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VOLUME LVIV. NO. 256
ASTORIA, OREGON, SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 3' 1905.
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FORESTS AR
ABLAZ
VILLAGES IN DANGER
Upper Williamctte Valley
Swept by Fierce
- Flames.
MANY ARE LEFT DESTITUTE
la Addition to Firts Reported Ysstsrdsy
tht Country East tod West of Eugtnt
It AbUst Entlrt Population of
Threatened Districts Flfbting Flames.
Portland, Sept. 2. Report
4 from Willamette valley KlnU
ore to the effect that heavy dam 4
ago U bring occasioned bjr tht
foret Area now raging In the 4
Tarious section, li tddltlon to 4
4 4 two reported yesterday from tho 4
4 neighborhood of Allan', which 4
4 destroyed several farm houses aa 4
4 well aa much timber, there aro 4
4 aeveral fire to the eat and went 4
4 of Eugene which Lid fair to Inflict 4
4 hear j losses unless they art put 4
4 under control at once. 4
Salem, Ore., Sept. 2. Private advice
from Mill City, situated upon the line
between Marion and Linn counties, in
dicate that the little town of Galea It
directly in the patch of a raging forest
fire, whkb waa started from the burn-
ing of slashing upon the place of a
man named Welch, and, unlcse kind
Providence Interfere, la threatened with
destruction. Another fire wa started
aoutk of the town of Mill City, only a
mil distant and thl, with the strong
outh wind which prevailed thia morn
ing, looked aerioua for that community
at last report. The fire went of Mill
City and on what I known aa Potato
mountain, near Mlnto, up to'noon today
bad covered a distance of about four
mile), and waa within a half mile of
Oatcs. The Bantlam river He between,
however, and there it strong hope that
the progreM of the flame will be
checked when they reach the stream.
Fire arc numerous in the Grant Paa
dUtrict, but so far have caused but
email low, a they have been confined
to brush', alashing or second growth
trees
Owing to the dryness of the season
and the density of the underbrush which
lias grown up over the laud where the
timber has ben logged off, nothing but
a heavy rain can quench the flames. The
tmophere around Albany, 40 miles
from the fire, and at Eugene, Is dense
with smoke, which hangs over the city
like a pall. '
Portland, Sept 2. A message received
tonight from Albany states that the
- fires near that place are thought to be
under control and that there Is a good
TAFT ADVISED NOT
TO VISIT CANTON
Hong Kong, Sept 2.The . Transport
Logan, with Secretary of War Taft and
prty on board, arrived here thia morn
ing. Owing to the unpleasant anti-American
demonstrations and the display of
posters la Canton there were lengthy
arguments aa to ; whether tilt party
ahould go to Canton or not. Consul
General Bragg advised that the visit
proopect of rain. The total dVu,
in this dUtrU is sU farmhouses, three
barns and their content, beside a ton
siderabls area of .standing timber, the
value of which as yet cannot be .esti
mated. ','.- J : ' ' -
LEAVES FOB BOISE.. r
ftlalna Phillips, who for some time
past has been connected with the Morn
inir Afttorian a managing editor, leaves
this morning for Boise, Idaho, where be
is offered an editorial position on the
largest and moat Influential paper of
the state.
Mr. Phillips has made many vara
friend while la thia city who regret to
see bim go and with him every success
in bis sew field of endeavor.
While he hks made numerous
changes In the japer the most noticeable
one waa the institution of an electric
bell In the office to make the D 1
hurry.
IXPOKTAMT ARREST MADS.
Arrest Is In Connection With Casta of
Several Former Senators.
Kan Francisco, Sept. 2. An Important
arrest in connection with the cases
sgainst former Senators Bunker-,
Wrighti French and Emmons was made
In this city today. The man in custody
la Arthur Lee, a negro, one of the cloak
room clerks of the senate at the last
session of the legislature. It Is al
leged that Lee took charge of the
marked bills with which the senators
are alleged to lave been bribed and
utter succeeded In changing the currency
into gold.
4 HEAVY EARTHQUAKE
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4 usually heavy earthquake shock 4
4 waa experienced here at 9i40 4
4 o'clock tonight. The disturbance 4
4 waa of about six seconds' dura 4
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OHO NATIONAL GUARD
WINS DRTDEN TROPHY.
