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m VOLUME LVIII. ASTORIA, OREGON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1904 NUMBER 297. RUNS AMUCK WITH PISTOL AT ASHLAND Maddened Laborer Seeks (o Wipe Out All His Relatives Be' cause of His Domestic Troubles. Shoots His Wife, Baby, Mothtn IrvLaw, Fathcr-ln-Uw and Sister-in-Law. THEN TAKES HIS OWN LIFE Wife Was Shot Through Hack, Perhaps Fatally, Two. yedi-Mklri Baby ('tin Not Iteoover. Ahland, Or., Sept. 16. A th con sequent of domestic troubles, O. E. Monro, luhorer, today (hot and fatally wounded hi' 1-year-old baby girl, attempted to murder hla wife, Mr. Dunlap, hla mother-in-law, and Mra. Gardner, hla stster-ln-lnw, and then committed suicide. Monro and hla wife lived so un happily that aha left the family home a raw wesxs ago and want to ar mother's. She commenced action for dlvorca and during pendency of h case, which was lo have been tried to morrow, waa awarded custody of the child. . Thla morning Monro met hla wife and mother-in-law down town and followed them hom. II entered th houa and deliberately pointed ' r volver at Dunlap, whom h fancied waa responsible for hla marital unhappl neaa. Mr. Monro obaerved her hue band'a act and seised hla arm, dla turblng hla aim ao that he Inflicted nothing won than a painful wound In Dunlup'a Jaw. Further nraged by hi wlfe'a Interference, Monro turned the revolver upon Mra. Monroe And ahot her through the back Inflicting per hope a fatal Injury. Mra. Gardner, Mra. Monro sister, who live in the next houa. heard the shooting and ruahed to her mother' houa to learn the cause, When ah appear J Monro fired at her point blank, hitting her In the body, and, It la believed, fatally Injuring her. Monro took th baby In hi arm and started to leav th nous with flrat Intention, It la preaumed, of mak ing hi eacap. When he got aa far a the door, he evidently dlacovered peo ple running toward th place, and aaw that an attempt to get away would be -useless, H (topped in th doorway, nlured tha muzzle of th revolver against th child' neck and pulled th trigger. Monro concluded tha tragedy by put ting th amoklng weapon to hla own tempi and blowing out hla brain. hhl afternoon crlouly wounded thrfij nun, one prrhups fatally, ' Th wounded James Drby, fartn at McMlnnvllle, badly cut and Intur rmily hurt. It la thought fatuity. . George IVarce, president of Wade Co., hardware dvalers, of Kaiem, Ore., i.ut, bruised and Internally Injured; will recover. ' W. II. Currsn, local manager for Wad tt Co., of McMlnnvllle, I '4 cut and Internitlly Injured; 0y cover. JAPANESE AGAIN PUSHING NORTHWARD UPON MUKDEN AND WILL RENEW BATTLE Oarn a Surprises Russian Officials by Prej- Peare and Cunran war reloading th tank of the automobile and spilled a gallon of th liquid on a plank bridge at the rear of th Wad A Co. ware- houa her. Thinking th gaaolln had cvaporat d they attempted to light th engine and Ignited the gaa arising from the bridge. Curran and Pearc, with Der by and vral boy a atandlng near, were hurled through th air. th bridge wa lifted aeveral feet from the un dcrplnnlng and th vehicle wa demoK Uhed. Th boy vacaped without In- Jury. , , i REMAINS Of MURpERCO MAN. Timber Cruir Dicevr Skeleton Buried in shallow Grav. fteattie, 6ept. 11 Burled In a anal low grav In a lonely spot back of Klrkland, the body of a man who doubt ie nad iJn muroered waa dug up yesterday by Deputy Coroner Arnold. The body waa dlacoverfi'th day be fore by Orln Blood, a timber cruleer. Under th body In the grave waa found revolver, which It la believed wa ud to commit th murder. Three TWO CA8E8 MERGED. Inter tat Commro Commission Con elude Investigation for Pressnt Denver, Spt. . 18. The Interatute commerce commission today concluded its hearing In the western livestock rate cases. The hearing was held at th Instance of th cattlegrowera' Inter state executive committee, representing all organised cattlemen. ' Testimony was also taken In the Texas cattlerals- era' case against the aouthwestern lines, alleging unreasonable ratea and poor service. The cattlemen produced evidence to show that rates generally were higher than they had ever been and the service worse. The railroad practically admit the poor service and promise amend ment. They admit an' Increase in ratea. but claim the rat have been too low. The commission decided to consoli date th two cases into the Texas cat tleralsers' case, and the railroads will put In their testimony at a further hearing to be held at Chicago in No vember. ,' INJURED IN EXPLOSION. Automobile Accident at MeMinnvill May RwultTatally. - McMlnnvllle, Ore., Sept. H. Th explosion of gasoline apllled during the course of refilling an automobile tank chambers are empty, although there Is but one empty shell. A thorough search of th dead man' clothing failed to reveal anything that might give a clue to hla Identity. No lettera or paper could be found. Three aime was all tn money that wa found In the pocket. The bullet which caused death Is be lleved to havt been on which struck the victim back of the