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VOLUME LVIV. NO. 247
ASTORIA, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 25 1905.
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JELLOW JACK SPREADS
Situation in Crescent City
Is Not Very
& Favorable.
SEVEN SUCCUMB TO PLAGUE
Scientific Fight Against Scourge. In Nsw
Orleans It Persistent Federal Crusadt
Meet With Only ModeraU Success
Quarantines Art Revived.
4 New Oilcan, Aug. 24. The
fever situation up to 0 p. m. to-
day I a follow! New raee 44,
total MUX); death 7, total 220;
under treatment 2H7.
New Orleans, Aug. 24. Tlit educa
tional campaign In the yeliow fever sit
uation U showing itself In many piiac,
ami ran le readily noticed in the de
crease of eac under treatment.
Dr. Ralph C. Maeour, formerly of the
navy, started today fur levllle, and will
eeml additional yellow fever nure and
doctor. It I hoped to prevent an exo
dim of Lfcvllle people to New Oilcan.
Pa Christian, Ml.. hat opened her
door to alt point on the Mississippi
fount except Milippl City, Imt stilt
refuse to .have communication with
New Orleans. Wilson, La., ha quaran
tined all freight train that run over
the Ilaton Rouge road. Rescinding to
the protest, the Illinois Central ha
(;iven order to run it train at full
lh of which are infected.
1 he appearance of a numlier of new
aw at l.ake Province ha eau-ed a re
vival of the quarantine against that
city. There have heeu no new cases at
Alexandria. The fever continue to
spread at Riverside ami Patterson, in St.
Mary, and in the parishes of ,lelTeron,
St. Charles, St. Bernard and St. John,
which am in clone proximity to New
Orlcimi.
Mi. Charle I.. Well, wife of l)i-nn
Well of Christ Church eathedrnl, i con
valescent. Ir. It. II. Iaeh of Minne
sota said tiM.a.v that he wa ninkitifr
preparations lo return home, and will
leave here on Saturday, having aban
doned hi effort to secure an actual test
nf the arsenic theory.
PALMA SIGNS BILL.
Havana, Aug. 24. Preldent Palma to
ibiy kigncd the bill for the liquidation of
the remaining half of the pay of the rev
olutionary aoldiera.
SULTAN OF MOROCCO MUST
RELEASE FRENCH CITIZEN
Taris, Aug. 24. A a result of a ape
vial meeting of tha council of tnlnistera
today it waa announced that a military
demonstration would be made against
Morocco unless the aultan promptly
tl.l 41. K-C.IM.I, .lumnnils for the
release of a French Algerian citizen
named Bouiian, who waa unjustifiably
arrested in a Moroccan town.
Instruction were sent to the French
minister at Fea to make a final demand
1 VENEZUELA MAY TENDER
FAVORABLE RECEPTION.
ml-ofllcial Conitltutiontl of Hospitable
! Tenor.
J Caracas, Aug, 24. The semi-official
constitutional, commenting on the visit
nf for r Jinlje W. J. Caliimin, who
Preldent Itoo-evelt apilnted iecial
i-oiiiiuliiotier to liMik into the relation
of Venejuiela and the t'nited Slate aay:
The apHiiulment of thi repreentativ
of the American judiciary jdeae tha
friend of the prex-nt adminUtration Iw
caue (lie proci-edin' of our court are
founded on the law of jutlce and the
lifiht which will to hed by hi inventl
gallon will eniilile the eommUnioner to
priN'lalm before tha American jmople
and the world hi homage for Veneuelan
court and a government under law.
TO TRY MUTINEERS.
vOdea, Aug. 24.-The trial of the aail
or who mutined oil the wamhip (ieorjl
Poliiedommetx in June will begin Au
KUt 2!). Tin prisoner number "i.
California Executive Rules the
Irrigation Body.
Congresa at Portland Expoiition Comei
to Clow Expretaei Sympathy for tbe
Small Land Owner Againit Change in
' Preicnt Law,
Portland, Aug. 24, After an interest
ing eion, which commuted the entire
day, the 1,1th annual meeting of the na
tional irrigation emigre came to an end
thi afternoon. The M'iou in important,
for the pronounced eta ml aNUiued on
three subject. It w a declared emphati
cally that nympnthy I with the amall
land owner aguint the large landed pro
prietor who neck to have the Irrigation
law amended lo permit the retention of
more than liMl acre of irrigated land.
