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' . . . . 1. i' , , , . , ...... t ' " ... . i . ; ... ...... . . . , rOj Jaai I' ; ' VOLUME LVIV. ASTORIA, .''.OREGON, SATURDAY OCTOBER 22. NUMBER li. V CLEVELAND ADDRESSES BIO THRONG Former President the Principal Speaker at Mass Meeting Held Under Auspices of Businessmen. Discusses the Issues of the Cam- - palgn From the Viewpoint of the Democrats. GREETED WITH ENTHUSIASM l rml Tender Win Ovation, Which Chair limn In t'lmble to Stop John G. CwrtlHto AUo Deliver AtdrM. . New Tork, Oct. II. Attracted by! the preaenca of Orove? . Cleveland, thouaanda of people atruggled tonight to gain entrance to Carnegie hall where the ex-prealdent mode hla flrat luid only apeach of the campaign. 'John 0. CrllN, aecretary 'of the treaaury under Cleveland, waa afao a peaker, and ahared the great outburtt of anthualaam at the meeting. ' Long before the doore opened, the crowds surged around the ou tilde of I th building, and within 10 mlnutee af ter th doore were thrown open every eat wa taken. Several hundred" were unable to gain entrance. The big democratic rally wo held under the auaptcea of the Bualneaemen'a Parker and Davis Aaaoclation. Cleveland arrived ahortly after 1 1 o'clock and Immediately upon hla en trance cheers buret forth, the Aemon lIMIWtl , WWW. . . w . ti'Wnl . M AM I..IIHI, . I.UBH MinillMi 'III died out and then began again with renewed vigor. When Clevlpd aw that Chairman 3, Hampden Robb's 'A UUgrwnj, from Mexico blty aays that forts were. fruit leae In quieting ; the the plea of .JMUaon, Richardson ' and demonstration, ha arose and held upnae, tXe.-alleged lhauranc awlnd his hand for silence, but the people! did not quiet down rot two minutes afterwarda. f The iormer president was made chairman. of the meeting. In accepting the chair Mr. Cleve- land dlsVussed the lwus of the cam I palgn from a-democratic atandpolnt. H was frequently Interrupted with ...... applause, the audience taking advan tag of every opportunity , to manifest I Its enthusiasm. Mr. Carlisle's address was also liberally applauded. , : :, , QUARRELED OVER SPOILS. Northern Paifie Seotien Crews', Q,i gantlo Thefts Discovered. Butt,- Mont., Oct. II. A miner special from' Garrison says: Investigation s, by Northern Pacific detectives of thefts In the recent wreck In the Dig Bend developes on of the largest affairs of Its kind In the his- tory of Montana. It Is alleged hatUulcId at Seattle. section crews jrarrled off no less than JSOA hnms- and side (of bacon, many cases, of eggs and hundreds of pounds of d reused poultry. The robbirry was made posalble with the uae of hand cars. ' The stuff was all cached In what was conaldered a splendid hiding place. During the rob bery, It seems, the men got tor. steal ing" booty from oil another, result ing In a general row. ' SHIP BUILDING. RACE. New York And California Navy , Build Twin Ships. New Tork, Oct. 21. A shipbuilding rac between the New Tork and Mar Island navy yards has begun over' the construction of two colliers authorised by the last congress. They are to be the' largest and fastest boats for their class in the world. . Mtn win oe aooui. ouu leet in lengtn and cost about .11,250,000. One of the, ships was assigned to the . Mare Island yard, San Francisco, snd the other to the yard here. LIGHT 8ENTENCE ( FOR TRAVIS Diahoneat Offioial 8entenoed to One Day and to Pay a Fins of $M0. -; Portland, , Oct . 21. Lee it. Travis, of Eugene, Ore., today pleaded' guilty to the filing of .false affldavlts'.ln ob taining pension claims. He was fined $000 and sentenced to one day In the county jail, In ths United Btati dis trict court today. ;'" , , agalnrt f j,"Marf uwn sot for If iv: - .