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o mil UBLItHtt PULL AtlOOIATCD PRIM MPORT OOVBR TM MORNING FIILO ON THI LOWCFf COLUMBIA: VOLUME LVIV. NO. 253 ASTORIA, OREGON, THURSDAY AUGUST 31 1905. PRICE FIVE CENTS j ECLIPS IS PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN American Astronomical Expedition Has Splendid Success. THE YELLOW PERIL BOGIE DISAPPEARS, Germany Tblnka Japan Will Remain Quiet for number of Yms. BEtLlRK PROTUBERANCES SKETCHED Report from Many Countries Report Splendid Success of Various Eipedi Mont ia Securing Photographs of the Sua Wbila is Ectips. (iuetalma, Algeria, Aug. 30. The American astronomical expedition, head d by Rear Admiral Chester, Urln tendent of tli United Mat naval ob . aervetory, ha obtained a splendid plw tograph of tit eclipse of the un. The expedition also sketched the sun's pro tuberauc. . . '' " St. John, N. F, Aug. SO, TUe Ma limit along tbi coast report satlsfac. tory observation of tbe eclipse of the aim this morning. Sn Jo, Cel., Aug. 30. Dispatches revived at Lick observatory from the eclipse parties announce a complete aucee of tbe observation at Aounn, Kgypt. Pari, Aug. 30, Tbe eclipse wa ob erred ber under the most favorable condition. At Burgcs, 8aln, tbe mill tary balloon took part in the olwerv tlon. DR. SALMON EXONERATED. Official Investigation Refutes Charges Against Chief of Animal Bureau. Washington, Aug, 30. That there has IxM'ti no discrimination in the work of , tbe meat bisection arvlie and tbe com plete exoneration of Pr. D. E, Salmon, chief of the bureau of animnl Industry, of the department of agriculture, of tbe charge growing out of hi business con nection, are the finding announced by Nolleltor McCain a a result of an in vestigation of the charge against Dr. Salmon, Tbe report aay that Dr. Sal inon' connection with a business firm Joe not Involve any wrongdoing and be wa never benefited from the govern-, incut contract given that fl i in. Ilerlin, Aug. 30. After tlie first sen a tlon of' wonder and relief wera over at the announcement of peace the tier man observer ar now trying to adjut their eoneeptiona of the power that brought about the peace. Tbe Herman government 1 convinced that Japan may be expected to remain quiet for many year If let alone and that eh will FYPFRTxI M A FTTPE A TV .r.n. ,,,,, , iV.,r.r leva viara vii nv Asiatic continent. The yellow peril eeema to have Urge ly disappeared out of the German thought. London, Aug. 30. With the panning of the first sensation Incident to the announcement of peace the mot atrik ing not of public feeling in England i Universally that of tribute paid to the invaluable service whkb President Roonevelt rendered to tbe cause of bu manity. Not England alone, but the whole world i hastening to pay a meed of praise to the peacemaker. MYSTERY IS CLEARED. Military Party of Russia! Disappointed At Close of War. Latter Dicow4 Stating That Deal Man Committed Suicide, Lew U ton, Idaho, Ang. ,,10. A pecial to the Tribune from Orangevlllo sayst It i believed that the mystery sur rounding the Identity of the man who HAD HOPED WITTE WOULD FAIL dead body waa found near Orange villa yesterday we cleared up today through the dlcovcr of a letter signed by 1L GL Paige. The letter elate that th author Tht Exptrt internaUoIul Law, would destroy himself by taking poison TODAY'S WEATHER. Portland, Aug. 30. Oregon and Wak- tngton: Thursday, fair. Martins, and Dennison, Art at Work Preparing Treaty Thooga Basis Has Been Accepted Many Details Remain. TUNNEL SISK1Y0US Portsmouth, Aug. 30. The actual work of drafting the "Treaty of Torts mouth" began today. The work ia be ing don by I)e Martin and Dennison, the legal advicr of th respective sides, for while the "balsH baa tieen accepted by the plcnipotntiarica, considerable de tail yet remains to I worked out in the clubci-u'iwu of the mtich-s of tW treaty A very anomalous aituation exist a to the impression created by the con Southern Pacific Would Reduct flui'1l,1m of , T; u it'w ruiJ.e U j I VtMIIU Mj'MHUUnf 111 MHH Hir U Cl Heavy uraac. dcntJy greet disappoiiltnieitt, in the term, and In Russia, the government seem to have received It coldly. It ia Ian open accret that wticn the emperor Harriman, on His Last Visit to the Pa- appointed M. Witt a chief pk-nipotcn dac Coast Cav Orders to Engineer- tiary, the "military party" expected him ing Department to Make Survey for I to fail or to make a "bad peice," and Tunnel ia Order to Reduce Grad. either would have spelled his ixditital ruin. But M. Witte succeeded in ee curing a treaty honorable to Russia, Thi ba exasperated hi enemies and Sacramento, Aug. 30.