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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (April 13, 1904)
V VOLUME LVII. : ii i - JAPS LOSE IN SKIRMISH ON LAND Fifty Scout Surprised White Making Landing By Detach' ment of Sharpshooter and are Alj Killed. Four Russians Seek Safety By Swimming River Near ' Village. ; Lino Yang the bombardment of Port Arthur and fight on the Yalu are existed momentarily. Ruetlsns Sink Junk. tendon, April 18. The Times' Nlu- ehwang correspondent, cabling April! 11, says: "Last nlifht a, pilot's flure was mla tn ken for the lights of a Japanese fleet and Russians fired and mink a junk with 35 hand, besides killing three persons and wounding aeven In another junk. The native population la panic stricken and. leaving town, DEMOCRATS FOR "PARKER. ASTORIA, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 1904- GREAT LEGAL LIGHTS OF THE COUNTRY BEGIN BATTLE IN ST. PAUL COURT NO. 161. Effort of E. H. Hnrrlman, et al, to Regain Shares of Northern Pacific Stock Begins to Take Form. cago had Issued an order compelling the books of the company to be sub mitted and disclosure of the terms of the reorganization, the defendant have practically removed opposition to the proposed bond. issue of I1M, 000,000. Through the First National bank the proprietors of the Rock Is land railroad system have negotiated a loan of $!,000,000 in short time notes. The purpoee of this borrowing, It waa explained. Is to provide immediate funds without a bond issue to reim burse the company for advancements made 'for construction of new lines. President Loree refused to discuss the matter In any way. DELEGATES FOR NEW YORK NAMED FLIGHT COVERED BY FRIENDS 1'iirsuliiff Hoat la Sunk and the Jpune Occupant Meet Itaatk fit Hands of Hnrmy JtiMNlani Lose ft Man. 8t Petersburg, April 18. General Kurpolakln, In a dispatch to the em peror bearing today's date, says that General KraanallnHkl, on the night of April S, ordered a detachment of sharp- shooters to cross to the left bank of the Taiu opposite Wlja The sharpshoot ers landed on the Island of Samlllnd and surprised a patrol of 50 Japanese scouts Just as the latter were ap proaching the east aide of the Island In three boats. The Russians allowed the Japanese to land and then fired on them. Nearly all the Japaneae were shot, bayoneted or drowned and their boats sunk. The Russians sustained no losses. On the following day the Japanese lowered their flag at Wlju, On the night of April ft four Rus alana crosaed the Yalu "to Tongampho and made toward a Russian village, where they found a squadron of Jap anese cavalry. They remained 12 hours, when they were betrayed by Koreans and found themselves obliged to swln the river, tnclr boat having struck on the sand bank. One soldier lost his life. The Japanese pursued the Rusalans In a boat, but were in turn attacked by a Russian boat which had come to rescue the swimmers. The Japanese were all killed- and their boat sunk. So Says Member of House at Close of Rsoe Dltousslon. question again was Injected Into the proceedings u&the house of representa tlves today when Mr. Scoti of Kansas delivered a long address In which he referred to his previous statement that it was current in Kansas that ex -President Cleveland had dined with C. 8. 11. Taylor, a Kansas negro politician. He read several letters from Kansas cltlxms that It had been Taylor's boast that he had received such social atten tion from Mr. Cleveland. He also said Clevelund, while governor of New Vork, hud signed a bill providing for mixed schools. In a spirited reply Williams of Mississippi, defended the attitude of the south toward the negro. At the Instance of Mr., Uarttess of Georgia a letter from ex-President Cleveland was read, denying he had ever dined a negro. , liartlett also de clared Judge Parker to be the man whom the democrats will nominate for president, Maxwell Evaria, Representing Plaintiffs, Starts the Ball Rolling tnnu Root Replies on Behalf of Hill Interests, and J. Ham Lewis Also Appears, Representing Little Trust of New Jersey; HARD FIGHT FOR HUMES. Two Battles Looked For. St Petersburgh, April 18. Accord ing to telegraphic advices received by the Novstl from Its correspondent at After Seslsktn Treasure. Uelllngham, April 12. The object of the departure from Seattle some time since of the schooner Barbara, about which there was discussion, is declared by persons hre w no profess to know, to have been for the purpose of securing about 11,000.000 worth of sealskins and Ivory belonging to the Northwestern Siberian Company of St Petersburg, Russia, and which are cached In Siberia at a point most like ly to be occupied by the Japanese early In the present conflict with Russia. Thought to Be Highwayman. Vancouver, Wash., April 12. Fred Armstrong, alias Frank Strong, was arrested today on suspicion of being the man who held up 12 men in the bar roam of the Hotel Columbia last week and secured about $150. Armstrong was formerly a sergeant in the Seven