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COVERS THE MORNING FIELD ON THE LOWER COLUMBIA
VOLUME LV1V. NO. 106.
ASTORIA, OREGON. THURSDAY FEBRUARY 16. 1905.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
SUV OUTRAGE
Characteristic of Coward-
1 lyOfflCCrS; r;
THROWN INTO FLAMES
Japanese Infantry Surrounded by
I About Three Thousand
RUSSIANS FIRE THE HOUSE
In Spite of the Faot That the Surgeon
Had Rod Crete Bend Attached to
Hie Arm, Russians Throw the
Man Into the Fire.
Victoria, H. C, Feb. 15. From Ad
vices received by the steamship Tro
wont, which arrived from the far eaat
today, tho officers report a dramatic
Incident during the recent cavalry raid
at Ylnkow, showing the" brutality of
the Russian soldiers and officers. A
company of Japanese infantry woe to
camped near a houie near Aihantlen
and won surrounded by 8000 Cossacks.
There waa a Chinese bouao near which
the Japanese took shelter and made a
desperate aland for seven houra. Dur
tnc the night the Ruealana set fire to
the houae and the Japanese were com
pellet (to retreat under a heavy fire.
The captain In charge of tho company,
which only numbered about SO men,
was wounded with aeveral othera and
won unable to escape. They committed
tiurl-krt. A Burgeon named Namba
waa wounded and waa unable to re
treat. In aplto of the fact tha,t he had
a red cross band attached to hla arm
the Russian offlcera ordered him to be
arreeted and threw him Into tho burn
ing house. The rules of warfare pro
tt all peraona wearing the Inalgnla
of the Red Crone, but the cowardly
Russians paid no attention to It
OYINO DECLARATIONS.
Millionaire Bequeathe All Hie Property
to Die Poor.
Chicago, Feb. IS. 8. B. Roath, who
Al -A I t 4 X' a t ..W ..
llfe long aaaoclate of John J. Ferman,
her of the Chicago Mock yard".
I'he pioneer announced on August
1903, that he had juat settled II,
1 0.000 on a chosen act of relutlves
Jjuet to ace how they would uae the
fnoney." In giving away hla fortune
lie mode It clear that upon the behav
flor of the beneficiaries depended the
final division of the property,
f ' Mouth waa aald to have been attruct
d by the declared nurnose of Andrew
. l 1 1 . LI. .IN.
innti. ' unp Liwuiiur imiurn ui 411 nut
famllle each receiving an Independ
ent fortune.
Mr. Roth waa estimated to have an
other million.
MUST 8URREN0ER CHILD.
Or Dear Papa Will 8end Prinoeta to
Inaane Aiylum.
Florence, Feb. IB. Dr. Koerner of
Dresden,' legal representative of King
Frederick Augustus of Saxony, haa
announced that before beginning pro
ceedings In the courts of Italy to com
pel the Countess Montlgnoso to relin
quish to the king her former hus
band, the custody of her child, Prin
cess Anna, he will seek to have her
examined as to her sanity. Dr. Koer
ner says also that unless the young
princess la given up to her father by
March 1 the allowance granted to the
countess will be stopped by the king's
order. '
ANOTHER OPERATION.
President Harper of the Chloago Uni
versity to Be Carved Again.
Chicago, Feb. 15. Dr. William R.
MSrper, president of the University of
'hinnirn win iinnnrirn ftnninor oner.
Inn within a. week. It has bnnn decid
ed that it la necessary for Dr, Harper
to arrange hla affairs with a view to
an absence from his post for some
lime. HI Ron Samuel, who has been
In Moscow, Raisla, and hla brother,
Hubert, who hu' been at Constanti
nople, art on their wy home, and they
nra expected to reach Chicago before
the operation upon the rector la per-
??u!3 n Q r'ijt
TOO MANY CLERKS.