-The faotwae intrigue 1 again at work to discredit iiisiIh Unun in tha lixla that dur. I I tlnt fif Die new enme nut f .Tunan ing Ms recent vUlt to th Paciflo coast ,9 of the gituation at JoUo K H. Harriman gave order to the ,nd St. Petersburg alarmist are engineering department to make a ur cy for the construction of a great tun nel through the Siskiyou mouutaina. The tunnel will be the means of great- in- Portsmouth, Aug. 30. The Associat ed Pre i able to give some interest ing detail in regard to the condition of peace. The most important of all i th fact of the 'formal recognition of Japan's position in regard to th Chi- nes Eastern railway below Kuent-heng tse. It involve a payment by Russia to China of a sum estimated at $75, 000.000. Till is the Chines interest in the road and China must be remunerat ed. . Tbe question of the ultimate po scssion of the road is a matter to be settled by Japan and China. Japan can keep the road or surrender It to China and 'demanding in return the money paid by Russia to China. If "he elect " the latter course, Japan, therefore, will obtain ao, an indirect "spoil of war" fro.,. Russia the above mentioned aura in addition to reimburse ment for the cost of maintaining the Russian prisoner of war, for which Japan will present an itemized bill. Japan ha given ber word to China not to retain the railroad, but if China pre fer the money to the railroad Japan need not be accused of bad faith. Berlin, Aug. 30. Emperor William re ceived the following cablegram from ; President Roosevelt: "I thank you heartily for your congratulations and tk tbi opportunity to express my profound appreciation with the way in which you co-operated in every effort to bring about a peace in tfc,f Orient v It ha been my great pleasure to work with you toward this end." Paris, Aug. 30. The newspapers, in commenting on tbe result of the Ports mouth conference, express still more astonishment at the sudden and happy termination and ask whether the United State ha decided to return to the tra ditional friendship for Russia, or if Great Britain baa renounced her old hostility to Russia, and whether the Ta ciflc ocean question will now be gov erned by Japan, Russia and the United States, or Japan, Ureat Britain and the United States. GREAT LOSS BY FIRE IDAHO SAW-MILL BURNS Eight Million Feet of Lum ber and Twenty-Five Houses Destroyed. LOSS ESTIMATED AT $275,000 Special Train Carrying Three Hundred Mea front Nearby Towns Rush to Scene, But High Winds Prevent All Efforts to Save the Property. BASEBALL SCORES. Portland, Aug. 30. Oakland 3, Port, land 2. Tacoma, Aug. 30. Lo Angele 2, Ta coma 6. San Francisco, Aug. 30. Seattle 0, San Francisco 2. - - j-t. WASHINGTON SENATORS r VISIT VANCOUVER. Make Inspection of Work on Columbia River Near the City. Vancouver, Wash., Ang. 30. United State Senators Ankeny and Pile visit ed this eity today in connection with their proposed itinerary of tbe state. The senator made an inspection of tha work on the Columbia river between Vancouver and the mouth of the Wil lamette. The dredire was not at work. WILL REVOLT IN FALL. FAILS TO SHOW RESPECT. - American Counsel Is Attacked by Swed ish Newspapers. Vsli7nfrinn Ann, $a Ti.. .in clined to make much of the fact that' . , , . ',. , ... . . . . , , , . , ihuuuciu iin wen supplied wiia copies the minutes of yesterdays fateful .. . , , , .. r yesterday's meeting have not been signed by the of newspaper publiohed in Cenjthen- burg, Sweden, attacking the American