The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930, April 30, 1901, Image 1

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Aront W. r. A Co.. and Pacific fcxpreti Co . Bunch of Grapes S for Si Long Winter Evenings & REED Pure Soap F. & S. Co Red Cross Sayon Suits this man foard & Stokes Co. REPUTATION REPRESENTS PUBLIC OPINION Reputation represents public opinion. How to get In your fuvor. Make a first-class, ti llable article like the Char ter Oak Stove and Range. Every Charter Oak la guar anteed. For sale In Aatorla only by W. J. SCULIX 431 Bond St., Between Ninth and Tenth. Typewriters. Dealers ortland, Ore. CHARD, FIRST DAY OF PRESIDENT'S TOUR Flattering Ovations Greeted Party Everywhere. NOW CROSSING TENNESSEE Iflttorlc Sectloa ol Vlrflali Traversed H cetloui Addreit of Mc Kloley tl Lyocb barf - Rillroedi TiU Ortit Preciulieai. WtlHTOL. T.-nn., April 29,-The first day of the president' lour to the Pa cific count ly through a historic sec tion In Vlriflnla, in tosh the vull'-ys of th Itiijililnn mi l J.iiiuh. in n!(ht of thv home of MtillMon ami Jt-ffcrtMin. Uli I't thi twukH of th Otter. linr t th hi-art of Vlnrtnl um, Into th ilc-tur-nriii Illuc HIiIki- nioiintmnM. TV Ti'iincxmv II II.- mux ri iu lied at 1 0 : r5 to. nliclit will) lhi arrlviil of the truln ul UrUtnl Tin- tn-ilii'ntlrtl i:irly fclvivl a flat, ti-rinif ovation from th tltn" t hi tri'n left WaxhlnKtuti. I.Mr)(.. crW(i nxHi'm in cvitv xi.itloii. Th.- country ftl! nrl croxH roiiln .'u ti lial Hit llltl" ktouii of wntchiTN xtfiilnliiir thi'lr ' t" i ttt h it icIliiil'Bi- of the hlt-f muni-trnti- Hi thf truln ulixkvi hy. If tol.iy'x riT.ptl'.n through Virginia l ii i. y Imllcatlnti of hut lx to occur throuKh thf r'xt uf the trip, lh prcxl-il-nt'x tour iicr t h continent will b trluniihnl . Son)'' of the vr In thdr rnt"rnmx to Kraxn the tiri!. il.-nt'x hnmlM claiiilwn-d upon the rall luir xurroumlliiK the platform. Thi" prel(i-nt Arrived thexe ditnonctrntlonx imturully and nver fulled xmlUnirlv to Kr"p a hand extended to blm. Mr Mi-Kltilcy, xlitlny at a window In the oh-rvn!ln car, rmlllnaT and waving h"r Imndker. hlef In rexponiw to th t Intcx of the multitude!, created no les i-nthuttlaum tiian the prexldent. Kvery preiuutlon an taken by the railroad to iruard utfn'nxt th- pxxltll It y of .1 tnlxhuu of any charnctT. The track. lt lie and brldgea were nil carffully Inxjit-cled Juxt before the train riachil a given xlution. everything on the rond. paxxeniicr ax well ax freight train. v.i xldetrncked and over the Norfolk and Wesa-'m eallroad today a pilot train ran ahead of the preatden- tlal xtM'cUl. 'Thf pr-'xldent mad'1 a brief xpeech at ('harloMexvllle and alxo at Lynchburg. At tht hitter point the prexldent ald: "I am very glad nt only to meet th tpe of the city of Lynchburg, but to b presented by your dlxtlngulshed xfnntor (Dnnbd). It lx not a matter of public Interext but one of pure per ponal recollection, that the flrxt time I ever tried to come to Lynchburg I did not xtay. (Laughter.) I came here with a number of other gentleman who nought entrance but the gates were elotied. (Laughter.) We could not open them and you would not nnd so we de parted to xeek another hoxt If not more himpltable. lexa formidable than the one that greeted u here. (Laughter.) "It Is a happy time for me to visit Lynchburg now. The war over, no ex change of greetings with xhot and nbell nx then, but with a friendly welcome of all the people which typifies the res pect and regard and good will which ex- Ixt between all rectlona of our common country." SUIT AGAINST P.ALLIBT. Raker City Mining Mm Charged With Unlawful Use of Unlt'd States Mads. BAKER CITY. April 29.