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-yAP PUBLISH! rULL ASSOCIATED PRISt RIPORT OOVBRS THE M0RNIN9 f liLO ON THI LOWER COLUMBIA VOLUME LVIV. NO. 78. ASTORIA, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1905. PRICE FIVE CENTS Union Meat Company's Plant Gone h LOSS OVER $100,000 Firemen Are Powerless Because of the Intense Heat Thrown Out. PORK BURNED LIKE GASOLINE ulldlnas Saturated With Oreaee Wert an Easy Pray for tha Plra King Haavy Insuranea Will Not Covor tho Lots. Portland. Jan. I. Plra tonight guttad tha Immsnia plant of tho Union Msat Company, and tha losa will ba at least t loo.ooo. and much mors In tha event of tha destruction of tho books of tho company, to tho saving of which the firemen art at this hour (11:10) band tng all thslr efforts. Tha Are was first discovered about 11 o'clock, but It had been gaining con tlderable headway, and It spread with Incredible swiftness. The doors and the woodwork were permeated with greas. and tha Inflammable pork prod, acta caught the flames and burned with an Intensity that made the work of the firemen essentially a long distance proposition. In almost the time It takes to tell It the three-story structure was a mass of flames from end to end. and the Im mense stork In tho storage and manu facturlng departments of the big plant were seen to ba doomed. Every at tempt I being made to save the offices of the company In which are all the books and accounts of the concern, the loss of which will mean a loss of many more thousands of dollars not covered by Insurance. At this time It Is Im possible to say whether this part of tha plant ran ba saved or not The origin of the Are Is unknown, but It Is supposed that It started In the lard rendering department, where one fire under a kettle waa not fully ex tinguished. The'company carries heavy Insurance, but may lose much money on account of forfeiture on unfilled or der and the loss of time Incident to reconstruction. LnUr The plant of the Union Meat Company Is completely gutted and la a total loss. WERE NO WOUNDED. Rsport of Arrival with 800 Proves an Error. Chefoo, Jnn. S. A dispatch received here from Thlngtau dated 4 p. m. to day, says ft Japanese torpedoboat de stroyer entered that port at noon anJ that there are others outside. The statement that a transport with 800 wounded soldiers on board had ar rived yesterday, Is an error duo to the fact that no one waa allowed on the vessel. The steamer, which Is named the Vina, came from Cochin China with several hundred soldiers on board. It Is reported that she belongs to a vol unteer fleet Intended for running re Inforcements Into Port Arthur. Admiral's Plane. Paris, Jan. 8. Captain Clado, who was with Rojeatvensky'o squadron at the time of the Dogger bark affair, In an Interview tonight declared Admiral Rojestvensky never Intended to ap proach Port Arthur, but sought to enter Vladivostok, which place It la of the utmost Importance to defend. RU88IA DETERMINED. Must Get One Good Whsck at tho Jap anese, St. Petersburg, Jan. 8. Telegrams from abroad bringing talk of peace arouse only a little sentiment In offi cial circles here and many liberals are urgently pressing tho government for reforms, aroused by the dreadful story of heroism and suffering -of the Port Arthur garrison, declaring emphatlcal- ly against any cessation of hostilities until Russia's honor U vindicate by a victory In Manchuria, Thf suggestion that President Room volt would bo willing to tendtr the good offices of tha American government In case Russia Intimated It would be acceptable, bu aroused tho moit friendly feeling, but from official sources tho Associated Press la In formed Russia can give no such Intl matlon, and will continue to refuse anything except dlrtct proposals from Japan. " BOILER! EXPLODE. Nssrly All of Tug's Craw Is Killed or Injured. Huntingdon, Pa Jan. 8. Tha boll rs In tho big towboat Defender blew up In tha river near hero tonight and of a crew of 18 only 10 or 18 were rescued alive and they were Injured. In a very tow minutes the big steam r waa a mass of flames, tho fire spreading to SO bargea In tow. Tha captain waa burled Into tho river by tho explosion, but waa later picked up. not seriously injured. Tho victims recovered from tha die aster are In such condition that noth ing Intelligible regarding tho occur rence was obtained. Idaho Frauds. Washington. D. C- Jan. I. An in spector of tho department of tho in terlor was ordered to Idaho to lnves- tlgato the charges made by affidavits aa to frauds In Idaho, and bo la be lieved to have already begun bis la bora. No Information on tho subject can ba obtained from tho Interior de partment Papers In tha case, bow ever, have been forwarded to tho In specter. UN IS MISSING Mrs. Saylor's Body Has Not Been Found. WALKED OFF INTO RIVER Wss Attending Danes at Skamockawa and Mysteriouely Disappeared Dredging in River and Dyna mite Bring no Result Skamokawa, Wash., Jan. 8. (Spe