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OOVIII THI MORNINQ FIILD ON THB LOWCR COLUMBIA " ; t ?
VOLUME LVIV. NO. 120.,
ASTORIA, OREGON. SATURDAY, MARCH 4. 1905.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
fsy
PLANS READY
For Inauguration of the
President.
VISITORS ARE COMING
Thousands of People Have Ar
rived and More Coming
By Every Train.
REUNIONS OF CLUB HOUSE
Indication Point to th Mot 8ueeti
fwl and Brilliant Inauguration
Cvtr Witnd In tha Hitory,
of tha Unltid 8tW.
Washington, March S.The prob
ahllltlea strongly lean to rnln far the
enrly pnrt of tomnrrow'a innuguratlun
fratlvUlrn, In th( optnlim of Wnlhf'r
Korcrnatrr OntikvnnM of th weather
luiifnu. Hi' In of tin. opinion that th
wuthfr timy iliir ui In thi Afternoon
In til" for tlnp irii.U, ItarliiR tha
IiroXi't of rnln Imnorrow pvcrythln
(Milnta to the inont ui ceiiiiful nd brll
Hunt limiiKiirntloii In llir hlmory of th
UnltKl Btnta.
lCvilinc of tha romplp'tlon'of all the
arwniremiMit for w Krand event are
evlilenred on every al'lo. Th riipllnl
waa the mecrn for ninny more thitn
could prmnlli)y gnln inlmlKiilon to thr
aennte and houne giillerlca to wltoeaa
the cloalnif aceni'a of rnnirreiui. The
overflow wandered through the corrl
dora, while the rnnKreaxlorinl llhrnry
ahnred honor with the capltol n the
crowd, moat of which remnlnej until
the cloning hour.
Thnuaanda of people have arrived
In the city and every trnln hrlnga In
more, At every cluhhouxe reunlotiy
are helng held ly tln vurluua txilltlcnl
nnd patriotic organization, and many
raceptliina to vlaltlng Kovemora are In
prngreaa, The atreeia nre hnndanm
ly decorated. IJioumnd of (lug nre
flouting on the hreHzt'H. Tho at recta
are lined with people nnd continued
to he crowded until a lute hour to
night. linn. 1 are dlacmiralna; mualr
at vurloua hotclK, tin tin nnd rludhnuxra
and anme are pnriullng the atre'ta.
Prealdi-nt Iloonevelt nnd fnmlly
ai"iit the evening vfiry qulotly nt the
White Hoiiae.
At the home of Vice PreHldent Fiilr-
hnnka, a home dinner wna followed by
a reception to the governor of Indiana
nnd hla atAff,
DRUGGIST 80L0 80DA.
Mr. Stanford Purchattd It Before
Leaving for Honolulu. ,
Btnnford University, March S. It
ho developed tonight beyond all que'
tlon that the blcnrbonate'of oda which
Mrs. Stanford took on tho night of her
death1 wua purchased at Pulo Alio,
W. E. Jnckaon, head clerk In the Stan
ford pharmacy aald tonight that he
enl.l Mr. Htiinfoid and Mln Ilerthu,
her aecretary, three ounce of blear
bonute of aodu on February 6, Juat nine
dny before ahe aalled for Honolulu
Juckson atate that there waa no pos
sibility of atrychnlne becoming mixed
with the aoda In hla atore,
4
' DEMANDS ACCEDEO TO.
Caar of Ruaaia lua an Important
. Manifaato to tha Paopl.
