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VOLUME LVIII.
ASTORIA, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1904.'
NUMBER 264.
POLICE AND
STRIKERS IN
: GREAT RIOT
Union Men Attempt to Prevent
Passage Through Streets of
Wagons Bearing Meat
From Stockyards.
Numerous Fights Occur and More
Than One Hundred Shots
Are Fired by Officers.
TRAIN HELD UP BY STRIKERS
ji ol Drt vm Off St i Ike-Breaker
Thrown Their Itmrirajre Into
the ltiver and Kelt Fir
f to the Cam.
Chicago, Aug. 9. An a(tmtt to
move meat from the atoikyard to Ful
ton market on Randolph street, a dis
tance of four mile, auused a number
of fight tonight between the police
end the strike sympalhlxer. who at
tempted to prevent the pm$9
through the street of the wagon
bearing the nifHt. Fully 100 shot
were fired by the polk and member
of the mob, but nobody wu truek by
the bullet. Two ofltcer were cut on
the head by atone thrown by the riot
era.' A wore of rlotera were knocked
down by the. police, hut were carried
off by their friend.
The mi Ike leader spent the day In
seeing that the boycott against the
market, which were placed under the
bun by the union, wa being enforced.
In aome Inatancea the striker were
aucceaaful In cutting off the supply of
4 Ice, but In many place the boycott
4ld .not ja'orlMKiyeA , Jwt..lWMMte
peeted, retailer being able to huul
what Ice they required In their own
wagon.
STRIKERS WERE BOLD.
Hold Up Train Carrying Strike Break
era Into Missouri,
Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 9. A mob of
200 men and boy, packing houae
atrlkera and their sympothtxer. atop-
ped an Incoming train carrying strike-
breakera at Rlveralde, Kan., tonight,
drove the non-union men from the
train with cluba, threw their baggage
Into the Kaw river and set Are to the
car. The police put out the Are be
fore any damage had been done. No
arrest were made.
MARKET WAS FEVERISH,
Crop Damage Reports Results In Ex
1 eitement at Chicago Market.
Chicago, Aug. 9. Crop damage re
ports of aerloua Import formed an up
lifting factor In the wheat market to
day,, September ranged at the atart
from yesterday's closing figure of $1.01
4o a cent higher, and Immediately be
gan to sour. With the market nerv
ously excited over rust reports and
damage from rains throughout the
west and northwest, the shorts In par
ticular and traders In , general were
spurred to greater efforts to acquire
holdings.
Under growing pressure September
wheat went to 11.03. Then the flood
wheat came out on realising sales and
the price broke to fl to 11.00. Just
before closing renewed clamor for buy
ing sent prices down to 11.01V
BIG FIRE AT VICTORIA.
Fifty Laborers' Homes Burned, With
. .,.. Less of Fully 1150,000. - - -.
Victoria, B. C Aug. 9. Fire which
began In the pattern shop of the Albion
Iron works at 4 o'clock totally de
atroyed the northern portion of the
building, with a lot o valuable ma
chlnery.
A strong southeast wind carried the
sparks a distance of several hundred
yards and soon many houses were
biasing. Fortunately the wind kept
steadily from the southeast, and the
Are was thus confined to the blocks
north of Douglas and Pembroke
streets, two open fields lying to the
north and the west.
The Art burned Itself out byiJO
o'clock. In all about 60 houses were
destroyed, the majority being houses
f
of working people. The Hm will prob
ably exceed $150,000.
DYNAMITE IN CLOSET.
Butt Residence Wrecked by Party of
Unknown Vsndsls.
Bute, Mont., Aug. 9. The residence
of Mrs. Bella Powers, at 422 South
Wyoming street, was blown to piece
at 3 o'clock this morning. Three un
known men placed a large charge of
giant powder In a closet, lighted the
fuse and Aed. The trio were en
leaving the tooum by Guy, Sweet, an
engraver, and a roomer, but a the
dwelling I Inhabited by several, fam
ilies, he thought nothing of It until the
explosion came. Sweet and hi wife
nd Tom Howie and Mr. and Mr.
