V JtLliHtt PULL AttOOUTgO i0T COVIM THK MOHNINQ rilLO ON TH1 LOWf COLUMBIA PRICE FIVE CENTS VOLUME LVIV. NO. 204 ASTORIA, OREGON. FRIDAY, JUNE 9. 1905. III I I 1 II 1 11 rtmf PEACE TE RMS Russian Emperor Willing for Peace. DEPHDS UPON JERMS . Czat Appreciates (he Friendly Offices of Roosevelt As Mediator. ARE NOW WAITING FOR JAPAN Japanese Minister Expr Hope tUt Micaio Will Meet tht Prriident Half Way and that Satisfactory Terms Can tat Agreed upon by Both Nations. Washington, Jim 8. The rur Im. at last been beard from her ami the result J. not unfavorable to pcaee. In a remit niidicinw with Ambassador Meyer., the -r indicated hi. willingncM to take miliar adviscmeut the subject of peace and '(prrMci warm appreciation of Ambaaaador Meyer' friendly word. Iklng a the pereoual envoy of l'r iidttt IUoac.vlt. Mr Meyer's reception wa character J 1 by tba greatest cordiality and friend dine and tbe ambassador' cablegram to President Roosevelt giving a general account of is wwUene is of a distinctly hopeful tenor. Ambassador Meyer did nut bring U St. i'etorsburg government an offer of mediation, but a friendly of fer of good will, a described by Count Caesini. Farther than tkia it i. iiiipo... ible to record the character of the cable gram. Takhlra, the Japanese minister, called 1y appointment at the White House thl. afternoon and apent half an hour with the president. He we .till unable to Rive the president the slightest indication regarding the Japanene peace terms but 'believed he waa acquainted in a gvneral way with the hopeful tone of Meyer'e dispatch and with thit ai a lever the hope I. expressed here that the Mikado will meet the president half way in the earnest eiTorU he la making to assist In (bringing about early peace. It ia not repeated that the aituation twill change radically in the next day or 'two. Until aome indications come from Japan of her attitude In the light of the apirit shown by the czar, negotiation! can hardly be expected to progress Meanwhile, a powerful, though friendly influence is being brought to hear upon Japan to be miMlerate in her demand. The Russian ambassador baa not yet nnade any appointment with the presl dent and It ia Impossible to obtain any Information regarding the eabu-grams (that have reached the embassy from St. IPntnrsburg during the lust 24 hour.. KXJSSIAH LOSSES. Xatimatea Placi loaaea at 14,000 and Captured at a,ooo. Tendon, June 8. The Toklo corre.pond nt of the Daily Telegraph aaya there were ladle on board the hoepital chip raptured by the Japaneae Including Vive Admiral Rojeatvemtky niece, who a.ked permieeion to nurae her uncle. The correepondent nay that the total Ruaitian caaualtiea in the naval .battle were 14,000 pcriahed and 4,000 captured, while 3,000 escaped. He add that a large percentage of the prUonera are Buf fering from diaeaae. MIKEBS CONVENTION. Annual Meeting Of th Western Feder eration of Miner. Salt lake, June 8. The annual conven mention of the Western Federation of Miner, cam lo an end today. The eon vc nl Inn voted to continue the permanent hcadurte. at Denver and to hold It. next annual convention In Denver in lun next, President fnarle II. Moyer nd Secretary W. D. Haywood were re -elected by a uiisnimoii. vote. The old ex ecutive committee were retained in oltl Committed Suicide. Vancouver Barrack, June 8. -The body of Private Corbett Stolt, company ; H, Fourteenth infantry, wa found today hanging to ilifj limb of a fre near he blnVera' quartere. On hi pcron fottd (07.00 in money nd vhnk ply able to hlmaelf for 1123.00. 8tot( re cently re enli.ted for the 17th infantry. The eaue of the auicide I. unknown. Shooting Scrap. Ppokane, June 8. A epecial to tbe Spoke.nmu Itevlew from North Yakama ay: JoMph Whitley, a negro, ahot Charlei Curtii, a white man, at Toppenlnh today. The negro fired five .hot. and Curti waa in.tantly killed. The cauae of the quar rel W unknown. Whitley fled after the .booting b'lt a po caplurfU him. He now ia Juil at thl place. , " ' UmWia Floated Vancouver, iJuti S-Tlie Kalian erui cr I'lnbria, now t'MUfttf flritUh Columbia water., arrived here todtf. She ran aground while entering the (ijffbor but got off at high tide, apparently none (lie wure for the mialuip. J -i ,v SWEDEN-NORWAY Looking for a Successor to King Osctr on Throne. PRINCE CHARLES IS NAMED Conaidertd Doubtful if Ha Will Accept and King 0iar Hat Mada no DKlara tion but Believed He can Be Induced to Severe Hia JDedaion. Copenhagen, June 8. The Norwegi