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mm . . VOLUME LVIV. ASTORIA, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18. NUMBER 11 SPOONER IS NOT SO SURE OF SUCCESS Says There 1$ No Certainty That Wisconsin's Thirteen Votes Will Be Given to Re publicans. Declares That Much Depends Up on Non-interference In the Political Mixup There. DAVID B. HILL TALKS TARIFF Nnya Thnt Kt'iiMoiinbUt KeUI.ii of Proacnt UnU'it U Nrwaaiiry r'ulrlmiiltN .MukcM Ad ilrcM at Troy, N. V. New York, Oct. 17. Unit! States Senator Hpnoner. discussing the politi cal situation In Wisconsin, said today thnt condition were so mixed there was no certainty of the electoral vote of the slate living given to the repub )lcn candidates. "Much depend upon non-lnterfer net," Mid Senator 'Bpooner. The situation In Wisconsin I being clowly followed by the party managers on both ldea her. Democrat claim they hav fnlr chant to carry the tat, while at republican headquarter It I dated with poaltlvene that Wis consin I r ' Rooaevelt. TALKS TARIFF REVISION. David B. Hill 8pakt to lmmnt Crowd at Indianapolis. Indlanapoll. Oct. 17. David B. Hill, of New York, delivered an address b fore a democratic meeting M Tom llnaon hall tonight. The hall w crowded to It capacity and many per son were turned away. Mr. Hill discussed the question of reasonable revision of the tariff rate, claiming that th welfare of the peo ple demanded such revision. He de clared thaf the stand-pat policy of the re publicans was Injurious to the best Interest of the country FAIRBANKS AT TROY. With Frank W. Hlggin, He U Given Hearty Welcome There. ' Troy, N. T., Oct 17. Troy republi can gave Senator Falrbnnk and Frank W. Hlggin, republican candi date for governor of New York, a hearty welcome at Harmony hall to night Fairbanks dwelt at length upon the Industrial depression following the campaign of 1892, and replied to Judge Parker's recent speech on the Philip pine question. Parker to 8pk Again. Esopus, Oct. 17. A delegation of New Jersey democrats Is expected at Roscmount next Friday, when Judge Parker will speak against the alleg ed extravagances In the government departments. AUTOMATIC FIRE ALARMS. Chicsgo Taking Extra Precautions To Prevent Fire. Chicago, Oct 17. A a precaution against disastrous fires automatic alarm lines running direct to th fir department are being Installed In Chi cago theater. The wire are- con nected with the sprinkler system, and when the atmosphere became heated beyond a certain degree the alarm I" turned In automatically. Thirty alx registers, controlling as many theater are being added to ' the fir alarm Instrument now In the servlc of the city. A soon as a blase tart the alarm rings In at , the city hall. Without waiting for further notice the nearest engine company to the fire I sent to the scene. ZIONIST MOVEMENT GROWING. New York Hs Membership Of 10,000 Third "Sheok.l Day" Observed. New York, Oct 17. Five thousand Hebrews have observed In thl city the third ','sheckel day" of the Zionist movement in the United States by paying a fe of 25 rents und forming themselves ms member of the iibhiii I utlon. Two, thousand new un-mlier wfii! enrolled at the ZIoiiImI heittli)uitl' li'l'S ii ml 3000 iiililltlotinl tiiuiifs wee received by young men who can vusscd the whole of Krcutcr New Yoi with membership slips. The registration of the mime and the payment of the fees confer t hi franchise to vote for delegnies to. th next .lonlst comtres. The totu membership her Is now about 10, 000. CLAIMS TWO MORE VICTIMS. I On Had Remarkable .Health .Record But Spelled It. New York, Oct. 17. Two more u den deaths attributed to worn! ulcohot r bogus whiskey have been reportei by the police of the lower West side. One of the victims died In the bn room of n saloon. Ills employer, furniture mover, said the man never had been in a single day during years servlc. A sample of the whiskey he drank wus procured and n autopsy will be held. The second victim, a painter, wu found dead In his lodging over a su loon. He I sulci to have been a heav drinker and had been a debauch for some days. FIVE FIRE FATALITIES. Many Ar Injured In Tenement House Flame. New York, Oct 17. One name has been added to the list of dead In the fire which gutted a five story tenement at IS Moor street, Williamsburg, early today. It was that of May Del kin, five year old and made the total of known dead five. The In Jured wer mostly women and children, including six members of one family. Eleven are In a serious roii.il tlon and It Is likely many of them will die. There were 120 persons living In the building. Five families on the top floor suffered the greatest loss scarcely a single one escaping unln Jured. !. ARGENTINE SENDS GREETINGS. New Administration Make It Bow To Th World. New York. Oct. 17. Minister of Ma rine Martin ha entertained Foreign naval officers at a banquet on board th armored cruiser Almlrante Brown, says a Herald dispatch from Buenos Ay res. The minister made a speech In which