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VOLUME LVII1. ASTORIA, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1904. -' NUMBER 237. RICH BOOH IS SECURED BY ROBBERS Four Highwaymen Hold Up Jili nols Central Passenger Train, Rob Occupants or Two Cars and Escape Put the Passengers In One Car and Calmly Set About to Re lieve Them of Coin. PllfNDER VALUED AT $10,000 No Quietly Vn Robbery Com. tuttt4l That lit Train Crew Had 'o Idea or What Wm Going On. Chicago, Aug. 1. -Four highwaymen, all heavily armed, and two of them wearing masks, hold up the iiiKf ngrn on the Illlnola Central Chlcugo-st. Louis express tmln known as the "Dia mond special," a It nid Matt'son tonight. stopped (he train and escaped in the darkness. The forward lepr was entered first, the occupants aroused and with nothing on but thlr night clothes marched buck to the Pull man Car behind. Two fasscitgere were hit on the heads with a hatchet and on waa arloualy Injured. It la Im possible tonight to obtain the name of the Injured iasamgrs. When the jtsengers In two cara had been lined up in the rear Pullman, tht leader ordered the passengers, who had been compelled Jo bring along their clothea. to throw lhfjfgrmeta on the floor, aa he did the passengers in the rear car. Then the leader, with tha utmoat coolnraa, organ to search the clothing for valuable. When he had flntahed he made cloae examine , tlon of the passengers for any money they might have secreted. When the search had been completed all the booty waa placed In a flour sack, and the three robbera Joined their com panion, who had atood guard In the veatlbule of the train. Pulling the bell rope the algnal to the engineer to attp waa given, and when the speed of the train had Blackened sufficiently the robbera, after having locked the doora of the car, Jumped off and fled In the darkness. So ayatematlc waa the work of the robbera, and with ao little dlaturbance waa the robbery effected, that the train crew waa not aware what waa going on. Not until the engineer, In response to the algnal, brought hla train to atop, and, seeing nothing of the crew, walked back to the coachea, did he learn what waa the matter. No attempt waa made to rob the mall and expreas cara. The robbera secured more than $10,000 in money and valu ables. Tha captain's wife waa on of the party. ROBERT J. PATTISON DEAD. Former Governor of Pannaytvanla 8uo eumbe to Pneumonia, Phllttdlphlft, Aug. 1. Robert E. Pat tlaon, who waa twice democratic gov ernor of Pennsylvania, and twice con troller of Philadelphia, died early to day at hla home In Overbrook, a su burb of thla city. Pneumonia, compli cated with a weakness of the heart, waa the cause of death. He waa CI yeara old. Mr, Pattlson waa a candidate for governor on the democratic ticket against Governor Pennypacker in 1902. and had not been a well man alnce hla laborious campaign of that year, when hla tour of aeven weeks covered nearly every county In the elate. Ha waa a member of the committee on reeolu tlona of the democratic convention at St. Louis, and hla health failed under the strain. He remained In HI Louis a few daya after the convention to rest, and, returning home, he resumed hla bualneaa, dividing hla time between this city and New York. Last Friday pneumonia developed, and heart failure complicated Mr. Put Harm's Illness,. Yesterday his condi tion was encouraging, but lute lust night he collapsed. Saline Injection were reortd to, but the patient sank rapidly, and died shortly after t o'clock todity. CAPTAIN LINDSAY TO RETIRE. Matter ef Oltie Will Soon End Twenty-two Year' ftervioe. New York, Aug. 1. Captain H. St O. Lindsay, royal nuval retwrva, make his last ocean voyage as command when the White Star liner Celtic ealts on her voyage from Livrptol. for it years Captain Lindsay has followed the sea and for 23 years has been in the service of the White Star line, enter ing as a Junior officer. Captain Lindsay has been In com mand of the Celtic aim she waa ft rat put In commission In August, 1901 Before 'that he commanded the Cym ric. While in command of the latter vessel he distinguished himself by de scending Into the hold to put out Ore which had occurred among some chemlcala. Three tlmea he was over come by the fumes and finally waa taken out unconscious. CuptaJa Und aay will enter .mercantile life, . RUSSIAN FORCES BEATEN IN TWO SEPARATE ACTIONS AT YUSHULIKZU AND YANG SE fiuroki's Army Has Again Triumphed Over Czar's Men in Battles That Are Fought With Great Loss. News of the Death of General Count Keller Is Officially Confirmed at St Petersburg Severe Engagement Is Fought at Tawan, Where Japanese Conduct Themselves Bravely in Face of Murderous Fire. Toklo. Aug. J. Noon. After two day a' fighting Kurokl hue defeated the Russian forces In two separate ac tion fought at Yushullkxu and Tang Be paaa. . ' JAP9 WIN A VICTORY. After PLIGHT OF HAPLESS MARINERS, Wrecked on Watt Costt of Africa and Suffered Greatly. New Bedford, Mass., .Aug. 1. On board the Portugueae steamer Penin sular, which has arrived from Lisbon were Captain Joaeph