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VOLUME LVIII. ASTORIA, OREGON, FKIDAY, SEPf EMBER 23, 1904 NUMBER 302. POLITICAL SITUATION DISCUSSED Judge Parker Goes to New York City From Esopus and Holds Many Conferences With Party Leaders. Rtpi On Historical Bocitity Important . .. Lower House. ADVICE OF EDITOR RIDDER Hayi Democrat Ought to t'ou crntrate Their Knerglea in What He llaltove to Ho His Doubtful .Stated. Portland, Sept. It The police today srrelet n young woman living under duress In a filthy hut on the bank of the Willamette, together with a mon who held the girl a prisoner, compcll Ing her to wear the apparel of man to hide her Identity. The girl give the name Delia Earl, and told the officers ehe eloped from a farm near Lansing. Mich., with the man, whose name la Frank Allen. From Lansing they went to Chicago, them lo Elgin, where ahe waa obliged to don male attire. From Elgin they came west In a wagon and by beating their way mi tralna, mixing with tramps and vagrant and sometime suffering ar real, her sex never being discovered until today. She aaya Allen chained her up at night so that ahe could not eacap hlin. and when found today ahe waa a prl oner In Allen'a hut. Allen haa earned the unual living of a roustabout, and waa about to tuke the girl to Cnllfor nla in a 'wagon. Doth were held un der charge of vagrancy. , Additional charge of threat lo murder and other crime have been plnred against Allen, BOY SHOOTS HIS CHUM. 8ad Aeoldent at Fulton at Retult of Youthful Caralettneta. Portland, Sept 22. Lud at play with a ride led to the unual tragedy at Fulton today. Charlea Edlemun, a lad 1 year of age, waa shooting In a field with a rllle when Carl Loewlg, a chum, came riding down the road on n bicycle. Loewlg held up hi hat for Edelman lo shoot at, but the bullet flew wide of the murk, entering Loe wlg' head at the bane of the brain. He died almost Instantly. Edelman waa urrested. RETURN TO WASHINGTON. President and Family Back Again From Sagamore Hill. Washington, Sept. 22. President loosevelt and fnmlly arrived at the ilte house thla evening from Sag- iinVre, where they had been apendlng the aiimmer. The president's train waa delayed about 28 minute by an accident to the rear drive wheel of the locomotive a It entered the tunnel at Baltimore. The engine waa detached and another pro cured to pull the train to Washington. The accident caused no damage to the train. Thla li the first accident that hat happened to a train In which the president waa traveling. TRADERS' NARROW ESCAPE. Party That Faoed Death in North Ret cued From Starvation. Seattle, ' Sept. 22. On the verge of atarvatlon and threatened with acurvy at a lonely trading pout on Kamchatka penlnaula, four white penona and one Japaneie flaherman were found when the achooner Emily Claudlna reached Uka, June 29. The survivors were con veyed to Nome and came thence to Seattle. The party consist of Cevll Mearea, representing the London firm of Cronip ton ft Schwabe, and Valentine Kuceus kl, wife and child. Mearea waa engag ed In fading with the Siberian na tive for fur and whalebone, ( Koceuakl waa hi assistant. Lost year the company chartered a Japanese vessel at Yokohama to take the party to Kamchatka tntnsula After th arrival war broke out be tween Russia, and Japan, and Japanese merchantmen did net dure venture Into Siberian writer. Mearea win not aware of thin em toward the littler part of May looked for the arrival of u bont loud of sup pile fur the summer. Day sfter duy he watched for the vessel, but It dl! not come. Finally 'on June 2 the schooner Emma Claudlna hove In sight, with the news that Meure wu to be taken to Nome. DIED OF HEMORRHAGE. Noted Stock Man and Seoretary of Live Stoek Association. Denver, Sept. 22. Word hue reached , re tliul Charlea F. Martin, secretary l I ho Nnllonnl T.lvnatru'k Amiiu'liitliin while Journeying to Cheyenne, Wyo. from- thl city, waa seised with a hem orrhage of the lung and expired few minutes after being removed from the train at Greeley, Colo. Mr. Martin had lung been altllcted with pulmonary trouble. lie I aurvlved by a widow who waa notified, by message of his death. When the Nutlonal Livestock Asso elation was organlxed In Denver sev eral years ago, Mr. Murtln was chosen ecretnry and was unanimously re elected nt each annual meeting of the organisation. Through his imwiIUou he became on of the best known men In the west and he hud a host of friends. Mr. Martin also had an enviable newspaper career, having edited sev eral papers In the west and held Im portiuit positions on others. He served the Associated Press for several years a Its Denver representative, Mr, Martin superintended Hie Inking of the first government livestock cen aus. FREAK BULL TO BE EXHIBITED Thr-Yr.Old Dwarf Animal Weight 127 Pounds. Sprague. Sept. 22. Another animal freak. In the ahupe of a dwarf bull, has been discovered 12 miles south of Sprague. A freak menagerie man had the animal shipped lo the sound. The animal la 3 yeara old and stands 32H Inches high at the