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OOVIRS THE MORNINQ FIKLD ON f HB LOWER COLUMBIA
VOLUME LV1V. NO. 58.
ASTORIA, OKKGON, SUNDAY, DECEMBKK 11, 1904.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
TO FIGHT JAPS
Torpedo Boats arc Being
Shipped to Orient.
ssBsjssBsaa
RUSSIA NOT "ALL IN"
Japs Will Have to Blow Up More
Russ Destroyers Before
Long.
ONE BOAT MAKES TRIP ALON
Jock, given himself up to the police.
Uoih r In custody at Alert liny, and
will ba brought to Victoria for trial
Kll-na, etc., alma being Jailed haa
boasted that the Indian woman Whom
ba slew was the fourth victim of hla
as and knlfa, but ha neglected to add
that about tha drat victim of tha ropa
In hla Itinerary will ba Kll-na, etc.
MISTAKEN UNIINCY '
St. Petersburg Inflamed by an Ineandl
ary Circular That Call for Con
vooatlon of National Astern
bly at Once.
Toklo. Dee. 10 (Noon). Tha foreign
offire haa Issued the following etate-
ment on tha position which tha Japan
government haa taken In regard, to
tha proposed International peace con
ferenre: "An Invitation from the pres.
Ident of the United States of Amerlc
having been received by the govern
ment of Japan at Toklo on December I
to take part In tha propoaed second In
ternatlonal peace conference, the gov
rnment at onoa replied to the effect
that being fully alive to tha urgent
rux-esslty for more exact definitions of
the uniform practlcea that now axial
In respect to anme of the questions
about to be aubmllted to the propoaed
conference and, finding that the fact
that the nation la now engaged In war
I no aulTli'lent reaann why It ahould
not Hike purl In the work of the con
ferenee, It haa been decided upon the
part of the Japanese government to
accept the Invltntlon.
"Thla action la taken, however, with
the dlallnct reservation that the pro
poiied conference ahull not aaaume to
adopt any meuaure which will In any
way affect the present conflict."
BOATS MISSING.
Thought That They Are in Hiding from
Japan'a Guns.
Toklo, pec. 10, 11 a. m. It la report
ed here thut alnce the commencement
of the bombardment of the Russian
fleet In Port Arthur hartwr, tha Jap
anese mllltnry obaervera on 203-Meter
hill have not aeen anything of the Rue
alan fleet of torpedo boat deatroyera,
and It la preaumed It haa taken ehelter
behind Lnoll mountain.
The Jnpnneae fleet lying oft the en
trance to the harbor la conatantly on
the alert In anticipation of an attempt
being made by any of the Ruaalan war
ships to escape and aeek refuge In aome
neutral port.
STILL BUYS BOATS.
Torpedo Boata to Ba Shipped to the
Rutalan Government.
New York. Dec. 10. Nine torpedo
bonta, built at Perth Amboy, N. J., for
the Ruaalan government have been
completed and will leave the yarda to
day. They have been taken apart and
loaded on a barge, to be towed to New
York and shipped aa merchandise on a
liner.
The tenth boat will cross, the ocean
under Ita own power. The alx cylinder
gasoline engines have been Installed.
Euch la expected to develop a S00 horse
power and drive the little boat at a
speed of 20 knots. The crew of eight
men la already aboard the boat which
la 80 feet long. Below deck It la not
possible to stand erect for there la only
a five foot apace. Should the passage
be stormy the crew will be almost aa
effectually bottled up aa If In a sub
marine. The only entrance to the com
partments below deck Is through a
conning tower, from which the boat Is
navigated.
Each boat will carry onoeforpedo tube.
One of the five water-tlit compart
ments Into which the hull Is divided
will contain the spare torpedoes.
Rough House Indian.
Victoria, B. C, Dec. 10. Word has
reached here that Kll-na-meet-howya,
a Newlttle Indian,' who murdered the
ffUktAman nf tit tit.hft tnm wtfk
XV1J V VI. 1 1 ' ... ' v . v.' v -ww ...v . .
ago, haa, with his accomplice, Slwaah
Andrew White Says President Reese
volt la in Error.