Wsshlngton Legislature puts. Off, the
'i -J 1 i ICUrkai tWt O V
Olympla, Feb, 15. The report of the
special committee on the alleged ex
cesslvo number of employes In the sen
ate caused acrjnjonlou debate this
afternoon which resulted In a failure
to reduce the number. The committee
in. Its report ' recommended the, die
charg.of J7 clerks, ,whoae only duty
seemed W bo to draw their aalartee.
The house today passed seven sen
ate and 15 bouse bills. Among the
house bills la one regulating foreign
banks and prohibiting them from re
ceiving deposits, The Slovene county
Judicial district bin passed, the bouse
this morning with an amendment leav
ing Ferry county In Its present dls
tris. The amendment was Immediately
sent to the senate, which concurred.
The senate bill prohibiting the em
ployment of special counsel by county
commissioners waa passed, as waa also
the blQ declaring the abandonment of
dependent persons' a misdemeanor.' A
bill giving one corporation power to
acquire stock In another corporation
paased the house today without debate,
only 11 votes being recorded against
It
if ' luUU'h AMetaati I
it
Portland, Feb. 15. M. A. Bates,
credit man with Allen A Lewis, whole
sale grocers, committed suicide today
by shooting himself In the be4 with
a revolver. Despondency and recent
illness i believed to be the cause.
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Opposition to Building Any More
Battleships.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BILL
Ceonomy In All Appropriations Urged
by Prominent Republiesns and
Strong Fight Will Be Made to
Cut All Appropriations.
Washington, Feb. 15. The question
of wha,t the policy of the government
will be In respect to upbuilding the
navy waa again threshed out In the
house today, during the consideration
of the naval appropriation bill. The
debate developed much opposition to
the proposed addition of building two
more battleships. The debate was a
repetition of the discussion yesterday
In defense of the Philippines -which
played quite an Important part In the
debate, while the events In the far eaat
and fear that the United States may be
ultimately; drawn Into tha struggle,
waa used by the advocates of a strong
navy. The house mt at an earlier
hour than usual and the entire time
waa consumed in a discussion of the
bill.
The senate continued, but did not
conclude the consideration of the bill
making appropriations for the support
of the government In the District of
Columbia, While tho bill was before
the senate, Elklns took exceptions to
tho Item providing for the construc
tion of a local bridge as being In the
Interest of speculators and made a
strong plea for economy In all appro
priation. The Swayne Impeachment
trial consumed the regular allotted
time of the senate.
Flew the Coop.
Reno, . Feb. 15. Fired with whisky
an Indian today went on, Uie war path
30 miles out of Tonopah and killed
three squaws and a fellow Indian and
then fled to the mountains. He Is still
at large and a posse of Indians Is
chasing him. "
8usan Will Celebrate.
Rochester, N. Y., Feb. 15. Mlsa Su
san B. Anthony will today celebrate
her 85th birthday. She has already
received greeting from political equal
ity clubs in Finland, Swltserland, Hol
land, Austria, Germany, Australia,
South America and from all quarters
of America and Mexico.
NO MONEY FOR NAVY
NECK SAVED
Mrs Edwards Reprieved
?A by Governor.
Ok,
GREASON IS INCLUDED
.-,lM.t'xt m -JMNV-M
Board of Pardon Commissioners
to Hear Case If Supreme
Court Refuses.
DEATH WARRANT WITHDRAWN
Mrs. Kate Edwarda and Samuel Grta
eon, a Negro, Were Convloted of
; Killing Mrs. ' Edwards' Hus
band on Confession.
rUrrJsburs;. Pa.. Feb. 15. On roc
ommendatlon of the board of pardons
today Governor Penny packer with
drew the death warrants in the case of
Mrs, Kat Edwards, the whit woman,
and' Samuel 3 reason, the negro, who
were under sentence, to bang together
at Reading tomorrow for the murder
of Mrs. Edwarda' husband In 190L The
case of Oreason will now be again
taken to tha Pennsylvania supreme
court, and If that tribunal refuses to
reopen the case the attorneys for Mrs.
Edwards and Greaaon will have to
appear before the board of pardons
next month.
