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VOLUME LVI.
ASTORIA, OREGON, TUKSDAY, MARCH h, 1903.
NUMBER 53.
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LEGISLATORS
QUIT WORK
Filibustering Program of House Is
Kept Up Until the Last as
Minority Threaten.
CLOSED WITH NATIONAL HYMN
Senator Mason, After Talking a
Kill to leuth, CrltklNl the
(System of UnlimiU!
Debute.
Washington, March 4,-Th. Fifty
seventh congress expired at noon today
by limitation. There haa not been In
many years such a demonstration In
tha bouse as occurred today, owing to
the fact that Speaker Henderson was
retiring not only as presiding officer,
but from the housa as a member. The
bitter partisan feeling that has aprung
up In the house of reprenentatlvc dur
trig the pant week caused the speaker
to fall of the unanimous approval of
the house when the resolution of
thank was offered. More than thU
the resolution had to com from the
i publican title, and while thin ha
occurred before. It I not the usual
custom. , '
Spanker Hooderson was visibly of
feoted when he delivered hit valedic
tory. It waa largely an apeal to pat
rlotlsni, And waa greeted- with an Im
mrnse demonstration. When the
house was flnttlly declared adjourned
lne dlo at 1S:0i p. m., the whole mem
bershlp united In singing the national
anthem. The member, atlll singing,
then 1114 down to the speaker' roi
trum to bid the ipeaker farewell
The usual resolution of thanks to
President Pro Tern Frye was unanl
mouslv adonted In the senate. Two
' years ago, when the Fifty-sixth con
! giess expired, It was remarkable, not
only for" the second InauiP111"",0'
William McKInlcy, but also tor me
fact that Senator Carter of Montana
tulkl the river and harbor bill to
death, vhloh occupied the time of the
up to within a few minutes of the end.
Today Senator Mason, whoso term ex
plred also talked an unimportant bill
to death, but In his valedictory he lec.
tured the senate for Its unlimited de
bate, which allow bills to be killed In
that manner, tnd he also made a final
plea for the freedom of the Filipino.
Own thre? years ago, but were not so
cepted, although the government hus
been enjoying the benefits of them since
1600." Minister ,of Finance Lever has
resigned us a protest against the set
tlment which hs had opposed.
ranrl-'llor, Rua and Butro, the lead
ers of the Insurrection In Harahrma dis
trict, have been captured and that part
of (ho republic I now quiet
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J. N. GRIFFIN
CONGRATULATES HENDERSON
President Roosevelt Pleased at Work
Dona By Congress.
Waphlngton, March 3. President
Roosevelt today sent a letter to ex
Speaker Henderson congratulating him
on the work done by the congress just
closed. The president said!
"There were certain measures 6f Im
portance, failure to act upon which I
greatly regret, but it is, nevertheless,
true that, taken as a whole, no other
congress of ' recent yeara had to Us
credit a record of mora substantial
achievements for the publlo good than
this, over the lower branch of which
you presided."
SMASHED INTO SMOKER
Over a Dosen Persona Injured, Put
Nona Killed.
Kansas City, March 4. An outgoing
Rock Island Texas train crashed Into
the smoker of another Rock ' Island
train which was trying ts make a sid
ing at Rock Island Junction, just out
side of the Kansas City yards tonight
Tfca smoker was thrown from the track
and turned over and smashed Into
kindling wood, and a dosen or more
persons were Injured but no one was
killed.
The wreck waa caused bp a mifiun
dersiandtag of orders on the part of
Engineer O'Connor of the outgoing
SANTO DOMINGO CONCEDES.
Aftsr Two Tear of Waiting Bnglaeer
Will Reap- Benefits. , .
H O T B L PORT LA N D
"The Finest Hotel In the Northwest
PORTLAND, - - OREGON
RHODES SCHOLARSHIPS
President of Northwest Colleges Ar
range the Program.
BpokaT?, March Dr. jO. R. Parkin
agnt 'of the trustees of the -Rill of
Cecil Ilhod-js, was In conference here
today, with the presidents of six col
leges in Washington, Idaho and Ore
gon. ,-'"'( 1 " ,
The1 obje'.'t of the metrtlng was to
plan for awarding scholarships at Ox
ford, England, under the Rhodes will,
Tho Washington committee decided
that the first scholarship should go to
the state university in 1903 ,the second
to the Whitman college, Walla Walla,
In 1904: the third to the state agricul
tural college, Pullman, .1904, and the
fourth to Whltworth cohVge,. Tacoma,
1907. The Idaho scholarship will be
warded by the slate university fac
ulty, Pr. Parkin left-for Portland,
where a conference will' be held with
Oregon presidents tomorrow.
v RAILDOAD GAINS 8CIT.
System of Relief Association Not Frau
dulent Insurance.