he requested the guests to send the greeting for the new Argentine administration to their respective gov ernment. Rear-Admiral Chadwlck of the American squadron, replied for the foreign officers, thanking the minister for the reception tendered them. SIX NEW PACIFIC LINERS. Puget Sound And Hamburg Lin Will Carry Passenger. Ban Francisco, Oct 17. Six new steamer are to be added to the fleet of the Kosmos line to ply In the freight trade between this port and Hamburg. The vessels are to be larger and fuster than those now running to till port and are to be equipped with passenger accommodation. The Kosmos line at present operates steamers between Puget Sound and Hamburg, via . thl port, Mexican Central and South American ports. SHOOTS HIS MOTHER-IN-LAW. Farmer Mistake Her for a Burglar, With Fatal Result. Bnker'Clty, Ore., Oct. 17. A dis patch from Pine say thut Leonard Foster, a young farmer, awakened last night thinking a burglar was prowling around the house and began searching for his gun. Spying figure, he fired, the death-scream of hi mother-in-law, Mr. Beck, apprising him of his great mistake. No arrest was made, the authorities believing Foster's story. FRANKIE NEIL IS BEATEN. Jo Bowker, of England) Win World's Bantam Championship. London, Oct 17. Before the Na tional Sporting cluD tonight, Joe Bow ker, of England, beat Frankle Nell, of Sun Francisco, on points, In a 20-round contest for the championship of shr contest for the bantam championship of the world, and a purse of $2500. MORE HOPEFUL VIEW HELD OUT IN LAST DISPATCHES SENT OUT FROM THE FRONT Russians Are Striving Desperately to Re capture the Positions Taken by the Japanese Last Week. Kuropatkin Has Been Successful in His Efforts to Capture the Town of Shahke, but Nothing Has Been Heard of the Left Wing of His Army Since October 13 End of Great Battle Not Yet in Sight Reports from Russian sources give, more hopeful view of the situation of Kurepstkin's army. That oommander has reoceupied and now holds the town of 8hskhe, for possession of whioh he had been fighting for several days, first with one and then with another of the Jspsnes arm). Reports from th Russisn left wing, for the safety of whioh there has been anxiety. r not later than the night of October 13, There has ben fighting for two days for possession .of Tumln pass, an Im portsnt strategio point, but up to the time of sending th latest dispateh th Japan war still in possession there, In order that this column may be able to join th main army it will b nece ssry for Kuropatkin to hold th bridges over th Hun river and th position now ooeupied on th 8hakh river, No indioation of the end of the great battle is at hand. Estimates of th losses show wids divergenoe, but as a rule sr lower than those given In Sun day' dispatches. NEWS MORE REASSURING. But Kuropatkin' Position I Ssid to Bs Still Critical. St. Petersburg, Oct 18, 1:15 a. m. Tb n,ew from the front 1 more reatc- surlng from the Russian atandplont. The situation Is still regarded as crit ical, but Kuropatkin apparently Is holding the Japanese firmly on the cen ter and the right wing, even having recrossed the Shakhe river, and, while there are rumors of extensive Japa nese flanking movements, both on the west and the east, there Is no evidence that they are actually occurring. Ku ropatkln has been beard from. The Associated Press has the first connected report of the four day fight In front of Tumln and Saltchoun passes resulting In the final withdrawal of the strong Russian column, which had been sent to turn the Japanese right though General Mlstchenko seems to have actually penetrated a considerable distance Inside the Japa nese line. The situation may be de scribed as follows: General Kuropatkin ha slightly ad vanced hi center, reoccupytng Shakhe, south of the Shakhe river, Directly be hind him at a distance of nine miles lies the Hun river, and across bridges spanning this stream the Russians must retrieve in case they retreat on Mukden. General Kuropatkin must continue firmly to hold his center and right flank In order to prevent the Japanese getting possession of the Hun river bridges. Thus he will the withdrawal of his apparently beaten west wing. There Is still considerable uncer- tatnty as to the disposition of this left column. Certainly It has, not return ed to Mukden; whether It Is again ad vancing after its withdrawal Is not known. There is little hope expressed that Kuropatkin will be able to con tinue his advance. The four days fight of the eastern column was of the i same desperate character that marked the operation of the center and right wings. A heavy Russian column under such leaders as Ivanhoff, Rennenkam- paft, Carngross and Kondratovltch re peatedly assaulted the strongly en trenched Japanese positions on the heights commanding the passes. The assaults were largely night work. The cannonading was so powerful that It as Impossible to advance In the light of day. Finally, on October IS, when the passe had