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ASTORIA, OREGON. THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1905.
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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.