VOLUME LVIV.
ASTORIA, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26.
NUMBER K
REASON FOR
ATTACK NOT
YET STATED
Report of Admiral Rojtstvensky
Has Not Yet Been Submitted
to the Russian Officials at'
St. Petersburg. ,
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Confidence Is Expressed That the
Affair Will Be Amicably
Adjusted. , .
BRITAIN IS CALM, BUT FIRM
Should Her Dtmanda, Not lt
Promptly Met by Ilisssla, Ani
biUNadorHardrliifre Would
Be Hf called. " ".""""
81. Petersburg. Oc t ; ASmlrt
Itojeatvensky' reason for filing Into
th British fthlng fleet remain a grant
a mystery aa ever. Again at midnight
the admiralty announced that the ad
miral' report ha not been rtelvd.
Meantime, without waiting for the
Russian version of the, affair. Emperor
Nlcholua, through Ambassador llur
01 nge, sent King Edward a message
conveying an expression of profound
regret for the affair, coupled with the
annum nee that the families of the vie
tltna would receive the fullest repara
tion. , , . - '
Th British government also show
moderation In a note which Amhnami
dor Harding presented to Count
Lamsdorn thla afternoon, - While it
walta explanation of the art. which
It characterize na unjustifiable, de
liberate and Inhumnn. It 'make no
threat, fixe no time limit and tun
Ulna no demand. The language of
the note admit of no doubt, however,
that when the demand are ultlmutely
presented Ureut ltrltuln Intend to In
aiMt upon full compliance- at once. It
la alao considered certain that full
tire to promptly comply with the de
mand would be Immediately followed
by Ambassador Hard Inge's recall.
Although mime nervousness la per
ceptlble In diplomatic circles, gener
ally speuklng the greutest confidence
prevail thnt the affair will be arnica
bly adjusted. ,
LUNATIC STEALS ENGINE.
Rid..
Around Until Loeomotiv
I
Stalled at Eureka. '
Eureka, Cal Oct. 25. Roy Ray-
tnond, a atranger In Eureka and an
apparently demented Individual, aged
33, entered the roundhoue of the Ban
rrauciaco iorinwcnicrn rniirunu i
.1 1 - - . . f. - .
Areata lust night, where he took pos
aeaidon of a locomotive that had aome
team In the boiler, and firing up,
opened the throttle and ran It through
the cloned door of the building.
: H. continued hi mad ride around
the bay, through the city of Eureka
and only stopped by the engine becom
ing atalled. nfter having reached a dla
tanre of IS mile south of this place,
When the engine would go no far
ther he aevered the whistle And rang
the bell until J. N. Adams, station
agent at Salmon Creek, and hla as
sistant, B. H. Still, answered the sum
mons at 1:30 this morning. They
found but one man In the cab, who,
when asked where he was going, re
plied, "As far a I can."
They judged they had a lunatio to
deal with and humored him until he
was Induced to leave the cab, when he
was placed under restraint.
CHAS. H. MARKHAM RESIGNS.
Southern Paoifio Manager to Go to
Texas Oil Company.
,;flan Fraaglsco, Oct. 25. Charles H.
Markham, general manager of the Pa
cific system of the Southern Pacific
Company, has resigned his position to
accept a similar one with the Texas
OH Company. The retirement will
take effect as soon as his successor is
named. i '
CONVENTION HA3 ADJOURNED.
Mak. Conoe.sions to Foreign Congre
gation at Final 8.ion,
Boston, Oct, 25. The triennial con
vention of the Episcopal church endef
late today with a public service li
Trinity church. Little business of Im
portune will trammeled at the, fliinl
bualneaa sessions. The resolution per
mitting foreign congregation now In
communion with the church to , use
form of ervlc tn their own tongue
win adopted. The next convention will
be held at Klchmnnd, Va in W7.
ARE JUDGES SUPERSTITIOUS?
Only Pour of 4077 Oregon Conviot.
v ,. "Got" Thirteen Vaarg.......
