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UBLISHM FULL AttOOIATID PAIS IMPORT OOVKRS THC tx V FIBLD ON THE LOWER COLUMBIA VOLUME LVIV. NO. 132 ASTORIA, OREGON. FRIDAY, MAHCII 17; 1905. PRICE FIVE CENTS DEMORALlZtD Russian Army Continues to Retreat JAPANESE PURSUING High Officials Maintain Kuropat kin's Defeat Means End of War NO SOLDIERS AND NO GUNS With th Evaeuation of Tie Pass th Russian Lost the Lilt Stronghold and thy art Undeolded Whor th Neat Stand wil bo Md. Bt. Petersburg, March, 11 With the evacuation of Tie Pass Wednesday night the Ruaslan army, abandon 4jt ilmlr last stronghold in southern Man churla unci di-flnltcly turned over th Mire section to the Japanese fur tint campaign of 1!"5, At least no othee lratgy im)ilii for Kuropatkln In view of hl m-anty supply of ammuni tion aid store, the unaltered condition of his army and the wide developing movement which the Japanra contln ui'd almoat without atop ainco tha Itus alari defeat at Mukden, Nothing has lieen heard of Kawamlra's tinny or what part It hna taken In folowlng up the Ruaaliina, but Nogl and Oku ar co-operating In tha low hill of Tie lMaa crco, mid thny themselves have a sufficient army to turn (ho shattered Russian army out of iwsltlon prepared with a view of belli held by tha army after It ahould have been withdrawn from Mukden. The Japan are evidently doln their utinoat to accomplish the enveN optnent f the Russian army, which all but succeeded at Mukden, but Ku roputkln, with a railway line of re treat, will prulmhly be able to keep Ahead of the pursuers. A constant ticcesalon of delaying the rear guard encounter may bo expected. Mili tary men here have, but tha haaleat Idea iii to where tha Ruaalan next atmid will be made. There la sppar- ntly no more fortified iioaltlona In readlncas and retirement can not atop abort of Klrln Kuniu hcnlijy. on the railway line, and If the Jaiaucse press the purault the Ruslans may retire beyond and up the rlungarl river, there to await new levlea, mobollzatlon of which la aald will be commenced Im mediately In Ruaaln, The evacuation of Tie Pas Involvea the loaa of the conl inlnea In that vicin ity which, with Fuuahun and V.Mital mines gone, la a aevere blow. The railway ehopa at Tie Pas and more sup pllea hava been sacrlflceik Further tnobolltatlon of an army ha been agreed upon and preparatory order of the quarternmater etc., have al ready been Issued, but the extent of the mobollzatlon a not known. No change In the command of the army In the far east haa yet been ga lotted. One high military official told the Associated Treaa yeaterday that to relieve Kuropatkln at this moment would be much like trading horae In the middle of a atream, and they had better give Kuropatkln another chance to get what la left of hla army out of the clawa of the Japanese before com mitting It to a new commander who would need a, little time to get a grasp on the altuatlon. Waraaw, March 16. One of the highest ofnclala In Poland In the course of a converaatlon said today: "It Is all very well to talk of continuing the war, but with no leaden, no generals, no soldier, no guns and the theater of war eo far away wo are unable to tranaport troopa quickly and the war now appears ended. True w nave omiers in tne empnre, out 11 is impoa Mlble to withdraw them from central and southern Russia to wancnuna while dnaturbancea continue. It la ah gulet In Poland now, but let orders for mobollasatlon be given and wo will have a revolution. Poland will not fight "gainst the Japanean, Haiitouqu, March 16. Th Ruaalan detachment at Tie Pitas were on March 15 ordered, to evacuate their poult lone during the night and retired In ex mplary good order, covering their re treat. There has been fighting through out the day. Huforo the withdrawal of the Ruaalan forces the military set tlement and such of the stores of fun! and forage aa could not bo removed were set on fire and destroyed. London, March 18. Dispatches to the Time from Hi. Puterxburg gives un confirmed reports that the Raaslans sustained aevere reversea at Tie Pass Involving the abandonment of all the remaining artillery, and that the Jap anese a i cutting the railway, north of Changtufu, forty miles above TU Pa as. Mukden, March 16.-Jeneral Kuro patkln and the remnant of his defeat ed army are now In the mountains a few miles north of the southern en trance to the pasa trying to ahuke off the Japatieae pursuer, who apparent!) are not going to repeat the mistake made at Llao Yang and allow the Bus alane to escape. Kuropatkln haa been reinforced by th garrlon at Tie Ung and other northern towns and a few new troopa on their way from Ruaaia when the battle of Mukden began. Even with the tharo la 12W bp tor Um. 9m ho haa aomo 80 or 40 miles of hilly country extending from Tie Pass to Kenghnutslen, which might enable hlro to hold off the enemy for a time, but onre out of the hills he haa before him 100 mile of flat; open country and In numerable rivers and streams to cross. This la what la termed the great val ley of Hungarl, but which la In fact an Immenae plain extending northward In. to H Iberia and weatward Into Mongo lia. Ht. Pcternburg, March ll-PHiicj Mesteheraky, In an article In Oruah- danl advises lUixslu to promptly con clude peace and any: "!