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VOLUMK LVIV. NO. 53.
ASTORIA, OREGON, DECEMIJER 6 1904.
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SCENE WAS GAY
Fifty-Eighth Congress Is
In Session.
BEAUTY IS IN EVIDENCE
Adjourned Out of Respect to De
ceased Senators Hoar and
Matt Quay.
HUNDREDS OF VISITORS THERE
President Expected to Transmit Hit
Meatagt to th Fifty. Eighth Con.
grttt at Neon TodayCom
mittee Are Appointed.
Washington, Dec. S. The Fifty
eighth congreaa assembled today In a;
short session, that, for both houses,
acaroely endured an hour, and then
adjourned.
Tbe usual confuelon attending the
opening day of a new aeaalon waa ap
parent aa aoon aa the tardy member
brain lo arrive, and the floral tributes,
greeting to friends, and all the aoclal
Impedimenta of a "flrt day," delayed
the opening of both houses, until the
noon hour.
Promptly at IS o'clock the gavela
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the home, fell, and the third aeanlon
of the Fifty-eighth congreaa waa on.
Opening prayer were by Chaplain
Rev. pr, Kdward Everett Hale In the
senate, and Rev. II. N. Coudon lh the
houae. . , . ,
Following thl committee were ap
pointed In both houaea to wait upon
President Roosevelt and notify him that
the bodies were In , readlneaa to re
ceive any communication he might have
to offer, though It waa underatood that
hla annual meaaage will not bo prt
aentod until noon tomorrow, when both
houaea will convene to hear Ita read
ing. There being no other bulneaa for tht
opening day, both houae passed reso
lutlona of respect to the memorlea of
the late Senators Quay of Pennsylva
nia and Hour of Massachusetts, and
an adjournment waa tnken aa a further
tribute to their memories.
The hundreda of visitors who filled
the gallerle and lined the corridors !
were mostly beautifully gowned wo-1
men, and the display of hats and gowria j
haa never been excelled tn thla, the;
.most recherche of American cities.
BANK CLOSED DOWN. ;
Run of Depositors Cause of Failure
Depositors Guaranteed. . ,
Buffalo, N. T., Dec. 8. A run on the
Herman bank of Buffalo closed that In
stitution today, The run began at the
opening and the flood ot excited de
positors grew In volume as the rumor
spread and excited depositor collect
ed In front of the doors demanding In-
formation.
So soon us the announcement was
made that the bank had closed Its door
the Buffalo Clearing Houae Association
announced, after a meeting, that It
would stand by the bank and meet all
demands upon It. '
tater an announcement was made
that President Rmery and two of the
directors of the German-American had
resigned, and their place taken by
three local men, These announce
nionts hod n cheering effect and several
law? deposits were returned to the
bank, Small creditors, however, con
tinued, to withdraw, and at 3 o'clock
nearly 100 were In line. All were paid.
Superintendent Kllburn Is of the opin
ion the bank will not resume.
MONEY BILL PA33ED.
Chile to Have Thirty Million
Into Circulation.
New York, Deo. 5. After
Passed
aJ lively
discussion, the chamber of deputies
has passed the bill recently Introduced
proroguing the redemption of paper
money until January 1910, cables the
Herald' Valparaiso, Chile .corespon
dent. The bill Increases 'by thirty mil-
Hon pesos tht paper currency, which
shall bo Issued In morilhly Installments.
It also provides for Iht cr oat Ion of a
special fund and guarantees the total
conversion of paper Into gold when
tht time limit expires. The measure
has not yet been acted upon In the sen-at.
. Will Reauma Operation.
Chicago, Deo. I. Officials of the In
ternational Harveater Co. ay that
work at tha steel and tha bar mill of
the Bouth Deerlng plant wll be re
aumed Jan. 1. 81s hundred men were
laid off by the abut down, Saturday.
13. 3. BufTlngton, prealdent of the
Illlnola Bteel Co. toduy announced that
the aleel mllla In South Chicago would
be reopened In SO daya. Nearly 1.000
men are Idle. They fear a' cut In
wages may coma when operation
are resumed, but Prealdent Uufflngton
would not discuss thla. Tba ateel
workera were not I fled aeveral week
ago that when their preaent agreement
expiree Jan. 1 It will not be renewed.