The emigre alo expreed the opinion
(hat government enterprise in the work
of reclaiming arid land should not un
necessarily interfere with any previous
private enterprise nor honld private en
terprise Interfere with any prior gov
ernment projects. Finally, it vigoiou-ly
expressed disapproval of the repeated at
tempts to injiH't the subject of imdeMr
uble foreign immigration, into lis delib
eration, eotilending that the subject wa
mio in which the congre., as a IhkI.v.
was not Intel inted.
Owing to 1'ie impracticability of se
curing the nitcniliiiii f delegate in
the sectional mcrtiiigs, without a tirt
gathering and general tuion each day,
the congress tislay changed its constitution-to
provide that at future assemb
lage a general session shall be held each
day of the convent ion period. Tha day
wna otherwise marked by the reading
of a letter from President Janie ?. Hill
of the Oreat Northern railway,
Hy a nnnniniou choice, floise, Idaho,
wn selected a the next meeting place
of the congress and likewie tha re-elec-
tkm of Governor Oeorge C. Pardee of
California to the presidency wa unani
mous. on the aultan. The French minister was
informed that if the demand waa re
fused the entire personnel of the lega
tion must depart from Morocco and a
military movement would simultaneous
ly begin along the Algerian frontier.
It Is the intention of the military au
thorities to occupy a Moroccan border
town, probably Oudjda. However, the
official are confident that the aultan
will yield before the threat of iising
military force ia carried Into effect.
PARD AN
PRESIDENT
YET REMAIN
HOPEFUL
PEACE PROSPECTS POOR
President Roosevelt Wil
ling Worker for Hu
manity's Cause.
APPEALS TO NICHOLAS
Peact Proapecti Seem Dwperate Opti
mist! Kumeroua, Although Paialmiam
Apparently Reigna Muacovites Seem
: Wroth Over Japanese Subterfuge.
M "i CI ("S
Portsmouth, Aug. 24. PrspiU
jieace in deM3rate, but not hopeWa,
despite the prevailing pessimism. There
is still a chance and the force working
for peace are continuing their labor.
lreident Roosevelt ha failed twice, but
i fighting on. The result of Ambassa
dor Meyer'a audience at Pelerhof yester
day wa unsatisfactory, but it waa not
a rebuff. It left the door open, and
within a few hours after the receipt at
Oyter Hay of Ambassador' Meyer'a ac
count of the audience, President Roose
velt cent a new appeal through M.
Witte.
Kmperor Nicholas had already, In ef
fect, declined the proposed compromise
offered by .la pan. Il had refused be
cause, under disguise, Japan offered to
withdraw the article asking for remuner
ation for the cost of the war on the con
dition that Ruia should repurchase,
from the military possession of Japan,
the northern part of Sakhalcin at a fixed
price of li(K),(KH),000 yen, estimated
"frai de guerre," had Japan not insert
ed the sum; had that been left for future
adjustment the proposition would un
doubtedly have proved more palatable.
lresident Roosevelt did not suggest
tlie price, or the fixing of a price, and
believed that the latest effort was to
secure the consent of the euiK-rr to
accept the Japanese proposition, with
the amount, subject to further adjust
ment by an arbitration board or other
wise. According to the Japanese. M.
Witte has already offered to liide
Sakhalein. A persistent, report I cir
culated here to the effect that Kmperor
William ha been one of the main ob
stacle to peace j that while he ostensibly
is in svinimthv with the president' ef
forts, be i advising Kmiwror Nicholas
not to yield. The foundation for the
belief is the fact, that M. Witte in-
Iruction were made more imperative
and intransingeiit upon the question of
Indemnity and the cession of territory
after the kaiser's interview witU the
Russian emperor in the (!ulf of Fin
land. Portsmouth, Aug. 24. Alexandre N.
nriantchaninoff, the apeciaj correspond
ent of the St. Petersburg Slovo, in tele
graphing to that paper tonight, aaysi
"After th extreme optimism caused
by the new of President Roosevelt's ac
tive intervention a reaction waa natural.
However, its importance must not be ex
aggerated, and whoever knows the ten
acious character of the head of the great
American republic will not doubt that
the president, ouee entered into the game,
will not surrender, aa often a do the
reasonable, but always to humble ad
visers of the crar."
Oyster Bay, Aug. 24. The crisis in the
peace negotiations ia approaching rap
idly. Whether it shall be peace between
Russia and Japan or a continuance of
the war will be determined very likely
within a few days.