right ear. It passed through th brain In an up ward and forward rang and fractured th skull, where It lodged at the top of the head just back of the forehead. Another bullet entered the abdomen, but It did not strike a rib and only the bloody underwear shows where It passed through. Detective f Lane yesterday made a search of the remain to find some clue to the Identity of the man but fulled to get anything tangible. Trie mur dered man was about 25 years of age, had light brown hair and waa of small stature. He wore a dark blue cheviot suit of clothe when killed, a Stetson hat, bought at Horn's In San Francisco, and good shoe of size number 7. He wore negligee shtrt with blue stripes. Nothing could be learned at Klrk land yesterday of a rnlBalng man an swering the dead man's description Th victim had been In'th ground nearly two year. taring for Attack in So Short a St' After Liao Yang. Japanese Ouiposti Have Clashed With the Slavs and Big Battle Is Expected Kuropatkin Tells Port Arthur Garrison That It Must Resist for Another MonthIndefinite Talk . of Peaceable Adjustment V Th featur of th day's war nw is th tatmnt that General Oyama ha prepared for another attack upon Gnral Kuropatkin' fore at Mukdn. Thnw ha raohd 8t Ptrburg, where sur priie I xprssd that th Japan should hav o oon mad prep aration to renew hottititie. Oyama's army must hav been greatly xhausttd by th recent fighting, and Russian official supposed a longer tim would b ncary before th fighting oould be continued. It I reported that mor Japan troop hav been ordered to th front There I a tory going th round that fighting la now under way at Mukden, whr conflict hav bn reported between th Jap anese outpott and Russian. It would m that Oyama really in Und pressing th Slav. Thr I also talk of speedy aettlement of th war, but nothing definite appear In th staUmenU to thit effect evolenco on the part of the emperor and adds: ' "I am quite sure that Intlhe wort? that lie before.. th Manchurlan army every soldier, will put forth hi best efforts to achieve victory over the en-1 emy and become worthy of the confi dence of the emperor." . , General Kuropatkin ordered the em peror" message to be read to all Trie I troop with lnn ceremony. FIGURE OUT VICTORY. Wer Russian Expert Deolsr Jap Defeated at Liao Yang. St Petersburg, Sept 11 The Rua- GORMAN TO i HAVE HAND IN BATTLE Democratic Leaders Decide That He Shall Be Active in Man- agement of Judge Par ker's Campaign. falan military critic, analysing General! . ... .. , i Kuropatkin'. report of the battle of Candidate $ ViSit to NtW YoA KuIU in Settlement of Differences There. SATISFIED WITH OUTLOOK Liao Tang, seem to unite in consider ing that Field Marshal Oyama's pur pose having failed, th honors belong rather to Kuropatkin than to the Jap anese commander-in-chief: The Novo Vremya draws a parallel between Liao Tang and Borodino, where General KutusofTs abandonment of Moscow to Napoleon was followed by the disas- standard Bearer Expresses Cod- trous retreat of the French. fidenceand Suva II n la Heart. fled With Evidences of AVELLAN MAY RETIRE. Harmony. Will visit of Judge Parker to New York and I the conference with democratic leaders. TOWNS WASHED AWAY. Disastrous Flood Along Vslly of Rio Grand. Alpine, Tex.. Sept U. An Overflow of the Rio Grande has cauaed great destruction of property along the nar ow cultivated valley through what Is known a th Great Bend country, cov erlng a distance of about 300 miles by the course of that stream. Mounted couriers from Presidio del Norte con firm the report that the United States ustoms house and nearly all the other buildings In that little town have been washed away by the flood. OJInto, sit uated across the river In Mexico fioji Presidio del Norte, Is also reported .to be washed away. Owing to the flood, communication with the Mexican town s cut off, and It la not known whether ny lives were lost on that aide. It Is reported that Bouqullla. some distance below Presidio del Norte, has also been flooded, and many houses washed away. There are a number of smajl Mexican settlements In the nar row valley, both above and below Pres tdlo del Norte, and It Is feared that they have been destroyed and lives lost, Torrential rains In Mexico and wejt Texas produced the flood. Dls aotroua Inundation of the cultivated valley of the river along it lower course Is threatened when the big rise reaches there, which .will be In the next two or three'days, " ' St. Petersburg, Sept H. General Kuropatkin reports that reconnais sances hav established the fact that the Japanese are mossing near Tental and Bentslaputae. Bodies of Japanese are also moving in the Liao River val ley. An Associated Press dispatch from Mukden announces that according to Information from Chinese sources, the Japanes are leaving a garrison at Llac Tang and their main force Is concen trating at Bentslaputae, 20 miles south east of Mukden, and that another force, whoa strength has not been yet esti mated, is moving up the Liao valley. The greater part of Field Marahal Oya- mas army, however, is