UBLItHEB PULL AtBOOIATIO PRtBBIREPORT
COVER THE MORNIN9 FIELD ON THI LOWER COLUMBIA
VOLUME LV1V. NO. HI
ASTORIA, OREGON. THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1905.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
SPECULATION
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Meager News, from Far
East. ' '
REPORTS UNRELIABLE
War Correspondents Trying to
Get Up a Fight Without
Success.
THE APPROACHING CONTEST
Looki Though Both RuI and Ja
pan Ar Afraid of Each Othar and
If a Naval Battta la Fought It Will
Ba Between War Correspondents.
jtnXn. April 19. The llrltlnh public
is now mil)' IhIiiiiIiik i rwillxe how
iiiihIi Ufprnils on Toko akllful con
duit In the ainM'liliiK great navul
content, t'ntll HoJ'MvaiiMky actually
arrive ut Ihe strnlghte of Malacca
th-r was il disposition to ridicule til"
effort of Hip lluiolnn squadron, Imt
thoro I n n to lia a growing llkllhoo.l
Of Neltogatoff Joining Itojenlveniiky be
fort th futnl struggle opwm, the In
trri-Kl dwplnlng Into anxiety.
According to a Toklo correspondent
from the news agncy, momentous
wir confTfnrr lasting live hnura wtt
held there Wednesday. It la not dif
ficult to conjecture tha natura of tha
deliberation.
A Tokio corroapotiJont states that
Japan ha t addressed a. protest to
Franc on the ltulnn Pacific squad,
rutin' preaence In Knmran bay. but
Franc haa not yet replied. Tha Tele
graph's cuirespondMif at Toklo d
dare that th Jnj,wuieHe fleet ha all-d
from Kamranh bay.
Th Telegraph correspondent from
Hong Kong state that two steamers
which passed elos to Kamranh bay
fltin.lay report no ItUKSInn veswla vl
Ible. No newa, however, bus rrarhed
London to ahow that thp Iluaalnna have
left Kntnranh find It la uaauinvd that
thiy nrp atlll thr.
The Poat rnoimentlnf on the altua.
tlon, rontenda that It la a mattrr of
Itnportnnce, ronalderlnir Great BrIU
aln'a world wide Intereata to endeavor
to attire more dtfinlte airreemiMit on
the queatlon of neutrality of the uae
of nrutrul by lK'Uu'ri-nta.
Harbin. April U A determined At
tempt waa made on the nluht of April
J7 to out the railroad between Hiirbln
and Vlndlvoalok, a forniiulnble body
of Chlneae handlta milking tin iittnck
nenr Itnyimpo, 100 inllen enat of Har
bin. After a deaperitte Hunt which
lnater for acvernl houra the bandlta
were driven off nnd dleereed.
Viirloua retort of wide turning
movementa at Taltalkar or enatward of
that point, but oa yet rumora are ap
pnrently unfounded. Vliroroua aklrm
lhea hnve taken plao on the aat
flunk of tha nuaalan army, however,
and aeem to Indlrnte that the Jmaneaa
are planning a thruet north'aatward
and lnterjoae n forec Iwtween Harbin
and Vlndlvoatok.
OBERQ QET8 DAMAGES.
Awarded 910,000 fop Injuriea In Elka'
Exouralon.
Portland, April 19. Churlea Obarg.
Injured In the wreck of the Elka' ape
cliil, Auguat. 190,1, wna today awarded
110,000 damagea by Judge Bellinger.
The Northern Paolflo rallrond company
waa the dofendnntjn the ault brought
by Oberg, who wna ft Portland pliiat
eror at the time of the axrldent. He
aued for $30,000 damngea.
Judge rtelllnger nnnounred that the
temtlmimy on the trial oa to the nature
of plnlntlff'a Injuriea waa confined to
that of medlrnl wltneaaea, and waa a
conflicting thnt the court aubaequcnt
ly, with tha conaent of both aldea, ap
pointed al dlalntercatafl pt-yalclnna of
high profeaalonal standing to investi
gate the; caae, and It waa upon their
report of the matter that the tneaaure
of dnmngea la baaed five out of alx
phyalclnna having given It aa their
PORTLAND
opinion thut Obarg waa auffarlng from
traumatic nattraatlltanla, or hyaterla,
auperlnducwd by tha accident In ques
tion.
