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VOLUME LVIV. rm inisii sa iiiii ii " riprTirmi in im in in i " n ASTORIA, OREGON, " WEDNESDAY,, NOVEMBER, 16, ip04. NUMBER 36. IRRIGATION CONGRESS IS IN SESSION Twelfth Annual Session Begins Its Business at El Paso, Where Delegates Are Warmly Welcomed. Enthusiastic Letters Are Read From President Roosevelt and President Diaz of Mexico. NEXT MEETING AT PORTLAND California Dsfegstlon Will Work With Orogon Delegates and Clsar Field . It Thus Loft, Denver Alto Withdrawing. Kl Paeo, Tex., Nov. 15. Amid tho music of bands of Mexicans, one of which was furnished by President Dliti. of Mexico, and In a hull pro fusely decorated with Intertwined col ora of tha United State and of Mexico, tha 2th rmtlonnl Irrigation congreaa waa called to order today by United States Senator W. A. Clark, of Mon tana, preatdent of tha organisation. The morning session waa devoted to tha addreaa of welcome and tha re sponse. Among tha latter waa that of E. L. Bmlth, of Hood River, Ora. The afternoon aeaalon waa opened with tha reading of the annual addreaa by President ("lark. Two lettera were read, on from President Roosevelt and one from President Dlas. The letter of President Roosevelt was as follows; "I wish It were possible for me to accept your kind Invitation to attend tha national Irrigation congress to be held at El Paso. 1 ned not atate to you the deep Interest I foul In the cause of national Irrigation. Irrigation Is, In very fact, one of the means for na tional expansion which Is most Im portant. Wishing you a successful meeting, I am, yours truly. "THEODORE ROOSEVELT." In his letter President Dlas said: "Mexico City, Oct 21. Hon. William A. Clark, President Twelfth National Irrigation Congress, New York- Dear Sir: I hnvo received the courts oua and esteemed Invitation which you wera kind enough to extend to me for tho Interesting meeting of the national irrigation congress, which will bo held from the 15th to tho 18th of next No vember In the progressiva city of El Puso, Tex. As much for the Importance of the transcendental matters which will there be treated of as to reel prorate the kind Invitation with which you f ' .. J would take sincere f'e plea to fc ending, If my official dutlt. fourtmlt; but they are ab solute!) ue wnly ones which deprive me of that greut aatlafactlon; and must content myself with being with you, though absent from your meet ing. With sincere wishes that the most complete success may crown the Intelligent and patriotic work of the Illustrious congresa over which you preside (and which will undoubtedly Influence powerfully the solution of the many problems relating to Irrigation and the forest Industry), tha govern ment thus understanding It, tha de partment of fomento and some of the governments of tha atatea of thla re r bllo will be duly represented In that bly by their respective delega T am very truly yours, 4 "PORFORIO DIAZ.", I'hi letters followed the addresses (.f Hon. Qlfford Plnchot, chief of the forestry division of department of agri culture; E. Benjamin Andrews, chancellor of the- university of No braska; E. E, Williams, of tho United States weather bureau; -W. E. Smyths, of San Diego, and P. W. Newell, chief of the United States reclamation bureau. The appointment of commit tees followed and the convention ad journed until this evening. This afternoon It developed that the California delegation, which came hero to support Los Angeles as the 1905 meeting place, had withdrawn In favor of Portland, with tho t understanding that tho 1906 meeting bo held at Los Angeles. Later Denver withdrew from the race, leaving Portland the only city in tho field for next year's convention. Ths meeting reassembled tonl- listened to aeveral 'M''Pfjo,-P proprlute tor " I V NT II INVITED. Asked to Attend 1909 Fair, but Qlvss No Osflnlts Answer, Washington, Nov If. Henry W, Qoode, president of tho Lewis and Clark exposition, today Invited the president to attend tho exposition. The president promised to consider the matter, but gave Qoode no definite an swor, A aecrles of conferences between the president, tho exposition board and Mr, Goods has resulted In tho assurance that there