-Deputy United States Marahal Roberts, of Portland, arrived here today for the purpose of subpoenaing witnesses in the case of the United States vs. Letson nalllet. on an Indictment In the United States court for the southern district of Iowa, at Des Moines, for the unlawful use of the United States mails. In con nection with the sale of Whlto Swan mine stock. White Swan Is a mine of Eastern Oregon located near Raker City. Ralllet has operated In Colorado. Ida ho. Utah. California and Mexico. He s owner of the Paker City Herald. GIFT TO WHITMAN COLLEGE Dr. D. K. Pearsons Gives Walla Walla School 150,000 Conditionally. WALLA WALLA, April 29. Dr. D. K. Pearsons, of Chicago, has offered .r0,000 for an endowment fund for Whitman College to become available as soon as 125,000 shall have been pro cured from other sources for the con struction of a young ladles' dormitory. SORRT HE TIEiLDED. Juryman In Callahan's Case Regrets He Was Persuaded to Vote for Acquittal. OMAHA, April 29. W. B. Fuller, who was the last man to vote for Callahan's acquittal on the charge of kidnapping young f'udnhy, today xprcnxed rcgr't for hlx alion "I rxdieyo mw, na I bll-ved thfn." xuld Fuller, "th.it ('allnhnn baa not "n a 1 1 lil atid that there waa xuftl'lcnt evi dence to convict him. tut for nix hour I ato'kl alon! there. I ahull never for give my"lf for yielding." W. B. MHre. I'M. Hhaw and other Jur orx coni'urred In the former's statement. TI'MULB IN NorvTHKJtN ItATKW. ('aatidlari IMclflc Boats Meet cut Aiiierlcun Lines. of VKJTOrtlA. H. C, April 2.-North- rn trHiixenKer rats have taken the expected tumble In Vancouver. Th steimer Amur, sailing for Hkagway on Thnrsdiy, will have a long pax sengcr list, tickets being sold today for ii first and 18 wtntl class. Freight rniex remain practically unchanged. It was aniHiMiK'ed today by the ('ana dlun I'aclflc. railway that the pixxcn ger fare of the company's boats to HUagway fnnn Reattll and Victoria would b first-class $11), eor.d-rlax Ij. The Canadian I'aclflc will meet any and every cut, it Is na'd. They will fur rilxh the xam rate us quoted try the American lines. CONDKIl MA V iKT IT. 1'erklns Wltlrlrnws From Iowa It'-pub llcan Oubernat'irlul Context n Favor of Mlnlxtrr Cong-r. SIOl'X CITY. la.. April 2'J.-C,eorg' 1. r-rklnx has lthlrawn frm the contest for the Iowa Republican Ruber ii ii tor 1. 1 1 nomination. Ip announcing his wilhdruwal he said: ( "Kdwln H. Conger, .nimn his return to the I'nltcd St'ites having reiterated bl nxxurance that he Would acept the nomination of ihe Republicans of Iowa for governor If they fhould decide to tender the n'milnaibm to him, I with Iraw my name from further consider atlon In rmnnctlon with that office." cAPTriu: muTisii coal tuadk. Americans Ousting English In Oversea Coal Trail e. LONDON. April 29. Sir Christopher Furnens, head of the Furness line of steamers, In an Interview made a strik ing statement eoncrtylng American competition. II said: 'I have Just been approached by ceitaln weilthy and enterprls'lng Amer icans for sea conveyance for 10,0o0,000 tons of coal to Mediterranean and Bast em pin as well as for general cargo. There Is a big move m now by Ameri cans to capture our oversea coal trade and. helped by the new coal tit, they will do It." AGREEMENT REACHED. Ruinous Competition Prv?nted BC' tween Pennsylvania and Wabash Road. NEW YORK. Aprd 29-The Evenlrg P.ist says: The details are yet t be worked out, but under an ag'vement between Pres's Cassatt of the Pennsylvania Railroad and Gould of the Wabash, the latter will get his desired entrance to Pitts burg and the Pennsylvania will not have to face new competition of an aggressive rallroil in one of Its great est strongholds. RAKER CITY ELECTION. Municipal Waterworks and Electric Light Plant Will Re Constructed. RAKER CITY. April 29. Contrary to general expectations the special bond election today resulted In a majority for the bonds. There were three prop ositions. Two were for waterworks' bonds and the third was for bonds to raise money to build a municipal elec tric light plant. IDAHO ESCORT COMMITTEE. Fifty-seven Persons Appointed by Gov. ernor to Attend President and Party. BOISE. Ida.. April 29. Governor Hunt has named a committee of fifty sewn to escort the president and par ty through the state. The committee is headed by ex-Senator Shoup. Among the members are Senators Dubois and Heltfeld, Representative Glenn and ex- Representative Wilson. KENTUCKY DERBY". His Eminence. Son of Falsetto, Won In Good Time of 2:07. LOUISVILLE. April 29. The twenty- seventh Kentucky derby has passed In to history and not one of the 25,000 per sons that saw It can say anything ex cept that It was a race from the drop of the flag until His Eminence, son of Falsetto, passed under the wire, win ner In the good time of 2:07. COUNTERFEITERS ARRESTED. BUTTE, Mont.. April 