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.w- w-.- n , . i , r i . JUHM fUCL AttOOIATID H1POKT OOVKRt THC MORNINtt PIILO ON THf LOWf R COLUMBIA J VOLWIKLViV. NO. 212 WISH NEW LOAN Japanese Will Require More Money. TAKAHASHl GOES HOME 1$Sent for Dy Japan's Imperial Minister of Finance. Will Leave June 24. SAYS JAPAN NEEDS FUNDS Whether War Ends or Continue! Wttl NecotUtt (or Large Sums Believes Cent ( New Loan Can be Made t 4 P" Eipreai Admiration for Roosevelt. NVw York, June 17.-K. Takahnshl, financial agnnt of Japan, who looked aft er th flotation here of hi country' wsr loan, h received dipt he from the imperial minister of flnam-e, sum moning him to Toklo at once. lie will , leave New York June 84, and tail for borne on July 3. Mr. Takalmeai will appear before tie Imperial eabldet Immediately on his re turn to Japan, and confer with the offl eers upon the advUlblllty of making fur ther Urge loans in foreign market in the event that ac then milt aur mi. If these plan are carried out it will be with the object of making ready for bulne condition liich will fol low the cessation of hostilities. In expressing hie confidence that an early and satisfactory peace wilt be ar ranged, Mr. Takahashl eid: "Japan will need a comfortable amount of money after the war to (five new impctua to her Industrie. While business in Japan i at tireM-nt in no wa y Injured; yet If the money advanc ed by the Japanese people in the fir at war loan of $230,000,000, i returned to them on the termination of the war it will give a tremendous new life to Jap anese Industries. All department of business will be vastly benefitted by this large amount of money being put back Into commercial channel. "While I can not apeak, with author Jty at this time, I believe it ia the de Hire of the government to float a new loan In case of the termination of the war, to take up the domestic loan made Just after the commencement of ho tilitiea." Mr. Takahashi aaid he believed that 1 new loan, made either in America or ICdgland, could be placed at a low 1 Tate as four per cent. In the event of a continuance of ho tilitics, new loan to carry on the war doubtless will be made within three months. About $140,000,000 of the for elgn loan remain on deposit divided "between the banks of America and En gland. The financier expressed great admi Tut ion for the negotiations in the dl rection of ending the war inaugurated ly Preaident Roosevelt. TRUCKEE IRRIGATION PROJECT IS FORMALLY OPENED. Will Water Thousands of Acres Appro priate Ceremonial. Hazen, Nev., June 17.Mr. Francis J. Newland, wife of United State Sena to Newland, broke a bottle of cham paign over the headgates of the Truckee Tiver irrigation canal, two miles above Derby, today. When the hcadgatc were lifted, a slrea mof pure mountain watei poured into the canal in it course to the Carson valley, and the first step In making thu arid West habitable wa, celebrated on the Third Anniversary o the National Reclamation Act. The Truckee river irrigation canal ts one of the recently undertaken govern- inffit reclamation. It, U destined to make lb greul desert rrlon of Nevada out! of the most productive nnri ult urnl districts in the world. , Bop Crop Short Marysvllle, Cel., Jumi 17. The hop wop of Yuba and Sutter counties it l reported will bo twenty-five per cent hurt of Ut season. TERMINATION OF STRIKE NOW ASSURED Chicago, June 17. An early termination of the traiunU-r' atrike was predicted by represen tative of the union today aft tcr the Teanuter' Joint C'oud ell ha arranged for a special meeting of that body uext Mon day night when a new strike committee would be appointed. The pcronni-l of the new utrike committee, it U said, will be an tagonistic to the coiitiuilltion of tin; present struggle. Una of the fii"t niovrs of the board, it i a!l, will be to seek a new con forvnee with the employer at whh-h a settlement propoal, greatly modilled will lie offored. STOCK MARKETS STAGNANT Revival Occasioned by Proipecti Peace and Other Mattera Ended. 01 New Yolk, June 1". Slight animation on the stock ext-liange this week induced by the plans for the Equitable Society' settlement by the peace proei-l and by the government crop report quickly subsided and the market for stock ssnk into a condition of greater atagna tion than before the revival. More and more importance la attached to the out come of the crops and the future course of iron ami steel, eo that a waiting at titude in the dock market ia Indicated until more light I thrown on these queation. Meantime, prices ahow dull resisting power, and loe only part oi the advantas gained in the occasional tentative revival. 