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i K PUBLISHIS CULL AtSOOIATKD PRMt IMPORT OOVt THS MOANING flCLO ON THI LOWER COLUMBIA VOLUME LVIV. NO. 119. ASTORIA, OREGON. FRIDAY, MARCH 3. 1905. PRICE FIVE CENTS T Two Jews Arrested On Suspicion. SEVERE jDISTURBANCES Military Arresting Many Perjons Inducing Men (0 Quit SITUATION MORE ALARNNG Blaolt Cloudi Again Lowering Over the Induitrial Situation In Russia and Nearly 60,000 Striker Out at St. Petersburg. Wumaw, March I. A bomb was thrown from the window overlooking the court yard of Murariolt district po lice autlon at I o'clock this afternoon It fell midst a group of Midlers, but failed to explode. Two Jew have ben arretted on suspicion, mipjoscd to be connected wlih the bnb throwing. Disturbance are reported to have taken lti( -t In several part of the city during the afternoon. At the leather enamel worke two workmen fired several shots nt two of the directors as the latter were Idsvliif the factory. The shuts did not tttke effect and the assailants escaped The military" patrol attempted to ar rest some striking Jewish nhoji ilt. ante who were engaged In forcing shop keepers to close their premises. The strikers fired on the patrol fr quently without Injuring anyone and escaped. During the day the police arrested 340 striking Jewish shopkeep ere' assistants. The situation Is grave. St. Petersburg, Friday, Mnrch S. Black clouds are again lowering over the Industrial sltuntlon In Russia. The strike' at Monro w hits again been re sumed on a large scale In the anarch) regions It; Caucasus and St Peters burg. The measure which the gov ernment advanced to qutot discontent find restore good relations between masters and man have failed, with possibility of causing the Morm to break anew. The strike already bas assumed large proirortlons here, about HO. 000 men being out CHILD'S LONG TRIP. Fiv-Yr-Old Girl Travel from Llv erpool to Vancouver. Vancouver, B. C, March 2. Beatrice Hyde, 6 your old, ha just madu, nil alone, the long Journey of over 0000 miles from Liverpool tto Vancouver. She came across the Atlantic on a Canadian steamer and she took that company's line across the continent. While she was In charge of no one In particular, tho company' servants saw that the little traveler's Journey was o comfortable one a possible. Tinned securely to her dress was a letter "To all concerned," to sea that she proceeded safely to her destina tion, a small town In the Interior, The little girl's mother died a short time a K0 and her father decided to send her to her aunt, living 111 thi far away west. He could not accompany her on the Journey, so he placed hi faith In traveler seeing the child well looked after. His confidence In hu manity proved Justified for the child wa the pet on the steamer and on the car. 8TOESSEL RECEIVED. Empsror Weloomes the General With Much Warmth. fit, Petersburg, March 2. Oeneral Stoessel, who was given an audience with th emperor today, wo received by his majesty with warmth which went far to atone for the cool recep tion which he was given by several newspaper and the military faction. General Stoessel 1 being feted by so ciety, A large dinner wa given In his honor tonight after hi return from Tsarakoe Beta . No step have been taken yet toward . Investigating the urrender of Port Arthur. The whole Willi matter will be placed In (he hnn,! ol 11 commission of Inquiry in order to clear up the matter In dispute. ' USED BUCKETS OF TAR. Mr. Davidson Object! to Boy Cross ing Her Lawn. Taconm, Wash., March 1 Mrs. Clara Davidson, residing at Ninth and O streets, has been , greatly annoyed by boys from the near-by high school running across her lawn and playing prank at her expense. First the Irate woman t retched a barb-wire aero the lawn and tarred It, The boys retaliated by pluclng a doughnut upon each atake of. tit fence. Mrs. Davidson suddenly ap leared with n bucket of tar and pro- reeded In' the direction ' of the high school. Stealing upon Charles W, Morton, of 24 HouUi O street, on of the alleged offending lads, the woman emptied Use contents of the bucket down hi back. The boy declares h wa not one of the tormentor of Mrs. Davidson. 1 Morton was taken unawares, and the tar ran down Inside his collar, a well as ruining hi clothe. He threaten to bring the matter Into the court. Just Hugging HI Wif. Katamath Fall, March 2. John Clanton, who run a - restaurant at Flcard, CL, while In a struggle with his wife at that place dlcharged a re vllver, which burned the front of hi wife' waist, th bullet cutting a hole through her skirt Clanton w ar rested, charged with assault with In tent to kill hi wlf, but at the prelim inary hearing It wo shown that Clan ton had his arm around hi wife and that the gun was accidentally dis charged. Six Killed. v Innslirook. Austria, March . 