JUSTICE BY TELEPHONE.
Farmer Triad and Convicted and Pay
Hit Fine.
Dloomlngton, HI., April II, Fined by
telephone, paying hie fine by mull to a
JIn ant town, la the way Robert VII
hrJ, a by arm -rr Elkbart. Ill,,
dir .ad of ci In whlcr ha va
ihnrged with drunktnnena and diaor
orderly conduct Conatable Pettlt
went from Lincoln to arreat Wlllard
The latter waa plowing In bla field and
represented to the conatable that he
could not afford to epend two daya In
going and coming from Lincoln, aa hla
proeieet!ve corn crop demanded hi
attention.
After aome dlacuatilon the conatable
dubloualy agreed to the ue of the tele
phone which Wlllard haa In the farm-
houae. The accused man got In con
nu tlon with Juatlce Rudolph of Lin
coln, aaked what the charge waa,
pleuded guilty and wna told hla fine,
Ini'ludlng font, would be 1 14.
Tan I remit It by malir aaked Wll
lard.
"Sure," aiiawered the Juatlce.
Ko Wlllard mulled the money, which
waa received today, went back to plow
ing, and the Incident waa closed.
PRIZE FIGHTS IN MICHIGAN.
Governor Wrnr Puts Cybosh on
, Kalamaioo Fight.
Lun-lng. Mlih., April 19. Oovernor
Warner dwliir''!! that he would not
permit any pugilistic conteata In Mich
igan for large purees during hla term
an governor. The statement wna In
aplred by a report which reached the
governor to th" not that fight pro
moter, v. 're pliitmlng a fistic battle In
Kuluiiiiir'-o between two pugilists of
imtlona! reputation fcr a purse of 110,.
OftO,
PATTERSON'S TRIAL
Jury Secured to Try Murderer of
Cacssr Young.
POSTPONED UNTIL MONDAY
The Jury la Composed Entirely of
Married Men, Only Two Being Sinole
One Bachelor and One Widdower,
and Most of Them Have Families.
Niw York. April 19. The Jury to
leoliie tht fate of Nun l'uttereon, who
la on trial for the third tjllnie on
charge of murdering Caesar Young,
was completed nt 7: SO tonight and aa
soon aa the pnn.iel waa completed Re.
oorder Ooff adjourned court until next
Monday raornlng.
The Jury l composed almost en
tirely of mirrlcd men, only two be
ing slnglo, one a bachelor and th
other a widower. Most of the Jury
men are middle tigod and beyond.
Many of them nave large famlllea.
Home have daughters who ore mar
ried. It wa announced tonight that
the defenlart vlll take the aland and
tell Vr, a'pry.
PLEADING FOR LIFE.
Murderer Guglislmo Hat Interview
With 'the Governor.
Salem, April 19. Pleading parental
neglect na an excuse for hla crime,
Frank Cluglleluio. the condemned mur
derer of Freda Ounrnscla, asked for
and secured an audlrnce with Oover
nor Chamberlain with the hope of hav
ing hla death aentence commuted ta
life Imprisonment.
Purlng the audience with the gov
ernor, (lugHelmo wept like a child, and
between nhs told the chief executive
;t pitiful tale of his life. He said he
had been neglected by hla parents and
allowed to choose hla own course and
nssoclntlons. to which he attributes the
direct cauae of hla downfall. He claims
he was drunk When he murdered hla
sweetheart, waa nngered at her atti
tude toward him, and did not realise
what he had done until too late. He
also claims he waa carrying a gun foi
protection against a man who had
threatened hla life. The governor has
no intention of commuting the sen
tence. OREGON.
BROKE
SteamerMinnesotaArrives
at Seattle.
MADE A QUICK TRIP
Brought a Number of Port Arthur
Paroled Russian Officers
and Wives.
ALSO LARGE CARGO OF HEMP
There Were Also a Number of United
Statee Army Officers from Manilla,
Either on Leave of Absenoe or Who
Had Boon Ordered to Report.
