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VOLUME LVII. ASTORIA, OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 1904. NO. 215. ! 3END SrlA&P REPLY Governor Peabody el Colorado ' Tells Kansas City Industrial Association What He .. Thinks, Says They Indorse Assassination . and Lawlessness But Censure Him for Stopping It. ARE ARMING THE HIKERS Stated They Are Preparing: for Another Ilattle Military Now Looking: for Them. Denver, Colo., June 13. 'T think the war la nearly over," said Oovemor Peabody today. I have newa from General Bell that the Cripple Creek mine are open and running today There la no newa of any further trou ble or any likelihood of any." , Governor Peabody ent the followlnf reply to a memxtye received from the Industrial Council of Kanaaa City con demning Ma action: ,,,, . "The fact that your council endoraea asalnatlona, train wrecking and dy namiting by the lawlesa element In the Cripple Creek dlatrlct but provea the necessity for my preeent action In eup preulng all auch from the eolt of Colo rado. Become wle before you attempt to teach." Sheriff Bell at Cripple Creek thla aft ernoon aent out two heavily armed and mounted poeaea through the country wet of that city. It waa reported to Mm that a number of men had gone out and were aecreted at ranchea In that locality. It la aald that for the paat two day teama have been coming Into Anaconda and hauling out arma and ammunition. It la aald the men In that vicinity are heavily armed, and, If that la true, another battle may be looked for. All day rumora were current that a number of men deported laat week would return here today, but ao far none haa been found. , The deportation train acheduled to leave here today will not get away be fore tomorrow. The deported men may be aent to the borders of Wyoming, New Mexico, Nebraska or Kansas, The Rio Grande haa officially pro tented egalnat aendlng them to Utah. There are between 76 and 100 men marked for deportation. DIE IN ELECTRIC CHAIR. Oaalnlng, N. Tv, June 12. Albert Koepplng, who murdered John Mar tine In Port Jervle, and Oacar Borg atrom, who killed hi wife In Mount Kleco, were put to death In the electric chair at Sing Sing prlaon thla morn ing. The executiona took place with out a hitch, and 21 mtnutea after the flrat man waa led to the chair the eec ond waa pronounced dead. Each went to hla death without displaying any emotion, Koepping, who waa 22 yeara of age murdered John Marline, after having been ejected for non-payment of hia board bill. Previously he had eerved alx montha In prlaon for robbing a woman with whom he had eloped from New York. Borgatrom, a Swedish gardener, mur dered hla wife by cutting her throat In a Jcaloua rage- at their home In Mount Klaco. A 14-year-old atepdaughter tried to Interfere and narrowly cm aped the aame fate. Mre. Borgstrom waa an accomplished musician. DATE CHANGED Owing to the Injury of Jeffries' Knee the Jeffries-Monroe Fight . Has Been Postponed., San Franclaco, June 12. Owing to the Injury to Jeffrlee knee, tha Jeffrlee Munroe fight wilt be poatponed. Train er Delaney wired from Harbin Spring tonight that the champion would not be ready until June4 24. Manager Coff roth of the Yoaemlte Club announced that the fight would take place on June SO. Jeffrie waa moving about aome at Harbin Sprlnga today doing a little light work In the gymnaalum, hla phy atciana having declared that cautious exerclae would not harm him. Munroe continued hla usual training, doing road work, Indoor exercise and boxing. Haa Been Retired. Washington, June 18. Colonel Chaa. W. Raymond, of the Eighteenth In fantry, haa been retired at hia own re-queat FOR ALL WEATHERS I H jv: ' :i:t ' fail i V5 The nice thing about a rain coat is, you can wear it in shine as well as rain, and look well. The best fact about our rain coats is, they're made for us by Hart Schaffn'er & Man, which is only a short way of saying that there are no better rain coats to be had anywhere ; and that you'll think so yourself if you buy one. We have plenty of other good