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C5V. i. 'I'll ', ! ... PUBJLIiMIlvPULL A8800IATID PRItS) IMPORT COVBRS TNK MORNINa NILD ON TH LOWIR COLUMBIA VOLUME LVIV. NO. 109. ASTORIA, OREGON. SUNDAY FEBRUARY 10. 1905. PRICE FIVE CENTS Jiattlr ZJJWv 5 ' geMr Senator Fulton to Control i Patronage hc ROOSEVELT SAYS SO President Will Not Approve of I Agreement to Hold Ap pointments. PULTON S RECOMMENDATIONS Roosevelt Tll Senator Fulton to Com to Headquarter With His Reoom ' mendatlon for Orogon Ap pointments. , Washington, Feb. II. Senator Ful ton took up with tho president today the reported agreement of aovaral cab I net officers to mak no mors appoint menta In Oregon until after the land frtud trials. Tho president said ho had n knowledge of such agreement. and would not approvt. It On the contrary, -ho tutld. - any such - policy would b an unjust reflection on Sen ator Fulton. The president told the senator to come dlrm to htrri when ever he had wanted made. any appointment be As a matter of fact, aside from the few president tafprwtoflWM,' Wkp- I-olntment are I ikl to fall duo until after the trials, but these appointments would ho made wherever Senator Ful ton asks for them. The president will not Interfere with the determination to deny Mitchell, Hermann and Williamson the right to make appointments, which possibly mean that there will be no more fourth-class poatoffire appointments In Oregon for some months. The appointment of a district attor. it" must necessarily wait until Mr. Hall's correct status Is determined.' If 'iie Is disqualified, some one else will be appointed when the land-fraud cases are closed. In any event, no ap pointment will be mnde until Senator Fulton Is consulted. , lie will moke the elections. DENIE8 THE ALLEGATION. Hoke Smith Call Seoretary Hltchcook r Down, Washington, Feb.' 18. An authorised statement was given out tonight from former Secretary of the Interior Hoke Smith, replying to the statement is sued by Secretary Hitchcock; regard ing tho action of Smith In approving oil and gas leases made with the Osage Indians In 1898. and severely arraigns Hitchcock ns making a bnaeless charge. , Smith states that at the time of th hast r oil deposits wT known to exist on the Osage reserva tlon. lie asserts that the lease fully protected the Indians by enforcing ample royalties, and that the lease was approved by the Indians themselves anj by Col. Freeman, acting Indian agent at the reservation. OREGON APP0INTMENT8. No Fsdsrsl Appolntmsnts to Bs Made Until After Land Fraud Cases. Dispatches from Washington an nounce, that no more federal appoint ments will be made in Oregon u'.-tll af ter the land fraud cases are tried. It Is ht;ld that appointments should be made by the entire delegotlon, but as all but Fulton had been Indicted the appointments would not bo made. Mr. Wynne said tonight that Senator Fulton would be permitted to name the postmaster at Astoria when the term tit the present Incumbent expires, for it Is his right as senator to name th postmaster In his own town. Senatot Fulton's record being clear, his right to fill this office will not be questioned. DEMAND RECOGNITION. , ? eBawsMsawssi ; Columbian Government Seek Under ; standing With Unltsd States. Washington, Feb. 18. Columbia Is again endeavoring to reopen the Pan- uma question and reach an understand ing with the TJntted states. Mr. Lriana, Columbian chitrfi,. called on the prcs Iduut today and presented aim with a pvrsonal letter from General Reyes, president of Columbia. The president (lid noCeotnmlt llmself further than to say that be would lie glad to confer with Secretary Hay and send Reyes a, reply. . Reyes expfesse an earnest desire" that4 h Washington and Boston governments shall come to a better unedrstandlng and devise some means of adjustment In the relatione between I'anama and Columbia. Several times before Columbia Ms hinted at pleb estlte for Panama, to determine wheth er ranamaoM wish to return to the Columbia : soverlgnlty, It la believed that this will not be assented to by the Washington government ' Iwayne Impeachment. Washing ton. Feb. li.The senate today decitej not to admit aa testl money In the Bwsyn impeachment trial, statements made by 8wayn be fore the house committee. This decis ion was reached while th senate were In secret session and aa soon as It was arrived at the court adjourned until Monday. Can Not Hold Two Offieee. Victoria, U. C, Feb. H. The steam er Ramona, arriving from Skagway, brought newa that an effort to being made to oust Dr. Thompson, member elect at Dawson on the ground that bis resignation from the Yukon council was Irregular; Governor Congdon, who was ' his opponent, having re signed as commissioner, being there fore unable to accept his resignation. Canadian law requires that no man shall be candidate for one office while holding another. Ministers Summoned. llerlln. Feb. H.Tbe Togeblatfs St. Petersburg correspondent say that th plenary sitting of the committee of minister at Tsarskoe, Selo, on Febru ary 