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ASTOElAi .OStEQON, .TITjURSDAY, OCTOBER 6.
NU1EBEB 311
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AN APPEAL
I U . KULEKY
FOR PEACE
International Congress Asks Em
perors of Russia and Japan
to Terminate Present
Sanguinary Trouble .
rrrrv . ' i"-1-
Adopts Rtiolutlort Requesting
Powers to Urge Peace Pro
posal to Monarchs.
trtc hlf lineftf back to th early
EnnlUih klngi, If doad from Injuria
received in being run down by a truck
on upper Broadway. kl body lay In
the honpltal morgue for several bouri
without being Identified. Search by
peraona with whom he had an engage
ment led to hie Identification. '
' Howard studied surgery In bis youth
and Inter took up music. Twenty-ftve
years ago his attainments In the Utter
made him famous. '
THREE PUBLIC GATHERINGS
business Men, Working Men and
Women Are Told of Their
Duty In AssUting the
Pence Movement, t
.fi.v- . .ts"" :';
' Boston, Oct. l.--nedluUons In
tended to bring about the end of the
Kusla-Japnse war were adopted
today at the meeting of the Interne
Nona! peace congress. By the tenjp'
tot the rtsolutlons, the congreH wlll
Wddrels an appeal to. the tfftJVors of
Kuiila and, Japan to Ptfrilnate the
struggle, an4 each Ot Vm powers slg
natory to ?h ttsifiie convention will
be formally reijiieDted to presa upon
Russia and Jiptn tjie' Importance of
putting aft taj to th present war.
It was "Voted that resolutions referr
ing to trlendly Intervention ' by the
powers . be ' presented to . President
Roosevelt by a committee of the oon-
The resolution were; adopte after
lengthy dlscunslon. In whkh ? o
thr moat promlnenC foreign 4elegtee
Three public meetings n)er the
auspices of the congress were hetd
at Fnneuil hall, where the principal
spraker was Bamuel Oompera, presi
dent of the American Federation Of
Labor. At the Park street church -a
meeting was held by the' women dele
gates. The duties of business men In
the peace movement were set forts at
another meeting In Tremont temple.
AT TH 'STATE ASYLUM.
Monthly Report ef Superintended
Shows UTS Inmates,
BiUem, Oct. 5. Superintendent' Oat
breath of the state asylum for the In
sane glvee the following In hie report
for the month vf September:
Number of Inmates' August 31
males. 804: females, 428. Received
during September, 22 males, 7 females;
returned escapes, 4. Discharged, re
covered, males, I; females S; Improv
ed, mules, f, females, !; not Improved.
males, S; females, 1. Died, males, li
femules, 4;, total males, 24; fe
males, 11.
On hand September 1, 1904, 49
males and ItS females; total, 1373
The average number dally Inmates was
1374 e-80. Employes, 165.
lie reports the general health at the
nsylum as very good during the month
of September. Among repairs and Im
provements he reports two new lava
tories as completed," and one more yet
under way. This will exhaust the ap
propriation and leaves four mere to be
provided for by general appropriation.
Farm work Is well up. and everything
except vegetables and apples are in
and stored. The orchard will furnish
tween 4000 and B000 bushels Of apples.
FORGED IX-PRESIDENTS NAME.
former Employe of Cleveland Gets
, Into Trouble. :
Philadelphia, Oct . Change with
forging the name of ex-Preslttent G ro
ver Cleveland to a check for 125, Chas.
Ellston. a Swede, has befcn nrrtated
here. It Is alleged he tendered the
check In payment' for storage charts
on nis nousenoia gooa.
expressed the belief that he was for
merly employed In some capacity about
the Cleveland home at Princeton.
SEEDING IN CLOUDS OF DUST.
Disagreeable Operations Neeesssry In
the Palouse Country.
Colfax, Oct. r-ThedcwVather con
tinues In the ?ioum country, where
no rain has, fallen sine July 15, male
ln Ihft longest dry period In th his
tory of the country. The deep dust
Is a menace to travel by team, and rain
Is badly needed for fall pasture and
for seeding, Farmers are anxious Jf0
get their full wheat In the towi
and many of them are "dustl it in"
which Is ft disagreeable, 0pftrlt,on but
tbey think it beet tt th; fra4n
in me grouna earjy as possible
and have U JPrtdy to beln growing
as soon ,he rain falls.