ARMY POR THE PAIR.
Eight Hundred Immigration Agent
P remit to tend People to Portland.
Portland, Deo. (.An army of SuO
men ha been aecured actively to rep
resent the Lewie and Clark centennial
In terrltorlea covering nearly the en
tire area of the United Slats. Theae
men are the Immigration agent of the
Union Paclno and Northern Pacific
Railroad Companlea who come In con
tact with hundred, of tourlata and
homeaceker every month. The gnta
have promlaed to do all In their power
j to Induct people to vlalt Portland next
Bummer, and It la expected that their
elTorta will bring aeveral hundred visit-
'ora to the fair.
Oberlin .Bank Fails On
Two
Spurious Notes.
MRS. CHADWICK BEING 4JELD
Famous Philanthropist and Financier
Denlea All Knowledge of tht Motet
for Princely turns in
Question.
Cleveland O., Dec. S. There were
numerous development today In con
nection with the tangled affairs of Mrs.
Caasle L. Chadwlck, whose complicat
ed financial statua haa already reaulted
;,n th clo,,,n of the Cltlsen'a National
bank at Oberlln. O.
Prealdent Beckwlth and Caahler
BPT ot ,h were hrought here
Oberlln by United State Mar-
snai mangier ana a aepuiy snoruy Be
fore noon, and the bank officers were
later arraigned before United v 8tatea
Commissioner Starks. Pleaa of "not
guilty" were entered by both and pre
liminary hearing waa waived. The
jcommlssloner fixed ball In each case at
$10,000, and ' both of the men were
bound over to the grand Jury. Bond
waa furnished lnte this afternoon.
That the Oberlln bank, or President
Beckwlth, really possessed notes to the
amount of $250,000 and $500,000, with
the name of Andrew Carnegie signed
thereto, Is now an established fact. That
these names are forgeries Is yet to be
shown. District Attorney Sullivan de
clared today that he .had in hi pos
session a note for $250,000 signed by
Mr. Carnegie, and Indorsed by C. L.
Chadwlck.
A widely knowq banker, who haa re
quested that his name be not used,
states positively that he haa seen the
$500,000 note signed by Andrew Car
negie. . ,
Carntgic's Dsnial.
New York, Dec. 5. Mrs, Caasle L.
Chadwlck la at the Holland house here
tonight and three of the United States
secret service men are also there, and
particularly alert. A gentleman close
ly connected with the case says there
Is a strong possibility that an arrest
of one closely connected with the now
famous case will be made shortly.
Philip Carpenter, Mrs. Chadwlck'
attorney, states his client Is absolutely
without Intent to do wrong.
Andrew Carnegie was shown a copy
of the Cleveland dispatch in which Dis
trict Attorney Sullivan I quoted as
saying ho had a not for $250,000 signed
Continued on page 4.
NEW YORK FIRE
Heart of City Threatened
for a Time.
LOSS IS OVER $250,000
Sparks From an Automobile Start
the Great and Disastrous
Conflagration.
EXPENSIVE MACHINES GO UP
Polio Reservt Required to Keep Im
mens Crowd Prom Causing Furth
er Casualties When General
Alarm Goee In.
New York, Dm. I. A Art that bade
fair to wipe out. the heart of thj Met
ropolltan theater district, broke out
late this afternoon and for some hour
the fire department waa taxed to Its
Capacity to control what looked 'Ike
tht. most disastrous Ore GMbem bat
seen In recent years.
The fire started in an automobile
garage, and the result I summed up in
the Injury of ten person and th de
struction of property to the munt of
a quarter ot a million dollar.
The fire had Ita origin In the effoits
of a chauffeur, working on one ot the
automobllea, to qlose a bad connection
in the garage on the location at West
Thirty-ninth street. Th sparka caused
by the connection, In tha vapor laden
atmosphere, communicated the fire to
a tank holding 100 gallon of high grade
gasoline, and the resultant explosion
waa torrtflc.
