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mm. 1 J UBLIBHf FULL AttOOIATIO Mill REPORT COVIRf) THE MORNINQ FWLD ON THt LOWER COLUMBIA ' J ......... ,- - SI . -,! , . VOLUME LVIV. NO. 197 ASTORIA, OREGON. THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1905. PRICE FIVE CENTS 0 iirrmitn IllililiSi -' NT V NT NT V W SATTLERESULT t:usu. - ... Captured Russian Battle Ships In Port. AFTERMATH OF BATTLE Japanese Only Lost Three Tor pdo Boats. All Battle, ships Are Intact. RpJESTVENSKY 1$ WOUNDED Captured Jbjr ifc J " and li Now In th Naval Hospital I mpsror et Japan lstut Congratulations to Togo Upon Grt Victory Aohlavod. Toklo, May SI. Admiral To) r porta that all the captured Russian ship unit to Kaaebu have arrived and their crew InmloJ. Rojestvensky was taken to th nuvul hnspltul. The r jrt that Vice Admiral Enqutst was raptured prove to have Iwen a ml tako, caused by misinterpretation of tha wlreles telegraph. Ity direction of tha emperor, Admliul Ito baa Instructed Tog to allow Nr. liogittcff and other Uuwlitn orflr M ttatismlt the report of the battle anil lint of casualties and prlHon ri to the emperor of Russia. Tha wtTWra of the battleship Orel and Nlkolul i,n,l the fount d'f'-nne ship Admiral Apruxlne unit Admiral Hi'itliivln r. wrmlt1'd t'j return to Russia un giving parole, The damnge to the Japanc tlret, To go any, wna alight. There wore only thne torpedo boat IomI. No warships or di-stroyer were sunk. The emperor leitued the follow IliR r'rrlpt to Tifo; "Our combined fleet ent'ouiuered the enemy's fleet In the Korean mriilto, nni after aeveral dnya' d' liperiiie battlt- an nlhllnte.1 It, uuconipllxtilnif nit unpre cednnled feet. AVe are gliut thiit by the loyalty of our officer ami rin-n we liave been able to reapond to (he plrlt of our aneeilora. Though the wur may 1mi long, w hoe you will be loyal and "brave and nee u re aucreaaful reaulta." To tha itnry the emperor laaued the following reeoflpta: "Our navy, with tha beit atrategj nd the greateat courage annihilated I the enemy'a atiuadron and anawered our hope. We appreciate deeply your aplendld auceeaa." ple. It Ik lt-lleved, however, that the emperor U deteitnlned on proaecutlng the war. The Runlun preaa, with few excep. tlona. are opttily Indignant and art attacldtiff tha bureaucracy, one paper aylng: Thoie guilty for Ruaalan da feat ehould be overwhelmed with ham.' THIATRICAL TRUIT. Twenty Four Maenbera to Stand Trial for Conspiracy. New Tork, May II. -Twenty-four membera of the t-called theatrical truat will have to aland trial upon charge of conspiracy In accordance with a decision rendered today by the city magistrate, Joseph Pool, In the West Side court. In a long pending complaint of Jumes 8. Metcalf. the dramatic critic, against the theatrical managera aeeoclatlon. Metcalf makes charges of conspiracy In that member of the aanoclutlon passed a resolution on January IS by which they areed to bar htm from their theaters. Among the better known are Klaw A Eriangee, Daniel Prohiiuin, CWld, Al Hayman, E. D. Btalr and Antone I'aeter. None of the managers were In court when the decision waa rendered, but tt la sttld they wilt be present at the dls trlct attorney s office tomorrow to ar range for bull. In his decision the mag istrate aild that th proceedings were brought by the district attorney under a section of the penal code relating to two or more persona conaplrliig to prevent a man from following his law ful cnltlng. PEACE RUMORS Question Discussed Infor mally by President. NO ACTION WAS TAKEN President and Members of Cabinc Discuss Question Without Result. A SUGGESTION FROM RUSSIA In New Tork city. alone are now In sured for J,212,OOO,OO0; Philadelphia. la Insured for. 1I,00.000, Chicago fllf.000,000 and Boston. tllt.OOO.OOO. In the (0 rtgular life Insurance companies on January 1 last 114,000,000,000 foroA In tEALEftS IMPRISONED. Ladies' Gold Tourney. !ondon. May 31. In tiie third roun of the Indies' gold championship 'romr