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Oft M flflPT itff 4cvm iifflfflli UBLIftHK FULL AMOOIATID Mitt RIPOAT COVINS TNI MORNINQ fllLO ON THI LOWER COLUMBIA VOLUMK LVIV. NO. 255 ASTORIA, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1905. PRICE FIVE CENTS TWO THOUSAND OPERATORS STRIKE WALKOUT IS PERFECT Claim Men working on Great Northern and Northern Pacific. , Great Strike of TlegPr Sunning la Full BUtL Railways CUim PUcet Cat Bt Filled But Men Art Hopcfsl Of Results. St. Paul, Aug. I. All of the telegraph operator on the Great Northern and Northern Pacific ytm were ordered out tonight at 11 o'clock by President 1'erham, of the Order of. Railway Tele jfrapher. According to the official of the tele graphtr' union, between 1000 and 200 luen are affected, President Ferham do lare that by 12 o'clock tomorrow, 03 wrent of the ojeralir will be out. Hallway official maintain they will be able to All the place of most of the men and that they will ulT.'r nothing more thaa a temporary inconvenience by tha move. Spokane, Aug. 1. Co the Spokarm division of the Great Northern and on the Idaho division of the Northern Pa cific all operator, except the dispatch er. are out. The men claim that the walkout waa ahaolutely perfect, only admitting that one man remain - at J'awo, on the Northern Pacific ami claim ing every man on the Great Northern. .All of the operator of bvth division vill be called to Spokane, where L. A. Tanquary, chairman of the O. R. T. Wrd of director will direct the itrike, Great Fall, Aug. I. All operator on the Montana Central, excepting the dis patcher, numleriug 60 men, have gone on strike). Officiate here aay passenger train will bt moved on time. Helena, Aug. 1, Dispatches to the Independent, up to 10 o'clock, ire to the effect that the operator at Missou la and East Helena on the' Northern IV title, have gone out. In thi city Id op erator, including the two wire chief, quit tonight. "WOMAN THIEF" A WAN. Bard Lock Story Enable Cat Meter Robber to Eicapt. New York, Aug. 1. A thief, disguised a woman, who wa caught robbing lot j meter machine In Yonker ye, terday, gained the aympathy of hi cap- HIGH TEMPERATURE INCREASES DEATH RATE New Orlcan, Aug. I. Following is the yellow fever record up to 6 P. M.: New Cae, 42; total own, 34(1; d-ath today, i; total deatlie, 0H new fool, 4; total within foci, 60. New Ortean,Aug. 1. Today witnee fd an increaxe of the numlier of death from yellow fever, a fact not unex pected, in view of the very high temper ature that ha prevailed the pat two day. There wa, however, the usual large preponderance of - Italian name in th lift, both new caw and death. It It "till ponfible to trace all tiie new caw a appearing to the original foci, Meantime the health authortfie and citizen are making arrangement to tor, and when (lie latter' liold wa re-, Ilnxed, dashed away on bicycle and e- raHMj, A patrolman tood near but be could nt ' prevent IN escape. . j Mr, William D. Wyatt, descended Into ' the ecllar to get some coal about 8 A. j M. and ran (nto some ona sneaking J around. Observing a shawl upon the figure, h supposed. It waa ft woman,' and ran upstair and informed Jama Welch, groceryman. Ha went Into the j cellar, searched about fur some time,' and at Ust found the person crouching In a corner. II dragged tli individual out and then It developed that the up-; poed woman waa a man. Tb stranger woa ld up Into Welch' groifry store and provd an adept ai a ph-ader. Ha declared that ha waa Out j of work and had merely gone into tha , eeller to atrp having no other place to . 1.1. . .j I by tha yarn, took hi. hand from thai maii'a shoulder for a moment. Immed-j lately tha thief made a quirk dash fori a bicycle, which waa standing outside,' mounted and pedaled away. j After tha man had disappeared it waa found that three ga meter had beenj broken open and many quarter taken. ON SAD MISSION. Th Ad Mao" Taket Sick Wife to tkt Good Samaritan HoipiUL Mr. Kiml Held, wife of the Astor ian' ad man, ha been criouly ill for ome time pat and wa taken to Port land on the morning train yesterday, where he will be placed in the Good Samaritan hospital. The prcclws nature of Mr. Held' illness ha not been d. tcrmlned but "lie i in a very precarious condition. CHICAGO RIOTS Detectives Attempt to Arrest