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UBLItHI PULL AMOOIATID PRftt IMPORT .1 b . ' -('It . OOVIR THE MORNINQ FIELD ON THE LOWER COLUMBIA VOLUME LVIV. NO. 14. ASTORIA, OREGON. THURSDAY, MARCH 30. 1905. PRICE FIVE CENTS RUSSIAN NEWS NoFightinofConscgucncc i Lately. . PROPOSALS OF PEACE f r General Oyama Has Fixed April 10 for Occupation of Harbin. BELIEVED WILL KEEP PROMISE lilrx-lc establishment of factory fur muklng clothe In Portland." "The plant at Albany cost the com' pany About $110,000, with th machin ery all Installed," auUl H. M. Orant secretary and treasurer of the com piuiy, thli morning "The Insurance U about MO.000. possibly lit t la more I think the plant will b rebuilt." Mr. Coopy an4 Mr. Orant will go to Albany thla awning to look over the situation. Heavy Libel Suit Agalnet "P.-1." Seattle. Waab,, March 29, The Heat lie rot-Intlllgnccr wiia yesterday made the defendant In a $15,000 libel ault, riled by James McLeod, until a few weeks ago county Jailer. Mcleod allege that the Post-Intelligencer pub llsbed & atory recently In which It ae- eused bltn of allowing prisoners to ape from the county jail because b hail been ofrerrd and accepted bribes for ao doing. Mcleod further alleges that the publication Injured hie reputa tion and caused him to loae hi em ployment. TRUST in More and more representative men are coming over to our aide. The matter la not settled by any mean. MORE NEW CASES. Witnesses Closely Ques tioned on Business. Inereaaea in Number of Cerebo 8pinal Menengitia Caaea, New York, March 29. Records In the epidemic of cerebro spinal menengitia have been broken by re porta of 32 new caaea during one day In the boroughs of Greater New York. Several case are alao reported In Paccaic, N. J.. where one of the public schools will be SEVERAL APPROACHED 2 " The board of expert appointed by Health Commissioner Darlington con tlnuea Ita labora, but aa yet he ha found no ciuse for the prevalence of the disease, or a meana to reduce Ita fatality. The death rate la well de fined caaea amount, to more than 70 per cent. DOMINGO inn Disreputable Methods of Paid Heirlings of Chicago Beef Trust. Red Men Want Building Money. Aberdeen, Waah., March 29. uln nault trllie of Fled Men hoa made ar rangement with a r.rnlvnl -nmn. Oiplom.t. in 8t Pater.burg Are Con. fi)r ..., . , ., v I need That Pao Negotiation Aral money made from thla will be turned In Prograaa But Rutaia teem to Be Afraid and Japan Don't Care. Into the building fund of tbt tribe which la planning a fine $20,000 wig. wnm during the coming year. Ht. Petersburg. March Z9. There bus been ao tlghtliig of any consequence Chin... Prevent Reinforcement. I'urla, Man h 29 A Shanghai corre- aiH.ndent of the Journal aaya that Chi- ncse bandits have cut th Chlnu lni'ly. A r oimuUiuiie establishes Kastern railway at avveral places. In the fat t thai the Japan are gather- lr.Ir to prevent the arrival of Chinese ..... . ....... n k. ... relnf.ir.Tmenta, inff in mriMia ul 1 w v iiuii-a huuiu ui Slplngliai. evidently Intending to at tack the ItUMlun position at that place. fted Men of the United fttatee, died to day of rheumatism, aged JO year, CATTLE GROWERS Great Inoonhone Dead. Montogumery. Ala.. March 29. Thos The Russian are strongly fortifying hr. wtt, the great In.ohonee of th the position and apparently expect t' make a atand. The country la com paratlvely dear of Japaiieae. The Jap aifae ate approaching Klrln, threat.-n- lug the communication. In the I'ssurl dlaUicL A gumber of Chines bandits are constantly augmenting. The Chines continue to report that Oyama haa Is sued a proclamation fixing the date for the occupation of Harbin at April 10 but tbla prediction, according to the Ruaalana, If actually apparent la Irn probable of fulfillment, while the Jap- aee are confident that he will do aa he nromlses. The authorltlea continue to deny PKtjlDtNT OF ASSOCIATION atoutly that ftuaala haa made any pro poaala to Japan. Thla I literally true aa Ruaala haa only mad.i known neurit. Ive condltlona. leaving Intermediary tc convey the condltlona to Japan on their own reaponalhlllty, The diplomat In ft, Tetepiburg are convinced that aomethlng la In progreaa, but none of thoae In a poaltlon to know will ar- Halibut Schooner Loat Victoria, B. C. March 29. Captain INTIMIDATION OF WITNESSES Ulckejr anJ crtw of the American Hall. dui acnooner Ella u of Seattle, loat at Clayoquote, where ahe waa driven aahore during a atorm on March 22, ar rived here on the ateamer Ouen J. Ogd.n Armour bay. the indictment clty en nuit ,0 fbiiW. They eold Returned Yeaterday Againat Hitthe veaael aa ahe lay on the beach at Confidential Man, T. J. Connor. Re Clnyoquot for 1300. ault of a Mi.und.rttanding. Return of Italian Cruiser Calabria. Buffering through the heavy weather prevalent off the coaat. The Eva Maria loat ten canoea wept from her deck. The Dora Slewerd had her aalla torn. All have email catchea, tha hlgheat be ing 185, taken by the Carlotta O. Cox. COLD DUST CAPTURED. TROUBLE IS BREWING A Leading Italian Has a Serious Dispute With Minister of Finance. San Franci.co Collector of Cuetoma Seiie$20(X). San Franciaco, March. 