Since he made the direct appeal to Km
peror Nicholas, President Roosevelt haa
been awaiting developments. Today the
development lgn to apiar. A re
port from AniUssador Meyer at St.
Petersburg of the audience with the em
emperor wa received ami important ad
vicea from Portsmouth also reached the
president. The utmost nrerfej i main
tained regarding the cumuiunication and
not the slightest intimation of the na
ture of their content i being permit
ted to become public. It i quite cer
tain that in addition to making a di
rect appeal to the Russian emperor, the
president ha also communicated with
the Japanese government along similar
line. Whether the apfw-al was made di
rectly to the emperor of Japan eannot
be ascertained.-
Portsmouth, Aug. 24. Up to 11 o'clock
tonight fix cablegram were received by
Witte from St. Petersburg, All came
from Count Lamsdorff and all opposed
the Japanese compromise proposition.
However, it i positively stated that the
cablegrams announce that a direct "pour
parlent" is now in progre between Km
peror Nidiolu and President Roose
velt London, Aug. 24.--H I felt impossible
that the two nation should be plunged
again into- the Wront of - war-eti -account
ofv the mere difference of a few
million of money which would speedily
be expended in a continuation of hotil
Itie. " Tbe London paeir, In comment
ing on the situation, therefore," dt not
despair of a ea-ful wttlement in view
of the fact that all the differcneea ex
cept ' the indemnity re virtually ar
ranged. Portsmouth, Aug. 24. According to
.Japanese information Koniura and Taka
hira are opioed to waiving of the de
mand for war exenditure. Thi au
thority said:
fcIn the conference the Japanese con
tention waa that in conceding the ante
helium demand of Japan, Russia admit
ted either that she wa beaten or that
her attitude prior to the war was un
justified and in either case Japan holds
that Russia should pay the cost of the
war. Japan feel that Russia's talk of
'saving her face' i hjirdly reasonable,
claiming her face was lost when she
conceited the ante bellum demands which
constituted the real casus belli."
BONAPARTE SPEAKS ON
BENNINGTON TESTIMONY,
Testimony Grows More Important aa it
Is Reviewed.
Washington, Aug. 24. Speaking of the
consideration that has lieen given the
Pennington report, Secretary Bonaparte
said today that it seemed more and more
inqiortant a the testimony was re
viewed. No action has been taken as yet
upon the recommendation of the court
of inquiry that Ensign Wade be court
martialcd.
COSTLY FIRE IN BROOKLYN.
Fire Starting ia Cotton Warehouse
Causes Enormous Loss.
New York, Aug. 24. A loss of more
than half a million dollar was caused
by a lira that started in the plant of the
Bu-h Terajinal Warehouse company, lo
cated at Brooklyn. The fii-e was started
by lightning during a terrific storm at
midnight. Tie fin is still burning at an
early hour this morning. Filled a it
wa with thousands of bales of cotton
the alehouse burned fiercely. A large
numlier of freight twaiuer lying at the
dock were in peril, but their caplaiu
cut thorn loose and lloated them into the
stream.
G. A. R. APPOINTMENTS.
Important Appointments Are Made by
Executive Committee.
Denver, Aug. 24. Announcement of
three important appointments in con
nection with the coming national en
campment of the 0. A. R., has been made
at headquarters of the local executive
committee.
Orders were received from Commander-in-Chief
John R. King of Baltimore, as
signing Oeneral George W. Cook, chair
man of the local executive committee,
to the position of assistant adjutant-
general.
In his new" capacity as assistant adjutant-general,
General Cook has en
dorsed the appointment of Colonel
George A. Randolph of Denver, as mar
shal of the parade, and General Sher
man M. Bell of Denver, former adjutant
general of Colorado, as vice-chairman of
the information committee.
TABASCO IS
FLOODED
NINE ARE DROWNED
Result of a Cloudburst
Over Tom Near
Trinidad.
DESTROYS MUCH PROPERTY
A Cloudburst at Town of Tabasco Near
Trinidad, Colorado, Flooded the Town
and Drowned Nine People Beside De
stroying Much Property.
Denver, Aug. 24. It is reported
that a cloudburst at Tabasco,
near Trinidad, Colo., flooded the 4
town and drowned nine persons. 4
Considerable damage to property
was caused. All communications
with Trinidad ia cut off and was
not resumed at 11 o'clock tonight.