overcoats to show you ; we'll show you the Hart Schaffner & Marx label in them: a small thing to look for, a big thing to find. OwrlM 19X T Hut Mnlfon r P. A. STOKES, One Price To Everybody PORT ARTHUR IS 1 rKUVISIONED .' j.wfrjf . : General Staff Has No News; of the Re ported Ambush at Pulantien With Great' Loss, IMPORTANT CLASH BETWEEN ARMIES IMMINENT Japanese Are Moving Their Forces Along the Peninsula Said That the Japanese Army In Manchuria Is Short of Supplies and in Grave Dange of Being Cut Off. 8t Petersburg, June 13v The following official etatement of tha Ruacian louee in tha war haa been ieauedt NAVY Forty. four officer and 920 men killed; 13 officer and 220 men wounded. . ARMY Thirty. ix officer and 683 men killed; 153 officer and 2080 men wounded. TAKEN PRISONER&lTwenty officer end 6966 men. Llao Yang, June 12. (Delayed.) A Ruenlun correepondent and two offlcera who escaped from Port Arthur arrived hre laat night The refugee gay that Port Arthur la well provlaloned, the merchant having managed to get In larg-e quantities of auppllea before the railway waa cut Have No Information. St Petersburg, June 13. No Infor mation haa reached the general staff today regarding the reported ambush ing of the Rusaiana at Pulantien, aa a reault of which they were alleged to have loat 800 men. The only thing of the leaat aignlflcance In thia connec tion la a ahort dispatch received from General Karkevitch, aent June 13, the day the battle la aald to have occurred. Karkevitch doea not mention the Pu lantien fight of which the authorities preaume he would have heard had It occurred. Hla dispatch only covered the event up to the preceding day. General newa from the aouthenr part of Llao Tung peninsula la of the scan tiest, and in the absence of official newa the officials here are not Inclined to speculate aa to the altuation. Up to a "late hour tonight, nothing further had been heard from Port Ar thur. . Iteporta of contlnuoua eklrmlshlng along the railway aouth of Vafandien are taken to show that the Cossacks are keeping the Japanese busy In pro tecting their rear. While heavy fight ing Is not regarded aa imminent a more or less severe brush with the en emy la likely at any time. Japa Are Preparing. Llao Yang, June 13. The Japanese are reported to be fortifying Laodun (which cannot be located on available maps) and along the railway from Pu lantten to Tandzafan. A strong guard haa occupied SIu Yen. A Japanese acout troop haa been seen on the Kal ping road. Kurokl remaina at Fen wangcheng, where the fortifications have been atrengthened. The Japanese have retired from Salmatse. The Japanese army In Manchuria Is said to be exceedingly ahort of aup pllea, for which they are wholly de pendent upon water transportation to the mouth of the Yalu and to Taku shan. All Is quiet at Niuchwang. ' American team, thereby violating the rule governing Harvard athletes. Cap tain Ctarkson admitted signing the contract but atated he did not intend to play until after the close of the college season. Although tha season Is nearly closed, there still remains two games with Yale, and Clarkson'a absence from the game will be felt seriously. TRIED TO ESCAPE. Condemned Men in Ohio Penitentiary Fail In Attempt. Columbus, 0 June 13.--An attempt was made by 'four of the nine con demned men at the penitentiary here to escape at 1 o'clock thia morning by overpowering the guard. The guard was badly beaten, but two guards frem the hall came to hla assistance and the prisoners were forced back Into their cella and locked up. 8ALM0N CATCHERS STRIKE. Indiana Near Vancouver Say They Are Not Getting Enough Money. Vancouver, B. C, June 13. Indiana on the Skeena river are on a strike because they think they are not of fered enough remuneration for catch ing salmon. Cannera offered 7 cents for sockeyes and .25 cents 3 for, red springs. The Indians masked 10 cents for sockeyes and 35 cents for red springs. Host of the Japanese are backing up the demands of the In diana. 2 :.r.v; .