-t ua have heroic atrength to confess defeat be fore the world. Better condltlona are obtainable now than later when Vlad Ivoatok and (takhalln have fallen Into the hands of the Japaneae and con- clualon of peace will prove the aalva tlon of the country by averting Inter nal shipwreck-." These words from such an Influential reactionary aa Mes teheraky haa caused A sensation. WAS NOT POISONED Opinion Prevails That Mrs. Stan ford Died Natural Death DETECTIVES TO INVESTIGATE Believed that the Poland Water Sold in San Francisco Contained Poison, but had no Connection with Mr. Stanford's Death at Honolulu. San Francisco, March 16. Cuptnln of detectives Uurnett made the an nouncement last night that as a result of nl the Information at present In the hands of the local police he had about arlved at the conclusion that there was no connection between the poisoning of Mrs, Stanford's Poland water on January 14th In thla city and the cir cumstance of her death In Honolulu. Preaaed for hla opinion of the case, Captain Burnett stated that he believ ed the Poland water had been poison ed, but that he had also about formed J the opinion that Mr. Btanrord deatn at Honolulu was due to natural causea. Despite the opinion which the captain of detective's holds at present, he had ordered his detectives to continue their Investigation of the case. He admits there I a mystery about It as yet un solved which he still hopes to fathom. Earthquakes.' New York, March 16. Slight un- dulatory earthquake shocks have been felt In Naples, cables the Herald's cor respondent In that city. Thy were more perceptible and longer at Bne- vento, Solerno, Casalno, Avelllno, and Costella, causing a panic , with out however, doing any damage. PEABODY K Colorado Governorship Has Been Decided PEABODY WILL RESIGN Lieutenant Governor McDonald will Be Appointed to Fill Vacancy DEED OF BARGAIN AND SALE Republican Brought Into Lino to Vote for the Seating of Poabody on Con dition That ho Would Immediately Resign and McDonald Appointed. Denver, March 16. Jamea H. Pea body today won the contest for the office of governor of the state of Colo rado from which he retired on Janu ary 10th, but the victory was only achieved after he had given a pledge to the republican member to resign and surrender the chair to lieutenant governor McDonald. The vote In the Joint aaaembly by which Governed Adama waa ousted and Governor Peabody seated was 65 to 11. Ten republican voted with the democrat for Adams, It waa more In the nature of a party than a personal triumph; for both Peabody and McDonald are republl- c ana and Adama a democrat. Although the republican rd a majority on) Joint bullot of S!. It waa found Impos sible to gain for Peabody enough re publican votes to reinstate him as gov ernor. Twenty-two republican mem- bera of the general aaaembly. accord ing to the report, refused to be bound by any action In caucus, on the contest and entered into a compact not to vote for Peabody. The majority of them. however, were In favor of seating Lieu tenant Governor McDonald In the gov eruor'a chair If means could be found to do It legally. Finally the leaders of the opposing republican faction ar ranged a compromise by which Pea body could be vindicated by being de clared elected, he then to resign and McDonald be made governor. At the conference at which the bar gain was made, pledges were given the Independent republlcana by the head of four large corporations who had been active In supporting Peabody that he would retire after being seated und permit Lieutenant Governor Mc Donald to take the oath of offic e.Pea body'a resignation, It Is said, was plac ed In the handa of W. S, Bnynton and will be filed by him with the secretary of state tomorrow. Governor Adams, who had spent most of the day packing up his effects, surrendered his office to Governor Tea body shortly after 5 o'clock this aft ernoon. Scorea of letters, telegrams and telephone messages reached the executive chamber during the day, urg ing Adams to hold his at by force, but he decided to Ignore the advice. In the convention, Adams suld he felt outraged at the action of the gen eral assembly and expressed surprise that Peabody should become a party to what he termed a conspiracy to secure the office of governor for a man who had no claim to the place. Latei Governor Adama will issue a public statement ' regarding the result of the contest. CURE FOR RHEUMATISM. Chicago Professor Prescribed Hypno tism. Chicago, March 16. Hyponotlam as a cure for rheumatism has been brought to the attention of the Unl verslfy of Chicago Medical Jrofessors by the discoveries and demonstrations of Otto W. Greenberg, a young medi cal student, who claims to be able to cure the most chronic case of the ail ment by hypnotism. Young Green berg' theory was given a trial In a "physiology" class, conducted by Pro fessor Anton J. Carlson. A helpless cripple from the home for