government, in view of King Oacar't de nnne reiuaai 10 con.ider the oner or a place to a prince of the houae of IV r nadotte on the throne, wa privately ap pnached by the Daniah royal family til aacertain if an offer for the throne be received by the member of it, preferably Prince Char ten, eon of the Crown Prince Frederick. The general opinion ia expreaeed here ia that auch an offer will be refused. Ac cording to the reporta from Stockholm, King Oacar may be induced to reveroe hia deci.ion and favorably regard the offer of the throne for a member of hi houae. Leading Swedish politician are much divided over the quextion, which it I. understood will not tie definitely aettled prior to the extraordinary e- .ion. Authorutive information received from Norwegian circle which renreeent a majority of the Norwegian, oppoeed to giving the throne to a prince of the houae of Ilcmndottc, Mated that if King Oa car definitely refused the throne for a member of hia family, and if the Dani.h royal family likewise refuaed to place one of Ita princea on it, Norway would become a republic. Ovation, in honor of King Oacar continue at Stockholm, where there ia a firm determination not to ree ogniae the action a definitely achieving dissolution of the union. Crowa Prince (uatave passed through Copenhagen to night on hi way to Stockholm from Ber lin. He appeara much concerned over the situation. The Aaociated Presa learn that Gustavo had. a long interview on the crisis with Emperor William before he left Berlin and understood that the emperor waa not unwilling to interfere in favor of the Swedish dynasty. Au thority intimately connected with the emperor confirms the rumor that he hat abandoned bla trip to Norway at the re quest of Crown Prince G uatave. The general opinion I that the crown prince ia more reconcilable to Norway' disso lution than la hia father and there is no doubt that he induced King Oacar to veto the consular bill BHD IN HI Overland flotel at. Myrtle Creek Destroyed. 1IATT1E DEMENT DEAD Several of the Guests Burned and More or Less Injured By Fire. CAUSED BY INCENDIARYISM Many People Jump From the Building Lotting all Their Effect the Flame Spreading With Great Sapidity and Quickly Consumed tb Structure Koscbnrg, Jufi H. The Overland" hotel at Myrtle creek wa destroyed by Are at an early hour this morning 11U. Hattie Dement, mm of the proprfetur, was burned to death and several other per son were more of le burned or injur ed, and a number of ether narrowly ea mped with their live rVr jumping from the burning building, leavrtfg their effect to the flames. The origin of the fire can not be learn ed, although from statement of the night clerk and other employe that there were no lighta in the hotel, the belief is growing that it wa of incendiary origin. The hotel consisted of an old building and an annex. The flame spread with remarkable rapidity, many of the occu pant being compelled to jump from the Window fop afety. Mi Dement, the young woman who lost her life, died In bed. The property waa valued at $12,000 It haa not been learned whether there waa any in.urance. EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION. Philadelphia Editor Spring! Politics Create Sensation. Gutherie, Ok la., -June 8. The action of James A. Benn, city editor of the Phila delphia North American, injected state politics into hia address before the Na tional Editorial Association today which caused a fight in the Pennsylvania dele gation which may be carried before the association tomorrow. The subject ot Benn' addree was "Muulea in Penn aylvania." Hia attack were directed against th late Senator Quay and hi biographer. Governor Pennypacker. Hi action took Quay's friends in the convention com pletely by surprise. Tonight Quay's friends assert that they will present res olutions tomorrow condemning Benn' course. Among other speakers wa J. W. Carr. of Anderson, Ind. ROOSEVELT APPOINTMENTS Will Be the Guest of Saveral Educational Inatitutiona. Boston, June 8. President Roosevelt's two visit to Massachusetts thit month will be taken up by college commence ment. On Wednesday, June 21, he will attend the exercise at Clark college and Holy Cross college On Thursday, June 22, the president will attend the commencement exercises at William college returning immediate ly to Oyster Bay On Thursday, June 27, he will arrive at Cambridge the guest of Bishop Law rence and will participate in the cele bration in the 25th anniversary of the clasa of '80. President Roosevelt will take part iu the Harvard commencement exercise on June 28. LEPER EPIDEMIC. Marine Hoipital Service Will Makt an Investigation. Honolulu, June 8. Surgeon General Wyman, of the bureau of public health and the marine hospital service and Gov. Carter will sail next Frilay for the Mo lokai leper settlement where Mr. Wyman will Investigate the condition prevailing there and select a lite, one mite square for the federal station which ia to be established at the station under an act of the last congress. ECLIPSE OF TS1 SUIT. Government Will Sua Expeditift to ! Unit of SdtBM. frtw York, June l.