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COVIRt THK MORNINQ fllLO OM THI LOW? COLUMBIA
VOLUME LVIV. NO. 261
ASTORIA, OREGON, SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 0 1905.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
UtUtHIt PULL AM00IATI3 .WORT ' -S
FEWER ITS
ATI
NO BLOODSHED OCCURS
Nillitary Guards Have
Beneficial Effect on
Rioting Japanese.
FOREIGNERS STILL ALARMED
Regret If Expressed at The Dit ruc
tion of Christian Churches-Claims
Will B Paid Government Suipendi
Publication of Five Newspaper.
Tokio, Sept 8. Follow ing an antl-l-race
iDcrting at Kolw last night a
crowd estimated at 1'MI, went to Mina
tgwa trnijilei, where a statute of Mar
qui Ito had been recently erected at
tached a rte to the statue, hauled it
from it pedestal and dragj-cd it through
tli street. The crowd then charged
three Mili boxc where there wa noma
fighting. Thin wa followed by much
excitement nd disorder.
(flii 11 dlpatcttc indii-ate the it na
tion a not serious.
The police report one riot err r to have
Urn killed and one badly Mounded ami
sixty an rot made in the J Ion jo and
lukawa district since midnight.
Tiko, Sept. 8. At noun tlie city i
jliiet. Colllplete report from the Metro
jHlitn and outlaying ditrict indicate
that there mb no disorder throughout
the nij-ht. Quietness of the night I
nxrilird to a heavy rain which scattered
the crowd, although the presence of
miliUry guard having a hcm-hYial ef
fect. The at reel ear service wan sus
j ruled lat night and the suspension
Mill eonttnue while there I danger of
destruction of the ear.
The gucrnmcnt ha iiciided a to
tal f live new paier and it i expect
ed that the piihlication of other Mill
I prevented.
It is predicted that trouble will occur
tonight providing the weather it favor
able, although many la-lieve that the
niot scriou part of the disturbance
l over, unless pn accidental clash, with
the military, resulting in bloodshed oc
curs. Government ha not indicated it in
dicated it intention regarding the sum
moning of a xjieciiil session of t lie diet,
lml it i iH'lievcd the enll Mill soon lie
iucd.
(iovetnmet ofllcial and the (tetter
cla of Japanese citizen are express
Iiifr keen fgrct over the attack on the
cliii-tinu churches.
They explain that the affair wa the
reult of local conditions and doe not
indicate a acriou. anti-foreign or anti
christian feeling.
Many declare that the native Sal
vationUt in addressing a meeting in the
Aakua district atarted the trouble by
rebuking the crowd for the acta of violence.
CRISIS IN BAKU
DISTRICT NOW PASSED
St. Petersburg, Sept. 8. The upria
lug in the Paku district has apparently
passed the crisis, though the situation is
still acriou.
In the oil district andlbe city of Baku
the belligerent faction are taking every
opportunity to committ murder and ap
It wa reported last night that a mob
would attack the Catholic Cathedral
at Tukljl, but no demonatra
tion was made,
Some elements still continue to ex
pre regret that Japan bad consented to
the Portsmouth conference, but there Is
no indioaik-n that the sentiment la ger
eral.
Preparation are progreaaing to pre
sent claim to the government for tha
foreign church projierty which has keen
destroyed.
The member of the Harriman party
have gone, Tokio having cancelled the
local prgrani for their entertainment.
TODAY'S WEATHER.
Portland, Kept. 8. Western Oregon,
Western Washington, Katurday shower.
Eastern Orrgon and Eastern Washing
ton, partly cloudy.
INVESTIGATION CONTINUES.
New York Lift Insurance Company Now
Under Investigation.
New York, Kept. 8. Today's session
of the Llfu Insurance investigation
committee wa devoted exclusively t
the afffTair of the New York Life In
surance company and a searching ex
amination wa made of the ofllcer who
apeared on the stand.
Omaha Man to Care for Panama
Canal Employes.