Enoa and the three mates of the whaling bark Fres- ' ident, which waa wrecked pn the west coaat of Africa on May 8. The Pres ident struck about midnight some where in the vicinity of Port Alexan dria, according to the story told by Second Mate Barney. After one boat had been smashed and another had reached shore, according to Mate Bar ney's tale, there were 10 men left on the sinking President without any boat to leave in.' These 10 finally em barked on a raft on which they float- - ed about for six hours before those who had previously reached shore were able to rescue them. A cask of bread came ashore and a cask of canned goods, so there was plenty of food, but the party waa entirely without water. They were SI miles from Port Alex ander and walked along the beach to that place, which they reached after three days' 'Intense suffering. Being without shoes their feet were cut by the shells on the beach and were blis tered by the heat of the sand, pne man was bitten by a polaonoua eel and died as the result of the wound. LARGEST VESSEL IN WORLD. Cunard Line te Build Steamship 760 Fast In Length. Ottawa, Ont., Aug. 1. There wlUbe built at Newcaetle-on-Tyna a new Cunard liner to run from New York to Queenstown, It will be probably the largest vesael In the world and the moat Important ever floated from any shipyard. It will take over two years to build, and calla for more work than building a flrat-claaa battleship. Its length will be 760 feet, breadth 87 feet, depth 60 feet. It is guaranteed to make 25 knots and to croaa the Atlantic In five days. The vessel will accommodate 2600 passengers. It will be equipped by new turbine propelling machinery. The details of the ves sel's conatruction and measurements have been carefully guarded. Swan, Hunter A Richardson, Canadian agents of the builders, gave out the foregoing today at Montreal. JAPS AND WHITE MEN FIGHT. Row at Stsvsslon, Bi C, Results in Fatal Injury ef Three Men. Vancouver, B. C.; Aug. 1. -As the result of a fight between white men and Japanese at the Ashing village of Steveston last night, three men were injured fatally. Half a docen white men and nearly 100 Japanese were involved in the row. which began after a wrestling match between a Jap and a white fisherman, in which the Jap waa defeated. ,' Two policemen who tried to stop the fight were beaten into unconscious ness. Seven Japanese are under arrest. To Attsnd Engineers' Congress. New York, Aug. 1. Senor Ruis Ihilgo, ona of the principal engineers who constructed the Buenos Ayres harbor, has sailed for the United States, says the HeTald's correspond ent to Buenos Ayres. He will attend the engineers' congress, which will be held at the world's fair in St. Louis, where he will also represent the news paper La Prenza. , an All-Day Attack, Kuroki's Army Oooupiss Tawan. London, Aug. 1. The correspondent of the Times with General Kurokl in the field. In a dispatch dated July SI, says: This army begun a general attack at daylight on Tawan which lusted until sunset. The Japanese center took the town, capturing the enemy's positions, The left then advanced and occupied a position. Jwimrdlxlng the Russian right. "The Jap right retired from Us posi tion against superior numbers. "There whs tremendous artillery fir ing throughout the Any and the Infan try finished with a brilliant march un der the enemy's shrapnel. "I 'believe the Russian position will be untenable tomorrow." LOOKS BAD FOR RUSSIANS. t mmmmmmm Only On Defensible osition Left Them ' Sines Kuroki's Victory. London, Aug. 1. The British corre sondents with Kurokl in the field, in brief dispatches dated July 81, concur In the statement that the Japanese have carried certain positions, leaving only one defensible position between them and Llao Tang. The Morning Post's correspondent says: "The Japanese shelled the de fensive works until S o'clock in the evening. The infantry in the center then captured Tawan and the enemy's position behind, and other positions on the left and right were afterwards carried by a brilliant assault on the strongly defended heights." There Is still no reliable news from Port Arthur, but the Dally Mull's Toklo correspondent aserts fit the fall of this fortress la Imminent. Sim ilar reports emanate from Shanghai and elsewhere. late last night was to the effect that Kuropatkln's main force has been rap idly moving north for several days. Ac cording to this report, no troops pro ceeding to the front from Russia had gone past Harbin in the past three days. They will be detained there and very available piece of rolling stock will be rushed south, empty, for re moving the troops at Llao Tang and other points to the northward, leaving a skeleton force to contest the Jap anese advance on vital positions. . The authorities here say that if Kuropatkln accepts a general engage ment they believe It will occur near Anschantschan, half way between Talcheng and Llao Tang. It is pos sible If Slmoucheng is evacuated that It may be in pursuance of the above plan, and also possible in this case that Stakelberg may get away to