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VOLUME LVIV. NO. 243
ASTORIA, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 21 1905,
PRICE FIVE
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CASTRO TO
FIGHT
AMMUNITION ORDERED
Places $2,000,000 Order
for Torpedo Boats
and Guns.
WILL WHIP THE YANKEES
Vennoelaa President on a Rampag and
Announces That Hs Will Rot Ptrmlt
Sptdal Commissioner William J. Cal
houn to Land.
New York, Aug. 0. Tl) Tribune
y.i
Venezuela ha placed order in Europe
for torpedo-boa U, gun and ammunition
at a rot of about 2,000,000.
An American juat returned from Ven
eiula I authority for the etateinenl that
President Castro recently declared he
waa going to "light the Yankee," which
explain the larga order for hip, arm
and ammunition. It I reported that
when the Venexuelan executive heard of
the appointment of Judge William J.
Calhoun a MH'ial commissioner to In
vestigate certain affaire In Carara, hi
anger wa great and hi language im
moderate, lie announced that he would
not permit the emissary of President
Roosevelt to land in Veiiemicla.
MORE AIR BRAKES ON RAILROADS.
Interstate Commission Says Equipment
of Freight Trains Insufficient.
Washington, Aug. 20. The interstate
commerce commission is about to take
steps to require all railroads engaged in
Interstate commerce to increase the min
imum percentage of air brakes used on
freight train. Recent accident, involv
ing loss of life and property, caused by
the "buckling" of freight train when
emergency appliratlon of air have been
made on train parliiillv air-braked,
m vi' demonstrated that such trains arc
nt ui'tually under the control of tin
engineer, as required hv law.
The original safety appliance act re
quited that every train should have a
"siillieient number of cars so equipped
with power or train brake that the en
gineer on the liH'omotive drawing such
train ran control its h'c1 without re
quiring bruki'iiien to use the common
band ' brake for that purpose." The
niiii'iiilcd act of Mm eh 3, llMI.'l, estab
lished a minimum of M) per cent of the
car in eni'h train required to have tiielr
brakes operated by the engineer.
The!
nmi'iideil net also provides that ''the
interstate commerce commission may in
crease the minimum percentage of car
in any train required to lie operated with
power or train brakes,"
The commission today Issued an order
calling on the railroads to rt'ort to the
commission on or before Oetolicr 1 next,
as follows: ''The number of freight cars
In use upon the lino of railroad; the
number of, such cars equipped with air
brakes, and the average percentage of
nir-bruked cars used in trains during
the six months prior to September 1,
1005, together with a statement of any
LORD CRUZON RESIGNS
AS VICEROY OF INDIA
London, Aug. 20, The resignation of
Lord Curson of Kcdlcston, ns viceroy of
Htnliii, and the appointment of Karl
into as his successor was announced
(it the India office todnv. According to
the correspondence, it nnneara that Lord
ii -
Instructions Issued tiy I lie carrier re'
upectlng the of air on iti Unci."
TENNIS PLAYERS MEET,1
United State Championship Cam Will
B Playud Tuesday.
Newport, H. I., Aug. 20. Crack tennis
player from all part of ths country
re round lug up here fur the annual lawri
teniiU rhni(ilnlli of the United
State which Is-gln Tuesday. The tour
nament thU year will be In three Mic
tion. The double, in which the cham
pion, ot the Kat will conteet with to
champion of the Went, will be played
tomorrow, and on Wednesday the win
ning pair" (will challenge Ward ami
Wright, the preM-nt holder of the na
tional championship, The aingle cham
pionship will he played tomorrow and
the following daye.
CONGER WILL NOT CO TO CHINA.
Ambassador to Mexico Not to Extrt In
fluence With China.
Washington, Aug. 20.Edwin II.
Conger, ambassador to Mexico, tonight
said he was not going to China, a it wa
reported he might do to allay the agita
tion there against American Import.
BUGGY AND CAS COLLIDE.
J. J. Sullivan of Baltimore Killed and
N. H. Heck of Portland Injured.
Portland, Aug. 20.-J. J. Sullivan of
Baltimore wa killed and X. II. Heck of
Portland badly Injured in a collUion be
tween a atreet car and a buggy in East
Portland thla evening.
Russians Abandon Their Advance
Works In Corca.