Notwithstanding that tht nearby ata
tlona responded at oneo to tha alarm.
and a general coil waa Bounded, the
Are spread with such rapidity that the
many employee of th place In the
aecond story could not make their
escape by way of tha main floor and
had to leap from the second story win
dows. Their fright waa so groat that
they did not await the arrival of the
landing nets, and In falling on the
pavement many were mora or lest ser
iously Injued.
In aU, there were ten big explosions,
and the Metropolitan opera house and
several of the large hotels In the vi
clnlty seemed doomed. An Immense
crowd, attracted by the central location
of tht big Are, gathered, and the de
partment found It necessary to call rut
the police reaervea to keep the Jam
back and prevent further casualties.
The garage, with forty automobiles
was destrowed, but there waa not ser
ious damage to the surrounding build
ings owing to the protection afforded
ry the firewalls and tht efforts of the
department . ' if'
Many expensive machines or French
and American make were consumed,
among them several "racers" that were
to have been used, at Madison Square
garden and elsewhere during tha com
ing spring.
ATHLETES INTERESTED.
Many Schools Will Take Part in Con
teats at Lewis and Clark Fair,
Portland, Dec. 6. Athletea frou all
over the Pacific northwest are showing
a lively interest In the athletic cotueMs
which wll! be a feature of the Lewis
and Clark centennial. ,H. B. Conl
bear, director of athletic at the Uni
versity of Montana, has wrltton that
his school will send a team of tet men
to take part In all the contents. The
Institutions which will probably bo rep
resented In the Intercollegiate contests
are the Universities of Oregon, Cali
fornia, Washington, Idaho, Montana,
Utah, Wyoming, Nevada and the ogrl-
cultural Colleges of Oregon, Washing
ton, Montana and Utah and the Whit
man college.
OPPOSE SUNDAY THEATRE.
Pastor of Elgin Disagree as' To th
Production of a Play on Sunday
Elgin 111., Dec. 5. Because the Rev.
J, J. McCann, pastor of St. Mary's
church, advertised an entertainment by
musical and monologue artists of New
York City for Sunday night, at the
opera house, Mayor Hubbard Instruc
ted Marshal Younger to prevent the
management from opening the doors
on the ground that such an entertain
ment would be in violation of the or
dinance concerning Sabbath obser
vance. Father McCann aver that the per
formance will . be given. Petitions
praying the mayor to take the action
which he haa have been circulated
throughout the business and resi
dence districts, and nearly all of the
pastor of the city have expressed
their approval.
Father McCann states that the per
formance will be one of the cleanest
ever witnessed, and that the proceeds
from the sale of seats will be turned
over to the church fund.
The mayor refused to accede from
hi position and the performance did
not tale place.
DEATH OF PIONEER.
Henry Gist 8uooumbs to- Long Period
of Suffering Last Evening. .
Henry Gist, a pioneer of the state
of Oregon, and well known to Astorl
ans, died' last evening at the Parker
house. '
For a long time Mr. Gist had been
ailing, and his malady was finally de
fined as cancer of the stomach, tv
ceased was about tt years of age and
had lived In Astoria over 20 years.
No relatives of Mr. Gist are known,
nor la It known to whom he recently
willed his property at Tillamook. His
will was drawn a short time since,
when death seemed Inevitable, by Judge
Bowlby, but It contents are unknown.
Arrangements for the funeral obsequies
are Incomplete.
LAND FRAUD FINISH
Trial Closes Today With Prosecu
tion's Argument.
JURY EXPECTZD TO CONVICT
Judge O'Day Roasts tht Cast Present
td by Government, and Take a '
Fall Out of the Witnesses In
tha Cast.
PorUand, Ore, Dec. 5. The finish
of the tend fraud case that haa occu
pied a jury In the federal court for to
long Is now In alght, and it la ex
pected the case will go to the Jury
tomorrow afternoon.
