PUaLIBHIt FULL ABSOOIATID PRItB P.IPORT J'fdSy; rQ COVMB THE MORNINQ PISLO ON TMI LOWIft COLUMBIA VOLUME LVIV. NO. 97. ASTORIA, OREGON. THURSDAY JANUARY 26, 1905. ! ' -y- PRICE lVE CENTS CRITICAL HOUR Gar's'Govcrnment Makes i Advances. TREPOFF IS FRIENDLY f ' Cur Said to be Framing Better Ltwi for the Working A! Men. FINN AGITATORS BREAK OUT British Oovtrnmtnl U Acouitd of Hav ing Hand In th Labor Wart Explanation Will Ba Aikad of ' tha Poralgn Minlatar. Bt. Petaraburg. Jan. IS, Contrary to axpaclation tha flrat mova of tha nawly appolnt4 governor nrl of BL Pat raburff la paclrto In charactar. It takaa tha form of a proclamation, jointly Ignad by Ocnaral Trepoff and V. Ko kovafT. mlnlater of flnanca, talllnf tha atrlkera thy nava ban lad Into trouble by evil dlapoaad paraona and thalr bat Intartat will b aorred by paacaful rapreaentatlona to tha f0V' rnmnt, Tha workman ara aiao ,aa aured tha emperor haa ordered tha framing of certain lawa for thalr ban' aftt and tha creation of a aval em of aUta Inauranca to protect them from want In caao of alrknaaa or dlaablllty. Tha feare of awloua trouble In Moa cow yeaterday were not reallaeX Tha only authenticated Inatanea of anyth nf approaching violence there waa In tha dlaperaal of a crowd of about 8000 workmen by Coack". So far aa la known there were no caaualttca. From Finland antl-nuaalan demon atratlnna ara reported and a collision betwaan a crowd of lt.000 paraona and troop raaultlng In wounding about 10 Flnna. In Finland tha agitation haa nothing 1o do with tha labor queatton, but la purely political In character. Political, educational and mercan tile boillea of Ruaala ara adopting declarntlona In favor of elective rep reeentatlvea to a leglalatlva body, and denouncing tha mlrule of the auto cracy. - ' ' in ii -, , a . 8ITUATION DlSQUICTINa V Great Britain Aoeueed of Having Hand In tha Trouble. St. Peteraburg, Jan. 15. It la ex pected the proclamation laaued by Oen Trepolt and Mlnlater Kokoyaaff win be followed either by an Imperial manifesto along the aame Hnea In hope of preventing a epread of the atrtke oi by apeclflc proclnmfttlona by local au thorltlea whenever atrlkea ara In pro tr reea. By promlaln't to yield tha queatlon of houra of labor, which are now legally 11 In Rusala, the autborltlea believe they can meet the grlevancea of the workmen. Thla, together with a guar, antee of protection, the authorUiei tiope, will Induce them to, reaume work The atrlkera Are Indifferent to political demand, and thla clnia, the author! tlea declare, conatitutea the treat bulk of the men. It la certain In many cam atrlkera were forced out agalnat their wlahea, but the general effect of th proclamation la atlll problematical Though the atrlke- haa been spread ing through various towns, tha situa tion tonight, while disquieting, la not acute anywhere. Sir Charlea Harding, the British ' minister, - received from Captain Qrover,. the. British conaul at Moacow, confirmation of the Associated preaa dispatch from Moacow announc ing public' poatlng of a telegram im puting British influence In the atrlke and will aak for explanations from the . foreign minister, today. It la not ex pected the affair will lead to a serious dtplomatlo Incident , PANIC IN THEATER. Seditloue Demonatratlon Leade to ty any . Arrests. . Klshlneff, Jan. 25. A seditious dem onstration during the performance led to a panto In a theater here last night A crisis In the hostility, toward the government was raised In the crowjed auditorium by Incendiary proclama tions which were showered from the gallery, The audience became panic. trie ken and considerable time elapeed before order wee restored, . Twenty arrests were made," Includ ing four Jewish soldiers. Pneumonia Threatene the Heir to tha Ciara Troublse. New Tork, Jan. f5-The Infant Csamltoh Is seriously ill of pneumo ola at Taarsltee-Scl accordlnf to, an American . dispatch from 8L Peters burg. , The heir to the Russian throne Is said to bar been taken ill at the Rio ter palace last week and the removal to Taarskoe-Selo caused complica tions. Nurses are said to have been summoned from London, Workmen Pisperaad. Moscow, Jan. ' 25. A ' squadron 0 Co mm ck it was called out this evening to die per ie about 3000, workmen who had gathered near tha river and were growing obstreperous. Some of the rioters were Injured, but there were no fatalities. Dieeuaeien Refused. Bt. Peteraburg, Jan. 25. At today' aeaston of the municipal court a reao lutlon was moved protesting against firing by troops upon the defenseless workmen on Sunday. The president prohibited discussion of tie . resolu Hon. " i . , River Palls. ; ;,' '-t Seattle, Jan. 25. Hundreds of peo ple are practically cut , off from all communication with the outside world and the steamboat drlggs Is an entire wreck as the reeult of unprecedented tow water In the Columbia river above Wenatchce. FIRE BILL STOPPED