Swan Johnson, all of whom were In
bed, were more or lea severely Injured.
The house wa completely demol
ished. There 1 no clew to the perpetrators.
The fuse, found In the closet, explains
to the detective the dynamiting. No
motive for the deed 1 assigned. None
of the people In the house I In any
way connected with labor troubles or
kttwn to have enemies.
The polk believe the dynamite was
meant for Colorado refugees, core of
whom have come to Butte," and that
the dynamiter mlntook the house.
WILL ACCEPT TODAY.
JAPS REPORTED BEATEN
IN GENERAL ASSAULT ON
PORT ARTHUR FORTRESS
Story Comes From Chefop That a Battle
Occurred August 8 With Repeated
Disaster to the Invaders.
Loss of Japanese Is Not Stated, but Russians Are Said to Have Had
One Thousand Men KilledKuroki's Army Said to Be in .
Three Divisions and So Formed as to Flank Liao
Yang Kuropatkin to Be Assisted.
Judg Parker Will B Notified of Hi
Nominstie. , , ...
Esopus, Aug. 9. Preparation are
practically complete at Rosemount to
night for the formal notification tomorj!
row of Juik Parker of hi nomination!
as lh drw"rUc csr.Sldute for presi
dent. Th steamer Sagamore will
bring the notification committee from
New York city. The boat I exported
to arrive between 1:S0 and 1 o'clock.
The formal ceremony will begin prob
ably between 2:80 and 8 p. m. and oc
cupy about two hours. The notification
speech will be made by Chairman
Champ Clark, of Missouri. Judge Park
er will follow Car with hla, pii,
formally accepting the nomination. No
other speeches are' arranged for.
London, Aug. 10. The feature of the
morning new 1 the report from
Chefoo that a great bind and sea bat
tle occurred at Port Arthur on Mon
day. The report lack confirmation,
but I given credence at Chefoo.
The new of the battle come from
the Chefoo correspondent of the Morn
ing Telegraph, who cable a story to
the effect that It I reported at Che
foo a general engagement took place
Augunt 8. According to this story, the
Japanese were repeatedly repulsed. The
Ioh uf the Japanese Is not given, but
t
It la stated the Russian lost over 1000
men killed.
Generally the news dispatches in the
morning puper are made up of sensa
tional report. A report come from
Shanghai that the Russian are ret reel
ing northward from Anshunshan.
Tammany Will B Thr.
New York, Aug. 9. It wa stated to
night that not only will Charle F.
Murphy go to Esopu tomorrow, but
nearly every Tammany district leader
will be there.
WEATHER LESS FAVORABLE.
Northwest Crop Condition Not o
Coed a Heretofore.
Washington. Aug. 9. The weather
bureau' weekly eummary of crop con
dition say thnt weather condition
during the week ended August 8 a
a whole were less favorable than In the
previous wek. Idaho, Waahlngton and
Oregon have suffered from excessive
heat and dryness. Fine weather for
threshing prevailed over most of the
winter wheat district, the harvesting
of winter wheat having been completed
In many northerly district, except on
the north PaclAo coast, where It 1
nearly completed.
High temperature on the north Pa
cific coast have hastened the maturity
of spring wheat and caused the pre
mature ripening and shriveling of grain
In portions of Washington.
MRS. GOELETS JEWELS FOUND.
Missing Valuabl Discovered in Nw
York Saf of Woman.
New York, Aug. 9. In a atatement
Issued late thl afternoon, the detec
tive agency which haa been engaged
In the search for the missing jewels of
Mrs. Ogden Goelet announced that the
Jewel were found today In Mr. Goe
let' safe In this city
' Mr. Hanna Contribute to Fund.
Columbus, Aug. 9. Mr. Mark Han
na, widow of the senator who was
chairman of the national republican
committee at the time of hi death,
sent a check for $5000 to the national
committee. M s. Hanna sent a check
for $5000 tf f Ohio republican tute
committee. 1 said that never be-
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fore has a woinan made' such a large
contribution to a political campaign
fund.
Today Wethr.
