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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 25, 1905)
PUSLISHtt PULL AttOOIATID PftlttlRBPORT OOVIR THK MORNING FIKLft ON THI LOWE. COLUMBIA VOLUME LVIV. NO. 114. ASTORIA, OREGON. SATURDAY FEBRUARY 25, 19t5. PRICE FIVE CENTS JAPS Ft ANKING Closing In On Russian , Lines. ' : BATTLE IS IMMINENT Both Sides Preparing for I De cisive Conflict in Near I Future. ; ACTIVITY AT VLADIVOSTOK Anticipate an Attaok by th Japan Although New Dom Not Alarm tho Inhabitant Who Art Con ,, ; tlnulng Aecuatomod Caity. ' Bhenkln, via Mukden, Feb, It. It In reported thut tho Japanese are clo Iiik In on the east flunk of the Ruian rmy under Kumpatkin with a view of cutting him off from the mulii army. A a result of the movement It I pos sible that there will either be a gen- nil iigain.-uii'iit or nt loui a. .counter movement by the Russian along some 1iirt of the line,, especially t If, im, If wougnt. me Japanese oitimpiiii r turning original tuctlca of flanking movement from the mountain' For the pimt three weeks the Ru Inn have Buffered no material dis turbance. RcKrt of activity at Vlad ivostok In anticipation of an attack by the Japunrae Is confirmed, but th town continue In Ita accustomed gnlcty. In the chunnrl of business the Intercourse la In a norma) condi tion notwithstanding the fact tint stringent patrol by the Japanese hit completely Interrupted the movement of shipping. The supplies at Vladi vostok are reported plentiful though prices are high. Th naval attache of tho foreign government are leaving by request of the Russian authorltle. Preparations for a big battle are now under wuy. and It I believed It will occur within a day or two. GOVERNMENT OF TRAINS. Railroad Aasoolationa Adopt Now Rulee to Prevent Aooident. . Chicago, Feb. 24. The train rule committee -of the American Railroad I Aaaoclatlon hna held a meeting here and completed a code of rule to gov- ern the operation of train on road having three and four track. , The committee ho been at work for month, and la ready to make recom- mondatlon to the general aaoclatlonl ftt It next semiannual meeting. Un- doubtedly the rule ns prepared wljl be approved and adopted f by', all !of' thrf foada which are member of the or. fimlscaUon. ... " . , , The purpose of formulating a code I Is to obtain uniform practice on all I Important American railroad aystema.l frith uniformity It I anld. In the rulea and method of operation railroad nc- cldent will be greatly lessened. ' The new rule are said to be com prehennlve and Include- the operation I of trains "Against the current" of I trafllc under certain condition. Thnt I IS to say, thnt when the tracks arc I properly protected by block signals, It Will be permissible to switch a train! onto the opposite track nnd there on rate It araing to ocrfiilQ rules and regulations. a : ... f FROM WASHINGTON. Fight Against an Anoient Appropria tion Bill. Washington. Feb. 23. In the house I of representatives today the light that I has been waged fori many year I against the- appropriation of $130,600 It grateful appreciation to Prealdent for the rent of the old custom housfl Roosevelt and the department of Jus la New York resulted In a victory for tlce for their prompt response to the Hemlnway, chairman of the commit- request: of this association for investl toe on appropriating, being unable to gallon into and legal ' proceedings muster sufficient strength to retain against the combination ofpaper man the provision. Opposition was led by ufocturera, which proceeding are now Sulzer, supported by Williams, pilnor- pending In th 'United States circuit Ity leader, both of which denounced court for the district of Minnesota the expenditure as a public scandal and are being vigorously prosecuted. Und In thi Interest of the StandurJ Oil. Coin ini ny, which, It I alleged, It In-hind th0 Ntttlonul City Bunk t'ur clmaer of the building from t be gov eminent. . L. E. HOE KILLED. ) Popular Employ of th A. C. Killed Yesterday Morning, .- Logan K. Roe, an employ of the Astoria ft Columbia River railroad wa killed yesterday morning about 11 o'clock by being crushed between two ears. The Seaside train wa be Ing made up and Roe had been em Jloyed aa a brakeman. In coupling two cur, Ro Hepped In between them to e that th connection were proper ly made, And the coupling Intaead of raU'hlng, flipped paaaed each other catching him between the cur, fie wa badly cruahed, weveral bone be Ing broken. He wa Immediately taken to the hopltHl but expired ahortly after reaching there. Roe had been employed by the company for aome time. A ahort time ago he caught the Iron rail on a freight car which broke. throwing hi in Into the river. He wa reined by Captain Thomaa Parker. Lat week he Injured hi foot while working in the yard and wa laid up, lit returned to hi work yesterday morning meeting with the accident that caued hi deaUi. ( It la reported that he leayea a wlf and Infant child residing in Portland. HI parent re Ide at Colfax, Wash. Ilia, widow ar rived In the city last evening. Are rungementa for the funeral have not been made, but the body wtlt probably be taken to Colfax for Interment. ' ' " Chink Appointed. ' ,:L Pckln, Feb. Taotal Long Bhao Tl of Tlentwn ha been appointed Chlr lie-He milliliter to Loudon. He I at rent In India negotiating -a -con vention of ndhelon of China to Anglo Thibet trciuy.r 7;-v.. r- HOUSE DEBATING Fight Over Railway Commission Bill. SENATE'S SUBSTITUTE BILL 8evral Amendments Offered But th Friends of th Measure 8uccd In Voting Thsm Down 8peoial Order fori Tomorrow. 