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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-03-08
Bankers Association Bill Passed
House.
FISHERIES ON THE SOUND
The Washington Legislature Passe
the Fishing Bill Adopted by the
Joint Conference COMMITTEES
Between Two States. ....

olympia. March THE senate
passed senate bill prohibiting inter-
marriage by any persons afflicted with
contagious and infectious disease or
insanity. The bill prepared by the
state bankers association, which was
passed by the house. was killed In tne
senate. The bill was aimed at the
regulation Of the state banks and ere-
nted the office of state bank examiner
The bill introduced by the commit
tee appointed to confer with com
mittee from the Oregon legislature
and which was adopted by the Joint
conference, was passed this afternoon
and conforms with the oregon laws on
the subject. The same bill regulates
the fisheries on Puget sound and as Q
compromise resulting from the defeat
of the sockeye closed season, the bill
provides for a S6-hour weekly close
season on Puget sound. ..
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-03-08
Given Mrs. Stanford Contained
Poison.
CAUSE DELAY OF REPORT
casearet Capsules Which Were Given
Mrs. Stanford by Her Private Sec
restary Were Found to Contain
strychnine Poison.

San Francisco, March THE Call
publishes a dispatch from Honolulu
which says that the reason for the fall
ure of the chemists to make their re-
port last night of the analysis Of Mrs.
Stanfords stomach was the startling
discovery that the cascaret capsules,
one of which Mrs. Stanford took at
the same time she took the bicarbon-
ate Of soda on the night of her death,
also contained strychnine.
The chemists had finished the an
alysis of all organs of the body when
they were unexpectedly called on to
test the cascara capcules. These were
kept by Miss Berner. She gave one to
Mrs. Stanford at the same time the
dose of bicarbonate OF sode was pre-
pared.
on being analysed the cascara were
found to contain nux vomica or strych-
nine. The apparent difficulty Of de-
termining which might have caused
death placed the chemists in pecul-
lar predicament
Miss Berner, when questioned about
these capsules, explained that they
were prescribed many years ago by a
San Francisco physician.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-03-08
BRIBERY CHARGES.
Colorado Legislature investigating the
Bribery Charges.

bribery Charges.
Denver, March 1.-THE committee
appointed 10 investigate the bribery
charges brought by Senator Morgan
against Messrs. Herbert and Sullivan
held a secret session tonight Senator
Morgan repeated former statements
detailing at length the attempt to
bribe him. A man named Baum, said
TO be a detective for Governor Pea
bodys interests. told the committee OF
his having heard alleged proposals of
Sullivan that Morgan accompany him
to Herberts room for conference. Mr
Smith, auditor Of the Northwestern
Coal Company, was put on the stand
an character witness against Morgan
and showed receipts signed "B. Nor
gan" for various sums received foi
dlvulging the secrets OF the miners
union to the company by Morgan wht
was member OF the Mine Workers o.
America. Another receipt for a con
siderable sum showed that money hat
been paid TO one b. Morgan to wori
against the eight hour bill in the In
lterests Of the company.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-03-08
ACTRESS BURNED.
Miss vlctoria Bateman Meets With
Serious Accident.


EdwardhyIlle. ILL.,. March 7-Vn-
toria Bateman. the well known actress,
saa badly though not seriously burned
by nn unexplained fire IN her room IN
the Leland hotel here. During the day
Hhe had complained OF not feeling well
and had retired 10 her foonL a mes
ssnger who opened The door found the
bed clothes on fire and gave The alarm,
The landlord and others rushed TO the
room and succeeded In Fescuing the
woman With difficulty. but not before
shs had been burned about the lower
limbs. Miss Bateman had been lying
I'm bed with her clothes on and the
bo,tom OF her skirts were burned In
several places She had evidently felt
the IRE burning her limbs and had at
tempted 10 escape an she WIS found
lying unconacious on the floor a short
distance from the bed A physician
found that Misa Bateman was burned
about the legs from feet TO knee and
her hands were scared. She had In
hailed a great deal of smoke and Old
no, recover consciousness for consid"
erable time. How the tire originated
Miss Baisman was unable TO state
and 1t IL not known by anyone else, a.
nhe waa alone In the room.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-03-08
Chadwick Case Being Heard at
Cleveland.
NINE WITNESSES TESTIFIED
Claimed Mrs. Chadwick Had Money on
Deposit in the oherlin Bank at the
Time Checks Were Presented
Endorsed by Carnegie.