Objectionable Clause In Protec : tion Measure. HEALTH OFFICERS REMOVED Sheep Men Want to Recover from the 8tate for ' Depredations of Un known Vandala en Their Flooka.. Little Show for the Bill. i r Salem, Jan, 25. The moat Important business in the senate today waa the passage of the bill abolishing the state health officers at Aatorla," Gardiner Taqutna and Brownsville. In the house a concurrent resolution to Investigate the alleged holdupa of land and timber by the rallroada was adopted. , i There waa excitement In the house when the forest f re protection meas ure came up. It was schemed to push the bill through In a hurry, but the clause requiring persona clearing .land to procure a permit proved a etumbUnt block, and consideration went over un til Friday. ' s A bill has been Introduced that haa attracted considerable attention from atockmen. It provides that the ownera of aheep slaughtered by unknown per sons may rocoved 50 per cent of their value from the atate, but Inasmuch aa the aheep men have recourse at law for the prosecution of or recovery from persons committing such depredations It Is deemed unlikely that the bill win reach passage. Canned Horse Sweata. Chicago, Jan. 15. Captain Asa F. Fish, chief commissary of the civil de partment of the Philippines, is In Chi cago for a conference; with the heads of the, packing ; houses relative to changing the manner of canning meats used . by the constabulary and police of the Islands. He 'complained that the Intense heat In the Philippine caused a sweating of, the cans, which almost spoiled the .meats, and his mission is to secure the adoption of aome new process) to make canned meats teat proof. . Practically all the meants used in the Philippines are sup plied from Chicago J S Lodge Champions Cause of' Haughty General. a SAYS' HFS ATTACKED Baker Takes an Ineffectual Fall 'irn Out of the Protective l Tariff. I HOUSE PASSES 200 PENSIONS The Houae Passes the District of Co' lumbia Appropriation ' BUI, Which Raleed a Row Yeetarday and Teachers Get Salary Raise. Washington, Jan. IS. In connection with the consideration of the army ap proprlatle-n bill there was an animated discussion In the senate today over the assignment of General Nelson A. Miles to service In charge of the Massa chusetts state militia. t The controversy was begun by Lodge who criticised In very sharp language the provision In the army bill which prohibits awarding extra pay or allow ancea to relieved officers who ara as signed to active service when tbey ex ceed those of a major on the active Hat. Lodge declared that 'this J, pro vision was aimed cirectly at Miles, ana that It was moat unfair. Following Lodge, Piatt (Conn.), Spooner, Bailey, Patterson, Cor mack and Money took part In the debate and a number of amendmenta were suggested. None of them, however, found much favor, and action In the matter waa postponed fot the day. It la the general opinion that the provision of the bill which la deemed objectionable will be allowed to stand. DAY WAS DULL. Bailey Gingers Up House With Verbal Aaaault Washington, Jan. 25. The house to day passed the District of Columbia appropriation bill, and the military academy appropriation bills. The dls trlct bill carried an Increase of the salaries of school teachers In the 'dis trict which was made the subject of considerable contention at the session of yesterday. ' . Except for a apeech by Baker of New Tork assailing the protective tariff pesley of the . republican party, the proceedlnga were devoid of Interest. Por Prao Wheat Washington, Jan. 25. Secretary Shaw has sent a lotter to both houses of congress recommending a refund of duty paid on Imported wheat when it Is for use as seed. ''." ' - Many Pensions Granted. - Washington, Jan. 25. In the sen ate today considerable time was given to the passage of pension bills, of which there were over 200. POLES JOIN SLAVS. New York Bunds to Assist Russian Rabala. New York, Jan. 25. Three organ isations In this city which In the past are said to have done much In aid of the revolutionary party In Russia, are reported . to have secured a powerful ally. Prior to a conference held by a secret - committee of the three or irantxntlona on the East Side' the mem bers received word that the Polish socialists in this country would like to offer their co-operation In tho work. A cordial welcome was at once extend ed to the organisation. " : v The three old organisations are tha Bund, which largely represents the Jewish revolutionists, ' the Russian revolutionary party and the Russian social democrats. . ' a f " The Polish organisation has about ,80 branches In the United States with a large membership. : At a meeting held at an East Broadway hall, the police were called to drive oft U number of MILES FRACA so-called anarchists who attempted to convert the meeting Into, a scene of disorder. After some difficulty the of ficers entered the hall, cleared out the objectionable element and the meeting continued. LADRONES KILLED. Severe Fighting Between Outlaws and the Constsbulary. (-.. Manila, Jan. 27 In a battle thla morning near gllang between a detach ment of scouts and constabulary and 190 ladroiws, who attacked the town of San Francisco de Malabon Tueaday night. 