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Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1905-09-08
BAKU IN TERROR.
People Flying in Dread of What is to
Come.

Baku, Sept. THE flight from the
city has become general, everybody
who was able to do so, leaving. BY
this time provisions have become scarce
and prices are soaring On Monday
night killing, shooting and plundering
continued and refinery which was in
flames beyond Bibiebat lit up the sky
in that direction. A big wood yard in
Baku also caught fire and a strong
wind famed the flames, which spread
to the Nitikin circus and adjacent
houses. The fire continued all of Tues
day, breaking out in several new places
embracing the railroad station and a
number of Armenian houses in differ
ent quarters of the city.
During Wednesday fugitives from
Balkanan began to arrive here and told
of the indescribable horrors they had
witnessed. All the oil works there.
they said, were in the hands of the
Tartars. who were pilaging the houses
of the Russian and Armenian workmen
carrying away everything of value and
then burning the buildings. Ten thou
sand wOrkmen they said would be left
in poverty, and they believed that Bal
akhan would be totally destroyed.
At o'clock Wednesday afternoon
the situation was somewhat qufeter.
1
through the streets crying peace, and
a little later a posse made up of both
races with clergymen at its head. went
through the town. But these efforts
toward a cessation of the fighting
We're not effective for the firing went
on all Wednesday night. The soldiers,
however, continued their efforts to re-
press the disorders and by Thursday
morning matters were more orderly
everywhere.
The streets today were deserted and
the stores, banks and other public
places are closed, hardly anybody even
Venturing out. A pail of heavy black
smoke hangs over Baku and its su-
burbs. The losses in these six days
have not been yet accurately estab-
lished.
1t was reported this morning that
the Tartars, notwithstanding their
participation in the peace" process
sion, are opposed to the establishment
of order and they demand a substan-
tial sum from the authorities in lieu
of permission to continue their pill
Laying.
Boats running ON the Volga will
doubtless have to use naptha instead
of oil. The quantity of naptha on
hand will be sufficient for the river
boats for at least five months. 1t will
take nearly a year to repair the dam
age here. But for the activity of the
soldiers the bloodshed might have beer
greater. AS it is a great many per-
sons have been killed.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1905-09-08
LITTLE ITALY TRAGEDY
Two Persons Killed by the Collapse
of New York Building.

New York, Sept. Two persons
were killed, one of them a girl sixteen
years old, when a building at Grand
and Mott streets collapsed today. The
building is said to have been con-
demned two years ago, but had been
permitted to be occupied since. Thorn
as McGovern, a foreman 10 the build
ing department, is under arrest in
connection with the collapse on q
charge of criminal negligence
The dead are: Maria Garioso, 16
years old; Joseph Farino, "a years old.
Nearly a score of persons We're injur-
ed. some suffering from broken limbs
The Garioso girl was passing the
building when the collapse came and
she was almost instantly killed. Fa-
rino had returned to the building to
get some of his belongings and was
caught by the falling walls
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1905-09-08
INTER RACIAL WAR.
The Great Destruction Wrought in the
Caucasus.

St. Petersburg, Sept. 7.-Inter-racial
warfare and incendiarism have done
their work in Baku and have compIet-
ed the ruin for a year of the oil in
dustry of the Caspian ports, though the
latest dispatches indicate that
the military has gained the
upper hand in the town it
self and that the steadily arriving re-
Inducements promise to turn the tide
in the outlying districts and to enable
the troops to drive the Tartars from
their positions around the city and to
re-Occupy the suburban towns.
There is little left unburned above
the ground in the outlying oil fields o
Balkhan, Romani, Sabunto and Bible
bat from which the crude oil supply
for the Baku oil industry is drawn. All
the extracting plants, including der
Ticks, pumping and the oil reservoirs
in which the crude oil is stored have
been destroyed. The breaking of the
reservoir unloosed a flood of burning
oil which it was impossible to exiting
uish and a large portion of the "Black
Town" quarter. in which most of the
efineries were located were also burn
ed. The financial loss has not yet been
established but it will run into the mil
lions. 1t is estimated that the loss in
til the reservoirs can be rebuilt and the
the refineries again started, will
amount to 100000 daily.
The bloodshed has also been appal-
ling as the troops in their efforts tC
restore order have had to descend the
approaches to the town of Baku and
were forced to fight a regular battle
with well armed natives, in which the
artillery was employed. The Tartars
and Armenians in their fury turned
their weapons against each other. AL
the well to do inhabitants fled either
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1905-09-08