the north, but In any case his retreat with General Oku hanging on his rear must be a difficult operation, even with the railway to help him. , The only real news of the day's re sults was contained in a brief dispatch to the Associated Press from Haicheng, filed there at ?5 o'clock in the after noon, saying an artillery duel had raged all day along the entire front but the Russians at nightfall continued to hold their positions. News was received from Port Arthur today. It has been learned that Cap tain von Essen commanded the Vladi vostok squadron during the recent raid. i, birth, IS days ago, weighed ounces and measures 12 Inches. eight COULD NOT SEE THE SIGNAL. Effort to Communicate Between Mounts Hood and Shasta Fails. Portland, Aug. L The attempt of the party of Mazamas on Ml. Shasta to signal another party tonight on the top of Mt. Hood was probably unsuc cessful, i According to the plan, the Shasta party was to set off a signal of red Are at 9:20. If the party on ML Hood saw the signal they were to re ply Immediately in like manner. If they failed to observe the Shasta sig nal, the party on Hood was to set off a signal at :45. At 9:48 o'clock what was evidently the signal of the ML Hood party noting the failure to see the Shasta signal was distinctly ob served here. PRESIDENT NORD ANGRY. Seriously Objects to What He Calls Plotting of Foreigners. Port au Prince, Aug. L At a public reception today. President Nord made an address which has alarmed the for eign residents. He accused the for eigners of plotting against his govern ment, for the overthrow of which they had put bp the rate of exchange and also prices on all goods. The president has decided to defend himself and In timated that he would take strong measures. President Nord made threatening reference to "what happened to Hayti in 1804." The rate of exchange is 600 per cent. ANTI-UNION FORCES ARE INCREASING Chicago Packers Said to Be Atak ing Material Headway in the Effort to Break Up the Big Strike. Day Is Free From Trouble and Few Disturbances Reported to the Police. PAY VISIT TO THE DALLES. GENERAL KELLER IS KILLED. RUSSIAN TROOPS ACTIVE. Kuropatkin Rushing His Entire Fores to Northern Position. St. Petersburg, Aug. 2. A report re ceived from apparently reliable souri-is Struck by Pisoe of Shsll at Battle Nsar Haioheng. London, Aug. i. A , dispatch to a new agency from St Petersburg says General Keller was killed by a frag ment of a Japanese shell at the time he was opposing the Japanese advance along the railway near Halcheng. Report Is Confirmed St Petersburg, Aug. 1. The report of General Count Keller's death is con firmed. He was killed July 29. Torpedo Boat Surk. Paris. Aug. 1. The St. Petersburg correspondent of Echo de Paris says that Admiral Bexobrasoft entered Port Arthur two weeks ago on the torpedo boat destroyer Lieutenant Burukoft, which has since been sunk. ELECTRICAL 8T0RM PLAYS HAVOC IN NEW YORK CITY. Many Flsgstaffs Are Struck and Broken Off and Accompanying Down pour Floods Basements. New Tork, Aug. 1. Considerable damage was done in widely spread parts of the city during an electrical storm this afternoon. Both flagstaffs on the postofflce building in lower New Tork were struck and a man on top was badly shocked and burned about the head. The bolt struck the Third avenue elevated structure near Fiftieth street, ran along and set fire to the sleepers, causing a beautiful display. The big flagpole on top of the famous flat Iron building was struck, a piece over 15 feet long being broken, frag ments falling to the streets below. One splinter graced the arss mi a police man, but no one else waa hit. Several flagpoles In various parts of the city were shattered by the lightning and many houses were struck. During the 45 minutes that the storm continued nearly two Inches of water fell, hooding cellars and streets so that trafflo was seriously impeded. The Brooklyn bridge entrance filled with water and In the financial section the water poured into several basements, flooding both telegraph offices in' the exchange building and seriously ham pering communications by wire during the lust hour of business. During the storm the flagpole on Tammany hall was struck by lightning and the big ball at the top crashed to the street, but no one waa Injured. At Mllltown. N. Y, lightning killed E. J. William son and his daughter, Martha, while they were sitting under a tent. Generals Chaffee and Humphrey Enjoy . Upper River Trip. Portland, Aug. 1. General Adna R. Chaffee and Quartermaster-General Charles P. Humphrey arrived here to day from San Francisco, and. after remaining here for two hours, by ar rangement with General Manager Kal- vln, of th? Harrfman tinea, were taken to Cascade, locks, where they boarded a steamer and went to The Dalles. Chaffee will go to Fort Willamette, Wash. While in thla city this morning Chaf fee was the guest of Colonel WUiam F. Tucker, and under his guidance was taken over the recently completed scenic road which skirts the foothills back of this city. NEW YORK UNIONS INVOLVED Prospect Is Bright for