1PS0NI South Bend Plant Sustains Large Loss From Fire. MAY OPERATE AT KNAPPT0N Boy Discover! Blase Which Destroys Main Building Loss is 1 100,000 No Insurance Carried Possible Effect on Northwest Lumber Trade. (Special to the Astorian.) South Rend, Wash., June 17. The Simpson Lumber company's saw mill here was completely destroyed by Are this morning early. The loaa i esti mated at $100,000, with no insurance. The fire was discovered in the engine roo mby a boy employed about the mill. He gave the alarm to the night watch man who was in the main building. The Utter dislocated his shoulder in jumping down to the fire room. Ilis attempts to quench the fire proved futile The main mill was soon gutted. The planing mill, dry kiln and store house were saved by the firemen and bucket brigade formed from among the 100 employes .f the mill. About four years ago the mill was re built, during the regime of It. It. Dye, the present manager of the Clatsop mill, at Astoria, Ore. What effect the fire will have on the lumber business of this section can not. a yet, be determined, with any degree of certainty. The Simpson Lumber com pany owns the Columbia mill at Knap pton, Wash. This has been closed down for the past year, but will probably be opened, as the company's trade require the better quality of timber which aliounds iu this region. DLL BURNS ASTORIA, OREGON. FIRE IS COSILY Huge Blaze Threatens Entire City. LOSS IS FIVE THOUSAND Palace Catering Company and Central Meat Market Suffer. DEPARTMENT MAKES GOOD Conflagration Narrowly averted. Com mercial Street Buildings Nearly De stroyedFire Laddies' Efforts Effect iveStructure Completely Gutted. At 6.0j o'cloik last night a disastrous lire broke out la the tmilding occupied by the Palace Catering Company and for a time threatened to destroy the Kat hall of the block bounded by Bona, Commercial and Twelfth streets. That the blase did not result in a costly con' llagration and the possible destruction of the city ia due to the excellent work of the department, to the work of vol imteer, and to the fact that no heavy wind wa blowing. .The loss will proli ably exceed 15,000. As yet the origin of the lire hss not been determined. Ko lives were lost, and none austained in juries. The blsxe wss spectacular. Fifteen minutes alter It waa discovered Urge flames could be distinguished from all over the city. Excitement was keen and a very large crowd thronged the immed Ute street. Fire lines were stretched and all trafllc stopped. From among the spectators Fire-Chief Foster recruited volunteers who aided the firemen ma terially. Kvery effort waa made to con fine the flame to the building in which the fire started. Six streams were dl rected upon the exterior of the building, upon the roof and into, what waa be lieved to be, the most threatening source. At 10 o'clock Chief Foster an nounced the fire under control. It was entirely extinguished, by 11 o'clock. Those who will suffer heavily as a re suit of the Are will be the Hobson estate and the Palace Catering Company. The Central Meat Market and persons util izing the upper story of the building, as a dwelling will, sustain slight losses. Manager Smith of the PaUce Catering Company stated, when seen, that but I2OO0 insurance was carried upon the stock and fixtures of his concern. The damage, he thought, would amount to (3,000. The building was owned by the Hobson estste. One thousand dollars U the insurance. In explanation of the fact that more is not carried it was stated that the rate here is $72 on the thousand. Chief Foster says he feels deeply appreciative of the efforts of the volunteers and has nothing, but words of praise for his men. HIGH SCHOOL BOYS DEFEATED. PortUnd Academy PUyl Good Bait- Score, 13 to 11. The High School boys lost their laurels yesterday to the Portland Acad' emy team In the game played on the local diamond. A Urge crowd turned out and the crowd waa fairly good. The visitors secured a start in the first in ning scoring It runs. While this de pressed the "homers" to a certain extent, they fought valiantly and held the Acad emy nine down to one run in the eighth innings. A return game will probably be played. MEXICAN SMUGGLER