The Tokio Correspondent of the London
Telegraph States That the Japanese
Rave Effected Communication With
Marshal Oyama,
London, Aug. 20. The Telegraph's
Tokio correspondent says the Japanese
have advanced in Northern Korea. The
ltussluans have abandoned their advance
works mid were driven back, The Jap
anese army in Korea has effected com
munication with Field M.i i luil Oyama.
London, Aug. 20. The Telegraph's
correspondent nt Moji says that Line
vitch's defense works are complete, The
troop itiimlH-r ulioiit 5'N),inni,
"MARK TWAIN" HAS GOUT.
F.mo... Authnr Hi-M.r.A h Asa u. '
covers Slowly - i
Norfolk. Conn.. Aug. aO.-San.cl ,
Clemen., the well-known "Mark Twain." j
who wss taken slMillv 111 n rw dv.
..go at his summer cottage In Edge-'
wood, is now suffering a severe attack I
of gout, but his physician. Dr. K. Quint-J
nrd of New York, who Is here attend-
inn him. Mieves that his di,ti,1L.ihcd
pnticnt will recover sufficiently to get
out of bed in a week. Mr. Clemens'
daughter is attending to his every need.
For the past two years Mr. Clemens'
health seems to be growing feebler, and
his old age is ono of the obstacles in
the way of a speedier recovery. While
indication are favorable at present,
there is some alarm among friends over
the tiltlmnte outcome of his sickness.
C'urzon's resignation was cabled August
21. The correspondence shows a decided
ly bitter feeling between Curzon and
the India office und Lord Kitchener, com-mandcr-in-chief
of the forces In India
over the new plan of army administra
tion in India.
JAPANESE
ADVANCING
E
SITUATION IMPROVED
Neutral Powers Would
Have Warring Nations
Compromise.
JAPAN WILL REMAIN FIRM
Peaca Envoys Ar Now Awaiting De
cision of Respective Governments
Proaident'a Messagt Transmitted to
Cur With Witte's Recommendations,
Portsmouth, Aug. j2(L The eltjancb
of peace have undoubtedly beei im
proved by President Roosevelt'a action
in stepping into the breach in a last
endeavor to induce the warring coun
trie to compromise their "irreconcil
able difference," but the reault ia still
in suspense. The ultimate decision of
the issue has defacto If not de jure
passed from Portsmouth to St. Peters
burg, and perhaps In lesPr extent to
Tokio.
Although there are collateral evi
dences that pressure, both by the presi
dent and neutral powers, Including Great
llriuin, 1 still being exerted at Tokio
to induce Japan to moderate her de
mands there is also reason to believe
that the president at his interview
with Karon IV Rosen practically com
municated to Wittc Japan's irreducible
minimum, not what she would yield, but
the point beyond which she would
not go.
Whether an actual basis of a com
promise was proposed by the president
cannot lie stated diflnitely. Only one
thing ia affirmed positively, and that is
if Russia refuses to act upon the sug
gestion or proposition of President
Roosevelt, the peace conference will end
in a failure.
In the Russian camp, but little en
couragement is given. Baron De Rosen
reached here before noon and immedi
ately went into conference with Witte.
and the whole situation will be re
viewed. De Rosen communicated the
president message and it was trans
mitted to the emperor with Witte's
recommendations. No clue to the nature
of thU recommendation has transpired
but W,,e U diti',t'y pessimistic a
J1 c,l"acter of the rt'Ponw whilU
WH"e from St' rsburg.
' ,w ""I""1""' win-wi, win cung
l" W,P re-
munortt,on f" tl.. cost of the war.
thaV th W,U l wM,ln to d'
' " b,lt m,,wUntW TOra-
lion they decline to relinquish.
They are also firm upon the cession of
Sakhalein. By the transfer of the south
ern branch of the Chinese Eastern rail
way to Japan for relinquishment to
China and payment for the maintenance
of Russian prisoner and the surrender
of the Russian warships, it is possible
to figure out the total transfer to Japan
of money and property at about $250,
000,000. But this is the limit.
The Japanese view of the situation
is authoritatively, but humorously,
stated thusi "The result would be
known soon. It is useless to speculate.
As well for the plenipotentiaries to give
an opinion of the sex of an nnborn in-1
fant. When the child is born we would
lie able to tell whether it is a boy or a
girl."
