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VOLUME LVIII.
ASTORIA, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1904.
NUM1JER 239
WILL FIGHT
THE MORMON
IN POLITICS
New Party Organization Is Under
taken in Utah by the Oppon
ents of Ecclesiastical
Dominance.
Charge Is Made That the Premises
of the Mormon Church Have
Been Insincere.
K EARNS IS IN THE MOVEMENT
A Mate Tic ket Will He Named
itiid Mult Lake Tribune
Will l.t'iiil Support '
to New Part).
Salt UK City. H-pt. 7.-Definite
uteps were, taken touliihl toward tile
iiiunnlmlon of tin nntl-Mortmm polit
ical party. A commit ! was outhor-
Ul tO I" 1 1 It Second llU'Cllllg In u fw
doys, when ii complete state ticket will
be iiniiiliiutiul, except presidential elec
turn,
The platform adopted tonight ile
tiiire that the promises by tin. leaders
of the Miirniiiii church ut the lime of
the Woodruff manifests were rrnfty ami
Insincere; that both piirty organUa
tlonii have been domlnuted mi J unci
for the 1utt- purpose of maintaining
ecclesiastical ccmtrol, and "repeated
experiences have proved' that this
t-fHtji Mt Itiil dominance III all powerful
and persistent, and It can not be Shaken
off us long us those who oppose It ur
divided Into hostile camps."
The platform further charge that
very pledge of the ecclcslustlcul power
to refrain from direction of the politi
cal affair of the people him been
shamelessly violated.
Among the leaders In the mnvemen
I I'nlted Htate Senator Keiirni. Thi
Halt Lake Tribune, formerly the. re
public an org.in of the state, hits pledged
lt support to the movement.
WILL TALK TO EDITORS.
Judge Parker to Mike Kit First Speech
at Roiemount.
Kaopus, Kept. 7. Judge Parker will
make hi flrnt speech since hU formal
acceptance of the nomination ut Rose-
mount tomorrow, -I" th presence of the
visiting editor of democratic newspa
pere. It will take the form of a reply
to an address of greeting to be made
by Churlee W. Kniipp of St. Louis.
Representative Sulxer of New York
city was the only political visitor to
day. Halt Bulitcr:
"I have been through the middle
went recently. There I found business
men und the conservative classes gen
erally ull going to work for Purker'a
election."
EDITORS AT SWELL BANQUET
Demooratie Writers Entertained at the
Waldorf-Astoria.
New York, Sept. 7. Nearly TOO dem
ocrutlc edltora from all parts of the
United States met at a banquet at the
Waldorf-Astoria tonight, the occasion
being the national conference of dem
ocratic edltora called at the Instance of
the national democratic' commltteo.
When "Dixie" was played, the diners
many of whom were from tile south,
Jumped to their feet and the "rebel
yell" was given several times. The en
thusiasm was at Its highest pitch when
the selection was encored.
Henry Watterson responded to the
toast, "The Issues and the Outlook."
Clark Howell, editor of the Atlanta
Constitution, responded to "Democratic
Success la a Guarantee of National
Unity."
IS ON THE WRONG TACK.
Continental Party's Efforts Misdireoted,
Says Candidate 8hibley. 1
Washington, Sept. 7. George H.
Shlbley of this city, who was nominat
ed by the continental party at Chi
cago as a candidate for vice-president,
.today sent a letter to the notification
committee declining the nomination.
He admits sympathy with Its domin
ating plank, the Initiative an-j refer
endum, but thinks that the l efforts
iould be directed toward reformlw
l hi- old parties rather than putting i
new patty In the field.
j Must Keep Out of Politic.
Yashltigton, Sept. 7. Adlng Secre
tary Oliver of the war department hn
Issued a circular warning against po
litical assessment partisan activ
ity on the part of office holdci.
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Mijority About the Same.
While River Jumtlon. Vt Sept. ". -With
only two anna It towns missing ii
republican plurality of 31,500 In yea
terduy'a election Is believed to be with
in a few votes of the correct flgurM.
Four years ago It was 31,312.
OCEAN TO OCEAN RECORD.
Thirty-Three Dayi From Pacific to
Atlantie in Auto.