Seattle, April 13. Among the poa-
sengera cn the steamship Minnesota,
Just arrived front the orient, were Lieu
tenant R Brune. an officer of the Rus
sian armored cruiser Rurlk, pounded
to pieces at Vladivostok by Japanese
shells, nnd Mrs P.lstr.ttaevo, a Rusalan
Red Cro nurse, who waa in Port Ar
thur throughout the siege. Lieutenant
Ilruna ta on parole and both are en
route to BL Petersburg, Lieutenant
Hruna la heartbroken over hla capture
and the fact that he is not now with
RoJoivenkye squadron. Mr. Rla-
toftaeva t'lla thrilling etqrlea of the
fight at Port Arthur and of Ite siege
and falL
Poat tie, Apt II if. The steamer Mln-
nenoto. of the Great Northern Steam
ship Company a Seattle-Oriental fleet,
and tht !arg"st lrelght carrier afloat,
reached port last right on her return
voyage from the orient, having broken
all tr.n-Paclflc recorde on her trip
across. The Minnesota's time from
Yokohami waa 13 Jays 21 houra and S
minute.
Among her pnasengere were a num
ber of Russian officers and their wives,
being sent home on parole from
Shanghai, whither they were taken at
the time of the rapture of Port Ar
thur. There were also a number of
American amy officers coming from
Manila, t ther on leave or under or
der to teport nt Washington, D. C.
Altogether the M'nnesota brought
162 pnsaengers, 47 of whom were first
class, ni a little more than 7000 tons
of gneral freight, of which hemp
formed He bulk.
CHICAGO COMMFRCIAL CLUB.
Arrives in Butte and It Entertained
' by Citizent.
Rutte. April 1!). A delegation of ten
members from the Chicago Commercial
Club arrived In Eutte thla afternoon,
being met by a reception committee
from t?e Hutte r.uslnessmen'a Asso
ciation. Tonight an Informal reception
was. tendered the visitors and tomor
row aa the guests of J. R. Wharton,
manager of Senator W. A. Clark't
street railway system, they will be
taken 0"r the city In special cart, a
visit being made to the famous Ana
conda and Neversweat copper mines,
among fhe largeet and deepest prop
ertlet In Butte. A visit . will also be
made to tht big Washoe Copper smelt
ers in Anaconda. A reception will be
given th Chlcagoans tomorrow night
Thursday the party will leave for Hel
ena thence for the vest.
PAUL JONES' BODY.
American Squadron Will Bring Hia Re
mains to Amerjoa.
Pari, prll 19.--The state depart
ment hna advised Ambassador Porter
thnt an American sijtindron will be sent
to take the body of Paul Jones to th
United States, .urob'ibly In June. It is
expected that the eitch government
will participate In an Imposing funeral
pageant when the body leaves Paris...
TOO GOOD FOR 80LDIERS.
Provision 8ent to the Red Cross Are
8old at Auotion.
St. Pv'tersbvrg, April 19. The man
agement of t'ie Red Cross haa come
forward rlth an txplimatlon of the r
cent finding of a large number of box'
Of cunnots, rulnlnx, etc., presented to
the orglualzntlon by Greeks in retail
shops at fit. Petersburg and Moscow
with fhe presentation cards Inside the
boxes. It la claimed In behalf of the
management that the fruity waa eolJ
for 115,000 In 8t, Petersburg, and Mos-
cow becaue It waa too expensive to
ship it to th for eaat, and that the
proceed were used to purchase more
necessary articles for the aoldlers at
the front.
MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP,
Partial Agreement Reached in Chicago
by Companies and City.
' Chicago, April 19. Negotiations for
the purpose of acquiring the Chicago
street railways were opened today be
(ween the traction companies and rep.
reaentatlve of the my of Chicago.
The proposition pending under which
the companies are at once to proceed
to modernize all the lines and sell to
the city at a fair profit thus getting
rid of all legal complications and se
curing Immediate municipal ownership.
The nearest approach to definite re
sults waa 'obtained from the confer
ence was a practical agreement on
Joint conference to be held soon by
the mayor .traction interests and city
council committee on transportation.
Jefferson Improving.
Palm Reach, April 19. Joseph Jef
ferson la reported to be Improving and
high hopes are entertained of his re
covery. At a lute hour tonight a state
ment was made that Jefferstn was
muor Iteiter and would survive. He
took grai-e fruit at roon and asked to
be given some Mup.
Batieball Scores.
Portland Lo: Angeles J, Portland 0.