2. Sit children were killed today by an avn lanche which overwhelmed the house Of a peasant near Ausser VIMgraten. DAY IN CONGRESS Several Appropriation Bills Are Passed. RIVER AND HARBOR BILL Bill Pasted Granting Lands in Taeoma for a Publio Park and Authorising Secretary to Quiet Title to Certain Land. Washington, March 2. The follow Ing bill passed tho senate today: ' Granting land in Taoonia, Wash., for use as a public park; authorising th secretary of the interior to bring suits to quiet title to laud In the old Kalamath Indian reservation. It also passed the sundry civil appropriation bill cnrrylng about $68,000,000. Various amendments were offered to the measure, most of thorn being debated at length. There was n dls cusslon on the pure food bill and Dol Iver made a brief speech In support of the resolution providing for the ap polntment of u Joint congressional committee to Investigate railroad rates. The resolution was referred to the committee on Interstate commerce. The general deficiency bill, carrying $29,769,466 was passed. Soon after the house convened today the river and harbor appropriation bill was agreed to, which finally passed. Th conference on the Indtnn appro priation bill reached an agreement to night on all but three amendment. Th flrat strike out the house provis ion, removing restrictions upon the alienation of land allotments of any of the five civilised tribes of Indlnns who do not appear poi the rolls a full-blood Indiana, except minors, and except a to homesteads. Tho econd Is the senate appropria tion of M.100.000 to, carry Into effect the treaty with the Indians residing on the Colvllle reservation In the state of Washington. Other dlssagreements ar the amendments appropriating 1150,000 for Irrigation of Pima Indians In Arliona. Th senate receded from the Bard amendment, prohibiting th use of In dian fund for the support . of sec tarian or denominational schools, and It goea out of the bill. RUSSIA LOSES Japanese May Take Hills bv Storm. KUROPATKIN'S POSITION Russia Regards His Position as Critical and Cannot Be Held. FIGHTING ALL ALONG LINE Oprtion May Fore th Russian Commsnder to Evaouat Mukden, Mean a Tarribi Defeat for th Russian Army. St. Petersburg. March Z. The posi tion of 0tirl Kuropatkln'B army Is regarded a being more or leg criti cal. The real turning movement which (Jcnernl Kurokl la operating In the mountains 40 miles eastward of Mukden seem to be making progress and at the same time Field Marshal Oyama Is also rolling hnrk the Rus sian left whil pounding away at the Russian center with heavy high-power guns. Poutlloff and NovgreJ hills have been subjected to a continuous three day bombardment, followed by an Infantry attack, the main Russian line being forced to retire two miles to their haltered trout he. Sonu of the Russian newspaper correspondent anticipate an attempt to take the hills by storm. General Kuropatkln I making ft des perate effort to check Kurokl, one of whose columns has succeeded In work ing nround thj extreme Russian left and reinforcements have been dis patched In a northeasterly direction. General Rennenkampf Is slowly retir ing, fighting, taking advantage of the broken, hilly country and contesting every Inch of ground. Mukden, March 2. The thunder of cannon Is heard from all positions. 1'utlloff and Novgorod hill are hidden by smoke from the guns. The bom bardment wos resumed after the re pulse of the Infantry attack by th Juimnese. Heavy bombardment is al so In progress In the neighborhood of Slmkhe river, apparently making prep aration for an attack Jn that quarter. The weather continue fine and warm. London, March 2. -A dispatch from Toklo to the Dally Telegraph states that the Japanese are endeavoring to force a decisive battle In Manchuria, but It ts feared Kuropatkln will re tract flgntlng a rear guard action. Re ports from Shahke river Indicate, says the same correspondent, that the Rus slan morale Is seriously Impaired. St. Petersburg,' March 2. The offl clal Messenger published ai) Imperial manifesto calling on th country to rally around the throne In defense of the empire from. Its Internal enemies. FULTON WINS OUT. 8eour Apprppriation to Ttt th Black Sands. Portland, March 2. A telegram re ceived this morning from Washington, D. C announces that Senator Fulton had procured an amendment to the sundry civil bill appropriating $25,000 to be expended under, direction of the geological survey at the Lewis ' and Clark exposition for the examination of the black sand of the Pacific coast to ascertain the amount of gold and sand platinum It contains. The officials of the Lewis and Clark exposition are much elated over the appropriation. It will make possible many Important and valuable scientific experiment and demonstrations con cerning the black sand. Colonel David T. Day, honorary min ing commissioner for the Lewi and Clark exposition, wo very desirous