Fall V,ttt ! sown on summer fal
lowed, 'ianji anj jt ja not in unconi.
mV.i sight from the trains to see a
.loud of dust rising like smoke from
a summer fallowed, fluid. On ap
proaching, a team,; of four or six
horses hitched to a drill or seeder and
another tem dragging a harrow may
be seen. Farmers dislike to plant their
grain when the ground Is so dry for
severttl, reasons, among the number
being that it is difficult to mash the
clods when Ihey are so dry and hard.
and It may be necessary to follow the
seeding Operation later with a roller
or "clod mash" la order to break the
An amusual large acreage- Bf , tall
wheat will be planted, in t lie. eastern
half of WUtman county, wbeee large
acreage was summer fallowed. Were
It possible to plow (which tt la aot b-
oause of ' the dryness of the ground)
much land would be plowed rtil fall
and planted to wheat Experiences of
many years have taught the, farmers1
that fall wheat yields from 15 to M
per cent better then that sown In the
spring. ' "
FEARFUL LOSS SUFFERED
IN JAPANESE EFFORT TO
TAKE PORT ARTHUR HILLS
n.Usslan Machine Gun How Down Brown
Men, Who Later Slaughter Slavs
When Ther Make Sortie.
SAW DIPPINQ lLANT.
Cattle Made Immune freen Fever Ticks
at Fort Worth. "
Fort Worth, Tex, Oct 5, Profonor
Ostertng, of the veterinary 'hygenlc In
stttute of Berlin, Oermany. an author
of world-wide reputation In the sanl
tary science of meat inspection, has
been a visitor at the. stock yards in
company with Dr. A. E, Behuke, of
Milwaukee, who is connected with
the bureau of animal Industry. The
professor came to Fort Worth espee
(ally to witness the operation of the
only dipping plant hi the world, where
cattle are rendered lmune from the
attacks of the fever ticks, boophllus
annalatus.
Professor Ostertng expressed him
self as highly delighted with the re
sult of the dipping operations and was
especially astonished at the cheapness
ot the process of dipping. Professor
Ostertng left for Kansas City and Chi
cago, wheer he will continue bis In
vestlgutlons Into the methods In vogue
In American packing houses In the
preparation ot meat for domestla and
foreign use.
Japanese Press Forward With Fanatical Bravery, . and Eager Men
Fill Places of Those Who FallBodies of Soldiers Cover
Ground After Battle-Port Amur Fleet Reported
to Be Engaged in .Battle With Japs.
CHINESE FIGHT RUSSIANS.
OF ANCIENT FAMILY.
John Howard, Onoe Noted Muslolan,
ituuA t....i, . r
New York, Oct S. John Howard,
' descendant" of " one of the earliest
American colonists and who. claimed to
Militia Paid by Japan to Besr Arms
. In the Present War.
St Petersburg, Oct B, 8 a.,m. A
special dispatch from Mukden, dated
October 4 says;
"A regular recruiting . service has
ben formed by the Japanese army en
listing what Is known as the Chinese
volunteer mllltta. The Japanese are
assisted in this work by Lin Ze, a
prince of the Chinese Imperial house
hold. The men are paid by the Japa
nese, but are not armed by them with
Japanese modern rifles. They use, In-
stekd, ths old muskets of enormous
calibre. " j
"The Rusians have oome in ;ontact
with them several times, and thelr
bravery Is Incontestable," The Japa
nese are said to make no secret of
their organisation, documentary proof
Of which Is said to have "been pro
cured by the Russians in the shape of
a letter addressed by the Japanese gen
eral, Vltche, to the chief of the Chi
nese militia'."
, In ths absents bt developments at
the front Interest at St Petersburg
centers in the disposition to, bs made
of certain Important civil and military
officers. Rumor has It that AlexlefT
haa been re-Instated Into royal favor,
and will, upon his return from the
far east, become the actual director
of Russia's foreign policy. Friends
of Kuropatkln are confident he Will
be given at least temporary command
of the two great Russian armies. , ''
No news later than September' 10
has been received from Port Arthur.
At the date given the garrison bad
been inspirited by repulses to the Jap
anese. '
SLAUGHTER WAS APPALLING.