Tacoma Seattle 1. Tacoma 3.
r Francisco Oakland Ban Fran.
clsro 1.
Only Millionaires in New York
Can Afford Beefsteak.
PRICES ARE RAISED AGAIN
Characteristic of the Beef Trust to Rob
the Publio and Make Beef so High
That Pocr Man Cannot Afford
Liver on Thanksgiving Day.
New York, April 19. A further ad
vance of 1 to 2 crnts a pound in meat
haa bo'n agree 1 upon by the west end
butchers of thla city. At a mass, meet
ing of the trade it waa stated that
the peckers had added another half
cent to their rab" laat week which
amounted to I cents a pound and made
a totil advarce cf 3 centa in three
wecka.
It waa considered useless by thos
who attended the butchers meeting to
draft resolutions denouncing the west
ern puckers, or to frame a schedule of
lncreissd prices for Manhattan butch
ers, but nil those present agreed that
they must, In self protection raise their
prlceal Manv, Indeed, reported that
they already had done so and were
charging the public 3 to 5 cents a pound
more for good beef than they did three
weeks ago.
SALEM NEEDS MONEY.
License Imposed on Telegraph and
Express Companies.
Salem, April 19. Ordinances were
introduced at the council meeting last
evening providing for a license of 3240
per annum upon all telegraph and ex
press companies operating in the city,
and also a license of 3100 monthly upon
trading stamp companies which may
nttcmpt to do business In the city. An
annual tax of 3240 haa already been
Imposed upon the Telephone company.
Several weeks ago nn effort was made
to organize a trading stamp company
here among the merchants, but it met
with such strong opposition that the
attempt was abandoned. The out
come of this was the organization of
thdtBusIness Men's League, one of the
objftts of which is to prevent the
establishment of a trading stamp con
cern here, and the ordinance which
was introduced at lost ntght'a session
la 'said to have emlnnted from that
source.
MEAT AND DIAMONDS
CHARLES ROGERS, Druggist,
STRIKE FAILS
No Adjustment of Existing
Circumstances.
TEAMING COMPANY OUT
Strike is Spreading in Chicago
and More Teamsters Or
' dered Out.
MONTGOMERY WARD BOYCOT
Big Teamsters' Employing Company
Began Aggretsiva Action Against the
Strikers, Being a New and Unex
peeked Factor in the Field.
Chicago, April 19. Although Influ
ences are atil' at work with the hope
of an fctr'cable adjustment of the dif
ficulty existing between the teamsters'
union and Montgomery, Ward lc Co.
would be reached, the Indications to
night are that the strike of the t earns -ters
will spread to other concerns. To
day 150 driver employed by E. M
Foi bet Teaming Company ordered a
strike because the firm insisted on
making deliveries to the Montgomery
Ward Company. President- Spear of
the International Brotherhood of
Teamate-o declared tonight that he
would order out all teamatega anS,
drivers engared ty flrma that insisted
In delivering supplies to the big store.
The big employer teaming company
recently organized in thla city began
an aggressive ctmpatgnagalnar tin.
striking tamters today by delivering
coal to Montgomery. Ward A Co. The
coal team owners association has ar
ranged a conference with the em
ployers' association when another ef
fort will be made to make a settlement
of th atr'ke.
Th team owners association will
present a proposition to arbitrate
everything In dispute. Nothing of a
tangible nature ia expected at the con
ference, aa Montgomery. Ward & Co.
steadfastly refuea to arbitrate the de.
manda of the garment workers, al
though liey have cifered to accept con
etlllatory measurta with the teamsters.
All the places of the garment workers
have been filled by the Montgomery,
W ird Company and they assert there
la nothing to arbitrate.
VALUE OF MEXICAN SILVER.
Prices Advanced Since Establishment
of Gold Standard.
mj-?pgp.. l-..J3..S,Fcl. hlauupaupp
Washington. April 19. On April 10,
in estimating tho value of foreign
coins for customs purposes, the store,
tory of the treasury, proclaimed the
value of , the Mexican dollar for the
quarter commencing on that date at
47.7 cen's for the month of April, and
49.8 after May 1.
