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COVKRS THt MORNINQ FI1LD ON THS LOWER COLUMBIA
VOLUME LVIV. NO. 162
f ASTORIA, OREGON. FRIDAY, APRIL 21. 1905.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
MEANS FIGHT
Japanese Fleet Ordered to
Kamrahn"
BATTLE NEXT SUNDAY
Toga's Fleet Ordered lo Fight
the Russian Squadron Im
mediately. AGREE 0 RADICAL COURSE
Japan Fr Further Rlnforcmnt
to Russian Squadron Would Result
Disastrously to the Japan Fleet
In Naval tattlt.
TokK A!ll 20.Tlmt Admiral Togo
with the whole Japanese fleet la to
Mill at once fr Kiwnrunh Hay, whore
Admiral nojcutveiisky'a fleet la ailll at
nnrhor, and engage the enemy In
rfcrlstv battle I th positive state
ment made her. Aftir n flv hours'
momentous conference of leading Jap
an statesmen, ftm Premier and th
nvmtrs of the cabinet, the decision,
l.il the Japan admiral should take
the Initiative and force the lighting
U arrived at The HMIhood of the
Ruxiilun squadron remaining In the
heltrf of a friendly French Cochin
China port until Joined by Vice Ad
miral Neboxatofl" division of the Rua
Inn fleet waa considered to add a new
and irruve dungsr to the situation, to
avert which Immediate action wa
deemed necessary.
The order waa forwarded to Toko
for Kamarnh Hay and force the fight
to gather hla fleet togvther and eall
Ing, on the supposition that the Jap
anese main fleet la at Peacudore I
Janda, and that RoJfstvensky la In
Kamrnnh liny, which la 800 mllea dla
tnnt ncroaa the China sea. The Jap
anese admiral ehould reach the acene
of action In leaa than three day a, and
Sunday should aee the battle.
The attitude of th French govern
ment In giving ahelter to Itojeatvenaky
wa declartnl a mntter for aerloua after-consideration,
A dlapatrh atatea
that Nebogatorfs squadron has reached
Sudan atralta on Ita way to Join Ro
Jestvcnsky In the China sea.
JAPANESE MINISTER.
Call on French Minister to Arrange
for Neutrality.
Purl. April SO. Acting on Inatruo
tlona from hla government Dr. Motono.
the Jnpaneae minister to France, Jma
rolled on Foreign Mlnlatcr Jlcoaa
this evening and aubmltted ropresen
tntlona on behalf of the Jnpaneae gov
ernmcnt concerning tho presence of
the Ruaalan Pacific squadron In Knm
ranh bay. An offlclnl communication
laaued after the meeting atatea that
Minister Motono's action was not in
the nature of a formul protest against
alleged) violations of neutrality, but
wna to obtain assurunce that Franca
would observe strict neutrality.
Notwithstanding the ofTlciul version
of the evident Intention and effect of
Monoto'a mission Is In the nature of
a protest, the, foreign minister of
France respondeJ to represontatlon( of
the Japanese mlnlnter by pointing out
thut precautions had been taken to
preserve neutrality. Delcassle's assur
ances Is sought to allay Bpprehenslone
of the Japanese which he maintained
hod not been Justified by any specific
facta. The exact terms of Japan's
reprcxentutloiiB has not been disclosed,
but It Is understood, while having the
usual courteous form of diplomacy,
they set forth serious apprehenslcyis
aroused by the stay 'of the Russian
warships In Kamranh bay, and that th
earnest desire of French neutrality be
placed beyond a doubt. The terma of
the French response, although not
given out, tend to give ample assur
ances on all questions.
GRANNY HONORED.
Lif 8ixd 8tatut to B Erotd In
Nw York.
New York, April 20. A movement
haa been Inaugurated here to erect a
life slxed alatue In marble of the late
actress, Mr. J. It, Gilbert. The
sponsor of the noclely In charge of th.
icheme, known aa the Mr. Gilbert
Memorial Association, Include many
peraona well known In America. It li
propoaed to place the atatua In one
of the public parka or on the ground
of the Actor born, at Staplton, S, I.