Man and Are Attacked. Men Were Riding oa Sand Train. De tective Draw Revolver and Art Bombarded With Brick and Stone. Police Called t Diaper Mob, Chicago, Aug. 1. A riot in which ev oral hundred took part occurred tonight in South Chicago, where three detect ive employed by th Lake Shore and Michigan Southern railway attempted to arret Cliarle B. Frane for riding on a and train. The detective in trying to make arrest were compelled to ue revolver and the crowd retaliated with brick and tone. Several pernon. In eluding oue woman, were hurt. The mob broke many of the window of the depot in effort to get at the offl cer. A detail fonoliuetnent from a South Chicago station waa imniflloiont to dis perse the mob and additional help wa xunimoned, The crowd acattered after a number of arret were made. Frane wa flnally locked up in a po- li-e tntion although a large crowd fol lowed him all the way to the place. give the results of their observations of foci ouWde of the original district. In from 17 to 20 day it will become evi dent whether or not there i to be a spdead of any of the outlying foci and the health authorities will by the be ginning of next week .include in the laily table, besides the appearance of new foci, the disappearance of existing foci from which there h been no oondary infection. On the resuli of these observation they will be able to determine whether they can contract the disease and ulti mately euhdue it. War against the stegomy etill continue and the oiling of gutters and cistern goe on with great energy and persistence. Ml EDS IS PREPARED TO FIGHT DIGNITY IS ASSAILED Aimed FOTCCS FrOiTJ MIS sissippi Invade th . State. . Enforcement of Quarantine by Governor Vardanuo May Be Productive of Very Swiou onaequence. People Louisiana Sutler Indignities. of New Orleans, Aug. I. From informa tion that ha come to hand Die dignity of the state of Louisiana ha been of fended from armed Invasion from the sister state of Mississippi and today Governor Blanchord communicated with the captain of the javal brigade, which na a tuny equipped gunboat, with view of having it dispatc hed to the bor der to protect Louisiana citizen from further Indignities:, Mittipp ha five armed boat pa trolling the coast to prevent fishermen from breaking thretigh the quarantine line. These vessels are aho assisted by the I'nited State revenue cutter Winona. rrora report received new it appear that these' patrol boat came into lake Borgne, which wa distinctly Louisiana territory. , The naval brigade veel, Stranger, draw too much water for service in tat vicinity, but a light draft boat will be pressed into service armed with ft how- itier or two and manned by officer from the brigade and wii be sent out to pre vent further aggression. MemphU, Aug. 1. A special to the ommea-ial Appeal from Baton Rogue-! say: A clash between the Mississippi and Louisiana authorities over quarantine regulation i imminent A private dis patch received in thi cty today statign that Mississippi soldier are employed as quarantine! guards invaded Loui iaiift with arms and boat patroling the mouth of Rigolet lake and the Pearl river oft Louisiana coast to prevent the Louisiana, boat from leaving. Governor Blanchard directed the com mander of the state's naval militia to investigate aud report. Governor BlancWd also telegraphed Governor Vardaman notifying him of the condition and requested hira to or der the guards to remain on their own side Of the river. Late today Blanchard received ft message from President Sou- chon, of the state board of health, that ft patrol boat belonging to the Missis sippi was preventing fisherman from fishing on Lake Borgne. Governor Blan chard later communicated with Gover nor Vardaman desiring to know whether thi was don on Vardaman' order. Later development do not lessen the seriousness. It is now reported that one of the Mississippi boat drove a southern Yaoht Club yacht far into lake Ponchartrain. RUSSIAN STRIKE. Governor of Reval Calls Troopi to Aid la Subjugation. Reval, Russia, Aug. I. Thri strike l situation ha assumed a serious aspect. A strike began today at the Dvigatel works. They visited other factories and demanded the cessation of work. The governor posted ft notice warning the people lhat arm will be used against crowd refusing to