New York, Deo. 10. "Much aa I ad
mire President Roosevelt aa a true man,
we have aeen today a sorry example of
the mistake a strong man can make.
The president waa appealed to by, a
colored Baptist minister to aava tha
lutter'a son from the gallows for the
murder of a farmer In Canada. The
president listened to the appeal, and he
secured a commutation of the negro's
sentence, I do not admire tha presi
dent for that"
Thla was the statement made by An
drew D. White, formerly United States
ambassador to Germany, today In tha
course of an address on "Evolution vs.
Revolution In Politics," before tha
league for the benefit of political edu
cation. White declared that tha high
crime la more frequent In this country
than anywhere else In the world, ex
cept Sicily, and there Is a widespread
Idea that It la tha duty of people to
protect criminals.
It waa while calling attention to thla,
aa be termed It, "mistaken leniency,"
that Mr. White referred to the presi
dent as quoted.
SEATTLE K
Commercial Couldn't Stand
the Line Bucking.
presence. That was all right, only It
didn't happen that way. That fool wo
man stepped down, reached for me like
a prizefighter taking the count, mixed
up my hair till they weren't matea, and
then she glued me on the bill.
Mr. Keane meant that he got kissed.
First Snow Fall.
Baltimore. Dec 10. Ten Inches of
anow fell here today, reports from
towns through the state ahow alx to
nine Inches of anow.
FIGHT WAS A GAME ONE
The Other Side.
was Outclassed in the
Second.
Now comes Alex Gilbert and for an
swer to Jock Johnstone's complaint,
denies each and every allegation ant"
defies the allegator. Gilbert admits,
Astoria Held On in First Half but r"1 ,n " v" hour' he WM bambooI,e1
into accompanying Johnstone on i
hunting expedition to Chinook. Gil
bert had the best gun ever brought to
Astoria, while Johnstone had his old
pump gun. While Gilbert waa hunting
Johnstone went to sleep on a blanket
with a nursing bottle by hla aide. Gil
bert secured a dozen fine ducks, and
Johnstone one, which he bought of
George Hibbert. It having been left at
tha Observer office for two years' sub
scription to that paper. Mr. Gilbert haa
the highest respect for Johnstone as a
citizen, but draws the line at any pre
tentions he may make at hunting.
LINE BUCKING GOT THtM
Both Sides Played Clean Ball Through
out But College Men Had Ad
vantage of a Long Sea
son's Training.
Cheats Gallows.
Vancouver, B. C, Dec. 10. John Kay,
a 17-year-old boy under- sentence or
death, and who waa to have been hung
Friday, died today In the penitentiary
at New Westminster from tuberculosis.
Kay, plainly a degenerate, waa convict
ed of the murder of John Splttal.
hunter, whom he killed for his gun.
THIEVING 8ERVANTS.
oeaiue, uec. io. une ducks and a
auperlor play put Astoria to the bad
today, and the atory la told In a score
of 11-0 agalnat Commercial of Astoria.
At Recreation Park thla afternoon
Valuable Neeklaea Is 8till Missing from
Their Effects.
New York. Dec. 10. Detectives have
arrested two Cuban servants of Mr.
Squires, the American minister to
Cuba, according to a Tribune dispatch
from Havana. The minister recently
Astoria went agalnat a proposition It complained of missing many valuable
could not hahdle. although the little articles,. Including a necklace worth
11000. Search pt the servant's 'effects
revealed part of the missing property,
but not the necklace.
Abraham McGee Has Knifed
Comrade.
ONLY MAN LEFT AT BIG HORN
Arrested Man Bear the Soars of Many
Wounds Ha Got In the Fight of
Custer and 8itting Bull.
New York, Dec. 10. Abraham Mc
Gee, who claims to be the sole white
survivor of Custer's command In the
famoua battle of Little Big Horn, la
under arrest here, charged with homi
cide. Last Thursday night he got Into
an argument with Frank Mitchell, a
salesman, over the proper method for
cooking a kidney stew. A quarrel fol
lowed and the men attacked each other
with kitchen knlvea, the fracas having
occurred In Mitchell's flat. McGee, who
lived on the western frontier 40 years
declares Mitchell attacked him first
nd by practicing an old trick he felled
his opponent, not, however, until he re
ceived a severe scalp wound.
