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COVER TNC MOANlNa FILO ON THI LOWIft COLUMBIA " UBUtHKt FULL ABBOOIATID RBPQRT Jj V v-,MV.T,ii., Uj. li-Ji. jj t t f ASTORIA, OREGON. SUNDAY, 1!AY 7 105. : PRICE FIVE CENTS RUSSIAN- BA1D Rasslan Squanron .trac- tlcally Mttl"' RUSSIANS (, CONFIDENT Believed That RojestveruKy and 1 Nebogatoff Fleeti Are to ,..? WILL. REACH VLAD1VOSTOCK With Both Fleeta United ind Vledl. ' votK eHevd Tht Tn,Wl Not Dr to Off1 Battle, and That Rui.n Fitot wm vvi.l . .vM It 8t Iatrburr, Ma. NabotatolTa ,,,,(i,in with ltoletvenky la ho " Ci.iulJf r.l hy tha admiralty aa proO' tkolly , Muri and( hopa for a auc I cnfut Iwut'ln tho approai hlng atrlg . jria'for nmatrry of th aa hua bean 5rotl ncouruNl. NahOfatolf la ta gnr4J aa tho Pluchor of tho oHunllon, ; IfKamlnura, Jlko Orouchy at ,Wat. " fuin to cravont a-iunctura ot tha Ituwlan fleot, aa tbo admiralty ba llavaa ha haa tha Improiailon la atrom v that Togo vlll not dura to Hk an Mn biittla aaalnat tho united, dlvla Um Rojcatvedky and Nobogatoft tun but protevtJbemMlveo from wr , fxjdo attack and poibly long rang action., being prepared to draw oft In th. vnt.that ho la unable to ntak n impreaaton! ' Naval offlcera are prepared to aeo Rojeotveneky looae batf of bla lonvoy. but In tha face ot'a united dlvleloa It I believeJ that Togo can accomplish mil. or no'.bhia In tho way of an op- IMMltlon to tha aJvanct of tha Ruaalan !.! t Vliul vootok ana no mum o ontnt with tho aid of tho army and makt Vladivostok another Port Ar- thun. If the Heet reache Vladlvoatok i.rt.npt. however, tlio naval fflc iir. tiulm the victory won. Although there la little mora than 10,000 tone of coal at Vladivostok with rtfnforca?. menta of the fleet by Oromobot, Roa la and Dogatyr, and the torpedo boata now in harbor there: they claim thai Jtojeatvenaky tould drive TofO off the aa and leave Oyama a army atranaca in Mutchurla. ... . .. . ' There la a atrong Intimation that "'BolHverveky haa aomethlng up ,hla Sleeve which mayVpwwa a aurprla . Thla poaalblltty la tha dlveraon of ;aome of the faat converted cruloera fliUo the raclfto ocean to raid Jap anea commerce. Thla la from Ruaalan I a la alao. poAibla that Togo haa aomethlng up hla eleeve. Ha la ap. porently ; aaylng nothing and , hla "ahereabouta are unknown to any of the admiralty, but It la believed that h la not aoleep.'. ... V 8lmultaneouly with the Increaalng Uenalon over the approach of a aea battle, la; the- newa that .Oyama "la ;jrealng the 'Rueelnn right along the ' Wao river, horth 'of Fakomart, aa It x getting ready to begin 'a general en- yagement. ; ' ' ' WHERE II PAT CROWE? Ho Turned up In Omaha Myatarloualy . and Departed iama Way. " Omaha! May l.-nft.a myaterloua aa waa hla returh to thla city by Pat Crowe, tha alleged kidnaper of Eddie Cudahy four year ago, haa.been hla midden dieappearance, 'Vv'hcn ha left ' tha offlca of tho local new paper Fri day night he remarked that he wao "going to the home cf hla brother In Council muffa, but ha waa not located i tber today. EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN. CongreBatlonat Minlewy of New Eng land Oopoae Rockefeller' Qlft. Boaton, May i. What la' deacrlbed KduffttionoJ, .Campaign ," , vUJ.be. fJrd ey ms committee senna tor vun- grfatioal Minister of JJew England, wh6 protested fttaftut the aacestanc of John D. Rochofellet'r gtfl of Ia 06 by th American CwH of CiafuMg-, alonern .for . Foreign M lesion. . TTit commUtt JH!1 mlt tr7 ConiTrUoaJ cbuuh ind try Con ffroffAtional ctorrrman In tho UItI fit tio four etreutara.. Ono of them to a lotttr xpUIttln tho tctmna, alithr la a aomoa tBtklHi ("Th r BpWt f owot" 'nntt jlatlvrM"lr Kit. A. . llarnoa f Now Ravon, Cnrt, whllt another la tha work of tha pro fiting cotnmttto and baara tha cap tion, ;Tba lawia Dafora tha ChtwtV BRITTS NEXT flOMT. 