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Columbus, jO., Murch 4. The supreme
court of Ohio has upheld the validity of
tho Pennylvania Railroad company's
voluntary relief department Suit was
brought by the attorney-general to oust
the Pittsburg, Cincinnati A 8t Louis
Railway company from Its charter on
the ground that in the conducting of Its
relief department It waa doing an In.
surancs business in contravention
the state laws. It was also claimed
that tho railroad company compelled
Its railroad employes a become mem
hers of the relief association. The low
er court held In favor of the company
and this decision le affirmed by the
supreme court
RATHER HARD
ON DOCTRINE
"Monroe Pretensions" Ridiculed
by the Leading Germans
of Berlin.
AN UNHEARD OF ASSUMPTION
of
BENEFIT AL'STRO-HUNGART.
Association Will Be Formed to Better
, Economical Relutlons.
Vienna, March 4. The Neue Frel
Presse announces that parllamnetary
steps are being taken for the creation
of an association to further the eco
nomtc Interests of the middle Euro
peon states. It will be entirely unpo
lltlcal and Ua alms will be to promote
Austro-Hungarian co-operation in eco
nomlo policy and jurisprudence, the
promotion of reciprocal preferential
treatment with regard to customs and
railway tariffs, etc., common repre3en
tatlon In distant countries and general
ly any possible co-operation which
would naturally benefit the commercial
interests of the two-nations.
NO CHINAMEN WANTED.
Man and Wife Reach Havana and Are
Not Permitted to Land.
Havana, March i A Chinaman and
his wife have arrived here on board
the steamer Ytgllancla from, New Tork.
They were not permitted to land and
the Immigration inspectors have not
authorized them to return to the United
States, so they are Ina quundry. A
Chinaman who arrived here three
months ago from Tampa has been dis
posed of by being shipped to Mexico
at the expense of the shipping com'
pany. The latter also paid his living
expenses for three months.
CHINA PROGRESSING.
Viceroys Bend Their Sons to the United
- States as Btudenta. .
London, March -4. A dispatch to the
Times from Shanghai says that native
opinion, especially that of officials. Is
much Impressed with he action of the
viceroys Chang Chih Tung and Tuan
Fang, In sending their sons as students
to the United States, attached to the
suite of tho new Chinese minister at
Washington. Hits step ts regarded as
hopeful Indication of the progress
of liberal tdeaa.
PETITION THE GOVERNOR
Colorado City, March 4. A petition
signed by the mayor and six hundred
cltlsena has been presented to Gover
nor Feahody protesting against his ac
tion In sending state troops to guard
the smelters against strikers.
Santo Domingo, March 4. The Domtn
lean government has Informed United
State Minister Powell that it is will
ing to Issue a decree requested by him
to place Mr. Roa In the full possession
of the benefits bf his concessions upon
the terms Indicated by the minister.
The government has refused until now
to take over certain Improvements
made by Salvador Ros, Including thel Cumberland, Md., March 4. Dr. Chas.
building of a wharf and warehouse 1 M. Ohr, the oldest past grand master
and the improvements of the Marcorlsl Mason In the world, ts dead here at the
channel. lags of OS. Ho waa the author of eev
Those works were completed more era! books.
AGED MASON DIES.
Professors Believe Uiittrd State
Cut Sorry Figure Anyway
. Germany la First, Lat
and All the Time.
"The Monroe doctrine is an
empty pretension, behind which 4)
is neither energetic will nor ae-
tual power." a)
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Berlin. March 4. Thus Professor
Adolph Wagner, the celebrated politi
cal economist of Berlin, gives bis reply
to two questions submitted by a cor
respondent, whether the Monroe doc
trine was in a moral sense as binding
as international law and what action
seems dictated, first in the Interest of
the German people and then in the In
terest of Europeans.
"Scarcely could such a doctrine be
forced upon a conquered people after
extraordinary victories." continues the
professor. "No people and no great
ruler ever proclaimed such a doctrine.
Neither England nor Russia, nor Na
poleon at the height of his power, ever
made a similar pretension. But not
even the United States' predominant
interests are behind this unheard of
assumption; South America ts neither
geographically or historically so well
connected with North America and the
United States as to Justify such a pre
tension, even from a North American
standpoint."
Answering the second question re
garding the Monroe doctrine, - Profes
sor Wagner says:
"It Is only the divisions of Euro
pean politics and lack of Insight Into
the recognition of the solidarity of the
interests of middle, western and south
era Europe which hitherto has been
and will remain the chief seat of hu
man civilisation, that explain why Eu
rope, why Germany even, takes tt.ls
empty pretension, for every European
practical course will naturally depend
solely upon Its interests, and accord
ingly upon considerations of strength.
Therefore, any binding engagement In
advance regarding this pretentious doc
trine of union appears to be a wrong
policy.
"Aside from some technical and
business speech ?s, what have the Unit
ed States done of Importance for the
real civilisation of the world T What
have thsy done that has deserved to be
named in the same breath with the
achievements of Italy and France?