-.! FIGHT HEARST llinois Democrats y Will Wagcl Bitter Factional . War In Their Convention Tomorrow. ,, ' ' .' CONFEDERATE VETERAN8. They Meet in Reunion In Naihville, Tenn Today. Nashville, Tenn., June 1J. Nashville la crowded tonight with visitors, vet erana and delegates to the fourteenth annual reunion of the United Confed erate Veterans, which will open to morrow. There seems to be a general impres sion thai General Stephen D. Lee will be elected unanimously to aucceed Gen eral John B. Gordon. Tha Weather. Portland, June IS. Western Oregon: Tuesday, showere and cooler. Western Washington: Partly cloudy and occasionally threatening. Eastern Oregon, Eastern Washing ton and Idaho: Partly cloudy, with possibly thunder showere; : continued warm. ' ' Will Inspect Mint. , St Iuis, June 13.George Roberts, director of the United Stotes, mint in Washington, has arrived hera and .will inspect the mint exhibit In the govern ment building at the World'a 1 Fait, He will depart for Cape; Nome next Saturday. t" " '-'-. i MAY GO TO COURT. Shippers Will Fight Chicago Car Serv ice Association. t ,, Chicago, June 13. Unless aome of the rules of tha Chicago Car Service Association, a combination of 26 rail roads entering Chicago, are changed, an action against the combine will probably be begun in the federal courts, according to United States District At torney Bethes., It ia contended by the shippers that the Chicago Car Service Association la a violation of the Sher man anti-truet law. .,; PITCHER - CANNOT; PLAY. Signed Professional Contract and Har vard Ouata Him. Cambridge,, Mass., June, 13. Walter Clarkaon, captain : and pitcher . of the Harvard varsity nine,, waa tonight de barred from further, participation .In college games, by a vote of , the Har vard athletic committee, Clarkaon has signed a contract with the New York Springfield, 111., June 13. Candidates who are to be nominated in the demo cratic atate convention called for to morrow have, been .shoved into the background by' the bitter factional fight for control of the state machin ery.' ' The selection of a candidate for governor and the question aa to wheth er Illinois shall send to the St Louis convention a delegation instructed for William Randolph Hearst occupied a small section of the background when compared with the problem aa to whether John P. Hopkins of Chicago shall retain his position at the head of the atate central committee or whether he shall be deposed and hia power given to Millard Dunlap, Theodore Nel son and other men, all of whom are ac tively working to promote the interests of Hearst. ... The bitter . fight waged against Hopkins personally ia what the Hopkins men consider a practical de mand by the Hearst managers that Hopkins and certain of his followers Jump Into the era of oblivion and al low the world to forget them. This haa aroused tha wrath of the Hopkins people, and they are talking tonight of forcing Hearst to accept only endorse ment instead of an instructed delega tion, and perhaps something even leas valuable than an endorsement , The subcommittee to which waa re ferred; the hearing of contests waa in session the greater part of the night The contests were mainly decided In favor, of the Hopkins faction, and it Is estimated that the net proceeds to Hopkins amount to 150 delegates. OWNED LARGE ESTATE Though She Once Had Title to Land Where East Portland Now : Stands, She Died Husband Became Religious Fan atic and Gave Fortune to Church 7Befbre" Dying. AJui j .:--J t LAWYERS COT THE REST And the Wife in the Case Had to . Fight to Keep From Going to Poorhou.se iu a;; Last Days." Portland, June 13. Mrs. Jane Abra ham; who.1 with; hep j'buaband, James Abraham, homesteaded half a section of land , upon, which a part of East Portland is now located, died here to day in abject poverty, aged 75. Until a few years prior to bis death, Abraham possessed a large estate, but in his de clining years he became a religious en thusiast and gave almost bis. entire property to thai church of which he became a member. After ' her hus band's death Mrs. Abraham recovered