Trinidad, Colo., Aug. 24. The cloud
burst in the vicinity of Rhodes canyon,
converted the canyon into a raging tor
rent tonight, which swept through the
towns of Berwind and Tobas and wreck
ing everything in its path and drowning
at least nine persons. The property
losses are estimated at hundreds of
thousands of dollars and was suffered
mostly by the Colorado Fuel Jt Iron com
pany and the Colorado Southern Railway
company. The mines and coke ovens
scattered between the towns of Berwind
and Tobaseo are practically all wrecked
and the railroad roadbed is completely
washed out.
. It is impossible to get accurate news
of the loss of life and property tonight
for the reason that all communication
with the stricken towns is constantly in
terrupted by the storm which still con
tinue. Relief parties have gone from
this city and neighboring towns, but
cannot reach the canyon for several
hours. From all directions is coming re
ports of the disastrous effect of the
storm which envehqied Trinidad and the
territory adjacent for many miles.
JEROME OFFEREJ)
MAYORALITY NOMINATION.
New York's District Attorney Choice of
Citiiens' Union for Mayor.
New York Aug. 24. The city com
mittee of the Citizens' union tonight de
cided to offer the nomination for the !
mayoralty to District Attorney William ,
Travcrs Jerome.
The executive committee of the re-
HOCH IS GIVEN
STAY
Chicago, Aug. 24. Johan Iloch, the
man of many wives, convicted for the
murder of one of them, and under sen
tence of death, has escaped the gallows
a third time. He wa to be hanged here
tomorrow, but a suprsedeas was issued
today on an order from Justice Magruder
of the supreme court.
The justice said that he had carefully
examined the record presented by Hoch's
attorneys, and his study of it satisfied
him that there was enough doubt to
justify a review of the entire case by
the supreme court. - The case will come
up at the October term of the court
at Springfield, 111.
publican city committee decided in favor "
of fusion against Tammany in the com-
ing mayoralty campaign. All the anti
Tammany organizations are requested to
meet August 31. ':
KING OSCAR WILL NOT INTERFERE.
Stockholm, Aug. 24. The feeling In
government circles regarding the acces
sion by tbe Bernadoote prince io the
Norwegian throne haa taken a change.
King Oscar no longer opposes the ac
ceptance of tlie crown by hi son Charles.
So fcoon the union between Norway
and Sweden ia dissolved, bis answer will
be given and will probably be in the
affirmative.
KEARSARGE IN COLLISION.
Newport, R. I., Aug. 24. After collid
ing with the kerosene oil schooner X.
8. Gallup of New York the battleship
Kearsarge arrived here tonight with tbe
disabled craft and her crew of two. The
warship was not injured and the loss to
the owner of the schooner will not ex
ceed $.500.
CHOLERA IN
Two Soldieers DK-"Camp. Mc
Kinley Is Quarantined.
Several Natives and One American
Woman Have Died in Manila Beade
the Two Soldiers Who Died Yesterday
at Camp McKinley.
Manila, Aug. 24. An outbreak of
cholera in Manila has been reported.
Yesterday two soldiers died at Camp Mc
Kinley, which is now quarantined. In.
the city several natives and one Ameri
can woman have died. The surgeons state
that the disease is not serious.
JAPANESE TRANSPORT SINKS.
Collided With British Steamer Baralong
ia 7 Soldiers Drowned.
Tokio, Aug. 24. The Japanese trans
port Kinjo was sunk in a collision with
the British steamer Baralong on August
22 in the Inland sea. One hundred and
twenty-seven invalided Japanese soldiers
were drowned.
THREE KILLED BY J
t EXPLOSION I
Bnkersfield, Cal., August 24.
As the result of a terrific txplo-
sion of giant powder, at Taris, 51
miles from Bakerffeld, today,
Mrs. A. W. McRae and her son
George, and Oscar Duclose, were
instantly killed. Mr. McRae re-
ceived injuries from which it is
feared he will die, and three oth-
ers were badly hurt.
SECOND
OF EXECUTION
Iloch has been confident that the sen
tence of hanging would not be inflicted.
He had very little to say when informed
of the action of the justice. Jailer
Wheatman said it wa the first time in
his experience that a prisoner has ex
hibited no concern about his fate the
day previous to the execution.
Iloch was smoking a cigar when told
of the issuance of the writ.
"I am not guilty of this horrible mur
der," he said, "and now I will have the
opportunity of proving myself innocent
before the highest court in the state. I
never felt that I would go to the gal
lows. I may be guilty of other crimes,
but never of that murder." -
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