by sea or by overland to Tiflis. I'm
like the recent trouble at Odessa, the
disorders at Baku cannot be traced to
any underlying hostility to the Russian
government 1t is not revolution, but
an inter-racia1 war between the Ar
menians and the natives based on the
same cause as the struggle in Armenia.
Both factions offered a stubborn arm
ed resistance to the troops. The Tar
tars, after driving the Russian and Ar
menian operatives from the works in
the oil fields massacred those who
were unable to flee in time, plundered
their houses and then applied the torch
The dispatches speak of several thou
sand killed or wounded in the fighting
at Balakhan, where the Tartars We're
entrenched in force and more than held
THEM own for a time against the troops.
1t is said that the Green Standard of
the prophet has been raised and that
the MuIlahs at Baku are preaching a
holy war, as they did at Erislan a few
months ago The MOslems, however,
has no special program to carry out at
this time, and 1t is said that order will
be restored in a few days with the ar
rival of sufficient troops. 1t is thought
however, that the outlying hatred exist
ing between Armenians and Tartars
will not be abated
The statement that a Turkish ennis
sary is working among the Tartars is
believed here to be untrue. The Mos
lens in the Baku region are connected
not with Turkey but with Persia, to
which the country belonged before the
conquest of the region by Russia.
It is expected that the arrival of the
shah of Persia at Baku in a few days
on his way to Teheran will complicate
the situation and this belief probably
furnished the inspiration for the impe-
rial order to the yiceroy Of the Cauca-
sus to stop the disorders at all points.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1905-09-08
MOROCCO INCIDENT ENDS
The Sultan Yields All Points to the
French UItimatum.

Paris, Sept. The foreign office
was highly gratified this morning to
receive a dispatch from the French
minister at Fez announcing that the
sultan had yielded all the points de-
manded by the French ultimatum. He
says the grand vizer went to the French
legation the day preceding the eXpira-
tiOn of the ultimatum. presented for
NAL apology and handed the minister
the amount of indemnity demanded for
the Imprisonment of the French Alger-
ian citizen. Bouzian and he also an
nounced that the caid responsible for
the arrest of BouZian would be remOV-
ed. The French minister accepted and
the incident is closed.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1905-09-08
No Referee for the Britt
Nelson Battle
OBJECTION TO JEFFRIFS
II is Certain Though That an Agree
ment on Somebody will be Reached
for There Will be SIC. 900 Prize 70
be Pulled Down.

San Francisco. Sept THE gues-
ton of a referee FOR the Britt-Nelsoa
battle is still agitating the miasis 80
the sporting public. Everybody eX-
poets a prompt solution the Hsase5eut
Big Jim Jeffries arrives on the scene.
and he is expected TO come in late to-
night from Los Angeles Jearies does
not know himself whether he viii D.
the referee. He wired Manager coy
froth late last night asking II ne was
expected to referee and Conroth ~
piled in the affirmative.
Nolan. Nelson's manager. is still dis
posed TO ObstrucL matters. but It g.
not thought that he has innu-uc-
enough with Nelson 10 effectualIy
block matters at this point in the
preparations. IN fact. Nolan Has lo5t
n great deal in the eyes OF Jhc sFert-
ing public by his tactics in yssssinE
to accept Jeffries after having t-ne=
agreed upon him His one defease is
the fact that Britt is such a favor
ite in the betting don't look risht to
me"
If his friends in This city arS cor
| rect in their estimate OF Jim Jeftri-S'
/ disposition, the former champion VIII
refuse to referee the Britt Nelsol
/ co late tonight. Jeffries is of an iu-
] dependent mind and in view of th-
/ criticism by Nelson's manager Go is
/ very likely he viii not act for any
amount of money.
With Jeffries out Of the referee
problem attention naturally turn- to
/ Eddie Graney. who has acted as ref
cree in all the big ring contests
/ brought of in this city in recent years
/ While the Britts have been insist=lT En-
/ their objections 10 Grauey. there is 81
! strong belief among sporting men that
/ this avoved dislike for Graney is
not sincere and that il Jedries decline
to be further considered Graney viii
be selected
/ Britt and Nelson have practIcaIly
/ finished their hard training grind
| Both are in as perfect condition - tt
| is possible TO put two normally perfect
J youthful athletes The loser of the
coming contest can never hope sue
! cessfully to claim defect in condition
/ as an excuse for defeat
The amount Of money in the hands
! of the promoters from the advanc.
sale of seats is now so large that that
/ fact alone would strongly operate
! against any serious hitch in the carry
, ing out of the rangements- Mana-
! ger CoffrOth has already taken in CIos-
that when the men enter the ring next
Saturday afternoon the prize Tor
which they will contest viii amount 20
$4,000. the record amount in the his
tory of ring contests
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1905-09-08