1 ; ' : Olympla, Feb. 14. The entire day WM Pent bY the,houae debating the ainendmenta to the houie aubatltute for ,h railway oommlHalon bill, and hlle the friend of the bill succeeded 'n voting down, every amendment of Importance, they !s could not ' muster ufflcleiit strength to suspend the rules nd place tho bill on It final passage The friend of tht bill, however, e- cureJ adoption of a motion making It 1 peelul order fotj tomorrow, While the bill wa being dlcused In the house, the eenate aubatltute bill waa submitted making the commission elective after the tjrut two year, and having no Joint rati or innltlatlve rote muklng feature. A combination ha been effected to IP" the bill through the senate, but Ks fate In the house Is doubtful.' The senate passed senate bill prohibiting boycotting, picketing and unfair llsta The house killed the meat Inspection bill. , t 1 THANK YOU, TEDDY. Niwspaper' Publisher Appreciate Pro. oeedinga Against Paper Trust. New York,' Feb. 24. The following resolution, presented by Conde Ham Hn of the St. Paul .Pioneer PVess, was unanimously adopted by the American Newspaper Publishers' Association at their convention hete: "Resolved, That the American Newa- paper Publishers' Association extends FALSE REPORT Stories Circulated in St Petersburg. . THAT WAR IS ENDED Emperor Will Issue Manifesto On March 4th on Division of Lands. SITUATION IS STILL CRITICAL Instead of Strike Being Quelled, Th.sy Are' Only Slumbering, Ready to Burst Forth at Any Tim Do- vastatlon and Ruin in Sight' Ht Peterburg, Feb. 24. The begin ning of a dangerous movement ha been observed among the peasantry Ir many of the southern province where agitator are circulating report that the emperor will on , Marti) 4 issue a manifesto providing for a general di vision of lands. This new allotment has been the dream of the Moujlks ever since the empanclpation and ao- ordlng, to prlvaio" report th' atorl spread like wild nre and are Implicitly believed. X i Among the reservists, the agltaton ar anrauriln the atorv -Ihut th vi I over, ITIvate report alaa leav.j l room for doubt that J he strike In the whole region below Moscow la almost entirety political. The situation In southern Russia becoming worse In stead of better and contains many fac tors which la causing the authorities the greatest aJnrm. Possibility that It will be necessary to dispatch troops to Caucusus already being considered. . JAPS ARE FIGHTING. Stubborn Combat I Expected Tomor row In Manefiurla. Tslnkretchen, via Mukden, Feb. 24. There was fighting along the whole line in thl district today. The Jap. anese continue 'persistent and syste matic advance and drove the Russian vanguard posts In and came in touch with the Russian fortified positions. A Stubborn combat Is expected tomor row. The Japanese ore evidently in tending to attempt to drive the Rus sians out and capture their redoubt The Japanese army Is circling east ward, j ' BILL PEDDLERS Agree to Join th National Aooia tlon. New York, fob. 24.Aiter ignoring for) Bvo year overtures to become. members of the National Association of Retail Druggist, the lending phar macists of. this city are reported tt have decided to Join that organiza tion, i ., r. t A general conference of represonta tlvea of various city pharmaceutical aaaoclatlon have been held to perfect plan for a' New York branch of the organization to be formed In March and by unnnlmous vote of the sub committee of the conference; a scheme of organizing the branch on the dis trict plan hna been approved. WM. MoGEE GUILTY. urvlvor of Cutter Macre Guilty of Manslaughter. New. York, Feb. 24.