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4 V i V ? UlUtHIt FULL VOLUME LX NO. 219 French Bark At Anchor In The Breakers. SAFETY A CONJECTURE Supposed to 6c ths Jean Bip- tlste Udcn With Ceil For Portland. IN PART CARGO FOR ASTORIA Drifted la Throh Fog Has Both' An- chert DownBar Tf a Tatooah and WaDoU Standing By Safe if no Storm Arise. A deeply Udcn bark, flying the Vrrm-h Hag, and auppoeed to be the Jean Baptist, from Neaeastkv Near Kouth .Walee, consigned to Hind. Ralph A Co., in part csrgo for 8. Elmore 4 '.. of thi city, ia in tbe breaker under North Head, With both her an hr down and the bar tug Ttooh and Wallula of thi port standing by. Jlr pilot Lclghton U supposed to be on board. Tbe abenc of telegiaphic and tele pl'lnic eotnmunicatiort wilh North Head make it difficult to gather ex plicit Information of any nature and conjecture are all that can be truled at the hour of writing thi report. She ia considered to be in reasonably afe ahape by marine expert here, pro tided that weather condition do not rhanre radicaly for the wonts during the night. If he hold until the early tide at 4 o'clock thi morning the tug may get a line aboard and haul her to afe water and late into pott. The weather bureau report of heavy J pending gale along thi coast put a dixcouraging phae on the kit nation. that nothing; ran relieve nor alter after daylight thai! reveal the exact statu of affair at the point of peril. Every effort b been made to get the port Canby IJve Saving Station on the telephone, from thi city, and the fact that tha line la known to be In thorough working order, and that no repon4 baa been received from there warrant tha condu.ion that the boat and it crew are doing duty by the im perilled veael. Ilwaeo cannot be aroucd for tele phonic interpolation. WILL BE WIRELESS, Station at North Head to Have Wire lesa Communication. . Portland, Dec. 29 H. C. Gearing, com mander of the Mare Island Navy Yard, ba Informed the Chtmlicr of Commerce that proposala for the erection of four navy wireless telegraph station, one set for the North Head project, have )een forarded. Tha tpecincatkina sill! 1 held at the Chamber of Commerce I hradquarter for tha Information of NEW YORK WIDE IN DANGER OFF NORTH HEAD SAYS ATTORNEY JER0AE New York, IX. 2J.-Tbat gmbl bouse and pool room la thia city wide open today a ever and many em ployes of these place ara given posit!. by political leader a part of the pat- ronage.in their dUtriet, was charged by J)itrict Attorney Jerome in the court of general Session , today. Jerome laid the police would organize a series of false raid, dart Into a few houses, AttbOIATIO PRItt IMPORT contractu who may deIr to bid. Two copies of the plan and apeciflca tiom for the tatlons within the light house reservation at North Head and Cap Blanco will be forwarded. Sta tion ara already In operation at San FrancUoq and Tort Townsend, and with the facilitie extended to North Head and Cap Blanro, tha coast will be well protected. Authority baa Wn granted tha Nary Deartment to tablUh the atationt on tha lightbouae reservations, but the JurMlotlon remains In cbarg of the Nary Department official. No erder have been received by offlorr atationed here with reference to the matter, and it I expected that all detail will be hwndled directly from the Navy De. pertinent. RE-UNITED AGAIN. Cumberland Presbyteriaa Church and Northern Presbyterian Have Joined. St. Louis, Dec, 29.Ater a divliion of aluio-t a century, atepa were eon unmatel today which when ratified, will unite the Northern Presbyterian IhureJt and the Cumberland rrebyter n murcn. Aimosi two day wera cnumed In arranirlnff tha detail of I bo union. Tha agreement will be re pitJ to the general assembly of the Preabyterlau Church on May next, and to the Cumberland assembly which meet at the aame time. The confes ion of faith and other doctrinal stand arda of the Presbyterian Church were adopted ! T IN STORM'S GRASP Barkcntinc Tropic Bird Almost Goes Down. CREW FIGHTS HEROICALLY Battle With Storm for Sixty Houra Without Pood ar Seat Chaiaa Hold ing Deck Load Part, and 100,000 Peet of lumber Lost. San Pedro, Dec. 29.