranks. Paris, March 23. A dispatch from Shanghai to the' Temps says: "Four Chinese cruisers which have Just left here bound northward were provisioned from Japanese sources. The Japanese forces In northern Corea are being decimated by sickness." that the bombardment by the Japanese fieet on the night of March 21 and on the morning of March JS failed to cause any damage considered worthy of reporting to thi emperor. In con sequence considerable satisfaction at the continued fruitlessness of the Jap anese assaults on Port Arthur prevails In high clrclea Vladivoetook in Danger, yiadivostocic March 21 The situa tion here remains quiet. It Is not expected,- however, that Vladivostock will continue to be much longer free from vigorous operations on the part of the Jao&nase. Under Martial Uw. Tellurlde, Colo., March 2S.--An order declaring San Miguel county under martial law wa read here thi even ing. No trouble has occurred In the county for some time. Four hundred troops have arrived. " They Evade Agreement Shanghai, March 23. The Russians continue to evade carrying out the agreement to dismantle the gunboat Mandjur. Official Are Satisfied. St. Petersburg, March 24. As no further dispatches, official or other wise, have arrived from Port Arthur, officials have come to the conclusion Still at Vladivostok. St. Petersburg, March 2S. Accord Ig to private advices from Vladivo stock, the Russian squadron Is still there. '. . ' Troops Going East. St Petersburg, March 23. The dis patch, of troops to the far east is pro ceeding with Increased vigor. HEADQUARTERS ON ISTHMUS Remember our Dunlap Hats Finest on eurth. GopjiktiU i4 Uf sari afcaiUff t Mm Important Point Decided Regarding Work of Canal Commission. Washington. March 23. Two Im portant points have developed in con nection with work for the isthmian canal commission. One Is that head quarters for the commission will prob Pbly.be on the Isthmus of Panama In stead of at Washington, although an cfflc& will probably be maintained here; The other point Is that part of the time of at leat five of the commis sioners will be devoted to their priv ate interests. ' Admiral Walker, chairman of the commission, and General Dayls, the army member of the body, will devote their entire time to the canal work. legislation pending before congress provides for the appointment of a gov ernor of the American Bona on, the "lUhmus, If enacted, it Is quite prob able that the president may designate General Davis as governor of the canal strip. ; Bishop Wa Misquoted. ' New York, March 23. The Rev. Dr. Dean Richmond Babbit, rector of the church of the Epiphany, Is much dis turbed over the published stories con cerning, the floating debt on his phurch, bused on a letter signed, "Donor to the Fund." Dr. Babbit states that if the writer of the letter will send his name and the amount of his subscrip tion to the mortgage he wiU endeavor to return the amount. Further, Dr. Babbit states that Bish op Burgess must have been misquoted when he is declared to have said tha he did not know that there were stilj 'some out standing notes against the church. He also says that the bishop must have been misquoted In the state merit that .it was his desire to sell the church. ' Despite reports to the contrary Dr. Babbitt says that a report for 1903 has been made out, but that through an oversight while he was ill the re port was mislaid. It Is now in the hands of a printer 'and will soon be distributed. In conclusion Dr. Babbitt says: "I am unalterably determined to protect myself and my work with the same degree of fervor against all comers under the canons of the laws of the state." Slow Work on Bill. Washington, March 24. When the house adjourned today some progress had been made In reading the post- Dies on His Way Horn. Pendleton, March 23. C A. Came ron, for 20 years superintendent - of bridge and building of the C. B. ft Q., In Iowa, and for the past 10 years with the O. R. & N. In the tame ca paclty, died suddenly this aternoon on his way home from a hospital in Portland, where he wa under treat-, ment for heart trouble. Military Idea Prevails in Public Inculcation of Patriotism, He Says. "MY COUNTRY," A FAKE PLEA Valuable Horse Die. Omaha, March 23. Five fast horses belonging to Marcus J. Daly string, en route from San Francisco to Mem phis, were unloaded here today suffer ing from shipping , fever. Weather Ouage, A stallion, died later, and Gold Edge, a valuable horse, la not ex pected to live.. The other three are less seriously affected. To Extend French Treaties. Washington, March 23. The senate committee on foreign relations today authorized a favorable report on a treaty between the United States and France extending all existing treaties with ..France and Tunis and all other Ftfnoli possessions, aaii jprote :torati. Spring Flood do Damage. Chicago, March 23. Much damage was caused today. In Chicago suburbs by spring floods, the worst in years. At Desplalnea vaUey bridge were wrecked or weakened by the ' high waters. One man was drowned as the result of the flood. Father of Ilia Country and As sociate Flaunted Principals in Face of Divine Decree, ' Howls Pedagogue. Seattle, March 23. A sensation has been created here by an utterance oi J. A. Kingsbury, principal of tho Georgetown, Wash., public schools, at the county teachers' institute today Re attacked the methods of teaching patriotism In the public schools, say ing: "You notice that throughout these teethings runs the military idea, and when war is on, even though it be aa e inhuman war of conquest, or i to quell the rebellion of some cranks, such' as Patrick Henry. Samuel Adams, Washington, Jefferson or Agulnaldcv who have the effrontery to flout their principles in the face of a divine de cree or a packed legislature, then ths watchword of parrlotiitn 4 : Sf. coun try, my country, right or wrong.' That Is the flabby plea that a patriot in time of war must postpone virtue, and, if evil, to be officially decreed to follow the multitude." Former Cashier Arrested. Los Angeles, March 23. H. 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