Th marbl trlbut to the famoua actrs
will ahow her In the character of
"Granny,! which aha wa playing- In
Chicago at th time of her death.
IRRIGATION CONGRESS.
Next Meeting to Be Held in Portland
In Auguit.
Sacramento, April 20. Governor
Pardee, president of the national Irrl
gallon congress, haa leaued an an
nouncement that the next session of
the Irrigation congress will be held In
Portlund from Auguat II to St. Th
governor atatea that he expect to
meeting to be one of the moat Interest
Ing aa well aa the moat Important one
hold by the congress. ;
The United State reclalmatlon
seheme promisee to ba onn of the
mot important aubjecta for dlacua
alon. Some hop that President Ilooae.
vdt will attend the aeaalon for one day
at leaat and President Dlaa of -Mexico
haa alao been Invited. An effort will
be made to have both dlgnlatarlea
prt-Bt on the aama day.
OLYMPIA SAILS.
Brings Large Number of Japanese for
Railroad Work.
Honolulu. April 20. This afternoon
the tamr Olympla, railed for Seat
tle, carrying S91 Jap who reported
undi-r contract work for th Or.'at
Northern rnllroiid in Montana. Tb
Olympla la aim) carrj'lng to Seat
tle the cargo of coal the Honolulu
merchants refused to purthaae.
Great Britain May Be Compelled
to Interfered War.
ABOUT IMPENDING CRISIS
Japan Will Insist That Franc Rsmsin
Neutral and .It Is Stated That This
Has Been Guaranteed, and Russian
Squadron Kept Off French Territory.
London, April SO. Notwithstanding
emphatic protests from some of the
newsiuipcrs and the shrieks of Indig
nation from the Jingo press, the Brit
ish government officials decline to ad
mit anything in the far eastern situ
ation to cause excitement or show that
It , approaches an actual siege. In
other words, the foreign oftVe assume
nn attitude of a much Interested spec
tator of the Intensly dramatic situa
tion now approaching a climax In
which, by some mischance Oret Bri
tain might be called upon to piny an
Important part
The announcement In Paris In dis
patches to the Associated Press, that
Dr. Motono, the Japanese Minister, has
called on Foreign Minister Delcasse
with regard to the question of neutral
ity haa fTot changed the views of offi
cials at the foreign office, where It was
pointed out today that Japan had prob
ably not made a formal protest, but
simply desires assurances that France
will continue to maintain neutrality
and not offord the Russians any ad
vantage Inconsistent with France's r.
sponslblllty aa a neutral power. The
foreign office assumes that France is
moat certain to give some assurance tp
Japan.
FEA8T OF THE PASSOVER.
Oxthodox Hebrews Will Obsrv th
Traditional Holiday.
New York, April 20.The East Side
Olietto general observance of the rass-
over has begpn and will continue one
week. Holiday attire TT observablo
throughout the - district and stores
owned by Orthodox Hebrew wer all
cloned several hour before the usual
time. More than 50,000 persons at
tended services in the synagogues and
then repaired to their homes, where a
second service was given and special
dishes symbolic of tit occasion were
served to the assembled famine and
their guests. ,
TROUBLE
BREWING
VHEATMABKET
Gambling in May Wheat
r Disastrous.'
PRICES ARE LOWER
Break of Five Cents a Bushel In
the Chicago Market Yes-
' terday.
WALL STREET INFLUENCE FELT
Big Fight 8twn John W. Gat and
th Armour Company Causa InUns
Exoitmnt In th Wheat Pit and
Prlo Still Going Lowr.