Bt. Peterahurg, March 3. In Alex
andria paliice at Tanrakoe-Selo, aur
rounded by bla mlnlatera and a few
member of the court with the em
preaa At hla aide, Emperor Nicholna
thla afternoon affixed hla algnature to
a receipt containing the - majeaty's de
cree given tha elective representa
tive of the people on opportunity to
expre their views on the prepara
tion of law of the empire. Tht la
autocracy final reaponae to the agi
tation In favor of the participation bj
the people In the government,' which
ha brought Russia during the past
few months almost to th brink of
revolution. No condition In the reglmt
of aulocriicy U Involved for the prea
"tit and It meitna neither ft cunatltu-
tlort nor a nuUoiiul aaanmbly. At tht
"uine time It rreognlKea tha prlnclpult
of tha MHp! to be heui'J V-gitrdlnt
tha Inwa ulMcr which they lv. What,
ever tha reault inny be, tha iloouinent
la crUln to mark an bpoch In Run-
alun hlatory aa Important a algnlng
the eiiiaiii Ipuilon munlfnato on tht
24th annlveraary, of which It wna In
tended to algnnlla. Tha aliening of the
docunsent enme at tha end of a dra
matlo acene. the cllmnx of which wna
the Impnaaioued apech of tha em
leror to hla mlnlatera, In whleh h d
clared that ha aought only the wlfitt
"I m willing," the emperor a(ildl "to
ahed my blood for the good of my
people." """"
BILLIARD MATCH.
Profaaaional Match Being Arranged In
i 'i j Naia. Yark. 1 ;f ,n ,
New York. March 8. Pinna are un
der way to bring about a profcaalonnl
bllllnrd match for the world' chnm
plonahlp In thla city. If they are auc-
ct'Nafu the piny probably will begin
about May 1. Maurice Duly la now on
In wny to Purl where negotiation
huve bctin priM'eedlng In a tenUtlv
way for qme time and Uxn the reault
of hi mlmlon the match depend.
Cure, Kourneli nnd Bnrute are the
Ktenchmen named aa poaalble partlcl
jianta. They will be ronaulted togeth
er with George Sutton and Ore Morn
IngNtar. In thl country, 81oon
g4'haefr nnd Hopp aeetn likely to
(111 out the Hit. The prupoaed tourna
ment la to be the U-inch boltf lino
guuin with two count allowed In bnlk
By the Federal Grand Jury at
Washington.
DESTROYING COPY BOOKS
Alleged That Singer Hermann Da
troyed Thirty-Fve Latter Prat
Coby Book Containing Im
portant Latter.
Wushlnglon, March 3. The federal
grand Jury of the llntrlct of Columbia
today Indicted Congressman Dinger
Hermann of Oregon on an Information
alleging that he destroyed by burning
35 letter press copy book containing
some of the record of the oltlce of the
commiaalonrr of the gnneral land of
fice which Hermann held In 1903,
The Indictment charges that Her
inunii did. unlawfully and fraudulent
ly, acMiroy me as letter press copy
book and the contents of the copy
books with the Intent to Impair their
uaerulne and to prejudice the due
and proper administration of the busi
ness of the said general laud Office,
ontrnry to the form of the statutes In
such cuees mnd and provided 'und
against the peace of the government.
Immediately after, the Indictment
was returned Hermann's attorney ap
peared and on behalf of hla client
waived the exemption due members of
congress and asked that the ball be
fixed At 12500, which was agreed to.
A he waa leaving the city hall, Mr.
Hermann made the, following state
ment to a representative of the Asso
ciated Press:
"Thla la the same old story. For
more than two years these charges
huve been paraded In the public press.
During all of this time I have been
ready and willing to meet them In this
case. They are absolutely untrue and
without any foundation."
Jap War in Friaoo.
Snn Francisco, March S. K. Koy
amo, a Japanese boarding house keep
er, hsa aliot and killed two of hla fel
low countrymen and wounded A third
In a fight that took place at hla home
at 110 Prospect place.
The names of the dead are B. Nak-
anamura and T. Urata. The wounded
man I J. Okada. ,
Koyamo claim that the three at
tempted to enter hi room and that
he shot them In self-defense.
HERMANN INDICTED
III
CONGRESS
Will Adjourn at the Noon
Hour Today.
BUSINESS TRANSACTED
River and Harbor Bill is Finally
Passed and Goes to the
President.
GALLERIES WERE CROWDED
River and Harbor Maaiur Sent Back
to Conference, But Subsequently
Pasted, aa Wat AIo Indian
Postoffio Appropriation.