The supreme court waa crowded
with spectators when the board of par-
done convened to take up the cases
In the crowd were many members of
the legislature, and also the Ohio dele
gation of women who presented the
monster petition to the governor yes
terday In behalf of the condemned wo
man. When the pardon board, which is
made up of W. M. Brown, lieutenant
governor; Frank M. Fuller, Secretary
of the commonwealth; Hamilton B.
Carson, attorney general, and Isaac B.
Brown, secretary of internal affairs,
met today, Elwood H. Doysher of
counsel for Mrs. Edwards, made a mo
tion that her case be continued. He
made this motion, he said, because
Mrs. Edwarda had confessed that she
had committed the crime, and that
G reason had no hand in It, and because
counsel for Greason wanted to take
depositions and also examine Mrs. Ed
wards with regard to the authenticity
of the confession. Counsel for Grea
son, he sold, would not be able to do
this if the case of Mrs. Edwards was
not continued, because they were both
under sentence to hang tomorrow.
John Rothermel and William H. Sad
ler, attorneys for Greason, supported
Mr. Doysher, and also pleaded for a
rehearing In the case of their client
Mr. Sadler Informed the board that
he had four witnesses In behalf of
Greason, who had never been exam
ined. The board, after deliberating 20 min
utes, announced that the boarj had
decided to take tip both cases and Im
mediately continue them.
INCREA8E IN RATES.
Will Cost $720 to Carry a Gun in New
York.
New York, Feb. 15. An ordinance
has been adopted by the board of al
dermen empowering the city magis
trates to assess a fine of $720 on per
sons found carrying concealed weap
ons. The former penalty was $10 and
has little tendency, according to the
police, toward breaking up the prac
tice. The new ordinance empowers city
magistrates not only to Impose the
fine, but to commit the carrier of heav
ier weapons for six months. The ordi
nance gives the police commissioner
power to issue permits for carrying
concealed weapons, as at present.
STATE LEGISLATION.
Vsry Little Progress Being Msde ih
the Passage of Bills.
Salem, Feb. 15. At today's session
of the senate a bill appropriating $70,
000 for the erection of a deaf mute
hoo passej. The house bill ereat
ttig Caacade county failed In the sen
Mt. The bill providing for special at
tendance of transportation of Insane
pHtlente to the asylum passed the sen
aie. House bill appropriating It 5, 000
for the Indian war veterans passed the
senate.:'
i Will Be Late for Resurrection.
I Washington, Feb. IS. Ambassador
Porter already haa Justlfled the faith
he expressed to the sta,te department
l hie ability to And some trace of the
rfmalne of John Paul Jones. He has
cabled the state department from Paris
us follows: -
"Sunk shaft, found rows of graves
uftdtaturbed at a depth of 17 feet."
ITbls refers to the preliminary exami
nation which the ambassador haa been
making of the ground which once
formed the site of the cemetery to
which the remains of John Paul Jones
were traced.
! High Taxes.
I Union, Ore., Feb. 15. The Union
county tax roll will be In the sheriffs
hands this week. The total tax to
be collected la about I17J.00O. The
actual cash value of taxable property
In the county Is estimated at tlS.000,
000, though the assessed valuation la
much less. Figuring the total popu
alt Ion of the county at 18,000, the to
tal tax to be collected la about equal to
tit per capita for each resident of the
county.
I Against Autos.
New York, Feb. IS. Owing to num
erous motor car accidents In Germany
a bill Is to be presented to the relch-
stag providing, says a Times dispatch
from Berlin, for the compulsory for
mation of an organization of automo-
blUsta which will be responsible for
all damages. The plan Is that every
owner of a motor car be compelled to
join the organization.
Situation in Russia Portends Con-
siderable Trouble.
MANY FAMILIES SUFFERING
Governor at Lodz Admits Conditions
Are Very Grave and la Endeavor
ing to Prevent Bloodshed
Which Seems Inevitable.