ot securing an appropriation to be ex pended through the channels of the geological survey in making these ex- perl men ts. Tng a much to the mining department of the exposition. Colonel ly expects to get up quite a valuable mining exhibit. It Is hi In tention to conduct the experiment be fore th convention om mining and cl entlfic men, which will meet during the exposition. MAJORITY FOR PEABOCY. Fourteen of th Republican Want to Oust Adam. Denver, March 2. Consideration of the reports of the committee which heard th evidence In James R. Pea- body contest for the office of gover nor wa postponed today by the Joint convention of the genera! assembly In consequence of the death of Edward O. Wolcott, former t'nlted Btatea senator from Colorado. Four reports wer filed with Lieu tenant Governor McDonald by the gub ernatorial contest committee to be presented to the Joint convention of the general assembly which will de eld after hearing arguments whether or not Governor Alvan Adam shall surrender his office to ex-Governor James IL Peabody. Fourteen repub lican members of the committee, a majority of one, finally signed the re port In favor of ousting Adam and seating Peabody, which wo prepared by consel for Peabody, but six of these committeemen declared that they re served the right to vote a they see fit after hearing the argument In the Joint convention. They said they signed the report merely to get the matter before the assembly. Fete at Manila. Manila, March 2. Governor General Wright In his new capacity held his first public reception tonight at ia lawn fete, which was notably brilliant, riv aling In plcturesqueness and attend ance the ever-memorable farewell fete In honor of ex-Governor Toft. Four Men Pardoned Out of State Penitentiary. ONE FROM CLATSOP COUNTY Three Men 8erving a Life Sentence for Murder and Walter Huber, Serving Two Yar From Clat op for Attempted Rap. Salem, March 2. Governor Cham berlln exercised the pardoning power this afternoon by pardoning out four men from the penitentiary. Wong Gee, a life termer for murder, which was granted last week, went Into ef fect today. The others were Evan Carver, serving a life sentence for the killing of . Francis , Lnbord in Union county In Ma)-, 1S91, by shooting htm; W. A. Henderson, sentenced for life for killing Cyrus Suter at Canby -in this county In 1903. Suter was stabbed In a quarrel over a game of cards. Walter Huber. W'ho was serving a two years'' sentence frotn Clatsop .county for an assault with Intent to commit rnpe. The governor assisted In the profepution of the two life timers, while he was serving as attorney gen eral of the state. RIDER HAGGARD ARRIVES. The Author Ha Com to This Coun try a a Commissioner. New York, March 2. H. Rider Hag gard, the author, who comes here as a special commissioner to Inquire into the conditions and character of the SKrlcultural and land project organ ized In America . by the Salvation Army, arrived today on the steamer Teutonic- - The trustees of the estate of Cecil Rhodes are paying the expenses of the Inquiry to be made by Mr. Hag gard, under the auspices of the British colonial office, with the view of apply ing th scheme to South Africa. Nebrssk Trust. Lincoln, March 2. TJle "house today passed the anti-trust bill by a vote of 72 to 10. It ha still to be considered by the senate. The bill exempts do mestic corporations in its provisions. GOVERNOR PARDONS DEATH Chemical Analysis is Not Completed. POLICE INVESTIGATING No Action Will Be Taken on the Cause of Death Before Report NO THEORY AS TO CAUSE Mcdiein Containing Poison Was Pur- chssed in San Francisco. Inquest Will Probably B Commenced . Tomorrow by th Sheriff. Honolulu, March 2. The police In vestigation of the cause of the deata of Mrs. Jane L. Stanford is practically at a standstill tonight. The high sheriff, Mr. Henry, Is without an theory as to the cause of her death. The chemists announced that they could not conclude investigations and will not be ready to report before to morrow morning. It is probable that the Inquest will be commenced tomor row afternoon. The opinion of most of the Investi gators here la that II there bas been a crime committed at all it was com mitted In San Francisco and possibly at the same time the strychnine wa said to have been placed In the min eral water. I Police of Frisco Expect Cab!. San Francisco, March 2. The police authoritie of thl city are tonight ex pecting a cable from Honolulu Inform ing them of the result of the chemical analysis of the contents of the stom ach of Mrs. Stanford and until that re port is In their possession no active move will be made, and not then unless there Is strong indications that a crime has been committed. Yet, the police have not been Idle In the mat ter of preliminary detail, all of which has been attended to so that If de velopments warrant a systematic