Ohio Wins First Prise, New Jersey Sec
ond, While the U. S. Army Is Third.
Sea Girt, X. Sept. 2.-Thls, the
Anal day of the great military ' rifle
shoot here, was given over exclusively
to the Dryden trophy match. The com
petition was open to teams of eight
members each from the infantry and
cavalry branches of the army,, nary.
marine corps, military academy, naval
academy and the national guard of aev
eral state and territories Including the
District of Columbia. The match was
won by Ohio, with a grand total of 979
point out of a possible 1500. New Jer
sey, which raptured the trophy last
year, took the second prise today with
a total of fi-'Ml points. The third prize
went to the infantry team of the United
States army with a score of l3.
WILL NOT WITHDRAW BONUS
Santa Ft System WiU Not Grant Black
smiths' Demands.
Tokepa, Kan., Sept. 2.eneral Man
ager J. Ilurley of the Santa Fa today
stated that the company would not
withdraw the bonus system from the
blacksmith shops before October 1, or at
any other time. If the blacksmiths ad
here to their ultimatum, which was Is
sued yesterday, General Manager Hur
ley'a ststement mean that the men will
walk out on October 1.
I not made, but Secretary Taft, how
ever, decided to go on. He will arrive
there In the morning.
Interesting developmenta are liable to
result as an outcome to Secretary Taft's
visit. .
Mis Roosevelt having obtained the
consent of Secretary Taft will leave
this afternoon for Canton on a jrisit to
Consul General Lay.
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TING IS
FEARED .
HOSPITAL THREATENED
Governor Sends Arms-.
Will Protect Feuer
Fighters.
REPORTS ARE FAVORABLE
Dr. C. L. Horton at Patterson Tele
graphs That Italians Threaten to De
stroy Emergency Hospital and Gov
trnor Orders Building Protected.
Xew Orleans, Sept. 2. In telegram
to the state board of health today Dr.
C. L. Horton, representing the board at
Patterson, sent the news of the vgly
situation which prevail there, involving
threats against the Emergency hospital,
and perhaps of harm to those fighting
the disease. Dr. Horton wired that the
fever fighters are having trouble, and
rioting by the Italians is feared.
Governor Blanchard lias directed Dr.
Horton to protect the hospital under all
circumstance and arms will be sent to
him for that purpose. Favorable reports
on the yellow fever situation, both- in
the city and .country again rule today.
The official report up to 6 p. m. ia as
follows! Xew cases 37, total 1,095;
deaths 3, total 264 j new foci 10; cases
under treatment 338; case discharged
1,373.
The reports of new cases from the
country that are atill discouraging are
as follows: Patterson 2, Kenner 2, Hud
son City 2, Prospect Plantation 3, St
Rose 4, Alexandria 1, Lafayette 1, Lake
Providence 1, Terre Bonne Parish 9,
Gulf Port 8, Xatchea 1.
Jackson, Mi., Sept. 2. The summary
of the yellow fever situation in Mis
sissippi aa given by the federal author
ities today i as follows i
Gulf Port 8, Vkksburg 1. Pearlington
2, Xatches 1, Mississippi City 2.
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PASSENGERS
4 San Francisco, Sept. 2. An ae- 4
4 cident took place tonight on the 4
4 Kentucky Street Electric rail- 4
4 way. As the car was rounding 4
4 a curve near Twenty-fourth 4
4 street the speed attained was so 4
4 great tliat the gripman lost con- 4
4 trol and the carl eft the tracks. 4
4 Most of the passengers were 4
4 thrown off and four were badly 4
4 injured. The uninjured passen- 4
4 gers were so incensed thst they 4
4 sought to wreak vengeance on 4
4 the trainmen and the conductor 4
4 was badly beaten. The gripman 4
4 sought safety in flight and 4
4 escaped to the car house. 4
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INDICTMENTS RETURNED.
Parties Accused of Attempting to De
fraud Government Art Indicted.
Portland, Sept. 2. Indictmenta were
returned by the federal grand jury late
today against Wlllard.X. Jones, Thad-
deua 8. Potter, Ira Wade, John Doe,
Richard Hoe, Herman KTTinch and Bert
Blauvelt on chargea of attempting to
defraud the United Statea of part of the
Sileti Indian; reservation In Western
Oregon. The statute of limitations
would have barred the proceedings had
the indictments not been returned today.
