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VOLUME LV1V. NO. 201
ASTORIA, OREGON. TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 1905.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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SHIPS TO STAY
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1 Czar's Battleships Remain
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AN ULTIMATUM IS SENT
PrtMnf PrmtrvtU Notifies Ad
miral Train of Washington
Decision. .
WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE WAR
Ordtri at In Strict Puriuanct of tht
Strict Neutrality Observed by Thii
Comnnrat tad Shlpa r cot l
'Condition to Laavt tht Port.
Washington, June 5. Secretary Tift
oday cabled Governor Wright at Manila
to Inform Admiral KnqnUt that,
Irt
triet pursuance f the lnUmaUoB4
HUcjr adopted by this government, he
Mill be. allowed to intern hit ship, th
Aurora, Obg and Jemtchug, at Mauita
In cam ha de not adopt ihl entire
his only alternative, after the period a!
lowed by International law ha expired
will be to put to tea. '
It la fully aiparted here that Admiral
Enqulat will declda to Intern hi ship
and order bar been lued fur Admiral
Train to taka charge of tlit detail, of In
ternment, if the Russian government da
ldee to follow thla policy.
Tha president's decision regarding tlu)
disposition of tha Russian vessel at Ma
nila, that they thai Intern or put to wa
la, it la aald here, in immUm with th
bent naval opinion, and U in purtuane
of the policy of itrit't neutrality follow
ad by tha Washington government from
the beginning of tha war. It wa pe
clflcally dwlared that there wa no In
tentloa to ahow tha alightest favoritism
1b tha matter, and everthlng possible will
be dona for tha oomfort of tha wounded
Ruaaiana. The ahlpa when interned will
of courae, be allowed to be put in habl
table Condition and auch repalra ai art
nereeaarr to keen them afloat will be
.allowed.
Tha derlalon of tha preaident wat an
nounred after conference with Seere
tarle Morton and Taft. Aa eoon a See.
retary Taft returned to the war depart
ment, he made public tha aubatance of
hla instructions to Governor Wright, who
is the medium of communication between
-tha Washington government and Admiral
Haquist. Rear-Admiral Converae, chief
of the bureau of navigation, personally
took charge of the preparation of instrua
tiuna to Rear-Admiral Train, who i U
be In aupreme charge of tlie details of
internment, thla lielng the practice fol
lowed when the Lena put into port at
San Francisco, and was interned under
the direction of the commandant of tha
Hare Inland Navy Yard. It ia expected
that Admiral Enqulst will forthwith de
tide to intern, in view of the bad condit
(Ion of hiit veatl.
Ho far aa can be learned the Japanese
government baa ahown no concern re
gardlng tha couraa of action to 1 tuken
by thia government. Mr. Takahira, the
Japanese miniHter, aald today i
"We have every confidence that tha
policy to be followed wiH be in atriet
accord with the neutrality ao carefully
maintained by the Washington govern
ment." CHINESE RETALIATION.
"Will Withdraw Contract! From Ameri
can Development Companies
New York, June 5. A dispatch to the
Herald from Tterlin asaert on what ia
claimed aa "the highest authority," that
an intrigue ia being actively worked in
China, backed by powerful Chinese offi
cials, the object of which ia to withdraw
forcibly or otherwise, the concisions to
the American-China Development Com
pany, In which New York and Belgian
llnaticli-ra aro Interested, for building aJI
the iniMrtnt railroad between
iow and Canton.
Ilaa-
,. Tha withdrawal of tha concaaalon U la
Uoded, tlu correapondent deelarea, to be
the flrat atrong atep toward cloaing the
"open door."
Report of a almitar nature were cir
culated laat January whan it wa aald
tha Chineta government threatened to an
nul tha frauchbx becauaa tha American
ayndicata had aold a controlling interett
to European. ,.-,..,.; ''
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rOXIICK VISITORS. " j I
!f York Hotita Crowdad With Vlait
! on From Foraiia Countrlaa.
Ntw York, June 8. Motel kev-ra of
tlii eity report that never ia their fl
perienca ha there been auch an influx of
foreign viaitore to tha metro poll. Cur
aory fumination ahow that there ia
hardly a hotel lobby where one may not
hear aeveral foreign languagea nor a via
Itor which tear nawce of leu than four
or Ava nation,
While tlii i the aeaioa of the annual
vi.it. of the buaineaa men from Houtb
Amerkw and the Weat Indira, hotel man
agera aay their coming doe not account
for tha unuaual atate of affair, a feature
of which la tha large number of r'rem h'
men. The people of Franca have not
been given much in the paat to traveling
In Angelo faxon eounlriea, but thia tra-
dtlon teem to be breaking down and
the era of cordiality between France and
ling laud appear to have a rcftcx effect
here. Whatevpr the cauae, the French
language ia mora frequently hoard in
New York hotel foyer than ever before
DR. LANE ELECTED
Democratic Candidate for Mayor
in Portland Elected.