New York. Hept. 7. L. L. Whitman
of Iimiii:i, CmI., 1ms arrived In New
York, 33 days out from Han Krunclscc:
and 27 days ahead of the auto record
for the ocean to ocean trip. Whitman
has driven th Franklin air-cooled mo
tor across the continent In record time
He has accomplished something which
was considered out of the question, and
has arouse liveliest Interest.
Nothing In the record-breaking ;ie
this year hits caused quite as much
Interest us this trip, for many concM-
ered the drive In recur time In a
Franklin out of the uucstlon over the
western deserts, owing fo the motor
being air-cooled.
Last year Whitman made the trans
continental trip In 73 day In an Olds,
but on that trip he was burled In mud
all through Kansas and Iowa, experi
encing the' greatest of difficulties, sur
mounting of which made the trip most
memorable. The present time he has
set fyr un automobile to traverse from
coast to coast Is one that will proba
bly not be lowered for a lon time.
JEWISH YEAR BOOK.
Nearly Eleven Million! ojf Hebrew! In
the World'i Population.
New York. hept. 7. A Jewish year
book Just Issued for the period from
September 10. 1904, to September 29,
1905, the Jewish year .665, contains
statistics showing that the Hebrew
population of the world Is now 10,1)3!,
...... i i
5.1S9.401; Austria-Hungary, 3.076.S78.
and the I'nlted States 1.253.218. tier-
many comes next with 5K8.945 and then I
I
Turkey with .31. Vt the 600.000
Jews credited to the state of New
mi. ui mis numuer nusmun nasi"""1
York, about 5QO.000 are residents oMO throw tne mosi iresn re.ervr. ...to
New York city.
A list of bequests and gifts by Jews
to various Institutions covers 14 pages
of the book. Among other biographical
statements Is one to the effect that
41 synagogues were dedicated In the
past year. '
FELL EIGHTY-FIVE FEET.
Saved the Man Who Fell on Top of
Him.
New York. Sept, 7. Andrew Ruun-
ach of SntHklll, N. Y Is dying lit
Fordham hoMpltal from Injuries re
ceived In falling S5 feet from a rail
road bridge over Grot en csreek, where
he was at work. H.iunnch landed on
his buck and formed a cushion for the
body of John Costello, a fellow work
man, who fell from the same spot. Cos
tello was absolutely unhurt.
basebaIl.
Pacifio Coast.
At Los Angeles Portland, 1;
Los
Angeles, 0.
At San Francisco Oakland, 4; Son
Franciscb. 1.
At Seattle Tacoma, 16; Seattle, 11;
10 Innings. '
Paoifio National. . .
At Spokane Butte, 3; Spokane, 4.
American,
At Cleveland St. Louis, 1; Cleve
land, 5. ,
At Detroit Chicago, 7; Detroit .
At Philadelphia New York. 0; Phil
adelphia, 3.
At Washington First game; Bos
ton, 8; Washington, 3. Second game:
Boston, 1; Washington, 6:
National.
At Boston Brooklyn, 6: Boston, 2.
At New York
-Phiy ielphib, $; New-
York, 6.
At Cincinnati First irre: Pitts
burg, 5;, Cincinnati, 3. Jecond time:
Pittsburg, 1; Cincinnati, i; called sev
enth Inning.
KUROPATKIN'S FORCE IS
STILL IN FLIGHT BEFORE
OYAMA'S PURSUING ARMY
Russians Have Reached Mukden, but Are
Reported to Have Immediately Evac
uated That Place.
Japanese Are Harrassing the Russian Rear Opinion Prevails at Lon
don That Another Great Battle Will Occur to the forth,
and That Victory Will Come to the Army Which
Has Greatest Force of Fresh Men.
There is no newi from the far east, either from Ruiiian or
Jspineie sources. For world watcher of the great tragedy the cur
tain his been dropped and all i conjecture. Not even an expression
of opinion comes from Japanese sources, but from St. Petersburg it is
Indicated that the authorities are confident the critical stage of the
Russian retreat is put, and that Kuropatkin no longer i in danger of
losing any part of hi force. The Russian commander has arrived at
Mukden, and it is given out in St. Petersburg that the bulk of his
army ii now near there, while a dispatch from Mukden to the Asso
ciated Preis, filed Tuesday, nyi the main Russian army is pushing
northward and evacuating that place. It is indicated that the Jap
anese are still harraing th Russian resr. Further than this nothing
Ii known. Absolute newe silence prevails.