- ,i United mates dls try 0" f wovember 21, and ths other two,, Dffor th United States circuit court November '28 and December 6. FIGHT REPORTED BETWEEN MALCONTENT AND MARINES. Font Sent to Interview Armed Pna man Said to Havt ten Engag . ad In Llvaly Skirmish. Colon, Oct.. 21. News reached here thla evening that about 200 armed men, thought to ha malcontent Fana man rather than Colombian soldiers, have been Been In the neighborhood of Culsbra, , threatening hostilities against th Panama, government Aa oon a the American authorltea became cognlmnt of the preaenca of ,hIi forM ro,rnM wer, gent to a certain Its purpose. . It Is rumored that a skirmish occurred and that sev er si were killed, but there is no con firmation, of the report. ' No Official Advloes. Washington, Oct. 11. Assistant Dec. retury Durllng tonight said that as far as he was awars no advices were received at th navy department of the reported skirmish between United 8tstes marines and Pansmuns on the Isthmus. If dispatches had been re ceived, the asaiatant secretary added. they would In all probability have been sent to th department and not to be delivered to th officials until morning. At this tlm th navy has about 459 marines on th isthmus,, t sufflc lent force, In th pinion of th admin tstratlott, to cop with any difficulty that la likely to develop. ALLEGED IsURDEDERI FREE. Were Charged With Death Of Insured I y . .... . v. ... 4 Men, Chicago,. Oct. 21. A dJapatch to the Tribune from El , Paao, Tat., aaya Ws .has .been Jftttflttd and that the I Supreme court has ordered the men hnt free. Maaon . and Richardson J whose nmca are , Mitchell and Hur lebu 6f Rochester, N. Y were sgenU of the America Insurance company, at Chihuahua, and In connection with ii . . . . Dr. C. 8. Harler the company's physician In that city, are alleged to have Insured and poleoped Mltcholl a brother and an old man named Devers. j .-. , After th arreat, iif ,ths trio and the confession of Hurl, the bodies of Devers and Mitchell were exhumed at Chihuahua and on chemist found poison, but later a government chemlat declared there wks none, and th or der la th result. Harry McTler of Pecos. ..who .was special commissioner In ths case, or dered their extradition, nd a short time Utter Is said .to have committed SEEDED RAISINS BURNED. Fresno Raisin Crop Suffsrs 8svsre Lossss. Fresno, Cal., Oct. 21. Fire has de stroyed the new steel. Iron and brlck drying and seeding plant of the St. George Vineyard, five mllea from town, containing 200 tona of aeeded raialns. Th building and contends were Unin sured, snd the loss, it Is estimated,- will approximate 130,000 on tha raialns alone,', , The St. George vineyard ' has been unfortunate with this , year's raisin crop of (00, tons, as S00 tons were damaged by recent rains, 200 hav Ing been consumed by fire and the re-1 malnder . will suffer depredation In I value as a result of the destruction of the' plapV the, seeder being the only Independnt, one In the country. The plant building was considered flrtproorl and this is tne reason mere was no in surance. STUDENT'S BODY FOUND. Cleveland Man. Mat Dssth In Nsw ..;! York. New-York, Oct 21. A body partially Identified as that of Rudolph U Flscihel, 826 "Kennard 1 StreV Cleve land, Ohio,, a law student at Western Reserve ' university has been found In the Harlem' rlvfer, Fisohel is known to hsvs - come ago On a vlBlt.' to th city a week TOKIO REPORT SAYS THAT JAPANESE ARE PREPARING FOR ANOTHER BIG BATTLE Oyama's Men Will Advance and Assume the Offensive Against the Russians ' on the iShaKhe River. Fine Weather Now Prevails In the Vicinity of Mukden, and When the Roads Are Dry and the Men Rested, Hostilities Will f Be Continued by the Opposing Armies DesuN '' tory Skirmishes but No Definite Results. Bath armiea ara awaltina th An , lh, . h . . . mpMMb f,r'rl,tofy tnj vn .for Infantry by the recent heavy rains. Mssntlm th correependents at th frent report only desultory an nonading and unimportant skfrmlshee. Th report that th railway station at Shakhs was ratsksn by th Rus sians and that railway traffic between Shskhs and Mukden would be rtor d at one la erroneous. The plao is still in ths hsnds of th Jspaneee. Th Ruaaian government is hasting ths ditpatch of troops to ths for seat to eonstituts ; ths- second Msnchurian army. ' from Toklo by way of Undon it ia reported thst th Japansss are prepar ing for another advance and that great battle is probable. ANOTHER GREAT BATTLE.' Japanss Ar Prwparing for Advano upon th ptutilsns. London. Oct II. The Jlmos' Tokjo correspondent ' sayW that dispatches from Oysma's headquarters ' Indloate that th flhakh rtvf -wlui th Imm- dlat objective of the brlglnat advance and that appearances suggest' another great battle Immediately In which the Japanese wiU aasum the offensive.' BOTH ARMIES 'ARE INACTIVE?. Ar Waiting frrh Roods to Dry Be summg Wrshrdlutaoinhrdl for Rasuming War. ' , Bt' Peteraburg. Oct. H.