'f MatcKbJ : With Battlelng Nalaon far Irat af July. fun'rranclaoo. Maf i-Rapreaanta- tlve of Jimmy BHtt. tha lightweight champion, anS . DaiUolna; Nalaon mat toda, and , agreed to meat next wed neaday afternoon and algn artlclea for a match between tha w pugUlata The flrht la to take plae ia thla elty tha laat weak la Jun or. flnrt week In July. ' Upon auggeetlon; made " by Charlla Mitchell. thanntfccMlngent cona'nted to a forfettyro ot th chant nlonahlD" title to Nelaon In Una event of BrIU'a fallui to cover Nelaon'a for felt of $3109 poated today. i ewMWMoaaaaaaaaaaaaiaaaaaioMa Vrance DENIES IT. Have Net, Violated tha Neutrality Lawi jtt tha.Natlono. ;f btTPfteraburtr. May I. Private ad- vkea from .Parla aay that the gover nor of Indo-Chlna,, M. Bean, report renewed Japan complaint of a vio lation of tha French neutrality are uni Ifounded. "M :"T ' A fur leaving Kamranh Pay. they nay a, ItoJtvnkf ptopped no where In French watere over U houra Tha hargea -of ahlpplng contraband from Saiiron to . thaRuaatan fleet. la being Inveatlgated. " . J.V PRESIDENT RETURNS Roosevf It and Party Arrive at I P !-. " - ;4 ADDRESSES A LARGE CROWD Thank th. People af Colorado for Permitting Hie to Enjoy Hie Vaca tion Within tho States and Advocate , Irrigation Projeoto for the Stat. blenwood' Spring, 'May a. Rising at :S0 a. m. In the wild mountain carop. l 'mllea from" New Caatle, President Rooaevelt today rode In'th oaddla iO mile 4o ..thla city. He Ar rived at 1:10 d. m.. visited, the ha. vnnor bath and iad luncheon In 'bla apartmenta, ' He jUso participated; In a local program and made an aodreas to the vlllagera; had dinner with a rew frlenda Jo hla .pnlv'ata dining car; worked with Secretary; Loeb on lm- nortant matter of atate and retired at an early hour. He, will pass a quiet Sunday 'and atari for Washington, on, Monday, toiornlnr. . " " '' ;f i Tt hunt waa remarkably aucoen. ful. considering the fact that tho pe-rtj had lea than one week of gooa weatn er. The balance of, the time they were In the mountain tha huntera nuddled aiwund camp flrea, trying to get away from the aevera atorma that mad lira In the wllda-anything but pleasant. I Thi wek ten bear and, lour oon cue were taken by . th party" during ih bunt' Of the beora killed tha pre- Ident got four and Tr. Lambert, the others. Most of Lamber'a were email and wer referred to by the president aa "Lambert'a Dollla aet" t ' ' T : Tha presidents greeting to the P?o Die of Olenwood Spring took place from tho elevated court In. tha hotel Colorado. The , apectator too.i on- th ground below. Mayor Parkinson Introduced tho chief executlv r and the crowd cheered. ' After a moment he bdean to aneak. Th , afllrosif waf, hont but he told the people how much he believed In Colorado; Indorsed tn ilitlonal irrlguVbh; prflecta.a well a1 pTtvata enterprise which wa an- mially enriching1 tho atate, and tnanked the Colorado clttaen for permitting him to enjoy "a thre week taxation. VlLUAIiiS WINS 1 tl . ... i , If.' csult'Of PQrtiana m imartr Z ft fit Inn "'VSt 11141 J JLlVWUUUe RETURNS INCOMPLETE Mayor Wiliiarm Wiil Have Majority or About une irtousana ? T,':,"ti:.' vwt " lor Piayor. ' DEMOCRATS ALSO NOMINATE A Light Vote Polled After One of the Moat Spirited and Exciting City Primary Election Held Under' the . m-i I S ... Now uirooi rnmagr kw, Portland. May l.Moyor George H. U'llilara waa renominated for .mayoi of Portland today by the republican party In the direct primary election oy a bluraJltr or iww r. niur received practically tho unanlmoua nomination by the democrata. Notwlthatandlng conalderabla Inter- eat waa manlfeat the election paeoed off ouletlv. . When It waa found that the oaloon element had wltched from Uerril loWIllama tber waa no doubt .. tn tha reault of the oonteet. Tha voter preferred WllHama conserva tive policy toward the oaloona to Mer. Ili a open town policy. It lo believed that the contending republican fac tion wilt auppait William at tha election. . , BREWERS' STRIKE. Effort Will B Made to Bring For- eign Beer Into Seattle. Seattle, May .The proprietors of breweries Involved In the . stwke throughout "western Warilngton will meet 4 Seattle tomorrow. It la now claimed that the meeting Is called for th purpose of cleaning up routine bualneas but special Interest I at tached to It by th strikers. The Joint executive board having tn strlk in charge Is