Middle, western and southern Euro
peans, hold yourselves together against
the east as well aa the far west. That
seems o me to be the only right ans
wer to the Monroe pretensions. The
Germanic peoples should not act
against, but should act with the Ro
manic peoples. That would serve the
true Interests of the clvtltxHtton of the
world."
Professor von Hensdelbruck, of Ber
lin university, discussing Venezuelan
matters In the Prusslsche Jahrbuecher,
alludes to the "perfidious nature" of
the American policy, and advocates
an alliance between Great Britain and
Germany "which." he says "would be
the greatest coalition In the world, as,
while Germany covered Great Britain's
rear tiaalnst Russia and France, she
could develop an overwhelming super
iority toward the United States. Oer
many would have no fear of the
French-Russian alliance, because with
Great Britain, the should be sure of
Italy's support, while Austria, in her
own Interests, would range herself
alongside Germany."
did not care even to discuss the matter
He will leave for Washington today.
MURDERER FOUND GUILTY
Elliott Lyns Will Doubtless Hang For
His Crime.
Eugene. March J. Elliot Lyons who
while resisting arrest for horse steal
ing at his home west of Eungene, Feb
ruary S, shot and killed Sheriff With
ers of this county, was tonight found
guilty of murder In the Oral degree! by
the jury in 10 minutes. He will be sen
tenced Friday.
AWFUL PLOT
INTHEORIENT
Rumor Says That China Will Soon
Be Involved in Fearful '
Carnage.
WILL REGULATE- JOURNALISM
Montana Legislature Passe Bill to
Huvs Articles Signed.
Helena, Mont., March 4. The house
tonight passed a bill providing that
each newspaper shall once a month
print on the flrst page a statement set
ting forth the ownership of the paper
and that each editorial shall be sign
ed by the editor or writer of the arti
cle. . . 1 : .
DOWN WITH THE FOREIGNERS
KILLED HIS HIRED MAN
Boise, March. 4. A special to the
Statesman from Ontario, Ore., says at
Nyssa, nine mlla-s from here, this af
ternoon J. P. Grlffeth, a well known
Idaho' sheepman shot and fatally In
jured his camp tender, John Roulstong
during a dispute over money matters.
OrilTeth surrendered himself.
DISTINGUISHED PRINCE.
Late Nobleman of Japan Was Adopted
by Emperor.
Victoria, B. C. March 4. Prince Ko
matsu, whose death was announced by
cable on February 19 was 111 but a
few days. He had a distinguished ca
reer. Born In 1847, he waa adopted
by the grandfather of the present em
peror, and took a leading part In. the
restoration when he was minister of
war. He assisted in the final defeat
of the Shiguns party at Hakodate and
on the outbreak of the China-Japan
war he took the field as commnader
In-chief. ' He represented Japan at
King Edward's coronation.
Northern Horde Heheuilnir to
Create a Iteigo of Terror
Throughout Celestial
': Empire. -
New Tork, March t Rumors or
again prevalent of approaching troubles
in China, says a dispatch from London
to the Tribune. An anti-foreign move
ment within the next few months it
declared to be Inevitable. The Stand
ard correspondent at Tien Tsin way
that the entertainments which are be-,
ing prepared at the palace for members
of the legations are like the treach
erous friendliness that preceded the In
dian mutiny. Tung and Tuen are de
clared to be the villians of the plot,
and the Standard correspondent think
that the Idea once again will be tho
powerlessness of the court to check the
rebellion.
The northern hordes will come dowa
under the two exiled leader and nora
Inaly overpower Pekin and at Um
same time swell their following with,
all the fort in the capital and begia
a grand march of extermlnaiiom
against everything foreign. This time,
however, the Tangtse region and every
port' must rise simultaneously, and for
this purpose all of the Tangtse de
fense are being brought to the hlgb-'
est state of effectiveness.
Russia is .very much alive to the
situation. The latest news received at
St Petersburg from the secret emis
saries of the Russian legation at Pekla
indicates that nearly the whole Celes
tial empire I ramified by a huge Bet
work of secret boxer committees which
only await an opportune gives algnal
to sweep the detested white barons
out of the country.
BOWEN IN NEW HAVEN.
Vlslta Celebrated Newspaper, of Which
He Was the Founder.
New Haven, Conn., March 4. Her
bert W. Bowen, United States minister
to Vsnexuela, ts here. H4 paid a long
visit to the office of the Tale Dally
News, the college paper, which Mr.
Bowen founded when he was a student
at Tale 25 years ago.
In reply to a question of one of the
young men present, Mr. Bowen sold
that the United States waa the best
place In the world for a young man
to start out In life. He spoke of the
prosperity of the country and said that
no country offers a better field to suc
ceed to young men than the United
State : , v
Upon his return to the New Haven
house Mr. Bowen refused to be inter
viewed on the Venesuelan question and
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