-U-The "rival nrmiea or Kusaia and .Japan are entrenched a short dlstano from each other south of th 8hakne river, and are forced to continue inactive until th fine weather now prevailing dries the dden and the ,tlred ar. Mors ore auftlclontly rested to te time operations. ..." ' " A dispatch from Mukden tth A' soclated Press reports that :th Rus sians yesterday confined themselves to bombardment of Shakhe station and tn moinlttg TlIUt, of matun(ri Japsnese feebly responding. This news shows that Shakhe station Is not held, by the Rusalamv , Russian correspondents report that there have been.liaht sklrmishea on th 'advance line the post tew days. B0MBAR0ED SHAKHE STATION. Russisns Trsin Ouns on Jspsnss Out post, Without Rssul'ts. Mukden, Oct, 2LTh Russians on Thursday opened an artillery fir on - FORFEITED CITIZENSHIP. Amsriesn Born Bui ' Spent Hi Life ' . '.- InXhina. '.V.'.'" f" San Francisco, Oct 21. A. quels tion of cltlsenshtp Is before United Sttttea District , Judge' De Haven Tlm Fong, a Chines' born in Oakland s6me ' twenty , years ago; . claimed citisenshlp In the United States after having spent his life from the age of four to hla mstoritv in rhina Th. government asserted that owing . to Uls'long residence abroad he had for- felted - r,rht ta turn t0 Amer,pa. rlmiiM. -ts.1. . .'- him for landing some days ago and Judge De, Haven confirmed his recom mendatlon. . The case will be taken, on th part of the government, to ,the circuit court of appeals. '.'? ,.;!' , Alabama Town Destroyed. 1 , Columbus, Ga., , Oct 21,-The- town of Gordon, Ala,, has been destroyed by fire and 400 inhabitants of ths place are homeless. ; , - , J. Tsnnsssss Town Wiped Out. Gallatin, Tenn.,v Oct"2t.r-Bran8fc-rd, on the Chesapeke & Nashville rail road, was destroped by fire tonight Shakhe 'station, where' there seemed to be a Japanese outpost watching th Russian movements. The guns wer then trained on the village of Lamatang, a little east of the station. Th Japanese replied languidly. Tb weather today Is fine, with a cold, bitu.g wind. There was severe frost last night. , . . . 1 WILL THE JAPS RETREAT? - ' - ' Report to This Effect Hss Rssehd ths ' ; Russian Capital.' St. .Petersburg, Oct" 21. SaUsfac- tory' report have been received by the admalty here of th progress made by the Baltic fleet.' The stoppage off th Swedish coast was due ta the nec esslty f filling the hunker for the lont trip through th North sea, to th Atlantic, where the fleet will not And a , convenient coaling point. Neither the next stopping nor the rout has been revealed. " Th. Bourse Gasette's Mukden cor respondent, who yesterday reported eerie of victorious engagements and that ? the Japanese retreated "today, says there ha been no fighting for tnre aays. Hs adds that the Japa ns,sr displaying activity and that a lapanes prisoner declared that they wtr ere paring to retreat on the whole Jthh. 1 '.V' M l .4 .it. RUSSIAN SPIES NEAR" SPOKANE Appear at Suburb Seaking Trac of f ' Jsp Torpodo Boat. Spokane. Oct, 2L Advices to the Chronicle .from Hillyard convey the Statement that it l believed that Rua slsn spi.. wer-.