Gigantic Strike of Building Workmen -Men Are AU Ready to Quit Work. Chicago, Aug. L Thla was a busy day with the packers. With increased forces of skilled workers and their operating departments more thorough- ly equipped than at any time since the beginning of the strike, the employer took a firm grip on the machinery of their affairs, and as a result the stock yards took on the old hum of activity to a great extent Today was freer from violence than any other since the strike began. There were several disturbances during tha day, but the police had little difficulty in restoring order. When the strike breakers left the plants tonight trouble was expected by the police, but for the first time in the history of the strike they were disappointed. GREAT 8TRIKE IN NEW YORK. RUSSIA WILL CONTINUE SEARCH FOR CONTRABAND. Has Liberated the Malacca, but Does Not Purpose to Abandon Hsr Lookout for Jap Goods. St Petersburg, Aug. 1. The govern ment has issued an official announce ment of the release of the steamer Malacca, which was seised in the Red sea by Russian volunteer fleet cruisers. It states that the liberation was due to the declaration by the British gov ernment that the cargo, was the prop erty of the state, but says It must not be deducted from thla fact that the im perial government abandons its Inten tion of sending out isolated cruisers, as well as warships generally, to search for contraband of war intended for Japan. SOME REMARKABLE BABES. Black Sea Fleet to Move. London, Aug. 1. The Sebastopol correspondent of the Times asserts pos itively that the entlqe Russian volun teer fleet now in the Black sea, with other large steamers which have been taken over by the government, are un der orders for government service out side the Black sea at an early date. HOLD MEETING AT BOSTON. Incubator Reunion Brings Togsthsr Big Infants and 8mall. New Tork, Aug. 1. Graduates of the Infant Incubator have held a reuntbn at the Infant Incubator Institute at Coney Island. There were about 40 present ranging in age from three months, the usual period allowed them in the Incubators, to three years.. In the case of the latter there were three from Brooklyn, triplets whose lives had been saved at the incubator exhibit during the Pan-American exposition in Buffalo in 1901, and who now are as big and healthy as any youngsters of their age. In the list of Incubator babes now at Coney Island are three sets of twins and one of triplets, and a girl that at Anti-Imperialist Gathering , Attracts Two Thousand People. Boston, Aug. 1. Despite the heat more than 2000 persons crowded Into Faneull hall today to hear W. Bourke Cockran, of New Tork; Governor L F. C. Garvin, of Rhode Island, and Charlea Frances Adams, of this city, address the mass meeting called by the Antl-Imperlallst League. George S. Bouttel, ex-governr of Massachusetts and president of the New England Anti-Imperialist League, presided. Today's Weather. Portland, Aug. 1. Western Oregon and Washington, Tuesday, fair; cooler except near the coast. Eastern Oregon, Eastern Washington and Idaho, fair and cooler. Sevsnte Suitters Unions Ordered Out and Long Fight Is Likely. New Tork. Aug. L The Building Trades Alliance, made up of 17 unions, declared, strike today against the George A- Fuller Construction Com pany, Philip Welnshelmer, president of the Building Trades Alliance, whq declared strike on the subway last week, is responsible for the strike to day. The reason given for calling out the men was because of the claim that the Fuller comrany had been using stone from non-union quarries and trimming yards. In some quarters, It is said, the actual reason for the strike was the fear that the Building Trades Employers' Association would declare a lockout At a meeting held today the board of governors of the Employers' Asso ciation formulated a letter which was sent to each of the unions In the Building Trades Alliance. While ad mitting that the action taken was of decided Importance, the employers ab solutely refused to reveal the contents of the letter. Charles L. Reideits, pres ident of the association, said the stand taken was firm, but he would not ad mit anything like an ultimatum had been sent. The strike and today's move of the employers grew out of a series of dis putes, and promise to Involve the em ployers and the union men in the building trades In another gigantic struggle. The feeling Is extremely bit ter between the two sides and both have been preparing for the fight that appears to be beginning. BASEBALL. American League. At Chicago Washington. 2; Chi cago, 4. At St. Louis Philadelphia, 4; St Louis, S. At Cleveland Boston. 8; Cleveland. 0. At Detroit New Tork, 8; Detroit 8. National League. At Pittsburg Chicago, 0; Pittsburg. Miss Sutton Wins by Default Chicago, Aug. 1. Miss Mary Sutton, of Los Angeles, today added the title of the western tennis championship to her string of victories, which also in cludes the national event, Miss Mabel McAleer, of Pittsburg, falling to ap pear on the Kenwood courts today to iefend her title against the challenger.