cial.) Mrs. M. P. Baylor of Portland. who came hero last Saturday In charge of a lot of costumes for Fred O. Won der to rent for tho masquerade ball, Is missing. She displayed her costumes In a vacant store room under the hall and about 8 o'clock Sunday morning locked up tha store and went up to the hall, leaving her hat, gloves and umbrella In the store. It Is known that she danced two or three times and was last seen about 8 o'clock Sunday morn ing sitting near the store. It Is feared that she came down from the ball room In the dark to go to the store to at tend to receiving the costumes when they were returned, and that she walked off the dock and was drowned. The town Is greatly excited over her disappearance and parties are dredg ing the creek for her body. Mrs. Bay lor Is the wife of M. P. Baylor, pro prietor of a billiard parlor on tho cor ner of Tenth and Washington streets, In Portland. Sho waa 28 years of age and was married to Mr. Baylor last July. She waa about 5 feet 2V4 Inches tall and weighed about 125 pounds; her hair Is light brown and ber ayes blue. Sho wore a heavy black cloth skirt, an embroidered black silk waist, held at tho throat with a diamond broach. She had on a long black silk cloak and wore patent leather shoes. She is thought to have had about $15 in money In ber purse, and had a gold watch and chain and six handsome rings, one of which was a valuable diamond. FEARFUL PEATH. Miner Crushed by Csgs and Falls on Companions. Wallace, Idaho, Jan. 8. While de scending In a cage In the Standard mine tonight tho cat of O. T. Farley caught In tho timbering, drawing htm between it and the cage and breaking every bone In his body. When the cage passed the lifeless body was released and tell with great force among other miners occupying the cage. Four of them, were struck and seriously hurt by the falling body. , I I. Dealt Easily With Defeated Russian Foes. OFFICERS KEPT ARMS Japanese Forces Will Retain the Hopital Stores for the Wounded. SLAV OFFICERS ON PAROLE Residents and Non-Commissioned Of floor and Privates Yet to Be Dealt With Paris Not Alarmed Over Japanese Vtotory. Toklo, Jan. 3. A telegram from Gen eral Nogl giving text of tho capitula tion convention was reoeived this aft ernoon.. An abstract followsi Artlolo 1 declares all Russian com- bantanta and officials prisoners. Artlolo 2 provides for tho transfer of all forts, warships and war material to tho Japanese, Artlolo 3. Russians shall evseuate tho outlying forts by noon of Janu ory t Artlolo 4. - Any violation of the pro vlous articles, or wanton destruotlon of any war material will result In tho annulment of tho agreement Artlolo 5. Tho Rueslan authorities agree to furnish tho Japanese with a plan of tho fortifications, eto a list of men, lost, all steamers. Including war ships, and a list of oivillsns. Artlolo I. All ammunition, arms In cluding aide and amall arms, and all government property and buildings will bo left In their pre tent position to be afterwards disposed of. Artlolo 7. In view of gallent conduct of tho defenders, tho officers and offi cials may retain side arms and remove their personal effects, and will also be allowed to sign a written parole pledg ing' that they will not tako up arms nor take aotlon contrary to tho Interest of tho Japanese army until tho eloso of tho war. Artlolo 8. Non-eommlsaioned officers and prlvatoo will aoeambla In a plaoe designated by tho Japanese to bo dis posed of later. Artlolo 9. Tho Japanese will retain tho sanitary oorps for tho purpose of oaring for the sick and wounded pris oners during the existence of tho war. Artlolo 10. Tho treatment of resi dents and other details will be provided for In a supplementary eompaot Artlolo 11. The agreement will be in duplicate and go into immediate effect NO MEDIATION. Will Wait Until Beligerents Ask for Help. Paris. Jan. 8. The view prevails In the highest government quarters that mediation Is not likely to result on ac- count of the surrender of Port Arthur. Officials say the chancellories at London, Paris, Berlin and Washington substantially agreed on the same prln clple, namely, that mediation Is prac' tical only when one party asks for it Reports that the Japanese occupa tlon of Fort Arthur will constitute a menace to Europe la not shared In off) clal quarters here. No Armistice. St. Petersburg, Jan. 8. A report which la being circulated In St. Pet ersburg to the effect that an armistice Is assured before the end of the week has been confirmed In official circles. Jutt aa Usual. Budapest Jan. 8. The Hungarian parliament died hard. Its expiring struggles today continued for nearly three hours and came to an end amid scenes of disorder and Jeers from the opposition. HAS LEPROSY. Prisoner in 8eattle Strioken by the Dread Disease, Seattle Jan. 8. Arthur McClellon, a negro prisoner confined In the Jail In NOG ENIENT biz slty, waa found today wltb a num ber of peculiar looking sores on his arms, neck