LANE'S MAJORITY ABOUT 2000
Rtturoi Coming la Very Stow and Will
Taka AU Right to Complete the Count
bat Mayor WUUama Conotdea tha Elec
tioa of Lant ai Mayor.
Portland, June t Election return are
coming la very alow and will probably
take all night to count. Sufficient vote
have been counted to aaaure the election
of Lane, democrat, over William, re
publican, by about 2,000 majority.
Eleven precinct complete: Lane ,808,
William, 838.
Stated at republican headquarter that
out of 4,300 vota counted Lane lead by
200.
With about three fourth of the vote
counted, Incomplete return. 53 precinct
out of 68 give Lane 5,550, Williuma, 4,.
859. . . .
Portland, 1.30 A. M. Mayor William
concede the election of Lane, democrat
aa mavor of Portland.
SQUADRON WITHDRAWN.
Order for the Fourth Russian Squadron
to Return Home.
Hamburg, June 4. New reached here
from Lilmu that the Herman aeamen em
ployed there for ervlce with the fourth
Ruaitian aquudron, which it wa intended
to aend to the far et, ha received or
der to return home a the contract ha
been cancelled by recent event. Thia la
considered proof that Ruania has definite
ly-abandoned further effort to wrest tho
sea power from Japan.
R0JESTVENSKY IMPROVING.
Russian Admiral Improving In the Jap
anese Hospital
Tokio, June 5. Saebo, of the naval
hoapital, reported that Admiral Kojeat-
ennky'e condition are favorable,. Pulne
and temperature continue normal. No
nign of brain complication. On the In
wide of tne right thigh there i a large
inline as large as half a hand and alo
pierced wound In the left foot. No
gtut of pun. ,
TALK OFPEACE
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Indemnity is Important
Question.
NOTHING DEFINITE YET
Roosevelt's Proposition Hat Not
Been Submitted to Rnssian
Emperor.
ALL COUNTRIES INTERESTED
President and Japanese Minister Havv
Another Conference at White Honae
bat nnabla to Consider Question Until
Russia ia Heard From.
Washington, June 4. eFare in the far
ea.t waa the aubject of another confer
em at the White Ilouae between Preai
dent Roowvelt and Mr. Takahira, the
Japanese miniater. Thla was the third
conference of tlie day which the presi
dent bad on the subject. Juerin, the
French amboaaador, and Mr. Obieru, the
BritUh charge de affaire, having been
caller at the White Houe thia morning.
Takaharia railed at the White Houaa
ahortW after 9 o'clock tonight Thu
far the miniater ha not been able to telj
the preaident except in the moat general
and unofficial way what Japan ia likely
to demand of Ruiuia when the latter can
be brought to diacna peace. Even the
minister himself ha no idea of what
Japan'a indemnity will amount to.
Preaident Rooeevelt waa unable to give
Takahira and intimation of how Ruaala
viewed the anhilation of her fleet and
until Count Caini' report on hla vlait
to the White Iloue ha been received by
St. lVteraburg, no further progreaa to
ward peace can be made in that direction,
In the meantime, with the aaaiatance of
Takharla, the preaident ia acquainting
himaelf on the aubject of peace. It i
realised by the Washington government
that the Mikado has a formidable war
party to cope with and thia ia one reason
why it ia difficult for Tokio to give Wash
ington definite information about what
term would be in the light of Togo'a
latest victory.
Regarding the general situation it can
be announced that Europe regards Prea
ident Roosevelt as the most available
medium for the preliminary communica
tions between St. Petesburg and Tokio,
and Count Cassini, the Ruaatan ambaaaat
dor, and Takharia are both convinced
of the presidents sincerity and friend-
line to both beliggcrenta in hia con
ference regarding the ending of the war.
DIVERS' NARROW ESCAPE.
Waa Imprisoned Under the Water for
Twenty-four Houra.
Chicago, June 8. A dispatch to the
Tribune from Canton, Mo., aaya:
, After being Imprisoned for twenty-four
hours, loaded down by a diver' armor
and under 15 feet of water, Daniel Hayes
ha been brought to the surface in aa
unconscious and almost dying condition.
He la a professional diver and has been
employed to remove the brush and de
bris from the immense pipe which serves
at times of low water to drain Lima lake
and transfer it surplusage to the Mis
sissippi river.
While at work Hayes waa sucked un
der the pilo of refuse and over agalnsj
a boulder in a way which prevented him
from loosening himself from the tangleU
hose which held him down.