New York City either on Friday or
Saturday, would be purely a formal
exchange of courtesies and that their
meeting had no other object. The
baron denied emphatically the rumor
that the emperor of Japan had not yet
given his approval to the peace trea-
ty, or that the powers of the Japan
ese ENJOYS were so limited that there
was at this late hour still possibility
that the emperor would fail to ratify
the treaty.
1.-The present disturbances in Toxic, -
he said, "can not in the slightest de-
gree influence the emperor's determi-
nation to ratify the treaty when he
receives an official copy of it" Baron
Komura reiterated his opinion that the
disturbances in Toxic were directed
against the local branches of the gov
ernment.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1905-09-08

pected.
A remarkable case that came to light
today was the claiming of a negro to i
pine tree on the outskirts of Pass
Christian in the fear that he might
spread the infection. He had been
working in Gulfport. Some nights ago
he got to Pass Christian and slept at
his home, the officers learning that he
had come from an infected house in
Gulfport He was caught trying to
run the quarantine out of the Pass.
Fearing that he was infected the au-
tnorities refused to place him in Jail.
There was no detention camp in which
he might be located. Therefore he was
secured with chain and the chain
bolted to a tree Since then a tent has
been provided for him.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1905-09-08
What We Can Do.

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Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1905-09-08
NO REsPEcTERs OF PERSONS.
The Indignant Japanese Assault tn
Hartman Party.

Toxic, Sept. 6.-The Hartman party
had an exciting experience last night
while returning from dinner given
by Baron Some, the minister of finance
DIR. Lyle and J. c. Mcknight We're
caught in the crowd on their way to
the dinner and stoned. DR.. Lyle was
struck by some of the missiles and
slightly hurt. After the dinner was
over a detachment of soldiers escorted
the party to the legation.
The crowd stopped r. P.Schwerin,
vice president of the Pacific Mail
Steamship company, and assaulted his
runners but did not touch Schwerin.
The crowd began menacing a neigh
boring police kiosk and filled the space
in front of the American legation.
They hooted and jeered the soldiers
escorting the Hartman party, who
with fixed bayonets charged the crowd
and cleared the street and guarded the
legation throughout the night. The
dinner planned in honor of the party
tonight, did not take place owing to
the disturbed conditions.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1905-09-08
A THOUSAND KILLED.

Baku, Sept. THE principal fight
ing is not in Baku itself but at Bala-
khan, where a hundred have been shot
by the infantry and artillery and
where 1000 were killed or wounded
during the attack on the military camp
and provision depot All spirit distil-
leries and all the silk weaving works
of Shusha have been burned by Tar
tars, A part of the workmen were
surrounded. Some escaped to the
mountains and the remainder were
killed.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1905-09-08
The Kicking the Japanese
Are Making
GOVERNMENT UNMOVED
Exaggerated Reports Sent Out Under
Ancient Dates Describing a COndi-
tiOn of National Evaporation which
it is Said Does Not Exist.