Lodz, Feb. 15. The situation here Is
becoming more serious every day. A
large number of men who were work
ing yesterday, quit today, having be
come dissatisfied. There is much suf
fering among the families of the strik
ers, which was the principal cause
for many quitting work. Directors of
the Coates thread mill have Issued an
order allowing the expense of giving a
dolly dinner to the children of work
men, and 850 children reported for a
meal. The governor himself admits
that the conditions are very grave. He
Is extremely anxious, to avert blood
shed, but In the present condition, he
thinks it Is almost Impossible, Orders
were Issued to the soldiers to refrain
from any acts exciting antmosty, and
that they must not shoot unless at
tacked. The attitude of the strikers
shows Increased hostility. Unless a
change for the better Is made tomor
row, martial law will be proclaimed.
While this Is likely to end strife, it
will cost many lives.
Mail Awards.
New York, Feb. 15. Superintendent
Bradley of the railway mall service,
has ordered the beginning of the peri
odical weighing of the molls required
by law on all the trains and In all the
postofflces . of . the second department.
which Includes New York, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Delaware and; Mary
land. The process will continue for
three months, and on Its results will
depend the amount of the awards to
various railroads for carrying the malls
mils from July 1, 1905, to July 1, 1909.
More Torpedo Boats.
Toklo, Feb. 15. The new torpedo
boot destroyers Arlake and Fubukl,
constructed in Japan, have been placed
In commission. Their average speed Is
29 knots per hour. The torpedo boat
destroyer Krare is finished at the Yo
kosuka naval yard and Is ready to be
launched.
STRIKE THREATENED
GUM HOT
Wealthy Chinaman Also
Shot in Portland;
CHINAMEN ARRESTED
Shooting Occurs on Second Street
While It Is Crowded With
People.
ABOUT TWENTY SHOTS FIRED
Chinese Woman Stele Diamond Ring
and Refused to Give It Up When
Demanded by OwnerEmploy- .
ed Chinaman to Shoot ,
Portland. Feb. 15. Lee Moon, a
wealthy Chinaman, and a white man
named J. M. Guilliams, were wounded
In a pistol battle In Chinatown to
night. A Chinese slave 'woman was
accused of stealing a valuable diamond
ring from Moon. Moon went' to the
woman's room today to recover It and
the woman refused to give It up. As
Moon left the room she told him to
stay away or he would be killed. He
returned a second time, and she again
refused to give up the ring. When
Moon rached .the corner of Washing
ton and Second streets the fussillade
commenced which continued for two
blocks along Second street to the door
of the police station, where Moon was
going after a police officer to have him
go to the woman's room and secure the
ring. About 20 shots were fired.
One of the shots lodged in the shouU
der of J. M. Guilliams, a young man
who waa walking on the street at the
time, and another shot hit Moon in the
hip. After the shooting the police ar
rested Chee How, also a wealthy Chi
nese merchant, also Joe Tong Hi and
Leong HI. They also arrested Chee
How, who was accused of hiring the
other Chinamen to kill Moon. When
Jo Tong HI was searched at the po
lice station the ring was found In his
clothes.
The thoroughfare where the shoot
ing occurred is one of the most fre
quented In the city and quite a num
ber, mostly white people, were on the
street at the time. The shooting cre
ated intense excitement in Chinatown
and thousands of people rushed to the
scene, while many others were trying
to get away for fear of getting hit with
stray bullets.
GEN LEW WALLACE,
Author of "Ben Hur," Die at Craw-
fordsville, Ind.
Crawfordsvllle, Feb. 15. General
Lew Wallace, author of "Ben Hur,"
and one time minister to Turkey and
a veteran of the Mexican and civil
wars died tonight, aged 78 year. Gen
eral Wallace's health had been falling
for several years, but for months he
had kept his family Ignorant of his
true condition. He bod a strong con
stitution which was gradually under
mined by a wasting disease. The death
bed scene was calmnesa Besides the
physician only his wlfo, son and daughter-in-law
was present. ,When the
general was told that he was dying
he was perfectly calm and his last
words were expressions of cheer to his
grief-stricken family. Bidding them
farewell, he said, "I am willing to meet
my maker," and lapsed Into .uncon
sciousness, from which he did not re
cover.