-an at Ihe Great Northern railway r yards Wednesday night, apparently seeking for a trace of a shipment - of Japanese torpedo boats en route to the coast. r Early In the. evening- a party of rough-looking, stranger appeared In th yards, and Inquired for the car. The yardmen refused to tell, but It was learned that, tb boat had arrived that night When th boats arrived the men- reappeared, looked at the cars, took the car numbers- and disappeared. INVITATION TO BE SENT,, President Will Ask Powers to Nam New Peso Delegate. , , Waahfngton, Oct 21. Inside of two days' the president will dispatch lnvl tations to the powers to name dele gates to a . new peace conference at Th Hague, TWO LIVES WORTH EMULATING Rev. Ray Palmer Dwells Upon th , Christian Character of President Roosevelt and W. J, Bryan. ': "I am not a republican," said Dr. Ray Palmer, at -. th. ' Presbyterian church last evening, "but 1 have roeasag for you from th Ufa of our justly beloved president:," and the ad dress which followed held every per son in the larg audience with Intense interest unto Its close. Dr. : Palmer spoke of Mr Roosevelt as a patriot, a man of common sense, a man of .en ergy and enthusiasm, a husband and father, and as a Christian. It I safe to say that no person who heard the sermon but was fired with ambition to emulate the virtues of the presi dent Dr. Palmer also paid a tribute to the Christian character of William Bryan, whom he knows personally, The union revival meeting are ln: creasing In Interest and attendance. Several . have been converted, both adults and children. ' There will be no service this evening. On Sunday af ternoon a mass meeting will be held In the, opera house, when Dr. Palmer will speak on "The World's Greatest Prlsefight," and he partlcularly dexlrea all the men to be present who can. Th meeting will be held In the Meth odist church on Sunday evening, and a rally of the Sabbath schools will be held In th. Methodist church at 1 o'clock on Sunday afternoon. Those who mlasi hearing Dr. Palmer will deny themselves a real treat, as he is one of the' most wrtty and eloquent speakers woo has ever ' been .in As toria. He uses no methods which em barrass an audience, but Is an earnest preacher and a charming speaker. BURNED AT SEA. British -Bark Eivion .Dsstroysd .sf tsr Long Vsysge. ' New Tork, Oct 21. After battling with winds , and . waves for four months the British bark Eivion has at last been destroyed' by flames. Word has Just reached London- that the ill-fated ship, which has' been overdue for several ; weeks, was burned in mid-ocean. ' ' Few details of the disaster have been received, but it is supposed that . both vessel and cargo are lost Whether any of the crew escaped is not known; ' The bark Is owned by R. Tbomas A Co. of Liverpool. She left that port In command of Captain Thomas on June 14, Six days later she was spoken thirty-eight mllea north by northeast of Smalls, a port , In th4 English channel No further word was heard of ber until the simple news - of her burning was received In London, ,J The Einion was bound for 'Val paraiso with a cargo of merchan dise. About' a week ago the Lloyds posted her as overdue and 6 per cent was paid for reinsurance. " " j Soon after the news of the burning of th Elvlon was received relnsur ance on,, the overdue German' veogel Slrene. 129 day from. Liverpool for Valparaiso.' rose from (0 to0 per cent, and that ' of th Andrata, , 16 days from Fdlmouib, fratTSS o 15 per .cent. - ' , . - TONGUE AGAINST SviNCHESTER. Plucky Woman , Ravrs,- - Goods From Tramps. Stole 1 Lkiah, Oct 21w Mrs. Arthur Nolan of Curry's Cov Is a. heroine. And all on account of an encounter with housebreaker ah had a few days ago In which ah came off victorious. Mrs. Nolan had been stopping with her mother during as few . day's- ab sence of her husband, and returning to ber home foundthat" - the1' house had been broken Into and " numerous articles of value stolen. Having seen three tramps on the road she con cluded they were- th thieves and harnessing her horse, started to overtake them., . --"v" V1 After she had driven several mile shs came upon the tramps; " one of whom was armed with a Winchester. Undaunted, ahe poured out her wrath and charged them with a buggy whip. The men were paralysed at her auda city and, finding that she - was not afraid of the gun, meekly returned the stolen articles and Mrs. i V-U UUIIIV III LIIUIIIIII. ' aJa knM. I t.t W ' WAS ONCE NOTED DIVINE. Degenerate Minister Commits Suicide! . In San Francisco. New Tork. Oct 21. Revv Charles '., G. Adams, whose suicide Is reported from San Francisco was at one time a pul pit orator of-, power and ' prominence In the east ' . : He was born in Delaware county. New