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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (July 14, 1904)
Vws-vvrsji He-ai sar - " ' J - " "r ASTORIA, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1904. VARA FIGHT AT MO TIEN Japanese Defeated the Russians in HancMo-Hand Conflict and Killed Two Hundred. THE JAPANESE WERE ASLEEP v .M.MiiAit mnA furn'lnr thi-m to 411 UIC WVPillVa-TW - v-' Improvised hospital In a roadside tern- I pie, where they were laid out In rows (under huge painted and plastered goda Japanese details, wllo. irencning spaaes, were burying the dead where they fell, and Japanese soldiers were bringing water to their own and Russian wound- led and Impartially giving the wounded (men cigarettes. The firing continued during the aft ernoon, but gradually the sounds grew ! more distant. Indicating that the Rua ' elans were still retreating. TROUBLE AMONG FISHERMEN. Awoke and GraSpa nines ,. DispuUnU shot in Hip and As W HO INIJUUKIS ajaw,- Attacking Party, Their Own Loss Being Mxty. sailant Is at Large. Sheriff Linvllle spent yesterday aft ernoon scouring the hills back of the old Hanthorn cannery In a vain en- Seoul. Korea, July lS.-At the Front deavor to cause the apprehension of a , . v man named Oulessepl Lucedo, who Is With General Kurokl's Forces. July t r of 8. The brief and disastrous attempt of muU vUh ,ntent t0 kiII. -Lueedo Is the Russians to overwhelm the small ,n the m" the sheriff was assured. Japanese force which guarded the en- and he started a sort of Tracy hunt trance to the Mo Tien pass was a that kept him going .U afternoon. About dinner time he came downtown bloody affair The Japanese troops man he much de3lred t0 again exhibited their resourcefulness and courage, and the Russians erlme wa8 committed at an threw away many live The losses i&y mornln(E. it can not be ascertained unUl the battle-, a Sacramento rtver field ha, been arched. The Japanese norlh are still driving the enemy up the & number . of ' ether California valley. J fishermen, he has been boarding at a The correspondent of the Associated . Hftnthorn Press saw enough to Justify the est!- men ,nv0,ved mate that the Russians lost more than dlsputant lnK Luce. 200 men killed or wounded, and that fisherman the Japanese casualties will pn, Sa,vator Taornlna Tne ,atter amount to 60. The Russian, left 50 atUcked fey dead in front of and in the trenches other men where the attack began. At this point combatant!t At the tlme all were they had an equal number of men se- fQp verely wounded, and the Japanese took had eparated( several prisoner, and captured 100 ri- Lucedo went from tne ro0m flea The Russians were seen carry- . n fi8hermen drlnk!nK lag away two officers, who had been Mw i.ii fr Taor- either killed or wounded. Mo Tien pass opens upon a funnel 'nino. A, the latter was going up a Mo Tien pass opens upon a ""--l,tol t0 w. Guie8TOpl fired, shaped slope which rises for a rter'the n th of a mile from the valley, and which the of Is flanked by hills. Thirty-six Japanese ' were quartered In a Chinese house near ' the bottom of the hill, and two com panles of Japanese soldiers were in a Ing was given to Sheriff Linvllle, while Dr. Estes, the attending physician, was panies OI Japanese su.a.er, .. Bhot wm fid through trench 100 yards long located on the summit of the bill, which commanded bu)let Jr tshermRn.a tnlgh, and the approach. Two other companies the doctor removed it When the matter waa reported to the authorities the man who had done of soldiers slept near this trench. Between S and 4 o'clock in the niorn- . . A 1 J V n lng. m conwu, -Uhe shooting had disappeared. It was heavy fog enshrouding the hUls. two brothcr had b,Uen battalion, of the Tenth and Twen y- Dr ate- declare, he fourth East Siberian regiments, to-) gny haylng gether with 100 cavalrymen, approach- j wound Jn ed the Japanese position. They wr-j offlcer9 rounded the pickets and the outposts . ,. .. oma .. , , , Guiessepi s brother, whose name is In the house, and gained a- position , . .. , . given as Luglto, and he is now con- from which to rush the trench. Sev- v. . fined In the county Jail, having been eral other Russian companies were so ,. . .m th. ,. 