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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 14, 1904)
1 trttttt wmn PUBLISHES FULL ASSOOIATIO PRiB RIPORf COVIR THB MORNINQ FIKLO ON TH LOWER COLUMBIA VOLUME LV1V. NO. 60. Astoria, Oregon, Wednesday, December u 1904. PRICE FIVE CENTS J1I0 FIEND CAUGHT Arrest of Finn for Ruin ing Girls. CHILDREN ARE VICTIMS Warrant Recites Blighting Disaster to Five Young School Girls. Mil BURNING fort u lily feeding when ft battery of eight qulckflrer (helled the village from eome tronche. The colon! decided he would get the gun Juet to show that It could be done. The regiment charged In open order In the face of a heavy fire, con. verrlnar on the hatterv anil It tnnkl for moment ae though the Coeeacki MIllIlnok jn (LrKTl Afi would be able to ride down the gunJ WL. J" vlMV " nere, when at the foot of the trenches the horeea were brought up by ft eerie of cleverly concealed barbed wire en tanglemente. It wee here the captain of the leading aquadron waa blown out of hie caddie by ft aharpnel, 10 men killed and II wounded. The retreat wae orderly. The colonel waa ahot through both lege. The Done took their repulee gamely, but the en lifted men aerlouely aaeert that barbed wire la not legitimate warfare. CONDEMNED FOR MURDER. Fire Fiend; HELP FROM ST. PAUL 1 8ason.fr Aaleeelne Are to Meet Lifetime of Imprisonment Bt. Petereburg, Dec. IS. Baaoneff. Powers Building Loss is Over $1,500,000 Alone Other Heavy Losers. $4,129.76. The petition allegee that the plaintiff put up a rtaurant In the Philippine reaervatlon and rented It to the defendante for $7129.76, but that I only 13000 of the amount wae paid. JUDGE LOSES TENHARI TO ANSWER MONDAY LtZ"r:. mlnlater of the Interior, Von Plehve. I WU rlKtMtN AKt KILLED and Blkorlfsky, hie accomplice In crime, waa today found guilty by the Ceee Declared Stronn One by Thoee courV01 w"wu 4M Iornw w" Mn . ., . ience.i 10 imprisonment ror are at hard labor, and the Utter to 20 yeare' Im Whe Have Seen the Develop- menta In the Unlontewn Awful Soandal. One Civilian Loeee Hie Life and the Loae by Flemee Approximate. Five Million of Dollar Still Burning. ' prlsonment The trial I expected to laat at leaat two daye, but la ruehed to a apeedy competition. In view of the poaalblllty of ft revolutionary demon- it ration. The trial la behind cloaed donra. arid all AntraneM In ihm kulMIn " " in ruarriml anil nnlv ini hn jumee court last nigni, cn.rging gonn .oum Drodu Tenharl with criminal aeaault on five 0thr member, to the bar were treated The bueineee ceotion of the elty eeeme uui. B.n. in wnivmvwn. n Him u nutaldera " to be in the hind, of th. m K.A .j tnen living In Unlontown etatee that . i.r. .,.. -M.rw i. .t,i..t Ithe laroa wtiolual. . u h. . Tenharl hae been for come time engeged wttnln tne bu1(,nt; ln tne court ter of the city are now burning. The .-... ar.. ..m-,nrill of (he ordnance factory, while re department of Bt Paul hae been mg mm ecno.i ic me sppsnmems, m0Unted gendarmec patrol the cldee of Implored to eend aid, and enginee and CHINA TO SAVE. Cutting Out Borne of Budget of Ex pence Account New York. Dec. 13. A cpeclal report of Viceroy Yuan concerning antl-for- elgn eocletlee In Honan province, hae Juet been published, aaya a Pekln die- patch to the Herald. The leader have all been arrested. An edict removee the local, civil and military mandartnea at Slnalng for negligence and ordera the governor of Honan to reform the administration of the province. An Imperial decree hae been ieaued abolishing the governorship of the two provinces. Hupel and Hunan. The viceroy of Hupel Is directed to assume the dutlea of governor of Hupel ln ad dition to hla own dutlea The viceroy of Hunan and Kwelchan likewise as- of doctor. A resolution to that effect wae adopted at the 14th annual meet ing of the eoclety which hae lust been "eld. , . c"'at 8HOPPER8 SCARED. House Impeaches by Res olution