plenipotentiaries and it pointed out Robert s o( M i us i ciiner siue couui sun rvpimiaie nieii.it i t n . y reducing tin, grade, so that faster trwm.nti but the pfepjcntlariea re-1""? "T " ,T PTr .,.., ... . , h , , 14 4. ., , ,'to k"g Oscar on the occasion of hi Lime will Is? made lad wen (aliform fuse to admit th possibility of onv such lt . . . - 1 ..... i.gii Norwegian by birth. Assistants say that Secretary Loomls lmi deckled to call upon Bergh for an explanation. CONFINED TO ZONES St. Petersburg, Ang. 30. H ha been decided to form terri torial cone for the Jew and list are now being drawn up of the new township and village where they nil lie permitted to live. nd Portland and will also shorten the happening. listnnc from seven to ten mile, Oyster Buy, Aug. 30. "Whistle soft C0ES TO PENITENTIARY. ly, we are ecttini; into thin timber, but we are not out of the woods." Thi Broker Who Swindled W.dows and Or- admonition represents accurately Tre- phans to Serve Sentence. lident Roosevelt' view of the situation Chicago, Aug. 30. Kdwnid !. Lewis, at Portsmouth. - Peace la in sight, but the default inir real etat broker of not yet an accomplished fact. Pro- Wheaton, 111., who by duplicate mort-1 foundly a be is gratified at the results ,ages, swindled widow and otli"r poor already achieved by the plenipotentiaries person 10 uie exient oi iikuh), was mi presiucnt rcaiit timt the most im taken today to the Juliet penitentiary to porlunt work yet remains to be done. serve an indeterminate sentence. Lewis Until more 1 accomplished it i scarce hist Friday secretly went before Judge My a part of wisdom, be thinks, to do Cbnrls Bishop of Whaton and pleaded more than "whistle softly." It is prob guilty. able that the president may make a formal expression concerning the work accomplished at Portsmouth, but the intimation today was that he would Chicago, Aug. 30, William Van Vor- J not make such a statement in any event bees was shot and killed by hi wife! until he had been assured of the sue early today in hi restaurant. The two I cess of the conference. had been quarreling, KILLED IN RESTAURANT. SECRETARY BONAPARTE ORDERS COURT MARTIAL Washington, Aug. 30. Secretary lionaparte In hi action on th finding of the court of inquiry in the case of the Bennington explosion severely ar raigned some of the ollleer of the ves sel for their failure to look after the aafety valves and orders Commander Xucien Young before the courtmartial to clear himself of the charges of "neglect of official duty," and directs a court martial Ensign Ware on a charge of "neglect of duty," and disapproves the court of inquiries' finding that the Ben nlnjfton was "in an excellent state of discipline and in good and efficient condition." Portsmouth, Aug. 30. The news of the successful completion of the pre liminary negotiations of peace was re- wived here without marked expression either of satisfaction or of dissatisfac tion. The prevailing sentiment among I the thinking element is that Japan had arrived at tne recognition of the fact that it was really impossible for Russia to make further concessions, because she desired to avoid" arousing among her people at home sentiments which would constitute a serious menace to her future. Tha more intelligent Russians do not regard the outcome as alto gether a diplomatic victory or success won at the expense of Japan. "PUTS AND CALLS" TRADING -TO BE RE-ESTABLISHED. Newport, Wash, Aug. 30. A fire in the mill of the White Pine Lumber com pany at Priest River, Idaho, at noon today destroyed the entire plant, with 8,000,000 feet of lumber, II boxcar and about 23 residences, comprising tbe northern portion of the town. A tiff wind was blowing' when tbe fire broke ouimd all efforts to check the flames were futile. . A special train carrying 300 men was dixpatclied from Bonner Ferry and in termediate points and a large squad from this city, but all arrived too late to save the residence portion of the town which adjoined the milL - The loss is estimated at 73,000, with 160,000 of insurance. Greatly Agitated