The change in value on May 1 ia du
to the fact that Mexico adopts the gold
standard on that date. For customs
purposes, where invoices are expressed
the Mexican dollars, the value of such
dollars "fter May 1 shall be computed
aa follows:
"On gf ods imported from Mexico,
49.8 cents the Mexican gold standard
basis; on goods imported from coun
tries other than Mexico, 47.7 cenu, the
silver bullion basis."
LEVYING OF DUTIES.
The Arrirican Ambassador at Russia
Investigates Important Subject
St. Petersburg. April 19. The first
official business taken up by the new
American ambassador, Mr. Meyer, with
the foreign office, was the re-opening
of the question of the removal of the
countervailing duty levied in Russia
against American manufactured goods
In retaliation for the countervailing
duty in the United States on Russian
sugar. The levying of the Russian
countervailing duty, which it heavy,
has practically resulted in the complete
suspens'rn of the importation of all
classes of American goods which were
being brought here cn a large scale.
Germany proved t be the chief bene
ficiary for th same goods, many cases
being imported through Germany, and
the Ruan consumer being obliged
to pay an Increased" price.
At lit. Meyer's request. Foreign
Minister Lamsdorff has agroed to ar
range t'-nt the ambassador be allowed
to conduct Vte. negotiations directly
with the ministry of finance, where, It
Is believed there Is a disposition to fav
orbly adjust this troublesome ques
tion. ' '
PRI80NS ARE FULL.
Russian Prisons Overcrowded With
Workmen Striker.
St Peteraburg. April 19. Th polica
are making numerous arrests of work-
Ingmen and "Intellectuals, and, the
prisons are now full to overflowing. In
former years tbofe arrested before May
Jay we-e chiefly "intellectuals," but
this year the v'Orklngmen are taking
such a prominent part in agitation and
disturbances that they form a majority
of those arrested. Practically all the
delegaten to the Scidlovsky comml
Ion .which was created in February
last to investigate the causes of dis
content among the working classes art
In custody. Demonstrations and small
riots are of almost dally occurrence.
WANT A REHEARING.
Manufacturers of Sinkers Object to
Supreme Court Decision.
New York. April I9.A call hat been
Issued b the executive committee of
the Joutueymcn Bakers' and Confec.
Doners' International Union for a
meeting in Chicago next Saturday to
act on the decision of the United
States euprene court declaring the
bakers' ttn-hour iaw unconxtltuon-
al. The boara will take up the ques
tion of asking the ropreme court for
a rehearing In the case.
President Still in the Woods En
joying Himself.
LOEB VISITS THE PRESIDENT
When Secretary Loeb Return Tomor
row It I Expected That He Will
Bring Returns of th Big Hunt for
Bear and Correspondents Waiting.
Glenwood Springs, April 19. With .
President Roosevelt and Secretary
Loeb in camp SO miles from the nearest
telegrarh office, no news of the hunt
oame out of the '.voods today. When
Secretary Loeb returns tomorrow It ia
expected that ho w III bring information
of the luck attending the president's
hunt for big game.
The president keeps a personal diary
and consequently all the correspond
ent marrooned here will await the
return of the secretary with much Im
patience. Storms consisting of snow,
hall and rain surged about the moun
tains in the direction of the east di
vide nearly all day and Mr. Loeb must
have had a very rough and uncom
fortable trip.
Parson Thomas A. Uzzell of the Salt
Lske Tabernacle in Denver today sent
the preaident. In care of Secretary
Loetr, a message asking that he be
given, the carcaeses of bears killed
during the president's hunt for distri
bution among the poor of Denver.
FIRE BUGS AT SPOKANE.
Big Insurance Companies Threaten to
Leavt th City.
Spokane, April 19. The German-
American Insurance Company, with
assets of 313,000,000 threatens to can
cel its outstanding ricks in this city
and withdraw from the field If the nu
merous fires attributed to incendiaries
continue.
The company claims it Is willing to
post a reword of 3250 for the captur
of any person guilty of arson; but fail
ure to bring the parties to Justice, fol
lowed by a continuance of fires, will
compel the withdrawal of the company.
It claims that business written during
the paat year has been unprofitable.
notwithstanding th fact that rate
have advanced. The withdrawal of this
company would probably result In th
withdrawal of the others comprising
the "Big Four," the Aetna of Hart
fard, the Continental and th Home of
New York.
HUNTING
DIG
GA