-Wm. McGee, said to be the last surviving white per son of the Custer massacre, was found guilty of manslaughter In the first de gree tonight He was accused of fa-. tally stabbing his room mate after they had quarreled. McGee alleged tnat the stabbltrur was done In self defense. I MAC KAY OWNS IT. Entire Captital 8took of Cable Com pany Owned By Him, New York, Feb. U. The first report of the trustee of Mr. Mackay waa made public today., The report shows that Mackay companies own the en- tire capital stock of the Commercial Cable Company and 1(50 shares in other cable, telegraphic and telephone companies, representing a total value of 175,000.000. The report announced that the fifth cable to Europe waa be Ing laid by the Commercial Cable Co. and that the company was perfecting arrangements to lay a cable to Japan from Guam and China from Manila Both of these cables will be In opera tfon during the present year. KILLING YAQUIS. Twenty Killed and Two Hundred Taken Prisoner. .Washington, Feb. 24. Consul On 'U Manna telegraphed th tate de 'iwrtment from Monterey today thai toe Mexican government was punish iii Yaquls who recently murdered prominent Americana In Sonoro and that more than 20 had been killed and mora than 200 taken prisoner. , Exohang Trust New York. Feb. 24.Twenty Im portant foreign exchange houses of this city and Philadelphia have decld fd to form an association to further the Interest of their bualnesa. No dell nlte plan waa agreed upon, and after a ahort discussion in which all houses were represented, a committee was ap pointed to draw up an outline for the organization. It la expected that the organization will cut an Important fig ure In the exchange business. , Old Veteran Dead. New York. Feb. 24. William Gore Shanks, president of the National Presfl Intelligence Companjl , well known In newspaper and financial cir- clea in this city and for 11 years city editor of the Tribune, is dead at Ham ilton, Bermuda, aged 68, years. He waa a correspondent with the armies of Grant and Sherman during moat of the civil war. Referendum Will Be Invoked from Yamhill BIG MASS MEETING WAS HELD Will Secure Sufficient Petitioners to Have tho Million Dollar Appro priation Bill Submitted by ' Referendum to Voter. McMlnnvlUe, Fob, 24. Citizen of Yamh,il county have started war on the $1,000,000 appropriation bill passed at the last session of the legislature. Incluilng appropriations for all the state Institutions. A mass meeting will be held next week at McMlnnvlUe at which a public movement will be started for a petition to Invoke the ref erendum on the bllL Sentiment, ac cording to advices received today, Is very strong against the bill, and every thing Is said to be in readiness to open war on the bill. Blank petitions are all ready for presentation at the meet ing, when formal legal preceedlngs will be taken toN have the bill referred to the people for their approval or rejec tion. ' , The , bill, carries appropriations ag gregating; 1,000,000. It Is the bill Gov ernor Chamberlain threatened to veto unless the legislature removed the emergency clause, which would have exempted the measure from the power of the referendum. As amended with the emergency clause cut oft. the gov ernor let the bill go. but it contains much of the objectionable parts to ahk-h the executive took exceptions when he threatened to veto the bill. ; These objectionable features are ap propriations aggregating $95,000 for four state normal schools, $1000 foi thestate biologist, and $5000 for reim bursing counties for expenses Incurred In aiding the non-resident poor. These Items, according to the objections reg istered by the governor are unconsti tutional, in that the .constitution re quires that bills carrying appropria tions for the current expenses of the state Institutions shall carry nothing additional. It. is the governor'a con tention that the atate normal school are no state schools proper. Schools are not state schools, unless located at the capital of the state. " APPROPRIATION CASUS MUM Refuses to Testify at Ex ! aminatiOD. ACTING ON ADVICE Does Not Propose to Let the Prosecution Know What She Knows. PROSECUTION GIVES IT UP Caasie Propose to Play a Winning .Gam and Extricate Herself From I th Meshe of th Law If Legal l a i Ability and Coin Work. ' Cleveland,' Feb. l4.vMrs. Chad wick when placed on thf stand. In the bank ruptcy proceedings today before Ref eree Remington, refused at first to be sworn. After a consultation with her attorney the finally consented to take the oath.' .She ; w'a' then asked to state her name. She refused to reply to this or any of the question that fol lowed. Mr. Chadwick sought refuge In her privilege aa an accused person, and she i refused to answer most of the questions on the ground that what she said might tend to aid the prosecution of her In ten criminal cases. Referee Remington found In her favor, al though he insisted, against ber coun sel' wishes. In making hVr give a quasi explanation of her refusal. "My financial affairs are eo closely allied with the caae In the federal court that anything affecting the one must necessarily affect the other," said Mr. Chadwick, and the referee declared that that explanation of her position was as admirably expressed aa It could be. 