Mitchell did not appear badly off at
the time, but he died 24 hours later.
McGee was arrested In the meantime In
a newspaper otnee, wnere ne naa gone
to set the editor right about the fight.
In telling the story of the battle, Mc
Gee declared he waa detached by Custer
Just before the massacre to carry a
message to Major Reno, who was to
huve .made a Joint attack with Ciister'e
troops on the Indians.
McGee bears the scars of many
wounds which he claims to huve receiv
ed before he reached Reno's forces. Re
cently he came here from Texas and
has been canvassing for a mnguzlne.
MEETING OF LOGGERS
waa a game one, and in the first half
Astoria waa not In danger.
In the second, however, Seattle
buckled down In line bucking, and the
Astoria resistance waa not sufficiently
heavy to withstand the onrushes of th
sound boys, , By aggressive and snappy
work Seattle Jammed the ball acrona
for two goala, but an eaay goal waa
mi..ed on the first down. The second j0 Discuss the Rights of Eminen
t, iv, uivuii, .iuiiiuvii uvuiru ucrr lair I ,
and square between the posts and over UOmaln.
the bar.
It la only fair to say that Seattle had
the aaalstance of some college men,
who have been In practice all season,
, - In the first halt Astoria played
snappy game from which there was no
recourse, but, In the second, Seattle
took their measure, and, while In strlk
Ing dlstanec of the goal Una, and while
out-punting Seattle, they could not
force the opposing Una.
The aecond half found them In a
weakened condition from the onslaughts
of the first, and Seattle won as she
choae. Both aides played good, clean
football
CAT IS RULER
Hoo-Hoos Put In Another
Festive Session.
MENU CALLS FOR COUNT
Toastmaster Leads a Various Life
During the Evening of
Cancatenation. '
Fun Rules tha Later Hours and the
Banquet Makea Good for all the
Losses of Feline Fur During
the Midnight Festival.
A. J. Capron;
grunder.
apprentice, R. n. Ma-
COMMITTEES ARE APPOINTED
Bills to Be Drafted to Present to the
Legislatures of Oregon and
Washington for ...
Enaotment. '
HUFF MUST EXPLAIN.
Seattle Dec. 10. A meeting of the
loggers, timbermen and mlllmen of the
Columbia river. Grays Harbor and the
Land Fraud Trial Lands Yet Another
Victim in tha Net
Portland, Dec. 10. Guy Huff of Eu- ound waa held today. The object of
gene, Ore., proves to be the mysterious the meeting waa to formulate aome
"John Doe" against whom warrants pIana t0 gscure the riht of emment do.
nave been outstanding in tne land
OIL 8TEAMER ARRIVES.
Pioneer in Petrodeum Carrying
Trade in Orient,
San Francisco, Dec. 10. The British
steamer Dakota Just arrived here from
Shanghai, was formerly engaged In
running petroleum cargoes In bulk from
Black aea porta to India and China.
She la said to be the pioneer ateamer
of a fleet of oil carrying steamers to ply
between this coast and the orient. Be
fore leaving with her first cargo she
will have an oil burning plant Installed.
Her carrying capacity la 6000 tons.
fraud oases. This fact waa developed
today when a warrant was Issued for
Huff on a charge of complicity In the
conslpracy collaborated with the de
fendant's who are now out on ball.
The sureties offered by Huff were
deemed Insufficient by the court and
the prisoner was remanded to the sue
tody of the sheriff and went to Jail.
GLUED ON THE BILL.
main for the various logging roads in
Oregon and Washington. At present,
thla law only applies to railroad com
panles. .-Efforts have been made by the
leglslaturea of both states in the past
to secure laws whereby owners of tlm
ber lands can secure a right to go over
lands. In front of them, lying upon rivers
and natural outlets for logs, taws
have ben passed giving owners of land
the right to construct logging roads,
which shall be public highways, but
the . supreme courts have held these
laws unconstitutional. The law of eml-
Aotor Keane Is Descriptive in the Ex
treme.
Here, girls, is a new one for you.