Cleveland, March THE Chadwick
trial occupied the attention of the court
all day. Nine witnesses were exam
lned by the government The defense
established the fact that the claims
of the government that Mrs. Chad
wick had no money in the oberlin
bank at the time of drawing the
checks, which were certified to BY
Spear and Beckwith is incorrect in two
instances, at least, 1t being shown that
she had considerable money at the
time TO her credit deposited in the
bank.
1t Is doubtful II Andrew Carnegie
win take the stand unless his evidence
is needed in rebuttal against something
introduced by the defense.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-03-08
ALL HOPE VANISHING.
Vary Much Doubted as TO kuropatkln'S
Success

81. Petersburg. March ti;bs p. M
ALI hope that General Kuropatkin
will he able to turn defeat into victory
Ia RAPIDLY vanishing. The position OF
the Russian army has been CROWNS
increasingly desperate during the last
% hnnrn, The Rravest danger Is from
the Japanese left. which has been
pushed norlhward on the Sinmihtih
road to d point eight miles northwest
OF Mukden. where II has Joined flank
ing column from the west around the
village Of Tatchekiao, which 10 located
at this point. THE battle ragged with
terrible bitterness throughout yester-
day. with all the reserves hurried TO
the scene to block the stroke at the
Russian line Of communications
Baron kaulbara, who Is defending
this wing, In only able to hold his own
on account OF the desperate situation
there, General Kuropatkln has not at
tempted 10 drive home his counter
stroke. al the Japanese center. ana
hls Offensive, which was abortive' hhS
been abandoned. .-.-
At the same time encouraged bS
the progress OF the main turning move
ment west, General Kurold again
pressed forward from the east yester'
aav against General Linevitch, fore
ing the Russians to give ground,
n is rumored that Kuropatkin has
already given the order to retreat, anf
that he In gradually Withdrawing
forces from the center, but experts are
inclined to believe that he has waitet
too long: that he must lght It out II
his present position, and that II u
impossible to extricate more than th'
remnants of his army.
AT the war once 1t is said that th'
Japanese siege guns from Port Ar
thur. with range Of eight miles, arr
causing terrible punishment. NOTHING
can stand up against them.
The only news received at the wa
ONCE up to this hour Is that the bat
tie was resumed at daylight this morn
ing at Tatchekiao. During the nigh
both sides brought up additional guns
and at daybraak perfect hail OF ar
tlllery projectlles filled the air II tn
japanese crush General Kaulbars to
day the Russian retreat will be cut Of
and Kuropatkin's army will be almoa
surrounded There is THE creates
fear that telegraphic communicable
may be cut at any moment.
The public is pesslmistlc as usual
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-03-08
Expulsion Postponed.

Port Au Prince, Hayti, March L.
The American minister, Mr. Howell.
having been Informed that the Haytian
government had decided to immediate
ly expel all Syrians from the republic
requested President Cord to grant
them delay of three months. The
president accordingly postponed the
expulsion OF the syrians until June /
There is a very bitter and constantly
increasing feeling here against the
syrians, owing 10 their alleged unfair
competition in business which might
bring about serious complications.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-03-08
Japanese Breaks His Center and
Capture q Number Of
Their Guns.
#.# ,
RESULT WILL END THE WAR
Greatest aBttis Ever Fought In shs
History Of the World and Reported
That Russian Army Was Com
pltsly Routed.

Mukden. March For ten days the
Japanese and Russian armies ia Man
churia have been engaged In might,
conflict the complete issues of which
have moi yet been reached. Although
the news from the seat Of war In meas'
er and reports from tho scene OF pat
tie come through Russian sources, con
sequrntly n may be supposed to pre-
sen, facts In az favorable light as pos
nibie for the Russian arms. II ~ evl'
dent that the Japanese made grefa
gains today. and 81. Petersburg hal
unofricial reports that General kuro
patkin's center has been broken ai'
that IL siege guns have fallen into tn
hands of the Japanese. These gun
were given a permanent placement OF
the line of the railroad north Of IN
ahakhe station.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-03-08
Hundreds OF Policemen Guarding
Ali Stations OF the Com.
1b punies. a9
UNION MEN ALL QUIT WORK
labor Organizations Have Arranged
Beds and Provisions for All the
Strikers and Pickets Are Sta
toned at Crossings.