-With 100,000 feet of her deck load of lumber gone and badly ahatered and torn from . a it a a a. . . Mrrnuoua mree tiay- eonnict with a terrific torm, the barken tine Tropic Bird from the Columbia River, crept behind tnv shelter of the outer break water tonight. The Tronic Bird left w . . Astoria December 14th and for three day the toyage was uneventful. Then he ran Into a southwest gale, the storm breaking upon the vesae with sudden rury. For three days the Captain and the crew battled to save the ship and to add to their discomfort for sixty hours the cook's gallery was flooded, forcing the crew to go without food. On the 19th when the, storm wa Here- et, the chain holding her deck load parted and with the loss of her deck load and a suliMdciice of the torm he righted. WRESTLING BOUTS. Montreal, Dec. 20. Frank Gotch de feated Delivuk, the Australian, in taking two straight fall. Cleveland, Dec. 29. Tom Jenkins and Dun Mt-Lrod wrestled to a draw to- plrftt. OPEN . wreck the furniture and put a few gen-1 tlemen in durance vile and call it aalln the schedule of the Union and attempt to get evidence. He asked the Southern Paciflo Railroads will reduce court to impose a fine of $100 In the I case then being tried, and said if they I would not pay, the backer would, and Ity if.be would not come forward and pay.lOgden with Pocatello and Huntington, Jerome would bring him there in a man-1 ner (hat would aurprite him. Fine of I Oregon and Washington and Idaho $100 were Jmpoed. s . (points by twelve hour. ASTORIA. OREGON mint mm THE SITUATIOW THE UPRISING IN MOSCOW IS SUPPRESSED Officials of Government And Rebellion Will Every Part THE REVOLUTIONARIES SEE Comparatively Eaay Victory Waa Secured by tha Government and it ia Believed la High Official Cirdea That the revolutionary Orgaaixationa Are a Diarnpted aa to find it Impoaaible to Attempt the Coop Planned on the Anniversary of "Bloody Sunday." St. Petersburg, Dec 29. The sup pression of the indirection in Mokcow and the certainty that uprising else where will be crushed, marked th? col lape of the flint attempt of the "Red" to overthrow the government and ad minister, a defeat from which It U be lieved in government circle, the revolu- tionarie cannot quickly recover. Now that the moke of battle 1 clearing away, the utter hopelessnes of the con flict I apparent. Tbe populace ha held j aloft and not a aingl. military unit baa actually joined tbe reolutionarie. l.'ven tb fnml ,trik erambled under their feet by rhaflnging and precipitat ing tbe conflict before tbe proletariat organization were ready. The govern ment ha secured a comparative! yay though ruthless victory, ami it 1 be lieved in high official circlee that the organitation are to disrupted a to And it Impossible to attempt t'ie coup planned on tha anniversary of "Bloody Sunday." In desperation th revolution arie will undoubtedly have recoitrte to ARE CHARGED WITH GRANTING REBATES Federal Grand Jury ia Chicago Indicts Burlington Railroad Officials Far Favoritism. Chicago, Dec. 29. The federal grand jury returned an indictment agalnt the C1,ic"K Burlington nd Quincy, Dariu. Miller, ffnt vice-president, and C. 0, Burnham. foreign freight agent, on the charge df granting rebate. The indict ment charges thst rebate were all granted to the United Steel Product Company, a subsidiary to the United Statea Steel Corporation. For ahipmenta on which, the indictment allege, re bates paid were from point in Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Illinois to Van couver, B. C." Twenty-six separate of icnes are cnargeu. 