VOLUME LVIII.
ASTORIA, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1904.
NUMBER 300.
RICH BREWER
PASSES AWAY
IN PORTLAND
Henry Weinhard, Millionaire Beer
Manufacturer, Diet At His
Home After Illness Of
Several Months.
Had Been Unconscious For Two
Days And Death Was Not
Unexpected.
BUILT UP LARGE FORTUNE
Located At Portland In INS
And Wm One Of That
Clty'i Mont Progres
sive Men.
Portland. Sept. 20. (Special.)
Henry Weinhard, millionaire brewer
died tonight of uraemia, aged 75 years
t For two days Mr. Weinhard hud been
unconscious and his death wm hourly
expected. Member of the family were
at the bedslds when the end came,
Henry Weinhard hnd for SO year
been the chief brewer of the northwest
and by hie wlee Investment In city
property and hie public-spirited course
In Improving hla holdings hnd
recognition In the business world
aalde from hla regular work. He was
born In Llndenbronn, Wurtcmberg,
Germany, February 18, 1830, and from
hla boyhood devoted hlmaelf to the
brewery business. When but a child he
worked In the big vata and malthouses
of Htutgart and when he came to
thla country In 1851 he had a .thorough
working knowledge of hla butnM
He first worked In Philadelphia, but
remained there only a. ahort time and
waa later employed In Cincinnati,
where he remained two yea re. In 1151
he moved to St. Loula where he worked
In the brewery business until lf)5( and
, then, believing that the far weat was
the place for young men of every pro.
reunion, he made the long journey to
California and a year later rnme to
Oregon.
Portland waa deatlned to become the
goal of hla wandering life and ahortly
after hla arrival here he atarted the old
Star brewery with John Meuny at Van
couver, Wuah. For two year they man
aged thla establishment, and then Mr.
Weinhard bought out the Interest of hla
partner and conducted the establish
ment alone for four year Hla repu
tation as a brewer waa apreadlng over
the newly aettled and raw region and
Increasing business came to the young
Oerman each year. ,
In 1862 he bought the lienry Suxer
brewery In Portland, and in partner
ahlp with George Bottler enlarged this
plant until he had an Ideal establish
ment for the period. In 18(1 he Bold
Ma Vancouver business and devoted
hlmaelf Jo the Portland brewery, with
the reault that In 1861 he bought the
Intereit of Mr. Dottier and alnce that
time had been the aole manager and
proprietor of his .business, which hat
grown to Immense proportions.
In 1859 be married Mis Louisa Wag
enblast, and as a result of the union
two daughtera were born, the eldest
of whom Is Mrs, Paul Weasengero of
thla city.
Although Mr. Weinhard became one
of the richest men in the Pacific north
west, he was always genial and ap
proachable, especially among hla coun
trymen, and waa a liberal contributor
to benevolent enterprises. He was a
Mason and a member of several Ger
man societies.
MANY STRIKES IN ITALY.
Strikers Who Assaulted Polieeman 8hot
1 Dead. .
Rome, Sept. 20. A 24-hour strike hue
been Inaugurated at Florence, Leghorn,
Naplea, Venice, Siena, Carrara, Aecoll
and Novarl while the strike has come
Ao an end at Ancona, Fornl, Como and
fjenoa, where railroad traffic haa been
regularly resumed. At Genoa the
workmen, Including those employed
' about the harbor, have resumed work
and the night passed peaceably,'
An affectionate demonstration for the
army waa made, but a deplorable In
cident happened aa the carriage of
General K ard passed a group of
strikers. The latter tried to atop the
carriage, but this was prevented by
the police, who started to afreet the
aggressors. These rebelled, stt'Jikmv
one of the officers over the head, And
trying to disarm him. The 'policeman
who woe struck In d-jfrmMmr lihiitclf
shot dead his principal acwilWrt.
The strike at Milan continues, but the
shops of that city are (in and the
railway service Is regulart .