been actually occupied, came ,the order to withdraw, probably owing to the critical position at other parts of the front. Here the story of operations of the eastern wing of the western army ends. Vice Admiral Rojestvensky has been; appointed adjutant to the emperor j General Grlppenberg has arrived at St Petersburg and will go to the front 10 days hence to assume command of the second Manchurlan army. WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT. Japan Displaying Remarkable Brav ery Near Mukden. Mukden, Oct. 17. The Russian force at 1 o'clock this afternon pene trated th Japanese center and are re ported to have captured 11 or 12 gun and 150 prisoners east of the railway. At another point during the day Siber ian regiments took 24 gun. Russian operations today have been quite successful. The Japanese, after, a terrifically stubborn resistance, war compelled to retreat along their whole line, which Is filled with Japanese dead. In one trench were counted 600 corpse of Japanese. In spit of their losses the Japanese remain undaunted. They have brought up their siege gun and hav left no atone unturned to maintain th mastery of the situation. Every step the Russian bare push ed forward today has been In tbe face, of resistance that has cost the Russian dear. The Japanese are will Ing to fight until annihilated. Tomorrow will be the tenth day of the battle. CAN NOT CHANGE THE RESULT. Kuropatkln's Splendid Fight Will Only Retard Jap' Advance. London. Oct. 17. The greatest ad miration Is displayed by the London newspapers today for the tenacity shown by Kuropatkin In protecting his retreat but nowhere I the Idea enter tained that the Russians' first success on the Shakhe can change the broad character of their defeat or have any effect beybnd retarding the Japanese advance upon Mukden and probably Harbin, since the Japanese appear to be fully prepared for a winter cam paign. The question of Intervention Is hard ly discussed, because It Is believed that the Russian government Is In no mood to accept. The Standard's correspondent with Kurokl, telegraphing, says: 'Kurokl, as usual, has borne the brunt of the struggle and sustained the majority of the casualties. We are now occupying a line on the Shakhe, with an outpost near Mukden. Tbe Russians lost the Initiative second-day battle when the Japanese repelled their Infantry and assumed a vigor- ou8 offensive. For a time the situa tion at Benslhu was extremely critical "u - "'u' ou" rounded. Eventually the Russians fled." . FORETELLS ANNIHILATION. Or Nations Must Find A Substitute For War. New Tork, Oct. 17. In a sermon at the Church of the Ascension, Rev. Percy S. Grant has extended a strong plea for International arbitration and predicted that before many genera tlons have passed nations will find war with the constantly Increasing deadllness of the weapons, too costly and too destructive for civilization. BRITISH SHIP LOST. Total Wreck Near Magellan All Hands Saved. San Francisco, Oct. 17. Captain Jurgensen, master of the Kosmos liner Amnion, arriving here today re port that a British ship has been wrecked on Terra del Fugo near the Strait of Magellan, on the Pacific side. The captain is not certain of the name of the vessel but states that she was considered a total loss. He states that no loss of life was reported as a result of the wreck and that steamers were sent from Punta Arenas to save the cargo. PRESIDENT REMOVES HIM. Robert 8. Rodie Loses Position s Re sult of Investigstion. Washington, Oct. 17. President Roosevelt today removed from office Robert 8. Rodle, supervising Inspector of the United States steamboat ser vice, located at New Tork, on account of the disclosures of the commission appointed to Investigate the Slocum disaster. In accordance with Secretary Met calfe directions, steps have been taken toward tbe removal of James Dumont. inspector of hulls, and Thomas B. Bar ret, inspector of boilers, both of the port of New Tork. tThey are charged -with neglect of duty and Incompetency. JOE WALCOTT INJURED. Shot Through th Hand at Dance for Colored Folk. Boston, Oct 18. Nelson C. Hall, col ored, was killed and Joe Walcott, the colored pugilist, shot through the right hand by the accidental discbarge of a revolver In the hands of Walcott early this morning. The accident oc curred at a south end dance. Walcott wa arrested and later sent to a hos pital The firing caused a panic. GERMAN CONSUL ILL. Will Undergo Operation For Appen dicitis. New Tork. Oct. 17. Dr. Carl Buenz, German Consul-General to New Tork la erioucly ill from appendicitis at his residence here. An operation has been performed and hi condition reported to be quite serious and , con siderable alarm I felt a to the out come,., . NOT THE WORST ON EARTH. God Ha Not Forsaken This City, Say Rev. Ray Palmer. . . Rev. Ray Palmer preached last even Ing at the union meeting held at the Presbyterian church. The speaker ap Kplled himself to local conditions, ' ex pressing the conviction that