Deliberation, It is thought, will be
short
Lawrence F. Puter, of Eureka, Cal.,
was the first speaker of the day, and It
was claimed that the burden of the
government In the argument had failed
to make a case, and that the testi
mony of the principal wltnesses.Monta-
gue and Heldecke. waa unworthy of
belief.
Judge O'Day followed Puter, prefac
ing his argument with a defense of
himself. He then attacked the gov
ernment's attempt to convict the de
fendants In a sarcastic vein, ridiculing
the testimony and belittling the wit
nesses. The argument was exhaustive
in detail, and covered the history of the
case from Its Inception, When O'Day
concluded court adjourned until tomor
row.
Special Prosecutor Heney will occupy
the morning session, and, possibly a
part of the afternoon. Following this
will come the charge to the Jury, which
It Is expected will "require but a short
time for Its verdict; those who have
followed the trial hasarding the opin
ion that conviction is a matter of
course.
MARKETS
Liverpool December wheat, 7s
5-8d.
New York Silver 69 5-8, U. P.
114 7-8, preferred 95 1-4.
Chicago December wheat opened at
$1.09 S-41.10 1-4, closed at $1.11 3-4;
barley 4251; flax $1.15; northwestern
$1.23.
San Francisco Cash wheat $1.50.
Portland Wheat export. Walla Wal
la, 80c; bluestem 85c; milling, Walla
Walla, 83c; bluestem, 88c; valley, 87c
astern- markets, Walla Walla, 85c;
bluestem 90c.
Tacoma Wheat, bluestem, 95c; club
88c, -
JAP'S RFVERSE
Russians F ve jcst of the
Later Lngageinents.
MACHINE GUNS' HAVOC
Japs Go Into a Fatal Ambuscade
Through Error and Heavy
Loss Resulted.
FJFTEtN HUNDRED DEAD LEFT
Correspondent Think Situation of Port
Arthur Is Far' From Being a
( . Dangerous as Haa Been
Depiotad.
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Mukden, Dec. t (6 p. m.). There is
a persistent rumor,. that the force of
Japanese sent to turn Rennenkampffs'
(tank, has been repulsed with great loss,
the slaughter having been administer
ed by machine gun fire, for the most
part , ', ? "
It is stated ' the Russian general
awaited the forces of Oyama at the
mouth of the river, captured the pa'Bes
and when the Japanese threw them-
selves against the Russian front they
found themselves in an ambuscade.
The fighting waa stubbornly carried
on, and when the Japanese at last re
tired, the Russian forces collected 500
corpses for burial, and were proceed
ing- ttr the ttt ferment of the remainder
when the renewed fire from the Jap
anese drove the rescue corps back, and
the estimate is made that 1500 Japanese
lay on the field when the hospital corps
and th burial detachment retired.
Thla estimate makes no account of
the wounded of the Japanese army. Ac
cording to thla account the Russian
lost waa but 30 or 40 killed and a pro
portionate number of injured.
Correspondent's View.
Victoria, B. C, Dec 8. There ar
rived on the lyo Mam the afternoon
Richard Barry, special war correspon
dent of the San Francisco Chronicle
with the Japanese armies before Port
Arthur. Mr. Barry hea been with the
army of Nogi throughout the opera
tions. He left thla evening for Seat
tle on hla way home.
Mr. Bary believes tha the fall of
Port Arthur is still some distance in
the future. It la, of course, some
little time since he left the scene, and
hence he Is unable to fully size up the
situation at It now exists.
The taking of 203-Meter hill by the
Japanese does not, according to Mr.
Barry's Idea, mean the Inevitable fall
of. the. stronghold. He differs from
the opinion expressed that it gives ab
solute domination of the city. He
thinks that the Japanese have still a
considerable task In hand before the
beleagured stronghold submits. The
garrison, he thinks within Port, Arthur
haa been underestimated in many
quarters. He expects that the .Japa
nese will eventually take the place.
but at an appalling loss.
Mr. Barry gives an interesting ac
count of the operations before the
city. The determination of the Japa
nese soldiers Is such that it Is almost
impossible to hold out against them.
he says. He tells of how they ad
vanced at night, scratching with their
hands a trail to conceal their move
ments. After spending all night In a
task of this kind they would break In
to an assoult upon the opposing
trenches at dawn.