Chicago, April SO. The celebrated
deal In May, wheat attributed to John
W. Gates receive 1 seemingly Its death
blow today. Possibly as much aa 6,-
000,000 bushels for May delivery was
dumped on th market As a result
ther was a break of S cents a bushel
In the price, the quotations on May
falling from SMSVt to II.0SV
Some opem'.rr rrofessed the opin
ion that th slump was due to heavy
eastern holders at May wheat unload
ing becaues of th notable unrest of
the stock market, the alleged purpose
of the sellers being to get free to pro
tect securities in Wall street The
much more prevalent belief, however,
wus that Oates was tired of the bur
den and shifted the May wheat deal
to Armour and other. One thing that
Is said to be certain Is that Gates sold
tremendous quantities today through
at least one house here. When the
prlc of May wheat felt under fl.10,
the commission pPle poured the
wheat on atop loss order. This caused
a breath sheer drop to $1.08 H. The
total sales of May wheat Is estimated
from J.000.000 to 5,000,000 bushel.
While a bear turn was on In May
wheat, the Armour people wer sup
porting July wheat against selling
drives caused by general rains. It Is
argued that Armour's enormous buy
ing for July was in the Interest of the
Gatf crowd, either covering heavy
spot sales made from $1.01 down, or
possibly going long for the Wall street
dealer. At the close of the session
May wheat Jumped back to $1.10, leav
ing the net decline for the day 3c.
CEREBO 8PINAL MENENGITIS.
Efforts to Stamp Out th Disaa in
Now York.
New Tork. April SO. Numerous
tenths from cerebro spinal meninglts
continue to be reported. There were
10 victims In Manhattan alone on Wed
nesday and the health department of
flclals do not expert to stamp out th
disease until warm weather comes to
stay.
Order hav been Issued that every
place wher there has been a case of
spinal meningitis shall be fumigated.
For the present, however, there is to
be no quarantine nor are children or
families In which a case exist to be
debarred from school attendance. This
matter will be considered shortly, how
ever, by the authorities.
A ' tenement houes in Little West
Twelfth street, wher five children died
within a few day and three others
hav been stricken all In two families,
la to be vacate. Th tenants, eight
famllle, hav been notified to leave
within 48 hours, their rent being re
funded to them. The house will then
be disinfected thoroughly by a new and
powerful germicide.
MINING COMPANY MERGER.
Sullivan Mining Company and Ta
- ooma Smelter .ConolidatL
New York, April 20. President F.
W. Dradley of the Bunkerhlll & Sulli
van Mining Company and W. R. Rust,
manager of the Tacoma smelter, are In
this city to complete the details In con
nectlon with the proposed smelting
combination on the Pacific Coast. It Is
expected that the new firm will be
capitalised for from $15,000,000 to $20,-
000,000. It will be 'a close corporation,
all lii- stocks taken by parties direct
ly concerned In the merger. Several
conferences of thos interested already
have been held but no official Informa
tion as to the plana haa been given out
SNOW IN WYOMING.
Tlgrph Pole Levelled and Com
munications Stopped.
Cheyenne, Wyo., April 20. Train
men arriving in the city report that
every telegraph pole for 20 mile east
of" Ch?yenne and SO mile south has
been leveled by the snow. The Union
Pacific sent out emergency squads ol
linemen to restore connection so that
the dispatching of train may be car
ried on. The snow la the heaviest ever
known here and several points in the
city electric light and telephone poles
hav been broken off by tons of snow
and He obstructing the streets.
CAPTAIN RELEA8ED.
Matter of th German Ship Magdalen
Discharged from Custody.
Ssn Franclafo, April 20. United
State Commbaloifer Heacock made
an order today discharging Captain
Helnrich Tlnn, master of the German
ship Magdalene, from custody. He was
arrested for allowing four members of
his crew to desert after being noti
fled that 'they had been denied a land
ing by the Immigration officers. The
testimony did not show that Captain
Tinn connived at their escape.
Captain Schenk of the steamer Lux
or was arrested on a similar charge. As
he Is In 'a hurry to take his vessel out
of port and as clearance papers have
been denied him, he pleaded guilty
and waa held to answer .to the charge
before the grand Jury. The Luxor was
scheduled to smll for Hamburg today.
Gas Meters Worked By Experts
Against Consumers.
INVESTIGATION AT 'FRISCO
Gas Company of San Francisco In
struct It Employes, Who Read Gas
Meter, to Mak Them Register a
Larger Percent Than I Indicated.