a small portion of the property, but this was, dissipated In attorneys' fees and in liquidating the indebtedness which she contracted ..after her hus band's death. . , , . . , FIRST FOREST FIRE. Washington Haa a Conflagration Near Snoqualmie Fall. Seattle, June 13. The first forest fire of the year today covered the west ern slope of the Cascades with a dense cloud of smoke. The fire originated in the woods near Snoqualmie Falls. The federal officials aided the residents In the fight against the fire. , Tonight It is reported under control , i -f; Benny Yanger Lost. , Butte, Mont. June 13. Benny Yan ger, the Tipton Slasher, took the count " in the eighth round tonight when Aurello Herrera landed his famous punch. Yanger'a fighting was faster than any former opponent of Her rera'a, but. notwithstanding the, advan tage in speed, ha was a comparatively easy Ylctlm.for tha Mexican, ,nmtr 3 , ? ., Aaka for Retirement. - Washington, June 11 Colonel Fran ces H. Harrington of the marine corps has applied for his retirement as bri gadier general, having served over forty yeara.'.- .Mj(.i-t ',.,.1.1.' ,!. . . ' Colonel EdQarton Dying. , West Point June ll-Colonel P, Ed garton, 1 professor . of : mathematics in the military academy,, ia at the point of death with an affection of the heart. All social functions in connection wits the; graduating , exercises , have been cancelled.. T ,:(.:,.;t -,,:.. ht. 1 Tried to Kidnap Consul. ' i London, June 13. The ' correspon dent of the Times at Tanglers aays an attempt was made to kidnap the Ital ian consul at Lurache, but the attempt failed because of , a timely , warning which had been conveyed to the con aul . , ;. v. ", ,.'. , : Broke World'a Record. .Glasgow, June 13. Alfred Shrubb, the English runner, tonight broke the world'a record by running four miles in 19 minutes 23 2-5 seconds, beating tha previous record 2 seconds. DEATH ABRUPTLY ENDS i -: SOLDIER S DREAM OELOVE A wedding, which woul have been the happy culmination of a courtship almost ideal an'' - l h . was to have occurre4 nexj- . , a been pre vented by d- " Messages V P0Q P pn this city yesterday fiajj UJOfl &nd trag'-. ... r Nathaniel c. v. "uMa ojw- Mqualn. tan -- as was to have been mar..w u-. lohth to Mis Nick erson. a sister of. Mra. P. A. Stokes and Mrs. Henry Narcotte. While on duty at hi post fort Leavenworth, at Leavenworth, Kans., yeBterday, Lieu tenant Bower waa struck by lightning during a thunder shower and waa in stantly killed. Word was Immediately sent to the sisters of his fiancee In this city. .-- !; ."..-.! K.. v;.i..H .-.V- j The announcement of the marriage of Lieutenant Bower and Miss Kicker son was made ia the Army and Navy Journal of recent date, ; The lieutenant was a very popular officer, both with hla men and with hla brother officers, Preparations for the marriage had been completed and Lieutenant Bower had asked for .and had received leave of absence for that purpose. Brother offi cers took a great Interest in his future happiness and, were preparing to give to Lieutenant Bower and his bride a grand reception on their arrival at Fort Leavenworth after the honeymoon. His death was a shock to all the men in the poet as well as to hia prospec tive bride. Arrangements for hia fun eral have not been made, but he will be Interred with military honors. Lieu- i)6sG ij-tniM' l"oA. tenant Bower was a graduate of West Point and ranked highly among offlcera of hla class,,. , , Concerning the death, of Lieutenant Bower, the Associated Press last night sent out the following;, , Leavenworth, JCans., June 13. Lieu tenant Nathaniel Bower of the engineer corps at Fort Leavenworth waa killed this afternoon near, the target range. The officer was on his way to the range to shoot, when a bolt of light ning, out of a comparatively clear sky. struck his rifle, . which he was carry ing,, passed through) his arm into aU right breast and out through, the left Side... , .. , ,, , ,..; ( ...; .,! : ..... , The officer was, to have been married In July to a young lady residing in the west