8alem, Or., Oct. S5. Of 4977 prls-
o
oner who have "done lime" within the
wall of th Oregon state pcnlti-ntlary
In the history of the Institution, which
wa established here early In 1871, only
four have been committed for a term of
13 year. Strange a this statement
may seem, It I shown by a careful
search of the prison record. There
have bwn score of prisoner who have
served terms of 12, 14, U, 9, 10, 11
and It year, and f tact Ions of them,
but only th four case of 13-year sen
tence ran be found upon the prison
reg1tr.
Of the four who had 13-year sen
tences, th most notable Is David Mer
rill whose desperate career and Its
tragical ending at th hands of Out
law Tracy are well known. The other
three convict who did 13-year sen
tence were J. V. Hammond, committed
for manslaughter, from Ituker county
In l8; Edward Well, for larceny and
burglary, from Washington county. In
18H. and Virgil Howard, a United
State prisoner, for counterfeiting and
robbery, committed In 1(192.' The
strange feature about these cases, al
though no particularly sensational ones
can be learned in their connection, Is
that every one of them served hi full
sentence without pardon or restoration
to cltlsenshlp.
The general public, which a a rule
regard the weaknc over "13" with
complacent and good-natured Indiffer
ence, would scarcely Imuglne that dig
nified court would permit such super
stition to have any effect when Impos
ing aentenra upon convicted crrmlnal.
It is possible, however, that the courts,
while not sharing in the superstitious
belief, themselves, . appreciate th
strong hold it hu upon the criminal
element, and respect It to the extent of
avoiding the number when sentence I
Imposed.)
CAPT. KIRKMAN IRRESPONSIBLE.
Under Arrest for Being Absent Prom
Hi Post
New York, Oct. 25. Captain George
W. Klrkman, U. 8. A., commander of
company L Twenty-fifth Infantry, .sta
tioned at Fort Niobrara. Neb., ha
been arrested In Brooklyn and taken
to Governor" Island, where he I now
a prisoner under guard, charged by the
military authorities with being absent
from hi post without leave. Other
.charges also are said to be pending.
Captain Klrkman Is said to have
talked In a rambling way when taken
prisoner, His physical condition was
wretched and recent events with which
he had been familiar seemed to have
been erased from Tils mind.
The captain was found at the home
of a retired army surgeon. He got In
to trouble In 1900 for alleged annoyance
to Archbishop Cap le s on a steamship
from San Francisco to Manila. By an
act of congress he was reinstated sev
eral month later and In October, 4901,
he wa assigned to hla present com
mand. CORNELIUS VAN COTT DEAD.
N.w York' Postma.ter Succumb.
Suddenly to Heart Failure. t
New York, Oct. 25. Cornelius Van
Cott, postmaster of New York city,
died suddenly this afternoon of heart
failure, following an attack of acute
nervous Indigestion.
He wa taken 111 yesterday after
noon at his office In the federal build
ing. Today Van Cott showed so much
Improvement that at noon his physi
cians were confident of his recovery,
unless he suffered a stroke of apo
plexy. However, the patient had a
inking spell and died at 3:25 o'clock
of heart failure. He was 67 year of
age, ' . ' ,
PARKER DINES AT NEW YORK.
Dinn.r Wa Informal and Politic Wa.
Not Di.ou.d.
New York, Oct 25. Judge Parker
was th guest of honor at a dinner
given tonight by Edward S. Rapello
at the University Club. The guests
were all New York city lawyers. The
llnner was entirely Informal and poll-
tic wa eschewed.
CZAR CABLES REGRET FOR
DOOOER BANK BLUNDER TO
KING EDWARD OF BRITAIN
Nicholas Intimates Russia Will Make Im
mediate and Effectual Reparation
for Unfortunate Affair.
Public Is Aroused Over Attack on Fishing Fleet, but No Further
Demonstrations Have Occurred British Correspondent In
vestigates and Declares It Outrage on Part of
Drunken Russian Officers.
London, Oct. 20. The Inevitable de
lays In the diplomatic procedure has
appeared to retard complete and satis
factory settlement of the acute dif
ference between Great Britain and
Russia arlHlng from the deplorable
North sea affair. King Edward re
ceived from Emperor Nicholas a
cablegram expressing regret and prac
tically acknowledgment that Great
Britain' peremptory note will meet
with a reply conceding every demand
for apology for the aggression against
the British flag, compensation for the
sufferer and punishment of the of
ficers responsible for what everywhere
is conceded to have been a gigantic
blunder, and the Russian ambassador
expressed to Lord Lansdown his or
row and sympathy.