KNIGHTS ELECT OFFICErY.,
Robert E. Wright of Altentown Chosen
as Grand Sire,
San Francisco, Sept. 20. Tl n(t
elgn grand lodge of Odd Fellow .-i
ed officers today aa follows:
Grand sire Robert E. Wright of Al
lentown.
Deputy grand aire E. S. Conway of
Chicago.
Grand scribe J. Frank Grant of Dal
tlmore.
Grand treasurer M. Richard Mlckle
of Philadelphia.
The other officers will be appointed
by the new gnind sire, and their numes
will be announced on Saturday. After
reading of raporla at the morning sea
Ion of the sovereign grand lodge the
various Jurlsdlctlona were called for
the preesntatlon of new business to be
considered at future sessions.
The meeting of the sovereign grand
lodge has attracted to this city many
thousand of Odd Fellows, and the
number Is rapidly being swelled by sr
rivals from eastern coast points. The
street decorations are lavish and beau
tlful, both by day and night, and the
weather la Ideal, Most of the visitors
are devoting their time to social reun
Ions and sightseeing, there being dally
excursions to many points of Interest
The Rebekahs are doing much In the
way of entertainment. In the Median
les' pavilion many lodges have their
headquarters, and the big building la
constantly thronged.
The sovereign grand lodge resumed
Ita work today, the first business In or
der being the consideration of com
mlttee hearings. The main feature of
the day, however, waa the election of
officers. In which great Interest was
fested.
The grand encampment of California
also met, this being Its 60th annual
session.
After the election of officers It wu
decided unanimously that Grand Sire
elect Wright, who la In feeble health,
might be Installed In office at his home
In Allentown, Pa.
The selection of the next meeting
place went over until tomorrow. The
remainder of today's session was con
sumed by the reading of the reports of
committees.
A reception waa tendered Grand Sire
Goodwin tonight
MURDER AT POTLATCH.
British C jlumbia Indian Woman Hack
ed to Death by Bucks.
Vf.e 'Ouver, B. C, Sept. 20. The
heefhen pract'ees of the northern Brit
ish columbli' Indiana huve resulted In
nother murder, a pretty native woman
being brutally slain at Port Rupert
day or two ago by men who hnd Junt
participated In the drunken orgies of a
pot latch." The woman's assailants
knocked her down with an ax, cut her
throat with a knife, severed the head
from the body and left the trunk, mu
tllated, In the bushes near her hus
band's house.
First accounts were that Jealousy
waa the motive of the crime, but It now
seems that ruffoery, ' rather than love,
was the cause. The woman was lured
from her cabin by men who had token
part In the "potlatch." She was known
to have $100 which she had earned dur
ing the fishing season. One arrest has
been made by the Indian agent at Alert
bay. An Indian, supposedly the ring
leader, has been taken to the place Just
named, where he la held for prelim
inary trial,
Art Congress In 8ession.
St. Loula, Sept 20. The Interna
tional congress of arts and science be
gan the sessions of ita divisions and
parliaments today, and numerous pa
pers treating with various scientific
subjects were read. Thirty-one meet
ings were held today.
Grain Commission Adjourns.
Tacoma, Sept 20. The state groin
commission adjourned todny after re
establishing the 'old grades of wheat,
barley, oats and rye.
JAPANESE ARE MARCHING
UPON MUKDEN AND BATTLE
THERE IS NOW IMPENDING
Kuroki's Forces Are Said to Be Moving
Forward in Eight or Nine Divisions
to Press the Attack.
Report
tanese Have
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i Water
Sea Attack Is Expected at Once-Baltic Squadron
Reinforced by Four New Vessels.
Mukden and Port Arthur are dividing interest in the progress of
the war, A great battle nsar Mukden is believed to be imminent,
for the Japanese are reported to be advancing on the Russian posi
tions in eight, possibly nine, divisions. Kuroki has command of the
Japanese troops, while Kuropatkin is in charge of the Russian de
fense. From Port Arthur comes news that the Japanese have assaulted
the Russian redoubt protecting the water supply of the fortress, from
which it is inferred that a general land and sea assault upon the port
is likely to follow.