The issue will not necessarily be de
cided Tuesday, as it is quite likely there
may lie some delay In the answer from
St. Petersburg, in which, case an ex
cuse may be forwarded to adjourn from
day to day. The Japanese will not be
D
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XERTED
impatient, but the final decision must,
impatient, but the final decision must
I made next week.
.-1x,
Oyter Hay, Aug. 20,-Ko new de
velopmcnt in the negotiations for peace
reached the president today. The presi
dent's effort to bring about a satis
factory iaaue to the peace conference
was practically concluded with the con
ference yesterday with Baron De Rosen.
A proposition then submitted will have
to be passed on by the Russian envoys
and probably by Emperor Nicholas. On
the determination reached a to the
proposition very likely will depend peace
or an indefinite continuation of hostil
ities. It is not expected that the pres
ident will receive any further visit from
either the Russian or Japanese repre
sentative prior to the meeting of the
conferees Tuesday morning.
There is a grneral belief that the
Japanese) plenipotentiaries were eogniz
ant with the details of the president's
final effort to prevent a rupture of the
conference, and are prepared, aa far aa
their government Is concerned, to earry
into effect the proposition submitted to
the Russian envoys. No intimation of
the nature of that proposition is given
here.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 20. Russia's off!
cisl attitude in regard to the final re
ply to Japan Tuesday ( unchanged. The
impression prevails that only by a great
concession on the pert of Jspan on the
question of indemnity and the cession of
.Sakhalein will make peace possible.
Tokio, Aug. 20. A meeting of the cab
inet was held today. When it adjourned.
Premier Katsura drove to the palace and
made a report to the emperor. Later
the premier received Kir Claude MacDon
ald. An extended interview, nresum-
t'y with relation to the peace confer
a
ence at Portsmouth, was held. The for
eign office announced that it was intend
ed to adhere to the policy of secrecy un
til some conclusion was reached.
Portsmouth, Aug. 20. The Aociat
ed Press is able to announce that one
feature of the proposition of President
Roosevelt that was communicated
through Baron De Rosen to Witte, and
by the latter to the emperor, is based
on the principles of arbitration. Whether
the president contemplates the arbitra
tion of all the articles on which the
plenipotentiaries have failed to agree or
only on the question of the indemnity,
cannot be stated. But it is more than
probable that it relates only to the
indemnity or to the indemnity and the
cession of Sakhalein.
Neither is it. possible to say whether
the president made a similar proposal to
Japan.
The customary diplomatic proceedings
in such a case would lie to submit the
proposal simultaneously to both coun
tries, but there might be an advantage
in securing the adherence of one before
submitting it to the other.
BOYCOTT IS
WEAKENING.
Shanghai, Aug. 20. The boy
cott against American goods is
evidently weakening and the in
tended mission of former Min
ister Conger is considered entire
ly superfluous.
KILLS HIS SISTER
COMMITS SUICIDE.
YELLOW FEVER REPORT.
New Orleans, Aug. 20. New cases, 45;
total cases 1,385; deaths 4, total deaths
1011; cases under treatment 381.
MINE ACCIDENT.
Butte, Mont., Aug. 20. Three men
were killed tonight at the Anaconda
mine. Their names were not learned.
PIONEER OPERATOR DEAD.
Camden, Aug. 20. Herbert C. Robin
son, a 'pioneer telegraph operator, died
tonight, aged 00. At the outbreak of
the civil war he was a memlier on the
staff of Lincoln's private operators and
at the second battle of Bull Run sent
the first lelegraph me9age from a balloon.
1 PHTF
n url rlL
WRECK
NUMBER OF MAD TEN
Loaded Trolley Car Col
lides With Passing
Freight.
RETURNING FROM OUTING
Yard Engine, in Making Flying Switch,
Hnrbj Freight Car Into Loaded Trolley
With Frightful Results Many Fatally
Injured.
Butte, Mont, Aug. 20. Ten persons
were killed and more than a score in
jured, some fatally, tonight as a result
of freight cars dashing into a crowded
open trolley car at the crossing of the
street car and the Great Northern rail
road tracks. The passengers, men, wom
en and children, were returning from
Columbia Gardens. The motorman
stopped the r before reaching the rail
road crossing, but at that moment the
Butte, Anaconda Padflc-yard engine
was making a flying switch of a loaded
freight car across Utah street The
motorman, thinking everything was
clear, started across the railroad track,
when the trolley car was struck by the
freight car and thrown 35 feet and
rumbled into kindling wood. The
freight car was piled on top of the
mangled passengers.