Portland, Aug. 9. Western Oregon,
westen) Washington, Wednesday, fair;
warmer except near coast. EaBtern
dregon, eastern Washington and Idaho,
fair and continued warm.
Goes to Kurepatkin's Relief.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 9.-It Is report
ed In military circle that General
Lubnevltch I marching with troops
from the direction of Vladivostok to
create a diversion In the rear of Kuro
ki's army, with the object of relieving
Kuropatkin's force.
JAPS IN THREE GROUPS.
Kuroki's Forces Preparing to Flank
Town of Liao Yang. .;
Liao Yang. , Aug. 8.- (Delayed in
transmission.) Kuropatkln 1 ready to
defeat the Japanese plan for cutting
off Llao Yang. The Japanese forces
are concentrated In three groups the
first at Slmoucheng, Halcheng and New
Chwang, the second threatening Llan
Dan Sinn and Liao Yang, and the third
threatening Slksenyan, Liao Yang and
Mukden.
According to Chinese reports the
Japanese are massing In the direction
of Salmatxa, evidently flanking Liao
Yang, and a strong column is ascend
Ing the Liao valley fronj New Chwang,
also for the purpose of flanking Liao
Yang.
CONSULATE NOT ATTACKED.
President Reyes Denis That American
Building Wa Assaulted.
Panama, Aug. 9. The correspondent
of the Associated Press ha reeclved
the following dispatch:
"Bogota, Aug. 9. The report of an
attack on the American consulate here
Is untrue. The consul, charge d'af
faires and other American cltlxens en
Joy atl the guarantees In Columbia,
where complete peace reigns.
(Signed) "PRESIDENT HEYEES,"
BIG BLAZE AT 8T. LOUIS.
Snyder Denies 8tory.
Washington, Aug.' 9. The state de
partment tonight received the follow
ing cablegram from Snyder, the Amer
ican charge d'affaires at the Colombian
capital: "The report of an attack on
the American legation .Is absolutely
without foundation."
MUTE EVIDENCE OF DISASTER.
Capstan Bar of lll-Fated Lamorna
Found by Indian.
Vancouver, B. C, Aug. 9. A capstan
bar with the name "Lamorna" burned
In It and the Identity of which can
not be questioned, wa brought here
today by the steamer Danube. The
Lamorna was the British ship which
disappeared In March last.
The capstan bar brought In by the
Danube was found on Lugwell Island,
just outside Metlakahtla, by Indians.
HELPS THE SALE OF FISH.
Strike of Butcher Compels Chicagoans
to Chang Diet.
Chicago, Aug. 9. Since the begin
ning of the packing strike Chicago'
consumption of fish ha been gradually
Increasing until now It ia the largest
In the history of the city. Ten car
of fish are received each 24 hour and
the wholesale dealer declare that 200,
000 pound of fresh and salt water Ash
are cooked each day. Though the In
crease ha been so substantial, the
prices have remained normal.
Refrigerator Plant Destroyed Entail
ing Los of $250,000.
, St. Louis. Aug. 9. The, plant of the
American Refrigerator Transit Com
pany wa almost entirely destroyed by
Are today, entailing a total los of about
$250,000. The plant was valued at
about $50,000, the most serious los
being the destruction of 100 refreger-
ator cars worth about $1500 each which
were in the repair shops and on side
tracks in the company' yards. It Is
believed that the fire originated by
sparks from a passing locomotive. A
first alarm wa quickly followed by a
second and almost Immediately after
ward a third. The flames spread with
marvelous rapidity and a general
alarm brought all the fire fighting ap
puratus In the central porton of the
city Into action.
In addition to the cars destroyed by
the flames there were more than 100
damaged. Involving a loss of more than
$50,000. Before the Are was brought
under control it had spread over an
area one block wide and four blocks
long, entirely occupied by the American
Refrigerator Transit Company's plant
SULTAN HAS NOT REPLIED.
But will Before Our Squadron Arrives
at Smyrna.
Constantinople, Monday, Aug. 8.