Ten Hotela Will B constructed Along
the Route, High Claia of Employes
Will Pay Ijo Per Month, While La
borers Will Pay I14 for Food Alone.
New York, Sept 8.Chairman Shonts
of the Panama Canal Commission an
nounced today that he bad awarded a
eoncession for the feeding and housing
of the greater part of the canal elployes
to J. K. Mitrkel of .Omaha. Market
lm worked out a comprehensive scheme
which includes an early establishment
of ten hotels along the canal, each to
accommodate from 150 to 2"0 lodger
and twice a many diner.
These hotels are to le used chiefly
by the higher salerled employes.
' The average rate of lmard and lodg
ing for this cln will I alnttit fill
a month.
For the laborer Hie conceionuii
will establish commissary camps with
kitchen and (lining room. The labor
er will have the privilege of buying
food either cooked or uncooked at tlice
camps, t
The average rate to the. lalsircr for
the cooked food will Is? about $14 mt
month.
EQUALS WORLD'S RECORD.
Morning Star in Pacing Race to Wagon
Makei Time of a. 04 .
Pittsburg, Sept. 8. At t'no Inter-city
meet of the Pittsburg and Allegheny
matinee club today Morning Star, C. K.
Hilling entry in the free for all pace,
equalled the world's record of 2.04 in
a pacing race to a wagon.
BIN
IS AWARDED
ply the torch.
Troops are steadily arriving in the
district
llaku, Sept, 8. No serious new fires
have ocured in this city but Area are
still burning in the oil fields, and mur
der and pillage still continues.
ARTHDUA (E
IN ITALY
FEARFUL DESTRJCTION
Towns are Destroyed,
Three Hundred and Sev
enty Lives Lost.
SHOCKS LAST FOR 18 SECONDS
Earthquakes In the Province of Calabria,
Italy Cause Widsprtad Destruction
Hospitals, Prisons, and Barrack!
Wrecked Known Dead 370.
Rome, Kept. 8.-AU Italy U suffering
from a terrible depression because of the
news from the south, where one of the
Morst earthquakes ever experienced oc
curred today. The wort news i from
I'izxo and Monteleone and 18 village
which are said to have been completely
destroyed. According to the latest news
370 persons were killed and a great num
ber injured.
The shock wa felt at 2:35 0 clock
this morning. Scene of indescribable
terror ensured. Women aroused from
their sleep rushed half clotheoVinto the
street screaming with fear, carrying
their babies, dragging their other
children, and calling for help on the Ma
donno and the Saint.
The men escaped into the open with
tebir families and all were calling on
favorite saint for protection. Troops
and doctor have been hurried to the
scene of the disaster to alst in the
work of rescue and salvage. ,
The ministery of the interior has sent
$4,000 for the relief of the destiture and
the minister of public work left for
Calabria thi evening.
Catanzaro Province, Calabria. Italy,
Sept. 8. According to the latest tele-
gram received here the earuiquaKc
a used serious damage to many bouses
in San Flore where one person Mas kill
ed.
At Jonadi ten person were killed, and
one hundred wounded.
At Daffina many building were dam
ged and a numWr of person were
killed and wounded.
At Borgia two person were killed and
manv housca collopsed.
At Cirifaleo many house were badly
damaged, but no loss of life i report
ed. At Montnuro several house collapsed.
At Oliviftli five person were killed and
many Mounded, all the houses were bad
ly damaged.
At Xieflstro and Cortaili much damage
to property occured, and many people
Mere Mounded.
At Filadelfia two person were killed,
also serious property losses were in
curred. At fiiniiglinno there wa no loss of
life, but the loss in property is con
siderable. At Jacuno the shock badly damaged
many building.
At Naida one person was killed and
several were wounded, property also
suffered aeverely.
At Artiao there were many victims
but the number is unknown. Out of a
population of a little more than 3000,
there now are 2200 without shelter.
At Sarrastretta all houses have suf
fered considerably.