4. held as a witness. As nearly as the a.sposea xmu wey cou.u alle.p. -i0fflcers ftre able tQ ascertaln, the In flanking movement on both the Jap-, anese right and left When the fighting began, the build- Jured man stands pretty well with the Greek or Italian colony, and there lng where the outposts were quartered . . . . . , part of the fishermen to assist In became a slaughter-house. The Jap-1 . TI . . K . !Guies8epi's arrest He is alleged to be anese, aroused from their sleep by the , a bad man and to have been in trouble enemy, seized their swords and bayon- . .., , before. Further search for the assail- ets to resist the attack. The Russians I . A !ant will be made. were ai suca ciose quarters wivn me , A . . , . Dr. Estes stated last evening that the Japanese vnai ii wa unjiwnmuic iv ... . . , ln4i,rol man's wniinfl nrmilfl nett nrove . i . 1 1 i . ml. ft . ine laiier 10 use ineir nnea. j.ue nrui , fight in the trench and in front of the which Is not probable. trench was hand-to-hand, and the Jap anese, who ran out to man the trench, were but half clothed. Th first Riiaalan nnnlfliieht was rp- pelled. but the Russians charged twice on: Thursday, fair; warmer, except coin wtthin oif an )p Tio n. near coast. The Weather. Portland, July 13. For Western Ore- mainder of the Japanese regiment, how ever, to which the outposts and the companies at the trench belonged, re inforced their comrades and began to drive the Russians back. As soon as it was sufficiently light to distinguish the enemy, two hours after the beginning of the fight, the Japanese forced the Russians to retreat one mile down the valley. The trench and its approaches on the hillside were thickly covered with dead and wounded men. Blood-spattered stones and grass every where testified to the hotness of the fighting. Chinese stretcher-bearers, impassive tinder dropping bullets, were collecting Western Washington: Fair. Eastern Oregon, Eastern Washington and Idaho: Fair, with rising tempera ture. POSER FOR MR. BRYAN. Democratic Committee Wants Him to Take the Stump for Parker. Chicago, July 13. Roger Sullivan, member of the national democratic committee, declared that W. J. Bryan take the stump for the national ticket MURDERER SENTENCED Frank Guglielmo Must Pay the Death Penalty for Slaying His Sweetheart BRAVELY TOOK SENTENCE Date Fixed by Judge Cleland for the Execution Is August 10, at the Oregon State Pen Herniary. Portland. July 1 J. Frank Ougllelmo will be executed August If, 1S04, at the Oregon state penitentiary, according to sentence of court. Half an hour before time for opening the state circuit court this morning an audience began to assemble to hear sentence passed by Judge Cleland upon Guglielmo, the murderer of Freda Gar aclo. The short, dark-faced father of the murdered girl came In alone, and took a seat Inside of the railing, where he had sat stolidly during the trial of the case. The other Italians present were of the younger class and former associates of Guglielmo, A few min ute, later Deputy Sheriff Cordano touched Garaclo on the shoulder and called him into the Juryroom, where he was searched and admonished not to make any demonstration when Gug lielmo came. He cheerfully promised, and returned to his seat At 8:45 Sheriff Word appeared, leading Gug lielmo, and seated himself and the prisoner In two chair, that had been placed close up in front of the bar of justice. . Gugllelmo's pallid face wore a look of dull and hopeless misery. He evi dently had began to feel the gravity of his situation, and the absence of his former bold and unconcerned counte nance was very noticeable. The sentencing of the prisoner was a brief ceremony. Judge Cleland, after referring to the significance of the date told the prisoner to stand up. Gug lielmo did not obey at once, and wa, helped to hi, feet by the sheriff. The court then wild: "Tou have been informed against by the district attorney for Multnomah county and charged with the crime of murder, and after a trial by due process of law you have been found guilty. If you have anything to say why sentence should not be pronounced, I will now hear you." The prisoner stood motionless, but no word from him broke the absolute silence of the court room. The court then said: "Has the attorney for the prisoner anything to say?" "I have nothing to say, your honor," replied Dan R. Murphy. "The Judgment of the court is," re sumed Judge Cleland, looking at Gug- llelmot "that you be taken within 20 days from this date to the penitentiary of the state of Oregon and turned over to the superintendent of the penlten tlary, and there, on the lth day of August you be hanged by the neck un til you are dead." As the full horror of the terms of his sentence penetrated Gugllelmo's mind he seemed to