The American legation has not yet
received a reply from the porte re
garding the demand upon the Turkish
government for the same favored
treatment in the matter of schools,
hospitals and charitable Institutions
accorded to other powers. However. U
Is anticipated by diplomats that the
demand will be granted before the ar
rival of the American squadron at
Smyrna.
Prominent Clubman Drop Dead.
St Louis, Aug. 9. While sitting on
a bench in front of the band pavilion
t Forest Park, Richard E. Everett an
insurance agent and prominent club
man. suddenly fell forward and drop
ped to the ground in an unconscious
condition. .
Judge Hlrain Moore of the court of
criminal correction, driving by In a
carriage at the time, saw him, and go
ing over to where the man was, picked
him up and took him in his carriage
to the emergency hospital at the
world' fair ground. Everett died soon
after reaching the hospital and the
body wa taken to the morgue.
AFTER USERS OF ACID.
Movement on to Compel of Pur
Lmon Juio.
New York, Aug. 9. An active cam
palgn against the alleged use of acids
a a substitute for pure lemon juice
has been launched at a meeting of the
trustees of the New Fruit Exchange.
Pleasure resorts In and near the city
will be Investigated at once by an ex
pert and should sufficient evidence be
I obtained to warrant arrests, prosecu
tion wilt be made under the provisions
of the pure food laws, which prohibit
"the use of an imitation offered for
another article, and also poisonous
colors or flavors or other Ingredients
delectciious or detrimental to health.'
, While the principal subject under
consideration at present I substituted
for lemons, it wa announced after
yesterday' meeting that thl would
only be the Initiative, a a movement
against ail substitute for pure fruit
flavor, the use of which i illegal un
der the pure food law.
EDITORS GO TO JAIL.
Publisher of Freedom Imprisoned at
Manila for Libel.
Manila, Aug. 6. F. L. Dorr and E.
F. O'Brien, formerly the owner and
editors of "Freedom," a paper pub
lished in thi city, were eentenced some
time ago y two f the Philippine
court to six months' Imprisonment
and to a fine of $1000 for libeling M.
Tavera, a member of the Philippine
commission. Thl sentence has now
been confirmed by the supreme court
of the United States, where an ap
peal wa lodged and the prisoner have
been committed to the prison at BHi-bid.
' To Build Magnificent Casino.
New York. Aug. 9. Member of the
Saratoga Racing Association are re
ported to have made up their minds
to build one of the largest and finest
casinos In the United States and to
I ave it open by next summer. The
movement ha been brought about by
the closing last season of a well known
restaurant because the card and rou
lette rooms attached tw It were not
permitted by the authorities to run.
a they had for several years. The
worthy director of the association
have become Interested in the scheme
and plans will, It Is said, take defi
nite shape within a few days.
Will Search for Treasure,
New York, Aug. 9. The British
yacht Cavalier, owned by Major Maud,
a member of the royal army reserve,
ha left Coquimho for Kalapagos Isl
ands, says a Herald dispatch from Val-
pariaso, Chile. Those aboard the yacht
are going in search of the treasure
which is said to have been hidden there
a long time ago. The Cavalier met
very rough weather near Mocha Island,
where the crew temporarily abandoned
the vessel and suffered great hardships.
The yacht carries two guns and 100
rifles.
New York Clubs to Coniolidat.
New York, Aug. 9. Negotiation are
now under way between the director
of the Lotus Club and the New York
Club, looking to a consolidation of
those well known organisations. Both
own property in Fifth avenue and
which it is expected to sell and build
a new club house.
Member say that such a proposi
tion Is being considered, but no defi
nite steps will be taken until the of
ficers and director who are out of the
city for the summer shall have re
turned. :.
It is Bald John Rockefeller desires
the site of the Lotus Club for the Fifth
Avenue Baptist church which accu
ple a corner at Forty-sixth street
Fight Forfeit Is Posted.
San Francisco. Aug. 9. The Anal in
stallments on the forfeit of $15,000
have been posted for the Jeffrles-Mun-roe
contest, the date for which is set
for August 28 next. Of the total
amount of forfeit Jeffries ha paid in
Ave thousand dollars; Munroe five
thousand dollars and the same amount
by the Yoaemite Club under whose aus
pices the battle will be fought.