St Petersburg has heard that the Russian Baltic squadron has
bsen reinforced by four warships purchased from Argentina. The Bal
tic squadron Is now on its wsy to the far esst Its journey will be one
of 14,000 miles.
Mukden, Sept 21. A battle Is Imml
nent The Japanese are advancing in
eight, possibly 'nine, divisions. The
crops of tall millet have been harvest
ed, affording a better field over which
to fire on the flat plains. The river Hun
Is directly In front of the Russian army.
WILL ATTACK PORT ARTHUR.
General Assault by the Japanese Re
garded as Imminent
St Petersburg, Sept. 20. Interest Is
again concentrated at Port Arthur, ow
ing to the receipt from foreign sources
of news that a general storming of the
fortifications haa been begun, A few
belated telegrams from Stoessel, re
cording repulse of the Japanese con
tinued attacks, add strength and con
fidence In the ability of the defenders
to hold out Reports from Shanghai
that some of the defenses had fallen
kito the hands of the Japanese as the
result of the general assault September
20 are confirmed from Russian sources.
Telegrams brought to Chefoo by Prince
Radislwille have not reached the war
office. It Is understood the dispatches
contain details of the landing of the
Japanese reinforcement at Dalny
which tends to confirm the belief that
It Is the Intention of the Japanese to
8TATEMENT TO COME.
Russia Will Declare Herself With Ref
erence to Contraband.
St. Petersburg, Sept. 20. Russia's
position on the matter of contraband
will be officially promulgated In the form
of decisions of the admiralty court In
the CHses of the Calcha. Arabia and
Allenton, when they come up on ap
peal. Prof. DeMartens, president of the
'OmmlsNlon, which decided what should
onstltute contraband according to the
Russian view, will appear on behalf of
the government Russia's position is
authoritatively stated to the Associat
ed Press as follows:
'Russia does not desire to Interfere
with the United States' legitimate com
metre with Japan, but has the right
and must protect herself aa far as pos
sible og- ist shipments which may aid
the en ' In prosecuting the war."
LA DOWN ON THE TRACK, i
Two Ohio Women Employ Herribl
Means of Suioide.
Bucyrus, O., Sept 20. Mary and
Llsile Kehrer, single women, who lived
on a farm near here, were found hor
ribly mutilated today by section men on
the Ohio Central railroad. They had
rapped themselves In a bedspread and
laid down on the track and were killed
a passenger train. They had fre
quently declared they were tired of
life and wanted to die.
I
Negro Poet Is Dying.
Dayton, O., Sept. 20. Paul Lawrence
Dunbar, the negro poet Is critically
sick with consumption at the home of
his mother In this city.
Assaulted Redoubt Which Pro
Supply and General Land and
atorm the fortress and that warships
will probably take part In this event
Admiral Wlren's division will doubt
les go out to engage the Japanese.
The sensational announceemnt that
Kuroki crossed the Hun river unop
posed and that the whole Japanese
army I advancing upon Mukden Is
overshadowed by the anxiety for Port
Arthur. Moreover, the announcement
relative to Kuroki does not receive
complete credence here, being in direct
contradiction of official news received
by the general staff. Kuropatkin an
nounced two days ago that there waa
no a single Japanese east of Bentsla-
putse. How, It Is asked, could KurokL
with 100,000 men, slip past General
Rennenkampff and cross the Hun? It
Is considered more than doubtful that
Kuropatkin will make a decisive stand
south of Tie pass.
At Port Arthur Again.
Chefoo, Sept 20, 5:30 p. m. Author
itative information haa been received
here of a general attack upon Port Ar
thur by the Japanese forces which be
gan yesterday before daybreak and con
tinued until dark.
All Indications point to an effort to
capture certain of the northeast main
fort.
ESCAPED FROM GUARD.
Braksman Gets Away and Authorities
Will Not Try to Capture Him.