In signalling to the men in charge of
the air pump he could not let them know
his location, aa the air hose being wraped
around the rock, caused deceptive bub
bles to come to the aurface.
Mayor Mciga, engineer in charge of the
iver improvements, scoured the country
for a diver to go in search of Hayes, but 1
waa unabbt to find one' until nearly 24
hour tutd elapM-d.
When, after an hour hard labor, tho
Impriaonnd diver waa re leaned, hi aui
waa found to be leaking, and he would
have bees drowned bad the ordeal Iated
another half hour.
The experience be paaaed through mada
htm tea year older than when he diaap
psred from view.
RATHER BI PRISOSERS.
Russians Captarad at Naval Battle Don't
Want to Satan lorn.
London, June 8. The Tokio correspond
ent of the Time aay a five Russian naval
officer captured or rescued after the
battle of the 8ea of Japan prefer to re
main in Japan aa prison r.
Tha correspondent aays that the cruis
er Vsriag, aunk by the Japanese off Che
mulpo at the beginning of the war, baa
been refloated.
Rerolntioa Quelled.
New York, June 8. Revolution in San
tiago del Eatro haa been completely
quelled, cablea tha Buenos Ayres, Argen
tine, corespondent of the Herald, Gov
ernor Santillan, who waa a prisoner, haa
been liberated by the Provincial forces.
Governor Santillan wires to President
Quintans telling the detail of hia cap
ture and liberation.
He aaya that when government force
approached the revolutonista they put
him in front of their line. The federal
government will be interpolated in the
chamber for the alleged complicity of
high federal officials.
Mrs Aggie Meyers on Trial for
Murder in Kansas City.
ACCOMPLICE WAS CONVICTED
Claimed That Mrs. Meyer Assisted in
Killing Her Husband Because She Be
came Infatuated With Frank Hat t man
TTbo Assisted ia the Murder.
Kansaa City, Mo., June 5. The trial
of Mrs. Aggie Meyers, charged with com
plicity in the murder of her husband,
Clarence Meyers, a pressman, at their
home in thia city, in May, 1904, waa call
ed today at Liberty, Mo., having been
taken to Clay county on a change of
venue.
Frank Hottman, who it ia charged, was
Mr. Meyers' confederate in the murder,
who was tried, convicted, and sentenced
to be hanged, for the crime, will be a
witness for the state against Mrs. Mey
ers. Mrs. Meyers will be a witness in
her own defense.
The defense will try to prove that
there waa no motive for Mrs. Meyers
killing her husband. The state will try
to prove that Hottman and Mrs. Meyers
were infatuated with each other and that
they killed Meyer so that they might
marry. Mrs. Meyers still adheres to hei
original story that her husband was kill
ed by negro burglars. The murder waa
most atrocious, Meyers' body being hack
ed in a horrible manner. Hottman waa
arrested at Butte, Mont., where he had
fled.
TRAFFIC PARALYZED.
Miles of Track of the Rio Grand Washed
Out By Floods.
Telluride, Colo., June 5. Traffic on the
Uio Grand Southern Railway between
Rico and Durango is paralyzed. It is
reported that 28 miles of track have been
washed out by the Dolores river, near
Dolores station. Two or three bridges
have also been carried away. The run
ning time of trains between Rico and
Durango haa been annulled indefinitely.
All the wreck trains at the command of
the road are at the scene of the washout.
It ia not known how long it will require
to make repairs, but it will probably b
two week. No tickets are being sold foi
1 ransportation between these cities.
TRIED
FOR
MURDER
MUST PAY TAX
Franchise Tax Law is
Sustained.
NEW YORK DECISION
Supreme Court Holds That the
Rich Corporations Must Pay
Their Taxes.
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AMOUNTS TO MANY MILLIONS
The Cases Involved tha Right to Tax
Franchisee, the Law Having Been
Passed When Preaident Roosevelt waa
Governor of New York and ia Consti
tutional. Washington, June 5. The Federal au
preme court .today sustained the const i!
tutionality of the New York Franchise
Tax law, affirming the decision of the
lower courts.
The case involved the right of the atate
of New York to tax franchises of the pub
lie service corporations the aame aa real
estate. The law waa passed in 1899, aa
a result of atrong recommeddation made
to tha Legislature by the than Governor
Rooaevelt.
Justice Brewer made the announcement
of the court today, but no opinion waa
read. He simply stated that the deci
ion aff acted the validity of the New York
Special Franchise Tax law, and that tht
decision of the court below waa affirmed-.
The case in question, number seven, be.
ing those of the Metropolitan Street
Railway, the Twenty-third Street Rail
way, the Central Crosstown line, the New
Amsterdam Gas Company, the Brooklyn
City Railway Company, the Coney Island
and Brooklyn Company and the Consoli
dated Gaa Company.