SENATOR VEST IS DEAD.
Noted Missourian Passes Away at
Sweat Spring, Mo.
Sweet Springs, Mo., Aug. 9. After
lingering for weeks between life and
death, former Senator Georpe Vest
passed peacefully away today. Death
came without a struggle. The remains
will be taken to' St. Louis for Inter
ment. Governor's Tribute.
Jefferson City, Mo.. Aug. 9. Gover
nor Dockery today issued a proclama
tion on the death of ex-Senator Vest,
calling for the suspension of public
business Thursday, August 11, the day
of the funeral.
Machinists on Strike.
El Paso.Tex., Aug. 9. Machinists on
the Mexican Central railroad at Chi
huahua have struck In sympathy with
those at Aguas Callentes, who went out
last Saturday. The strike threatens
to seriously hamper the road.
SEARCH FOR
THE BODIES
CONTINUES
Seven More Victims of the Disas
ter at Eden, Col., Have Been
Found by Parties Scour
ins?, the Banks.
Coroner Empanels Jury and Rigid
Investigation Will Be Held
by Him.
BODIES IN BAD CONDITION
Work of Identification Rendered
Extremely Difficult on This
Account and Many Mis
takes Are Made.
Pueblo, Col., Aug. 9. Organized
searching partie scoured the Fountain
river banks for miles today In. the,
hope of Andlng the remaining bodies
of the victim of Sunday night's wreck;
at Eden. Seven more bodies were re
covered and a number identified.
A coroner's jury was called, which
viewed the scene of the wreck today
and examined a number of witnessea
thl afternoon. The coroner haa Is
sued a public call to all having any
Information concerning the wreck to
come before the jury.
The examination into the cause of
the disaster will be exhaustive and, it
is thought, it will require more than
a week. Four railroad men were ex
amined this afternoon. Their testi
mony wa mainly as to the amount of '
rain that tell during the storm In the
neighborhood of the wreck.
The work of identification 1 pro
ceeding slowly, as the bodies now be
ing recovered are In bad condition.
Many mistakes are being made, in sev
eral cases the matter having been In
doubt since Sunday night
The total number of identified bodies
recovered from the Eden wreck Sunday
night 1 80; unidentified, 2; known
missing, 32; reported missing, i.
FOUR WERE KILLED.
Mother and Sons Los Lives in Acci
dent Near Chicago.
Chicago, Aug. 9. -A mother and
three little sons were killed and a
number of other persons seriously In
jured In a collision tonight by a west
bound Baltimore & Ohio local passen
ger train and a Chicago & Erie
freight at the Brighton Park railroad
crossing at Western avenue and West
Thirty-ninth street
The collision followed the frantic ef
fort on the part of a crossing flagman
to change the course of the freight
train, to the crew of which he had
given the signal that all was clear for
them to back over the Baltimore &
Ohio tracks. The passenger train,
which was approaching rapidly, was
struck by 'the freight cars and two
coaches were overturned. One of the
freight cars crashed through the wood
work of one of the coaches, where the
four killed were seated. They were a
family of six, and the : father and
daughter were the only one who es
caped with their lives.
Late tonight the police arrested the
brakeman ahd conductor of the freight
train that caused the disaster.
The Sultan Cut In.
Constantinople, Monday, Aug. 9.
In connection with the volunteer fleet
question, the porte which is being
supported by Great Britain has re
minded the Russian government of Its
agreement with Turkey In 1891. This
agreement stipulates that vessels of
the volunteer fleet must not carry aims
and munitions of war.
The porte also demands that the ves
sels shall traverse the Bosphorus separately.
Defunct Company Reorganized.
New York, Aug. 9. A reorganisa
tion of the Morse Drydock and Repair
Company of Brooklyn has been effect
ed with a capital of $600,000. The
company went Into the hands of a re
ceiver In October, 1903. More than
2000 men were deprived of employment
at the time. The new company -will
build ships of all kinds.