extending the boy cott. Arrangement are being made to bring Into Seattle beer manufac tured by foreign firms. In this way, by Datronlslng saloons that sell for. elgn beer, not controlled by th brew. ery trust the striker expect to bring th proprietor to terms. ' f OREGON LUMBERMEN. m Moot in Portland Yestsrdoy and Per " foot Organliatton. " . Portland,' May I 'pe Oregon LuV,- ber Manufacturers' -, Association ras. organised yesterday by the lumbermen fepreijentlng a dally output of 400, 000 feet Of tutnber.. The" organisation Includes mills In all the counties of Washington, and -Oregon, bordering on the Columbia river. ' , , ?M ; The following were' elected officers Of tho association: Phillip Buehrier, president; L.J. Wentworth, Portland; W. R. Hume, Astoria; George R. Kelly, Eugene: :c W." Thompson. - Cascaite Locks; and I t. Simpson, North Bend, vice presidents; ; F. C, Knapp,- treas urer,' and George M. Cornwall of Port land, secretary. t , m ' The association discussed trade con ditions and agreed by those present to ask better price. No stipulated price waa agreed upon. , , Te Arbltrst;SVik,' " ' BDrlngfleld. May I. Although not formally agreed to, it la believed that Governor Deneen will act a the third mr)nber ,of ,,tha arbitration, commit tee to aettle the teamsters' strike In Chicago. ,' . . OKLAHOMA "CYCLONE. Littl Town of Owl Pretlcally Wiped Out "Today. ' Oklahoma City. May I. The detail of a cyclone which nearly wiped out the little town of Owl, t T yesterdaj afternoon, place the number of per sons seriously Injured at seven, one fatally. .,,'' Th Injured wer In tha schcolhouse when the torm atruck and th bullJ Ing collapwd, pinning many children In tha deorl. fleveral of them alrnoet mtrfaoutoualy eecaped ' death. The kualnoM portion of th town waa, ai- moat toteOly destroyed. ., Th property leaaeo amount to About J7,aoo. BROUGHT REFUGEES. ' Japan Liner lya Maur Rehe SoaHl ' Wltk;Prianara.t ?-' Seattle, May -On the'Jfpan liner lyo Mara, whlcb mchad port laat nlgbt-' from the 'orient, came aa paa aehgera Cap'ain ; Wateon, "formerly maater of th Brltlah tramp ateamer Wyefletd. 1 CapUin, Olboon, who' com- Mded the Sylvanla and Captain Me Kensie 'of th' Bcotaman. All' tare war captured In ait attempt to ran tha VkullvoAok blockade with contra band cargo, and all loot - their ahlp through th doclalon of tha Magaaka prtie court . ih , ti Captain Wataon atatod that If It had not been for the ice ha and oihora would aav bean enceeaafnl for at th time they entered tho waters la tbo vicinity of th Russian port titer waa not a Japanese cruiser In eight Tho to waa too thick. However, all effort to gat through being; bootless, and whan the ahlp managed to get on Into open water they ran directly Iota tha arme of tha Japanese. Steamer Stuok in Ice. North Sydney, B: C, May I. Word waa brought hero today by tha etearo r Bruoe,' that th Canadian Paclfie t earner. Lake Cbamplaln. bound from Liverpool to Montreal, was fast In tha lc it milt northwest of Cape Ray, N, P. Tha Champlala ha 1500 passen ger. : . " : ;. ; I Child Burned. . 'Chattaroy. . Wash- May . While Ada,' he -year-old daughter of Free. man tSanley, waa playing around the blaatng stumps, her clothing caught Are and eh waa ao badly burned that she died In terrible agony a a'ew hourt biter, i ''-A'C! "'..: 4 SIEZED BY Russian Torpedo Boats Capture Sailing Vessel and Burn It THE CAPTAIN IS IMPRISONED Their Object Waa to Torpedo tho Jap- snsso Patrol at Night and Plan a Division , So , That Roj'eotvensky' Fleet Would Ba Able to Reaeh Port Toklo, May I, 1. A. M. Four Rus sian torpedo boat destroyers from Vladlvoatok appeared r, westward "of Hokkaido, oft 8utsu yeaterday.t - They aelied and burned a email sail ing vessel and Imprlaoned thi captain and disappeared to the northwest They , were' evidently returning , to Vladlvoatok. , There la a possibility that they have destroyed other small craft, although no reports to that .'ef fect have been received. ' The object of their visit is not clear. It la thought that probabl they hoped to torpedo th Japanese , patrol at night and It la