Yesterday. Lights in Big Chicago Btorec All Go Out. ' Chicago, Dec. 11. Thousands of shoppers In the big downtown depart ment stores have had ft scare when the electric lights suddenly went out, leav ing the Interior of the building in mm mitfrc r kiicr rromPl action ty tne clerks H1W1 IKiMfcj LAUofc a"d fi00r arB Prevented one irom oeing injured. An Accident In the power house of an electric light com pany waa the cause of the trouble. MQi.af..... ... . ... New Action For the HOUSe Of I m the affected territory for nearly Congress Causes Great Consternation. sumee the duties of governor of SENATE COMMITTEE IS NAMED territory from North tiunan. 'jnese measure of economy are In harmony with recent edict, re quiring the abolition of useless office and the reduction of expenses. PRI80NER8 ESCAPE. an nour, and holiday shoppers were stranded In the store with their pur chases, but half made. There wae con siderable Inconvenience and much ex citement . The trouble, varying ln eerlousne. extended over practically the entire avenue to Twelfth (street and from the river to the lake. Minneapolis, Minn, Deo. 13, 9 p. nv nd hee frequently given them money, tnt building, from e eenie to 9 cents, ana maae in decent proposals to them. uno or tne nine gine imormea ner mother of hie aotlone and the matte wee brought to the attention ef Sheriff - Llnville, - whe made an Investigation nd satisfied hlmeelf that there we no doubt ef hie guilt Accordingly, e U..P..M u. . . autAW Mill .Mil llA 1M.. rrested by the oherif? and locked up I Spit in the FaCCS of the Imperial in the eeun y Jan. 0uard In Unlontown who hovo wtohd Ton . . T J - I T nin since in. gompiainn ynrw man by the little girls, there eeeme to be a etrong ea. against him. He will prob- LEADERS WERE IN A FRENZY est w i f ww ea iiiiis twi vi v wmhmv mw Bride next Monday. Three Guard. Hurt In Melee in the Budapc.t Chamber Scene We Riotoue in the Extreme. ANOTHER RUMOR. 300 ef the Crew of a Japaneee War' ship Reported Killed. London, Dec. IS. The Dally Tele. graph' correspondent at Chee Poo re port that a big Japanese warship waa unk off Port Arthur, and 300 Uvea lost. It I also added In this report that two Russian torpedoboat destroy Budapest Dec. IS. Hoping to at era were sunk by the Japanese on No- tract the eympathy of the populace the vember 25. It Is believed the first of member of the opposition In the house tire-fighting apparatus are new en the way via Minnesota tranefer by epeoial trains on the Greet Northern and the Northern Paoifie tracks. At this time It looke if the lose will reach millions, and there I no pos smutty of the fire being under control for hour. A high wind i blowing, Firemen Lose Live. Minneapolis. Dec. 14. (4:15 a. m.). Three men were killed and . another seriously Injured In addition to the $5,- 000,000 loss occasioned by the great lire that raged In thla city tonight, and which I still burning. Two of the dead are firemen, and the third le a cltlien electrocuted by a live wire, which waa not secured by the street ralway company' repair force. Di.greo.ful He wa" ,n,tantlJ' klll- an- 1 name in uui ri ucn lenrnea. ne was a spectator, and hi death wa entirely accidental, occurring at ft late hour. The two firemen, whose names the fire chief le too busy at this time to ascer tain, were killed while trying to plant a ecallng ladJer for a hoae line against a brick wall. Without warning the wall toppleJ and fell, and the men are still burning under the, debris. Poese Hunting Men for Reward on ' Their Heads. Ban Rafael, Cat, Dec. 13. A break wa made from Fort Baker today and the United State prisoner escaped by cutting through the wall of the prison during the night Impeachment of General Belknap 1876 le the Only Precedent for Yeeterday'e Action of House ef Representatives. in Filipino Go Home. Seattle, Dec. 13. When the steamer Iyo Mam of the Nippon Tusen Kalsha line of steamer sail from this port today she will have a paasanger 241 Filipinos, who are returning to their island home from the St' tout expo sition.' The delegation ' consists of representative from nearly every tribe in the Philippine. - - . . vvasningion, uec. 13. Bitting a ft grand lurv. the hoiim nf Mnr...n). A .... . A . I.I , . 