Toxic, Sept. disturbances have
occurred in the suburbs and in the ad
jacent towns traced to dissatisfaction
over the terms of the treaty at Ports
mouth which have not yet been com
municated BY the government. None
of the outbreaks have been of a seri-
Gus character and the government is
undisturbed. These troubles began
three days ago and were handled by
the local police in a manner so as not
to further inf1ame the populace.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1905-09-08
EXAGGERATED REPORTS.
A Nero Expression of the Japanese
Dissatisfaction.

London, Sept Exaggerated re-
ports of disturbances nave been sent
out under the date of Toxic, delayed in
transmission some of them reaching
back to Sept. 3. The correspondent OF
the Telegraph says that the situation
is tranquil though there are demon
strations in various smaller cities
against misunderstood and supposed
terms of the treaty of Portsmouth.
There are reported to he demOnstra-
tions against Baron Komura.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1905-09-08
RIOT IN A suBURB.

Toxic, Sept 1t is reported that
there is rioting at Cniba, a town with
population. Of 10000. twenty miles east
of Toxic. The prefectoral building and
the court house are reported to have
been burned. The government has sus-
pended the further publication of the
NirOl1u, q newspaper printed in Toxic
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1905-09-08
BARON KoMURA AeITATED.

New York, Sept Baron Komura
after reading the Associated Press
dispatches telling of the riots at Toxic
and the experiences of the Hartman
party, endeavered to reach Secretary
of State Root. NJ. Sato said that
Baron Komura was extremely desirOus
of seeing Mr.. Root at once and asked
that a message be sent to him ask
ing for an interview. The purpose of
Baron Komura was not stated by Mr..
SatO.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1905-09-08
SILENT GOVERNMENT TO BLAME

Toxic, Sept 6.-(3 p. m-)-An irrt-
tating feature is the continued failure
of the government to inform the public
of the result of the Portsmouth con-
ference. Not a single feature of the
negotiations has been officially COM
municated. The people argue that
they fought and paid for the war and
are entitled TO know the results. The
arrests since yesterday were 200: the
total dead to date is 4.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1905-09-08
CHRISTIANS THREATENED.

Tiflis, Caucasus. Sept. THE man
ager of the Mantashon company tele-
graphs from Baku that the Bibebat
plants have been burned out and that
the depots of the Caspian company
have been destroyed and that Chris
tian workmen are surrounded by
thousands of armed Tartars.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1905-09-08
TRAINS MET oNA CURVE.
Engineer and Fireman Killed, a sesrs
Injured.

New Castle. Pa. Sept In colli-
sion of express trains on the Western
New York and Pennsylvania railroad
at Wilmington Junction. ten miles
north of here. Engineer Barnhart and
his fireman We're killed. II is reported
that a score were injured. half dozen
critically. The trains We're an extra
passenger train from this city loaded
with eXcuI siOnistS 10 the Stonesborn
fair and the regular passenger train
from StonesborO. The trains met on
q curve.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1905-09-08
THE GEORGIA QUARANTINE

Atlanta, Ga. Sept. 7.-Georgia's state
board of health today issued a procla-
nation prOclaiming the entire state
quarantined against all yellow fever
infected points.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1905-09-08
AFTER The CHRISTIANS.

Toxic. Sept. THE mob burned
and destroyed ten Christian churches
and one mission school house last
night No people were injured.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1905-09-08

said today that his coming interview
with Mr.. Root which would occur in
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1905-09-08
WEATHER TO-DAY.

washington. Sept. Forecast for
Arizona: Fair Friday and Saturday. s
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1905-09-08
WHAT koMuRA WANTS.