still near Ten tal, encamped along the heights be- ween the mines and the railroads. While the war office does not expect an Immediate advance the preliminary dispositions of the Japanese forces are taken to indicate that the Japaneae in tend when they advance to strike from the eastward. They seem to be avoid ing the territory west of the Liao river, possibly because it is flat and would give the Russian the advantage of their superiority In cavalry. Chinese residents fleeing to Mukden complain that the Japanese are pillag ing Liao Tang. General Sukharoff telegraphs a for mal denial of several of Oyama's state ments. He says the alleged dum-dum bullets found at Liao Tang are simply the regulation square-nosed bullets oT the service revolver. They are of the same caliber as the Russian rifle of 1891, and the bullets are all lead, hut not jacketed, and are In no wise dum dum. The general also denies the statement that the Japanese captured a targe quantity of ammunition.. He says they only obtained possession of a few boxes of empty cartridge shells, and says it is not true that the Rus sian rolling stock fell Into the hands of the Japanese. Only two old trucks, he adds, were left on a siding. A dispatch from Mukden says the Russian patrols have up to the pres ent repulsed the Japanese outpost at tacks, and that communication with Slnmlntln has not been Interrupted. nese governor has made representa tions, requesting the armies not to fight at Mukden, owing to the danger of the demolition of the sacred tombs. No response has been received." Rumor Has It Thst Doubazoff Succeed Him. I New York. Sept. 18. Several lm- St Petersburg, Sept, IS. A , rumor portant questions were settled by the Impossible to confirm has been in cir culation for some time that Admiral DoubasofC will succeed Admiral Arel- lan as head of th admiralty deoart. 1 11 WM determined that Gorman should ment Well informed circles regard! have an active place In the campaign. the change as possible. Doubazoff Is but Taggart will not be superseded. Th extremely popular in the navy and Is I conference of Tammany leaders with held as a man of force and resolution, Judae Parker resulted in a settlement WAR MAY SOON BE ENDED. Russian Statesman Believe Allianc ' May B Outcome of It Londnni Sept. 19. The Dally -Tele graph' St Petersburg . correspondent declares that a Russian statesman, whose name. If revealed, would wing the utterances with lightning, rapidity over the globe, asserted Friday his im pression that the war might end sooner than people imagined, through mutual recognition of the ruinous nature of the conflict which may lead to negotiations that will result In a Russo-Japanese al llance. He Is at present a member of the con sulting council of the navy. Russia's recession from her posi tion on the question of contraband is regarded as the occasion for the prob able retirement of Admiral Avellan from the post of the head of the Rus sian admiralty." '- RUSSIAN REPLY IS MADE. Recognizes, Our Contention With Refr , ' one to Contraband. 1 St Petersburg, Sept II. The, Rus slan reply to the representations of the I returned home tonight pleased of the differences in Greater New York relating to national and state issues. The governorship and state officers were discussed, but it la said nothing definite will be determined until next week at Saratoga. , , Another matter undecided is as to whether or not Parker will make speeches during the campaign. . . . Senator Dowltnir who rrmtarreA with Parker today, said tonight: '- 'Parker, asked me to say. that he feels extremely Jubilant and very hope ful over, the outlook at, present He with SLAV LOSSES AT LIAO YANG. Number Killed, Wounded and Missing ,1 Mors Than 21,000. Paris. Sept 18. The exact numbers of Russians killed, wounded and miss Ing at Liao Tang August IS to August 28 have been received, according to the Journal's St Petersburg correspond ent These amount to two generals, 256 officers and 21,800 soldiers. Japs Being Reinforced. London, Sept 18. The Tien Tsin correspondent of the Dally Telegraph says the Japanese are sending strong reinforcements to Port Arthur by way of Louisa bay. "It Is stated," the cor respondent asserts, '"that Kuropatkin Intimated to the Port Arthur garrison thu( they must resist for a month longer." ", ' I WAR OFFICE SURPRISED. 3livd Oyama Could Not Prepare for Battle So 8oon. St. ' Mor Jap for th Front '- Berlin, Sept 16. The Lokal Ansel ger's Shanghai correspondent tele graphs that, according to trustworthy Information.' the Japanese first militia contingent has received orders to pre pare to depart for the front. MESSAGE FROM THE CZAR. Nicholas Compliment Kuropatkin on Rtrat From Liao Yang. ' London, Sept, 16. A dispatch to a news agency from Mukden, dated Sep tember 16, says that In a general or- Petersburg, Sept. 16.