1 " -i"" "l uiurei,re scouring me Uvea todav. with lmn . rn hill. .nA Dh.M IF..U. - I ' " "a. m pvm hershlD nreiipnt arlnntoH . r.a1,.Hnn U . .. out The prleoner are eupposed to be ,m 'hl' ," ' " " TT """" "v 7 im uverpooi armed, and a battle may resuUlf they nrTdistrtt ?w0ay' Ute- are caught, a. some of them are dan! ZJZSIZSZ?' 5? "l ' T "earin gerou men. There Is reward of 350 1 Throurhout h. inn th. i offered for the capture of each prisoner tense Interest waa ahnwn h, th. vi mi. , I K.r- I.j rnln,i k. i. .... . resolution Steamer I Safe. Philadelphia, Dec. IS. Tne steamer gear, and the anxiety, on, account of the large number of passengers the vessel carried was great A provision was made for the appointment of live member to! notify the senate of the Impeachment, and of the appointment of aeven mem ber to present the case ln Ita various! bearings to the senate for its action. Today's proceeding were the first 'S CASE IS BAD Salmon Will Fill the South topSSi, bill. retary of war In General Grant' cabl- the Woman. I net. AUDITOR HELD UP. FOOD FISH ARE IN DEMAND Man Left Unconciou. on the Floor YOUNG NOT POWDtR MARKED i nnruun win nigm. Spokane, Dec. 13. It ha lust de veloped that two masked men held up Deputy County Auditor Arthur Hallln last night and robbed the safe of Ha content, about 1300. After ft struggle, during which he wa I laid hors-du-combat by blow on thel head, Hallln lay unconscious on thel floor all night and waa found In almost a dying condition by the Janitor of the establishment this morning. He did Commissioner From the Lend of So cialism, Mince and Female Beauty Want Oregon 8elmon. Physician Tertify That He Wa Shot From Distance of Three to Five Inches and Hi Body Not Burned at AIL Til MnflftwPfttlAH 11 thft emi-tat Alana theno rrportu la only anothtM1 version of deputies, headed by Count Apponyl, fh t . . wof the sinking of the Japanese crutner former Premier Bunflfy, FrancU Ko- Lt-iwn a. it m th- i..- a.m .k- x.i ..,.tKl-,K ...v striking, at It 41d, the largeit con- V7trii, ciiiiii vviiiiiiu.iivmi.ii ve itii i nuiu, vuum uivij emim Vllier lMiCr, I l rnWV.olo I. w M thai BnvlrAni nf th hlsnniril fnrtraa ImiLrrhiiil In a Annnlm a Iha r.orH. i ... .v.. ...... ,. . v ' By allowing the flame to conflne ?! T; 7 . UU..U.IW. i me enirance mey them(ie,ve, t0 th1 Power, Mtabl,h. waueu wiui iiuei-cBu lounu ino pouce commissioner, wno requested them to enter singly. He Destructive Fire. waa roughly thrown aside and mal- Buffiilo, N. T., Dec. 14. The Immense treated. While the procession, drip. coal trestles of the Buffalo CreeK rail- ping, and with muddy boots, swarmed ment, where the loss le easily $1,500,- 000 and to three other buildings which are burning, and confining the concen trated efforts of the Minneapolis and St. Paul fire departments on adjacent road at Tift Farm, In teh .outhern part into the chamber over the gorgeoua " , , . I T . .v. v . , ,k i,w. . a.,a h . .a . .. .u. ... .! bulJdlnga. It la hoped at this hour that fire thl morning at I o'clock. The the president's tribune, consisting of 40 H "Pread f the t0ppe5- origin of the fire which will result In men, with a roar of execration, and or- a losa of 3450,000 la unknown. dered them to ault the chamber, Acting on Instructions, the guards New York, Dec. 13. A dramatic San Francisco, Dec. IS. L. F. Ay son, commissioner and chief Inspector not recover sufficiently to tell his story of fisheries of New Zealand, has ar- until late this evening, and was then aituatlon developed today ln the crlm nveo nere ror tne purpose or taking i - nerent. ial branch of the .upreme court when hm. ,!, ki i aaa aaa ' . .v.l The only clue which 1 admitted by . . . . ...... .,,,, ess- ut urei t t , iNan Patterson, now nn Hot w me snerin a onrce la mat h is ine be- i - lief that the robbers were familiar with p"tlce Vernon M. Davla, for the mur der of Caeaar Toung, stood up ln court, and faced the pawn broker. Hy men Stern , the man who sold the re- eastern white flah and 300,000 salmon eggs from this state with which to the office. stock the streams and lakes of New Zealand. Q. N. PULLS OUT. Millions Are Loot Minneapolla, Dec. 14. 