and breast. The city phy sician diagnosed his case aa leprosy. Several other doctors who have ex amined him are undecided aa to what is tho matter with the negro. Headquarters Japanese Army, Port Arthur, Jan. 8. Ise, Antse and Tar angkow forts were taken over by the Japanese at noon today. Tho data the Buaslan prisoners of war will bo marched out Is delayed until Thurs day. Adria Sails. i Newport News, Va., Jan 8. The steamship Adrla sailed from Hamburg today with two submarine boats said to be consigned to the Russian govern ment Delay In the ship's sailing was occasioned by an agent of the under writers, who Insisted that tho sub marines b more securely fastened on tha decks. Nan Wants Ball. New York, Jan. 8. A determined ef fort to secure the release on bail of Nan Patterson was begun today. A representative of the law firm which acted for Miss Patterson In her cent triai, appeared In tho supreme court and succeeded In getting a writ of habeas corpus. The Justlca will be asked to fix a reasonable ball for the prisoner's release. District Attorney Jerome has announced that the motion for bail will be opposed. ( Quiet at Mukden. Kurokl's Headquarters, Jan. 8. The Russian fire against the Japanese trenches haa almost ceased In tbo past two days. Whether this Is due to news from Port Arthur Is not known. PUTERS SIDE TOLD Says That Mitchell Got the Two Thousand. CLAIMS MONEY WAS ONLY FEE 8ays Ho .Waa Desperate .When He Ask tha Senator to Use His In fluenoo With Hermann to Pass Fraudulent Claims. Portland. Jan. 8. In an interview today 8. A. D. Puter made the follow ing statement regarding Senator Mitchell's connection with tho land fraud cases: "When I said that I gave Senator Mitchell $2000 to ues his Influence with Dinger Hermann to expedite those land claims in 11-7 I told the truth and Senator Mitchell knows it According to Mitchell's statement I am a man who would deliberately perjure a man's liberty away. I will say that a man who would willingly go on a witness stand and perjure himself to rob an other man of his liberty Is deserving of and ought to receive the severest kind of punishment." "I gave Senator Mitchell $100 to get those patents through, and I will say that I never regretted telling anything L0 muon ,n my 1Ife aa the fact tnat Mitchell took that money. I never told a living soul In my life before I gave the details to Mr. Heney. I never told it to McKlnley or Tarpley, my partners In these deals. I kept an en try book In which I made entries of every cent spent In connection with getting these lands to patent All the costs of filling were entered, as well as railroad fares, etc. The only entry I made of this money given to Mitchell was '82000 capltT. McKlnley may have had an Idea of his own as to where the money went, but I never told him. "Mitchell had no Intimation from me as to the fraudulent character of the entries to ttU land. I never so much as Intimated It to him. But when Her mann gave, me to understand that the land was down and out and that the matter would have to be referred back to the Oregon City land office I went to Senator Mitchell and told him that these patents would have to go through, for the reason that If thy were re ferred back to the original office the whole thing would be lost I told him that the entrymen were scattered and that It would be Impossible to get them together again. (Continued on Page 8.). TRIPLE DFATH Deed of Insanely Jealous Husband. HE CAVE NO WARNING Grim Christmas Present For the Man He Thought False. DIED WITH WIFE IN HIS ARMS Henry Loemis Shoots His Wife and the Man He Thought Her Lover and Then Cuts His Throat With a Razor at Portland. Portland, Jan. 8. Enraged by jeal ousy of Frank Dunne, whom he be Ueved bad alienated his wife's affec tlons, Henry H. Loom Is today killed Dunne and Mrs. Loomls and then com mitted suicide. Loomls, who conducted an oyster house In East Portland, was taken ill some weeks ago and was forced to go to a hospital. During his illness Loom ls placed Dunne in charge of his place. When Loomls recovered b became Jealous of Dunne and collected evidence of what he believed waa an infatua tion of Mrs. Loomls for Dunne. Today Loomls secured a revolver and hung around all day waiting for Dunne and finally met blm at the corner of east Davis street and Union avenue, Loomls saluted Dunne with the state ment: "Here's a Christmas present for you," at the same time drawing his re volver and commencing to shoot Loomls fired three times, one bullet hitting Dunne In the head and killing him. Loomls then ran a few blocks to his own home, where he found his wife. Without a word of warning he shot twice at the woman, hitting her once in the right breast and one in the left breast either wound being fataL The woman ran into the living room where she fell dead. The murderer then placed the revolver to bis nose and fired the remaining charge, but the bullet mere ly graaed his skin. He then rushed Into