teenth Infantry and after his discharge went to Raker City where, It Is, al leged, he was Implicated In highway robberies. ' CN Hi I feu I i. Jtk I i Mrrx I m Tif I ' Jil' t)Y ' 'I m mm sa i . II H I t M I -ST M.n, tm, tmm t .mil, m.nm. H I Correct Clothing for KIcn and Boys I i ' FTK k , "TP f FI TT dt 1 St Paul. April 12. A great legal battle by corporation lawyers, whose names are familiar throughout the United States, Is being waged in the United States district court before Judges Sanborn, Van Deventer, Hook and Thayer. The action Is based on a motion presented to the court by E. IL Hnrrlman and oUiers for leave to file an Intervening petition for the purpose of showing why the Northern Securities Company officials should be estopped from carrying out the plan of distribution of the assets recently declared illegal. The United States government waa represented by District Attorney C. C. Houpt who presented an objection to the Intervention under the direc tion of United States Attorney Gen eral Knox, This Intervention was something of a surprise to the peti tioners, who were not aware of It un til after Maxwell Evarts of Ohio had opened hs . case for the plaintiffs, when Judge Sanborn asked him if he were aware the United States govern. ment objected to an intervening oeU- tlon. The court then directed Mr. Houpt to read the objection of Knox. The attorney general reciting that notice had been served that the in junction would be asked, atated that the United States neither admits nor denlea the allegation of the petition, out objects to the proposed interven tion, contending that the decision of the United States supreme court end ed and closed the case. He further stated that the United States stands on the decree of that court and is only concerned -to see that Its mandates are carried out In his statement EvarU contended that the securities company, in Its final distribution of the assets, Intend. ed to take a course which would con tinue the common control of the Northern Pacific and Great Northern railways, to the detriment of the plaintiffs, and that the securities peo ple could therefore be convicted of law. Ex-Secretary of War Root, for the Hill Interests, contended that there waa no warrant In the general rules of practice. In decrees of courts, nor in the statutes for this Intervention. Judge R. S. Lovett, general counsel for the Southern Pacific company, be gan his argument on behalf of the petitioner with the contention that. If the Northern Securities Company I had been the legal owner of the stock of the Northern Pacific and Great Northern companies, It would have been entitled to the fruits of that ownership, and the attorney general would not hava obtained the relief he sought in the original suit The decree of the court, he conUn. ued, had determined that no title to the stock ever passed to the Northern Securities Company because the com pany was not legally capable of hold ing such title. The decree further had the effect of giving the court prac tical custody of the stock of the Nor thern Securities Company. The peti tioners, he said, were not asking the 'courts to wind up the affairs of nor dissolve the securities company. They were asking it to dispose of the stock in what they contended was the only way consistent with the decree of the court The Ulan of distribution i po?ed by the Northern Securities Company did not dissolve the corpor ation. It simply reduced, or attempt ed to reduce, its stock in such manner as would leave the stockholders In control of both roads. He referred to the statement of the counsel for the Northern Securities Company to the effect that the com pany might have sold Its stock hold ings, and denied this because the de. cree of the court determined it had never owned that stock. The stock was as much In the constructive cus tody of the court as If it had seised It. When Lovett concluded former Con gressman James Hamilton Lewis of Chicago appeared and stated he rep resented the Continental Trust Com pany of New Jersey, and asked to be heard as an objector to the petition. He said his company was the owner of S0O0 shares of the stock of the Northern Securities Comapny and ob jected to the petition being granted, because the court had no jurisdictloa The court adjourned the case until to morrow. Ex-Mayor of Sesttl May Net Get Ap pointment Sought Seattle, April 12. Thomas J. Humes former mayor of Seattle, will have a hard fight to secure the appointment to the United States bench In Alaska, for opposition has been gaining ground in the house of representatives to the bill providing for another judicial dis trlct, over which Humes was scheduled to preside. Judge James H. Wicker sham, now on the bench, but whose term expires In June, wishes to sue ceed himself In the Valdes district aod Humes will have a hard time getting the place away from him, for he has made a record satisfying to the de partment of justice. When Humes declined to be a candl date to succeed himself as mayor of