Washington, March 3. The last
day'a session of the house before final
adjournment of the S&th cougreaa at
noon tomorrow, found that body al
most through with Its work, disposing
of all the conference report on the
great supply measure of thp gov
ernment, besides passing a few meas
ures of public Importance. The door
remained open until late lant night
and the gallerlea were packed, while
outside of the corridor were thou
sand interested in the final proceed
lugs.. A feature of the proceedings
waa a general desire on the part of the
members to abstain from obstruction
tact lea and permit the disposition of
all the Important buslneas. The only
subject which gave rise and caused
considerable debate was the confer
ence report on tne river and nnrnor
bill.
Hy an overwhelming vote the house
refused to concur to a motion made
by Mr. Sibley to concur In the amend
ments, and end the bill back for con
ference. Conference committee re
ported on the Indian postofflce appro
priations and they were agreed to
Finally both that and the river nnd
harbor bill waa passed. The confer
ence reKrt on the naval appropriation
bill wna called. In the division which
was called for 100 to 89 members of
the house concurred In the amend
ments thereby fully passed the bill.
Several other measures were passed,
among them being a bill authorising
the president to ojot and distribute
Indian tribal funds to such Indians af.
in his Judgment may be entitled to
theni by reuson of their advanced civ
ilization, ' The cotiferenec report on
the civil service appropriation bill was
agreed to with very little opposition.
The .senate found Itself today fai
less pressed than usual cm the last
day of the session of congress. The
last of the appropriation bills having
been passed the session was given up
largely to general legislation, nnd when
necesaary to conference reports on ap
propriation bllla.
During the day final reports were
presented on the naval, postofflee, In
dlan and sundry civil bills, leaving
only the river nnd hnrbor bill nnd gen
eral deficiency bill to be considered In
their final stages.
The Joint resolution continuing In
force the present law applicable to the
Panama canal one was unanimously
adopted, but liot until after several
senator had expressed themselves In
strong language concerning the atti
tude of the house to which they at
tributed the failure of the conference
on the bill. The resolution was agreed
to on a roll call. 69 year, no nays.
RAILROAD SOLD.
Columbia River and Northern Sold to
Eastern Capitalist,
Portland, March 3. The Oregonlan
will ny tomorrow that the Columbia
River & Northern railway ho been
sold for a um approximating $1,000.
000, presumably to eastern capitalists
though In reality, It I thought, to the
Northern Pacific Railway Company.
In a few daya the formal transfer, "of
stock nnd property of the . company
will be made from the old owner to
the new purchasers. The Columbia
rilver A Northern railway la backed
largely by Portland and Oregon capl
tal, and la tha road running from Lyle
on the north bank of the Columbia
river to Ooldendale, a dltanec of 46
mile. It alo own the Regulator line
of tenmhlp,,eonltlng; of four va-
aela, the Regulator, Unlly Oatzert
Dallea City and Metbuo. If It la true
that the road ha paaaed Into the con
trol of the Northern Pacific It would
appear that th old dream of the north
bank graJe of the Northern Pacific
Into Portland ha not been forgotten
SEVEN MEN KILLED.
Collision of Train Carrying Paopl to
Inauguration.
Pittsburg. Pa., March 8. Seven men
killed and a score of person Injured
tonight by a rear-end collision on a
special train bound from Cleveland to
Washington on the Plttaburg, Fort
Wayne & Chicago railway, carrying
the Ohio delegation to the Inaugura
tion. Seven car of the train carried
the battalion of the Ohio National
guard. The train stopped at Clifton,
eight mile wet of Pittsburg to re
pair a hot box. The second train, with
the same number of cara, carrying the
Tlppacanoe Club of Cleveland, and a
band of 25 women. The special train
were running cloae together and the
rear brakeman of the forward train
did not have time to run . back. The
engineer of the rear train aald the
block signal light showed green and
he ran ahead at the speed of 43 miles
an hour. Hla locomotive plowed
through the Pulman of the forward
train and half way Into the tourist
sleeping car ahead. The wreckage
caught Are and all of, the forward
ain und three car of the rear train
ere burned.