1 lie bond were fixed at tfOOO in each cae, and the olliciala of the company were notified to give bond to the amount of $13,000. The greater part of the evidence upon which the indictment wa voted ia'said to have been furnished by T. P. Adler, president of the United State Steel Product Company; J. L. Moore, foreign traffic agent for the Burlington road, and O. Vk Tarry, freight claim agent, for the Great Northern, FASTER TIME. Will 'Arrive from East ia Port Mail land Twelve Hour Earlier. Washington, Dec. 29. rotma(er- General Cortelyou today announced an Important change in the railway mail erviee to points on the Pacific Coast to take effect December 31et Change tbe tints of mail transit, east and west bound to San Francisco practically twen- - four hours. Direct connections at to Portland will expedite tha mail to SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30 Claim That Worst Is Over Quickly Die Out In of tbe Empire. ' HOPELESSNESS OF SITUATION act of terrorism which they will spring most unexpectedly. ' " " No Break la Strike. Riga. Dee. 29. There U no break in the general atrike here. The inhabi tant are not moleted by the revolu tionist. Several thousand of revolu tlonUt were surrounded yeterday by tbe troop while holding a meeting. Mot of the leader c neaped by a aecret passage. The troopa a lowed nnarmed persona to leave tha kali but placed thoe having arm .under 'arrest. Cos ack and dragoon are dixperaint; meet ing wherever they gather. At Ber dicheff martial law ha been declared. New from Dvintk nays a strike wa declared today, and martial law was proclaimed. The accidental explosion of a bomb at a meting of workmen last night, resulted In eight killed and twentyeight wounded. A dispatch from Mo-vow atate elec trie lighting b resumed. The streets are assuming their normal condition, u is prooauio toe railroad will toon commence their regular schedules. 1-p.ofl-luarl-hru UNION HIRED SLUGGERS TO INTIMIDATE NON-UNION MEN Five Omdala of Carriage and Wagon Workers' Union Convicted of Conspiracy Go To Pea. Chicago, Dec.' 29. Five officiate of" the Carriage and Wagon 'Workers Union and two other alleged hired slugger who have been on trial in the criminal court for conspiracy, were ound guilty tonight and sentenced to terms in the penitentiary. Charles Gilhooly, leader of the alleged gang, besides receiving a sentence to tbe penitentiary, was fined $2000. The specific case in the charge against the men was attacking Chris, 4. laristrom, a non-union carnace worker last April while be wa return ing home from the factory at which the strike waa in progress. He died two weeks later from pneumonia as a result it is sieged, of exposure after the attack. One of the witnesses testified 1 during the trial that the union main tained "wrecking crews" or a regular organization of hird sluggers in order to intimidate non-union men. SANTO DOMINGO QUIET. San Domingo, Dec, 29. The United States gunboat Dubuque arrived this afternoon. Tbe converted yacht Scor pion will leave tomorrow for Mont Cristi. The whereabout of Morales I till unknown. Th city i quiet telegraph communication is re estab- hedbut business is duIL There I feci iing of unrest. Several arrests have been made. ' FIRM FAILS. Rise ia Copper Stock Kaocka On Brolferap Firm Oat of . lustse. Boston, Dee, 29. the recent rise in copper, stocks in th Boston market is XOVIR TMf MORNINQ NILO 1905 important in contributing a eana for the UApen;oH today of the atock brok crag Arm of H. R. Leigbton, which though not a member of any atock ex change, I of considerable prominence, judged from the fact that tbe Arm kaa about forty branch office, all but three being in New Kngland eitiee. The liabilities may reach half a million. EXAMINATION COMPLETED. Laat of the 014 Line Insurance Com paaiea Are Examined. New York, Dee. 2!). With the ad journment of the IcgUUtive insurance committee today the examination of tbe bit of the old line, companies waa com pieted. The latt of it sessions to morrow will be devoted to exhibit not heretofore presented! by several com panic. Today the examination of the United Statea Life wa completed and the Manhattan Life taken up. The laat company was the Life Insurance Club of Xaw Yrlc HE HAZED ALSO. Annapolis, Dec. 29. It i understood that Mid.hipman Carroll F. Graves, of Spokane, i under arrest on a charge of hazing and 'charges will be flled agaiot him. GETS 45 YEARS. Chii-ago, Dec. 29. Dr. Oliver B. Hart, son of a wealthy mident of St. Loni who pleaded guilty to tbe murder of Irene Klotow, aged ten, last October, wa sentenced to forty-fivej years in the penitentiary