These- development, which came
lute In the day, allayed to some ex
tent the deep resentmnt In th public
mind.
The admiralty today Issued the fol
lowing statement:
"On receipt, October 24, of the news
of th North ea trogedy, preliminary
orders of mutual support and co-operation
wer Issued a a measure of
precaution from the admiralty to the
channel. Mediterranean and home
fleet."
Late this evening the foreign office
announced that no further statement
would be Issued tonight. It Is under
stood the bureau considered It unwise,.
In the present state of public feeling,
to make any Immediate statement
concerning the dlplomaflc proceedings,
In view of Great Britain's announce
ment to Russia that the matter would
J not brook delay. While Great Britain
la stirred to Its depths, there was not
th slightest evidence of repetition of
the rowdyism of lust night, which Is
condemned on all sides. Popular ap
preciation of the situation, however,
was evidenced when King Edward ap
peared In . public today. He was
greeted with more than usual enthus
iasm. The apeaklng of member of the cab
inet and house commenced today In'
KUROPATKIN RETAINED.
Czar Designate Him a Commander
in-Chief of Land Fore.
No fighting of any consequence lu
the vicinity of th Shukhe river was
reported today. Emperor Nicholas ha
designated Kurouatkin to command
the Russian land forces In the far east
Alexleff lias been continued in the of
fice of viceroy. - t
Dtore. Published at Harbin.
i St. Petersburg. Oct. 25. Harbin dis
patches atute that Alexleff published
on Monday the Intperlul decree ap
riotntlna Kuropatkln commander-in-
chief of the land forces In the far east
and retaining Alexleff In the post of
viceroy." . ' , ' V "ZT " .-' .
Struok Floating Mine. , . t
1 Chefoo, Oct 25. The steamer Kash
Ing struck a.; floating mine north of
Alceste Island at midnight Tuesday,.
Two " Chinese were 'killed arid three
Grounded. The Kashlng . reached Wei
Hal-Wl -today.--;
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CLEVELAND TO 8PEAK AGAIN.
Will Address Mass Meeting at' N.w
York City November 2.
'; New York. Oct 25. The announce
ment wa made today that "ex-Presl-jent
Cleveland would deliver an ad
dres at a" mas meeting at Cooper Un
ion November 2. , . '
It ,was announced late tonight that
Cleveland would appear under the aus
pices of 'the -German-American Par
ker Union. The meeting will be pre
sided over by, Carl Schurs.
different parts of the country, and they
voice the sentiment of Great Britain.
Lord Lansdowne at the Pilgrim' ban
quet tonight denounced the Dogger
bank affair In most outspoken terms,
while a member of the cabinet char
acterised It as "an inexcusable outrage"
and "a terrible blunder, which would
be Impossible either In the British or
American navy."
ATTACK WAS DELIBERATE.
Times' Correspondent Conclude that
Drunken Prank Wa Played.
London, Oct. 25. In a dispatch from
Hull, the Times' correspondent says
that, a a result of his Investigations,
he Is of the opinion that the attack on
the British trawlers by the Russian
squadron Jus a deliberate act, perpe
trated with knowledge of Its cburac
ter.
- The correspondent argue that the
fact that the first ships of the squad
ron steamed camly by "dispose of the
fiction that the Russian officers had
an attack of nervousness," and then
contends ttiat it Is ridiculous to sup
pose thathe Russian men of twar,
largely manned, by Finns, could have
mistaken the trawlers for anything but
fishing boats.
Finally, the correspondent contends,
"the whole affair is compatible with
the Idea . of a drunken commander
yielding to the temptation to have a
little fun with the British fishermen,!
who are nothing more than peasants In
the eyes of the well-born Russian."
WILL JOIN SQUADRON.
Three Vts.el Sail From Russian
Port for Far Ea.t.
Cronstadt, Oct 25. The Russian
cruiser Oleg and Iiumrud sailed dur
ing the day. They will join the second
Pacific squadron!
Cruistr Orel Sail.
Libau, Russia, Oct. 25. The Russian
cruiser Orel sailed today to join the
second Uaclflc squadron.
