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ir t(J!f,-V .... fUSXliWf FULL AttOOIATIO PRItS) RIPORT COVER THE MORNINQ PIILO ON THB LOWER COLUMBIA VOLUMKLV1V. NO. 96. ASTORIA, OREGON. WEDNESDAY JANUARY 25, 1905. PRICE FIVE CENTS QUIET REIGNS St. Petersburg and Mos cow Calm. FEARS FOR MOSCOW Old Capital May Start (he Trouble Again at Most Any Time. OVER 100,000 MEN OUT THERE 8t Petersburg W 'I Be Deolared In Stat of Seige Today and Will Be Under Governorship of Gn. Tropoff of Riot Fame. LEAD 8T POO htondC. There u no bloodshed In Bt Pet rsburf today, but the condition of af fairs there la not Improved, and In the other large cttlea of Russia matters appear to be rapidly assuming- a orltl cat phase. In Moscow, particularly, the outlook la threatening, the strike there having become general, while a revo lutionary spirit seems to dominate. A proclamation In the name of Fal ther Oopon haa been circulated Inlctlng to the use of bombs, dynamite or any weapon whatsoever against the gov ernment, which, it la assorted, out lawed Itself by the course adopted against the workman Sunday. The office of governor general of the city and government of St. Petersburg has been created by Imperial order with extraordinary powers to deal with the existing condition of affairs, and General Trepoff, whose administration of the office of chief of police of Mos cow brought upon him sentence of dath from the revolutionary party. Is appointed to the po"t In spite of re preset ve measures, however, the lib eral spirit seemed undaunted, for, In Moscow Prince Oatltsln, who recently resigned the mayoralty In protest against the imperial ukase condemn ing the reform program, waa again elated mayor by the municipal coun ell. rated wilt Insure the safety and quiet of the city. Deneath the surface, how ever, fomentation continues and the pubilo nervousness and apprehension for future developments is still un- allayed. i ' , Secret meetings of different classes In opposition to the existing order of things were held In various places during the afternoon and evening, but the divergent i,. elements suddenly brought together by the tragic events of last Sunday are advancing on con stantly diverging planes, and no com mon ground of actln la yet fount In tha meantime the police la actively searching out leader, Three well known Russian, authors were arrested today and the prisons are filled with agitators, revolutionists and student orators. : Such measures may result In bomb throwing and may terrorise the peoplo, but the consensus of opin ion Is that the future action of aglta-' tora will depend upon what occurs at Moscow and other large cities where workmen are beginning to strike. Over 100,000 men are out In the old capital tonight. A telephone message from Moecow to the Associated Press at midnight reported that there Is no disorder there yet There will be a big demonstra tlon at Moscow tomorrow and It feared It wilt be accompanied by blood shed. At Kovno and Vllna, where strikes are also begun, the workmen are following the St. Petersburg plan of marching about the city and In duclng or forcing other workmen to leava their employment. The windows and doors of practically every shop and residence In St Pet ersburg are boarded up, and at mid night the strsets are completely de sorted, except for the troops on guard, Pioneer Gone,1' Virginia City, Mont, aJn. It. Oliver D. French, a Montana pioneer, and for many years one of the best known mer chants of this city, Is dead at hi home, here, aged II years. OLYMPIA BUSY Two Ballots for Senator , Unfruitful. FOSTER STILL LEADS SECRETARY FIRED Grand Jury Retire sOne of Its Officer?. Finns Break Out Helslngofrs, Flnlund, Jan. 24. Thousands of workmen Joined In demonstration tonight and paraded the streets until midnight, waving red flngs. The window of pubilo houses. hotels, and a number of newspaper of flees were broken. v The police arttsteJ CO workmen. Temporary Quiet Moscow, Jan. 24 (11: IS a. m). The strike is spreading rapidly. All print ing works have been stopped. No newspaper will be Issued tomorrow, Thus far there hus been no collision -with the police. Printers at Work. St Petersburg, Jan. 24 (11:10 a, m.. The night was quiet. There are no signs of undue excitement this morn Ing, although thousands of workmen are strolling through the streets. A number of govenment printers sumed work this morning, , re STATE OF 8IEGE. Censral Trepoff Is Ruler of Russian Capital. St Petersburg, Jan. 24. St Peters burg will be declsied In a state of siege tomorrow. Oeneral Trepoff, un til recently chief of police at Moscow, has been appointed governor general of Bt Petersburg and has taken up quarters In the winter palace. The as pect of the