Incurables was brought to the claaa room on a stretcher and thrown Into a hypnotic state by Orenberg. When under the menUl Influence of the operator the man waa told be was to have the use of l .s limbs. When he waa released he was able to move his lower llrnba. a feat which he had not accomplished for a long time before. LEADER KILLED. Organizer of Insurrection at Salonica the Victim. New York, March 16. Apostol, the Bulgarian leader, chief organizer of the Long standing Insurrection In the Sulonica district, ha been killed In the course of a fight with gendarmes, ac cording to a Herald dispatch from Sal onica, ' In company with thirty-eight of his folowers he was surprised by a strong parly of gendarmes at a small vil lage1 two hours distant from Salonica. A fierce fight followed lusting thret hour. At the end of that time only fir of the Bulgarians were left alive and they wer captured. One gendarme was killed and eleven were wounded. Tha Bulgarians had been transport Ing ammunition to one of their strong hold In the mountains. ORPHEUM THEATER, License to Portland Div I to B R. voked. Portland, March 16. Hat-footed op poaltlon to saloon and resorts where women are allowed to congregate an J where box-rustling la alowed partic ularly the Orpheum, at Fourth and Stark streets, was expressed today, not only by members of the -clergy and of by several councllmen, Including a ma jority of the committee on llcensea It waa the unhiulvocal opinion of all those Interviewed that the license oi the Orpheum should be revoked, be. cause. It Is alleged, that resort carries Its presence to place that would be otherwise devoted to ordinary business Interests, and because the proprietors have almoat continually violated thf agreement under which the license was first granted. Convicted of Robbery. Albany, March 16. Ell Dunn and J. A. Crosaley, who have been on trial here the past few day on the cnarge cf robbing a bank at Lebanon on Feb ruary 8, were found guilty late today. Trade Conditions Continue to Be Very Cheerful IRON MARKET IS FIRMER Railroad ar Continuing to Placo Lib eral Orders for Rolling Stock Com plaint is Mad that it is Difficult to Secure Suitable Labor Aew lora, Aiarcn lo ine irnue oui- look continues very cheerful In all di rections considering the very heavy tonnage placed earlier In the year in pig Iron, say the Iron Age The buy ing ha been good In such widely dis tant points ns New England, Chicago Pennsylvania and Clnvinnatl, and the market Is firmer There are iteresting movements under way In December pig In tha-Centrol West which may ex ert a considerable Intlunece in the steel trade Tfhe steel corporation haa not 't determined; whether1 an ad ditional purchase of 10.000 tons for tola month wtl be required. It Is estimated that 40,000 tons of outside pig will be needed for April. The corporation Is now operating 9:1.2 per cent of Its blast furnace capacity. In the steel rail trade, Jhe moat striking event has been the closing ot some Important export orders. The steel coruoratlon has contracted for the delivery of 25.000 tons of standard rails to an Argentine railroad while about 18,000 tons are reported engaged foi another South American railroad. In one department ot the steel rail trade long dormant, there has been a dls. tlnct revival recently and that Is in material for street railways. This (Continued on Page t.) BUSINESS Outlook CANAL FLUB Large Number of Positions Created BIG POLITICAL GRAFTS Hard Work Is Not as Much of an Object as Fat Salar ies TWO HUNDRED POSITIONS The Isthmian Canal Commission has Approved th Recommendation of tho Chief Engineer For th Prose cution of tho Canal Work at Panama Washington, March 16. The Isthmian Canal Commission has ap proved the reccommentlatlon of the chief engglneer for the creation of a large number of positions In connec tion with the prosecution of the canal work. In the office of the division en- engineer there are Ave position ranging from chief clerk at 1175 per month to clerk at S100 per month. In the excavating department there ten positions from a supervisor at $175 per mouth down to assistant t?me keeper at $75 per month, and In addition twen ty complete steam ahovel crews com posed of an engineer, one cranes man, one fireman, and one pitman whose salaries range from 30 to JT5 per m onth. There are five officials In the mining department from auperlntend- ent at $250 per month to clerk at $125 per month. In the track departrhent 45 position are provided for. Including superlntendendent at $350 per month. track auperintendent $175, general fore men with alarles ranging from $125 down to $83.33 per month and a cleric al force of other person whose sala- For the transportation department rles range from $125 to $75 per month. there are two hundred and fifty nine place Including a superintendent at $250, two trainmasters at $200, three general yard foremen at $175, seven yardmasters at $150, seven yardmas ters at $125. eight work train conduc tor at- $140 and ten work train con ductor at $120 per month; 75 trainmen with salaries ranging from $93.