Albany, Ore., Sept 20. Word has
been received here that Louis Read, the
brakeman recently arrested at New
port charged with assault with a dead
ly weapon, has disappeared. Read was
shot by the city marshal while resisting
arrest On account of his wound Read
wa not Jailed, but held under guard
In a hotel. Monday morning he dis
appeared while the guard slept It Is
stated that he went to Portland, thence
to the east No effort will be made to
recaptures him as the authorities are
opposed to pressing the case, owing to
the cost .
IRRIGATION MEETING OVER.
E. M. Banniok of Portland Chosen Pres
ident for Ensuing Year.
Ontario, Ore., Sept 20. The Oregon
Irrigation Association, which had been
holding a two days' session here, ad
Journed today after a successful meet'
Ing. Portland was chosen as the place
of next year' convention. The fol
lowing officers were elected for the en
suing year:
President, E. M. Bannlck of Port
land; vice president, S. A. Lowell of
Pendleton; secretary, A. King Wilson
of Portland; treasurer, A. H. Devers of
Portland. ,
VETERANS CLOSE THEIR SESSION
Addresses by Blackmacand Grosvenor
Features of Meeting.
Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 20. To the
bugle notes of the "assembly," the
gray-haired veterans of the civil war
assembled at Clay pool auditorium to
night for the public exercise which
marked the closing day's session of the
25th annual reunion of the Society of
the Army of the Cumberland. At
o'clock General II. V. Boynton of
Washington called the meeting to order.
General Boynton read letters from
President Roosevelt, Whiteiaw Reld
and Judge Alton B. Parker. A burst
of cheer followed the reading of the
letters. ,
"The Grand Army of the Republic'
waa the subject of an address by Com
mander-in-Chief Blackmar of the G. A.
R. The address elicited great applause,
General C. H. Grosvenor of Ohio also
spoke.
CONFISCATED BY JAP3.
Loot Secured by Victor at Liao
Yang.
TOklo, Sept. 20, noon. Field Mar
shal Iyama, comandlng the Japanese
forces In Manchuria, telegraphed today
as follows:
"An Investigation of the trophies
captured by us, made since out last re
port shows that the number of Rus
sian buildings occupied by us In the
neighborhood of Liao Tang station to
be 353 houses and 214 warehouses, cov
ering an area of 68,000 square yards.
We also seized 79,360 bushels of barley,
rice, wheat and millet; 1300 cases of
kerosene, 1800 cases of sugar. 166 tons
of coal and much cord wood. The
amount of coal captured by General
Kuroki will be reported later."
POPULI8T8 ARE ACTIVE.
Trying to Get Their Electors on
Oregon Ballot.
the
Portland. Sept 20. As the result of
a meeting held at Salem, petitions are
being circulated by a committee rep
resenting the populist party In an en
deavor to secure the necessary number
of signatures for the indorsement of
the four electors chosen at the meeting,
so the names may appear on the bal
lot In the coming presidential election.
It waa first Intended to hold a con
vention, but.lt was found the time was
too limited, and nomination by peti
tion was substituted.
GRAYS RIVER LOGGER KILLED
Crushed by Falling Tree Yester
day Afternoon.
John Petenou, a logger employed at Hoi-
den's Orays river camp,wa killed while at
work yesterday afternoon.
Peterson was engaged In falling trees when
the accident occurred. The limb of a falling
tree struck him, erusblng bis head.
Peterson wu alive wben found, and prepa
rations were at once made to bring him to as
twin, lbe boat arrived early tbls morning
The Injured man died while being carried to
the. hospital.
Today's Weather.
Portland, Sept 20. Western Oregon
and western Washington: Wednesday,
increasing cloudiness, followed by
showers; cooler except near coast
Eastern Oregon: Partly cloudy.
Eastern Washington! Cloudy; prob
ably showers.
To Raise Prices. '
New York, Sept 20. Diamond mer
chants here report that another strike
is probable among the cutters and pol
ishers of Antwerp and Amsterdam over
the apprentice question. The men only
recently returned to their work after
a long strike.
