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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (July 27, 1905)
airtt olt USLItHf fUlL AttOOIATIO PAIS RIPORT COVIRS THE MORNINQ fllLD ON THt LOWER COLUMBIA VOLUME LVIV. NT().24t) astoria; okegon, Thursday, july 27, idos. PRICE FIVE CENTS JfJ I. LO L, I I IL 1 IZ w7i. Kxr-s-i -T tgy Syr 'r f sjr vy. IS SAID TO 1 COVER COST OF WAR 'Cession of Sakhalin and .Uaotung Peninsula Essentials. Supposed Recognition of JapsneM In fluenta la Korea and Return to China Manchuria Will Bt Included la Demand!, Washington, July 2J. W1f tnr there will he jwh In the Far East or eontlnu anr of the war will I practically tie tided at the flit mating of the Wah M.iiieninc. which will convene at the navy yard of Portsmouth, . II., toiit August ft. Baron Koinura will on that oeeabm sx.mmunieate to M. Witie the e.n 1iala of .Inpan'a peace term for further negotiation. This, It It declared, will nut Ite don in a spirit of dnano Indeed, thcta ai many evidence that Japan i nt im Vued with a delre to humiliate Rus-la, 1ut only to exact term to lnre a last ing wim in the Far East and which in n measure will compensate Jnjau for lier financial losses In the present cmi tiit. Although guarding with great an, the official statement of her term, official at Washington are enabled to form within certain limit, a general Idea of their character. It i known that Japan demands an in demnity sufficient to approximately cover the cot of the war to date. The amount I till a. secret, Imt will not full fur short of a billion dollar, according to advices reaching here from well in formed source. Beside the indemnity It I believed Japan' other essentials to the continuance of the negotiations, are the cession of Sakhalin, of Lino tung pcnuisula and the railway a far n Hnrhin, the recognition of the Jap anese n the predominating itrtn-n- in Korea and the return of Manchuria to China. St. Petersburg, July 2 The inter-view- with Alinnr Suto, spokesman for Baron Kotnura, with the Associated was received with pleasure In many quar tern as indicating the ,Tnpane are not lipoed to Inilit upon terai which RoJ sia w ill be unable to accept. Wild aurji'ic was expressed at the for eign office and at several of the embas sies, however, in the frank intimation 1 1E1NTV BILLON STRINGENT MEASURES TO PREVENT SPREAD OF FEVER New Orleans July 2d. Six death from yellow fever were recorded today tip to 6 P.. M., making a total to data of 45. The numlicr of new case reported yesterday, but compiled today, i elev en, making all told to date 1(15, There are now ninteen within the foci of infection. . The organization of force for fight ing the spread of the Infection" and for a campaign of education and tne practi cal application of mosquito extermina tion plan have been completed and be side. 100 men were put on a extras to clean the gutter of the city, three hun dred and fifty men are at work a a part of the ytcm of sanitation. Citizen are being organized in wards that Japan will demand Indemnity and that there we even a dii)ltln to crit icise the Japunese delegate for mention ing the subject, though, that this will be one of the Japanese condition baa U-en taken for granted and special dis patches from Berlin and Paris connect ml with M. Witte's conference with the German anl Franh financiers a being for the purpose of sounding the market on the prospect of issuing an Indemnity loan, COMMITTEE WILL ORGANIZE. To Meet at Albany and Will Then In VHtlgatt Insurance Business. Rochester, July 5itl. Ntat Senator William Armstrong sent out announce ments to bis senatorial and assembly as sociates who are serving on the joint! legislative committee to investigate the life insurance business in tliis state, that the committers wilt meet In Al bany for organisation next wek. It Senator Armstrong's associate agree, the committee will organize at one and' Immediately proered to New York where headquarters wilt U t tabtisbnl and 'counsel employed. Diet Result of Operation. San Frn. sco, July 2H. II, C. RnWII of Il,ton ha died at a heal hospital following an operation for appendicitis. Ho arrived on Tuesday last from the Fast. He was a member of the firm of Meson & Russell, Fxcurion agents. PEARY SAILS . FOR ARCTIC Roosevelt Leaves North