today, MJss Mary B. Adtunt of Ronton beat Mis Duhus. four up an two to iy; Mia. W. II. Martin, Am erica, beat Mrs. Manland five Up an four to pluy. RUSSIA! COLLIERS Oftieers of Russian Navy Had No Heart in Their Work. ALTHOUGH WELL DISCIPLINED Mn and Officers Seemed to Be Inne ficient. But Evidently 8howed a Woefu Ignorance in Loading the War Ves sols With Coal and Supplies. London, May St. The Malt's Toklo correspondent aaya that the captain, of the RuRstiin cruiser Admiral Nuklm oq, now a prisoner, relates the follow ing story of the bRttle between tiie Japnnese and Russian fleets: Victoria, n. C, May 80. Advices re celved by the steamer Empress of Ja pan Include Interviews wl'.h the Oer man masters of collier which had been upplylng RoJ stvensky's fleet with coul when at Hoagkohe bay. The Ger man said that only on one or two of the Russian ship was there such dis cipline a on would expect on a war snip, ine omcer s emed fine men but disinclined for work. In coaling at Hungkohe bay the Rus sinn warships could not swing then gun In fur enough to allow the cot- "At S o'clock on the morning of May "27, suddenly ruid unexpectnlly we en- llier to go alongside and coal was car countered the enemy fleet as we were tried on with small boat at a rate of moving to Oieat of Tru ln'und. The 250 ton a day. The collier were all ateamed toward u and opened fire, heavily loaded; the Hamburg-Amerl Only 90 minute after the flrehig begun there wit a sudden shock ft It under Admiral Niiklmoff, and she began to Ink with great rapidity. My belief is nhe struck & mine or torpedo. My crew numbered 600 men .an J a ma Jorlty went down with the whip, a there wa no time to get the men on deck. In the engagement fought oft Llancourt Rock the Russian battle hip were surrounded by) Japanese hip which circled about theni, pour ing In a terrible fire' and almost Im mediately fell Into hopeless confuHlon St. Petersburg. May SI. Little hope for the RusHluns can be found In the hit et dlpntche regarding the naval battle of Tsu Island. Only four ves sel of Rojestvenalcy' fleet are known to have reached Vladivostok, the cruis er Almas and torpedo boat dtetroyer Oroany, Brava and TerosUhty. The full extent of the Russian losses are unknown here. ' Emperor Wednesday called Into ex traordlnary council Alexloff and nl! minister of state and a aerie of con ference took place a to the course to bet pursued. The result of these con ference are tn doubt, the minister returning to St. Peterburg observing cautious reticence a to what took enn liner even hod their first class cabins full of coal. EXCUSE FOR DEFEAT. Following Biblical Injunotion That All Mad Excuses. London, May Jl. The Shanghai cor- respondent of the Dally Telegraph says the completeness of the Russian defeat was largely due to a mistaken battle formation. Th armored hlp were on the starboard lde, the cruisers and gunboats on the port side. The Japanese main force, coming from the northwest, attacked the port line first and promptly threw It Into Unorder. Thin dlsoiganlsed the Htm board line. Thus the real action wa of very short duration, but the sinking of so many Ironclad and the surrender. Ing of other without fighting the "or respondent says, demand Investlga. tlon.. Boyeott Amerioan Produot. Manila, May SI. The Chinese cham ber of commence by a unanimous vote, has decided to stand tn line with the treuty port of China In boycottlnc American merchandise- In retaliation for the new exclusion treaty. No Definite Aetion Will Be Taken for Peace Proposal Until Russia Deid What Sh Will do and Japan Had Just a Soon Fight It Out Washington. May St. While th president ha discussed Informally the subject of peace negotiation with th member ot hi cabinet and some rep resentatlves of foreign countries at th capital, and In the near future will probably take up the matter with otta ers In thl connection tt can be sal authoi ttatlvely that no steps looking toward peace ha yet been taken by this government. That