16, It was decided to jsaue a mani festo concerning the summoning of Zenmky Sobor, In aocordanu with the ancient Russian tradition and refer the elaborate details to the committee of ministers. ..' CANAL COMMISSION Members Start for New York With Report. SOME, TRADE; CONDITIONS Reports From the Canal Zone Are te the Effect that no Yellow Fever t i ' Prevail Representatives Will Report to th President. Panama,' Feb. 18. W. II. Burr and William K. Parsons, members of the Panama canal commission, who started for New York yesterday, will make Im portant recommendations to the canal committee upon their arrival there, on the proposed sea level canal and other engineering problem. ' Joseph I Brlstow called upon Pres Ident Amador today. Before leaving he will confer with leading Panamans about his mission, which Is to Invest!'' gate trade conditions and freight rates between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts and between the wes coast of South America and he east coast of the Unit ed States and Europe and to determine the best policy of managing the Pan ama railroad. Washington, Feb. 18. The Isthmian canal commission has received a re port from Health Officer Spratllng at Cristobal, canal sone, stating positive ly that It has not been shown that yel low, fever existed or had existed In Colon since he assumed the duties of health officer of Colon on July 9. 8TANDARD OIL CO. Investigstion of th Company to Begin at Onoe. ' Topeka. Feb. 18. It la expected that the Investigation of 'the Standard Oil Company, affairs In Kansas will begin at once. Governor Iloch today noti fied that six Inspectors have been or dered to work on the '' Kansas case. They will report their findings to com missloner of corporations Garfield, Russian Press Demands Peace of Czar.- COST IS TOO GREAT Tens of Thousands of Brave Men Have Lost Their Lives in the War. DOWN WITH BUREAUOCRACY Russian Press Commenting on the Asssteinstlon of Grand Duke Seri gus Point Out That It H lm possible to Continue. . St, Petersburg, Feb. 18. Several or ders and decoration with which Grand Duke Serigus breast was covered at the time of tbe assossinatlo-n were found by a sentry a 100 years away frorri place where he u killed. His sword was shattered but tbe jewelled rings' which be wore were" recovered from spectators, who witnessed the outran. f The gold cross which, grand duke, like all orthodox wore around his neck, next, to his body was not recov ered. Grand Ducheea Elisabeth Issued piteous appeal to the pubUo to search for and return the relics. j The Runs and Kovostl commenting on the assassination of Serigus point out how impossible It Is to continue present conditions. Rubs says. From the day of the death of Minister of the Interior Vonphleve the fighting group dj social revolutionists hell tfcdif peace. Now blood la shed again, and although foreigners predict all will end In a revolution, the case Is not hopeless. Only let representatives of the people to participate In the gov ernment of the national and peace will come and our sufferings end. , Novostl says: Victim of the wat number tens of thousands. Hundreds high In official circles are among the victims. People are losing their' lives In the streets of Russian cities. We cannot live longer under such condi tions. The happiness of the people should not be bought with blood. The throne must join the people against bureaucracy. This is the only salva tion from the horora which threaten to darken the near future. ;i SHROUDED IN MY8TERY. Statement as to the Wheresbouts of Missing Securities. - Boston. Feb. 18. Much mystery sur rounds the disappearance announced by a law firm today of the securities said to be the property of their client of the value of $258,000. Beyond tbe Information that paper amounting, to 850,000 which Is negotiable, was re moved from the safe or vault about January IT. Name of the owner and all Information Is being withheld. Among missing securities are a promi ssory note signed "G. Henry Whit comb or his order and Indorsed In blank for $50,000 due February 21, and payable at the office of the American Loan k Trust Company of this city. ' A telegram from Worcester states that G. Henry Whltcomb and wife left for Seattle yesterday. Harry Whlt comb ( his son, said tonight he was positive that the missing securities were not the property of his father. He said he understood that a check to take up tho note bad been mailed from that city to the American Loan & Trust Company. LAMB FOR 8LAUGHTER. Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovitch Re stored to Former Rank. ' St. Petersburg, Feb. 18. Emperor of Russia by ukase Issued yesterday re stored to favor in the imperial family Grand Duke Paul Alexonderovitch, who some years ago' was degraded in rank and honors because In opposition to th will of th emperor and wishes of the Imperial family he contracted morganatic marriage with Olga Flsto- Ikoos, ' ' - - .'r ''' - : In accordance with the decre Grand Duke Paul was reinvested with hi for mer title and military standing and appointed as general ade de camp to his majesty, and will attend the funeral of his brother, Grand Duke Serglus. .. t Will Reeume Work. Berlin, Feb. 1. Press dispatches from Sosnovlce state that tbe total number of persons that have died from wounds In reecnt rioting at Katherinen Iron works now reaches (0. The cause of the strikers is apparently weaken Ing. Today a deputation of strikers appeared at two large establishments and expressed a willingness to resume work If military U withdrawn from the mills. This was promised and! ar angemenis mode to begin work on Mondny. Disabled Steamer. Mknlla, Feb. . 18VTbe , American steamer. Antonio MacLeod has been chartered to tow the British steamer HHrlisle, now lying disabled In Son Miguel bay, off the southern end of the Island of Luzon, to Manila. The Carlisle was unjer charter to the Russian government to carry sup piles from Vladlvoatock to' Port Ar thur. When three hundred mile out from Vladivostok she lost her propel lr and was carried by adverse winds and currents Into San Miguel bay, Her , commander. Captain Simpson went ashore In a smalt boat after tbe Carlisle bod anchored, to seek assist ance ana was lost Slant of. It was feared that be had met with an accl act, out ne subseiuently turned up on board of an inter-island steamship which carried him to Manila. - Still at Ifci tU j '-A J, Montouran, Feb.' 18. Noticeable re Inforccments to the Japanese selge artllery was seen today. The Japan ese fire now exceed the Russians in Intensity and Lone Hill la being con stantly bombarded. Two new Japanese batteries are being erected east of the Russian center. LABOR ORGANIZED Will March to Denver on Guber natorial Contest TAKE A HAND IN THE FIGHT Indications . Point to a Warm Tims Whsn the Investigating Commit tee Complete Their Labors and Submit Their Report " Denver, Feb. 18. A call has been Is sued to all the labor organiastions of Colorado to convene for the purpose of taking part in the gubernatorial con. test now pending. It is expected that fully 16,000 members of labor unions will meet and march In a body to the capital. It is surmised that they will oppose the seating of Governor Pea body should the legislature .decide that he was legally elected, and that they will insist upon the seating of Adams whether he was elected or not. Con-; etderable excitement prevails. ' CASSIE'S 8T0CKING. One Million Dollars of Mrs. Chsdwick's Money Discovered. Cleveland, Feb. 18. The Leader will say tomorrow that $1,000,000, the amount believed to have been securely hidden by Mrs. Chadwlck, haa been foundi Collector of Customs Leach has so minutely traced the operations of Mrs. Chadwlck during the last four years and is In a position to know the amount saved In her many financial transactions which amounts to $1,000, 000 In cold cash. '.' Buying Locomotives. Philadelphia, Feb, 18. Mitsui & Co. of New York,' agents of the Japanese government today placed an order for 76 locomotives, the largest pur chase; ever mode here by any foreign government. Tbe estimated cost of the locomotives Is $1,000,000,, The lo comotives will be -shipped by rail to the Pacific coast where ,they will be placed aboard steamships and sent di rect to Korea. ' iil id m Kaiser William Sends a Prince to Russia. r . . -.V -. . , ,, . ... ., , - OS HIS WAY HOME Probable That He Bears Import' ant Message from the Czar. BELIEVED THAT WAR IS OVER Effect of tho Rsosnt Tragedy in Russia Believed to Have Had an Import ant Bearing on Bringing the War to a Close. SL Petersburg, Feb. 18. Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia, who had been visiting the emperor previous, according to advises from Berlin, to going to Manchuria as an observer representing Emperor William, with the Russian army, started' for Berlin at midnight, i ..' ,: , i It was announced frorn Berlin yes terday that Prince, Fredrlch Leopold waa to go to the far east by steamer from Genoa, 'owing to the difficulties in sending the princely' train quickly over the congested Siberian line, and that he would first pay a visit to Em peror Nicholas. . A dispatch from St Petersburg early this morning, how ever, threw a different light on th prince's visit to St, Petersburg. It was Intimated that the prince was tie bearer of personal representations from Emperor William on the subject of peace,, and it waa added that It waa positively known that the question of peace waa discussed between Emperor Nicholas and Prince Friedrich Leo pold yesterday, though It waa Impos sible to ascertain what, if any,' con clusions were reached."-; The official explanation of Prince Friedrich Leopold's return to Berlin is that he haa decided to go to Manchuria by water, but there is high authority for the statement that the prince was a' bearer of a letter to Emperor William In diplomatic circles there exists a suspicion, which amounts almost to a onvlctlon, that Emperor William has undertaken peace negotiations in some form, although the few persons In a position to know, naturally declined to furnish any information on the sub ject. ..