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J A VOLUME LVIII. ASTORIA, OREGON, SUNDAY, JULY 31, 1904. NUMBER 256. ARABIA IS DOUBTLESS IN CUSTODY Russian Officials Have No Know! edge of Reported Release of Portland-Asiatic Steamship. ' Prize Court Will Examine into Status of Vessel at Vladi vostoK Session. THE CAPTAIN IS TALKATIVE TeII Everything H Knows and Make Matter Extremely IiAd fur th Charterer! of , Ilia Stcftinnhlp. Vladivostok, July 80, The. prbe court br will tomorrow begin exam lnatioa Into the case of the Portland A Aslatlo Unar A rabid, which wu Belied by tha Russian Vladivostok squadron. The German captain of tba steamer la much upset by tha capture of bis vessel, and declares that whan tha American company In Portland hlrad tha boat ha did not know ha waa expected to carry contraband material. Ha proteated when ha discovered the nature of the cargo, aa did also the Hamburg company which owned the boat Tha American charterers a aured them, however, that there was no danger of the steamer's capture, as the Vladivostok squadron was not near her route. If this is confirmed In court, tha ves sel and her cargo will probably be con- t . fUcated, with the exception of that portion of her cargo' addreneed - to Hongkong, and concerning thla there appears to be some doubt It turns out that 2800 tons of the cargo of flour was not addressed to any person or place, but "to order." The consignee holding the order may be at any stop ping place of the steamer, ly, cleaner In an automobile livery, waa at work on an automobile this evening the gasoline tank exploded. Kelly waa blown 40 font and skinned alive from head to knees. After suffering horrible torture for four hours Kelly died at 10 o'clock tonight., ; ; Kelly was alone when the accident happened, but examination of the ma chine showed that the flood gate to the tank had been unlocked, and It is sup posed the man either was smoking or examining the apparatus with match. v GREER DEFENDS HIS TITLE, Again Wins Championship Single Soull at Olymplo Regatta. Creve Coeur Lake, Mo., July 20, Frank B. Greer, of the East Boston A. A. B. C, who so decisively defeated Constance Titus in the championship single sculls last year, today success fully defended bis title to the national championship against Titus, and the beat single scullers of " tha United Statea. . The single scull championship was the feature of the day at the national Olymplo regatta of the National Asso ciation of Amateur Oarsmen, held on Creve Coeur Lake, The summary fol lows: International double sculls -Raven wood B. C, Long Island City, N. T. first; Pensacola B. C, Pensacola, Fla., second; time, 10:05 1-5. Intermediate four-oared shells- South Side B. C, Qulncy, HL, first; Mound City B. C St. Louts, second; time, t:efc. Senior international four-oared shells Century B. C, St. Louis, first; Western B. C St Louis, second; no time. Senior double sculls Atlanta, B. C, New York, first; Ravenwood B. C Long Island City, second; time, 10:0J?4. GREAT FLOOD IN NEVADA. MAY STILL BE HELD. Russians Knew Nothing of Reported Release of Arabia. St Petersburg, July 10. The foreign office is unable to confirm the current report of the release of, the steamer Arabia, captured 100 miles north of Yokohama, and which arrived at Vladivostok yesterday. FLEET HAS DISAPPEARED. Jsps In ths Dark aa to the Vladivostok 8quadron. Toklo, July 29, 10 a. m. (Delayed in transmission.) The Vladivostok squadron has disappeared and it is possible that its raid is over and that it is heading homeward. It Is expect ed that shipping will be resumed on the eastern coast. The Pacific Moll Company's steamship Korea will be held at Yokohama and the steamship Siberia at Kobe until their safety is assured, The German Mall Steamship Com pany is using Kobe as a terminal for the transhipment of passengers nnd cargo. The raid of the Vladivostok squadron has been an extremely dis astrous one. It is estimated that 200, 000 tons of chartered shipping has been held 10 days at a loss of seven million and one-half dollars. SKINNED FROM HEAD TO KNEES. Portland Man Meets Horrible Death as Rssutt of Explosion. Portland, April 80. While B. J. Kel- Ctoudburst Ooours and It Is Feared THpe Has Been. Leas of Life, Rn? Nivt July 80. A waste of water averaging five feet in depth swept over Douglas and Silver Peak, near Sodavllle, Nov., tonight, as the result of a cloudburst On account of Interrupted communication, it can not be learned whether or not any lives were lost although it Is known that a school house, three or four residences and a number of barns and smaller buildings were swept away. The people of Sodavllle are now pre paring to flee to higher ground, hav ing been warned that an Immense body