Seattle In the recent campaign, the ar rangement was that he was to have a good federal appointment either in. Alaska or perhaps as postmaster of Seattle, and he Is beginning to worry for fear he will not get all that is due him. Representative Humphries Is working hard In his Interest at Wash ington. Convention of Republicans En dorse Administrations of Roosevelt and , Ode!!. Delegates Instructed to Work for Nomination of President at Chicago. HYDE-DIMMOND CA8E. Csshier Corroborates Testimony of , , Stenographer. San Francisco, April 12. Examina tion into the Hyde-Dimmond land fraud cases was resumed today. Ben jamln F. Allen, former forest superin tendent testified regarding his ac quaintance with the accused men and reports he had made on various re serves. Special Agent Burns then testified concerning letter written by Hyde to Allen advising him how to make re ports on land. Miss Marial Doyle, formerly F. A. Hyde's cashier, corroborated some of the testimony previously given by Mrs. Belle Curtis as to the manner In which the land business of Hyde's office was conducted. ' GOVERNOR EXPLAINS THINGS District Delegates Cannot B . Iostrncted Jle Say, So Only Delegates at Large are Included. ' New York, April 12. The republic state convention, in session today, named as delegates at large and al ternates to the national convention at Chicago: Senator Piatt, Senator De pew, Governor Odell, Frank S. Black, The platform strongly indorsed the ad ministration of President Roosevelt and the administration of Governor Odell and delegates at large to the na tional convention are "directed to use all honorable means to secure the nomination of Theodore Roosevelt" , There was some discussion over the fact that These directions" Included only delegates at large, but Governor Odell explained in this way: "Since 1SS0, when we abandoned the plan selecting district delegates, the state convention has not and indeed, can not Instruct district delegates." Charles A- Schlren of Brooklyn and George Urban, Jr., of Buffalo were names as electors at large. Immediately after adjournment the state committee unanimously elected Governor Odell chairman. Ashore Near Port. New York, April 12. A dispatck from Acajutla, Salvador, which was re ceived at the office of the Pacific Mall Steamship Company's office here today states that the steamer Colon Is ashore near port All the passengers were saved and the steamer's cargo Is now being transferred to lighters. Extent of the damage cannot be determined at present. FIRING AT SEA INDICATES BATTLE AT PORT ARTHUR Chefoo, April 13. (11 a. m.) The correspondent of the Associated Press at Teng Chow, 40 miles northwest of here, telegraphs as follows: "Sounds of very heay firing were heard at 6:30 o'clock this (Wednesday) morning. The firing ovldently was be ing done between here and Port Ar thur. It Is believed at Teng Chow that the long expected sea fight among the Mlaotao lsalnds has taken place. The Japanese battleship Asahl, flying the admiral's flag, was seen off Chefoo yesterday going to the west and there Is no doubt but the remainder of the Japanese fleet was In the vicinity of i Port Arthur. "The Russian fleet also was seen outside of Port Arthur yesterday." Chefoo, April 13 (Noon.) Captain of the steamer Lockshan, which ar- rived today from Nluchwang, reports that he heard heavy firing between 6 and 7 o'clock this (Wednesday) morn ing In the direction of Port Arthur: The firing was continuous but no ships were visible. From the direction of the sound he Judged there was fight ing at the entrance to Port Arthur. AT THE BEE HIVE We are right up to the minute with a COMPLETE LINE of mimi mmi waists The assortment includes all the latest styles and materials: India Silks, Lawn, Oxford, Cotton Voiles, etc. . Our Muslin Inderwear line ' will satisfy the most exacting; Corset Covers, Skirts, Chemise, Night Dresses, trimmed in em broideries, laces, insertion, etc. . In Millinery we have some riew things for your inspection a fine line of Trimmed Hats from $2.00 to $5.00. Also another lot of those Fine Tailored Hats. You can buy them CHEAPER AT THE BEE HIVE SUITS ARE DISMISSED. Troubles of Rsilroad Stockholders Reaoh Full Settlement New York, April 11 DIfflcuitlea be tween the majority and minority atock holders of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Comnunv have been settled, according to the Herald. The settlement is said to Include the purchase of the stock held by C. H. Venner of Boston and the dismissal of his suits. Mr. Venner held in his own name 100 shares of the stock of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Rail road Company, the original organiza tion, which he claimed in his bill to be worth $200 a share. Although the strictest secrecy Is maintained re garding the entire matter, it Is said he received a sum greatly in excess of this amount Resides being rid of the suits, In one of which Judge Dunne in Chl- Time to PLAY BALL $400 worth of New Goods l W P A IF I J; N. GRIFFIN