will bo an adequate and complete Philippine exhibit at tho 190$ fair. Provision has been made for tha Installation of a comprehensive inanl mate exhibit of Philippine products, to bo maintained entirely by govern ment appropriations. This exhibit will bo augmented by Philippine villages, which will be maintained as conces slons along ths trail. Negotiations ars now under way at St. Louie for these village oxhlbtts, which will include from 150 to 200 natives of tho Philip pines, Mr. Qoode has an appointment to meet Colonel Edwards, chairman of the Insular bureau, at 8t Louis next Sun day, when they will confer with the local Philippine commission and pick out Inanimate oxhlblta to be shipped to Portland. MINISTER OF WAR ANDRE HAS TENDERED HIS RESIGNATION Opposition Regsrds It as Victory Whloh Will Mssn tho Speedy Downfall of Entire Ministry. Farla, Nov. IS. Today , General An dre realgned tho portfolio of the mln latry of war and Henry Berteaux, i member of tho chamber of deputies and a aucceasfut broker on tho Bourse, waa nominated aa his successor. Ths change la the culmination of the fierce assaults upon tho administration of the war office. In tho course of which ths chamber of deputies' was tho scene of frequent wild disorders, including a recent personal assault upon Andre. The letter of resignation waa laid be' fore the cabinet meeting this after noon, and an agreement was speedily reached to Invite Berteaux to succeed Andre. The premier presented Berteaux to tho president this evening and ths an nouncement of the appointment waa ofllflutly made. The opposition to the minister hailed the resignation aa a victory whleh will speedily lead to the full of the entire ministry. SAYS 80N ATTACKED HIM. Msn Falla on Breed Knlfo During Souf fle and Almost Diss. Cincinnati, Nov. 15. Semiconscious and with a wound In his right wrist through which ulmost the last drop of his life blood had flowed, Herman Grot fl, aged 63, living in Murray avenue, Bond Hill, waa taken to the city hos pital yesterday. When revived with stimulants, Qrote said the wound, while directly due to an accident, waa Indirectly due to an attack made on him by three sons, aged respectively IS, 11 and 8 yeara. Ho had upbraided the boys for remaining away from school, and, disregarding the fact that he had a large bread knife In his hand, they sprang on him, and in the tussle that followed he waa thrown to the floor In such a way that tho point of the knlfo was forced almost through hla wrist. Japanese ARE PRESSING 1 ATTACK ON PORT ARTH lR WITH THE UTMOST VIGOR s, , f ? ... . , ... , .: ' T- Russians' Ammunition and Food Supply Are Running Short, and Stoessel ' Is Said to Be Wounded. Cold Weather, Together With Diminished Supplies, Renders Deter mined Resistance Unlikely, According to Reports From Japanese Headquarters Russian Torpedoboat Destroyer Seeks Safety in Chefoo Harbor. The Japanese ars pressing tho fighting for possession of Port Arthur, and assaults ars being mods almost continuously upon the oastsm lins of de fense Reports from Jspsnsso sources Intimate that smmunition and sup piles are running short It Is supposed that Stoessel, tho Russiso) command or, has been disabled by wounds. ' Some sharp fighting took plaoe tho night of November 10, for possession of tho fortified villsgs of Endowuniulu, near Shskhs, ths Russisns being first driven out, then retaking tho plaoo anoT finally retiring. FORTRESS ABOUT TO FALL. Msks Russisns Will Probsbly Not Muoh Further Rssistsneo. Headquarters of the Japanese Army, Port Arthur, No. 14, via. Fusan. Spies and Russians who have sur rendered report that ratlona at the fort are reduced. The wounded found by tho Japanese were emaciated. Russian artillery shells partly tilled with wood and not exploded have been found. This shows that ths Russians are abort of material for making heavy ammunition. Tho captura of tho eastern fortified rldgo will mean tbo surrender of the fortress in a couple of weeks, unless tho garrlaon there retires to tho Iso lated fort This seems Improbable, how- over, and tho cold weather and lack of food and ammunition render a desper ata resistance unlikely. DESTROYER IS COOPED UP. plained of have been