-..,..., In diplomatic circles the opinion is quite generally expressed that yester day's tragedy may be followed by the decision of the government to conclude peace. For some time, despite the offi cial attitude maintained by the govern ment, there has been growing apprecia tion of the difficulties of prosecuting the war In, the midst of. Increasing complications at home, and, aa an nounced by the Associated Press yes terday, the matter was actually the subject of formal consideration by the emperor and bis- ministers, February 18. Strong influences which, In spite of denials, are headed by M. Wltte, president of the committee of minis ters, have been working quietly In this direction, ; " I General Gripenberfs revelations, ol lowed by the murder of Grand Duke Serglus, in the opinion of some of the ablest diplomats, are not unlikely to lead the emperor definitely to decide upon peace. In this connection the war office is considerably alarmed by the new danger threatening the Man chur lun army from the - sympathetic attempts making by Japanese and Chi nese bandits to cut the line of com munication back of the army. Ac cording , to reports about 10.000 men split up into bands of several hundred each, are operating from Mongolia and are striking at the railroad. A Rus sian detachment following up the Jap anese band .which cut the road, below Harbin, fell Into an ambuscade of two regularly organized Japanese regi ments, and waa. almost cut to pieces losing halt it men and one gun. . The fear is that if the bands mov further north or west tbey might hv terrupt communication to such an ex tent m to make ft Impossible to supply the army, Tbls danger has already compelled the triple reinforcement of the railroad guards below Harbin. Telegraph Operators Strike. Moscow, Feb. 18. The telegraph operators of the Moscow-Russian rail road have struck, demanding a mini mum waxe of $20 and an eight-hour day. Instead of 12. The telegraph op erators of the Moscow-Wlndau road have also walked out,' necessitating a suspension of the train service. At Voronezh, th telegraph operator and other employes of tbe southwest ern railroad, and 3000 men employed in the railroad workshops, have struck for an Increase of wages and shorter hours. Cotton Duck Profitable. New York, Feb. 18. Stockholders of the. United States Cotton Duck Cor poration and the Mount Vernor Wood- bery Cotton Duck Company have held their annual meetings in Jersey City. According to the statements of tbe two companies submitted by tb officials th Income from all sources waa $!, :90,149 with net earnings of $51,0S5. rhe interest on the $7,000,000 first mortgage bonds outstanding amounts to $350,000, leaving a surplus of $16. 085. Nearly all the officers and direc tors were re-elected. 8till Scrapping. Tokkj, Feb. 18. The Russians shelled portions of Field Marshal Oyama's center' and left on Thursday, Febru ary 18. On Friday the Russian cay airy, in retiring from a, recent attack upon Field Marshal Oyama's left, halted at Lluchlongfang , ,- 8trik Situation. s Lodz, Feb. 18. The town continues quiet. There Is no change In the strike situation, excepting compositors struck Friday evening and no newspapers are being printed. The announcement of the assassination of Serglus was an nounced by means of handbills. ' PENSIONS PASSED Bill Appropriating Large Sum for Soldiers. . MINORITY OPPOSES THE BILL After Considerable Discussion Lasting Nearly All Day, the Bill Passed th . - House in the Same Form as -, Reoommended, Washington, Feb. 18. The house to day passed the pension appropriation bill which carries $138,230,700. Tlw minority led by Underwood made an ineffectual effort to reduce the aggre gate amount of the appropriation so as to exclude pensions Allowed under order No. 78," which It was stated In volved about . $4,500,00. Underwood contended that the ' bill as proposed ' was without authority of law.' The minority insisted that the majority should bring in the service pension " bill, but this was voted down. The bill passed In the same form in which It came from the committee. Under a special rule the house today passed 55 private pension bills. 'Adjournment was taken until noon tomorrow, In or der to permit the senate to pay tribute to Senator Quay, to whose memory the later part of the day was devoted. In the senate a request of the house for a conference on the state hood bill waa received and sharp debate ensued over the effort to have the conference committee appointed immediately. The opponents of joint statehood succeeded In securing a postponement until Mon-' day. - " '" ; t ' Corean Cossacks. New York, Feb. 18. Only 1000 Cos sacks now remain -In Corean territory. cables the Herald's correspondent at Gensan. The departing forces de stroyed supplies In large quantities. 8ooisl Service. , , New York, Feb. 18. The American Institute of Social Service has just held Its annual meeting and dinner in this city. President Bishop Strong and the other officers were re-elected.