New York, March lit was planned
by the union leaders that the men
should leave work as fast as they
reached the terminals and no runs
were TO be started after o'clock.
Traffic on the down town tracks OF
the subway and evelated lines came to
a halt, therefore. at that hour.
In the subway the flrst crew to strike
was one which arrived at the One Hun,
dred and Fifty-seventh street station
OF the Broadway branch at 3:46. The
train was run over to the downtown
track and came to a stop. Walking
to the dispatcher's office the motor.
man handed In his controller. With
him went the. conductor and four
Iguards. No attempt was made to
start the train, and no non-union men
were visible.
Hundreds of policemen were on
guard at the stations of the INTERIOR
ough company at 4 o'clock. There were
two on each platform uptown while
at each downtown and terminal sta
tion a dozen or so were visible.
During the early hours of the morn
ing the strike leaders kept at work in
their Harlem headquarters, selecting
pickets These, they said, were to
invest all terminals and carbarns. II
was found that the order to strike ha6
been sent to every man in the employ
Of all the Interborough roads one houi
after the decision had been reached.
The ticket sellers were in somewhat
of quadary, as they are all undel
bond. and leaving their posts withou
relief meant the forfeiting Of thes'
bonds. Some of the agents were In
structed to turn over their money ant
tickets to other agents at given points
, There were busy scenes early thi
morning about the stables and storag
houses of the New York City railway
while officials said they were prepar
ing for the time of their lives .whei
the rush of workers set in for tn
, downtown district. Even the opel
summer cars were drawn out and pre-
. pared for operation. Every wheel i
! the company's possession was mad
ready for instant use. Car cleaner
: were hustled from their beds, and
E large squad of new men was engage
! to aid in the work.
Quarters for strike breakers on tn
west side lines were arranged durin
the night in the car barns at One Hun
: dred and Forty-fifth street and Sev
enth avenue and also at One Hundre
4 and Forty-seventh street and Texing
. ton avenue. The first mention is sur
!. rounded by a high board fence an
/ covers one block of ground. Nearl
Q 200 men were passed into the inclos
E pre-, and large vans bearing furnitur
|. were followed by others loaded wit
! provisions.
Q On the Third avenue elevated hr
r the strike order went into effect wit
i the departure from the Bronx park
tharln that left at 1855 for dow
town,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-03-08
Bank Rursted.

Yarmouth, N. s., March THE bank
Of Yarmouth has closed its doors, W.
H, Hedding and Sons, boot and shoe
dealers, have made an assignment for
the benefit of creditors owing, 1t is
said, s4OO, 900 of which s25O,OOO is due
to the Bank.
The capital of the bank of Yarmouth
is s50O,OO0. The last statement, issued
on December 81, 1904, showed deposits
of 100000.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-03-08
ASTORIA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH g. 1905 PRICE

rorist notifications the sentries at the
grand dukes palace have been doubled
and ordered to exercise special watch
fnlness
According to current report, a ter
rorist disguised In the uniform Of q
general attempted to gain access to the
grand duke on Saturday On being
searched the man was found to be
armed with loaded revolver.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-03-08
DAMAGES AND INTEREST.
Awarded Ernest .Lanpstedt Against
TRANSPORTATION Company.

y
San Francisco, March Tin the case
OF the Tyree Consolidated Mining Com
pany vs.. Ernest Langstedt, the United
States circuit court OF appeals re-
versed the Judgment and the case was
remanded to the lower court with in
structions to enter judgment for the
plaintiff.
The court also affirmed the decree Of
the district court In the case Of the
Conner Trading & Transportation
Company vs.. ]. M. Widmer,
The transportation company took a
contract to ship 10 horses from Seat
| tie to Skagway for Widmer, but there
was delay and widmer claimed dam
ages, which the lower court awarded
to the amount Of $500 and s77s inter
est.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-03-08

Washington, March flowing to the
failure Of congress to provide new leg
islation for the government Of the
canal zone Secretary Taft was con,
fronted with the question as to wheth-
er he would continue to administer the
affairs of the canal zone. This ques-
ton he has decided in the affirmative.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-03-08
CODY SOLVENT.
Buffalo Bill Denies That He 10 Finan'
eially Embarrassed.