San Francisco, April 20. George
Wagner of the firm of Sessions &
Wagner.electrlclans at 402 Flood build
in, said lost night when seen at his
home, 1406 Eighth street. Oakland, that
he had been Instructed to make the
meters of the San, Francisco Gas &
Electric Company register too 'much
while he was In the employ of the
company,
When I was working for the com
pany as meter Inspector about three
year and a half ago," he said, "I re
ceived instructions from Foreman
Finley to make the meters register
about, 7 per cent too much, 'and a lit
tle more won't do any harm. he told
me. He sold that the orders had come
to him from Superintendent Sam
Naphthaly and that all the meter in
spectors were expected to do the same
thing.
"As a matter of fact Percy Levy,
another Inspector, now living at 177S
Eighth street, Oakland, has since told
me that he was told to do the same
thing. It Is a very easy matter to
mak a meter register aa much or as
little aa wanted. All you have to do
Is to move a little magnet In the meter
one way or the other."
Wagner will be one of the witnesses
before the grand Jury when It enters
upon Ita investigation of the meter
frauds.
RAILROAD EXTENSION.
Contract for Great Northern Exten
sion Has Been Awarded.
Sioux City. In.. April 20. The con
tract for the extension of the Great
Northern railroad from Sioux City to
Ashland, Neb., haa been awarded to
Peter Sims, a St Paul contractor, ac
cording to advices received here today.
It is said that a big force of men will
be put at work within 10 days. The
extension of the Great Northern from
Sioux City to Ashland will unite the
Great Northern and Burlington.
DISHONEST
METHOD
USUAL DEATH
Automobile Kills Another
Victim.
CHAUFEEUR ESCAPES
Italian on Coney Island Knocked
Twenty Feet in the
Air.
OFFICER'SVIGILENCE ELUDED
Wealthy Murderer Escape Notwith
standing th Polic Blocked Almost
Every Avnu of Escape ef th Cow
ardly Owner of th Machine.
New Tork, April 20. Score of po
lice reserves were turned out in Brook
lyn early today In an effort to trace
an automobile party responsible for the
death of an Italian on Coney Island
avenue All the ferries and bridges to
New Tork were placed under extra
guard, but the automobllista escaped.
There were three men and two wo
men in the car. which waa of a very
large type. It rushed through Park
'avenue- and knocked the man, who
happened to be crossing, 20 feet In the'
air. The chaufeur threw on extra
power and rushed from the scene with
out stopping to aid his victim.
Two policemen picked up the Italian
and while one telephoned for the am
bulance the other sent a warning to
headquarter to look out for the car.
In ten minutes this warning had been
repeated to the guards at the bridge
and ferries and the way to New Tork
had been blocked long before the car
could have reached the river front, but
the fugitives apparently mode good
their escape.
This Is the second instance of the
kind within a week, a wealthy Harlam
undertaker having been run down and
fata'ly injured a . few days ago during
the early hours of the morning.
ROJESTVENSKVS FLEETE.
Not Known Whether It I Still at Kam
ranh Bay.
London, April 20. Although Infor
mation has been cabled from Saigon,
that Admiral Jonquleres, who went to
Kamranh bay In order to assure the
I observance of French neutrality by the
Russian Pacific equadron, has returned
to his flagship. The dispatch does no
state whether Rojestvensky's ships are
still at Kamranh bay, neither is there
any definite news reparding the pro
gress eastward of Nabogatoffs divis
ion. It is considered within the bounds
of possibility that Rojestvensky's ling
ering in Kamranh bay may be due- to
the conviction that Ntbogatoff will soon
Join him.
The Post's correspondent from
Shanghai declares that Shanghai Is
the headquarters of the Russian intel
ligence service directing the move
ments of RoJestvensky. The corre
spondent reports that the indications
are of a likllhood of the interned cruis
er Askold attempting to quit port.
A BRUTAL FATHER.
Giv Hi 3-Yar-Old Child Cigarettes
to Smoke.