St. Petersburg. Sept. 7. The mem
bers of the general staff are not dis
playing any great anxiety over the
alnrmlat reports thnt Kuropatkin Is In
serious danger of being cut off, but If
they had any Information from the
front Wednesday they have not reveal
ed It. The members also decline to say.
even If they know, whether or not Ku
ropatkin purposes taking his , army
north of Mukden.
Kuroputktn'i movements neverthe
less must depend chiefly on the tac
tics of the Japanese, with whom lies
the Initiative. If the Japanese con
tinue to press north In the hope of
i cutting off the Russians und bringing
I ham tn nuv men ivurtjiiitLHiii win uc
otllaxe?d to move north to circumvent
them. Rut both armies are already ter-
"my exnausiea, aim. ii u.ey -
. . . u ...111 J A
j come into grip, mo resun ... ue,..u
largely upon which of them Is able
the fight. If there Is a race northward.
the apparent grentest danger will come
at the narrow defile of Tiehllng, north
of MuKden, but the authorities seem
fairly well satisfied with the situation
and confident of Its ultimate outcome.
THE BRITISH VIEW OF IT.
London Papers Think Silence Bodes
III for Russians.
London. Sept. 8. The trend of the
view of the morning newspapers on the
war in the far eaHt on Kuropatkln's
I
SUICIDE AT COTTAGE GROVE.
Civil War Veteran Found Hanging in
a Bam.
Cottage Grove, Sept. 7. Wallace Mc
Klbben. a veteran of the civil war,
(mil r,9 rears, hanged himself In a
barn at the family home at 5 a, m.
Sunday. It was undoubtedly In a fit
of temporary insanity that the act
was committed. Mr. McKlbben leaves
a wife and nine children, all of whom
were present at the funeral Monday.
He was born at Albion, III., and
served in Company C, Eleventh Min
nesota volunteers, during the civil
war. He was one of two men selected
from his company to go with a like
number from several other compa
nies , to destroy a bridge. They ac
complished their mission and were
returning by rail when the train was
thrown from the track by guerrillas.
Mr. McKlbben was rendered insensi
ble In the wreck and concussion of the
brain, Pressure of a fractured por
tion of tho skull caused brain trouble
hanged himself In one of these spells,
which later Induced Insanity. The
aberration was Intermittent, and he
Hot Day at Frisoo.
Sun Francisco, Sept. 7. The weather
bureau reports this to have Been the
hottest September day ever known in
San Francisco. At 2:45 p. m. the gov
ernment thermometer Indicated 100.2
degrees. The temperature was con
siderably higher on the streets.
arrival at Mukden does not solve the
problem of his retreat.
The Dally Telegraph holds the latest
developments merely the prelude to a
"colossal conflict looming In the fu
ture." Most Engllah critics look for a rep
etition of the Llao Yang battle at
Tiehllng or in that neighborhood.
Scarcely any of the London, news
papers believe Kuropatkin baa brought
the bulk of his forces with him to Muk
den. It Is pointed out that neither side
la likely to risk desecration of the Im
perial tombs by a pitched battle at
Mukden, the cradle of the Manchu dy
nasty and Mecca of all good Manchus.
The Standard voices a very preva
lent Idea, namely, -that the continued
Japanese silence bodes ill for the Rus
sians. The Dally Telegraph' Seoul corre-
spondent says there la an unconfirmed j
report there that the Japanese have
several divisions of men In the vicin
ity of Possiet bay, cutting off the re
treat of the Russians In northeastern
Corea. ,
The Daily Mail's Kupangtse corre
spondent snys:
"Rail cars at the rate of SO a day,
loaded with wounded, are passing
through the station for Mukden. The
shrapnel Injuries are frightful and the
majority of the men succumb on the
Journey to the hospital."