! RUSSIAN EMPEROR MEETS
SHAH OF PERSIA.
Great Preparations Made for Persian
Ruler's Reception.
St. Petersburg, Sept. 2. The Shah of
Persia arrived at Peterbof today, where
he waa met by the emperor, a number
of grand dukea and other nobles, among
whom waa Count LamsdorfT, the Rus
sian minister of war.
Great preparation have been made
Tor the reception of the Persian ruler,
a Persian flag being prominently dis
played at every houe in the city. .
Some of the finest bodies of Russian
troop are assembled at St. Petersburg,
where they will be reviewed by the two
rulers.
The presence of this splendid body of
troop in the city at this time Is a part
of a prearranged plan to imprest the
shah with the idea that though Russia
has met many reverses in the late war
she Is still a great military power.
REFUSE TO RESIGN.
Government Printers Are Requested to
Rsign.bnt Refuse to Do So.
Washington, Sept. 2. Public Printer
Palmer has requested the resignation of
Oscar J. Rkketts, foreman of the print
ing, and L. C. Hay, foreman of the job
division of the government printing
office, baaing hi action upon their al
leged continued acta of insubordination.
Both the officials refused to comply with
the request on the ground that they are
not required to do until furnished
specific instance of insubordination and
aro given sufficient opportunity to reply
as ia required by the civil service regu
lations. Cholera Sweeps Over Germany
' Into Prussia and Austria.
Tht Rnchsangtr Officially Announced
That Four Hundred and Thirty Caaes
Had Appeared Up to Noon Yesterday
Government b Alarmed.
Berlin, Sept. 2. The deadly plague
of Asiatic oholera ia sweeping over
Germany from the country's eastern
borders. The Reichianger officially an
nounced tbi morning that 430 caaes of
cholera and 17 deatha bad occurred in
Germany up to noon today. The health
authorities of the government are tak
ing every precaution to check further
spread of the epidemic. The ministry
of the interior baa issued a notice as
suring the public that there ia no reason
for anxiety, but it is apparent that there
is alarm even in government circle.
The Institution of infectious diseases
will be open all night examining the ac
cretions taken from the digestive tube
of persons who have died under circum
stances' suggesting cholerav From time
to time couriers arrive from some part
of Germany with portions of bodies done
up hermetically.
Landeeberg, Prussia, Sept 2. The
schools here have been closed on ac
count of cholera.
Vienna, Sept 2. The Abdel Post re
port two case of illnes that ia
thought to be cholera baa been discov
ered In the Commune Crodsisko, Galica.
WelacheL Silesia, Sept. 2.-The exist
ence of cholera in two different district
of Galica baa been confirmed by medi
cal investigation. The first five fatal
case occurred in the village of Padew-
nardno in the district of Miedeo Tannow
vesi, and lh sixth ca waa discovered
ia the village of Grodsisko, in the dis
trict of Lancutt. The local authorities
fear a spread of the epidemic, as boat
men in float are coming uninterrupted
ly down the Vistula river from tht in
fected Prussian districts.
EPIDEMIC
SPREADING
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ENVOYS' WORK DONE
Nothing Remains But Rat
ification By Respective
Employes.
MANCHIRIATOBE EVACUATED
Treaty Cona'sts of Seventeen Articles
BothP arties Bind Themselves Not to
Fortify Sakhaleia and Laproose Strait
Remains. Open.
Portsmouth, Sept 2. The 'last point
in the dispute concerning the treaty of
Portsmouth was arranged at a meeting
of the Russian and Japanese plenipoten
tiaries, which ended at 11 o'clock to
night As the plenipotentiaries emerged
from M. Witte's room, where the con
ferenee was held, Baron de Rosen was
asked if the final agreement had been
reached. H did not answr.
"Will there be a meeting tomorrow t'
"Xo he replied. There ia no ne
cessity for one; the clerks can do the
rest" " ';'':
With that exception the text was com
pleted this afternoon at tht conference
in Baron Komura's room, and It ia bare
ly possible it can be signed Monday.