jj VMS JUST A JOKE Bui As Uusal It Ended In Terrible Tragedy. STUDENTS PLAY ROBBERS Hold Up One of Their Fellow Students at Notre Dame Who Pnlla Revolver and Kills Supposed Highwayman- Thought Attack Wa Genuine. Notre Dame, Dee. 29. Louis .Roquets, a student at Notre Dame, tonight shot and killed Claude A. Bagby, of Durango, Colo., white Bagby and his companion a a praetk-al joke held up Roquela mistaking him for another person. The students planned a mimic holdup and when (Roquela came along thinking him ineir victim, oracrea mm l bold up Ina hand. Instead of complying he drew a revolver and shot Bagby. Ro quela i crushed over the affair although he Xipposcd the attack was genuine and acted m the defeasive. MAKE APPOINTMENTS. Mayor McCleland Makes Unlooked for Selection of Officials. New Yorkfc Dec. 29. Mayor MeCkl- Ian tonight announced the appointment of General Theodore A. Bingham, U. S. A., retired, as police commissioner, suc ceeding William McAdoo. The mayor also made several other appointments none of whom ia known as an "orga nisation" man, nor is there a Tammany Hall di-trkt leader amonir them. CHARLES YERKES RAILWAY New York, Dec, 29.-Ch.' T, Yerkee, the noted railway financier of Chicago and London, died tday at tbe Waldorf Astoria, where he has been ill for more than aix -weeks. His death was caused by eompliestions growing out of a severe cold. Despitn statements said to eome earlier in the day, from Mrs. Yerke, the. wife of the capitalist," thst she did not go to the Waldorf-Astoria; ON Tril LOW! OOLUMBIA PRICE FIVE CENTS Bold Robber Gets 'Money By Clever Trick WODLD BUY THEATER Makes Appointment In FuhoruMe Hotel Where Victim Goes Unsuspecting. LOCKS DOOR AND POINTS GUN Compells Maa to Wrft Him Out Check for $1750 Which Hotel Clerk Cashed at Bank Robber Then Leaves After Locking Victim Up. Seattle, Deo. &. Mose Goldsmith, threatrkwl 'agent ' and owner of ' the Strand theater, wa held up ia his roont at the Lincoln Hotel, one of the is a dkdh ItAFFELS this afternoon by a man who gave his - name, a Burke, and was made to pay name as Burke, and as mado to pay over $27 j0. It was one of the boldest and bet planned trick ever turned in, thia eity. ' Yesterday Burke, who said he wa part owner in tha Butte Miner, ar ranged a meeting with Goldsmith, pre tending he wished to buy a half inter est in Goldsmith's two vaudeville thea ters. They met aaain todar to discuss i matter, and , when closeted in Goldsmith' room the first thing Burke did waa to tell Goldsmith to read a letter lying on the table in thevoom. t The letter stated Burke needed $2750 and. if Goldsmith did not "come through with that amount this head would be blown off. Goldsmith looked no from tbe letter and down the barret of a Coif revolver. At Burke's command Goldsmith wrote a check for that amount and sent the hotel clerk to the bank for the money. Pocketing the money Burke told Goldsmith, that Goldsmith was a gentlemen, and he would not take Goldsmith's diamonds. He locked Goldsmith in tha bathroom, , telling him to make no outcry for fif teen minute. After a tea minutes' wait Goldsmith began yelling and at- tracted a woman in the next room who ummoned the porter. Burke escaped and it ia believed baa taken either the Northern Pacific or Great Northern train out of town. The police in the neighboring towns have been notified. SENT NO UUTAMATUM. Washington, Dec. 29. Amba-sador Juserand has received a di'&itch from i government denying that an ultima tum was sent to Venezeuta, but adds that the only negotiation now pending are in the hand of the American min ister Ruell, and these relate to tbe note concerning M. Taigny, which the French government considered offensive. NOTED FINANCIER DIES in the physician's official statement among the member of the family who were at th bedside when death oc curred, wa Mrs. Yerkes nam. The statement say Mrs. Yerket'wa tele phoned to at II o'clock, that br hue- band wa dying and she relented and went to th hotel and was present when he died. This ia the Srt tim Urn, Yerkes ha been at the botel during , . her husband' Illness. ' Pi v