Remember it, and If he doesn't do It
In the glucose style get one with thelnent domain will give logging corn-
sand and the Inspiration to attend to It. panles the right to condemn lands for
James Keane was In a restaurant last logging railroads, by tendering a reas-
nlght (actors sometimes eat), and the pnable value for the lands used. Aa
dinner pleased him, wherefore Keane the matter now stands, rich syndicates
became reminiscent and voluable. It own most of the timber adjacent to
may be Keane had been somewhere be- rivers and streams and there Is no way
fore he came In. but that Is not estab- for timber owners back of them to get
llshed. I their logs to market. A committee was
Mr. Keane started to relate an earlier appointed to draft bills to be Intro
experience, and It was not so dtlterent duoed In the legislatures of both states,
from the many that attend actors in granting the right of eminent dqmalnl
pursuance of a stormy carer, but he to all logging companies now organized
or to be hereafter organized In the two
evolved an expression.
Said Mr. Keane: "'Nother fellow
and I ribbed up a play 'while back, an'
she was a hummer, You aee, we had
a big frame in the background with the
spot light on it, and I go into a dream.
You've had 'em yourself, but this was
a case where I had to act the part.
"When I got to a certain stage my
departed love was supposed to carry
this little dream along, step out from'
the frame I apeak of, and come down
and awake me by the beauty of her
states. Representatives of the logging
Interests will go to the state capitals
and attempt to secure the enactment
of the law.
Famoua Manufacturer Dead.
New York, Dec. 10. Abner Clark
Seamans, one of the original makers
of typewriters in this country, js dead
at hla home at Brooklyn. He was 83
years old and retired from active busi
ness 15 years ago.
The Ancient and Demented Order of
Hoo Hoos congregated, in Astoria yea
terday for a grand caneatenatian. Some
arrived on the passenger; aome on the
freight, and soma walked, but they a
arrived on time.. Each wore a aancti
monious smile on hie phisog and
cedar shingle badge, trimmed in valen
oennes lace, with ornaments of glass,
euphoniously styled diamonds.. The
visitors were royally entertained by the
local members of the order, and at 8:30
over 150 members had assembled at
Logan's hall, where the ceremonies
were scheduled to take place.
After the transaction of routine bus!
ness the ordfer adjourned to the banquet
hall. T. M. Shields of Seattle waa
elected toastmaster. The toasts were
varied and unique hard to say wheth
er more variation than ' oddity take
your choice.
Mayor Meata
(In Chunks Kittens Salute)
Hume Ham, Legal Sauce
McGregor Veal, Cases and Boxes
Campbell Tongue and Groove,
Corenson Flat Cardlnes
i ' Sandwlche
Hardy Ham Gray Cheese
Sweets
O'Brien Catnip Ice Cream
Llndes Tom Sakes.
Slevert Kitten Confectionery
"Draw Out In the Dark"
WHIFFS
Hoo Hoo Pipe Dreams
Opera House The Collar and Elbow
Opera Company In the "Hoo Hoo Bar
ber."
Ubet Theater Little Africa, the Loie
Fuller of the Nehalem Valley. ,
Coming The Horticulture society in
the strong heart drama, entitled
'Chubs and Dog Salmon."
The menu at the banquet la some
what puzzling, but, whatever the desig
nations the viands were strictly "all
right-
Take the count and read the menu.
Jay S. Hamilton, alias "Asleep in
the Deep," V. S.
Menu.
s Oyster Cat Tails, Fur Trimmings.
Staple Relishes Olives, a la balls
Prael Transfer Pickles
Kiln Dried Peanuts Onion-bed Sellery
Winter Salad with Tailings
Mansur Shrimps Conconolly Wapato
By the tall of the Sacred Black
The ancient and battle-scared Toms
present were:
Portland Geo. S. Taylor, C. H. Jack
Snark, Jay S. Hamilton; senior Hoo
Hoo, E. H. Habghorst; Junior Hoo Hoo,
T. M. Shields; bajum, W. C. Francis;
jabberwock, L.-C. Jameson; scrlvester,
George M. Cornwall, Fred H. Gill man;
gurdon, H. D. Gray; arcanoper, L. A,
Mansur; custocatlan, George K. Went
worth, T. L. Chlnnock;. medical ex
amlner, W. "R, Hume; ' official barber,
The following resolution waa adopt,
ed:
"Whereas, It has pleased Almighty
God to take from our midst Brother
John A. Grim, 350L a loyal and devoted
member of the Hoo Hoo; and who by
bla aid and genial presence waa a
most worthy and efficient member of
this order,
"Resolved, That at the cancatination
held at Astoria December 10, It was
unanimously
"Resolved, That a copy of these reso
lutions be spread on the minutes and a
copy be sent to hla family and the lum
ber newspapers. ' ' , .