29. Two of what Is suppose ! to be a big gang of counterfeiters were arrested here today and Identified by several people on whom they had passed bogus gold pieces. GERJIlAfT FORCE CAUGHT IN TRAP Half of Detachment Killed or Wounded. CHINESE LOSSES TRIFLING Qcneral of Powers Ajrte Withdrawal Ii Impotslble Till Amount el ladcmnlty Ii Fixed aod Arrao(emeat Made lor Paymest. PEKIN. April The genenls of the powers had a conference this morn Inir to consider the question of the withdrawal ot troops and decided to ad dress a note to the ministers Inform Ing them that when the ministers ar ame to announce tne tump sum oe manded as Indemnity and that the Chi nene have agreed to a principle of pay ment, arrangements will be possibl for withdrawal. The Germans were virtually caught in a trap near Kukuman pass. A de. taehmmt of eighty had forty-five tax ualtles while the Chinese losses are said to haw been nominal. The German expedition Is returning leaving th country greatly disaffected owing to th hardships inflicted upon the popu lation. Current Chinese gossip s that the Germans were driven back with heivy losses GOVERNMENT RB-OROA NIZ ATTON NEW YORK. Aprd 29.-A special to the Herald from Washlns'.in says: Wu Ting Fang, the Chinese ,min later. Is of the opinion that the board of administration approved by the empress dowager Is really constituted for the purpose of adopting a plan upon which the government of China will be or ganlzed. A decree Issued by the empress dow ager two months ago commands the viceroys and governors of the several provinces' and the ministers accredit ed to foreign governments to submit reports setting forth their views as to the governmental reforms which should lie adopted. They were to report in two months. These two months have expired and the board will consider the various proposals submitted. Mr. Wu Ting Fang has Practically completed his memorial and It will probably arrive In time to be passed upon by the board before it completes Its libors. In his memorial. Mr. Wu has made some radical suggestions, one of which contemplates the obliteration of race distinction In China. Under Chinese law a Manchu cannot marry a Chinese, no matter how high the rank This has been observed since the Man- chus captured Pekln. The minister believes that if the gov ernment took measures tor removing the distinctions between Manchus and Chinese, would permit Intermarriage and would permit subjects to hold office Irrespective of their Chinese or Man chu birth, the people would be better satisfied with the reigning dynasty. All true friends of the dynasty fear that the Chinese, who are vastly superior In numbers to the Manchus. will some day openly revolt against the Utters' assumption of authority and the dy nasty will then fall. It Is to avoid such a contingency that Mr. Wu has Included a reference to this matter In his memorial. MANCHURIA PROSPEROUS. NEW YORK, April 29.-General D'Artamanoff. an officer of the Russian army who has been on duty in Man churla and who Is returning to St Pe tersburg by way of the United States, has arrived In Washington. Speaking of affairs In Manchuria to a Herald correspondent last night, he said: "There has been a marked improve ment In conditions and the country Is now pacified. Commerce Is being re vived, navigation has been resumed, and people are again at work on their farms and the natives are being hand somely paid for their work on the great transcontinental railroad. The Russian armv is being gradually reduced and In view of this fact the statements that have been published that Russia has Improper designs on that country are ridiculous and absurd. The military operations of the Russians were not dl rected against the people of Manchuria but against the Chinese army which had been sent there. "Our treatment of the people was most friendly and humane. In this re gard we were simply carrying out the absolute orders of the imperial author ities, both those of the csar and the commander-in-chief of the military and naval forces. Admiral Alexleff. There Is a vast difference between the conditions existing In Manchuria and those In the province of Pe Chi Li. In which Pekin Is situated. In the former the people are tranquil and the country prosperous