shoulder and la 44 Inches from horns to tnll. It weighs only 17 pounds, Jt la perfectly form ed, and the only unusual thing about It except Ita alxe, Is a hump on Its shoul ders something similar to that of a buffalo. GOES TO PHILADELPHIA. Odd Fellow' Grand Lodge Will Not Meet at Waihington. San Francisco, Sept. 22. The sover elgn grand lodge of Odd Fellows has reconsidered Its action In designating Washington aa the place of next yeur's convention. By unanimous vote Phil adolphla was selected. The great dla parity In the number of Odd Follows at Washington and Philadelphia compared with the population guve the session to Philadelphia. Fair Receipts Fell Short. Siilein. Kept. 22. Although U may re quire a week or more for Secretary Wylle A. Moore to complete the bal nnclng of the accounts of the present state fair, It Is evident that the gate receipts for the week will fall short of those of last year by about 1700. A material shortage will also be shown In the gross receipts, which Is account ed for to a great extent by the absence of contributions from stockmen, more particularly by tha owner of the large herds of pure-bred cattle. Over $900 from thla source last year was not re' allied this year on account of the larg est herds going to the St. Louis fair. Held for Manslaughter. Melrose, Sept. 22. Fenton, the ex pres driver who dropped a box of dynamite which waa struck by a trol ley car lost night, resulting In the death of nine persona and the serious Injury of 40 more, waa today held to answer to a charge of manslaughter. His bail waa fixed at $1000 and the Hearing set for October 4. Alleged Lynoher Acquitted. Huntsvllle, Ala., Sept. 22.--ThomRS Rlgglns waa acquitted tonight on a charge of murder In the first degree for connection with the lynching of Horace Staples. Davit Speaks at Wheeling. Wheeling. W. Va., 8ept. 22. Henry Qassaway Davis, the vice presidential nominee, spoke to a large and en thusiastic audience at the Wigwam to-njght. JAPANESE ARE REPORTED TO BE SLOWLY ADVANCING ON RUSSIANS AT MUKDEN Preliminary Fighting Has Already Oc curred in Da Mountains Where Japs Try to Capture Passes. Russian Spies Declare That Considerable Part of Force Which Took Liao Yang Has Been Sent Back to Assist in Operations Against Port Arthur News From Front is Meaner and Indecisive. While the Japanet are rtporttd to be slowly advancing upon Muk den, there hat been no fighting worthy of not between the eppoting armies. Definite information from Port Arthur i very meager and inoonoluiiva. Minor suecettet ar reported. Russian spies allege that a considerable fore ha been detached from the Japsnet army which captured Liao Yang and sent back to aid the operations against Port Arthur. The formation of several Ruttian rifle brigades for tervice in the fsr east hat been ordered. Ht, Petersburg, Sopt 22. The Jap- anese operations against Mukden are rapidly developing. General Kuropat kin announce that the Japanese army at llentslaputse I beginning to advance northward. The outposts yesterday tried to capture Kaoutou pass, com mandlng the road to Fushan. The Russluns are offering a stubborn re slstunce, which Is likely to retard de cisive operations. Kuropntkln has placed strong forces astride the Mukden and Fushan rqnds to Iientslaputze. The Russians are also holding all the passes of the Da range eastward of Pentslaputze. A dispatch from Harbin announces that another Japanese regiment I moving further eastward, but It Is re gnrded as Improbable that the Jap anese will move In considerable force from Dslantchtan, along the road lead ing to Mukden, Fushan and Blnmlntln. Severe fighting Is probable before the Japanese succeed In reaching the Hun river. There 1 no further news from Port Arthur, but the anxiety aa to the fate of Its gallant defenders haa been re Heved by foreign telegram received here, announcing the Japanese have not captured any important positions. TRY TO TURN RUSSIAN LEFT. Attempts of Japan Thus Far Are Without 8uoeess. St. Petersburg, 8ept. 22. General Kuropatkln telegraphs under yester day's date that the Japanese continue their attempts to turn the Russian left, but wlthous success. According to the latest Information received by the war office. Field Mar shal Oyama's advance forces are still 30 miles south and southwest of Fu shan. The war office does not expect bnttle at Fushan until after a series of rear guard engagements. RUSSIANS EXPECTED TO WIN. Kuropatkin Had Made Preparation to Hold Liao Yang. Toklo, Sept. 22.Gcneral Oku has written an extended report of the op erations preceding the capture, of , Liao Yang, and In conclusion he expressed the opinion that "General Kuropatkln had determined to hold Liao Yang, his plan being first to attack and defeat General Kurokl and then to assault the. Japanese center and left armies. Oku declares that the stubborn resistance of the Russluns' at Liao Yang proves that thefr retreat was not prearranged. Slavs 8u(fer 8mall Los. St. Petersburg, Sept. 22. A detach ment under General Rennenkampff. while reconnolterlng