CAUGHT Arrested in New York. Carried Precious Stones Worth Thousands. New York, June 17. Ramon Rosales, SUNDAY, JUNE 18, 1905. agent for a gold mining company, wa arrested as he wa leaving the Mcxi-an steamship Monterey. He was taken in charge by a customs inspector after a boxfull of rings had been teken out of a coat which Rosa lea carried on hi arm. The ring were set with precious stones, believed to be worth several thousand dollars. Bossies said ha had intended to aend the rings to Italy at one and thought it unnecessary to declare them for duty. Kevertbele he waa locked up. Army Surgeons Detailed. Washington, June 17. Ordera have been issued at the war department de tailing Majora Rudolph O. Egbert and diaries E. Woodruff, surgeons, and first Lieutenant James Carrol, assistant sur geon, to represent the medical depart ment of the United States army at the annual meeting of the American Medi cal Association, to be held in PortUnd. Ore., July 11 to 14. Orders have been issued detailing Examining and Supervising Dental Sur geon John H. Marshall, U. 8. A., to rep resent the dental corps of the army at the Lewi and CUrk Dental Congress, to be held at Portland, Ore., July 17 tc July 20. Teachers Re-elected. At a meeting of the school board of district No. 1, Astoria, held yesterday afternoon, all of the present teachers were elected for next year. The di rectors were well satisfied with the pro gresa that haa been made and in the effiicncy of all the teachers. EIGHTEEN ARE DEAD Freight and Paesenger Trains in Collision. FATALITIES AM0NG.W0RKMEN Employes of Company On Way Home Riding in Baggage Cart and On En cine Meet Awful Deaths BUme Is Not PUced. Baltimore, June 17. Eighteen persons are known to have been killed and score more injured tonight in a train wreck on the Western Maryland rail way, a quarter of a mile from Patapasco. small station between Westminster and Finksburg. A west-bound paseenger train, while running at a hwu rate of speed, was crashed into by a double-header freight running Fast. All three engines were reduced to scrap iron, two express and baggage cars smashed and a number of freight cars splintered. The passenger coaches sustained little injury, and al most without exception, the occupants escaped with nothing worse than a bad shaking up. All fatalities occurred among work men in the employ of the company who were on their way to their houses and not being regular passengers rode In baggage car and on the engines. Those in the baggage cars were badly mangled. The crewa of all three engines were killed outright. FIELDS CONFESSES THAT HE MURDERED NAMESAKE Shot Fred Fields and Father from Am bush Near Freest, Idaho. Spokane, Jeme 17. A special fo the Spokesman Review from Moscow, Idah says: Tom Fields, a rancher living near Freese, Idaho, tonight confessed to the killing of Fred Fields and the wound ing of Fred Fields' father day before esterday. The Fields were shot from ambush and suspicion fell upon Thomas Fields, who, although of the same name. Is no relative of the men he ambushed, because of his auspicious actions before the assassination, and because of threats alleged to have been made. AT THE , HAGUE Plcnipotentiarys May Con vene In Holland RUSSIA IS RESPONSIBLE Grave Apprehensions Arise Over Over Sujjestion.to Change Place of Meeting. DIPLOMATISTS ARE WORRIED May Result in Prevention of DecUra Uon of Armistice and Immediate Re newal of Hostihties--SelectioB pi Washington Doubtful J St. Petersburg, Sunday, June 17. Whether Washington or The lUgue will be the scene of the Russo-Japanese peace conference to not known here and newa of Japan's answer to the Rus sian request for the reconsideration of the pUce of meeting ia awaited before Monday. After the ready acceptance of Wash ington, she is exhibiting unexpected in sistence for The Hague and considerable apprehension is manifested In diplomat ic circles and among friends of peace least there be deUy in case of Japan being unwilling to consent to the change. This might prevent the conclusion of an armistice before the armies in Manchur ia are drawn into a general engagement which President Roosevelt wished t avoid, especially as the army leaders ap pear against bent on trying forces in the field. Russian DtnUL Washington, June 17. Russia today requested that the negotUtions for the place of meeting of the plenipotentUries be reopened with a view to selecting The Hague