PARAGUY WILL " DEVELOP .TIN.
Brazil's $10,000,000 Will Go for Inter
nal Improvement.
New York, Oct 25.; Genera! Esco
bar, who ha resigned the post of Par
aguayan minister of war, has been
succeeded by General Caballero, un
til now minister of the Interior, ue-
cording to a Herald' Buenos Ayres
correspondent s Jose Emlle Fare has
been appointed minister of the Inter
lor.
The government has resolved to use
the Indemnity of S10.000.000 paid by
Bros 11 In the construction of railroads
In' the Interior, thus . developing the
country's- Immense ' mineral . richness,
especially tip, Which exists In huge
quantities.
BUTTE BAILIFF KILLED.
Shot to Death, It la Thought, by Bad
Man From Texas.
Butte. Mont, Oct. 25. Henry J. Gal
lahan, bailiff of the federal court and
a. well-known citizen of Butte, was shot
twice last night and Instantly killed,
after he had emptied his' revolver in
a thrilling duel at short range In a
dark alley. Miles Fuller is under ar
rest, but denies the shooting. The
prisoner Is said to have' mode- the
threat that Galluhan would be in hlf
coffin before Christmas eve.
Fuller, it Is said, has killed foui
men In his time, being driven out ol
the state of Texas for his alleged mis
deeds. Callahan's head and neck wer
shot to pieces, two bullets striking him
one tearing his neck away and ' thf
other hitting him squarely In the let j
eye, At least 10 shots were exchanged.
A small boy saw tiie shooting and af
forded a fair description of the mur
derer, : t f '
Several months a-jo CMn'.mvt clafm
ed to have caught Fuller In the act of
robbing .his sluic e boxes of gold,- and
gave him a savere beating. " Fuller
avowed revenge, swearing, it Is said,
that he "would "take ' Callahan's life.
Several day ago Callahan noticed that
his house had been entered, but that
nothing had been taken. ' Hi coffee
tasted bitter, " and suspecting that
something wa wrong, he took a sam
ple to the authorities, who found
strychnine In the coffee and the sugar.
Fear of a night attack caused Calla
han to keep his door barred day and
night, entering his house through a
window. , '
The tradgedy has caused a sensa
tion in the city.
NO INTEREST IN POLITICS.
Standard Oil Denies Having Assisted
In Nominating Candidate.
New York, Oct. 25. C. T. Dodd.
counsel for the Standard Oil Company,
ha issued a statement that at no time
has the Standard Oil Company or any
of the constituent companies been in
terested In any business except the
petroleum trade. The statement says
it 1 Impossible to designate all the
different classes of businesa coupled
with the Standard Oil Company. It
specifies, however, copper, steel, banks,
railroads and gas (other than natural).
Counsel, after stating that. Individual
members of the Standard Oil Company
are Interested In various enterprises
a individuals, says: "
"Neither Is It true that the Standard
Oil Company, John D. Rockefeller, or
any other officer of the Standard Oil
Company ha taken any part In secur
Ing the nomination of any candidates
for office," , - -
The denia) concludes with, Uie a
sertion that the Standard Oil Com
pany Is not engaged In , speculation,
and the statement that the company
only make this public statement be
cause of the frequency with which it
ha been made the target for nienda
clous accusations.
MANY PERSONS ARE HURT.
Seattle Street Car Accident Result
. in Injury of 30 ot 35.
Seattle, Oct 25. Between 30 and 35
persons weer Injured, two perhaps fa
tally. In a head-on collision on the
Seattle & Renton electric railroad in
the lower part of the-city at 8:30
o'clock this morning.' The accident
wa due partly to a dense fog, but
principally. It Is believed, because
one, of the cftrs moved from the switch
before the motorman was certain the
proper signal had been given.
EARNINGS NOT SO GREAT.
Steel Trust Statement Shows Remark
abt Falling Off. '
New York Oct 25. The directors of
the United States Steel Corporation
today declared the regular quarterly
dividend of, 114 per cent on preferreJ
stock.- ,':;", I
The statement for the quarter ended
September 80 show the net earnings
tohave been $1S,"30,000. The earn
lngs of the same quarter last, year
were J32.400.000. -
DORIC'S RICH CARGO.