FIRE AT COTTAGE GROVE.
New Schoolhocrse Narrowly Escapes
Destruction.
Cottage Grove, Feb. 15. Fire caused
by a defective flue threatened -with to
tal destruction the new $20,000 Cottage
Grove public school at 2:30 o'clock,
but before the arrival of the fire de
partment men tore off boards where
the wall was very hot next to the flue
and located the blase before more than
a few hundred lollars' damage was
done. The children were all marched
out in good order with. the fire drill
as soon as the large building began
filling with smoke, and no one was In-
Jured., j The . structure. U entirely ,of
wood. an4 bad the Are seined s. etsjrt I
could not have been saved. , Owing itof
the cold weather the furnace was taxed
beyond It capacity, setting first to
the scantling that walled In the 'flue.
WARSHIP COMING'""
British Warship to Pay Fraternal Visit
, to America.
London, Feb. - 16-TbV date" of the
visit to American waters of the squad
ron of BrIUelj Warships command.:! ,by
Rear Admiral Prince Louis of Batten
berg, has been definitely fixed for Oc
tober. It will comprise a short stay
at Newport, New York and Annapolis.
The prince's vlett to Washington win, ''' 3
It Is understood, be of an official har
acter. President Roosevelt will be no
tified through Sir Henry DuranL the
British ambassador, and Prince Louis
will convey to the president King Ed
ward's greeting in a special message.
STUDENTS ON STRIKE.
All Students Throughout Russia De
cide Net to Resume Studies. '
St Petersburg. Feb. 15 The atud-
erU throughout Russia have decided
to resort to strike methods indicative .
f their dissatisfaction of existing po
litical conditions and demands of the
press for reform. The students at the
university of Moscow, the largest In- ,
stltution of 1U kind In Russia, voted
today not to resume studies during.
the present school year
William Cullen Bryant Dead. '
New York, Feb. 15. William Cullen ,
Bryant, the publisher of the Brooklyn, ,
Times, and secretary of the American
Newspaper Publishers' Association,
died today at a sanitarium in Plain-
field, N. J. He had suffered a stroke
of apoplexy this morning. " 1
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Rope Breaks and Murderer Falls
From Scaffold.
HANGING IN NEW JERSEY
Grew some Sight at the Hanging of
Frank Raissinger in New Jersey.
: Body Falls, Striking a Beam
and Breaks His Neck.
Bridgeport, N. J, Feb. 15. Frank
RaJ singer was hanged today for the
murder of his wife. The rope broke as
the body rebounded, and the back of
Ralsinger's head struck a cross beam .
of the scaffold and broke Raislnger'a
neck. The physicians present said
death was instantaneous. It was.
therefore not necessary to raise the
body again to the scaffold.
A shudder 1 ran through those who
were assembled to witness the hang
ing as the rope parted and Ralsinger's
body fell to the ground. Nearly every
one present turned his head from the
grewsome sight.
Sheriff Dement said after the hang
ing that he was unable to account for
the snapping of the cord, as it had
been tested with a weight more than
100 pounds heavier than Raislnger'a
body.
WHITMAN SUSPENDED.
San Francisco Chief of Police to Be In
vestigated by Commission.
San Francisco, Feb. 15. As a result
of the recent scandals of the police
department In connection with gam
bling In the Chinese quarters. Chief of
Police Whitman was tonight suspended
from duty upon charges heretofore
made for incompetency and neglect of
duty. This action was unaalmously
taken by the board of police commis
sioners after they had found Sergeant
Ellis guilty of neglect of duty and vio
lation of department rules. The sen
tence of Ellis has been postponed one
week.
New Cotton Mill.
Manchester, Feb. 15. The . heavy
crop of American cotton has caused
activity In mill building here. Four
new mills are in course of erection
n id at the same time a number of new
n ills are going up for Egyptian cot
ton. Altogether the new capital in
these new enterprises amounts to $15,-
000,000. The new mills will give em
ployment to 9000 workers.
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