corrected. The problem of caring for the families of tho reserve men, many of whom are left almost destitute, la receiving ear neat consideration. The member of tho revolutionary party naturally are doing everything possible to foment discontent among the reserve men, urging on them that it Is better to re sist at home than In the far east but tho war office aeemlngly is convinced that these troubles will not spread to a great extent. . Tho progress of the Russian second Pacific squadron. In which so much of Russia's hope Is centered, is followed with Intense interest The cruiser Orel, breth, a teacher In tho public schools of Columbia City. Today she received a letter from President Roosevelt which read: "Washington, Nov. 7, My Dear Miss Oaibreth: Will you kindly allow mo, aa a token of my appreciation, to In close my photograph. Sincerely yours, "THEODORE ROOSEVELT." ' KEEPS HIM STANDING. Nsbraska Farmsr Afraid Thst Ho Will Be Token Unaware. Omaha. Nov. 15. Charles Nagle, a Nebraska farmer, whoso superstltous fear of tho devil has kept him from sitting down for tho past six years, is in Jail here, charged with having as saulted John Hanschild with a pitch fork. Hanclld operated hla threshing ma chine despite the remonstrance of his eccentric neighbor, who declared that the machine was possessed of a devil and that Its operation would release his Satanic majesty, to the undoing of the neighborhood. Finding his objections disregarded Nagle rushed into the born and returned with a pitchfork, with which be sought to drive Hans child away from the dreaded imple ment Nagle believes that It found In a sitting posture an evi! "plrlt will cap ture him unawares. DARING CODY BANDIT8 TURN ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL TRICK Hold Up Ssloon at Thsrmopolis, Se cure Large 8um and Escape, With Several Posses In Pursuit LARGE SUMS TO BE USED FOR REPAIR Three Million Dollars Will Be Ex pended by the Harriman Sys tern in Oregon During the Next Year. This Amount Does Not Include Several Big Improvements to Be Hade at Once. BIGGEST ITEM FOR BRIDGES Mors Than Threc-Quarters of a Mil lion for This Purpose, while $715, 000 Hss Been Set Aside for ths Nsw Rails. Omaha, Nov. 15. A special to the Bee from Cheyenne, Wyo., says: The two bandits who made a descent on the First National bank -of Cody two weeks ago and killed Cashier Middaugh tho cruiser Jemtchug, seven torpedo- committed another bold robbery today, boat destroyers and six torpedoboats when they held up the Inmates of Ed- are leaving Libau this week to join the squadron. In St Petersburg the deep-seated suspicion exists that if the squadron arrives clow to Its destination In an I wards' saloon and gambling house at Thermopolis, Big Horn county, and se cured a large sum of money, watches and Jewelry. The outlaws, mounted on fast horses. DINED WITH SENATOR PL ATT. Msny Prominent Men Attended His Buokwhsst Breakfast. Oswego, N. T;, Nov. 15. Oswego had never before seen so many men promi nent in public life aa assembled today In response to the Invitation of Senator Piatt to a buckwheat breakfast, Sen ator Depew, congressmen, atate sen ators and , assemblymen, were present at Ahwa Ahegwa house, Senator Piatt's home, but neither Governor Odell nor Governor-elect Hlgglns attended, the Intter being ill. Chsssd Into Chefoo Hsrbor, With Jsp Vsssol Wsiting for Her. Chefoo. Nov. 15. The Russian tor pedo destroyer Ratstoropny put Into this harbor thla morning. Firing was heard half an hour before she entered the harbor. A snowstorm and a high wind were prevailing at the time and la believed the Russian vessel, under cover of the storm, attempted to escspo from Port Arthur. The correspondent of the Associated Press succeeded in reaching tho de stroyer, but he was not allowed to board her. The captain of the Chlneae cruiser Hal Yung, the first to go on board, held a brief conference with the commander, after which tho Ratstor pny came further In tho stream and anchored at the same spot the de stroyer Ryeshltelnl did before she waa cut out by the Japanese, There is every evidence that the Ratstoropny will disarm hero aa a last resort. It Is thought she hopes to elude the Japanese destroyer, report