and Ten of Thousands Are Supplied With Arms. St. Petersburg, Aug, 30. At t meet ing of 300 members of the intellectual classes at St. Petersburg the speakers uescribed the peasant agitation in the provinces of Saratoff and Samara, say ing that tens of thousands of men are supplied with arms, and that an enor mous peasant movement ia being- or. ganized for autu . warn uFIIilE AMERICAN BANKERS WILL LEND RUSSIA MONEY. Bankers Are Now Anxious Russian Loan. to Float Harriman System Prove to Be Owners of Columbia Southern. This Means Much to That Section of the Great Inland Empire of Which Road Is Outlet Affects Trade of Portland. New York, Aug. 30. American bank ers are now prepared to float a great Russian loan and it ia stated this morn ing that as a matter of fact financiers in this city have bad the terms of a Russian loan in mind for several months past and the Russian government has known that upon the conclusion of peace it couM raise money here. Hitherto the foreign bankers have taken the first step iu raising , money for the com batants and American bankers were ex pected to associate themselves will the foreign houses. But the American flras will this time, it is understood, in finan cial circles, x London, and Paris. t take, a part in the iie ' a. Although ' '. ...i. Wm Abandoned by Cr'- Trade Some Tit v Chicago, Ang. 30. Tra ami calls" is to be re -e tab Chicago board of trade, trading was abandons sonn when the board of trade beg sade against the bucket shops. em NEW ORLEANS REPORT. New Orleans, Aug. 30. The fever sit uation remains about the same as in the past few days. The official report up to 0 p. m. is as follows: New cases 40, total 1,878; deaths 4, total 271. '' LUMMIiSjONtKS TO CONFER Christians, Aug. 30. The Norwegian commissioner appoint- ed to confer with the commis- eionerg of Sweden on the que- tion of dissolution, left for Carls- bad this , afternoon. The first meeting is to be held at Carlsbad August 31. - - - :' ' .tapanese i uoated here, and a the case ot Russia's borrow ing, local bankers will, for the first time, take the initiative. No estimate of the amount is given. TORNADO IN PENNSYLVANIA. T. ' " " Scranton, Ta., Aug. 30. A tornado struck the northern part of Carbondale tonight, demolished a score of houses and barns and damaged the railroads, but caused no fatalities. Portland, Aug. 30. It is an- nounced that E. E. Lyttle, who has been president of the Co- lumbia Southern railway since its organization, has resigned. From friends of the retiring president it is learned he first tendered his resig nation to Mr. Harriman a year ago, the road having been transferred six months previous to that time. Sir. Harriman, however, did not want to dispense with the services of the director of lumliai South" ji'- i'. ... i - ' ; '.. : :. - ! : r-.i i'-.! ' ' i , jifl v -u'.-l 1 1 hi t V ' ... t. I.- IU. !...- U::' w ft-' , . '. M. ,'f.i. ; ; . ., ,-, v . n. - ! j... ne post- Despite -statement made by Mr. Har riman and his local oflicials, it is now certain that he will not add more to the mileage of the road. The latest coup, that of building from Natron to Ontario, with branches to Klamath Falls, Agency Plains and Lakeview, shows conclusively he has no intention of spending more money to place Cen tral Oregon in closer touch with Port land by way of the O. R. & N., but will instead draw that trade ta tbe South ern Pacific for the benefit of San Fran cisco if possible. FIERCE ELECTRIC STORAr - VISITS MIDDLE AVEST Denver, Aug. 30. Portions of Colo rado and Southern Wyoming were visit ed by an electric storm today which ter rified people' and damaged considerable property. At Cheyenne the water ran in the streets to a depth of two feet. Many stores were flooded to a consider able depth. Tree were splintered by lightning bolts and several houses wer set afire. At Fort Collins the lightning played al most continuously and the people ran hither and thither seeking safety. In tlie Platte canyon and the vicinity of Buffalo park the rain fell rn torrents, washing out bridge in several places.