DEEP CANYON THEIR HAUNT.
Wasco Authorities Believe Gang of Bad
Men Has Been Broken Up.
The Dalles, Ore., Aug. 20. A band of
supjiosed thieves, which has long made
headquarters in an almost inaccessible
canyon on the Deschutes, in Southern
Wasco county, is believed to have been
broken up at last by the authorities of
Wasco. For years this remote spot has
liecn a rendezvous for shady characters,
leading to the suspicion that a system
atic series of horse and cattle rustling
has been carried on from this point. It
is suspected that stock from a wide
stretch of country has been for years
driven to the lonely canyon retreat,' kept
there until owners ceased searching then
run across the river into Sherman coun
ty aud taken to market.
The canyon in question is about 13
miles from Sherar's bridge. On either
side of the river the mountains rise to
an angle of alxmt 45 degrees to a height
of 6.000 or 7.000 feet. In a cove by
the riverside is a fertile little valley on
which fodder for a considerable number
of stock can be raised, while the sur
rounding hills are covered with a luxuri
ant growth of bunch grass.
Farmers in the country within reach
have for a long time missed young stock,
and occasionally a grown animal, the ani
mals disappearing as if by magic. Pur
suit was impossible, as all trails were ob
literated, the paths to the river basin
POLICEMAN ARRESTS
MAYOR OF CHICAGO
Chicago, Aug. 20. Mayor Dunne of
Chicago was arrested this afternoon in
a suburb of Evanston for violation of
the ordinance regulating the speed of
automobiles. The mayor, in company
with a friend, was riding through Evans
ton when they were stopped by a police
man, who accused the chauffeur of go
being over rocky bluffs, where footprints
are not risible.
If the theory of the officers is correct,
a bad gang of outlaws has been broken
up and stock in the southern end of the
county will in the future be more se
cure. .
CRUSADER ASSAULTED.
Unknown Assailant Shoots at R.
T.
Sreet Strikes Him in Face.
Spokane, Aug. 20.-A Colfax special to
the Spokesman-Review aays:
R. T. Street, prominent in the crusade
against saloonkeepers, was shot at last
night by as unknown assailant, who also
hit Street in the face with a blunt in
strument. THE SITUATION WORSE.
Emperor Ordera Two Cruisers to Ger
man East Africa.
Berlin, Aug. 20. The governor of Ger
man East Africa telegraphs that the ait-
nation of the colour ia chanted for
worse. The emperor baa ordered two
cruisers to proceed immediately to East
Africa.
BASEBALL SCORES.
Portland, Au. 20. Portland 2, San
Francisco 1.
Seattle, Aug. 20. Sesttla 2, Los
Angeles 6.
San Francisco, Aug. 20. Taeoma
0,
Oakland 1.
Second game: Taeoma 1, Oakland 4.
FIVE HUNDRED
HE inn
mm '
Platform Collapso-Three Rabbis
Seriously Injured.
Spectators Are Precipitated Fifteen Feet
Into a Cellar Owing to Collapse of
Platform During Ceremonies of Laying
of Church Cornerstone,
Pittsburg, Aug. 20. More than 800
men, women and children were precipi
tated 15 feet into a cellar by the col
lapse of a platform today during the
exercises incident to laying the corner
stone of the Beth David Russian ortho
dox church. Nearly all were cut and
bruised, but it is believed no one was
fatally hurt.
Three rabbis were among those who
went down, and although injured they
concluded the ceremony after the panic
subsided. Among the seriously injured
are: Rabbis Ashinsky, S. Graff man, A.
Bloom and Abraham Nathanson, pastor
of the congregation and Policeman
Lefteoweski.
JAPANESE SIEZE
RUSSIAN TRANSPORT
Tokio, Aug. 20. The command
er of the squadron sent to Kam
chatka reports seizing the Rus
sian transport Australia in the
Petropavlovsk harbor on Au
gust 13.
ing too fast.
All were taken to the police station.
"I don't know anything about the speed,
of these things," said the mayor, "but I
don't think we were going very fast.
However, we may have been, and I guess
we will have to pay our fines like any
body else." The fines were paid.