Sydney, C. B., Amid Cheering. Explorer Tendered Ovation by People of Cape Breton. Seems Confident That Expedition Will Be Successful Mrs. Peary and Daughter Return New York North Sidney, B. C. July 2tl,-The Arctic steamer Roosevelt liearing 'Com mnnder Peary and hi latest expedition idling clear of the terminal wharf and headed Northward on a voyage of dls cowry toward the North Pole at 2 oeiocK tins atrernoon. A tne sieamer left the wharf the immense crowd which gathered to witness the departure, burst into cheers, which wer mingled with the whistles of steamer, the demonstration lasting a the steamer proceeded dow'n the harbor. The city wa gaily decorated for the occasion. Commander Peary In speaking of the expedition shortly before his departure seemed confident that the outcome will lie successful, In which case he intends to return In September, lDM. Mrs. Peary and her daughter, who ho been with Commander Peary in thi ity pending his departure, left for New York today, and these ward club v-i It form precincts and a canvas will be made to insure the screening of every citrn and all cesspool and wntcr pond. PinineH men have provide funds for this work and a the people are now moused to the necessity of immediate action there will im no let up. Yield ing to the sentiment of the ronimunity, the state board 'of health at a meeting Monday adopted the new regulation for fruit ships, providing that they shall remain six day at quarantine between the last port and New Orleans and pro viding for their fumigation here after the discharge of their cargo. It is generally believed that the fruit chips brought the first germs of the dis ease to New Orleans. FIGHT RAGING ON MIEN RIVER , JAFS ATTACK RUSSIANS Array of Thousands En gaged in a Great Battle. Japanese Effect Landing at Dekastries, 700 Miles North of Vladivostok, Sup posedly to Prevent Russian Retreat Across Straits of Tartary, London, Thursday, July 27. The correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, at Tokio, Send a re 0 fort received from Osaka, Japan to the effect that a Japanese army of many thousands of men is attacking the Russlau position on Tumen river. ' Landing at Dekastries. St. Petersburg, July 2rt. Despatch from Jlandiurbr rtvrt the lauding of a Japanese battalion and the capture of a lighthotisa on the Siberian coast near ivkastric. The port was form - orU i'ttllc.1 Alcxanilnivsk. ami t T(K) , ... mile north of Vladivostok No importance is attached to it other than that the binding is part of the strategy of the Japanese to prevent, e cae of the Russian garrison in Sakha lin across the straits of Tartary. London Comment. London, July 2d. The Japanese land ing at Dckastric, the terminus of the only came line connecting the mam line with the Isiund of Sakhalin, is regard ed by London newspaper ss an attempt to seize the mouth of the Amur river in order to enable the Japanese to dis patch an army up that great waterway for the purpose of threatening Russian communications. Japanese gunboat and torpedo boat may thus reach Harbin and give effect ive assistance to any attack on the Rus sian fortification. Both the I'ssuri- and Sungart rivers are navigable for light draft vessel and it is believed t lie Jap have a river ex pedition ready and the mere threat of it advance may suffice to change the plan of the Russians and compel a re tirement from the Kirin and Fenghwg districts, upon Harbin. 4 0 o KOMURA WILL MEET PRESIDENT TODAY New York, July 20. Baron Ko mura and Minister Takahira, the Japanese peace plenipotentiaries will make an informal visit with President Roosevelt tomorrow. Only the two principals of the delegation will go to Oyster Bay the other memlvers of the suite remaining in this city to trans act the business of the commis sion of which there Is a great amount . The two plenipotentiaries, it is understood, will return late at night. FINDS RARE PLANT. Brooklyn Man Finds Species of Sundew At Naspeagut Beachv Brooklyn, July 20. James Lusty, of Brooklyn, is accredited with finding on jXapcagtin Ik.h, near Montwik, a rare 1 plant which heretofore boa only been found in the Southern State. It i commonly known as sundew. The Latin Itotanlcal name is Drocero Rolundifolia Mr. Lusty U vioiting bis brother at Amagansctt, He makes a