Russian capital Is decided ly more calm. Business, which has been at a complete standstill, waa re sumed upon a limited scale. Employes In a few of the smaller factories went back to work today, and the crowds of strikers In the streets are diminished. The troops in evidence art hot so numerous as on Monday and a more confident feeling exists In official cir cles. The energetic measures Inaugu PHELPS CASE MYSTERIOUS Work of Grand Jur Is Hanging Fire, Waiting for Heney to Get Over a Cold, and May Go Over to the March Tsrm. Portland, Jan. 24. Considerable mystery surrounds the sudden . dis charge from duty today of Can Phelps, secretary of the federal grand Jury Friday Phelps requested to be ex- cused from duty (or the day. Then he disappeared and nothing was known of his whereabouts until Monday when he was found In his room by officers searching for him. . Today It Is said at the request of other members of 'he Jury Phelps Was paid tha money due him for his serv Ires as grand Juryman, and It Is said, was ordered to return home and re main there under pain of the dlspleas ure of the United States district court. The work of the grand Jury Is wait ing for the recovery of District Attor ney Heney, who has been Indlspoced for the past few days. It Is also ex peeled that owing to the necessity for Heney's presence In San Francisco on private business the work of the grand Jury will not be completed at the pres ent session and will have to so over to the March term of the Jury. IN MEMORIAM. Followers of Henry George Dine at the Hotel Astor. New York, Jan. 24. The ' 26th anni versary of the publication of Henry George's "Progress and Poverty" was commemorated tonight by a dinner at the Hotel Astor Representative speakers reviewed the Influence of the book and considered the probable fu ture trend of public thought and action on these subjects. 1 Hamlin Garland presided and other speakers were William J. Bryan, Louis F. Post, William Lloyd Garrison and Henry George, Jr. Appropriation for the Lewis and Clark Fair is Cut Down $25,000. FISHING LEGISLATION IS UP Committee Will Confer with Oregon Legislators on the Subject of the Sslmon Inddttry Omnibus Resd Bill Passes House. Ing f 50,000 for the expenses of the leg Islstlve assembly, which passed the house, being $5000 less than waa ap propriated for the last legislature. ' CASE UNFINISHED. Smoot Investigstien Will Be Continued for Mere Testimony. Washington, Jan. 24. Contrary to the expectation, counsel for the defense in the Smoot Investigation did not complete the examination of wltneases today. The announcement was made that one more witness will be put on the stand tomorrow. The testimony given today was unimportant London, Jan. 24. The Chronicle's correspondent at St Petersburg states that Minister of Finance Muravleff haa appealed to the emperor not to appoint Trepoff governor general of St Peters burg or declare the city In a state of siege. S All NEXT Senate Will Try Him On Friday. PLATTj IS TO PRESIDE Chief Justice Fuller Administers the Oath to Members of Senate. v , Olympla, Jan. 24. Two ballots were taken for senator today, the 8th and 0th. Tha eighth ballot showed no change from yesterday. Tha ninth bal lot resulted: Foster 45, Piles 31. -Sweeny 21, Wilson 17, Jones 7, Graves (Dem.) 4. The senate today concurred In the house amendment to tue Lewis and Clark fair bill reducing th appropria tion from llf O.O'U to $75,001. A resolution was passed by the house providing for the appointment of a committee from the bouse and the senate to meet a like cunn!tt.' frum the legislature of Oregon for the pur pose of dlscuiMlnz legislation affecting the fishing Indus'! y of the, Columbia rlvi-r. The omnibus road bill of the ses sion of 1003 which waa v'oed by Gov ernor McTlrlde today was passed by the house, In which tody It originated. The bill carries appropriation for the construction, repairing and maintain- uue of ten trui.k lines of state roads, aggregating $100,000 and a further amount of SlO.OO'i for tlw salary and expenses of a highway commissioner to receive $2j00 per annum. Prefect Relieved. St Petersburg, Jan. 24. At his own request General Fulton was relieved of his office as prefect of St Peters burg and Is given rank as aid de camp general Chan Cits Bsil. San Francisco, J.iit 24. Chan Che ung, the Chinaman Indicted b the grand Jury for complicity In the mur der of Tom Tick, has been ordered released by the supreme court upon de positing $25,000 bail. Land Withdrawn. Washington, Jan. 24. The secretary of the interior has withdrawn from all forms of disposal 92,1(0 acres In the Burns, Ore, land district on account of the Owyhee irrigation project Cold Snap On. Chicago, Jan. 24. Reports from the west and