2. Collector of the Port Stratton baa taken charge of $2000 In gold duat which waa on de posit to the order of William LoaJza. A Co,. In a local bank. It had been amug g!e4 into this elate from Mexico and waa held here without any recorda be ing made in the cuatom houa, which la contrary to law. The gold duat la held by the collector pending an application for a, remlaaioa of penaltlea and forfeiture, which th gold dust is subject to under the law. ADOPTION OF MODUS VIVENDI Ninety Per Cent Will Give Testi- mony to Convict Trust. STANDARD OIL CO. Notifies th Government That th Cat tle Raiiera Tributary to All th Larg. Citie Ar Ready to Ait Govern ment in th Proteeution. knowledge that they are aware whnt li t.Nartually been or la being done. The Novoe Vremya yesterday, for the first tlmi admitted that there war a possibility of negotlatlona for pence commenting on the efforts of the Ttrlt- Kl I'liao. Texiia, March 29. The fol lowing statement with reference to the resolutions adopted by the Texas rat- Ish and French press to prove that Itleme men that they will give all pos. peace was ndvlsahle, both for Ruaala slble evidence In the Investigations now and Japan. The Novoe Vremya de- In pro((ress ly the United Stutes gov dared, however, that the payment of lernment of the so-called beef trust was any indemnity by Russia was utterly I Issued today by President Turney of out of the question. the Interstate Cattle Growers' Asso elation EMPEROR ATTEMPTS SUICIDE. "Ninety-nine per cent of the cattle growera of the country bellevlna t.iat It Fru.tr.Ud by Hip Mother, Empraatllllegul comblnatlona, having for their Dowsg.r. - object the stifling of competition' and raria, tarcn 29. Unconlirmed re- controlling 98 per cent of the cattle ports from flt. Petersburg, published shipped by the six great slaughtering Here thla morning, Is to the effect that I markets Chicago. Kansas City, St. Kmperor Nicholas made an attempt to I Louis, Fort Worth, Omaha and Los commit suicide and wounded himself I Angeles, and will help the government In the hnnd. The rumor further says lull they can to break up thla monster. that the emperor' design waa fruat- It can be done and the cattlemen will rated by the Interventlo nof his moth- help er, the empress dowager, No Sunday Billiard. Albany, March 29. The recently or ganlaed Good Citizenship League scored the first point In its reform Chicago, March 29.-8everal wat- work In Albany last night when the neasea employed by the Chicago puck- city council passed an ordinance clos- ra wr heard today at th aeaalot ln Millard and poolrooms on Sunday! .nil A ml.lnl.rh kv.n, nl.Vt . .,1.1 or-rM l,.rv lnv.flrat.l "ft"'-. .. . . lug the buaineaa of the so-caued Dear No cigarette In WUcon.in, trust. All or wiinesaaa wer auo- Madison, Wis.. March 29. The sen je t to a rigid examination aa to whth- ate today passed an antl-clgarette bill er they had been approached by out- which absolutely prohibits the sale or elders alnce being caled aa wltneasea, manufacture of cigarettes or cigarette the Inquisitorial body evidently being paper. It now goes to the governor. more anxious for the present, at least, to aecuer fuhther evidence of the al leged tampering with witnesses by in terested persons, than to wur the real facts concerning the beef combi nation. From federal officials It la learned i hut several witnesses had been an- proached and aa soon aa sufficient proof Kansas Grand Jury to Commence la In th hand of District Attorney lnvtlidainr fnrrlKnn I, la ul.t lhr mnn indict. I w.--mwh. ments will be returned. In a statement given out tonight J. Ogden Armour, the head of the Ar mour Company, declared that the in- RAILROAD WILL BE INDICTED dlctment returned yesterday agains' hla confidential man, Thomas J. Con- ncra, on a charge of tampering with witness John Shlelda, It the result of a grave misunderstanding as to tne facts. Shields is the New York representa tive of the H. J. Kills & Co, agents for Armour & Co., In Singapore, and ac cording to Armour's statement Shields CHlleifrat the office of the packing com pany of his own volition. Continuing Armour said: "The usual courtesies of all buslnes Several Hot interview B.twMn Italian and Minister Valaaquex With th Re sult that th Cruitar It Sent for in Case of an Emergency. STATUTE OF GEORGE. A Grand Jury Ha Been Drawn at To- peka Ostensibly to Investigate Local Matters, But in Reality t Investi gate th Standard Oil Company. CREW OF 8TEAMER KLOSE. Denial No. 32. St. Peteraburg. March 