yesterday, lost two officers and nine men killed and nine officers and 21 men wounded. No Newt Received. Che foo, Sept. 23. No news of im portance has been received from Port Arthur or elsewhere today. CRUISERS READY FOR SERVICE, Russian Vends Ready to Resume Of fensive, Say Cladot. St. Petersburg, Sept. 22. Captain Cladot, Vice Admiral Skrydloffs chief a i of staff, has arrived from Vladivostok with Important dispatches for the em peror. In an Interview Captain Cladot informed the correspondent of the As sociated Press that the repairs to the protected cruiser Bogatyr had been completed: that the damages to the ar mored cruisers Gromlbol and Rossla did not necessitate their going Into drydock, and that both were fit to re sume active service. He admits that the chief mission of these vessel Is to prey upon commerce, but says they had a hard fight with Vice Admiral Kam imura'a ship when the latter attempted to cut off their retreat. Cladot says the Russians will be un able. to recapture Port Arthur, in the event pf Its fall, without having the mastery of the sea, and he urges the dispatch of every available ship to the far ewst. Including the Black sea .fleet Admiral Blrlleft, the Russian naval commander at Cronatadt, baa ordered the battleship Orel, the cruisers Oleg and Jemtchug and the transport Kam chatka to be ready for sea September 25, and the cruiser Itumrud on Sep tember 2). They will Join Vice Ad miral Rojestvensky'a squadron. The correspondent of the Associated Press la Informed on good authority that Grand Duke Alexia, the high ad miral, favors sending out the Baltic fleet to the far east by way of Cape Horn, but It la still undecided whether the fleet will start this year. The Russ and Novoe Vremya refuse to accept the low estimate of the Jap anese financial and military resources contained in the English dispatches. They say they have no reason to sup pose that they are more correct than the pictures of the situation In Russia published In the British press. The Russ is convinced that the Japanese are able to place as many able-bodied men In the field as France, whose ca pacity, the Russ says. Is 2,500,000 men. The paper admits that Russia Is great ly handicapped by the distance of her army from headquarters here and urges doubling the Siberian railroad. RUSSIAN CAVALRY ACTIVE. Artillery Tempt Enemy at 6000 Yards.';., , . General Kurokl's Headquarters In the Field, Sept. 17, via Fusan, Sept. 22. The Russians are reconnolterfng along the Japanese front with a large force of cavalry supported by guns. With three guns they appeared yes terday evening within. 6000 yards of Yentat station and threw a few shells at the station. They continued the cannonading at Intervals all today. The Russian force on the Mukden road extends from Shullho, eight miles north of Yentai to Tsaotoltsu, five miles northeast. JAPS HAVE GOOD POSITION. Shell Port Arthur From Vantage Ground. Toklo, Sept. 22. 2 p. m. While offi cial confirmation Is lacking, it seems that the Japanese possess a fort on another height westward of Itseshan which they carried by desperate as sault and have since resisted all at tempts at recapture by the Russians. Both of these heights overlook Port Arthur, offering excellent gun posl tlons, which materially weaken the Russian defense. COLD AT MUKDEN. Battle 8m to B Imminent at Fuchan. Mukden, Sept. 21. (Delayed.) A battle Is hourly expected to occur In the vicinity of Fushan, 20 miles east of here. At present all is quiet. The weather Is turning cold. Officer Faring Well. Tingtau, Sept. 22, I p i nv Admiral Melozevltch has recovered sufficiently to leave the hospital and the other wounded Russians here are convales cing. The majority of the offloera of the Russian battleship Czarevitch and the three torpedo boat destroyers dis mantled here have left their ships and are, living at hotels. AS8AS8IN'8 PLOT FAIL8. Young Man Tries to Kill Chief of Po lice of Odessa. . V. St. Petersburg, Sept, 22. In Odessa this morning, while Chief of Police Neldgart, in company wltli" Prince Obelonsky, his assistant, was Inspect ing the new government buildings, a young man fired with a revolver from a distance of six paces at Neldgart. The bullet did not strike the chief of police and the would-be assassin was about to fire again when he waa seized by Prince Obelonsky. The man's weapon fell to the ground and a desperate struggle ensued, during the course of which Leidgart was wounded in the hand with a dagger. The assailant was secured and placed in : custody. .; He refuses to give his name or an account of himself. MACHINISTS WANT -MORE PAY. And Secretary Morton Is Investigating Wag Conditions. Washington, Sept 2 2. --Secretary Morton has addressed letters to vari ous large Industrial companies through out the country, asking them for, infor mation about the pay their machinists receive and the classes Into which they are divided, the amount of piecework done! the premium paid for" overtime work and other matters about the em ployment pf men In the trades, f Machinists