$S to $60 per month; twenty locomotive en gineers at $145, twenty locomotive en- ginemen at $125; twenty switch en ginemen at $115; seventy five firemen at $75 and eighteen switch englnemen at $100 per month and a clerlcale fore of three persons at salaries ranging from $125 to $100 per month. In the "Dump" department there is a super intendent at $250 per month, four su pervisors at $1S5. eight general fore men at $150 and twenty five foremen at $100 besides a clerleal force of four person. Six positions are created In the "camp and building department ranging from a general foreman at $150 per month to a clerk at $S0.33. There are sixteen positions In the wa ter department, at the head of whrch Is a foreman at $100 per month. The positions will he filled as far as possible by certification from the eligi ble lists tf the civllservtee commission. CASE WILL BE DELAYED. Senator Mitchell Will Mak.'a Hard Fight. Portlan.d March 16. None of the land fraud cases will be tried in June, or at any time In the near future, foi the reason that every advantage Is go ing to be taken of delay allowed by law by all those Indicted, and If this la done It will throw the caseg Into some term of court next year, at least and it doubtful whether Senator Mitch ell or Congressmen Hermann and Wil liamson wll be brought to trial even then, because they Intend fighting every Inch of the ground. This Is the belief of those concerned In the cases. The interposition of demurrers to Indictments, made familiar by the case Involving S. A. D. Puter and others, will be one of the schemes by which the case will be postponed. Senator Mitchell ha announced that be will uu every mean he can find to light the case against him, and thla is taken a an Indication of the plan of the principal defendant. Rumor that all who Intend to fight the case against them to- the last hare formed a combine by which the expense of trial will be borne by all are again current. and It Is believed that every detail of the combine haa been perfected All of the defendants are virtually In the same boat, and it 1 about settled that the only ones who will be willing to have their case passed upon at this term of the United States su preme court will be those who Intend to plead guilty in the hope of escaping with a light sentence. Fatally Stabbed. Pine, Or, March 16. Charles Mack- Inson wa fataly stabbed by hi cous in, Fred Macldnson, in an altercation at this place yesterday, alleged to have been started in a dlscusion of th merit of the Leonard Foster case, Just concluded at Baker City. The two men had been drinking and got Into a heat ed argument over the guilt or inno tense of the man acq tutted of th charge of klllng hi mother-in-law. Suddenly Fred Mackinson drew a knife, plunging It Into his) court rf side. The assallent came at once to tha Pine authorities and surendered. He la waiting the result of Charle Mackin son' injuries. ' HEIR TO FORTUNE. Heir Discovered After a Search of Twelve Year. New York, March 16. After a search of 12 year James Travis of Flushing, L. L, ha been located In Australia. He ran away from home 53 years ago in a whaling vessel and had long ago been given up as dead by his brother and others of the family. Twelve year ago a wealthy re!a-? tlve of the family died and willed Jame, $9,000. Advertisements for the missing American were Inserted in newspapers all over the world. - . The state department also made an ' attempt to find him. Travis finally saw an advertisement in an Australian newspaper and wrote to his family. He had been married, and was tha father of eleven cvhlldren, and he also prospered financially. The legacy he now receives has almost doubled In value. DOMINICAN TREATY Morgan Hakes Sensational Speech in the Senate DENOUNCES W. N. CROMWELL Claim Cromwell was th Prim Mover in tho sale of th Panama Canal Property to the United States. Sen ate Divided as to Merit of Speech. Senator Morgan of AlabanftT""occu- pied the entire time in the discussion of the Snto Domingo treaty In the ex ecutive session today. He made a sen sational speech In which ha charged William Nelson Cromwell of New York who was prominently connected with the sale of the Panama canal property to the United States, and tliat he was the principal mover In a scheme to Influence the United States in the finan cial affairs of the dominlcan govern ment. He asserted that Cramwell was actuated by a desire to fustrate the plan of a Mr. and Mrs. Reader, natives of Alabama, who are operating under the name of the Reader syndicate, to get certain concessions from the do minlcan government, and promote the interests of the syndicate he repre sented, which he alleged, holds a mass of claims against the latin American republic. Including a large part of the detot against the dominlcan government The alleged disclosures was debated all day and the senate Is evenly dl- , vlded as to whether Morgan made a case. The tenatlve program of the senate continues to be an adjournment without date on Saturday without per mitting the dominlcan teraty to come to a vote. It will probably be recom mitted.