ed outside tho harbor, at night. The boat brought a number of copies of Nova Krai, a Port Arthur newspaper. In one issue It Is stated that while a Japaneae destroyer was laying mines November 11 it was surprised by the battleship Retvlsan and sunk. D0E8 NOT WANT MEDIATION. Annual Banqust la Hsld. New York. Nov. 15. Tha 18th an nual dinner of the New Tork Chamber of Commerco waa held tonight at Del monlco's. The speakers wero Secre tary of the Treasury Shaw, Hon. John Morley, M. P.; Richard Olney and Sir James Kltson, M. P, President Morris K. Jessup presided. Russia Opposed to Interference by Any of tho Powers. St. Petersburg, Nov. 15. The forth coming meeting of the presidents of 38 provincial semstvos Is absorbing pub lic attention to the exclusion of other queatlons, ' V The : continued suggestions from abroad regarding peace are treated like their predecessor, as unworthy of serious consideration. The mere men tion of mediation arouses the ire of those In authority. The reiteration' of the atatement that President Roose velt, having tho support of Great Britain and France, had already been approached by Japan and was ready to offer his offices, in view of Russia's position, is not considered to bo a friendly act Russia will push the war on an over Increasing scale and prepa rations to do so are being made every where. Trouble with tho army reserve men continues In various places, especially la Poland, but tho authorities are mak ing efforts to allay the causes of dis content and many of the abuses com- efficient condition, Great Britain wffij escaped" to the" bad lands along , trie In some way find a pretext to block Big Horn. Posses were quickly or- Its further progress, and some of thejganized and started in pursuit but the newspapers refer to the necessity for robbers got away. Feeling runs high mobilising troops on the Indian fron- m Big Horn county, and If the desper- tler, where Russia now has two corps ladoes are caught they will be punished a counter threat to guarantee the I without u-nitinr tnr th. rm.rt. t un safe passage of the squadron. Unfor tunately the utterances of the press of both countries are constantly fanning the feeling of mutual distrust. 8ULLVS WINES 80LD. 8ouvonlr Hunters Buy at Sale of Hia Office Furnishings. New York, Nov. 15. By order of David H. Miller, trustee In bank ruptcy, an auction sale of tho contents of the offices of Daniel J. Sully & Co, on the 23d floor of the Wall Street Exchange building, was held yesterday In the offices. A large and curious crowd of bldf"1? s was In attendance. about 30 womeu being among the num ber. In addition to tho usual suite of rooms used for the transaction of the business of the Arm, the offices Included dining room, a kitchen, a bedroom and a bathroom, all expensively fur nlshed. . . t Among the 232 lots disposed of by tho auctioneer were oriental rugs, ma hogany desks, typewriters' complete dinner sets, bedrooom furniture and wines. Many. of tho articles sold went to souvenir hunters. More than 37,' 000 was realized from the sale, a sum materially In excess of the total ap praised value of the effects. . vlct them. SAYS "TOO MANY CO-EDS." Berkeley Professor Also Denounced Footbsll and Reporters. Berkeley, Nov. 15. Professor George Howison, who has denounced football games and newspaper reporters, the former of which he said were brutal and barbarous and the latter were lost souls, has declared in a lecture on ethics before his class In philosophy that the "co-eds" at the university were too numerous for the good of the earnest and competent students. Professor Howison said woman's curiosity was proverbial and unusually concerned itself with trivial matters. 