Terrible Loss of Ufa Follows Jaa At
tack en Port Arthur.
, JLiOndon Oct 5. The Telegraph's
correspondent says that oa Sep
tember t4 and it the Japanese tnade
repeated attempts to Capture the high
hill at Pest Arthur. ,
Owing tb the destruetlofc ,bt the
earthwork 1h advsaoe "we complete
ly -unprotected, ana under, the rsy
of the searchllkht tha fiusslan. ma
chine sns swept ' ihm down In
masses. Uors droops cane, however.
with fanatical bravery, leaping over1
the bodies pf the deed. -Then the Rus
sianv emboiaenea er success, sor-
tled. The Japanese replied with ma
rchlne guns, working Intense havoc.
The scene the next morning was at
palling. The hills were strewn wKh
mingled Russian and Japanese bodies
some of them gripped with ghastly
realism. The' boulder Were trickling
with blood. '
A brief message was received toftay
on torn paper from StoeaseL staling
that all had been quiet Since Septem
ber 25.
NAVAL BATTLE REPORTED.
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Port Arthur Fleet Said to Have Bade
Sortie from Harbor.
London, Oct 5. A news agency late
tonight sent out a dispatch dated
Toklo, October 6, saying!
it is believed the Russian squad
ron made a sortie from Port Arthur
today and that a great naval battle
ocoutred."
No details of the ire ported engage
ment are given. There Is no confir
mation from any source of a nsval
1ht.. :. ..
KUROPATKIN WILL FIGHT.
Means to Get Revenue for the Bat
tle of Lisa Yang.
Berlin, Oct i. A dispatch to fhe
Lokal..Anzelger from Mukden says? .
"Kuroputktn has expressed the firm
determination to avail himself of this
favorable season of the year for mil
itary action. Everything joints to
coming revenge for LIm Yang. The
men hope the period of retreats is past
and that they .will be against the
enemy. ,
",The Japanese . undoubtedly Intend
ed, September J7, to attack tsese col
umna from the collieries at Tental,
but desisted , when . they discovered
that the Russians confronting them
numbered 60,000."
JAPS REPEATEDLY BEATEN.
'4fi fcl've regularly deefated the Jap
khese, although the engagements hive
never, been very large. The last ad
vance I witnessed was bn October t,
when the Japanese made several ten
tative movements, but were driven
back on every Occasion by the Rua-lan
cavalry. . f
In this fighting Captain Lepekhln
Chertorgorolt was wounded and also
a few .Cossacks.' The Japanese lost
one b&er, several privates and some
horses, , Fresh developments are now
ttpected.:' ' "
Tae correspondent was with Major
Oeneral Mlstchenkos' division dur
ing the engagement reported October
1. near Toumytsa, north of Tentai.
The Japanese three occupied an en
trenched position on Toumytsa hill,
but the Russian artillery, opening fire
H , M o'clock In the morning, shelled
them oat and the Japanese fled af
ter a flight resistance. Cossacks gal
loped vp .and occupied the position.
The -Japanese were followed within
two mrfes of Tental station and the
Ranlana came Into contact with them
during 'the day. They tried to Bar-
round the" Russians ty means of
taming -movement but supports carat
ap and the Japanese were beaten off.
The Russians finally slowly retired
to the north, having collected Infer
matlon .as o the ' whrebouts of the
Japanese amd making wo attempt to
hold the position gamed. 1 -. -v
8AW PORT ARTHUR.
idly; Increasing speed In the wake of
a trolley car bound toward the center
of the elty. ?The motorman put on full
speed, but the mass of iron and fire
gained steadily.' .'.When it seemed that
a disastrous collision was inevitable
the car crew and ten passengers, eev
erai oi wnom were women, beld s
hurried consultation and decided that
(he ,'only jcbance to save their lives
was in jumping.. Several leaped off,
but the crew and two women who had
fainted remained aboard. After the
race had gone on for a quarter ot a
mile with the furnace" steadily gain
ing, the runaway machine swerved and
struck an oncoming car. The collis
ion was terrific, but , although the
front of the car was demolished, the
pasengers escaped serious injury. -
American Naval Attarike Could Tell
Seoreta if He Would.