practice of furnishing botanical specimen to the schools of lirooklyn and Manhattan, and j often makes trips out into the country ! looking for rare specimen. He believes ; be baa found a treasure In locating, the sundew to war to the cities. It l slated that the sundew is found !ln damp place, and usually grow in mo and feeds upon Insect. The leaf light upon it the leaf close up like an umbrella, and when the leaf opens again ithera 1 nothing U-ft of the insect but the skeleton. AGED WOMAN WALKS FOURTEEN LONG MILES Is Eighty Three But Makes Distance In Seven Hours. Canton, V. Y July 2fl. Laughed at I by her friend when she said she could , walk to Canton from her home in Clare, a distance of fourteen miles, In seven hour, Mrs. Enteline Could, 83 years of age, a day or so ago surprised everybody by walking into this village none the worse (of her long jaunt. She bad com pleted her journey in the time specified and proved that she made no idle boast. She rctumd to her home in the stage. j The age4 pedestrian's grandmother I uved to ae the ripe old age of 101 years land several of her uncle nearly reached I the cent nrr marL- V r r.,...l.l'. hope that she will continue with them many year. YOUNG GIRL DROWNED BY PRACTICAL JOKER Drags Girl to Sea and Gets Cramps. He ' M Deserts Victim. Bridgeport, Conn., July 20. While Lillian Brabner, 14 year old. was sit- , ting with a companion yesterday at the . . .. mi: . . .. i,iig pamiiQQ ai oeasme lark, a bather, seized her by the band nd against her Will and dragged her into deep water. Barrett was seized wjth cramps and started for'a row boat, tell ing the girl to save herself. She sank and was drowned. Barrett was taken ashore and plncel under arrest, but later was released without bail. Bar rett was unknown to the victim of his practical joke. The drowning will be , investigated by the police, RUSSIA WANTS t PART OF NORWAY Light Shed on Meeting of Two European Sovereigns, Said Emperor William -Wished Cxar to Consent to Prince Hohenxolleren As cending Throne of Norway. Nicholas , May Consent. London, July 20. The correspondent of. the Daily Mail at Stockholm sayss The object of Emperor William's in terview with Emperor Nicholas was to obtain the consent of the bitter for Prince Hohenxolleren to ascend the throne of Norway. It is possible that the Russian emeror Vill consent pro vided Russia will be pedmitted to slight ly rectify her frontier on the Atlantic. The Mail commenting on the dispatch sugesta that "rectified frontier" .mean that Russia want to acquire a strip of .Norwegian territory which part Fin. lana from the Arctic ocean, thus gain ing a seaport. ' Stops Runaway. Brooklyn, July 26. After a 'chase of over two miles Policeman Ennis stopped a runaway horse, fnrditcnfd by. an automobile, on Central avenue, Far Rock away, last evening. The animal belong ed to Mortimer Harrison, of 247 Central avenue. The policeman was dracccd 50 feet and was badly cut. COTTON DOES IT WANT POST DECLINES JUDGESHIP Recently Appointed Feder al Judge to Stay With Harriman. William W. Cotton Hat Concluded to Decline Appointment as United States Judge for District of Oregon. Will Remain With Harriman, Portland, July 20. ViIliam W. Cot ton, with a commission already in his poesdwion, has concluded to decline the appointment as United States Judge for the District of Oregon. Private ad vice to this effect have been received and the fact has been absolutely con firmed. Mr. Cotton left New York for Oregon lat night, after a conference with the Eastern Official of the Harri man lines, and today the fact that his intention to decline the judicial position offered him by the president, became known,. He will arrive iu Portland next Monday. ' ' ' "-'V ; While no information ha been receiv ed giving a reason for this action on the part of the federal judge-appointee, it is generally believed that inducements have been offered by the Harriman sys tem that make it worth while for him to decline the bench and remain where he is with, additional powers and finan cial consideration. HELD ON TWO CHARGES. Brooklyn, July 26. Frank Rosaa, of 259 North Ninth street, was charged in the, Flat bush court today with 'driving two sick horses attached to a truck heavily loaded with bricks, and also with beating a team