SCan Francisco, April 20. R. H.
Merritt, a carpenter, was arrested yes
terday morning by Policeman Scott on
a charge of cruelty to a minor child.
for permitting his 8-year-old Infant
son to smoke cigarettes, Scott was
somewhat surprised to see the child
standing at the corner of Third and
Mission street with a cigarette between
his baby teeth.
MEETING POSTPONED.
Great Northern and O. R. & N. Co.
Officials in Conference.
Seattle, April SO. A meeting of the
high official of the Great Northern
and Oregon Railway & Navigation
Companies was held in the office of 3.
O. Farrell, assistant to President Hill
today for the purpose of discussing
matters of point interest In eastern
Washington. President Hill waa ex-
pected to be present, but waa called
hurriedly to New York after making
part of the Journey to the coast. Traf
fic arrangement and Invasion of new
territory in Idaho by the Northern
Pacific I said to have constituted th
topic of discussion. , The facial will
meet again soon.
MINE EXP0LI8I0N.
Fiv Men Reported Killed In Cabin
Creek Min.
Charleston, W. Va4 April SoAa mine
explosion in Cabin creek mine, near
Kayford. 30 miles above here, today is
believed to have resulted in the death
of five miner and fatally injuring
three other. The disaster I thought
to have been caused by a powder ex
plosion, the result of miners' care
lessness..
MORMON JUSTICE.
Jury Deliberating on a Verdict Ordered
. to Go Home.
Salt Lake City. , April 20. An un
usual proceeding in the United State
court was the . dismissal of a Jury,
which had not reached a verdict Af
ter deliberating for three hours with
out agreement the Jury were ordered
by Federal Judge Marshall, to go home
and return at 10 o'clock today to re
sume consideration of the case.
Brotherhood of Carpenters.
New York, April 20. Favorable ac
tion haa been taken by . the Greater
New York Carpenter" Association to
consider a plan for accepting charter
from the Notional Brotherhood of Car
penters. With Uie acceptance of the
charters a lockout will end which, has
kept several hundred men out of work
since last August Recently the trouble
between unions threatened to spread
also to other cities. '
HUNTING FOR BEAR
President Still Hunting Grizzlies
in the Rockies.
ONLY ONE BEAR BEEN SHOT
Camp Will B Moved Saturday and
Will Be Located on th Divide With
in Twenty Mile of Present Location
and Nearer Town of Newcastle.
Glenwood Springs, April 20. That
President Roosevelt 1 enjoying royal
sport in his hunt for Rocky mountain
grlxzlles is attested by Secretary Loeb,
who returned from the camp today,
having spent last night with the party.
While the only gam pulled down thus
far is the bear shot by the president
and the bobtalled cat shot by Dr.
Lambert there has been plenty of time
for recreation. Every day the dogs
have followed the trails that look
promising, showing that there-are more
bears in the vicinity of the camp than
are now being hunted. 1 The camp will
not be moved until next Saturday.
Then the party will locate on the west
divide creek within 20 mile of the
present location and four miles nearer
Newcastle. -
The point toward which the party 1
working is red stone, where the camp
will be broken on May 14. The private
car, Rocket will pick up the president
there and he will spend the night at
Glenwood Springs. The start home
will be made on May 15 with stops of
one day each In Denver and Chicago.
Secretary Loeb left Glenwood Springs
for. president's camp yesterday morn
ing with Elmer Chapman, the courrler
who brought out the first word from
the camp.
ANOTHER WITNESS.
Man Discovered That Will B Bene
ficial to Nan aPtterson.
Newark, April 20. The Vorwaerth.
a Jewish newspaper, received a card
from a Chicago man who says he
thinks he was a witness to the killing
of Caesar Young for which Nan Pat-
terson Is being tried in New York
city. He ays that Young hot Mm-.
selt
Japaneae Advanoing.
St. Petersburg, April 20. A tele
gram from the 'seat of war in Man
churia state that the Japanese armies
are advancing northward, preceded by
cavalry.
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