POISONED BY DRUGS
Doubts' Exist If Mrs. Stanford Was
Poisoned.
OPINION OF PROF. JORDAN'S
Ha Hop Mr. Stanford Met Death
Accidental, and Haa No Theory
aa to Who Could Have Com
mitted the Deed.
Stanford University, March 3.
President Jordon of the Stanford unl
verslty state today that he still has
hopes that Mrs. Stanford met death
accidentally nnd not by wilful poison
ing, as asserted today. He has abso
lutely no theory ns to who could have
had any motive In killing Mrs. Stan
ford, and does not believe any of the
servants would Jo the deed. , The
poisoned drug must have come from
the same bottle that poisoned the min
eral water In San Francisco In Janu
ary. '
"I do not believe," anld Prof. Jordon
"that any murderer followed her to
Honolulu. When the facta are made
public, If she waa poisoned the motive
may be revealed, but nt present I have
no theory." ' . .
Another Detective Go.
San Francisco, March 3. One more
expert detective will be dispatched to
Honolulu tomorrow to pick up the
scattered threads of the Stanford my
tery and will endeavor to track he
murderer, If murder really wna com
mltted. Reports of the San Francisco
chemist who analyzed the mineral
water of which Mrs. Stanford drank
on January 14, declares positively that
there was strychnine in the water sub
mitted to htm for examination.
. Although every effort has been made
to solve the mystery of the alleged
poisoning of Mra. Stanford, few new
developments were made today.. Th
autopsy at Honolulu has not been com
pleted and It has not been proven that
death was not the result of natural
causes; A cablegram from Honolulu
Intimates that there are Indications ot
acute Indigestion which may have
caused the fatal Illness of Mrs. Stan
ford, who before dying recalled the
previous stories of the attempt on her
life. A yet no arrests have been
made, but detectives are engaged In
Investigating the matter, but have
made no direct accusations, although
all the member of the Stanford house
hold are being watched.
T OH NO
Russians Defeat Seems
Certain.
JDPANESE VICTORIOUS
Japaneie Forces Occupying Strat
egic Points in Manchuria
Province.
FIERCE BATTLE IS RAGING
Ruian Dfatd at Every Turn and
Are Forced to Retreat Under Su
perior Generalship of Japan
ese Officer.
General Oku' Headquarter, Feb.
2S (Delayed In Transmission) The
Russians have been very active for
several day,, evidently expecting the
Japanese to move. , That portion of
the Japanese line lying west of the
railway ho continuously bombarded
night and day with heavy guns aa well
aa field guna. .
The left wing, following the ex
ample of the extreme right moved for
ward driving In the outposts and oc
cupying a Hue running from Shotze
mun to Kalama on the east bank of
the Llao river, 12 miles north of the
Shukhe river. This completely blocked
any attempt of the Russians to turn
the Japanese left.
It 1 probable that the commence
ment of a general Cattle la only a mat
ter of hour. The Russians are spend
lng the days heavily bombarding the
Japanese lines and at night making
small attacks on many points, sending
out detachments of one or two com
panies.
All the attacks are easily repulsed
by the Japanese who are suffering no
serious loss. The most serious attack
occurred last night when five com
panles of Russian Infantry desperate
ly assaulted Lamutlng, which has been
attacked a score of times since the
battle of the Shnkhe. After a deeper
ate fight lasting one hour and a half
the Russians were repulsed. They left
behind 60 dead and some prisoners.
A severe bombardment la continuing
today. The Russians using additional
heavy guns,! but firing blindly. The
Japanese are responding lightly. There
is every evidence that both aides are
preparing fox what may prove the de
cisive battle of the 'war. Probably
fully a million men will be ready, to
move when the battle Is Joined.
The battle must be fought before a
general thaw comes, making the roads
Impassable fee- several weeks. Thje
Japanese troops are In excellent health
and spirits, despite the long winter of
unaccustomed cold. A few Russian
soldiers are surrendering dally, the
number being largely Increased, the
last few days. i
Jap Swinging North.