u n tep may b taken Is. r rude at quite likely, frut whatever action may be taken depends upon Information not yet In hand. That concerted action and effort on the part of aevtral Important power, Including the I'nlted State to bring bout a cessation of hostility In the far east may be very on made reasonably certain. The result of such an effort Is quite another matter. It l regurdrd a too soon yet. after the great naval bat tie fr KuHNtii to determine uion i definite course of action. At least, un til the St. Petersburg government shall have indicated what It desires may be. the probabilities are regarded as fav orable only to an Informal dlscuselon of peace. Japan la not taking any Interest In the discussion. If peace proposals are undertaken, the Innlatlve will have to come from Russian for Japan Is bet ter prepared today to continue the war thun ever before. QUIET IN CHICAGO. Oc No Disturbance of Imports no eurred During th Day. Chicago, May 31. The trlke today. contrary to expectation, waa very quiet, no riot worthy of name having taken place In any part of the city. There were a few fight; In none of them wa anyone seriously Injured. Preslden Shta of the teamster' union appeared before the gTand Jury this afternoon and wa questioned for two hours. He told the tory of the working of the International and local teumsters' unions. When questioned a to his nowledge of the blacklist maintained by the exprea companies against the teamafrs. but was unable to tell any thing tangible. He dtsnled that there aa any conspiracy on the part of the labor leaders and Insisted that much of the trouble In th street of the city had been caused by private detectives and other representative of the em ployer' association for the purpose of exciting sympathy against the atrlkers. Captured by Rul n a Charg of Unlawful Sealing. Victoria. B. C, May I L A tetter ha been received her from Habaro vk telling or th Imprisonment of Victoria aler and two American hunter In common with a- acore pt Japanese who were captured by Ruf ilfM 6n the Japanese achoOner Koyof ohl In Okhotsk e last August. They were each Mtilehced to one year and four month' Imprisonment for hiint inr fur seals, though captured on th high sea. Th sentence da: front February $ and will be served at Hab arovsk. DIDNT WANT THE JOB. No Man Found Willing to Be a Cabinet Offioar in Hungaria. Buba Peat, May II. The effort of General Baron Fejervary, formerly Hungarian minister of national defense to form a new cabinet have met with o much opposition .that he ha bee forced to dealat. He did not find a single man ready to Join a ministry under hi presidency. DENY THE ALLEGATION. Pullmn Cr Company Claim They Are Not Common Carrier. Topeka, Kan, May II. The Pullma Car Company, replying to a complaint filed against the company before the '.ate board of railway commissioner. alleging excessive rates, declare that the Pullman company 1 not a common carrier-. WCHISliS PLOT AVOIDSCANDAL Reward Offered for Stolen Letters. TO PREVENT SENSATION Offer $60,000 Reward, Ostensibly for Recovery of Jewelry by Wealthy Famiiy. SKELETON IN THE CLOSET Thousands of Dollar' Worth of Stock Crtifieat Stolen, But In Compari son to Private Latter Takn at th Sam Tim Are Insignificant. Attempt to Assassinate Presideo Loubet and King Alfonso. BOMB THROWN AT CARRIAGE Bomb Exploded Without Injuring the King or President, But 3tvsrl S0 dir Escorting Carriage, Wounded Many Arrests Have Been Mad. Prl, May II, Anarchists threw bomb at the royal carriage containing King Alfonso of Spain and President Loubet of France a they were leaving tne opera after a gala performance. The bomb exploded without Injuring either the president or king. Several soldier belonging to the escort wer ounded. A large number of arrests were made Including person believed o have ben Implicated In throwing th. bomb, and three persons suspected of ompnciiy in the plot, as the latter ere een under the archway of the Lourre with