4 a. m. The Mukden. Dec. 1. There wa an un- remained mute, but Immovable, which nre ln tne ome district or this city, known and unheralded flht when the so Incensed the opposition deputies nlcn rted about 8 o clock last even- Don Cossacks set out to confound the that they boxed their ears and spat In had dtroyed property worth at armchair strategist and prove that the face of the suard. 3,ooo.ooo at is: 50 tnis morning, cavalry could take ft modern battery They next demolished the furnish- accoram 10 ln e'nsurance appraisers, of quick flrlng gun upported by In- Ing of the ' chamber and piled the anfl 11 B now fear1 the total losa with fantry. That they failed was due only I debris In the middle of the room. Hav- P ln th vicinity of $5,000,000, to another development of modern war- ing done this, the rioter crowned their Th flre Btartd the photographic fare on which they haJ not counted, work by erecting a model of a gollow "PPly hu ' O. H. Peck & Co., and lwrbed wire that hung up their charge from the broken benches from which ln leM than half an nour tnl" bu'WIng unHr ihn varv miizslea of the euns. an rffflirv of Premier Tsa was hannul wa ft mas of wreckage. Next te the But they failed gallantly and the As- The opposition deputies held posses soclated Prefl correspondent heard of slon of the place until a decision was It only some time afterwards from the announced that no sitting would be had officer who waa sent by Kuropatkln to when they dispersed. personally congratulate the wounded Seven guard were Injured In Melee. colonel on the dash and discipline of hi men. ' ROBBING CHILDREN. The third regiment of Don Coeaacks was sent forward on October 17 to icsndymsk.r Violate the Child Labor reconnolter the village of Pan Pausen Laws. ftnJ Tslnxlntun, which nobody ever New York, Dec. IS. Two men one heard of before and whose location wa the manager of a candy factory and of no real Intereat to anybody, except the other a partner ln a woven wire that they are In the direction of Llan- mattress factory, have been arrested dlantun, where the fight took place, for violating the child labor law. The Japanese ta the two village first One of the factory Inspector aald named were taken by surprise. In she found at the candymaker' two Tztnlatun, the Japanese had Just set- girl of 1$ and 14 year, who worked tied down to dinner when the regiment 68 hour In six days for which they wept ln with a clattering or noon ax received $8. one or the children bad end of the village and the enemy beea fined 10 cents for talking during cleared out at the other. The Russian business hour and $ cent for having were flushed with success and com- been Ave minute late one morning. Peck building waa the furniture sup ply house of Poutelle & Co. The build lng caught Are and Is now burning, the sparks being wafted for block by the north wind. The result has been found In a number of small Area that have been atarted throughout the city, and It was thl that caused the general alarm that brought to Minneapolis the major portion of the Are department of St. Paul. It 1 hoped that the Are I burning Itself out In the last two or three build ings that are now burning and upon which the department la concentrating It effort. Fair 8uit St Louis. Dec. IS. Suit ha been Alcd In the St Houls circuit court by the Philippine exposition board against Flrmln Michel and the Title Guarantee A Trust