of water was headed towards that town. The wires at this time (mid night) are down and it Is hard to de termine whether the flood haa struck Sodavllle. TAWNEY TO BE MANAGER. Will Look After Republican Campaign Speakers' Bureau. Chicago, July 80. Chairman Cortel you, of the national republican com mlttee, spent today conferring with prominent party leaders from the mid die west and tonight announced that Congressman Tawney, of Minnesota, hod been appointed to' manage the speakers' bureau during the coming campaign. Announcement of the membership of the executive committee, which was expected to have been made today by Chairman Cortelyou, will not be made until some time next week., LOU DILLON VERY ILL. Famous Mare Taken 8iek After an Ex hibition Raos. Cleveland, July 80. Following an exhibition race today, Lou Dillon was taken seriously 111 at Glenvtlle track. Late tonight it was said the animal's temperature waa lot, and grave fears were expressed of her death. The mare Is the property of C. K. G. Billings. ASSASSIN OF VON PLEHVE WILL NOT TALK OF CRIME St Peteraburg, July 30. The polios declare that they havs not yst ascertained the name of the aeeassin of Miniater of the Interior von Plehve. The man who hurled the bomb at von Plehve obstinately re fuses to answer qusstione, and his aocempllos also refutes to apeak. Ths police expected this silence, as the proclamations of the anar phiate invariably warn their eomradea not to anewer the queatione of the magistrates. Prepsrations have been completed for a grand funeral tomorrow. The emperor will probably attend the services at the church. RUSSIANS SCOFF IDEA THAT JAPS CAN TAKE PORT ARTHUR FORTRESS Declare That Long, Dangerous and Diffi cult Operation Lies Before Them in Their Efforts to Capture It. Would First Have to Take One of Outer Positions, and in Bringing Up Seige Guns Would Be Subjected to Flanking Fire and Fire From Fleet Rumors That General Assault Has Been Begun Are Discredited. Bt Petersburg, July 80. In view of the rumors of the storming and fall of Port Arthur, the general staff author izes the Associated Press to declare positively, that not a single position forming part of tba land defenses at Port Arthur has yet fallen Into the enemy's hands, and that the besiegers nowhere are nearer than eight or ten miles to the fortress. The general staff also declares that the bombard ment reported July it, 27 and 28 are nothing mora than preliminaries to an attempt to secure possession of one of tha outer positions, probably Lun Vantan. If tha Japanese shall succeed In tak ing one of these positions, they wlU have to bring up their siege guns under a flanking Are from the adjoin ing positions and from the cruisers sent out for this purpose. If this task proves possible, then only will the Japanese be able to bombard the fort ress itself and prepare for a final as sault and It is easy to see what a long, dangerous anil difficult operation lies before them. m sasMss TERRIFIC FIGHTING. OCCURS. . i : , Bombardment of Port Arthur Bald to Be Continuing Vigorously. . Chefoo, July SO, 1 p. m. A Junk which left Fort Arthur on Thursday last at midnight reports terrific fight ing on land and sea, which had then been going on for three days. The highest Japanese authority of the be sieging forces had planned to begin their final assault on Tuesday last and expected to effect the capture by July 29 but that no official reports were expected from the army or from Admiral Togo, until the present at tack results in success or failure. Japanese correspondents here are now sending Junks to the Mlao Tao isl ands, ready to enter the harbor at Port Arthur immediately after the fall of the fortress. The Associated Press correspondent learns from the same reliable source that the action of the Vladivostok squadron hastened the present action upon Port Arthur, the Japanese authorities realizing that if these vessels were allowed to proceed unhampered any longer, it meant the division of Admiral Togo's fleet, with the outcomlng of the Rus sian ships now cooped up by him at Port Arthur. The most intense In terest in the Port Arthur situation is taken not only here, but in Shanghai and Tien Tain. Many commercial concerns In these places are contin ually wiring here for news. In th) city many wagers are being made at odds of 20 to 1 in pounds sterling, that Port Arthur will not fall within the next 10 months, German residents offering and Englishmen ac cepting the bets. 8AY3 FORTRE83 HAS FALLEN. Report Reaches Chefoo That Jspanese Have Taken Port Arthur. Chefoo, July 81. 