and direct investigation may be immedi ately probed Into befor. any ' formal action 1 taken. SAME OLD STORY. Man Shoot 'at a Der and Kill Hi Uncle. , Eugene, March 2. James Savage who lives at Summit, but who has been staying with his brother on the Mohawk, 15 miles northeast of Eu gejit, was accidentally shot and killed last evening about dusk by his ne phew, Sidney Savage, They had been hunting and were on their way home when a deer jumped up near Sidney, who fired quickly. The bullet struck th boy's uncle In the breast He sank to the groLind, exclaiming, "Sidney, you have killed me." The boy ran to his home, a mile dis tant, for help, but when the party re turned the uncle was' dead. He had not moved from where he fell, and no doubt expired a few minutes after he was shot. Coroner Day was tele phoned particulars of the shooting, but concluded that an Inquest was un necessary, r , v Savage was aged about 45, and single. - SEASON ENDED. Duck Season Closed With March the Firsts Portland, MarchJ 2. Duck hunting for the season of ,1904-05 dosed with the first of the month, and there will be no more of the Sport until next fall, when the shotgun experts will be at the game again. In many ways the past season has been a disappointment In the early part of last fall, owing to a lack of water in the various lakes, It was al most the universal report that there were few llrds. ' Not only was this report made, but the bag proved that there was a scar city of the webfooted bird. Later In the season, when condition Im proved, some good kill were reported by the varlou expert. Good hunt ing ceased, however, practically two months ago, althougn mere were a number who took advantage of the last day of t ehseason to bag a few bird for home consumption. ' Conditions will be entirely revolu tionized before another season comes to hand. The new law that prohibit the sale of ducks, a well a all wild game, mean that many who have hunted and cold some of their duck to help defray expenses, will be obliged to do less shooting. Of course, there are a number of Portland sportsmen who do not sell ducks and will not do so, but there are many who have found It Impossible to shoot through the sea son, unless a portion of their expense were met. Processions Prohibited. Paris, March 2. The council of min isters ha decided to accept the pro posed change in the bill providing foi th separation of - church and state, whereby religious processions here after will be prohibited. It has been decided not to accept the proposition whereby pension for the aged clergy were to be cut oft after the separa tion. Got Hi Dos. Davenport, March 1 -Arnold Beth len, the young man and cashier who wrecked the New Liberty Saving bank, wa sentenced todjiy to) four years In the penitentiary. He was convicted of a shortage of $75,000. Nieuchang, March 2. Chinese ar riving from Mukden report that the Japanese have advanced almost to Mukden. The Russians are being re inforced and have captured - sev eral positions out of which they have been driven. The battle is still rag-In"- , ' ; . Bottle Was Purchased in San Francisco. DRUG STORE NOT DISCLOSED Bottle Containing Strychnine Was Put Up in San Francisco Fiv Weekj Ago, and Prior to Her De parture for Honolulu. Honolulu, March 1. Mr. Hlghton. wife of Henry E. Hlghton, the well known San Francisco lawyer, says Mrs. Stanford cried when telling her of th attempt which had been made v to poison her In 8an Francisco, and ' said that she could-1 not conceive why ' anyone should try to do so. During a discussion of spiritualism, Mrs. . Stanford said she believed In spirits, ) and intended to establish a department ; at Stanford university for the lnvestl- gatlon of psychic phenomena. - ' Mis Berner, her secretary, says In regard to the alleged attempt at pols- onlng In San Francisco that Mrs. Stan- ford drank a gloss of Poland mineral J water with the bicarbonate ot soda, i the strychnine in which made her vlo- lently 111, so much strychnine being - absorbed thfit the stomach rebelled ? and she finally recovered. J Miss Berner says, and Mrs. Stan- ; ford's maid, May Hunt,' agrees with : her In the statement to the police, that the bottle containing the strychnine was packed up In San Francisco five weeks ago, preparatory to coming here and that It remained untouched since then until it was opened last night by Mrs. Stanford herself, before taking tn dose. "' "" - - On arriving here after leaving San Francisco on the Mall steamer Korea, Ms. Stanford said that she had left San Francisco unexpectedly and In a great hurry. The police here will not express any theory regarding the unfortunate oc currence. Na Trust In Kna. Topeka, March 2. The senate to day unanimously passed Senator No- frlnger' bill to prevent trust operat ing within the state. The masure 1 patterned after th Texas law. POISON DISCOVERED