Ex-Secretary of War Root waa the at
torney who made the fight against ttw
validity of the law in the aupreme court
Attorney General Mayer, of New York
defended the state before the court, and
today's decision gives him a complete.
victory.
The effect of the decision of the federal
aupreme court, affirming the constution
ality of the Franchise Tax law, passed by
the legislature when President Rooae
velt waa governor, means added millions
to the state treasury. Republican lead-
era will also be relieved of the duty of
devising new method of taxation tc
meet the growing expenditures of admin
istration, as it is believed that more than
sufficient revenue will hereafter be col
lected. The law imposes a tax upon the fran
chises of corporations doing business in
this atate. There are already more than
$12,000,000 due in back taxes, which the
corporation assessed have refused to
pay pending the legal fight as to the con
stitutionality of the law. Mr. Rooaevelt
suggested the scheme,' and It was under
his leadership that it was passed by the
legislature. It is a new departure ia
state legislation, and it ia expected that
other atate will follow the lead of New
York.
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS.
Annual Convention of tht Society Held
At Los Angeles.
Los Angeles, Cal.. June 8. The city i
rapidly filling with delegates and visit
or to the first national meeting of the
Order of Knights of Columbus, which asi
sembles in this city the coming week.
Sixteen hundred visiting Knights and
their friends have already arrived.
The New York City delegation of 25C
nd the Buffalo party of 150 on tw
special train are expected to reach here
'oday. The large delegation from Cleve
'and and St. Louis are also expected to
lay. The first business meeting of the order
will be held Tuesday. The convention
will last one weMt! The election of na
tional osHxra ia the chief work before ttw
order at .the meeting thia week. TJbe re-
Baiader of the time wilt be given over
to reception, banquet and exemplifi
cation of the work of the order.
JtEIGN OF CORTEZ.
Many Ancient Relic Farad ia Excava
tions ia Mexico.
Mexico City, J una 4. Laborers exca
rating trenches for the underground ca
ble system of the telephone company
near Cinco de Mayo street hart strode
a number of clay utensils, concrete foun
dations of temples and pottery covered
with hieroglyphics, also Spanish coina
whose dates are undecipherable but
whicn mingling with the pottery, inducea
the supposition that the antiquities found
appertain to period of the conquest
when Cortex raized every building in tha
Artec capital.
Professor Batrea ia eager to obtain
government permission to excavate be
low the present find for older remains.
AMERICAN AMBASSADOR.
ji
Waitelaw Seid Accorded a Grand Re
ception in London.
London, Jupne 8. The London news
papers this morning extend the warmest
welcome to White law Reid, the new
American ambassador. The Morning
Post, in an editorial, expresses the opin
ion that Anglo American relations are
nearing the stage when they can an J
ahould find expression in terms of poli
tic. MORE TO ILK OUT
Prospects for Arbitration . in
Chicago Strike Not Good.
BOTH SIDES AGGRESSIVE
If Satisfactory Settlement It Not Reach
ad Uua Week There Will be About 10,
000 Mora Hea Walk Oat and Great
Damage to Business ia Inevitable.
Chicago, June 5. Development of the
utmost significance In the teamsters'
strike bangs on to the outcome of arbi
tration negotiations between the team
owner and the teamsters within the
next few days. Both aidea are in aa ag
gressive mood, and failure to reach aa
agreement, it ia predicted, will force a
walkout of 10,000 more teamsters and
bring idleness to thousands of workmen
in other crafts.
If the members of the Chicago Team
Owners' Association force the issue with
their drivers similar action on the part
of other teaming organizations, it it
said, ia practically certain.
If the teamsters agree to arbitrate the
question of the right of the team owners
to make deliveries to strike-bound houses
the decision, it is conceded, will be in
favor of the teamowners, whose contract
with the driven provides that at all
times tbey shall further the interests of
their employers. With the team owner
making delivers to all concerns involved
in the atruggle, the atrike, it is assert
ed, will lose its force at once.
The Truck Drivers' Union, with which
the team ownera have a contract, will
meet tomorrow night and vote on the ar
bitration question.
The Commission Team Owners' Asso-
cion which has taken action similar to
that of the Team Ownera' Association,
has confined the arbitration question to
the right of its members to take produce
from the exprea cars and deliver it to
the varioua markets. The commission,
Wagon Drivers' Union will vote on tha
arbitration question tomorrow night.
Apache ia Sighted.
London, June 5. The bark-rigged
yacht Apache, (owneu by fjimunu nan-
dolph, New York Yacht Club) and tha
last contestant in the Kaiser cup trans-
Atlantic race, waa sighted 15 milea west
of the Lizard at 8:20 o'clock this morning.
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