shrink and droop about the shoulders, and hi, face grew ashen, but he stood up bravely while the court concluded with an order to the sheriff to "remove the prisoner," and he was then led from the room and back to the Jail. Here he seemed to recover his courage. In the Jailer's room be wrote a letter, and with his accustomed cigar between his teeth he walked Into one of the "solitary" cells, where he will be kept until his de parture for Salem. THIS PAPER ffifflSS ARCDey, 124 Httoflome gtreet, Pan Kranclitco, California, wbere contract for advertliim can be made for it. - f WOULD you like to have your eight restored ff so you can see as you did five, ten or twenty years ago ? :: :: :: :: :: Glasses are not emblematic of age . and are far more becoming than the ugly frown which becomes a habit when the eyes are on a strain. I Have tfac Best Modtrs lartrancnU tor Detectlaf Asy Defect Is VUloi. IIATHERINE WADE, Graduate Optician At Owl Drug Store of the time when he published "Tri umphant Democracy." The paragraphs to which most ex ception 1 taken are the following: "Of course men can kiss the hand of the queen (Victoria), a, one Is proud to kiss the hand of any good woman. But how wilt It be when the Prince of Wales holds oat his hand, and Messrs. Chamberlain, Motley, Col lins, Broadhurst, Trevelyan and Fow ler and others are required to kiss that? But the first man who feels as he ought to feel will either smile when the hand Is extended, at the suggestion that he could so demean himself, and give it a good hearty shake, or else will knock hi, royal highness down." And again: "Whenever an American is met abroad with the assertion that government In the republic Is cor rupt, he ran safely say that for one ounce of corruption here there Is a full pound avoirdupois In Britain. Just look at some of the 'Jobs.' The Prince of Wales Is colonel of this or that regiment, and draws salaries for duties he does not perform. He has many mean' modes of drawing money from the public. "If any man believes that Queen Vic toria, or the Prince of Wales, or Kaiser William, or any member of a royal family, could receive more welcome news than the downfall of the republic which proves every hour to the parent land that these royal people are only excrescences upon the state, the setters of bad examples and the very core around which the worst vices of English life gather and fester If anyone believes this, then hi, es timate of human nature differs from mine." The majority of the people of Great Britain Mere wholly Ignorant of these views concerning King Edward until they were printed the other day far and wide In the newspapers In connec tion with the Dowie controversy, and the popularity of the well known Scotch-American philanthropist Is likely to suffer a decline in the land of his birth, where he makes his home throughout the greater portion of the year. That foreigners should profess such views about British roy alty is comprehensible to the British, who ascribe it to Ignorance. But An drew Carnegie, they point out, is, al though an American cltlxen by natur alization, yet a Scotchman by birth, and has hi, principal domicile In Scot land, where he hold, the position of lord rector of one of the principal unl versltles of the northern kingdom. That he should have expressed in print such views regarding Edward VII and the royal family I, looked upon as down right unpardonable, and ha, awakened strong feeling, of resentment. PERSONAL MENTION. CARNEGIE ON THE KING. What the Philanthropist Had to 8sy in His Book. Domie's rodomontade, against Ed ward VII,, that caused every hotel In England to close Its door, against the "prophet" for insulting the king, have had a curious and altogether unex pected result. A number of newspa per, in London, as well as In the province,, in discussing the pro, and con, of the affair, have called atten tion to the uncomplimentary refer ence, to the sovereign that are con tained in Andrew Carnegie', book, en titled "Triumphant Democracy." Com pared to the number of people who read newspapers, few have read the book in question. But the action of the press in printing some of the most unfriendly paragraphs about Edward VII contained in the book of the Laird of Sklbo has rendered the masse, aware, for the first time, of some of the sentiments which Andrew Carnegie entertained with regard to the king W. 8. Zimmerman of Portland Is in the city. L. Saldren waa over from hi. Gray, river logging camp yesterday. E. Meyer of Portland was among the passengers down on last night's train. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Craig of Bun Francisco arrived In the city last even ing. Captain A. M. Simpson arrived In the city on the Alliance last night from Coos bay. W. B. Stratton of Olympla, attorney general of the state of Washington, Is In the city. H. B. Ferguson, Jr., of Marshflcld, arrived In the city tast night. He will visit with relatives. Mrs. Gunard Hansen of East Astoria returned yesterday from a week's visit with relatives at Knappa. 1 Mrs. C. R. Morse and son, Warren, left yesterday for" Portland and Ore gon City to remain for about a week. Among the Portlanders who arrived in the city last evening are E. Waid man, E. J. Warnick, Paul Strain, R. E. Gibson and J. H. Gibson. C. N. Hugglns, secretary of the As toria Electric Company, was down yes terday from Portland on a short visit to Superintendent Coolldge. He re turned on the night train. likely toi( disappear, and one of the moat Insidious and dangerous move ment. In our political history has be come a thing of the past. H la no slight gain to have so serious a dis turber of confidence finally removed, and In consequence American insti tutions and American Investments, as wetl as American politics, are likely to Inspire greater confidence, not only at home, but in due season abroad. Another stimulating factor was the government cotton crop report, prom ising an unusually large yield. While periods of deterioration In this staple and the effects of the boll weevil, which last year destroyed 115,000.000 of cotton, are still unknown, still the unusually high condition of the crop and the great Increase of acreage leave a very big inorg for injury from these quarters, the chances strongly favoring a big crop In any event. Other crops art progressing quite satisfac torily, and, prices being relatively high, farmers seem confident of another profitable season. With prosperity In the cotton, corn and wheat belts such as Is now promised, It Is perfectly rea sonable to anticipate a good fall trade, and this is precisely what Interior dis tributors are generally looking for ward to. There are spots, particularly In the Iron and textile districts, where more or leas depression exists as a result of conditions In those particular Industries; but outside of these spot, a hopeful feeling prevails, and a, business during the last six month, has been conducted upon conservative lines, the mercantile Interests msy be considered In a sound and satisfactory condition. Railroad prospects are also Improving, inasmuch as decreased earning, are less frequent and less severe, while traffic managers are dis tinctly more hopeful In their views for the same reasons as the mercan tile classes. The Iron trade, however, is still unsatisfactory. Six bad months have already been passed, and there is not much encouragement for the next six months, save that conditions are more likely to grow better than worse. The chief trouble Is lack of orders, enterprise having been checked, while buyers will not take hold until absolutely convinced that prices have touched bottom, something which strenuous efforts for holding together the various pools doe, not seem cal culated to accomplish. Since the holidays the market has developed a healthy activity. July dls bursements and the good Investment demand for bonds afforded some ad ditional stimulus to the facts noted above; but the Increased dealings were largely due to the operations of a class of big and active traders who have long been absent and whose re turn Is significant On the rallies was considerable realising, but good buying was in evidence on the de cline. London buying was also a feature, and there were Indication, of selling by the big holders. The latter appear to be favoring an advance, and are not likely to discourage any bull movement In Its early stages ,o long as they carry such a large supply of stocks as they now do. This fact alone promises a more active market as long as conditions favor. The money mar. ket continues easy and loanable funds are abundant, but the monetary sit uation Is not entirely free of pitfalls. The crop demands will soon begin, and will certainly pull down balance, at eastern centers, notwithstanding the comparatively strong condition of Interior banks. A rather unsatisfac tory' feature, also, Is the recent addi tional expansion of loans, which are again at record-breaking level. The placing of Russian er