disperse. Lesser dis order have already occurred. Soldiery is now parolling the streets. LOUISIANA CRAZY WOMAN IK COURT. Mrs. Gades, Who Killed Her Child, Seat Back to HospitaL New York, Ang, 1. Mrs. Ann Grade of Williamsburg, who, a week ago, sub bed to death her 19-month-old child, wa arraigned in the police court ye trday on a charge of infantio. When the woman wa grought in to court he appeared rational, and wa seated among other prioner awaiting trial, when ud denly she appeared to go insane and sprang to her feet crying: "Give me back my child, oh, give him back to me!" loan ainstat the entire courtroom wa in an uproar. Several of th policemen ran to the woman and tried to auiet her, but she still continued to scream for the return of the child he had murder ed. The migistrate ordered an ambu lance sent for, and when the-doctor ar rived he managed to quiet her. ' he had been brought to the Man hattan avenue court from the King county hospital to be arraigned. When she saw her husband sitting in the court she ran toward him and would have laid violent hands upon hira, had it not been for the police. The magistrate re manded her back to the hospital until August 2 and sent word to the author ise not to lend the woman to court un less she waa in a fit condition. NOT SURROUNDED. St. Ptershurg, Aug. l.-General Line vitch, in a message to the emperor, state that the army is not surrounded and is not in ft dangerous position. He say he is confident that the army i now ready for any tak. FOR FOOD SUPPLY Commissariats to Be Established on l.t imus Governor Magoon Informs Governor of Panama That Stations Will Be Ea tabliahed Along the Line for the Ben efit of Chinese Laborers. Panama, Aug. 1. Governor Magoon h. tr...n...J It.. f . I .... ...... 8vu. u. .um, that the canal commission has decided to establish commissariat stations for the supply of food, etc., for canal labor er a Ion the zone, excluding Panama and Colon. Until now the United State ha refrained from doing so on account of the protest of olon and Panama mer chant, who claimed that their sales would be decreased considerably by the establishment of the stations but re port to Governor Magoon state that the laborer can not buy what they need in many instances and for this reason are refusing to work. Refrigerator will be installed and the railroad and steamers will import food from the United State. Panama has not yet made an answer to the notification but undoubtedly will not be pleased with'the measure, which must reduce' import duties, the princi pal income of the republic. WILSON IGNORES DEMANDS Washington, Aug. 1. Secretary of the department of agriculture .Wilson said today that he was not disturbed by the demand for his resignation made by certain official of the Southern Cotton association, and that he heartily approved the expression of the in tention of President Jordan, of th association, to go to Presi dent Roosevelt with his demands. MILITIA FOR QUARANTINE. Little Rock, Aug. 1. Governor Dans has issued an order directing General Haynes, the commander of the state militia to detail as many men as neces sary to establish ft strict state quar antine against all point where yellow fever exists. FREE POWER GIVEN TO VITTE IS MOT RESTRICTED Neraloof Finds the Beach So Slow During the Week Plenipotentiary Discussed By Rnsaus Press. Witte Has Definite Instruc tions As to What Demands of the Japanese Will Be Satisfactory. St Petersburg, Aug. 1. The 'Rus. the Novoe Vremya nd other represen tatives of the Russian press today coun sel patience for the brief interval be fore the meeting of the peaie plenipo tentiaries, and dwell on the futility of attacking men of straw before it i definitely known what terms the Jap anese will propose. The Rus ayc "M. Witte ha definite instructio a to what demand will be absolutely un acceptable, and will know what course to adopt if such demands are presented. We are ignorant of the Japanese pro posals, but will know what they are in a few days. Meanwhile, let u wait." Discussing the supposition that ft cost bination of the powers might be formed to exert pressure for the modification of extortionate Japanese demands, M. Nera loff, the spokesman of the foreign office, in an interview with the Gazette, de clare that however much such proposed might be