-Bea 'Admiral C. N. Cheater, superintendent of the naval observatory, today hoisted bis flag on the cruiser Mjnaeapoli; which, with the gunboat Mi!, and thV collier Ceasar will aait in a few day with tbe expedi tion which i to observe the eclipse of the un on August 29 and 30 for tbe gov ; eminent Station will be established at Bona. Algeria, and Valencia, Spain. One of the witl be in charge of Captain John A. Morris, and the other of Professor Bigelow, of the weather bureau. ANOTHER TRAIN WRECK. Through Train on Grand Trunk Wrecked Near Davidson. Flint, Mich., June 8. The through train on the Grand Trunk railroad bound tut Chicago from the east was wrecked near Da?4rt Vfutf by the spreading of the rail. No oile f jci'M but several passenger were injure'ii' James Castello Drowned Off the Moteth of Coquille River. GASOtUNE LAUNCH WRECKED A Launch Waa' Grosetag CoNaU Bay th Baavy Sea AfftmKiy Disabbd the Engine arid Carried On Frail Craft Onto tht thtHUt ot ftitf Marshfield, June . Jtfmey Castello, d pioneer of Coo county who' home is at Bandon, and William JWrie, young man living at Port Orfortf, wee drowned by the wrecking of a gasoline launch- to day while going to sea fishing on the ground off the mouth of the Coquefh river. A the launch wa crossing Coqwfle Bay the heavy seas apparently disabled the engine and carried the frail craft ont to the rock of the south petty. The life saving crew endeavored to reach the unfortunates but before they could get to the place the launch waa ground to pieces and Costello was beaten to death on the rocka Harris bodv wa not found. Made Fait Time. Pittsburg, June 8. Four hundred and sixty-eight miles between Chicago and l'ittaburg over the Pennsylvania lines covered in 440 minutes today by a special train It was a counterpart of the Penn sylvania special, the new 18-hour train between Chicago and New York. Phillipin Policy Paris, June 8. M. Lamothe, minister resident in Cambodia, today addressed the Colonial Society upon the subject ot the American policy in the Phillipine. He dwelt upon the excellent civil admin istration and the wide spread education of the native. Grand Rapid Flood. Grand Rapids, Mich., June 8. Reports from the flooded basin of the Grand rivet north of this city indicate that the worst is over. The river is beginning to fall rapidly. Baseball Scores, Tacoma Seattle 2, Tacoma 5. San Francisco Oakland 0, San Fran cisco 1. Los Ang.ile Portland 9, Lo Angeles 4. uvu eimmr Sen I tne gent! DROWNING ACC DENT WILL CONTEST Seven Million Dollars Involved, "MIT- A CALIFORNIA WIDOW Willed her Millions to Her Only Child but Will Mysteriously Dissappears. AN0THERJ ATTORNEY CRAFT Majority of Contested Will ar Front California Millionaire When Ille gitimacy ia Paramount to Legal Heirs for Benefit of Lawera. - r - v i 1 Ne York, cfurte 8A will contest in volving between $7,000,000 and WX0. i)0O; U said to be among the possibilitie! before" .the estate left by Mrs. Charity Ffavward, of California, is settled. Mr HayWrd, the widow of Alonxo Hayward. a multevillhinaire, died on June 1 at the home of hef niwe',' Mrs; John S. Henry, in Newark, whetlr attacked1 by pneumonia, When the new of hef death reached California her attorney eVfegrapferf that Mrs. Hayward had mdV i Will before leaving borne in which her only child, Mr. Emma Rose, of New York City, was th sole beneficiary. It is now claimed that a new paper is in existence making great changes in the distribution of the estate. This will said to have been drawn up the day be fore Mrs. Hayward died and it will be offered here for probate. Mrv Emma Rose, the sole beneficiary under the Cali fornia will, ia the wife of Andrew W, Rowe, a wealthy New Yorker. LITHOGRAPHIC ARTISTS. Amal Convention of Lithographers held New York. 5ew Yorfc, June 8. A committee from th evstcrd branch of the Employing Lithographic Asociatiog has