Astoria "Is not the worst city on earth'." In part. Rev. Palmer said: "The most attractive theme on earth Is the gospeL The theater may get a crowd, but It has to change Its bill board nearly every night The story of the cross has held the world spell bound for nearly 2000 years. Christ preached the word. The Bible la 'the greatest, book In the world. Could all the good of all other books be put to gether, It could not equal the Bible. "Our text tells us of four men bring Ing a palsied man . co Christ to be healed. Christ honored their faith. The need of the church today Is blood earnestness In soul-winning. He will honor our faith for the salvation of Astoria. Let us have faith to under take great things for God and to ex pect great things from God." The meeting was closed with conse cration service, in which many took part Mr. Palmer will preach tonight his subject being, "The Great Shlp wreck." A general Invitation has been extended to the service. Fin Bill at Hedrick' At Hedrick's theater last night was presented one of the best vaudeville bills ever shown in Astoria, from the standpoint of music, comedy and skill The Hustons opened the show with an unusually interesting comedy act, Johnie Downey, next on the bin, sang "Where the Sunset Turns the Ocean's Blue to Gold." Then came Signor and . Madam Bollle In operatic selec tlons, and they are undoubtedly the highest class singers who have ever sung In a 10-cent show on the coast. Next on the bill was Harry Walton, the king of Chlense Impersonators, and he deserves that title for he Is certainly the best bf the Chinese Im personators, and It Is worth the price of admission to see his tragedy act. The moving pictures -are up to date and very Interesting. Next week the Welch company comes from the Lyric theater, in Portland, where they have packed the house for two. successive weeks. ' .-..-,.. MURDERED HIS FRIEND FOR A LAMP Lane County Men Quarrel Over Trivial Matter and One Is Stabbed to Death by the Other. Charles Alley Plunges Knife Into John Howard's Body at Town of Fall Creek. MURDERER IS SENT TO JAIL Conld Jot Agree a to Owner Hhlp of Lamp In Dividing Household Property Joint ly Owned Eugene, Ore., Oct 17. Charles Alley and John Howard, resident of Fall Creek, quarreled over possession of a lamp this morning, and as a result Howard was stabbed to death. Alley is now In jail, with a murder charge hanging over him. The stabbing affray occurred this morning : 20 .miles east of thl city. Two little boys were the only wit nesses to ' the crime, but from their statements the fact have been made plain. Howard and Alley had been oc cupying a shanty, but had agreed to separate. A division of the property was also agreed upon. .The men quart reled over the ownership" of the lamp, and the stabbing followed. ' Howard la said to have called Alley a liar, precipitating the attack. ... Howard was cut across the stomach and stabbed in the arm and back. Al ley was not Injured. The last-named was arraigned tonight and committed to Jail in default of bonds. 1 Russia Buy Seven Cruisers. ' London, Oct 17. The Telegraph' St Petersburg correspondent give credit to a report that Russia is pur-, chasing seven fast cruiser, three each from Chile and Argentine and one front BraxiL . i V V Casualties Among Officers. ., St Petersburg, Oct 17. Tbe first list of casualties among the officer in the fighting below Mukden show: Killed. 26; wounded, 113; missing, t Obituary. Mrs. Josie S., wife of R. B. Campbell, was born March IS, i860, at, Greea Bay, Wis., and died October IS, 7901. at 4: JO p. m., at the Good Samaritan hospital, Portland, Ore. She was mar ried November 4, 1878. Two chlldrea were born, Alvln C. and Anna D., who. with the kind and affectionate husband, are left to mourn the departure of their mother and wife. The family come to the coast In 1887, settling at Aberdeen, "Wash, where they lived until coming-to this city. Mrs. Campbell was best known by her work. She was a trustee and an active member of the First Con gregational church, president of the W. C. T. U. holding the degree of honor conferred upon her by the local union of Aberdeen, Wash. She was also a member of other auxiliary .organisa tions, in all of which she was a leader. Those who affiliated with her in var ious enterprises always coveted her opinion and good "Judgment 'before acting. Her death causes a vacancy which will be difficult to fill. In the home she was a model wife and. mother. Funeral services will be held at th First Congregational church today promptly at 1:30 . m., RevX. D. Ma- . hone, the pastor, officiating. Those de siring to see the remains must go t the home before 12 o'clock, as th casket will not be opened at the church. The interment will follow Jthe service in the Greenwood cemetery. Card of Thanks. - I desire to express my sincere grati tude to the many kind friends who so kindly lent their , sympathy and as sltance during the Illness and at the death of my late wife,, ' lu ANDERSOX.