Trops have been dispatched to the
scene of disaster and engineer have
been sent to Martinano, Naida, Oinii-
gliano and Monteleone Di. Calabria.
Catanzaro, Province of Calabria, Italy,
S.pt 8. The violent earthquake this
morning caused serious loss of life and
widespread destruction in Calabria. The
towns of Piua, Monteleone di Calabria
and Martierano were almost entirely de
stroyed. At Monteleone di Calabria sev
en persons were killed outright and
many wer injured by the collapse of
the prison here. The Pito district is
said to be almost entirely destroyed.
Locally the shocks lasted 18 seconds.
The wall of the hospital here collapsed
and some of the patients were injured.
The inhabitants of this city fled panic
stricken from their house.
All the boues at Btefaconi have been
wrecked by the earthquake. It is feared
that 100 people are buried in the ruins.
The villages of Pizzcopio and Triparni
have been destroyed.
Crave news continue to arrive from
Pizzo, Monteleone di Calabria and Mar
tierano, which have been almost de
stroyed by the earthquake. There are
numerous victim. It was hoped that
the district of Nicastro had escaped,
but that also ha been seriously affect
ed. At Martierano all the building
have collapsed, including the bar
racks of the gendarme. Six wounded
men have thu far been taken from the
ruins. There are other victims. Troops
have arrived at the scene of the disaster
to help in the wirk of salvage.
Monteleone Pi Calabria, Italy, Sept. 8
The latest detail obtainable concern
ing the damage caused in thi district
by the earthquake show that at
Stefaconi house have been entirely
destroyed, and it is estimated that a
hundred persons were killed.
At Pizzcopio all the bouse were de
stroyed and 50 persons lost their live.
At Monteleone many bouse were de
stroyed, and seven person were killed.
At San Gregorio 03 persons lost their
live.
The village of Zammaro is destroyed
entirely.
At Mileto 11 are dead and 200 are in
jured. At Cessanisi almo-t all the houses are
destroyed. The number of dead and
wounded i not known.
The village of Baratico, San Feo, San
Costantino and Condoni are completely
destroyed. The number of victims in
these place exceed 50.
At Spilniga one person was killed. At
Santo Nobrio there are numerous vic
tims. Almost all the houses in these
places which have not already collapsed
threaten to fall in ruin.
Defence Adopts old Tactics of
Objecting to Evidence.
Witness In the Williamson Gesner Land
Fraud Case Are Again Repeating
Their Stories First Witness Examin
ed Make Damaging Statement
Portland. Ore.. Sept. 8. Witnesses to
day commenced the twice told tale of
their agreement with Dr. Gesner to ac
quire titk to timber lands ' near the
Williamson-C.esner sheep ranche, in
Crook County, the laudu to be trans
ferred to Gesner when proof should be
completed. The story is the same as has
been given twice before. The only new
elements in the third trial are a new
Judge and a new jury.
Closely contested and objected to at
every point in the case of the prosecu
tion and the contest just beginning be
twen the government and the three de
fendants will be marked by biter ware
fare. Objection are already being en
tered at every possible opportunity by
attorney for the defendants. Although
overruled today at almost every point,
exceptions to the decision of the court
re being entered on the record as a
basi for a new trial and appeals to big
er court if the jury now weighing the
merit of the case shall declare the
defendant guilty.
court wm
TESTIMONY
a
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REFEREE
NOLAN GIVES CONSENT
Fight Will Take Place
out Side ot Police
Jurisdiction.
PURSE AMOUNTS TO $70,000
At Late Hour Last Night Nelson's
Manager Waive All Objections to
Jefferiea as Referee Britt Look Well
But Nelson Shows Hard Training.
San Francisco, Sept. 8. It was at a
late hour tonight that Jefferies would
referee the Britt-Nelson glove contest
tomorrow.
The dispute was settled after a con
ference in which Nelson's manager waiv
ed all objections.
Seventy thousand dollars is the prize
for which Britt and Nelson will contest
Thi i the estimate of manager Coff
roth, js'bich was given out this after
noon, and the sales so far having reach
ed 100,000.