alao suggested that the Vladivostok vessels plan a dlversloh to assist the fleet of -Admiral RojesU vensky. . ,.r , .; .. . , 1 , CONTROL OF MANCHURIA." Chinese Official Oppose tho Japanese ' - Opening Manohuma. , Victoria, B. C May . Mall advices from Japan Include " an epitome Of opinions of phlnese statesmen wired fnom Pekln to the Toklo Asahl to tn effect that Chinese officials would not consider It a wise step on th part Of Japan to Insist on th opening of Man churia. The Chinese consider it na tural that Japan should expect to tak over leases granted to Russia of Port Arthur Dalny, Harbin, etc., but con older that China would oppose such a sten . until the matter Is considered. Th official tate It to be the Inten tion of China to station 60.009 troops In Manchuria when peace I restored They aay Chin will not seek th In tervention of a , third power to set le the Manchuslan question, but hear that the powers may Intervene ' with dis RUSSIAN advantage to, both Japa nand China, i HONORXiHT toaquctsTIirowiibyAmcr- ica APPROPRIATE ADDRESS Vl.w J J Drl4 tn5 '",MMJjne; and1 read from hi recrot Roosevelt Toasted in Elo- AMERICAN AND ENGLISH UNITY . i.; England Prominent Stateamon Pay a Glowing Tribute to America and tho Friendly ' Relation " Existing ' to Which Ambassador Cheate Reeponda - London, May? . The banquet tn honor of Retiring, Ambassador J. H. Choate In the Mansion house last night was sprea4 In the Egyptian hall which was drapc-I with the banners of past lord mayors and the Bags ot the col onlea Arranged behind the lord mayor and Mr. Choate waa the corporate plate centerpiece ' crossed by A hug aword and mace, while the smaller pieces ot this wonlerfut silver - aervtce Includ ing the encrmoua loving cup were ned on tho tables. " Th rich red unlformsj of tha ar.ny offic togefie with thoee cjf members of ; the municipal government and a yast ataff ot red- coated powd'red r household4- attend ants, made a fala scene. -i " f.- The archbishop of Canterbury pro- nouncetl grace and- '1 benediction. The aged lord mayor, a white-bearded picturesque figure, In his rich cos tume, roao and toasted (he King ana queen. Sir Henry Campbell-Banner-man proposed "The President" eulog izing him ao a "geunino typical cnar acter of America, an official friend ot peace, though pernapa not a quiescent disposition." " " " ' Premier Balfour, In toasting Mr. Choate, said: "No greater honor could have been done than to have proposed this toast He congratulated th lord mayor on being the host'oZ Great Britain on thi memorable occasion. Mr. Choate,1 he said,' had been with Briton In day of mourning1 and rejoicing, of disaster and of victory, not only a th repre sentative of a great state, but ever ready to' take hla" part In any phase ot . British public life no connection with politics and. had. ever played hi part with distinction. He hoped Mr. Choate would ' carry away with him much more thluoi merely diplomatic idea, . ; ' ;". ; ; I Mr. Balfour dilated on the close r- lationa between the two countries and the common sentiment of amity which survived always despite the mistake of official leaders. He said that with the lapse ot decade the old bitterness had been lost In the historical past; that ... . all causes of difficulty had vanished and that there had emerged slowly but surely a feeling Of common brother hood, the surest prospect, he ventured to think, of International peace and progress. Jn conclusion Mr. Bailout said this farewell to Mr. Choate was not formal and official, but came from their hearts.' ' ' f '; i On rlslnff Mr. Choate was greeted with rounds ot applause.' He spoke at considerable length and with much feeling. He said that he waa home sick and glad to be returned to his natlvo land, where old friends were diminishing as fast as new ones were making here. If he remained much longer, he wild, he would have a worse llsease 'than homesickness, ' najnely, Anglomania. -An American president had once wisely said that he would no trust an ambassador In England more than four years;' because the English would spoil htm. They would not spoil