-The war;der ,MUe(j by Generat Rurooatkln to- offlce has heard the report of the ap-day the following message from Em- . , Fight Draw at Seattl. Seattle, Sept 18. Billy Woods and Tommy Burns fought a 15-round. draw tpnlght 1 . tarent Japanese concentration against the flanks of Kuropatkln's army pre paratory to advance on Mukden. While not In position to confirm or deny the report, surprise is expressed at the war office that Oyama should have been able In such a Short time to organise his forces for an advance northward. PROTEST FROM CHINESE. Ask Opposing Generals Not to Wsg Battle at Mukden. ' London, Sept. 18. Under date of September 14 the Mall' correspondent at Mukden telegraph: "In Instructions from Pekln the'Chl- peror Nicholas to the general was as follows: "I see from your report that you were unable to hold the fortress of Liao Yang owing to the enemy threatening to cut off your communications. The retreat of the whole army In such dif ficult circumstances and over such ter rible roads was an operation excellent ly carried out in the face of grave dif ficulties). I thank you and your splen did troops for their heroic and con tinued self-sacriflce. God guard- you Signed) j "NICHOLAS." Commenting on his majesty's mes sage, General Kuropatkin says it con tains a furtfcer expression of lofty ben- United States and Great Britain re- the conditions existing here, and par- garding contraband of war was com- Itlcuiarly gratified with the evidences of munlcated this afternoon. It. is under- I harmony." stood Russia recognizes tne principle I . ' - .- that provisions are not contraband . MANHUNTER CAPTURED. when consigned to private parties, but I contraband when Intended as military IChas. Dickinson Wa Himself Looking or naval stores. .-i-k I - for Canadian Bandits. Bellingham, Sept 18. Charles Dick- London Papers Pleased. I Inson, who was arrested last night at London, Sept. 17. This morning's I Demlng on suspicion of being a Can- newspapers express satisfaction - with adtan Pacific robber. Is not thought Russia's decision as to contraband of to be one of the men wanted. Invest!- war, presuming It means that the ver-1 gation Indicates that he started out diet of the prise court tn the case of thel alone to And the bandits in the hope British steamer Calehas will be re-1 of securing the reward. versed. The Post alone, in an angry I editorial, reproaches the government HOLY ROLLER GOES TO PRISON. for Its failure to secure compensation! In the cases of the steamers Allanton and Knight Commander. Creffield Get Two Years at Salem for His Recent Crime, ' Portland, Sept 18. Edwin Creffield, Foreign Office Satisfied. header of the "holy rollers." was today . London, Sept 16. The foreign office I convjeted by a jury of the crime of has received a dispatch from Ambas-1 adultery and sentenced to a term of sador Hardinge, at St Petessburg, glv-ltwo years in the penitentiary. Before Ing Rufsla's reply to the represents-J the case went to the' Jury, i Creffield tlons on the subject of contraband of I made a rambling statement that all war. It Is understood the foreign of- his actions had been guided by the flee considers the reply satisfactory, Lord, and that while he might be guilty Inasmuch ,as the concessions are in the eyes of the people, he was not in Russian government to the claims of 1 the eyes of God.. Great Britain. I TIBETAN PRISONERS RELEASED ITALIANS NOW SUSPECTED. Killed Portland Polic Believ They East Sid Saloon Man. Portland, Sept. 16. The police have arrested the five Italians who were In the City View saloon when Gus Breuer '.he proprietor was shot to death. To day while searching the premises a bullet hole was found in a side room and it was determined that it must have been made from Inside. The bul let corresponded In caliber to those In the dead man's body, which the police Blind Captiv in Durance for Twonty ' Years. ' . ' L'Hassa, Tibet Sept. 15, via Gy- angtze. Sept 16. According to ' the treaty between the British and Tibet ans signed September 7, prisoners' on both sides were released today.. The' occasion afforded a picturesque cere mony. Some of the prisoners released by the Tibetans had been In captivity over 20 years. One old man who was Imprisoned for assisting Sarat Chan-. dradas had been kept In a dark dun-' consider positive evidence that thelgeon and had gone blind. He at first man was murdered by the occupants of the room. According to the Italians' statements they were the only persons In the sa loon when the crime was committed. Robert Lewis, arrested last night on suspicion, has been released. The theory of the police is that the murdei was committed for the purpose of rob bery. refused to credit the fact that he was being given his freedom, and thought ! he was. being led out for torture. Flynn 8tays Tn Rounds. Denver, Sept 16. George Gardner of Lowell, Mass., and Jim Flynn of Pu eblo fought a 10-round draw tonight. Moor Comes to th Coast Washington, Sept 16. By direct in-', structlon of the president. General ' Francis Moore has been( relieved of duty as commandant of the school of application at Fort Riley, Kan., and Is ordered to San Francisco to assume command Of the department of , Cali fornia, relieving General MacArthur who will retain command, however, of the Pacific division.