Standing room will go at three dollars
per head.
he arena is pitched in the center of
the old Union coursing park, ten miles
from the town district of San Fran
cisco M-here it will be outside of the jur
isdiction of the local police authori
ties. To preserve order on the part of the
element that always gather in the vi
cinity of ring contests the management
baa engaged a large force of men from
the local detective agencies.
To transport a crowd of 15,000 or
more persons to Colrua there i only
one trolly line, and one steam railroad.
Besides these transportation lines every
automobile obtainable in the city is
sjHjken for.
Britt and Nelson took a rest today
both doing barely enough work to warm
up and keep their muscles in perfect
condition. Britt looks well but Nelson
shows marks of hard training.
I ENVOYS MAKE !
t . PRINCELY GIFTS ,
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Concord, N. II. Sept. 8.Let
tors from the Russian and Japa
nese plenipotentiries which were
accompanied by the checks for
f 10.000 each to be used for chari-
table purposes in the state of
New Hampshire, were jnade pub-
lie today.
PLAGUE OF CHOLERA
SPREADING OVER GERMANY
Berlin, Sept. 8. An official bulletin
just isued announces that 19 new cases
of cholera and seven deaths Were re
ported during the 21 hour ending at
noon today, making a total of 123 cases
and 39 deaths.
NIW ORLIAHS SXPOST.
Fourty-Feur New Case With Four
Deaths Are Reported.
New Orleans, Sept. 8. Official report
up to 6 p. m- New Case 44, total 2221;
death 4, total 308; under treatment 906.
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BASEBALL SCORES
Portland, Sept. 8. Portland 2, San
Francisco 2; game wa called at the end
of 10th inning.
Seattle, Sept. 8. Seattle 0, Tacoma
3.
San Francisco, Sept 8. Oakland 8,
Losangele 3..
POLICE SUSPECT
MURDER
New York, Sept. 8. Jacob
II. Thompson the exchange editor
of the New York Times was
found unconscious in hi apart
ments today and died tonight
without having regained con
ciousnes.
Coroner Scholer has expressed
a belief that the injuries sustain
ed were the result of a fall after
a stroke of apoplexy, while the
police maintain that murder was
done.
Ordered by President to Turn
Over Government Office.
Public Printer Palmer Has Bees Re
quested to Hand ia Hia Resignation
and Today President Ordered Him to
Turn Office to Foreman Rickett.
Oyster Bay, Sept. 8. President Roose
velt thi afternoon took summary ac
tion in the case of F. W. Palmer, pub
lic printer and head of the government
printing office at Washington, by re
moving him from office.
Last Monday the president directed
Palmer to nd in his resignation to
take effect on the loth instant. At the
same time he directed him not to take
any furher action in the case of 0car
I. Rickett, foreman of printing, and L.
C Hay, division foreman in the govern
ment printing office, whos resignation
Palmer had requested.
Palmer had given Rickett and Hay
until Tuesday to show cause why the
charges made against them should not
be operative in removing them from
their positions in event of their failure
to resign.
He was therefore removed from o4ee
by telegraph and directed to turn over
the government printing office to fore
man Rick.
The latter' appointment is believed
to be temporary, a the "president is not
yet determined as to whom he may ap
point as successor to Palmer.
BIG PURSE OFFERED.
Brooklyn Club Wants Race Between Sya
onby, Artful and Hamburg BBelle.
New York, Sept. 8. P. J. Dwyer presi
dent of the Brooklyn Jockey Club to
day announced that the Club would of
fer $10,000 purse for a race between
Sysnoby, Artful and Hamburg Bella
with the owner fixing the conditions.
A sort of Sanitary state of siege ex
ists in the district that now extend
from the river" Oder Borthw-eet ward to
the Russian border, about 250 miles, and
from Danzig to Grodzisko, uth of
Posen, about 130 miles.
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PALMER
LOSES JOB