2 p. m. A Jap anese merchant has , received word from a Chinese whom he trusts to the effect that the Japanese have captured every position surrounding the be selged fortress at Port Arthur, with the exception of Golden Hill. The Chi nese stated that both sides suffered tremendous losses In the operations necessary to bring about this state of affairs. The members of the Russian Intel ligence bureau here, while denying the report that Port Arthur has been cap tured, are Inclined to believe the re ports are true to the extent that the Japanese have made great progress in their operations about the besedged fortress. The party of Russian refu gees expected here today has not ar rived. appointed minister of the interior under Alexander III, but was dis missed in 1882. Then he became a member of the council of the empire. He has since been conspicuous as a leader of the pan-Slavic party in Rus sia. ;" "' RAINS CAUSE MUCH DAMAGE. Wall of Water Thirty Feet High Sweeps Arizona Canyon. Kingman, Aria, July , JO. Heavy rains in the mountains east of Trux ton last night sent down a wall of water 80 feet high through the canyon, washing out the Santa Fe railroad track, embankments, bridges, telegraph poles and everything movable for a distance of 12 miles. Great steel bridges were taken from their founda tions and piled up against the walls of the canyon, and massive stone abut ments crumbled and were carried away. JAPANESE NOT ACTIVE. NO SIGN OF ABATEMENT IS IN SIGHT Indications Are That Great Strike of Packing House Employes Will Be Continued an Indefinite Period. Report That Four Allied Unions Are Anxious for Peace De nied by Donnelly. BOTH SIDtS CLAIM VICTORY Littlo Change of Importance in Man churisn Situation. St Petersburg, July 80. The reports of the storming of Port Arthur were received here with smiles of Incred ulity. The war office contradicts the rumored fail of the fortress. There is no change of importance in the situa tion In Manchuria, except that the Japanese have made a slight advance toward Halcheng, and they are de veloping a flank movement from Slmousheng, is miles from Halcheng. They continue active In Slkseyan. FRANCE SEVERS RELATIONS WITH THE VATICAN AT ROME Paris, July 30 A note severing diplomats relations between Frsnce and the Vatican has been sent to the holy see by the French government It Is couched in the following termsi e "After having on several ocoasions pointed out the serious blow struck at the government's rights under the concordat by the Vatican's dealing directly with the French bishops without consulting with ths e power with which the oonoordat wss signed, and seeing that the pontifioial eeoretary of state, In his reply of July 25, affirmed these proceedings, the French government has decided to conclude official relations with the holy see, whose deaire had become objectless." Monatgnor Lorenzelli, the papal nunoio, left Paris tonight on his wsy to Rome. - ; y The rupture in the relations between France and the Vatican does not cause surprlae. It had been generally foreseen that Premier Combes determined to bring it about, deapite the opposition whioh doubtlesa he met from certain members of the cabinet The Impres- sion prevails that the government will be satisfied with having given the vatioan a lesson, and that It will not seek to repeat the concordat when parliament reassembles. I ' e ROCK ISLAND TRAIN HELD UP. Psaaengers Robbed and Expreas and Mail Cars Dynamited. El Paso, Tex., July 81. A train crew which has Just arrived from Santa Rosa reports that the Rock Island pas senger which left El Paso at 7 o'clock last night was held up near Tucum- cart, N. M.., and robbed. The passen gers were lined up and their valuables taken from them, after which the ex preas and mall cars were uncoupled from the train and run about two miles up the track and there dynamit ed and robbed, ' At the headquarters of the El Paso & Northeastern railroad news of the train robbery received partial confir mation, but the officials say they can learn nothing definite. Dispatchers In this city, while admitting knowledge of the reported robbery, profess to know no particulars. VON PLEHVE'S SUCCESSOR. County Ignatieff Appointed to Fill Plsce of Dead Minister. London, July 80. A special from St Petersburg to the Agenda Russe says that County Ignatieff will succeed the late M. von Plehve as minister of the Interior. Nicholas Paulovltch Ignatieff was born at St Petersburg in 1832, and entered the guard when 17 years old. In 1860 he was appointed Russian am basador at Pekln and years later was made ambassador to Turkey. He was Trouble in Tangier. Tangier, July 80. Last night all the guards about the city were doubled and a strong mounted force patrolled the outskirts until daylight Euro peans living in isolated places have been warned to come into the city. The diplomatic corps held a meeting today, at which Mohammed