instead of Washington. Tonight an authoritive statement was made at the Russian ambasay that Washington was acceptable to Russia and would remain so and that Russia was not forwarded to Japan as the se lection of Washington was final. PROVED EASY MARK. Spokane Mine Owner FalU Victim to Touts and Losea I1600. Chicago, June 17. John Monroe has been arrested on complaint of P. H. Grear, a wealthy mine owner of Spo kane, Wash. Grear said Monroe and two other men took him to an alleged poolroom and told him they had arrang ed with the clerk of the bookmaker to withhold the name of one of the winning horses in a race, until Grear could bet $1000 on that horse. Grear placed $1200. A short time later Monroe excused him self and the bookmaker and his clerk left the room. They did not return and Grear notified the police. Monroe's com panions can not be found. I CHICAGO WILL HAVE ITS J OWN STREET CARS ; Chicago, June 17. Mayor Dun- ne on Monday will ask the city council to authorize the commis- sioner of public works to adver- tise for bids to construct and ful- ly equip 100 miles of street railf way to be operated by the city of Chicago. The democratic members of the local transport- 4 tion committee have promised Mayor Dunne their support for a recommendation on the floor of 4) the council chamber. TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS Todaya Weather. Western Oregon and Western Wash ington, Sunday, fair. Eastern Oregon and Eastern Washington, unsettled weather with showers and thunder storms. General Gomes Dead. Havana, June 17. General Maxim Oomet, the Cuban patriot, died at 9 o'clock this evening, aa a result of an abcese on the hand. Gen. Gomez haa been prominent in military circles. Dur ing the Cuban rebellion, as commander of the insurgent forces, he fought with the Spanish butcher, General Weyler. With the American intervention and the Spanish-American war which followed, Gen. Gomes allied himself with tba American army and waa the friend and collegue of Generals Miles, Shatter and Wheeler and, the then consul, the Ute Fitzhugh Lee. General Gomel leaves a widow, five sons and one daughter. Only today the Secretary of the Treasury delivered to one. of Gofflej's tons a check for $100, 000, voted by congress for the general' benefit, this in addition to $30,000, prev iously voted. Dredging ContracU Let Seattle, June 17. A contract for the dredging of the Whatcom creek water wa v ided to the Korth Amer- T-lrtteliig cVtmpamr of San Francis co, at $U74 the- (ruble yard, or $29,480 for the entire wort". t News of the Diamonds. Kew York, June 17. Seventeen thous and persons saw Yale win the third and deciding game for the baseball champion ship between Princeton and the victors. Score, Princeton, 5; Yale, 8. Seattle. Wn., June 13. Seattle, 4; Tacoma, 1. ELECT COADJUTOR Rev. Fraderic E. J. Lloyd, of Un iontown. Pa., Selected. ANNUAL CONVENTION CLOSED Bishop-Elect U Chosen 01 Third Balot Long Desired Active Head Will Im prove Conditions ia This Diocese Many Candidates Nominated. 7 (Special to th Astorian.) Portland, June 17. The annual con vention of the Diocese of Oregon clos ed yesterday, after a bishop-coadjutor had been chosen. The candidate nomi nated were: Rev. A. A. Morrison, Ph. D of Portland, Ore.; Rev. Robert Kell, Ohio; Rev. C. H. H. Bloor, Alaska; Rev. Paul Mathews, Cincinnati; Rev. George T. Linsley, Connecticut; Rev. J. E. Sul ger, Terre Haute, Ind.; Rev. J. E. Free man, Yonkers, N. Y.; Rev. Charles Y. Grimes, Tacoma, Wash.; Rev. W. E. Potwine and the Rev. Frederic E. J Lloyd, D. D., of the Diocese of Pitts burg. The Utter was elected on the third ballot. Tlw Rev. F. E, J. Lloyd is rec tor of St. Feter's Parish in Unlontown, Pa. His acceptance will be anxiously awaited, although there ia every reas on to think that he will answer the call which, owing to the practical retirement of the Right Rev. Benjamin Wiatar Mor ris, D. D., Bishop of the Diocese, is an important one. The church'a work In this diocese has, for some time past, re quired a younger man. Bishop Morris,, while devoted to his work, has been un able to give the necessary attention oit account of his greatly impaired health. Clergy and laymen alike will rejoice in the happy selection made. The bishop-elect received his degree from the Rutherford College in North Carolina. Tomorrow most of the delegates will attend the Union missionary services to be held in several churches.