while In the latter the con ditions are, In many respects, the re verse. There Is absolutely no founda tion for stories of cruelty and butch ery by the Cossacks and these state ments do the Russians a great injus tice. Our course throughout is in keep ing with the Imperial orders to be humane. "Ulagovestchenck. which was attack e l by Chinese troops last summer, was garrison'! by only one company of two hundred Russians and the command ant, to have a sufficient force to defend the town, supplied the Inhabitants with arms. The latter. Infuriated by the sight of Russian heids carried on long poles by the Chinese troops, drove all the Chinese from the place and many were drowned In th Amur river. The Russian troop took no part In this movement and deep regret Is felt that such an occurrence took place." BIG LAND PURCHASES. H. C. Frlck and Associate Engaged In Another Great Enterprise. PHILADELPHIA. April 29-The In quirer siys: Big purchases of farm land lying be tween Gloucester City and Mount Eph- laim, in western New Jersey, not far from Philadelphia, have been made by George W. Jessup, a prominent real es tate dealer and member of the Camden N. J., board of trade during the past ten years. Twelve farms are reported to have been purchased during the early rart of last week, and three no later than Saturday. Whn Interviewed by an Inquirer re porter, Mr. Jessup admitted making the purchases for H. C. Frlck. of Pittsburg, and his business associates. He said the farms bought on Saturday contain cd over 400 acres, but he declined to sav how much the other purchases amounted to. He refused to affirm or deny that the land Is intended for the location of an other steel plant. He would not sav for what purpose It Is Intended, other than that of a business Investment. He said there Is 50.00.000 behind the In vestors and added that In a few years Camden will have a city adjoining It of from 30.000 ts 50.000. ADMIRAL DEWEY PLEASED. Delighted to Learn rhat New Treaty Will Provide for Neutrality of Nlcaragaan Canal. NEW YORK, April 29 A special to the Herald from Washington says: In agreeing to Insert In the proposed Isthmian canal treaty a provision es tabiishing the neutrality of the pro iected waterway. Secretary Hay has taken action which meets with the full approval of Admiral Dewey and the majority of naval officers. When told that the president would pledge 'he United States to observe the principle of neutrality in the conven tion under negotiation, the admiral ejaculated: 'Splendid! More than a year ago I said that the canal should be neutral. I am more convinced today of the neces sity of such action. Erection of forti fications would make the canal one of the prime objectives of our enemy's operations In time of war. Besides their construction would entail enor mous expanse and necessitate constant expendltuie to ::eep them manned and In proper condition. I see no necessity for the.-n. "The neutrality of the canal can be guaranteed by our Meet. The canal Is to be a commercial waterway and neu- rrallzvJon therefore win mean Its pres ervation." VILLAGES DEPOPULATED. Depression In British Agriculture Re sults In Migration to Large Cities. NEW YORK. April 29. The purely agricultural villages of Great Britain are steadily becoming depopulated. says the Tribune's correspondent In London. At the same time the big cities and urban districts In the manufac turing localities continue to Increase in population. This is proved by the cen sus returns so far as they have been published. The gradual movement of population from country to town, which has been very noticeable during the last decade, seems likely to go on so long as the depression in British agrlcul ture continues. It Is understood indeed a practical certainty that until England renounces her free-trade policy the agriculture of the country will remain at a low ebb and the big cities and London In parti cular will continue to be overcrowd ed. People In England have not yet begun seriously to consider the way In which a solution of the overcrowding problem Is to be arrived at. There Is a good deal of academic discussion of such questions as the housing of the working classes, but the government Is unwilling to deal with the