The Dally Mall's Chefoo correspond
ent says Admiral Urlo has been or
dered to remain outside Shanghai, with
his squadron, until Port Arthur falls.
EATS ONLY GRASS.
New' York Man Claims to Hav Been
Cured by Strange Diet.
New York, Sept. 7. There is a resi
dent of this city who 'not only claims
verdant herbage as his sole diet, but
declares that to Its use he owes his
present perfect health.
The man Is Eusebio Santos, living in
Fifty-first street, near Fifth avenue.
Brooklyn, a Spaniard, 25 years old. For
six months, he declares, he has eaten
nothing but grass and drunk nothing
but water. He was born In Laredo,
Spain, and lived for many years In
Cuba. He was for a time a cleik In a
general store In Havana and there be
came a physical wreck. His nerves
and digestion were ruined, he declares.
"I had terrible headaches, attacks
of indigestion and other troubles that
nearly drove me wild," he said to a re
porter, "When I came here I consulted
a physician and he told me I needed to
diet. He advised me to eat as little
food as possible, and if I got at any
time so I could not stand the cravings
of hunger to chew a little grass to sat
isfy my appetite. Well. I tried It, and
got so I liked the taste of grass. I am
entirely well now, don't know What a
headache Is like, and have gained
llesh."
Every evening after the dew falls,
he takes a bug and goes out to Pros
pect rark to gather his next day's pro
vision. This requires about eight
quart3 of grass.' He eats It uncooked
and unseasoned He Is an epicure at
that, being particular as to the kind ot
grass he eats. Some, he says, Is sour
some bitter, some spicy and some sweet
Tiie sweet grass, he declares, is most
nourishing.
He Is not worried over the approach
of winter, whn his natural die', will be
a scarce article. He sys he will gc
south as scon as the grass begins to
get dead and remain till it is freh and
Juicy again In the spring.
SALOON MEN WILL FIGHT.
Mean to Contest Effort to Make Them
Close on Sunday.
Salem, Ore., Sept. ".Although Pros
ecuting Attorney J. H. McNary of
fered to compromise with the salocn
men of this city In the Sunday closing
cases by calling the rest of the cases
off If the saloon men would plead guilty
In two cases each, they all put In an
appearance before Justice of the Peace
Turner -nd entered a plea of not guilty.
Although no particular case has been
selected for trial, all were set for hear
ing at 10 o'clock Saturday morning.
Aside from the II cases hanging upon
the decision of the two saloon cases
which have been carried to the circuit
court upon a writ of review. Involving
the question of the repeal of the sec
tion of the statutes under which the
first cases are being prosecuted, there
are 18 cases pending before the Justice
court
The leaders of the local option move
ment in this city partly promised, It is
5e!d, that If the saloonkeepers pleaded
guilty to two of the charges brought
against them they would not circulate
petitions for the invoking of the local
option law In Marlon county, provid
ing that the saloon men would agree
to keep their places of business closed
upon Sunday In the future. The sa
loon men, by entering a plea of not
guilty, signify their Intention of fight
ing the cases out In the courts. Thus
It Js presumed that petitions will at
once be put 1n circulation for the sub
mission of the prohibition question to
the voters of this county at the coming
November election, .
BIG FIRE AT BAKERSFIELD.
Two Men Burned to Death, While Prop
erty Loss Is $250,000.
Bakersfleld, CaU Sept 7. Fire today
destroyed three entire blocks, resulted
In the death of two men, the probable
fatal Injury of a third, and a property
loss of $250,000.
The Are started at 2 o'clock this aft.
ernoon In the engine house of the Ba
kersfleld fire department. William Si
ver, a bricklayer, entered the place in
an Intoxicated condition and lay down
to sleep. It Is possible he was smok
ing, as the fire was started from 8
cigar. His charred remains were re
covered after the fire. .
SWIMMING CONTEST OVER.
Olympio Club Get Fourth Place at
World's Fair.
St. Louis, Sept. 7. The Olympic
swimming contest, which has been in
progress in the United States life-sav
ing lake for the past three days, was
closed today. The team championship
was won by New York, with a score
of 40 points. Germany was second.
with 32 points, Hungary third with
17 points, and the Olympic Club of San
Francisco fourth with 18 points.