Toklo, Oct, 4. Lieutenant Granville
Fortescwe, an American attache who
was wish the-besleglng forces at Port
Arthur, 'has arrived at Toklo en route
to Washington. He wvtll sail on the
steamship Doric.
Lieutenant Fortescve witnessed the
operatmns of Augnat and September
at Port Arthur. He ts returning home
on account of expiration of his leave.
He is pledged to secrecy relative to
his observations at Port Arthur, pend
ing tse fall of the fortress.
A number of American nurses will
sail from Nagasaki "to San Francisco
October 21.
MUKDEN A MECCA.
Japs
Russians Drove Them Back in Skir
mishes Near Mukden.
Mukden, Oct S. (Delayed). A Rus
sian correspondent of the Associated
Press who has Just, returned from
Major-Oeneral MlstchenKea' division,
with whom he had been since Septem
ber 14. says: ,V ? ...
"There have been constantly-occurring
skirmishes in which the Rus
es Cruelty in Southern Man
churia Reported.
St Petersburg, Oct. 6. A special
dispatch from Mukden, dated Octo
ber 3, -says the population of that place
has been greatly increased by the ar
rivals from all quarters. Chinese who
have Bed from the south say the Jap
anese aire administering a flairs with
a high hand and many complaints of
111 treatment of" the natives by them
are made. There Is a great scarcity
of , provisions among the Chinese pop
illation. : "
r AD Quiet at Vladivostok.
i. .
Vladivostok, Oct 8. -Tbe town Is
quiet , and many families who fled to
the Interior earlier .In .the season are
returning. . It . is an excellent fishing
season, but, there Is considerable
scarcity of salt. Navigation on the
Amur will dose this week. ,
LICENSE QUESTION WILL EC
SETTLED IN CIRCUIT COURT.
Fisheries Department Wsnte Case ef
Alex Grsnt CsWied Up for More
' Substantial Decision.
The district attorney's office has
beeft requested by the fisheries depart
ment to take steps to bring the case
against Ales Grant before the circuit
court It is hoped in this .manner to
settle the question of the rights of
the states of "Washington" and Ore
gon in the matter of fishing licenses.
The case against Mr. Grant developed
some amusing features. He has lived
in Astoria for more than 20 years and
in every sense , of the word, is i
Oreeronian. However, he paid bis
seining license to the Washington' au
thorttlea. When he was a.-quitted In
the Justice's court of the charge of
fist)lng without an Oregon license the
Seattle papers declared fiat a great
victory had been won, and urged Gov
ernor McBride to call ewt the Wash
ington militia If necessary te protect
the rights of this cltlsen of Washing
ton. The declaration was little short
of warlike." Some, yeans ago Wash
ington started war against . Orecou.
but the Intervention of tTnited States
troops not only beaded, oft hostilities,
but as well humiliated the Washing
ton mlHUa and the officials , of the
neighboring state. District Attorney
Allen has not yet decided Just 6w to
present the case so as to secure the
most far-reaching decision. .The sug
gestion hjs been offered that a friend
ly ult be instituted between the two
states to have the matter settled, out
the plan of campaign will be announc
ed later. The question should be set
tled as soon as possible, as it fre
quently will lead to troublesome situations.
WISCONSIN
NO LONGER
v DOUBTFUL
Regularity of La Fcllette Tfcid
Upheld by Decision Handed
, Down by Supreme Court v
of the State. ,
Republicans Will NoW Support tot
One TicKet Which WH! Be -
Placed in ReIC ;
V.- i ' , i- "i-t i
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DEMOCRATS AKE TN.' DESPAIR
Decision If as Effect ef Slaking ft
More Difficult far'Themto
Captor Wisconsin's
. ... Electoral.Vote .
Madison, Die., Oct. . The stare sav-"
preme court today handed down ts
dslon upholding the regularity of tins
La FoUette ticket " '
HELPS THE REPUBLICANS.
NOW THE BAKERS.
Employers Refuse to Recognize the
. Bskers' Union.
New York, Oct 6. Union bakers oil
the west side In Manhattan and in the
Bronx have started a strike in several
plants against the open shop and for
the enforcement of the lOhour work
day. So far the strike has affected
only 300 bakers, but it is oosslblo the
trouble will extend through Mnnhat
tan, as the employers refuse to rentw
the agreement with the bakers' union
which expired last week, though they
are willing to continue the present
wages.
