The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930, February 13, 1904, Image 7

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Newspaper Page TextTHE MORNING A8TORIAN, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1904. PAGE SEVEN. FamtittsjT rains The Southwest Limited Kaiiaua City to , Chicago, The Overland Limited to Chicago ' via Omaha, The' Pionoer Limited St.' Paul . ? '; to Chscago, run via (' ' " . ';. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul 11 Railway s Each route offers nftmeroun , attractions, i v-1 Tho principal tiling to insure a quick, comfortable tripeat is to' see ?i that your , , tickets read ,via Uio Chicago, Milwaukee & , ,(r "irVSt.i'aulRaifw1y iJXO 134 Third Street, Portland n. s. towe, Central AjcnL HOLDS LAW IS INVALID Trust Measure In lovta Picked to Pieces and Stricken from Statutes. RAILWAY COMPANIES RIGHT Demurrer In Cane of Indict men Under Charge Sustained By Jul(r I'latt of the PUtrlet Court. . 1 j f New ' Style Restaurant I ' Everything First Class. The Besthe Market Affords. ' Open Day and Night Good Service' 120 Ulh St., next door to GriRIn Bro. and tdjolninf Uw Om Sales , -1 ASTORIA, OREQON mmmfnni""t'g,Wfgia'1CT",,II1,11111" FRESH AND CURED MEATS Wholesale and Retail ,v Ships, Logging Camps and Mills supplied on short noliceC LIVE STOCK BOUGHT AND SOLD 8 WASHINGTON MARKET - CHRISTENSON CO. HOTEL. PORTLAND The Finest Hotel in the Northwest PORTLAND. OREGON. A DIRECT LINE to Chicago and all polnti east; Louis vilie. Memphis. New Orleans, and all points south, ; ; See that your Mckst reads via the Illinois Central R. R. Thoroughly mod ern trains connect with aU transconti nental linea at St. Paul and Omaha. It your frtende are coming weat let us know and we wlU auots them direct the specially low r'ta tow In effect from all sastsrn points. Any Information at to rates, routes, to., cheerfully given on application. iB. H . TRUMBUuU Commercial Agent, X Third street, Portland. Or. J. C. LINDA ET, T. T. ft P. A., 1U Third street, Portland, Or. P. B. THOMPBON, F. A. P. A., NORTHERN PACIFIC Time Card ot Trains PORTLAND Leates Anlrt Puget Sound Llmlted.7:SS a m p m Kansas Ctty-8t. Louts Special 11:19 am l:4S pn North Coast Limited l:M m I'M a n Tacoma and geattie Might Express 11:46 p m t:06 in Take Puget Bound Limited or North Coast Limited for Gray's Harbor points Take Puget Bound Limited (or Olym pta direct. Take Puget Sound Limited or Kaa as Ctty-Sc Louis Special for poiats on South Bend branch. - ,: Double daily train Berries on Q ray's Harbor branch. Four trains dally between Portland, Tacoma and Seattl t'bfcago, Feb' 12. A dispatch to the Tribune from Waterloo,' la,, 'says: In a deciiiion sustaining a demurrer In the case of the state of Iowa against the Illinois Central, Chicago,' Rock Island Pacific, and Great . Western railways. Indicted under a charge of conspiracy In fixing the amount of de murrage charges. Judge Franklin C. Piatt, In the district court, has declared tho Iowa trust law unconstitutional and finds fo the defendant railways. Last August the three railways lead Ing into Waterloo fixed a demurrage cnarge 01 vt ior every z noun a ircigni car was delayed in excess of 48 hours. It was believed the railways were thereby amenable to a section of the code which provides that any persons or corporations entering Into an agree ment to fix the price of any article of mpn-handlne or commodity ehall be guilty of conspiracy. Another section provides as a penalty a fine of not less than. one nor more than 20 per cent of the capital stock of the offending company or person. This section of the law, Judge Piatt declared, Is In contravention of the United States and consequently unconstitutional. Vn- ,r thi lection the Imnlmum fine which could be Imposed on the three railways .would be 12.280.000, of which the county attorney would receive $450,000. The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific, besides the Illinois corporation. would also forfeit Its franchise In Iowa If convicted "Under ths charge and fine Imposed might reach the enormous flg- ur of 119,995,000. In