matter. WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP. Awarded to Matthewas at Louisville Last Night. LOUISVILLE. April 29. Matty Mat thewas, of Brooklyn, got ihe decision tcnlght In a 20-round contest for the Welterweight Championship of the world over Tom Cpuhig, of Dunkirk, New York. SAILED FOR NOME. SEATTLE, April 29. The steamers Nome City and Jeanlo sailed for Nome this afternoon. Nearly 160 passengers went north. STRONG EVIDENCE AGAINST OFFICERS Trial of Ex-Depot Commissary Reed at Manila. MAJOR SHORT IN ACCOUNTS Commlsiarjr Reed Alleged to Have Solicited aid Received Bribes (or Purpose of Covering Dellaqueaclcf of Major Davis. MANILA. April 29.-The trial of Cap tain James V. Red. ex-depot com mis wry at Manila, who was arrested about a fortnight ago for alleged participa tion In commjssary frauds, was begun here today and bids fair to develop Into i considerable case. Captain Reed Is charged with soliciting and receiving bribes and with other official miscon duct. Bcbindler, manager of the Alhambra cigar factory, testified that in Novem ber those having profitable contracts with the government were asked to as sist In making good an alleged defi ciency of 12000 In the accounts of Ma jor Geo. B. Davis, who waa depot com missary before Captain Reed and who was sent to the United States On sick leave. Schlndler gave Captain Reed 110.50, which was 2 per cent commis sion on cigars sold-to the commissary department during the time Major Da vis was depot comnlsaary at Manila. An officer .lamed Franklin, who was assistant commissary, testified to the effect that, on March 18, following the direction of his superior officer, he ob tained 11000 from Major Davis and paid this mony over to Schlndler. Inspector-General Garlington testified that, during the preliminary Investi gation of the commissary scandals. Captain Reed admitted having received mony from Schlndler and others and rave as an excuse that the money so recovered was Intended to cover Major Davis'-shortage. Lieutenant Richard H. Townley. of the navy, testified that as a result of a conference with Captain Reed he went to see Castle Brothers, the Contractors who supply the commissary department with vegetables, etc., and wanted them to give Captain Reed 12000 and 10 per cent commission on all sales. Castle Brothers demurred to this proposition. , Col. Chas. A. Woodruff, chief of the subsistence department In Manila, tes tified that on December 30th Castle Brothers aroused his suspicion by inti mating that money was being collected by an officer of the commissary depart ment. Later Col. Woodruff sent for Captain Reed, who admitted receiving1 rebates for the purpose of covering de linquencies of Major Davis. ANOTHER GUILTY COMMISSARY. DES MOINES, la.. April 29. Lieuten ant Geo. A. Reed, acting commissary of the Fifty-first volunteer Iowa regiment, is charged with being short 122.442 In ' . accounts with the federal government and suit was Instituted against Ltm today by the United States attorney. INDIANS FIND WRECK. Three-Masted Ship Lost Off Coast of Queen Charlotte Islands, VANCOUVER. B. C. April 29. The steamer Tees, arriving tonight from the North brings news of the finding by In dians of a three-masted ship wrecked off the coast of the Queen Charlotte Islands. The Identity ot the vessel Is unknown. The bodies ot several sailors who are said to have been drowned were found near by. The etory of the wreck as given by the Indians to the officers of the Tees was exceedingly vague. AMERICANS BUY BIG LINERS. London Dally Express Says They Will Spend 150,000,000 on New Vessels Within Five Yeara. LONDON. April 29. The Dally Ex press asserts that financiers for whom J. P. Morgan Is acting are ordering ten big liners and that the Americans will spend 10.000,000 upon new vessels dur ing the coming five year. NO INDICTMENTS AT WALLACE. WALLACE, Ida., April 29. The spec ial grand Jury made its final report and was discharged this evening. No In dictments were found. LEYLAND LINE BOUGHT. LONDON, April 29. A syndicate by J. P. Morgan has purchased a controll ing Interest la the Leyland steamship line. WHEAT MARKET. PORTLAND, April 29.-Wheat, Walla Walla, 61, CHICAGO. April 29.-Wheat. July, opening. 7475; closing, 73U73. LIVERPOOL, April 29.-Wheat, July, 5s. llttd.