of horses pulling another load of bricks, driven by Joseph Chester. The charges were preferred by Patrol man Hayden, of the Flatbush station, who arrested Rossa yesterday afternoon at Flatbush avenue and Avenue G. Ros sa denied the charges, and was held in examination in $500 in each case. WINS HIS BRIDE. Stamford, Conn, Man Overcomes Ob jection to Sweetheart'a Relatives. Brooklyn, July 26. Miss Theresa E. Home and William Everhard, Jr., were married on Wednesday at Sheepshead bay by the Rer. Father Dumphire. The wedding was to have taken place at Starn ford, Conn., the home of Mr. Everhard, but .the large party of guests who gath ered to witness the cere mony were dis appointed, as the bride did not appear. She lives with her uncle, Thomas Cos- grove, a hotel keeper, of East Seventh street and Jerome arenue, Sheepshead SUBJECT OF MANCHURJAN ncrTAn KCo I Ui.H I lyJiy I CLIUU3 Washington, July 26. The subject of been made with the subject of an armis- the restoration of Manchuria to China will be a tedious one, and it is believed that Russia will hesitate at the protect orate Japan will demand she be allowed l to place over that province until China is in a position to maintain order. Another subject of discussion will be the surrender of interned ships, The neutralization of Vladivostok, it is not be lieved here, will be one of Jap an's demands. Russia has let it be known that rather than to submit to Japan's dictation, she will certainly con tinue the war. Little progress has bay. Everbard hurried to Brooklyn an learned, be says, that some of the young woman's relative were oppoed to the. marriage. Ha says he was able to over, come tbi opposition and the wedding ceremony wa performed. The attend ant were Carl Dormer and Theresa Si. If n - t m v'ssanisi . tiis? si tj.Cs Everbard is said to be in Stamford to day, Mrs. Everhard is in Sheepshead . ... IDENTIFIES ASSAILANT,' . Brooklyn, July 20. On the charge of felonoua assault, Antonio Christiano was held for examination in the Adams street court today. He is, believed to be the man who shot Felipo Carretto during a row at a saloon at Fourth avenue and Garfield place on the night of July 1. The injured man is now in a serious condition in the Seney hospital When Christiano was arrested last night by Detectives Vachus and Mialle, of the loca.1 detective bureau, he was taken to the hospital and Carretto nodded when asked if the man was the one who shot him. Today's Weather. Portland, July 26. Oregon and Wash ington; Thursday, partly cloudy and coller, except near the coast. ' ' SALMON RUN BREAKS ALL RECORDS t Washington, B. C, July 26. The run of salmon at River's In let at Bell Coola and also on the Skenna River has been so great that the canneries have had to shut down temporarily for lack of tins. The run has broken all records in the North. Ernest Starr, Son of Congressman Williamson Missing. Left Portland for Eugene and then Went Into the Mountains. Secret Service Men in Hot Pursuit and Believed Flee ing Man Will B Apprehended. Portland, Juty 26. Ernest Starr, a nephew of Congressman Williamson, and an important witness in the Williamson-Gessner-Biggs trial, is missing. It is stat--ed that last Thursday when he found that the Williamson jury was likely to disagree, he left Portland going from there to Eugene where he struck out into the ' mountains. Secret service agents and their assistants are follow ing in pursuit and state it will be but a matter of a short time before Starr is apprehended. . Operate Upon Rojestvensky. Tokio, July 26. Rear Admiral Rojest vensky has undergone a successful oper ation A wound in, his forehead was opened and a small piece of bone was , removed. His condition is considered satisfactory . a ti'am fr-rviM ir tice and it i not believed there will be until the first meeting of the plonipotcn tiaries, as Japan does, not propose to take chance in abandoning her' pres ent advantageous positions and resting on arms, while Russia continues to im. port troops. ' Ii.ormation has reached .here that, President. Roosevelt has not ceased in his efforts in this direction and in the cr wnrn iom ura goes to ysipr ri,ay in advance of the formal presentation, it will be for the pueposcof discussing this phase of the negotiations. - WITNESS DISAPPEARED