el Torres, the sultan's representative here, and two of his council were present It Is believed the object of the conference was to discuss the present disturbed conditions. - Status f Volunteer Fleet St Petersburg, July 30. With ref erence to the statement that the Rus- slon volunteer fleet steamers Smolensk and St Petersburg will remain war ships with the right to search and sink neutral vessels, the Associated Press is informed that no action has been decided upon beyond the arrange ment made with Great Britain, accord ing to which no merchantman was to be arrested by volunteer fleet steamers. Trains Collide; Many Hurt Rochester, N. Y., July 30. A serious accident occurred tonight on the Rochester, Charlotte & Manltou railroad a trolley road running along the shore of Lake Ontario to Manltou beach. Thirteen persons were seriously hurt, three or four fatally. The conductor of the westbound train ran past a switch and three-fourths of a mile farther west collided with an eastbound train. Both trains were heavily loaded. California Girl Is Champion. Chicago. July 30. Miss May Sutton, of California, won the final match In the women's singles at the western championship tournament today, and is now virtually the western woman champion, Miss Mabel McAleer, of Pittsburg, last year's winner, having refused to defend her title. Will Not Accept Freight San Francisco, July 30. The Pacific Steamship Company today notified shipping companies that it would not receive any freight for Yokohama, Japan, at present Port Arthur Hss Not Fallen. Toklo, July 80, noon. -The rumored fall of Port Arthur is officially pro nounced to bo untrue. ' Proposal to Snbnilt tha Hatter to President Roosevelt for Ar. bitratlon Jtf ejected by Head of Union. Chicago, July .30. The conflict be tween capital and unionism which has been going on in the packing trade in dustry throughout the country for nearly three weeks shows no sign of abatement The packers tonight de clare they have practically won their fight and that the strikers are becom ing demoralized. In direct opposition to this statement the strike leaders assert the victory is with the work men. The leaders of the four silled trades unions which went on strike in sym pathy with the packing house butch ers are said by the packers to have made "overtures today for reinstate ment The strike leaders disclaimed any "knowledge whatever of the action taken by the four unions, and repeated their assertions that the outlook for victory for the striking workmen was more satisfactory than ever. During the afternoon there was an attempt on the part of disinterested parties to induce President Donnelly, of the Butchers Union, to appeal to President Roosevelt to offer his good offices and bring the strike to an end. Donnelly ref used to consider the prop osition. President Donnelly left tonight for Omaha, where he will address a meet ing of strikers tomorrow. He also will visit Kansas City and St Joseph, and will return to Chicago next Thursday. BIG RIOT AT ST, JOSEPH. Strikers and Police Engage in Fierce ' 4and-to-Hand Conflict St Joseph, Mo, July 30. Rioting broke out in the vicinity of the stock yards in South St Joseph at 10 o'clock tonight when the packers were en deavoring to smuggle in a squad of non-union men. Sixty policemen lined up across Illinois avenue to oppose the mob of strikers. A fierce hand-to-hand battle occurred, In which almost every policeman broke his club on the heads of the strikers. One driver was so badly hurt from wounds on the head that he may die. Several special police officers deserted their brother officers during the fight throwing away their stars and clubs. The strikers say they will have 2000 men at the plants tomorrow morning to prevent the entrance of two car loads of non-union men who will ar rive on the Burlington train from Chi cago. Boise, July 30. A newspaper change was announced here tonight The Evening Bulletin and the Evening News have been merged. Both papers have been taken over by a new com pany called the Capital News Publish ing Company. NATIONAL LABOR TROUBLES DISCUSSED BY PRESIDENT Washington, July 30. Labor conditions throughout the country were the subject of a conference whioh the .president held at the White House todsy with Attorney-General Moody, Secretary Metcalfe, of the department of commerce and Isbor, and Commissioner of Labor Carrol D, Wright Several matters whioh have been appealed to the president were considered, apd aotion upon them will be announced later. The conference was of considerable importance to the admin istration and to labor generally. The president authorized the an nouncement that the Chicago strik wss not discussed. . .!!! t .!$!-.. 4( . $ 4 $ $ ft ft ft ft ft ft