him - as the children of Israel spoiled the Mldlanttes? but contrarywlso. by heaping compliments and benefit or '.hem. He said ha did not dare trus' himself to 'peak of the honor he felt 'n being tha guest of such an assembh gathered " to say farewell ; JAlthougl too much credit baa been attribute o mr,", Mr. Choate said, "ton the hap- rf and delightful relations now exist - ng between, the two countries. ,If I ave contributed to maintain what 1 'ound on taking rup my pest th last dx yar will be. the proudest of my Ifo. Th ks ytasssa-tag 1 happy itato of affairs between tho countries Joes hot belong to any ambassador, Mtt the two men responsible for their relations are Lord Landown and Mr. aay. 1 feav never' been called Jn to th presence of th king or Bis filturtiioua consort without finding (hem also full of friendship for the country I rp reeent The king Instinct for peaca are unerring' And hi genius for con ciliation 'perfect, as be has shown tho world In recent week.' 1 ; J ' f Before concluding Mr. Choato' paid a tribute to Whttelaw Reid, his succes sor as ambassador at tha court of St rop " mwuaaor " inecoun speech in New' Tork aa a worthy intro duction of the new ambassador. 'Ho' said" the' BrltlsK people would find that his successor and old friend had be . a lifetoni advocats Of frfendlr rata tloos between Great' BrNatn and tho United' States.'"''"- ' Mr. Choate will be formally called to the bench of the Middle Temple on May I, when H U expected Kins; Ed ward, who Is also a bencher." Vllt b present ' This i Is a ' purely prtvato function." -j .-w. ' . ' ' REFQRM 1M CMINA. 1 " Government Will Do Away With Cruet ' and Inhuman Punishment New Tork. May I A recent mei morlal preseted by Wu Ting Fang, former minister at ' Washington,' has, Just been ; confirmed, cables the Pekln correspondent of the Herald.' .'Whip ping a a punlchment 1 abolished, and Imprisonment at hard labor la sub stituted for minor offenses. ' 1 w Young offenders will be confined separately from criminals and will be taught some trade. " Prisoner will be ted by the government ' ' ' ' "' The memorial refers to America and European laws, showing the bad re sults of whipping and the great Im provement duo to Ughter punishments and the" employment of prisoners at useful jtradea . . ". '. PHILIPPINE POUCY 1 V Secretary Taft Replies to pritics on Administration, 1 CHINESE ARE NOT NECESSARY Claimed That tho Government Is ' pending Too Muoh Money on Edu cation and That Thor Wars , Too Many Offioeholdor in the Island. Washington, M4y . Secretary of War Taft former governor" of tho Philippines, talking Informally before th national geographical society about the conditions In the archipelago, re plied to criticisms that have been made by Englishmen of the administration and conditions existing In the Islands. The criticisms were to the Effect that 'the American government spent too . . . . much money In education; alleged there were too many public offlcera there; ' referred to tha" lack of good roads, criticized tha civil eervlce, and thought 'that the government was too expensive and referredto the question of Chinese Immigration. The secretary replied with vigor to the criticisms made, ; declaring that ln-vlew otthe peculiar condition existing they 'wero not , well , . founded. Secretary . Taft argued against the contention that It was necessary to admit Chinese to tho Philippines In order to build up th Islanda, 1 There was. a deep feeling against the Chinese,, of whom there there now 50,000 In the Archipelago. Filipino labor hs was confident waa capable'of being trained effectively for the development of the Islands. Whllo the Islands may develop more slowly with Filipino labor, that development, he said, will be much more advantage ous to them. " : '": ' ; ; ) : Quiet in Warsaw. : " Warsaw, -May . Yesterday passed without disorders. Governor General Vaslmovttch left the castle fojr a Wve about" th city for the nrst"tlme ilncet last wetji. His carriage wa preceded and followed by tnong Je tachraeat of Cowacks. In a circular aa ;Tnairi uun o ym 'i i i f ? ' p a i 1 1-1. M