advantageous to other powers. Russia should never be the mover of such a project, ft it believe that all questions connected with the Settlement of the war should be settled directly be- . . oonntrie inbrtel China he said, has advanced no claim to com pensation for losses sustained on ac count of Manchuria being the theater of war, but no such claim would be con sidered. Discussing the question of credentials M. Neraloff said M. Witte' powers are greater than M. Witte himself had stated and are equivalent to ft full power of at torney, and that "in the conduct of ne gotiation the plenipotentiary will ap pear for the absolute master of the coun try which had confirmed the trust in him." Nevertheless, M. Witte, he said, had been instructed a to maximum of con cessions, and if these Japanese demands exceed these, there would be nothing to do but to break off the negotiations. The Sviet also declare that China is without standing in court regarding Banrhurian damages, and that Russia never will pay for the privilege of shed ding her blood in a country to which she was called by the Boxer outrage. Hie Chinese minister at Paris, Mr. CHICAGO LABOR SLUGGERS DASTARDLY METHODS Chicago, Aug. 1. Apparent evidence that labor sluggers maintain in Chicago ft place where systematic torture is meted out to those who incur ft displeas ure of the sluggers has just come to light in the strange case of William N. Wilder. Wilder at the time of the re cent teamsters' strike was claim agent for the Chicago Express company. He disappeared July 6, was held captive three weeks and then set at liberty, half starved and so dated he was not able to give a coherent account of his captivity. Soueng, has arrived in St. Petersburg, He had a conference at a resort in Fin land today with the Chinese minister to Russia, Mr. Hoo. SECTY. MOODY CONFERS WITH ROOSEVELT. Oyeter Bay, Aug. 1. President Roosevelt and Attorney General Moody wer in conference throughout the day. No state ment about the results of the conference wa made. Mr. Moody will return to Washinirton. DAKOTA ON DRY DOCK. Seattle, Aug. 1. Steamship Dakota,. of the Great Northern Steamship com pany's fleet, went on the Puget sound navy yard dry dock late today to per mit of the examination of injuries to her port tail shaft, which necessitated the cancellation of her first trip to the Orient. RULES INVESTORS. London, Aug. 1. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Daily Telegraph states that the Emperor, the Empress and the Dowager Empress each invested $730,000 in th Yalu timber enterprise. When the account were made up the whole of thi money wa found to be missing. Arrangements were tnen made to reimburse them from the war fund, but when this proposal was submitted to the Emperor, be struck out his own name, leaving only the names of the two empresees. FAILS TO WORK Second Flight of Baldwin Craft Not a Success, Navagator Beach ty Contents Himself With Describing Great Arcs Over Ex position City. Spaxker oa Motor Was Eccentric Will Be Adjusted. Portland, Aug. 1. The second flight of the Baldwin airship "Angelus" was made today, but owing to the fact that the sparking apparatus on the motor acted in an eccentric manner, Navigator Beachey made no attempt to use the motor for fear of injuring it, after the first few minutes. He contented himself with sailing over ' the city describing great arcs and raia- ' ing and lowering the craft He descended in an open space In East Portland, whither Captain Baldwin and machinist went in an automobile. It was so late when they arrived that the - refaetory motor wa not repaired when darkness fell. The motor will be corrected during the eveneing and Beachey will navigate the air ship back to aerodome during the' night. Physicians pronounced his physical and mental condition such that he may not recover. Much of the time he raves wildly and a though still under torture, he begs for mercy. Marks all over hi body show that he ha been bound by heavy cords. Wilder is an Englishman who saw service in the American army in Cuba and in the Philippines and held a commission a second lieutenant in the .regular army. He is a bold, outspoken fellow of 37 who gloried in hi physical ability to take care of himself and defied the pick ets or sluggers to Intimidate him. AIRSHIP 11)1(111