visited the annual convention of the Lithographic Artist, Engravers and Designer League of America, now in session here. Sec retary Smith in addressing the conven tion on belmlf of the Association recalled the fact Wiat the league' members are the highest paid men in the business and declared that the employers' association is working to raft the industry to the highest standard and could be greatly helped' by the co-oper.tion of the work era. W'e are' not fighting the labor organi cation,"' he said, "and we want the men to realize that mutual government Is best for both side. As to apprentices, we want boys w ith a natural ability for it, as the best mean of perfecting the industry and bringing lithography up to the highest standard." The convention" will end it session on Saturday. M0RT0ITS POSITION. Secretary Morton Appointed to an Im portant Position. New York, June 8. Secretary of the navy, Morton, who ia to retire from the cabinet Julv 1, to become the head of the Metropolitan Subway Syndicate, ha ar rived here to make hi first survey of the Held of his future operations. He will make an automobile tour over the routes of the underground lines w nicl John B. McDonald, as chief eontractoi for the Metropolitan, expects to build. On his tour he will be accompanied by Mr. McDonald and other men interested in the syndicate. Besides diiving over the entire routee through th Manhattan, Mr. Morton wil make a tour of the Bronx, looking ovei the territory there which the proposed ines expect to develop and will endeavor cure for .11 bowel and stomach dis to get an ilea of prospective connection with railroad and other line. His In vestigations probably will consume ev eral dy. . "J apparent nrpinmsjfCJ, RuaaUa Dtftlt Not Effect Gayety le RoasUa Capital. St Peter. burg, J on g. According to a correspondent at Vladivostok the Ru. Ian naval disaater and tba anticipated beginning of the eeige of Vladirostokj are ia no way reflected ft the of the popqlatlftj fin (h reet there ja HMI nia and tm,t!e of hp prqme oadiHf fPf d, Vbjla t njgh pjf; u, comic opera and. daqot MU are, running at full blat- Th respondent close hi comment with taytng: "What U itf PJwnfrn cr indiffer- tflce. PEAC15 7;;sg. Mt of the Great Ration. Hop 7r Conaunutioo of Peace. Pari, June 8,-Tbe report that Ru,. U ha taken steps to learn through her ambassador Japan's peace term fur ther strengthens the hopeful view pre viously prevailing. Official circle remain silent regarding further tep that may be taken How ever, It wa said that Ambassador Nelid- off will adopt discreet tuesrls ef learning through th French authorities and the Japanese legation what basis of adjust- ment is possible. RUSSIANS DEFEATED Skirmishes in Manchuria Between Russians and Japanese. WITH THE ;USUAL RESULTS Russian Maka an Attack on the Jap- ueat, at xepuiaed, Bat Supposed to Bt only a Recoaoitering Party Who Maka Haaty Retreat Tokio, June 8, I P. M.-Imperial armr headquarters made the following an nouncement today: "At 11:30 o'clock on the moraine- of June 7 a bodv of Russian, anm ion strong advanced from the direction of Sumiaotsz, about a mile and a quartei east of Yinyipienmen, but were met and repulsed by us on an eminence lyint north of that place. The enemy fled in confusion toward Nienyiling, several mile northeast of Yinyipieneroen. "One soldier and two saddle horses were captured. "With the exception of skirmishes be tween scouts on both sides there is no change to report el8ewhee.', SOLID GOLD BRICK. Sensational Suit Brought Against Cali fornia Millionaire. Chicago. June 8. The Great Western Gold Conipnny, of California, with head quarters at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, haa brought suit against the estate of the late Peter L Kimberly, the millionaire, who died toddenly in this city last Sun day morning. Ia the declaration the assertion is made that by entering into a conspiracy with former officer of the gold company Kimberly sold to the Great Western Gold Company for $2,000,000 property worth not more than to00,000. WILL DISAPPEARS. Property Valued at 1 150,000 Probably tht Cause. Boston. June 8. The last will of the late J. Montgomery Sears, Boston's larg est tax payer, which dispose of an es tate of about 123.000,000, has disappear- Mr. Stars' attorney turned the doe uraent over to him several months ago. Japanese Ships. Manila. June 8. Two Japanese ship have pust passed the entrance to Lingay en Gulf and are speeding wuthward, rtd;r nirS?-'!