Democrats New Despair of Carryiasi
. - - the Doubtful State. v.
New York, Oct S. The dednuoa -fit'
the supreme court of Wisconsin declar
ing the 1 Toilette ticket regular
read with Intense Interest by
Ucians In New York, today. JtepabS-
cans at national hiqaartem. express
ed themselves as satisfied, as. they be
lieve the two factions will now suppoxt
the one ticket ,.
At democratte -oeadquarters TSta-
othy 31 Tiyan, member of the deae
cratic executive conunlttee for
em, -eald the decision made tt
difficult to carry the state for the Para
ker and Davis electoral ticket, than sT
the decision, had been In. favor ot U
"stalwarts." . .
. -Shaw and Knight Speak.
Indianapolis, Oct 6. Templar haM
was crowded tonight by wvery xShnsi
to hear Secretary of ' the Treaasmy
Shaw and George A. Knight of Cali
fornia, address the delegates attending;
the national republican league coovew.
tion. Shaw discussed the dmocraOe
platform. Judge Parker's letter and the
lack of harmony among the democtratle;
leaders. Knight's speech consisted ef
discussion of the comparative merits
of the presidential and vice-presiden
tial candidates. -
RICH BUT WRECKED.
BLAST FURNACE RUNS AWAY.
Narrow Esoape of Passengers From
' Rolling Furnaoe.
New York, tct 5. A 10-ton rolling
blast furnace filled with hot iron used
for jthe welding of the Joints of trol
ley tracks has -been' the cause of an
exciting ride ' for a carload of peo
ple In Newark, N. J. The furnace be
came unmanagable on the op of a
steep hill and started down with rap-
Retired Ranker and Wife Injured in
Automobile Acoident .'
Chicago, Oct 5. Crushed beneath
their overturned automobile, John Mer
rill, a retired south Chicago banker
and his wife have, been held prisoners
while a number- of men struggled 'to
lift the heavy machine. . '- -
When . released, Mrs. Merrill was
found to be severely Injured, one leg
being broken. She ' was unconscious
for some time. Mr. Merrill was badly
bruised about the head and shoul
ders. ;
KILLED ALL THE C0W8.
The
Oveloaded Haymow Drops
Dairy Herd.
San Francisco, Oct 5. An endeavor
to store . 165 tons of hay In the upper
part of a barn unable to withstand
such weight, resulted In the collapse
of the. structure and. the death . ot (5
head of fine milk cows, with a total
money loss of over tlO.OW.
The barn was the property of. La
is rucherle Bros., owners of the Excel
sior ranch at Harvard and Bacon
streets. ,
Publio Reception for Parker.
New York, Oct' 6. The first pnhlte
reception for Judge Parker since nss
nomination for the presidency was ten
dered tonight at the. Manha'tUn"fcUihj
The clubhouse Was taxed " to US' t- 1
most capacity. Parker aril "Judge Her
rtck stood side by side on a rightly
elevated platform. In addition to the
invited guests i great throng accept
ed the invitation implied by the man
agement of the club. ; V 1
Fairbanks and Fulton at Bens,
vReno, Nev.. Oct 6-:-Senators .Fair
banks and Fulton spoke today In the
three principal cities of Nevada Reno.
Carson and Virginiareturning here
for a night meeting. -
Moody Will Not Succeed Hoar.
Boston, Oct 5. Governor Bates to
day authorised denial of the statement
from Worcester that he had decided 1
appoint Attorney-General Moody " ta
succeed Senator Hoar. ' '
WILL RESTORE PARK.
to Be Re-
World's . Fair Buildings
. . ,-- ". ., moved, . , . ... .
St Louis, Oct 5. Plans are begin
ning to assume shape for the restora
tion of Forest park after the couchjs . .
Ion of the. -Louisiana Purchase expos)
tion. One member of the restoratkas
committee haa been appointed la the
person of George E. Kesler, who Is ax .
present landscape architect for the ex- .
position." Two other members of the
committee are yet to be appointed by
the directors of the exposition, and tt
is probable that Mayor Weils will ap- '
point a comlttee of three to co-operate
with the fajr committee. Already bid!
are being received for the rasing of
the buildings. .
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