BA8EBALL SCORES.
Paeifio Coast
At Seattle Portland, 2; Seattle, 10,
At Tacoma San Francisco, 1; Ta
coma, 7.
At Oakland Los Angeles, 3; Oak
land. 10.
Paoifio National.
At Boise Spokane, 5; Boise, 10.
American.
At St. Louis First game: Cleve
land, 2; St. Louis, 1. Second game:
Cleveland. 2; St. Louis, 1.
At Boston Philadelphia, I; Boston,
11.
At Washington First game: New
Tork, 3; Washington, 2. Second game:
New York, 5; Washington, 1.
, National.
At Brooklyn First game: Pitts
burg, S; Brooklyn, 4. Second game:
Pittsburg, 1; Brooklyn, 1. Called in
seventh Inning on account of rain.
At Boston St Louis, 4; Boston. 1.
CAN'T AGREE
ON HEAD OF
THE TICKET
New York Democrats Are Still
Split Over Candidates For
Governor And Other
State Offices.
Leaders Hold Conference, But
Fail to Get Together
And Adjourn.
CONVENTION BEGINS WORK
Temporary Organization Effect,
ed, With Hornblower As
Chairman Other Po
, Htira) Mews.
Saratoga, Sept 21. After a confer.
ence of state democratic leaders last
ing from 12:15 until 1:25 a. m.. In an
effort to harmonize the conflicting ele
ments In the party, the members of the
conference separated with the under
standing that they would meet again
at 9 a. m. The conferees are mute as
to details of the discussion, the only
announcement made being that no final
agreement was reached, and that the
situation would remain In this condi
tion until the 9 o'clock meeting.
Immediately following the close of
the meeting McCarren went into con
ference with Sheehan. accompanied by
Senator Dowllng, representing Charles
F. Murphy. The- three were together
at Sheehan's room for 15 minutes. No
announcement was made. .
The democratic convention waa called
to order this morning by Cordmeyer,
chairman of the state central commit
tee. Preliminary organisation waa ef
fected. WUUarn ..Ji., Hornblower of
New York City was chosen temporary
chairman, tn accepting ' the honor
Hornblower addressed the delegates at
length.
For chairman of the committee oa
i evolutions, which will draft the plat
form, ex -Senator George Raines was
selected.
After temporarily organizing the
convention adjourned until tomorrow.
Judge Kept Well Posted.
Esopua, Sept 20. Judge Parker to
day1 has been In close touch with his
political advisers in attendance upon
the state convention at Saratoga, Ev
ery few minutes messengers were seen
climbing the hill from the telegraph
office to the judges house. " ' f
INDIANS MAKE RICH FIND.
Pick Up Ambergris, Said to Be -f
Value of 164,000. ft J
Seattle, Sept. 20. Three Alaska na
tives last week found an ambergris
valued at 164,000.
While fishing near Dixon entrance,
the natives saw the ambergris float
ing In the water.
(An ambergris Is "a morbid secre
tion of a sperm whale," to quote the
definition.' and Is valuable for per
fumery manufacturing purposes.)
Fairbanks Speaks at Baltimore.
Baltimore, Sept 20. Senator Charles
W. Fairbanks was the chief speaker
at a republican mass meeting held to
night the event being the formal open
ing of the republican campaign ' In
Maryland.
THE MARKETS.
Liverpool, Sept. 20. December wheat.
7s d. f
New York, Sept 20. Silver, 57c;
Union Pacific, 91c; preferred, 98c.
Chicago, Sept 20. December wheat
opened 11.0914; closed. $1.0914 ; barley.
4450c; flax, SUSU; Northwestern.
125.
San Francisco, Sept 20. Cash wheat,
tl.45. '
Portland. Sept. 20. Wheat for ex
portWalla Walla, 78c; bluestem, 83c.
valley, 85c For shipment east Wal
la Walla, 82c; bluestem,' 85c. .
Tacoma, Sept. 20. Wheat Bluestem,
82c; club, 7814c.