'It is the university's aim to direct that curiosity toward worthy and noble subjects," added the professor, 'but there are so many women stu dents that they lower the standard of things and make it necessary - for teacher to 'water' his remarks so as to make them Intelligible to minds that are unripe and insufficiently nour ished In large and rich conceptions.' PRESIDENT THANKED HER. Woman Who Rebuked Hobson Re-1 ' eoivss Roosevelt's Portrait Indianapolis, Nov. - 15. When Cap tain Richard P. Hobson spoke at Co lumbia City in tho closing days of the campaign, he was very severe in his criticisms of President Roosevelt, de claring among ' other things that the president was tyrannical and that his purpose ultimately was to set up a dic tatorship In this country. Wnen bo had finished' speaking a crowd of Democrats gathered around him and were congratulating him on I his speech. A young woman pushed her way through the crowd, but when Captain Hobson extended his bond she did not take It Instead, she declared that she did not believe one word that German Canals Will Bo Built Berlin, Nov. 15. Emperor William's extensive canal projects, which were rejected by the Prussian diet In 1899 and 1901, will be realized In part at least. The canal committee of the diet composed of the leaders of the parties Controlling the diet. has de cided to support the measures for the canals connecting Hanover with the Rhine and the canalization of the Wezer from Hamlen downward. Emperor's Representatives Arrive. New Tork, Nov. 15. General Von Lewenfeldt and Major. Von Schmetto, the personal representatives of Em peror William at the unveiling of the statue of Fredrick tho Great next Saturday, arrived in Washington to night , ' , Mooting of Monsrchs. Windsor, England, Nov. 15. The ho had said about tho president and I king and queen, of Portugal arrived to- that ho ought not to make such asser-J day and were welcomed at tho railroad tlons. I station by King Edward and' Oueej Tha young woman was Miss Ida Gal-1 Alexandra. . Portland, Nov. 15. Three million dollars will be expended by tho Harri man lines In Oregon during 1905 in im provements and general work. This estimate does not include $500,000 to be spent in alterations of the car shops at Portland, the cost of 50 miles of 80 pound steel rails now being laid in Cow Creek canyon, Douglas county, or tho cost of the ties to be used on the new track in Southern Oregon. One hundred and forty-eight miles of 80-pound steel rails win be laid on the Southern Pacific linea, commencing at Ashland and running north. This work will cost 3715,000. One hundred and ten thousand dol lars will be spent in ballasting 83 miles of Southern Pacific track north of Ash land. Seventy-six miles of O. R. & N. track between Portland and Hunt ington will be ballasted at a cost of 370.000. 1 Seven hundred find eighty thousand dollars will be set aside for construc tion and repairs In the bridge depart ment The work will be begun immediate ly and completed by the end of next summer. ' FLOOD OF RESOLUTIONS. Responsible for Early Adjournment of Labor Federation Seasion. San Francisco, Nov. 15. The second day's session of the convention of the convention of the American Federation of Labor was abruptly concluded short ly after the afternoon session had been called to order today. The change was necessitated by the flood of resolutions which poured in, and which President Gompers called "these documents." Adjournment was taken that the prop er committees might have a forenoon and evening for consideration of the resolutions, , . A report was made against the" ing of President Schardt of the cago federation, the federation 1V been suspended by the executive couu ell. There will be consideration of this matter tomorrow. ; '' The executive council, in a report scored the' brewery ' workmen' and recommended that the Indorsement of their' unfair list their label and their officials be withdrawn, and, unless the organization conforms to the ruling, that its charter, be revoked. . . . Ryan-Graham Fight Stopped. South Bend, Ind., Nov. 15. The po lice tonight: stopped, a. JO-round fight between Tommy Ryan, and Jack Gra ham of Kansas City at the end of the fourth round. ? . ' t Jewesses May Attend Lectures. St Petersburg, Nov.. 15. Prlnco Mlraky, minister of the interior, has granted permission to many Jewesses to attend a lecture for women at the university. ' Little Fighting at Mukden. Mukden, Nov. 15. There was little fighting in this vicinity November IS and 14. Tho weather la growing cold er and flurries of snow are frequent Earl of Northbrook Dssd. ' ' 1 London. 1 Nov. 15. Thomas Geonro Baring. veaJi 'ot :RoWhbrook; ' ft dead. aged 78 years. , , .