the opinion Judge Piatt says: "A law which requires a man who is possessed of $1,000,000 to pay. a fine of $100,000. while for the same offense a n an possessed of $1000 ! subject to a penalty of but $100 would be destruc tive to the foundation upon which con stitutional law must rest, yetMuch Is the effect of this section." Further, the Judge holds the Indict ment for the charge of detaining a car contains a flaw, since the detention ot the car Is not a commodity, although it might be under the same rule which, declares Insurance a commodity. ASK THE AGENT FOR TICKETS Mm mm. 1 ..TO.. SPOKANE, ST. PAUL, DULUTH. MINNEAPOLIS, CHICAGO AND ALL POINTS BAST. 2 TRAIN DAIL.Y FA8T TIME 2 For Full Particulars, Rates, Folders, Etc., -Call on or Address H, DICKSON, J-' " ' , ", City Ticket Agent. t21 Third Street, Portland. S. O. TERKES, Q. W. P. A. 411 First AmuV - Seattle, Wash. f"As the Crow Flies" The shortest line ' between Minneapolis, St. Paul and Chicago is , i the route of the famous North western Limited "The Train For Comfort' every night in the year. Ho fore HtAtthig on a trip no matter whore write fur interesting Informa tion about comfortable traveling. H.LSISLER, Central Agent 132 Third St. Portland. Oregon. T. W. TE48DALB, General PiumenKcr Agent, ' . 8t Jul, Minn. Men Clerks Displace Ladies. New York, Feb. 11. Women em ployed as stenographers and In various other clerical positions by the Erie Railroad, will, it is 'reported, de die placed gradually by young men. They will not be forced out, but when one leaves the service voluntarily her posi. tlon will be filled by a man. It Is stat ed by an official of the.company that the rule had been adopted purely for business reasons, due, It Is said, to the limited qualifications of the gentler sex for success lnrallroad work and the Impossibility of advancing them to higher positions.' Railroad Lamer Dead. New York, Feb. 12. Frank Loomls, for many years special counsel for the New York Central & Hudson River railroad, Is dead at his home here. He was prominent In democratic circles and a leading member of the New York baft ' ' " -i POLICEMAN SAVES TRAIN. ERHYROYfci. PILLS SAFE Aifrr)Mt I,l.-i hnirfM With lilwrlVtirtlt, 's'ltktt H tiihr RffSiac fl.iH Hu at Dnisi-t. or sroi 4h la nsmits st ftwuPMihrih aTMnimis Drus'". 4'Kirtt-iittrSvmtalC4. Subscribe for Ths Astorlaa. Sand Mud and 6rave' Nearly Caused ,: , Disastrous ;Wreok. .,; ? 'Cincinnati, Feb. 12. Forethought and prompt action on the part ot Sergeant Lockhardt, of the Sixth dtstrlct police (i T UXORIOUS 1 RRVEL , Th "Northwestern LimitM" trains, Slectrlo lighted throughout, both inald and out, and steam heated, are without-exception,' the finest trains la the World.. They stnbsdy the latest, rewet and best Ideas for comfort, convenience and luxury ever offered the travelling nubile, and altogether are the most complete and splendid production it tb car builders' art. , ' These splendid Trains Connect Wltn The Great Northern The Nortkrn Pacific an , - The Canadian Pacific - ' - , , . AT ST. 1 PAUL FOR ' CHICAGO and the EAST. No extra charge for these super acommodations and all rlasaes of tick ets are available tor passtge ot. ' the trains on this line are protected hi tM Interlocking Block. Systsm. K' f ' ' J '-' ' - ' f ' s . it - ' fill - ''v-1-'. i 1 1 1 7 ' .. . ... .;' ( J.u -M- , mm ,i .. station, prevented the wrecking, yes terday, of the Pennsylvania Railway Company's fast New York express at Llnwood. Sand, gravel, mud and other debris had been washed on the track at Elmer street, Llnwood, and Sergeant ' Lock hardt flagged the train just In time to prevent a disastrous wreck by ditch ing. The train had already met with de lay caused by the storm, and. as the storm had been particularly heavy In and about Cincinnati, It was running with orders of reduced speed and great care. ' Sergeant Lockhardt's home Is in El mer street, above the rallroad croeslng, and, as he -knew the location of the tracks there so well, he believed the heavy ralri might wash down enough debris from the banks to cause a wreck. ' Knotting the express from New York is