'What they want is to get posses slon of your Information," stoutly de clared Attorney Dawtey, on behalf of Mrs. Chadwick. "They want to look at our hand. They are 'trying to as certain our defense. Now, If the gov ernment will tip ofT It band, we might arrange the deal." ' Dawley frankly told the court that MVs. Chadwick would be only follow ing his advice In refusing to be sworn. He said he did not Intend to be dis courteous to the referee, but he de manded the protection which he said the constitution gave hi client Attorney Grossman, for Trustee Loeser, Insisted on an examination however, and Referee Remington final ly decided that Mr. Chadwick would have to be sworn and take the witness stand at last "We are reliably informed, and we have reason to believe that there is a large amount of property. Including big sum of money, that ought to be In "the" hands of" the trustee for the benefit, of thtf creditors, but which are not." declared Grossman. Tea, but you must not turn the bankruptcy .court Into an Instrument for prosecution,"4 aald: Dawley. He de clared that the trustee had seized all Mrs. Chadwlck'a private papers, and turned over Information to the Unit ed States attorney which had resulted In at least two, probably three, addi tional .Indictments. 4 . "It 1 the duty of every good citizen,' said Referee Remington, "to give the authorities all the information in tnelr possession." Despite Dawley's objec tions and his irate declarations that Mrs. Chadwick waa being unjustly and Improperly imposed on Mrs, Chaa wick was forced to take the stand and be worn. ' This she did very grace fully, smiling pleasantly and cheer fully as the referee administered the bath. "I want to do all I can to aid the truateea and help the creditors," an nounced the witness before any que tlon had been asked. ' So Insistent had been Dawley's ob jections and so hot had been the fight over th Introduction of the bank rupt' testimony, that an hour was consumed in getting the examination started. And then It struck a nag. At the outset, Mrs. Chad wick refused to give her name. It wa In vain that Grossman declared he had no design of trapping the wltnes Into an In criminating reply. Mr. Chad wick simply refused to say that she wai Mrs, Casste 1. Chad wick, and smiling ly persisted In that course. Referee Remington vainly appealed to her. He went at length Into Just what her priv ilege was and Just what amounted to contempt of court. Mr. , Chadwick listened to all be had to say, but hi conviction did not move her. Minneapolis Capital. " V San Francisco, Feb. 24. Minneapo lis people reported here by Robert W, Turnbull are. It la aald, negotiating for the property of the Sierra Lumber Company In northern California. The Sierra Lumber , Company's property consists of about 100,000 acre of tim ber land with mill, mostly In Butte and Plumaa counties. : . ' . The company also owns a lumber yard in this city and ha Interest In various part of northern Callfornlr which are also Included In tho deal. The price asked for the property In said to be in the neighborhood of $2.- 000,000. , . 0 em oc ratio Primaries. Chicago, Feb. 24. The democratic primaries were held today. ,. Result foreshadow the nomination of Judge Edward Dunne for mayor tomorrow. Every ward in the city was carried by followers of Mayor Harrison. . John Paul Jone. , .- Paris. Feb. 21 A leaden coffin be lieved to contain the body of John Paul Jones waa opened in the presence of Ambassador Porter for - identifica tion today. The coffin was found in the grain shed In Rue Grange Aux Belles. The foreign Protestant grave yard waa formerly In that quarter. SWAYNE CASE ENDS Argumenb Concluded and Vote on Monday. STATEHOOD BILL WAS UP Tint of tho Senate Divided Between Swayne Impeachment Argument and Statehood Bill Both Con tinued Until Monday. Washington, Feb. 24. The time of the senate today was divided between the Swayne Impeachment trial and a motion of Senator Beverldge to ap point conferee on the statehood MIL In the Swayne case Messrs. Perkins, Slayton and Powers presented their arguments on behalf of the prosecution and Hlgglns responded In Swayne' be half, leaving Thurston still to speak for Swayne and DeArmond and Pal mer for the house. The trial will be resumed; Monday, ' f It Is the expectation of the senators managing the trial that an announce ment will be made tomorrow to take a vote on Monday. Morgan antagoniz ed the motion to appoint conferees or the statehood bill and held the floor when the senate adojurned. Pete . Plead Guilty. Portland. Feb, 24. Peter Grant against whom Sheriff Word waged re lentless warfare In the. spupresalon of his gambling games, has completely capitulated. He pleaded guilty to con ducting a keno game and was this aft. ernoon fined $25. When Grant before pleaded guilty to conducting gambling games contrary to law, the keno of fense was not Included In the category, but he this afternoon appeared at the court house ready to plead guilty to thla This spells complete victory for Sheriff Word, , ' Eeonomio Treaty, , Berlin, Feb. 24. The Economic So ciety of central Europe, of which Prof. Wolff of Llepzlg university la presi dent ha appointed a committee to report on how to readjust Germany' trade relation with the United States. The purpose seem to be to consider the possibility of a commercial treaty with the United State. "