omoha, Neb, March 7--Colonel W.
II Cody asks the Associated Press to
deny a statement to the effect that
his financial affairs are unsound. Cody
states that there Is no word OF truth
In the story, and that his western In
terests and those OF his business were
never In better condition, His irriga'
tion interests in the Big Horn basin
he says, have been brought to com
pletion. Cody will sail for Paris next
Saturday.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-03-08

The liberals, especially, look forward
to the complete defeat OF kuropatkins
army with cquanimity. with the theory
that d Russian victory would stinef
the backbone OF the rsactionafies. Ae-
eording TO the liberal view. the move
the government iH embarrassed me
more Il Win be obliged 10 yield,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-03-08
killsd Wlge's paramour.

Point Richmond. CAL, March Be
cause Of an alleged assault on his "ife'
Pearl Frlabie. an electrician in the en-
nloy of the East shore and Suburban
railway, shot and perhaps mortalls
wounded Edward Hall. formerly In the
employ Of the Same company.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-03-08

pany tomorrow. The executive com
mittee Of the Amaigamated Aasocia.
tion tonight considered Mayor Nc
cleliana letter but the officers refused
TO say what action was taken.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-03-08
Struck Bottom.

Spokane March Herman A.
Nero, assistant electrician in the Spo-
kane fire department. fell 45 feet from
a water tank yesterday and suffered
injuries from which he died soon after
reaching the hospital
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-03-08
STEAMER OREGON.

Official investigation as to the Cause
OF the Fire.
San Francisco, March THE offi-
cial investigation M 10 the burning Of
the steamer Oregon was commenced
today Captain Warner, chief engineer
Sutton and First 0fficer Boutiller
we're examined No one had an idea
on the origin OF the fire. The oregon
was libelled today by tlfe Crescent
city Transportation Company for
services rendered The Steamer by the
Del Norte when the Oregon was on
fire off Crescent City
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-03-08
FIRE AT CEDAR RAPIDS.


American Cereal Ccmpany's Plant De.
stroyed.
Cedar Rapids, March THE Amer
lean Cereal Company's plant, the larg-
est In the world. comprising two en-.
tire blocks Of brick and iron structures
were entirely destroyed by fire today,
with the exception Of group OF small
buildings. The loss Is estimated at
$500. 900, with insurance at nearly s1..
100000. Two persons lost their lives
in the fire. 1t In feared that several
others also lost their lives, but this IL
not definitely known.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-03-08
nanlsn Contest.

San Francisco, March 7.--Jerome B
stanford, nephew Of the late saraf
stanford denies the story that he In
tends to contest the will of Mrs. stan
ford.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-03-08
DUKE MUST DIE.
Grand Duke Vladimir Is Marked for
Assassination.

st. Petersburg. March Z, 4:2O a. m.-
Grand Duke Vladimir, it is reported,
has again been marked for assassina-
tion in spite of the promise contained
in the imperial rescript issued on the
Sd of March. on account of the receipt
recently of several warnings and ter
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-10-07

than 5000 members travelling men and
hotel men at whose house
no liquor is sold In fact, every
applicant for membership must be rec
commended by a member in good
standing, and should the joiner prove
unworthy, the sponsor is henceforth
without the pale. = -.
Every Homeless &c" man feels in
duty bound to aid his brother. If that
frater is sick a physician must be
called and the association pays the
bill If he is without a position, 5000
of the family are looking for job for
him, and at his death $4,000 are given
to his relatives. One member has died
since the association was formed, his
death occurring in an explosion or
an oil tank, whfch wrecked 4 train
near Pittsburg a few months ago.
Then an assessment Of twenty-six
cents brought $1,000
Another direction which the society
has turned is the erection of hotel,
and they are carefully considering the
erection of a $4,000 building, where
the man without a place to call home
can go and be cared for until work is
found. One of the social features is
that whenever any Of the members
are together they have little dinner.
The further development Of this
young but virile association will no
doubt bring forth a social and insur-
ing element of considerable power.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-10-07
Tartars of European Russia Are
of Diverse Oriein-Armenians
a Businesslike and Peaceful
People of the East