northwest show the most severe cold of the winter, prevailing, Intensified by high winds. SCHOOLMAMS HAVE FRIENDS fmm thm hMiM tA ftrt9ti tfe ImiuakIi. ment of Judge Swayne had exhibited and read to the senate the articles of impeachment and tha presiding officer of the senate staged that that body would take the order and give Jus no tice to the house. Immediately there after one of the assistant secretaries of the senate appeared In tho ousa and announced that the senate waa' or ganised for the trial of Swaync. LIGHT SENTENCE.; Sailer Whe Killed; a Useless Prixe fightar Gets 5 Years. , Honolulu, Jan. 24. E. Geneau, mas ter at arms on board of the United States gunboat Wheeling, charged with murder in the first degree, for the killing of Useless" Harris, a negro prizefighter last June, baa been found guilty of manslaughter in the third de gree, the Jury adding a recommenda tion of leniency to the verdict The greatest sentence possible under the verdict is lm.oroslnment for five years, or a fine of $1000. The District Appropriation Bill Calls Out the Champions of the Tsachsrs Who Want More Money for Handing Out Information. MURDEROUS TRICK Some Auto Fiends Run Over Policeman. GERMAN 8TRIKE. Elieits 8ympathy of the 8oolalists of Bsrlin. Berlin, Jan. 24. Twenty-seven so clal democratic meetings were held tonight to hear addresses of socialist members of the reichstag on the sub ject of the coal miners' strike. The meetings were so largely attend ed the police had to close the doors of the halls before the hour for beginning the meetings. Sharp resolutions denouncing the mine owners' association and express ing sympatny ror tne strikers were adopted. Financial aid was also prom Ised the strikers. RANK PIPE DREAMS. The Europsan Correspondents Are In spired by Vodka. London, Jan. 24. No report of the occurrences In Russia appears too wild or extravagant to find a place In some European Journals. Instance is given In the wild statements of the Mall's St Petersburg dispatch which describes a veritable battle between strikers and troops near Kolplno, and a wholesale laughter of strikers. The Express' St Petersburg correT pondent reports similar scenes of mas sacre at Radom, and describes Kuro- atkln's army ripe for revolt. LEAVE VICTIM UNCONSCIOUS Shrieked With Laughter at the Efforts of Brsvs Officer to Overtake Vio latere of Speed Ordinance Succeed in Escaping. Waa No Mutiny. Sevastopol, Jan. 24. The report of fire at the arsenal Monday as the out- ome of a mutinous outbreak of sailors nd troops Is unfounded. The com mandant of the port reiterates that nothing deflnte Is known ae to the origin of the Are. New Tork, Jan. 24. In attempting to capture an automobile party for overspeeding, bicycle policeman Ennls, who wears a score of medals for bravery, has been seriously Injured. He was deliberately run down by the autolsts. : . Ennls Sighted four men leaving Cen tral park at One Hundred and Tenth street In a machine running 40 miles. He rode a motor cycle and sent it along ln the wake of the automobile. To his yells, the four men seated in the cor, shrieked with laughter. Ennls was gaining slowly on the big car when suddenly It came to a dead halt, and began to back up. Into It Ennls crashed head-on. His machine was shattered and Ennls was whirled headlong Into the road, unconscious, and bleeding from a doien deep wounds on the head and face. In another Instant the big machine was speeding away. A general police alarm was sent In but the automobl lists, running at top 'speed, managed to enter Central park by a round-about way and escape. Washington, Jan. 24. The senate to day took an Important step In the im peachment trial of Judge Swayne. The organization of the trial was effected by swearing In senators for the pur pose. The managers from the house were received for the purpose of for mally presenting the articles of im peachment, and the resolution sum moning Judge Swayne to appear was auopiea. riatt ot Connecticut was elected to preside t the trial sessions, President Pro Tern Frye announcing to the senate his inability to do so on account of a recent Illness. The cere mony of taking the oath was Impres sive and was witnessed by the full sen ate and by well filled galleries.: The roll was called a few minutes before 2 this afternoon. This was hard'y completed when Chief Justice Fuller appeared at the door of the senate chamber. He was accompanied on one side by Fairbanks and on the other bv Bacon. The chief Justice was clad In the tun robes of his office. The entire senate arose when the chief justice was announced and remained standing until be was seatel on the left of Pres ident Frye. He proceeded Immedl ately to administer the oath to Presi dent Frye