destructive engine a few Inutes btfore the explosion occurred New York, May 11. Offer of a 110,- 000 reward are published here today for the return of a packet of letter said to have been stolen from a wealthy fam ily who probably will never be men tioned in the affair unless a scandal should arise from an exposee of th letter content. Incidentally It 1 hoped to recover 160,000 worth of Jewel and many thou sand of dollar worth of stock cer tificates which were stolen at the same time a the. tetters, b-n tn compatrieoa) with the letters, the los of Jewelry 1 considered tnslgnicant. ' Every effort ha been made to kf ep the affair secret. Some time between March 11 and a few days ago an old- fashioned mahogany chfst was stolen from a safe where It wa kept for many years and held as the most valuable of the possessions of the women member of the family. A scandal in the form of a family skeleton hidden for 15 year from tha head of the housfhold wa said to have formed th? basis of the theft which Is believed to have grown oat of a new romance In the family. ine aeiecuves at worK on the cas say they confidently believe that the son of the household Is the thief for whom they ara looking. He i only atxtai 33 year old, a graduate of one of (he leading anlversttie. HM motive Is believed to be the ne cessity of maintaining the appearance of having1 A' large Income during his engagement fo" a wealthy young society woman. HI own family are opposed to the match and have limited hi al lowance; hence hi desire to acquire fund. The suspected man left town some time ago, but he 1 under survelllanci and the detective believe that the offer of a rich reward as made will procure the return of the letters. The contents of these missives Is unknown, even to the detectives In the case. LIFE INSURANCE. Companies Paid Out Millions of Dol lars on Insurance. New York. May II. In the current Issue of an Insurance Journal statis tics are presented showing that during the year 1904, the sum of 1371.642.577 as paid by American Life lnsutanct companies. In this distribution New- York shared 134,605.701. Chicago $9,- 6.486; Philadelphia $9,725,873 and Boston S6.927.665. New York state 1 ads. as does the city. The amount of Insurance dis tributed to residents of the state u N'evT York is 153,613.801; Pennsylva nia follows with 129,094.332; Massa- husetts flS.499.208 and Illinois with $15,068,834. Beneficiaries In foreign ountrles received" S-'O.OOO.OOO. Persons JAPANESE CHARITY. Prominent Citixen Sends $5000 to In dia Sufferer. Simla, India. May 31. The Jlnl Sim po, a newspaper of Toklo, has sent to Lord Cursan 15000 for the relief or sufferer In the recent earthquake with an expression of sympathy from the people of Japan for those of India, her well belov-eH allv" ImJ In nl reply, gave expression to the Anglo-Indian administration for Jap anese chivalry and heroism, declarln 'that recent events would not fall to draw the two peoples closer together. LOOKING FOR THE POLE. Various Expeditions Taking on Sup plies fori th Frozen North. Tromsoe, Norway. May 31. The arctic steamer Terra Nova has arrived here and will proceed next week to the relief of th Zelglr expedition on the Tmerlca, which la supposed to be at Fransjosefland. The member of the duke of Orleans xpedltlon hav arrived here also. HI steamer la coaling preparatory to sail ing for th Island of Noraya Zembla, where she will take od board sled dogs. etc. terned Russian cruiser Diana on a rival. Considerable Indignation was expressed by th pre of Saigon and Hong Kong In consequence. TROUBLE WITH LOO BOOfcL Seriu Trouble at St John, N. B, and Shot Are Fired. ' 8t John, N. B, May SI, It Is report. ed In Frederlcktoa that serious troubl ha arisen about IS mile above Grand Falls on th St. John river becanse of th St. John Lumber Company" log? boom. A Canadian lumberman la said 9 have cut th boom. In the troubl which followed with th Americans, a hot waa fired, but by wh.lcj fide Is not known. , Van