For nlnety-Blx hours continuously
those Japanese soldiers will keep up a
steady attack. In point of endurance
they are Incomparable, he thinks.
The shells have undoubtedly played
terrible havoc with the city and the
ships In the harbor. He saw a shell
burst on the Retvlsan which wrought
such destruction that it was a surprise
to all that the ship kept afloat.
Mr. Barry has been with Frederic
VHliers, the artist of the London Il
lustrated News, during the ppperatlons.
Mr. Vllllers has also left the front and
will arrive on the next ship on his way
arrive on the next, ship on his way
home.
SLAUGHTER AWFUL.
Jap Forces Flung Thmlvt on In
trenched Position.
Mukden, Dec. S. On th night of De
cember 2 the Japanese began a heavy
artillery Are on Lone Tret bill In or
der to pave the' way for an Infantry
attack. Thla fusillade was answered
gamely by the Russian guns for nearly
three hours, when the Art from tht
Russian batteries slackened, and the
Japanese, Imagining tht Russian guns
silenced, sent corps after corps against
the Russian trenches, where they were
met with withering volleys, and a coun
ter charge with fie bayonet Tht
Japanese fled after sustaining enor
mous losses.
On December 2 Captain Gtchkoon,
and Corporal Companetx, crawled close
to the Japanese position. an. .
there was a heavy Are over them all
day, they completed sketches of the
whole position and returned to the lines
In safety. ' ""
Theatre Cut Prices.
New York, Dec. 5. A reduction In
prices has been announced by the
management of one of ' the largest
Broadway playhouses.' Beginning Dec.
2(, the best orchestra seats will be sold
for $1, This is one half the prevail
ing price at most of the other first
class theaters tn this city and the cut
has aroused- considerable 'discussion
among rival theaters. When the thea
ter was opened some years ago orches
tra seats were $2, but they were cut to
$1.50 sometime ago. Second choice
seats In the lower part of the house will
be sold' for 75 cents and the new scale
will range down to '25. cents for the
gallery ,,.:. p.' - ":
BIG TRUST FORMED
Telephone Business to Become a
$700,000,000 Monopoly.
WORK OF EASTERN PROMOTER
Independent Manufacturers tf Tele
phone Supplies Are to be Froatti
, Out by tht New
Combination. -
Chicago, Dec. 8. Th Chronicle to
day says: A scheme which la the pre
liminary step to the organisation of a
gigantic telephone trust which, when
its alleged purpose Is accomplIshed,wlll
Involve a capital estimated at $700,000,-
000 and which will put out of exist
ence all independent telephone manu
facturing ' companies in the country,
haa come to light tn Chicago with the
announcement that a representative of
an eastern syndicate 1s endeavoring to
obtain options on all Independent fac
tories In the city and haa obtained a
few. , .. -'
Similar options are being Bought
from all the independent telephone
manufacturing' companies throughout
the country with the object of forming
a big comblnatron.' of manufacturing
telephone interests on about the same
order as other large . corporations,
such as the United States Steel corpor
ation, tn order to eliminate competition
in this line. .' , .
W. J. Hllands, of Chicago, who la
suld to represent eastern parties in
the- movement declared that the pro
posed combination had proceeded so
far that there was very little doubt
about its consumation.
FAVOR RAILROADS.
Alaskan Development to B Urged
Upon Thi Congrats..
Seattle, Dec. 6." Alaska operators
resident In Seattle, and others Interest
ed In the development of that countsy,
say they will urge upon congress to ex
tend governmental aid or subsidy in
the matter of railroad-, construction In
the territory, Insisting that a rider to
this effect be placed upon the bill
passed by the last house guaranteeing
5 per cent income upon the money in
vested in such enterprises In ,the Phil
ippines, and which Is now coming up
as unfinished business In .the senate.
It Is claimed that the. United States
Is in duty bound to do at least aa
much If not more in the matter of de
velopment for Alaska, which' la Amer
ican soli, aa for her far eastern Island
possessions.''1 , ,