Treasure of Orient Worth Two and
One-half Millions.
Snn Francisco,-'Oct. .'25. The Occi
dental and Oriental steamship Dork
has arrived from the .orient bringing
2742 tons of cargo, the principal Items
being silks and teas, the value of the
first being 11,800,000.' The vessel also
carried specie to the amount of sh
carried specie to the Value of 1500.000.
This makes the Doric' cargo one of
the moat valuable landed here,
; Woman Burned'to Death.
La Grande. Or.. Oct. 25. Mrs. John
Krow died last evening as the result
of a terrible accident a few miles from
La Grande yesterday. ''While cooking
feed for the stock her apron caught
Are In some way and the flames
rapidly spread over the rest of her
clothing. She ran to the home of a
neighbor close by, where a ; svoman
smothered the flames as best she could,
but not before Mrs. Krow was fatally
burned about the body. She was a
woman of middle age and leaves a
family. .
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ITS FLIGHT
NOT ENDED
BY MISHAP
Airship Makes Remarkable Tn
From St. Loujs Fair to Caho- i
kai, Illinois, a Distance r
Of Ten Miles. , , !
Hovers Over. the City for a Time,:
and Then 1$ Blown to the
Illinois Shore. ' "
ACCIDENT OCCURS TO MOTOrt
Propellors Iteulerd Ueles
but Control of Airalilp Is Hot
Lost by Navigator, Who
LaiKia Safety.
St Louis, Oct 25. Propelled part
way by its own power and the remain
der of the way by the wind, blowing
about 10 miles an hour, the airship Ar
row, owned by Thomas 8. Baldwin, of
San Francisco, and in charge of A. R.
Knabenshue, of Toledo, made an un
announced ascension from the aero
nautic concourse at the world' fair to
day and landed near Cahokai, I1L, a,
distance of nearly 10 miles, after a
flight over the exposition grounds. The
airship left the residence section of
St Louis far beneath it and.
above the towering office bulldlnga or
the business district Knabenshue ma
neuvered in circles and against the
wind, before an accident to-hjs motor
rendered thepropellera useless ''' and
curtailed his command of the ship.
Notwithstanding this, Knabenshue
did not lose complete, control of the
machine, but With the moment of wind
was enabled to steer a course that
varied several points in each direc
tion from the trend of the wind and
ldnd at a point of his, own selection.
After he had landed, Knabenshue
stated that when he found he could
control the movements of the airship
even after the motor was useless, be
determined to make the test a' fair
one, and decided to effect a landing
on the east side of the Mississippi
river.
When the. Arrow reached the- down
town district her appearance was the
signal for the greatest excitement
Practically all business was suspended
while the airship passed, over the city.
Although nearly a mile high, Kna-
bensue was seen occasionally moving
backward and forward on his danger
ous standing place, keeping the ship
under control and directing its move
ments, . . , ,
From the Missouri side he passed
to the Illinois shore and brought the
airship to the ground about half a
mile from Cuhokia. ,
The flight occupied exactly one hour.
The motor broke about 15 minutes af
ter the airship left the concourse. To.
day's flight was not a trial for the.
world's fair $100,000 prize.
ENGLISH-AMERICAN PEACE.
Move
For ) Permanent Treaty '
Pra-
1 S " viding For Arbitration.
s
Chicago, Oct .25. To' bring about
the negotiation of a permanent 'Ang'e-
Amerloi n treaty, to provide for !ij
settlement of all .differences! te-
tween the United States and Grry t
Britain has been the object of an lu -
po.tant meeting of the Internutlow- 1
Arbitration Society of Chicago.
Dr. Edmund J. Jamea, .presldeni ; t
the Uulversity of Illinois, pre . '.'.,
Judge James M. Dickinson, Cou: !
for the United States In the Ala..
boundary case, proposed th adoption-1
of a platform Indicating the precise
objects of the society, and this wis
done. The resolution" will be sent to
the president, secretary of state aid
the chairman of the senate committee
on foreign affairs.
It was decided to call a conference
In Chicago later in the year, of com
mercial, Industrial, municipal, legal
and philanthropic societies and other
organizations to adopt means to bring
about a permanent Anglo-America