Tork, 57. years ago; and was or1 dained , an Episcopal minister in i a't Catsklil. Owing to his bril liant oratorical powers, his rise, was rapid; but reports that he had; be come a drug victim ' finally led to Adams leavlrtg the , pulpit, "J and nlg removal to California, where he was tried a year ago for killing Dr. J 'Q. Jessup, who had frequently betrlejided him. jessup interfered: while Adams was. beating his 14 year" old ' daughter. Hs was sent to an asylum and - later released. . v : " "' ' Olympia Haa Rough Trip. Seattle,'. Oct. 21. The steamship Olympia, which arrived today from Nome, had one of the roughest pas sages ever experienced by any vessel returning from the gold fields. Seven horses were killed, Steerage Steward Hogan, while Intoxicated, jumped into th sea the, first day out. The body was not recovered. detectives; ARE 'KILLED -i BY ROBBERS ' . ' - ' ' . -.I.,...--,.. . . ..... , . St Louis Officers' Shot Dowi s ; While Undertaking to Arrest - ! ; Men Suspected of Illi nois Crimt i r .. -v aMsssssaassksBF' ' " 8 Fusilade Greets Them When Thiy ) Enter th House Where the r Men Were Hiding ' , ' SIX ARE DEAD AND 1NJURJED Detectives Return the fore, KUt tag One and Critical! Wounding: Two Ota- ,1'' r of the Party. . St Louis, Oct 21. Two city dcte Uvea are dead and another la expected to die, while on train robber suspect is at th morgue and two other turn In the city hospital, on probabhy fis tally ' wounded and th other badly beaten up, aa the result of a .desper at battle today between five officers and three men whom they tried ta aw- The dead: John J. 8hea, 'a detse tive; Al Boas, ,, a suspect; Tboaosat' Dwyer, detlv. ; , ; The wounded: James McClaslp8T. detective,' crUlcally;; C.. C BlsJr, e fa- . gltive, criticaHyi . HartyH., Vasudssk a' tuglUve.;..''',;.;'-.' t - The fight occurred In a frmrt nmn ' at a house on Pin street Mai the men whom the detective sougtu)' to ar rest wer suspected of being Impli cated in a train robbery at Centralist, : IH, a few week ago. The house been unW police lurveitlanc for ' Wytr66S.'1b4lme,, " anf suspect had ' been seen to enter or leave.'' A few mrrmtes Tiefore th fighting occurred Vaiigaa JeJt ta house. ; The detective rtoeed ia jsog arrested him. Accompanied by Out prisoner, tb detectives returned tsrtM " house, Bhea, McCIuskey and Dvjrer leading, while Boyle and James srei behind with the prisonec .BasOly luid the detectives entered - the . twos which Bos and Blair wer aeoUS when they were met with -a volley V shots from a hesicA13lkrim.CjSlha sank to the Beer ssl Dwyer 7ollow almost instsjntbe. j By That tlm' the detectives taS drawn revolvers and there was m stasu enlng eschang of shots for sevts-sQI seconds, each man pulling tb trisxcs of his weapon as rapidly as possiblL During -the excitement Vaughis at tempted to escape and assist Kose ufl Blair. Boyle and James, however, best th prisoner over the head an tit he was unconscious, and then went to th aid of Shea, Dwyer and McCIuskey. the latter having in the meantime sunk . to the floor with a critical wound la the stomach. The wounded officers i ' and the suspect were taken to the city hospital. . . j ' rainier soap works. 1 Gazette Says It IS Best Ciesnstr oir tmt -'"."f " Markst '.. Rainier Gaaette:,, The plant of the ; Preston Manufacturing Company, man- j ufacturers of the Rainier Mineral Soap. la nearing completion. A galvanlarid iron root la being put on, and aa fast I ss the lumber can be supplied th factory .will be' enclosed.-- The machln- ery arrived In Portland Wednesday from Buffalo, N. Ti nd will be deHwre"it here the latter part of the week. It J Is now only a matter of a few w.eehs s till the factory will be in full opera ) tlon. Mr. Thomas, the superintend- : ent of the concern; expects to go east soon to see about placing the product j on tbe eastern market, Their soap rs j the best cleanser that ever came Ir.t ' a print shop and We are sure that ' j ft will meet with a ready Sale. Jeffords Lasted Thres Rounds. t Jack O'Brien knocked out Jim Jef fords, of California, In the third round of . a 15-round bciing . contest .t-