A word about some Of these war
ring elem ents, Tartars and Armenians,
in the Caucasus region: In the first
place the former are not ''Tartars' at
all, but "Tatars." The word is prac-
tically the same in Persian and Chi
nese and probably means a nomad or
an archer. The letter "r" has crept
into the spelling doubtless through an
ignorant confusion of "Tatar' with
"Tartarus," which means hell, because
the Tatars were supposed to be such
ferocious people. According to the
encyclopedia "the term Tatar is loose
ly applied to certain Tungusic tribes
originally inhabiting Manchuria and
Mongolia" The Manchus, the reign
ing race in China, are Tartars. In
the course Of the westward movement
Of the Mongols the term Tartar OBJ
tanned vogue among the civilized peo-
pies of western Asia and eastern Eu
rope and came to be applied with lit
tie discrimination to the hordes of
Mongols who descended from time to
time upon the frontiers of occidental
civilization and to the civilized peo-
pies subdued by them. Ultimately it
come to be used almost if not quite
as a synonym for Turkish. The Tar
tars Of European Russia are Of di-
verse origins. Most Of the peoples
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-10-07
African River Traced Back to
Spring from Which Wells Few
Drops Of Water that Grow to
Gigantic Stream.

Major A. ST. H. Gibbons followed
the mighty Zambesi river from it's
mouth to it's very source and found
the spring from which >Welled the
first few drops of water. He writes:
GAS we progressed the undulations
became sleeper and higher, the sur
face being covered for the most part
with small deciduous trees fifteen
feet to twenty feet high. Here and
there the slopes are covered with high
bracEen. Seven or eight miles
brought us to small pool, which the
guides asserted to be the beginning
of the Yambeshe,' TO make certain
that this was the true source, traced
the stream back along the eastern
bank until it entered another stream
800 yards farther down. Here it be-
came obvious that the Malunda were
fraudulently attempting to shorten the
journey, as this stream is quite SUBJ
sidiary to. the one it enters Then,
following the course of the latter for
rather more than couple of miles
and crossing three or four small trib-
utary streams on the way, I at length
found myself standing over the first
drops of water which go to make up
the mighty river of which I had seen
so much"
Continuing, Major Gibbons says:
"The river has it's ORIGIN in a deep
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-10-07
Travelling Men Form Strong Society

Homeless 26." an Organization
= that Has Spread Rapidly and
Promises to Accomplish Much
of Worth. ...
&c. A. How, N Y, H o &c." was
the name and address on the register
at the Beals hotel, and it is believed
that it was the first time it has ever
been seen in this. section, says the
Norway, Me-, Advertiser. The III o.
Of the address was written with a two
and six above and below respectively,
the bar Of the H." with the 20" en-.
circling the entire combination.
This sign is found very often in the
middle and western states, and is the
trademark of the Homeless 26. Last
Thanksgiving day twenty-six lonesome
travelling men were at certain hotel
in Pittsburg, Pa. They had dinner
together and formed a society, to
which they gave the above unique
rame. They said that twenty-six
cents should be the entrance fee, and
quarterly dues, good fellowship with
temperance and with economy, and
promotion of the drummers' comfort
should be the aim.
The clerk of the hotel consented to
act as secretary, but soon his duties
were so enlarged as to make neces-
sary the establishment of a salaried
office, and now S. N. Williams is Sec
rotary OF the association, with more
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-10-07
Mistake Made by Many Business Men

that time Of year, because there was
one customer in the habit of buying
very largely whom he felt that one
else in the Office could possibly salts
fy. Finally this man became so Ill
that he was obliged to be absent from
his Office Shortly after his recovery
he met his customer in the street
and went up to him with diffuse apol-
ogies for rot having been ready to at.
tend to his purchase. The customer,
having finished his business some
days before to his entire satisfaction.
looked a little surprised aud said:
ooh! Weren't you there, Mr.. Smith?
did not know it.. am sorry you
have been ILL.," N"
The strain OF se1f-importance is
greater than we know. Indeed it is
often self-importance, and only that.
which is the true cause Of nervous
prostration. The great strain of I'M
necessary and selfish responsibility is
an octopus which, il it gets hold Of
man and begins to drain him. cannot
often be cast off without great suffer
ing.