Burefi, iie May JL A Can adlan log driving contractor blew up up with dynamlt on Sunday Sneer boom belonging to Americans on the river 8L Johji. and; ps)) up the) river with hi boat. At th next beem he waa met by an armed party of American and waa driven back. The contractor said he wa acting under instruction to clear th Hver for navigation. They Ought I Get It Pari, May JL The foreign office absolutely denies the rumor that Dr. Monono, whose government ha de manded from France the sum of $100, 000,000 as damage for French breaches of neutrality In connection with th voyage of Admiral Rojestvenskys fleet. Dalles High School Reunion. The Dalles. May IL Last evening; the high school graduate held their annual reunion in Odd Fellowes haft. The banquet was attended by teacher of the public school and member of the alumni residing ln the cly, be sides a number of nonresidents. CHANGE IN CABINET JAPANESE ORDER SUPPLIES. Big Contract Awarded to Several New York Firm. , New York, May 31. Contracts amounting to fully $5,000,000, calling for shipment with all dispatch of elec. trlcal equipment, machine and tools, have been placed In this market on Japanese account. The orders were mostly closed by the New York rep resentatives of Japanese firms. The machinery Is for installation ln the principal government shipyards and arsenals. Because of the Inauguration of a war tax ranging from S per cent 10 per cent on various foreign equipments entering Japan after July most of the orders call for shipments overland to the Pacific coast. Charles J. Bonapart Appointed Secretary of the Navy. SECRETARY MORTON RESIGNS Sacrata-y Shaw Ha Indicated Hi In tention of Retiring From the Cabinet and Secretary Moody Ha Consented to Renain Eighteen Months. BRUTALITY OF OFFICERS. ussian Sailor Desert Ship and Swim Ashore on French Coast, Victoria. B. C. May 31. Mall advices from Hong Kong tell of a liberal trans lation of neutrality by the French po lice, who captured three deserter from the Russian battleship Borodino, who swam ashore 65 miles south of Kam ranh bay becaues, as they claimed ot the brutality of their officer. The three men took passage for Sai gon on a French steamer and were im prisoned on board and turned over t Prince Lev'n, commander of the In Washington, May II. Prealdeor Roosevelt today authorised the an- nouncement that Charles J. Bonannrtu of Baltimore will be appointed eeere. ary of th navy to succeed Paul Mor, ton, who earlier in the day Mated that he would retlr on July 1, o as to go to New York to take chars of for the construction of the subway system for operation In connection, with the surface lines. The president also authoriied the statement that another change In the personnel of the cabinet was likely to take place ln the near future. Secre tary Shaw has already Indicated hi Intention of retiring from the cabinet. probably next February. Rumors of the retirement of Attorney General Moody has been published but It la understood to be his Intention now to continue in the cabinet for a year and. a half and perhaps longer. To all ex cept Roosevelt's closest friends and ad visers the announcement of the selec tion of Bonaparte as the head of the navy comes as a distinct surprise, al though it has been determined upon by the president for some time In antici pation of Morton's retirement In al) the gossip he has never been suggested as Morton's possible successor. ALLEGATION DENIED. Mr. Jam Brown Potior Denie That Money Wa Left Hr. London, May 31. Counsel represent ing Mrs. James Brown Potter sent a letter to n wspapers today saying there Is no truth In the statement that Al fred! Fossick had left her money. Fossick Is a lawyer who Is charged with misappropriating $60,000 and who Is, It Is charged. Informed plaintiffs counsel that he had left the money t Mr. Potter. Counsel for the latter says she had no knowledge of any of the circumstances connected wlih the charge against Fossick until a ft days before his arrest.