Company of Scranton, Pft., for Spasmodic attempta have been made Sound Point to Be Left to Ferry volver with which Caesar Tounr ior ju year past" said Mr. Ayson. "tol Bystm. killed. """" aa""m Bna ou,er worln AmM v". ..u71 After being confronted. Stein wa. encan rood flsh Into the water of New L,..,.v ... " " . '." " nn.hl. t M.e . .. luuiL-nuu, on me mmmana, ana oianey i as ueiug; Zealand. Most of the work has been on Vancouver Island. Victoria paa- the woman wno accompanied the man oone oy wnat are known as accllmatl- senger business hereafter will be to whom the revolver was sold. This satlon societies and because the so- handled either by way of Seattle or waa r .. . . I. I I o-- VkB K U'OVtllV. t, VIVIVI J Kill w.f- iuv cp.iiB in uHiiunnKi Vancouver, loctu iruuic oeing accom- the defense me eggs ana young nsh the results modated Jn part by the latter route. hav A tSstAti tiaru nnaniUfnAU... wr. I TL - 4. V.tk. V. .1 n I . "vv" ,V,J tuc nuuuera np.iuiv..r an- fested by their smiles and congratu- wi a. jvt uui oh a rcBuu i uuuiiucci 119 service on ine viuveruaie- IlatOrv nbds. t """'"m"""c wor" wn,cn ln ew uuicnon ana s.aney- viciona lines Will Tne man who bought the revolver ,. , BIIlce 18U1 w annul.. m me una a ire.gni ha8 not yet positively been identlfled and the satisfaction of I Miss Patterson's attorneys was man!- hope to have salmon before long.' To Help Trade. San Francisco, Dec. IS. Among the prominent arrivals on the steamship Ventura from the Antipodes waa Auckland's senior member of the New Zealand parliament, Hon. J. H. Withe ford. He is on his way to Washington, where he hopes to Interest the officials ferry between Sidney and the mainland will be continued. Traffic considera tions and not the Canadian Pacific deal, made the change. MARKETS Liverpool March wheat 7s 3-84 New York Silver 60 5-8; U. P. 108, of state In a plan for a reciprocal tariff U' P Preferrea. 9 - between thl Ciuntry and the Austral! an colonies, with a view of strengthen- CMcago May wheat opened at $1.05 1-41.09 1-2; closed at $1.08 7-8; Ing the relations between the two and barley' 41"48; ,U8; northwest- stlmulatlng trans-Pacific trade. Great Hotel Project. em, $1.24 San Francisco Cash wheat, $1.50. Portland Wheat export. Walla Walla, 80; bluestem, 85; milling, Wal- Salt Lake City, Dec. 13. Negotla- Ia Walla, 83; bluestem, 88; valley, 87M; tlons have practically been closed for lf eastern market, Walla Walla, 85; the building of a $500,000 hotel and bluestem, 90c sanitarium near this city to ultillxe Tacoma Wheat, bluestem, 88; club, the , water of several hot sulphur I 5- springs, as well as the salt water from Great Salt lake, which will be piped a I No More Doctor. distance of. 16 miles to the sanitarium. New York, Dec. 13. All literature of New York, Chicago and Colorado the Society of Merlcal Jurisprudence Springs, Col., capitalists are said to of New York will hereafter appear with be back of the enterprise. the title physician substituted for that as a moustached or a smooth faced man. A point upon which the case hinges is that upon which testimony of ex perts was received today, namely the condition of the skin which was taken from Young's Angers. The cuticle does not show the discoloration of powder mark, as, so claims the defense, would be the case had he raised his hand ln defense at the time the shot that end ed the great race track plunger's life was fired. ' : Dr. Charles P. Phelps said that the direction the bullet took that killed Young was from left to right, and that the revolver was held from S to 5 Inches from the body when It was flred. Miss Patterson's ' position has been described by witnesses as on the left-hand of the dead man. This Is the worst piece of testimony the de fense ha to overcome. Dodson Get There. Portland, Dec. IS. The executive committee of the Oregon State Miner Association today elected' W. D.' B. Dodson president of that organization. t