General Oku's Headquarters, March
1. 10 a. m. via Fusan (Delayed In the
Transmission.) The Japanese are now
swinging north, taking position. The
main force thla morning with the
troopa on the east bank of the river
Hun, advanced under the cover of a
heavy bombardment on Shantan nnd
neighboring villages, reaching a point
100 meters from the Russian trenches.
The? ' are now holding the position
awaiting a favorable, opportunity ' to
attack.
Strik Declared.
St. Petersburg, March 3. Meetings
of the workmen and various trades
unions were held this afternoon and It
waa decided to trike. Over 60,000
men will go out tomorrow and serious
trouble is anticipated.
Terrifio Bombardment.
General Oku's Headquarters, March
(noon, via Fusan, Delayed In the
Transmission). The Japaneae this
morning opened a terrific -bombard
ment, the entire line using enormous
guns, the heaviest yet used. The Jup-
anese Are waa directed against the
Russian defense of the villages on
both lde of the 'railway and great
damage wa done. One hundred gun
of all size took part In the bombard
ment. Tha Ruaaian gun were quiet
for the first time In month. Evident
ly they were unable to respond.
OPPOSE BILL BOARDS. '
Publio Opinion in Portland Against
- Nuiaanee.
Portland. March &-PublIc opinion
seem to be well nigh settled In re
gard to the bill board nuisance. The
elimination of thl method of adver
tising la regarded as very hard, but Its
regulation is held to be within the
power of the city. All are agreed that
the unsightly billboards should go, but
realize at the same time that It 1;
difficult tank. The only relief at hand
Is strict regulation on the part of the
city; not so much, some say, In the
way of higher license, but as to the
location of the bill boards.
The majority of the people requested
to express their views on this ques
tion did not hesitate to say that the
billboards were an eyesore to the city
They are generally unpopular but be
come more so when unsightly adver
tisement are posted on them. In other
instance they are a nuisance because
they hide dirt, filth and debris be-,
hand them.
Committed 8uicid.
Oakland, March J. Captain Henrich
Topfer of the coasting schooner Mar
lon was found dead in the cabin of his
Tease! today. He had a pistol clutched
in his hand which showed that he had
committed suicide. The cause Is not
known.
Six Hundred Carpenters Strike
Yesterday. , A
OVER HOURS AND WAGES
Contractor Claim They Hav Not
Been Treated Fair by the Agita
tor and Express Confidence of
Securing More Men.
Portland, March 3. Between 500 and
600 carpenters and others laid down
their tools and struck at the Lewis and
Clark fair grounds thla morning. The
government building on the peninsula
and the American inn are the build-.
ings most affected, less than 100 work
men remaining at their poet on the
former. Recognition of the union and
more pay and shorter hours are de
manded, the strike being mainly in
sympathy with the brldgeworkenr, who
went out Wednesday and yesterday.
Pickets have been placed .about the
fair grounds and employment office
in Portland. Contractors blame agi
tators who,, they claim, have acted un
reasonable, for the strike, but they say"
they feel they can secure men to con
tinue the work with but slight delay.
The strikers declare they will win.
and they say the plasterer and team
sters will go out tomorrow. A meet
ing of the strikers was held this morn
ing and the strike leaders are In con
ference at the same place this after
noon. REPORT TOMORROW.
Chemist Examining Mr. Stanford'
Stomach Not Ready.
Honolulu. March 3. Th cliemlsts
examining the contents of Mra Jane
L. Stanford's stomach, who died here1
under suspicious' circumstances, tha
not be abl- to arrive at a conclusb
before tomorrow afternoon, when
expect to make a report to High i
iff Henry.
CAUSE OF FIRE
Steamer Caught Fire TV
inal Carl
T.-.. ,1 tr u J r
tlon this afternoon ,
the fire on the st
caused through
In the shipment
belled phospba
there were 14
STRIKE IN PORTLAND