and to Senator Piatt as pre ssing officer for the trial Then th roll was called and the senators ap peared In groups of ten before the sen ate bar to take the oath. The chief Justice retired at the con clusion of the ceremony and Senator Piatt succeeded Frye as presiding of ficer. Further proceedings were post poned until Friday next, when Judaj Swayne is expected to appear before the bar of the senate, i : ; , , . The other proceedings in the senate today consisted of a speech on the statehood bill by McCumber. and dis cussion by Bacon of the resolution of inquiry concerning the agreement be' tween the United States and Santo Do mingo. The resolution was referred to the senate committee on foreign re lations. . Swayne Summoned. Wilmington, Del., Jan. 24. Sergeant- at Arms Ramsdell of the United States senate arrived here this afternoon and served the summon i of the senate upon Judge Swayne to appear before that body on Friday. TAX CABLES. Unique Decision of 8upem Court of ' - Hawaii. Honolulu, Jan. 17 (via San Fran cisco, Jan. 24). The supreme court of Hawaii has given tbe novel decision to the end that the six miles of the trans pacific cable which lies within tha three-mile limit below low tide mark, la taxable as personal property.' Tha cable company made no return of the cable, but tha assessor valued it at $42,800 and the supreme court declares its taxable value at $11,000. Blunders and Crimes. ' . London, Jan. 24. The Telegraph's correspondent at St Petersburg says: 1 am able to state emphatically that neither Wltte or Svlatopblk-Mlrsky band any hand In the deeds of the last three days, which both sincerely d- plore as blunders and crimes." LITTLE DOING. Salem Legislators Have an Off Day Yesterday. Salem, Jan. 24. Little, business of Importance was transacted today In either branch of the legislature. The most Important was a bill approprlat- MRS DUKE DISHONEST. Indicted in Texas for Passing False 1 ,. : . Checks. .. ... Nacodoches. Tex., Jan, 24. Investi gation here develops the fact thafc the Indictments against Charles L. Taylor of Chicago, and Miss Webb (now Mrs. Brodle L. Duke), were returned because of the alleged falsity ot statements which they made In an Instrument up on the strength of which a stockhold er In one of the national banks here was Induced to Indorse their notes for $20,000, which were cashed In Dallas, Tex., and Shreveport, La, SHOT YOUNG TO Desperate Man Also Ends His Own Life. HE WAS OUT OF EMPLOYMENT Young Man Who Formerly Lived in Portland Loses Hope When He Lost His Job and Commits Coward' Crime. , FRIENDS OF TEACHERS. More Salary Was the Congressmen's Slogan Yesterday. Washington, Jan. 24. The District of Columbia appropriation bill again occupied the attention of the house of representatives today. At times the proceedings were enlivened by vigorous remarks in defense of the proposition to, increase materially the salaries of Washington school teachers, who had many supporters cn the floor. Clark, In a characteristic speech, said there Is more money being paid Washington policemen to crack the skulls of peo ple than Is paid the school teachers to Improve what Is in the skulls. Ad journment was taken without having concluded consideration of the bill. Palmer reported that the managers San Francisco, Jan. 24. In a cot tage on Stanton street soma time today or during last night E. L. Jameson, formerly of Portland, Ore and until recently billing clerk for J. K. Anneby A Co., killed his young wife and shot himself through the head. Inflicting a wound that will probably be fatal Jameson secured employment but lost his position at the end of last year. Since then he tried o obtain work, but without success. . Portland Jameson Is believed to be E. C. Tidcombe who left here a year ago as the result of financial troubles of an oyster company by which he was employed. Tidcombe wrote home a month ago stating that he expected to leave his situation, but made no men tion of straitened circumstances. His wife was named Georgie Nellson before her marriage and she Is thought to have been a Portland girl, though no trace of her family can be found. TUTUILA THANKFUL. Improved Conditions of Islands Attrib uted to United States. Tutuila, Samoa, Jan. 10 (Via San Francisco, Jan. 24.) Captain Moore, U. S. N., arrived on January 5 to succeed Captain ' Underwood as commandant and civil governor of the Islands. He will assume duty on January (, when Captain Underwood expects to leave for the states. At a meeting of the whole of the western district of Tutuila the Satno ans expressed their thanks to Captain Underwood and the United States for efforts in creating a , friendly spirit amongst the people and improving their conditions of living.