It is understood that the treaty con
ista of 17 articles, which are preceded
by a short preamble. The treaty ia sot
to be engrossed by the two caligraphers
sent here by the state department
At the last moment it waa decided to
have the attaches of the two missions
to perform the work.
The article relating to non-fortification
of Sakhalein and La pe rouse straits
bind themselves not to fortify the island.
The Laprouse strait is to be "open and
Japan agrees not to erect works to com
mand the strait. The article relating to
the evacuation of Manchuria provides
that the troops, immediately upon the
exchange of tht final ratification, are
to be withdrawn respectively to the
lines of Mukden and Harbin, and the
number of "railway guards" in ordi
nary times is limited, but the provisions
are made for the dispatch of troops for
protection of the line in case of dis
orders, upon the condition that they be
immediately withdrawn when their mis
sion is finished.
There are said to be four "annexes" to
the treaty covering maters which could
not be elaborated in the treaty itself.
REQUISITION PAPERS ISSUED.
Authorities of Illinois Want Wife Mur
derer Captured at Baker City.
Springfield, 111,. Sept. 2. Governor
Dineen today issued a requisition on the
governor of Oregon for the return to
Peoria of Albert Glassford, who is un
de rarrest at Baker City, Ore, on a
charge of murder. It ia alleged that on
his wife.
ipril 26, 1904, Glassford shot and kitled
LIS'
COSTLY DOCK FIRES
CAUSED BY INCENDIARY
Portland, Sept 2. The Oregon Rail
way k Xavigation company haa reason
to believe that the costly dock Ires of
yesterday were purposely et A man
believed to be an incendiary was seen
by a small boy just before the fire, under
the portion of the dock in which the
fire originated. The boy says the man
carried an armful of paper and ia a
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ENVOYS REFUSE X
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Xew York, Sept 2. Owing to 4
4 the early date on which they 4
4 have planned their departure 4
4 from this country, the peace 4
4 plenipotentiaries are unable to 4
4 accept, without qualifications, the 4
4 invitation to the reception to be 4
4 given by the chamber of com- 4
4 merce of Xew York. The envoys 4"
4 had been asked to name a date 4
4 convenient for themselves after 4
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PASSES UNEVENTFUL DAT.
President Tranaacts Only Roatint Basi
nest No Callers Received.
Oyster Bay, Sept 2. Since the ses
sions of the peace conference" began at
Portsmouth no week day has been
passed by the president more evenly
than today. Considerable official busi
ness was brought to hia attention by
Secretary Loeb, but it waa principally
of a routine character. Xo callers on
business were received.
BASEBALL SCORES.
Portland, Sept 2. Portland 10, Oak
bind 3.
San Francisco, Sept 2. San Fran
cisco 4, Seatle 2.
Tacoma, Sept. 2. Tacoma 3 Los
Angeles 11.
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Burns Farmhouses, Shoots at Men
and Women.
After Three Days of Terror Poast
Cornea ia Sight of Him and Grimly
Watch Crated Man Shoot Himself
Through tht Head to Prevent Capture.
Lorain, O, Sept. 2. On the point of
capture by a sheriff's posse, Peter Pitts,
the man who has terrorised tht coun
tryside from Avon beach to Lorain for
three days, is dead by bis own hand.
He shot himself in the head today in
full view of a band of armed farmers
who were pursuing bim and sank dead
upon the ground. The three days ia
which he ran amuck through a territory
many mile in extent, firing upon men
and women, burning farm houses anj
drivinir the population from their homes
to places of safety in the city, is marked
as one of the strangest and most sen
sational episode in the history of the
county.
On Friday night 500 men patroled the
high roads waiting for PitU, with their
guns cocked and loaded. The climax
came when word waa received that Pitt,
still armed and raving, had been seen
at hi era nd father's home at French
Creek. Thither a posse of 100 men gal
loped. At a turn in the road they saw
Pitt in the distance and they formed
in line, ready to fire. He turned and
watched the squad a moment then drew
a revolver, vaulted the fence and while
the posse grimly watched him he shot
himself four times and fell a corpse.
threatening manner ordered him to e'eaf
out No locomotive had passed the dock
for for aa hour and no fire was kept In
the dock. These facts, together with
the circumstance that thi was the third
mysterious fire to occur at that plce
within ten day' warrant lb company
in asserting that it wa caused by a firebug.
TERRORIST
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