Merely to Exchange Courtesies With
the Secretary of State.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1905-09-08

$500 cash down and 500 on easy
monthly installments like rent Sill buy
a five room house with bath and fins
shade. E Z. Passoe. no n. Center St.
Real Estate and Loans.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1905-09-08

Lodging house and furniture for sale
on easy terms, a money maker for the
right party. E. E. Pascoe. 110 North
Center ST., Real Estate and Loans and
Insurance.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-20

wheat have been sent from this terri
tory in the past year to California and
inland points. 1t is estimated that
the Willamette metropolis has sent at
least twice as much wheat to domes-
tic points as she exported. In 1901
San Francisco exported 1,774.431
bushels Of wheat and the Puget Sound
cities l.725.O73. ana consequently M
that period Portland exported as much
as both districts.
The flour exports from this port
for the past year reached 766 S5S bar
rels, valued at S2.991,3i1, which
places her fourth on the list in this
line of business. New York comes
first with a shipment of 2,OSO,001 bar
rels, Puget Sound second with 1909
17S barrels, and Philadelphia third
with 9Sh, ,OSO barrels.
For the year the value of the wheat
aid flour exports from Portland total
s4,323,254; in 1904 they amounted to
S6,031,5 The decrease is due to
the great quantities of grain sent
down the coast and to interior points.
II is also held that the war in the
Orient contributed in no small meas
! ure to the shortage.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-20

Albany July 20.-In the senate to-
day Marks attempted to have reso-
luton adopted providing for investi-
cation of the Equitable. Lieutenant
governor Bruce, president, ruled him
out of order.
Governor Higgins sprung a surprise
in the legislature today by sending to
the extra session a special message
recommending that that body take
under consideration the question OF
the appointment of a joint committee
of the assembly with the usual pow
ers to investigate, after adjournment,
the operation of all life insurance
companies doing business in the state,
for the purpose of recommending to
the next regular session such pro-
posed legislation as will be adequate
to restore public confidence.
Governor Higgins made the state
ment, after sending in the message,
| that he did not recommend leg1sla-
tive investigation of insurance COM
panies. but merely to take the matter
under consideration, as his position OF
not assuming responsibility remained
unchanged. Ill-considered haste, pro-
voked by angry and impatient clam
or would serve no useful end.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-20
NO RIGHT TO DAMAGES.
Peculiar Interpretation OF Washington
Statutes.


Olympia, Wash. July 20--Under
the laws Of Washington husband
cannot maintain a suit for damages
for the loss of his wife, according to
n decision of the supreme court rem
dered today in the Seattle case of
Christian johnson and son against the
Seattle Electric company.
Mrs. Johnson was killed in an ac-
cident while passenger on the street
car lines at Seattle. Suit was brought
and the lower court sustained de-
murrer TO the complaint. holding that
separate causes of action had been
improperly united.
The supreme court discusses the
construction of the state law which
authorizes a widow and heirs to bring
suit to recover for the loss of the
husband and provider and says that
with the construction already given
of this statute IT cannot be held that
the legislature intended to confer the
right of action upon surviving hus-
band, else the law would have said so.
Charles Johnson has, therefore, no
cause of action. Respondent con-
cedes he is entitled to recover any
amount paid for funeral expenses, but
cannot join his action, therefore, with
the action on behalf of "A minor child
for the loss of the mother. In this
we concur"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-20
KOMURA WILL NOT TALK.
Japanese Peace Plenipotentiary Has
Arrived at Seattle.


Seattle, Wash, July 20.-"I cannot
discuss peace prospects intelligently
having lost II days out of the worlds
events coming from Yokohama,
stated Baron Komura, Japan's peace
plenipotentiary, who arrived with his
suite on the steamer Minnesota. this
morning, after record-breaking trip
of IL days and % hours across the
Pacific.
instructions from Toxic are that
| must absolutely lose not a moment
reaching Washington, therefore am
forced to cancel all functions arranged
for me at Seattle and elsewhere" ad-
ded Komura.
He leaves for the east tonight
aboard President Hills private car as
guest of the Great Northern. and ex-
poets to reach Washington Tuesday.
He did not sleep last night, and spent
his time reading and answering near
ly 1000 official messages, and contin-
ued work during the day, stopping
only long enough to lunch at the Jap
anese consulate.
When asked to express an opinion
on the statement of Japan's minister
Hayashi, in London. that "the Japan
ese are not angels when considering
peace terms" Komura said: "Haya'
shi is the greatest living exponent oi
Japanese thought officially, as well a!
the most popular Whatever he says
voices the sentiment of my govern
ment and my people"