10 ladronea were killed and seven made prisoners. There were no casualties abong the scouts and con stabulary. , v . , , i , :. ... - Severe fighting continues. In the at tack Tueaday night the ladronea cap tured the wife and two children of Governor Trlaa. Theae, together with several native women prlsonera were aeen with the ladronea this morning, but an attempt at rescue was unsuc cessful. : , ., . - Suits Dismissed. San Francisco, Jan. 25. The two suits of the governemnt against Cash ier W. K. Cole of the U. S. mint of this city for sums aggregating 125,000 have been , dismissed In the U. 8. circuit court on omtlon of the district attor ney., The money which represents a portion of the sum stolen by bis for mer chief clerk, Wmmlck, has "been paid by Superintendent Frank Leach, and it waa under instructions from the solicitor of the treasury that the mo tion for dismissal waa made. Pioneer Texan Dead, j Fort Worth, Tex., Jan. 25. Colonel Duke Goodman,' adjutant general and chief of staff to RL M. Van Zandt, ma- Jot; general Texas division united con federate veterans, died of heart disease this morning at 2 o'clock, aged 2 years. Colonel Goodman was one Of the moat prominent veterans In Texas. . HELP COAL MINERS Catholic Clergy Subjcribe to the ',.: Fund. .. 250,090 MEN OUT ON STRIKE Resolution Introduced in the Prussian Diet to Fores the Mine Owners Into a Mors Embarrassing Po sition Before the People. , Berlin, Jan. 25. The center party, In a resolution to the president of tha Prussian diet today asked the gov ernment to appoint seven members of the diet to Investigate the coal strike This Is done in the Interest of the strikers, who hope to force the' mine owners to a still more dlffcult position; as they refused the invitation of the commissioners1, appointed by the mln later of tha Interior to discuss the situ ation. The commission asked for by the center party would have the power of summoning persona and calling for pa' pers which the Interior department does not have. A The higher Catholic clergy Is sub scribing personally to strike funds and Is announcing subscriptions. In Essen the subscriptions for strikers In ana outside the district aggregate about $300,000. - The effect of the prohibition of s local authorities from carrying around subscription papers has been to Increase voluntary contributions. . Nearly 250,000 men are out in th coal fields. . STEAMER ASHORE. Supposed to Be a San Francisco Block- .n ada Runner. San Francisco, Jan. 25. M. A. New ell, the . marine. . Insurance adjuster here, has received a telegram from London , announcing ,that a steamer with block' funnels and two red bands Is ashore near .Vladivostok. She Is supposed to be the M. 8. Dollar, which la owned here and which left this port November 21 with a cargo of flour. Her clearance papera read for MoJI, Japan, as her port of destination, but It It rumored; that ah wag chartered to carry a" cargo of flour to Siberia. ; SIB RAGES New York Completely Snow Bound." TRAFFIC IS STOPPED Trains and Shipping at a Stand still and Many Steamers ; .Overdue, WORST STORM IN MANY YEARS A Number of People Lose Their Lives From Exposure to Cold and Hos . pitala and Polios 8tationa Are j Crowded to Their Capacity. ' . New Tork, Jan, 25. Nat since the blizzard of 1888, by which all storms are estimated, great or small, has New Tork been so completely snowbound as tonight Tha city Itself is lying under a foot of snow, which, in many places Is banked by the wind to a height of several feet x Surface travel early in the day was abandoned, overhead transit . was Ir regular and It remained for the under ground roads to carry . home, as far as possible, the hundreds of thousands of workers. . ' The entire coast line from the Dela ware .capes north has been In the grasp of the storm, which, because of the heavy fall of snow, Intensity of th cold and the force of the gale, exceeded In severity anything' experienced In years. Throughout the New England. states and the middle Atlantic statea all reports indicate a most complete winter tieup. ,.. s Far Into the west snow and a re markably low temperature are report ed, and everywhere railroad traffic is delayed; reports of disasters to ship ping are coming In, and with a rapidly falling thermometer much . suffering must ensue. So severe was the storm In this city that several persons were rrocen to death or died from ex haustion. Tonight the hospitals, police stations and houses of refuge are crowded to their capacity. Tonight a bulletin was posted In the New Tork Central station that