SMOKED HIM OUT.
Alabama Mob' Odd Plan to Secure
Negro Murderer.
Huntsvllle, Alu., Sept. 7. After set
ting fire to the Jail and smoking out the
prisoner, while the Are department was
held at bay with guns and the sheriff
and his deputies and soldiers were out
witted, a mob estimated at over 2000
persons tonight lynched Horace Ma
ples, the negro accused of murdering
John Waldrop. The negro was hanged
on a tree on the court house lawn.
The negro confessed, implicating a
white man and two other negroes.
Meerschaum in Idaho.
Shoshone, Idaho, Sept 7. Report has
reached here of the discovery by Joe
Montgomery and George Delus of a val
uable bed of meerschaum near Soldier,
the terminal of the stage line runnin?
out of Hailey. The deposit Is half a
mile long, a quarter of a mile wide
and from 15 to 60 feet thick. Meer
schaum deposits are exceedingly rare
and from samples submitted to min
eralogists here it Is judged that the
bed will make fortunes for Us discov
erers.
EFFORTS TO
END STRIKE.
ARE FUTILE
Stockyards Employes Have De
clined to Accept Proposal
Advanced by Packing
House Proprietors.
Of 28,000 Men Who Voted, Only
2400 Wanted to Agree to
Packers' Proposal.
THE NEXT MOVE UNCERTAIN
Conference Board Must Be Con
sulted Before Any Further
Action In Taken to En
force Demands.
Chicago; Sept 7. The strikers have
voted to continue the stockyards' strug
gle until better terms can be secured,
and their leaders tonight are In a
quandary as to what the next move
shall be. When the result of the vote
of the men, defeating the proposition
to return to work, was announced to
day. It was stated by union officials .
that a second ballot would be ordered
at once. Shortly after the announce
ment was made, however, the plan was
abandoned, and efforts were begun to
secure another conference with the
packers. In this the strikers were un
successful, and then a second announce
ment was made that the order Issued
last week placing all meat on the un- '
fair list would go Into effect tonight
While arrangements were being made
to put this order into effect, it was
suddenly discovered by some of" tbe
leaders that the allied trades confer
ence board would have to give its coo
sent to the order before It could be
enforced, and that It would not be able
to arrange for a meeting of its mem
bers until tomorrow. It was then stat
ed that the central organization would
meet tomorrow at 11 o'clock to con
sider the matter.
The following statement was given
out concerning the vote on the proposal
to end the strike: ., ;
'The vote of the organization was on
a proposition to declare the strike off.
Out of 28.000 strikers, 2403 voted to re
turn to work .and 25,597 to remain on
strike until a fair proposition embrac- '
Ing arbitration can be obtained."
A committee has been appointed to
visit the packers.
With the declaration that the major
ity had, voted to continue the strike
announcement was made that the fight
would be prosecuted with renewed
vigor.
KNIGHTS' TEAMS DRILL.
Competitive Contest Feature of Con
clave at San Francisco.
San Francisco, Sept. 7. A competi
tion drill between four well-drilled
teams of Knights Templar was today's
feature of tie triennial conclave. Lou
isville commandery No. 1 won the first
prize; St. Bernard corps, Chicago, the
second; Ivanhoe of Milwaukee, the
third; Malta of Binghampton, N. Y.,
the fourth.
Fully 25,000 people witnessed the
marching and countermarching of the
competing teams." The grand encamp
ment was held, the forenoon and aft
ernoon sessions disposing of much bus
iness. Mounted Police Will Regulate Traffic.
New, York, Sept. 7. A novel experi
ment was Inaugurated today by the
police department Ten picked offi
cers mounted on horses were detail
ed along lower Broadway to isgulate
traffic Heretofore mounted men have
done duty only In the parks and cn
the boulevards, the regulation of traffic
In the congested business sections hav
ing been conducted entirely by officers
on the crossings.
Tho Weather.
Portland, Sept. 7. Western Orezcn
and western Washington, Thursda:
Increasing cloudiness, with shower i
near coast. ,
Eastern Oregon and eastern Wash
ington : Increasing cloudiness.