29. The St Picked Up by th Polaria and Takn Tetershurg official newt agency says: I to 8sn Pedro, in spue or the general Inclination In I San Francisco, March 29. The Mer favor of conclusions of the war, Rus-lchants Exchange received news today ala haa not proposed any peace con- that the steamer Tolarls from Astoria dltlons nor prepared any such condi tions." WILL REBUILD. Albany Woolen Mill Destroyed by a Fir. Portland, March 29. "The fire at Al bany will moke no difference with con tracts on hand," said Charles Coopey, I aahore. had arrived nt San Pedro with the captoln and crew of the schooner C A. Klose, recently, found abandoned and In a waterlogged condition neat Grays Harbor to which port she was bound from this city. After. two vessels hnd vainly tried to tow the C. A. Klose to a port, the schooner turned turtle and went It was believed at the time president or the nannockburn Manu- that the captain and crew had been facturlng Company, thla morning, "but Most, will mean that the cloth for our con tracts win not be made In Oregon. 1 (The C. A. Klose left Astoria March cannot aay authoritatively, but think 17. with a cargo of lumber from Van- the mill will be rebuilt aa quickly aslcouver, and was bound for Son Fran- posslble. The fire will probably notlclsco.) Ed. Kansas City, March 29. The Jour nal today says: The Standard Oil Company Is to'un- houses to Its representatives was uc- dergo a grand Jury Investigation by corded to Shields to tne extent of the federal government the same aa grunting his request to communicate the beef trust Is now burdened with with his office In New York over prl- i Chicago. The oil trust Investigation vate wires of the company concerning i8 to take place In Topeka, according hla business affairs there. During his to a s-overnment official here and Is to stay In Chicago Shields was not en. begn n a coupe of weeka. Incidental- tertnlned by representatives of Armour hy the railroada are to be dragged In. t o. or at menier pnrtlea or else- a arand Jury waa drawn at ToDeka New York, March 29. In connection with the return of the Italian crulaer Calabria, from Kingston, Jamaica, the Herald's correspondent at Santo Do- mlngq says: Slgnor Bancalari, a leading Italian, haa aalled from Samana, after a ser ious dispute with Minister of Finance Velasquex, Bancalari took a leading part in urg ing the general adoption of the modus vlvendl, but waa indignant when he learned, that Valeaquex had .recently paid 110.000 on the claim of a French creditor, while Bancalari' government note was returned dishonored for th same sum. Bancalari said he waa willing to wait with the others, but would not tolerate discrimination. His claim la secured by a lien of i per cent on all the reve nues of the ports of Samana and San chet. Several hot Interviews pased and the Italian threatened to call on the Cala brla to return from Jamaica. The cruiser arrived at I o'clock Tuesday evening. The cutter Logan of the Castlne, has boarded the Calabria, whose com. mander says his orders are to remain here until relieved by the Dogall, now at Trinidad. Mr. Dawson, the American minister and Captain Dorn have both cabled the authorltlea at Washington. CAPTAIN AND CREW IN JAIL. where. Conners assured me. and I have every reason to believe him, he did not, as charged In the Indictment, attempt to Influenec Shields In the per formance of his duty to appear before the grand Jury and give evidence on any subject on which he might have information. ROCKERFELLER'8 GIFT. Congregationall.t Agra to Accept th Money, But Other Kick. Boston, March 29. It waa announced today by the American board of foreign missions In Ita prudential committee report from the sub-committee that they had decided to accept John D Rockerferrer's gift of $100,000. Final action on the report, however. will not be taken for two weeks, owlnif to the fact that the protestants re quested a delay. The report says, that In accepting the gift It followed the universal custom of the church In re ceiving all gifts offered It. and the acceptance of the gift Involves no ex pression on the part of the commit te as to the character of the giver. Rev. Evans, chairman of the protest ing committee, said today; A meeting of the committee has been called for tomorrow to discuss the report and decide upon the next step. Protestations are growing In numbei throughout the country, both Inside and without the Congregational church. a few days ago, ostensibly to look af ter the regular criminal business of the Kansas federal court. It will at' tend to that business, but ita really big task Is to Investigate Standard Oh methods. Great secrecy Is maintained In regard to the matter. The namea of the jurors will not be given out It haa been the custom in the post to publish the list of grand jurors along with (he petit jurors. But a new rule has been laid down not to divulge the names of members of the Jury. From the same source It is learned that Commissioner Garfield will aid In the grand jury Investigation In Kansas. FUNSTON'S SUCCESSOR. Colonel Dugan to Be Commander of th Great Lake. Chicago. March 2. Colonel Walter T. Duggnn.' first infantry, U. S. A., will succeed Brigadier General Fred erick Funston as commander, tempo rarily, of the department of the lakes, with headquarters In Chicago. Colonel Duggan Is now at Ft. Wuyne and will come to Chicago within ten days. General Funston, who has been transferred to the command of the de partment of California, with headquar ters at San Francisco, will leave for the west next Saturday. Lieutenant E. C. Long and Lieutenant B. 3. Mitch ell, hla aids de camp, will accompany him. Uruguayan Government Seizes Seal ing Schooner. Victoria, B. C. March 29. Advices have been received here that Captain Mattrlan and the crew of the sealing schooner Agnes G. Donahue, owned by Captain Balcom of Victoria, has been imprisoned at Montevideo by the Uru guayan government, which seized the vessel for alleged poaching on the shore rookeries. The captain was sentenced to five years' imprisonment and the members of the crew to two years each. Capfaln Balcom has protested and claims $65,- 000 damages. .The Ottawa government has taken up the case through Oval Britain with Uruguay. The other schooners hunting off the south Amer lean coast have made good catchea The F. B. Marvin haa 1600 skins, the Edith B, Balcom 1180 and the Enterprise 1004. Washington 8UtuU to Ba Presented to 8tate University. . , Seattle, March 29. Rainier Chap ter, Daughters of the American Revo lution, at a meeting be!d n ! city. by a unanimous and enthusiastic vote decided to take the lead in presenting to the state university, located here, a fine heroic statue of George Wash ington. The appropriatensss of this gift is clear, when it is remembered that both the state and its principal institution of education trair the nam of the father of his country. City of 8artl Fined. Victoria. B. C. March 29. The Do minion government has upheld Col lector Newbury of Victoria in fining the steamer City of Seattle $400 for violating the Canadian regulation! In taking passengers from the steamei Jefferson when that vessel waa dis abled in Swanaon Bay, Canadian wat ers, some month ago. TEN LITTLE BOYS Robbed Stores, Churches, School Houses and Railroad Offices. CANDY, GUM AND PENNIES Started It Just for Fun, and Could Not Stop Because Some of the Kids Didn't Get Enough of the Spoils and Plunder to Satisfy Them. EMPRESS OF JAPAN. Spoke the Sealing Schooner Kinai Maru. Victoria. B. C March 28. The steamer Empress of Japan, which has arrived here, spoke the Japanese seal ing schooner Klnsl Maru at Nootka. where the Japaneea vessel called for water. The Klnsl Maru was sent across to the California coast to hunt until the commencement of the season In Behrlng sea. when she will proceed there using fire arms, which the vessels of nations party to the modua vlvendl may not do. The Klnsl Maru had 100 skins. She Is the vessel which called at Drakes Bay, Cal., for water and a story was circulated that she had sur reptitiously secured Rotchklss guns from San Francisco to raid the rook eries. This waa untrue. The sealing schooners have been Chicago, March 29. Ten boys of Harvey, a suburb town, have confessed In the juvenile court to the robbery of 18 stores, three church, two school houses and a railroad station, The plunder consisted of candy, gum, and pennies, and It waa too free a distri bution of the 'candy at school that at last enabled the police to capture the band, wqb '41, tal them a merry- chase for months. "We started it Just for fun," sobbed one of the culprits, "but when we got Into It we could not stop. We just had to go right on stealing because there waa always some boy that did not have what he wanted." The boys, whose agea range from It to 15 years, are all of respectable fam ilies. Their hearty repentence, added to pleadings of their parents, Induced Judge Mack to release the prisoners on probation. ESKASONI FLOATED. Reported Aground at Limerick, But Ha Been Floated. San Francisco, March 29. The Mer chants' Exchange received news and adWlceif from Lom'tm todfiy stating that the British ship Eskasont, from Oregon, and which hod been previously reported aground outside of Limerick dock, had been floated. . Record Breaker. San Francisco, March 29. A record breaking tralnload of lumber ha left thia city for Buffalo, N. Y., marking the beginning of a new phase of a Cal ifornia Industry. The train, which was made up of 25 cart, waa entirely of dressed redwood, curley and straight grained, and designed for interior fin ishings. In each car theer were 20,300 feet of lumber.