"FRED fit. GILLMAN. '
"GEORGE M. CORNWALL. "
"GEORGE L. TAYLOR."
son. W. C. Francis, T. B. Mallory, A. J.
Capron, Jay S. Hamilton, G. K. went-
worth. Jr., Geo. if. Cornwall. T. : A.
Chlnnock, E. H. Hablghorat, N P. 8or
enaon, L. C Jameson, A. H. Potter,
R. B. Magruder, O. G. Hugbson, M. R.
Colby, E W. Ring, Albert Brlx.
Seattle Fred H. Oilman, T. it
Shields. - -
Astoria Jamea Winter, T. Lindas, N.
Staples, W. F. McGregor, F. W. Hardy,
O. S. Peabody, W. a O'Brien, A. T.
Sieverts, J. W. Surprenant, C. F. Lest
er, H. D. Gray, L. A. Mansur, W. R.
Hume, R. B. Campbell, F. W. Nov
berry, H. C Smith.
T. M. Shields, Seattle, toaatmaater.
.The kittens, Vhose raucous yowls
filled ' the Jalpltatlng circumadjacent
atmosphere were of the brlndle breed,
and the folley of their playful and un
restricted way waa made patent to each
though It took time.
The names of the unclawed at the
breast follow, forget them:
Ralph Blake Dyer, Clatsop Mill Co.,
Astoria, Ore.; Frank Case Graham, F.
C. Graham Lumber Co., Astoria;. Herb
ert Shaver, Scow Bay Iron Works, As
torna; Henry Hoeck, H. Hoeck Logging
Co., Astoria; Samuel . Ellas . Harris,
Bruener Logging Co., Astoria; Harry
(Continued oa Page I.) .-
INJUNCTION IS FILED
Clatsop County Enjoined From
Collecting the 1903 Taxes.
TIMBER SYNDICATES COMBINE
Complaint Alleges That Lands . Have
Been Aaseaaed for Mora Than Ac
tual Value. ' r 4
Five of the principal timber syndi
cates yesterday filed in the cir
cuit court, a complaint . asking for a
temporary Injunction against Clatsop
county and Thomaa Linville, sheriff,
restraining them from selling the prop,
erty of plaintiffs for delinquent taxes.
The companies are Chariea A. Rust et
al, C .H. Wheeler, John E. DuBois,
Blodget Co. and the Whitney Co. The
complaint alleges that the plaintiffs are
the owners of large tracta of timber
in Clatsop county, and that they have
been assessed erroneously, and at a
higher figure than , their , appraised
value, and more In, proportion than ad
jacent lands similarly situated are as- -sessed.
' They aak for a temporary In
junction until 'the matter can be heard
In the court and thereafter that a
permanent Injunction be Issued re
training the sheriff from selling their
property. They allege that the equit
able taxes against the tracts of land are
certain sum, which they deposited In
court. The aggregate amount of the-
money deposited with County Clerk
Clinton In the five suits Is $7000. Coun
ty Judge Trenchard Issued a tempo
rary injunction against selling their
property. This will have the effect of
stopping the sale of their property ad
vertised for the 28th of December. It
will not affect the sale of other prop
erty by being advestlsed.
As the timber lands Involved are not
assessed at one-third the price paid for
them, and as the laws of Oregon require
all lands to be assessed at their actual
cash value, the contention of the plaint
iffs la hardly tenable. They have
escaped their Just proportion of taxes
for years. They bought the Umber
lands on speculation at a very nominal
figure, and expect to realize handsome
ly on the Investment. As a matter of
fact, the land Is not assessed enough,
and it la to be hoped that thla year,
they will be compelled to pay their
Just proportion of taxes.