at the navyyard at Wash ington have asked1 for Increased pay, and the Investigation by the secretary is. In the Interest of this request. CHIEF JOSEPH IS DEAD. Nez Perce Warrior Succumbs to At tack; of Heart Disease, , Spokane, Sept 22. Cljlef Joseph, the famous Nex Perce warrior. Is dead. He had been In poor health for some time. Joseph was sitting by a camp- fire on the Colvllle reservation Wednes day afternoon and was seen by In dians to fall from his seat to the ground. When they lifted him It was found he had died from, heart disease. Henry M. Steele, Indian agent at Nes Pllem, . sent a messenger with a dispatch to the Spokesman-Review and the message was telegraphed from Wil bur tonight - LONG TERM FOR HAMMOND. Bearmouth Trainrobber Given Sentence of Fifteen Years. Phlllpsburg, Mont., Sept. 22. George F. Hammond, who confessed to holding up the train on the Northern Pacific railway at Bearmouth last June, plead ed guilt? to a charge of grand lar ceny and burglary today and was im mediately sentenced to 15 years in the state penitentiary at hard labor; Ham mond smiled when sentence was pro nounced. Christie, the self-confessed pal of Hammond, who yesterday plead ed guilty to a charge of larceny, was given seven years and taken to the penitentiary today. " - Decision on Contraband. Rome, Sept. 22. A St. Petersburg dispatch to a news agency, not con firmed from any other source, asserts that an extraordinary meeting of the commission to consider the question of contraband was heU , yesterday ; at which It was decided that coal, cotton and Iron materials should be declared contraband. Newman Has Not Resigned. Cleveland, Sept. 22. President W. H. Newman of the New York Central pro nounces the report that he had resigned a hoax. SORRY END OF LOVERS' ESCAPADE Portland Police Arrest Frank Allen, Who Had Kept Delia; Earl a Prisoner in His t C Filthy River Hut I Bound Her at Night and Required Her to Don Masculine , , Attire. ' BEAT WAY ACROSS COUNTRY Girl Sayg She EIopd Prom Farm .Near Landing, Mich., and That She Endured s Many Hardship. New York, Sept. 22. Judge Parker, democratic, candidate for the presi dency, arrived In this city today from Esopu for the purpose of conferring with the leader of the party. Judge Parker was driven at once to the Hoff man house, where he will stop while in the city. It la expected he will re turn home tomorrow and visit New York only t wo ' or three times more during the campaign. , During the day Judge Parker held long conferences with Senator Gor man, adviser for the national commit tee. Chairman Taggart and other mea prominent In democratic circles. The discussion took wide range and many matters affecting the campaign were considered. Judge Parker expressed gratification at the harmonious seasloa of the state convention yesterday,' and waa pleased with the settlement of ( tha local differences existing between tha party leaders. ' " Among" those who ' were present" at today's--conferences was - Representa tive Cowherd, chairman ' of - the can- gresaion! committee. Mr. Cowherd urged upon the committee the Import ance of decreasing the republican ma jority in the' house and made an ap peal , for additional funds with which to carry out his work. - r Herman Ridder, editor of the New York Staats Zeitung, suggested that the work of the national " committee should ' be concentrated ' In ' the lis doubtful atatesv whiob, he said, are New York. New Jersey, Connecticut Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin. He: believes - better results could be secured by making an aggressive campaign ' in those states than by pursuing any other course. ' - . - - . if During the day and evening many other democratic politicians called on Judge Parker and conferences were . numerous. ' . . 1 STEEL BRIDGE COLLAPSES. Three Killed and Many Hurt in India Territory Accident. VInita, I. T., Sept. 22 The east pier of the steel toll bridge being erected over the Grand river at Carey's ferry, fell at noon, killing three men, fatally injuring three and injuring 21 others, some of whom suffered broken limbs. A messenger from the scene f states that 100 men were at work at the time. ,Th'e pier collapsed without warning owing to faulty construction -of the foundation, which was not on bedrock and was undermined by the water. 8choonr Lost Off Jersey Coait. - Boston, Sept. 22. A dispatch from Harwich, Mass., tells of the loss of the schooner Elvira J. French off the Jer sey coast and seven of her crew of nine men. The engineer and one of the crew clung to wreckage for four days and three nights, when' they were res cued by a passing schooner. Colorado Democratic Ticket. . Denver, Sept. 22. The state demo cratic convention today nominated John F. Shnfroth for congressman U large by acclamation. The ticket Is at follows: For governor, Alva Adams: for lieu tenant governor, E. M.' Amraorts; or secretary of state, H. W. Havens, f .. '.. Cold in New England. . New York, Sept. 22. Reports tome from many New England states of se vere cold and frosts. I 1