the bed room, seised a razor and, after cutting his throat from ear to ear, he went back to the room wnere his wife lay and, placing himself, on the floor beside her, he took her dead body in his arms and bled to death. BRUTAL FANATIC Lets His Wife Die In Filthy Surround ings. Seattle, Jan. 8. Coroner Hoye has Issued a warrant for the arrest of B. B. Buxton, who is charged with crim inal negligence in allowing his wife to die In filthy surroundings and with out medical attention. The warrant waa Issued Immediately after the coro ner's Jury held Buxton responsible for the death of his wife. Mrs. Buxton died In an old tent last Thursday. She had been 111 for several weeks, and al though several charity societies made every effort to assist her, Buxton re fused to allow physicians to examtne or prescribe for his wife. Buxton Is mentally unbalanced on the subject of religion. He swore that Ood had commanded him to keep all doctors away from his wife; that it was his desire that she should die. In time the unfortunate man said that she would return to him. Shortly after she had passed away Buxton cut off all her hair and shaved the beard off his own face. That also was a com mand, he said. MACHINE MEN'S WOE. Agents Form a Combine for Mutual Protection. New York, Jan. S. Sewing machine agents to the number of 200 have started to Inaugurate a strike here. Nothing of the kind has ever occurred before In the profession and no union had been thought necessary. Recently the agents determined that their grievances were In need of adjust ment and called a meeting which re- suited in tho call for a strike. They demand tbo restoration of commissions recently abolished and readjustment of the system whereby they are bold liable to tbo company when dishonest purchasers who bay aaachinoa on the Installment plana, and then leave tor parts unknown with tbo machines only partly paid for. . Liner Aground. Seattle, Wash Jan. 8 Tbo liner Tacoma, which cleared today, ran bard aground on a sand bar off West point eight miles north of Seattle, this aft ernoon. Sho is lying on aa easy keel and wlU bo palled off at high tlda to morrow. Tha steamer was in charge of tbo first officer when tho accident happen ed. He reports as fishing schooner tacked across the bows of the Tacoma, throwing tho vessel out of ber course. When ho attempted to put back tbo steering gear foaled and tbo liner ran her nose into the sand before aha stopped. ) KNOX ELECTED. Rspublicsn Majority Was 204 on Joint Ballot. Harrlsburg, Pa, Jan. 8. Tho Penn sylvania legislature was organised to day. Formal nominations of candi dates for United States senator were made and the governor's message read. For senator Philander C. Knox waa nominated by the republicans and James K. P. Hall by the democrats. The republicans bad a majority of 204 on the Joint ballot Chadwiek's Bond Reduced. Cleveland. Jan. 8. Dr. Chadwiek's bond was reduced today from 810,000 to $5000. GOLD FOR JAPANESE New Method of Transporting the Specie. DID NOT ATTRACT ATTENTION Engaged aa a Shipment for Europe and So Reported, Then It le 6hipped to -Seattle Over tho Northern Route to Japan. New York, Jan. 8. A shipment of $5,000,000 in gold was recently made from this city to Japan, according to tho Times. Tbo transaction was so secretly managed that news of It did not leak out antll the gold bad reached its destination in safety. The shipment waa not made in tho usual way, through the medium of tho subtreasury hero and at San Fran cisco. ' Although this is the cheapest method of transferring funds. It was not tho desire of the shippers to attract gen eral attention, so the gold was en gaged ostensibly for shipment to Eur ope. It was taken In the custody of a heavily armed guard aboard express cars over the northern route to Seat tle, where It was put aboard a steamer for Toklo. The gold Is understood to have been part of the proceeds of the sale of Japanese bonds the second ser ies of which was recently offered for subscription. FOR MOTHER'S SAKE. Exceptional Attraction for Next Friday Night Tor Mother's Sake," a unique story of New England life and a companion piece to "Shore Acres," will be the bill at Fisher's next Friday night The company consists of well known art ists and are the best equipped of any In America. Its success is unequaled In the annals of theatrical history. The characters are real men, women and children drawn from life. They stir your emotions, appeal to your feelings. make you laugh, start the tears and ex cite your admiration. Pictures of way down east of innate realism. "For Mother's Sake" is an original play un like anything ever seen before. The plot, theme and leading characters are new to the stage. It abounds in tho richest vein of American wit, humor and quaint rural characters. The play you don't want to miss. No sweeter story ever told. Prices Reserved seats 50c; gallery 25c Seat sole opens Thursday morning at Griffin's book store. . .,'..