no more trains are expected tonight The notice re ferred to both local and express trains on the New Haven system. Trains, which arrived, were from four to eight hours behind time. ' Not a vessel of any kind has sailed from or arrived at this port in more than 24 hoars, and at Boston only one arrived. , At Sandy Hook and Quarantine the gale blew (0 miles an hour, and a number of .ves sels are reported at anchor there. The steamer Meanomee, from, London; the steamer Rotterdam, and the Germania are all In Sandy Hook bay, and a dosen or more steamers overdue, have not been heard from. IN GRASP OF ICE. Even tha South Feels the Grid of the ' Storm. ' ; Chicago, Jan. 26. Practically every town In the Mississippi valley is In the grasp of the cold snap. . In this city there was a snowstorm and gale. The wind quieted down tonight but it U predicted the mercury will fall to 10 degrees below this morning. Kansas and Missouri are colder than for years; the Ohio valley registers 8 above to 10 below, and therei Is severe weather in the south. At Mobile the wind blew the water, out of the . slips and many ships are aground, ; I WORST IN YEARS. New York Firsmen Fight Fire; in Worst " Storm for Msny Winters, j New Tork, Jan. 25. While the worst storm that has occurred In many win ters raged around them, a dosen fire companies under the personal direction of Chief Croker, for eight hours today fought a stubborn conflagration In the Kips Bay brewery..' " - ' - . AU the men suffered more or less from the long exposure, and five were badly injured by being caught under a falling wall. The lire was finally brought ondjsr control. - '" t ) f . 1 1 ii ' 1 1 " 1 ; 'i i i I I Robbers Escape, Saa Francisco, Jan, 25, Two young men entered the salooa kept by John SnelUng, late last night, held up Mr 8n!Hnjgt an wo - customers; ,at the points of two revolvers and relieved the UU of $30 and' one; of the custom ers of 17. The three men were t'atn forced into a closet while the robbers made a hasty retreat They are still at large. ,v-: "j Grand Master Dead. New Tork, Jan. 25V Principe Ceachi, grand master of the Knights of Malta, Is dead, according to a Herald 'dispatch, from Rome. ; He-was elected lieutenant of the grand master of the Order of the Knights of Malta in 182 and became Kiauu luasLcr ill joiv. Wounded Reach Franca. , New Tork, Jon. 25. Fourteen wounded Russian officers arrived at Cannes, France, cables the correspond ent there of the Herald. Tbey were met at the station by Grand Duke Michael Klkhallovlch. . , , ; Cheerful Prospsct Vienna, Jan. 25. The parliamentary elections which will begin Thursday are expected to take place amid un precedented scenes of rioting and bloodshed.- ..:.,,.!' ;".. . ' ' Tennessee Stakes. 7 Grand Junction. TeniL. Jan. 25. The second heat in the champion stake was run off with only one brace, Adams and Duryea's Tony Man and Hobart Ames Alambaugh. Tony Man finished a little stronger than Alambaugh. After Rejanvsntaky. Toklo, '' Jan. 25 ($ p. muK-The nary department announces the formation of a special service squadron. , No details are given,, ,.!-. ;., r .:V-.;. V ' '"' IS SWEET REFORMER Hutton Removed for Grossly im moral Conduct. MAYOR SCHMIDT SIGNS ORDER Complaint Alleges That Commission er Hutton Misconducted Himself , With Young Girt and There 1 . Are Other Charges.' ." - caui rrancisco, jan. z a. Mayor Schmidt caused a sensation in the po lice department this afternoon by sum marily removing from Office Police Commissioner Hutton. The mayor as signs as reasons grossly Immoral con duct and improper practices as a pu blic official. .- ; , ; .' The mayor gives minute details' of alleged improper conduct by Hutton, and mentions the name of a girl whom he declares recently wore short dresses. Hutton was recently active In the mat ter of suppressing public vice. He was foremost in the campaign against a certain section of the tenderloin dis trict and some months ago had him self appointed "special chief of police" to arrest the Inmates of a notorious place and served an injunction against Chief Whitteman. Hutton tonight denied the truth of the mayor's allegations. - 8eattle Men Drown. Seattle, Jan. 25. James Casey and two companions known as "Tattoo Cockney" and "Jonsey," are believed to have lost their lives in the gale which. raged over the sound last night A sloop belonging to Casey, In which It ts known the men Intended sailing i from here for Port Blakeley, was found drifting between Rolling Bay and this city this morning. , . ; , Nebraska Fire. Lincoln, Neb, Jan. 25. A fire which started at. midnight' In the furniture Mock burned fiercely for several hours. When it had been brought under con trol the furniture.;, block and . Halter building, with their contents, had been etitirely destroyed and ' considerable damage done to adjoining buildlnga The loss Is estimated at $110,000, prob ably well Insured, .