Japanese war loan,, something to be expected, mar revive gold shipments, which, though they need cause no alarm, might nip in the bud any too hasty bull move meiU. The outlook Is certainly for a stronger and more active market in stocks, affording excellent trading op portunltlea; but we would advise tak Ing profit, on all sharp millet buying only on the substantial de clines, confining all tepculatlvt per atlons ta the batter class of railroad shares. HENRY CLEWS. Keanc Company's Repertoire. A glance at the repertoire of plays to be presented by James Keant and hi, company at Fishers' opera hou next week will show that Mr, Keant has spared neither pains nor expenst la giving to the public the best on the market "Sherlock Holmes," the play to be presented on the opening night. Is a strong but refined melodrama taken from Conan Doyle's stories of tht fam ous detective. This play was one of the few successful attractions In New York and tht east but season. Tht Burner in nis construction or "HneriocK Holmes" has written a play that ap peals to all classes. The dramatic cli maxes and situations art exceptionally strong and a delightful comedy vein runs throughout the piece, Mr. Keant, In the title role, has a part which give htm ample scope for his recognised ability; in fact, one of the chief charms of "Sherlock Holmes" is tht fact that each member of tht cast is aeen to par tlcular advantage In his respective, roles. On Tuesday evening the comely drama, "The Belle of Kentucky," will be presented. 'The Belle of Kentucky" Is a strong southern play written around the life of one Senator Clay in Washington. Mr. Keant will be seen in the role of Lord Harry Bore-ford, an Englishman, and Miss Justin Wayne as tne bene. The piece is fun or com edy, and Mr. Tony West, who handles the role of tht senator, Is said to bt one of tht cleverest comedians on the American stage. Mr, West, by tht way, created tht lead In tht original production of tht famous rural comedy, "The Dairy Farm," which ran for near it. In V.m. V..b mI,b IJT V J V - lit VI 1 lll. Wednesday, ont of tht strongest plays of the week will bt presented "The Highwayman." Other plays to be presented during the week art "A Mexican Romance," "Heart and Sword." "Dr, Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" and 'The Queen of Chinatown."! A complete scento production of eacl play is promised and tht patrons of Fishers may be assured of an enjoy able week. Seat sale opens Saturday morning at Griffin's. Relied the Mertgsge en tht County Fair With Advertising. Last year the management of tht Lehigh county, Pa, Fair Association decided to spend some money In ad vertising, and accordingly It appro priated $2,730.82, of which 13,224.11 went to newspapers. At this time tht society was $17,700 In debt and tht advertising appropriation looked pret ty big. The advertising was placed In 112 newspapers In the territory from which tht fair would attract attend ance. The result was surprising. Tht number of paid admissions was never , before so large. Receipts reached a tuiai oi Mi.oai.vt, oi wnicn 9z1.1g3.4s was for admissions. The society was able to pay off $16,900 of Its indebted ness, leaving only $800 outstanding. National Stockman and Farmer. THE RETURN TO 8ANITY. Political Situation Has Resulted in Greater Stock Market Activity. New York, July 13. Stocks have shown more activity and more strength than for a long period. Unquestion ably a large share of this Improvement was due to the political situation, or, in other words, to the disappearance of various vagaries from the political arena. The return to political sanity Is one of the most encouraging feat ures of the times; the whole country will benefit by the change, inasmuch as a sane and strong opposition is likely to have , a salutary effect upon the party in power. It is a long time since political conditions have been so stable and satisfactory, although, as usual, there are questions urgently requiring legislative . relief. Ever since Mr. Bryan', advent the country ha, been more or less under the fear of radical ism, but this apprehension Is now EXTRAORDINARY VALUES IN RUGS Beautiful Moquettc Rugg $5.00 values for $3.75 $3.75 values for $2.50 Others for $1.40 and $1.10 THE LATEST THING IN CUSHION TOPS cross-stitch patterns for 25 cents CUSHIONS FOR THE BEACH just what you want to make your ham mock or cosy corner comfortable 50c up We are sole agents for McCalls Patterns 10 and 15 cents 7 You can buy cheaper at