due at Llnwood about :20, he left the station at an earlier hour than usu al and went to Inspect the Elmer street crossing. As he had feared, he found sand, gravel and debriB of all kinds washed down on the track, and so he waited for the expresa, giving Ihe engineer a danger stop signal In time for him to bring the train to a standstill on the verey verge of derailment and possible great loss of life. The New" York express carried 2S4 passengers and was due In the main depot. Pearl and Butler streets, at :30 o'clock. V ' " ' The train was in charge of Conductor Harrell and Engineer Keck, and was speeding along at 25 miles an hour when tthe engineer got Sergeant Lock hardt's flag from- a point two hundred yards east of . the obstruction. A stop was made, the engine un coupled and an attempt was made to force the debris off the track with the pilot. The attempt was unsuccessful and the engine was partly derailed. Workmen were secured and the track was cleared. NEW OOLD BELT EXISTS IN GREAT YUKON DISTRICT Many Prospectors Seek New Diggings While Other Districts are Besieged with Unusual Number of People Etoaoed an Awful Fate. Mr. H. HaKKlns. of Melbourne. Fla, writm: "Mv doctor lold me I ha con sumption and nolhlnjr could be done for me. I was Riven ut to die. The or fcr of free trial bottle of Dr. Klnsr's New Discovery for Consumption, in duced me to try it. Results were start ling. I am on the road to recovery and ow all to Dr. King's New Discovery. I surely saved my life." This great cure Is guaranteed for all throat and lung dlaauoa. Vv nhnrloa PnirArfi riruirptnr. Price 50 cents and SI. Trial bottle free LITTLE EFFECT ON STOCKS. Result of Baltimore Fire Proves an Agreeable Surprise. New York, Feb. 12. The smallness of the effect produced In the stock market by the Baltimore calamity and the out break of war has caused surprise, and satisfction In the financial world. The continued large borrowings by railroads Is viewed with disfavor by operators In stocks and the declining tendency of railroad earnings adds to this feeling. The assurance that the borrowed money will find Us way Into expenditures for materials has been a sustaining influ ence upon stocks of lorae companies which supply such materials, including United States steel. The prospect of large demand In the rebuilding of Bal timore also has been an Influence. War has been of little apparent Influence. . Seattle, Feb. 12. A special to the P.- L from Dawson says: The new strikes made within the last twelve moi ths in the North seem to be disclosing the existence of a visit new gold belt across the western half of the great Yukon basin. The first strike in this belt was the finding of the Tanana gold fields a year ago. During the summer of 1903 new placer fields were found In the Alsek country, west of White Horse, and now are coming common reports of the find ing of several placer creeks in the hitherto barren country at the head of White river?. Y. , .V, f ; The Alsek diggings at first were only 100 miles out from White Horse, now discoveries have extended their bounds to ISO miles. This takes them within forty or fifty miles of the White river district. Not more than 100 to 200 miles southward branch oft the Ches tochena diggings and 200 miles farther north are the Tanana gold fields. "Be yond that Ilea Rampart. Thomas Shaughnessy and William Oallager arrived today from the head of White river With the latest advices from that country.' Shaughnessy says the sold found there is not any thing to startle a community, but it Is In promts Ing quantities. . Everyhing 'so tar Is In the form ot prospects with no actual output, The.best pay found averaged IS cents to the pan. It was on bedrock at the head ot Hosfelt creek. . .The bed rock was two and a half feet, deep. iThe other creeks In the district carrying gold are Ptarmigan, Rock, Sheep and Beaver. The pay found at the head of Hosfelt was discovered by Hosfelt. I Swanson and Gibbons. The find was made the middle of August, and all the creek has been staked. ' There are twenty-two claims on the creek. Hosfelt flows into Heaver . five miles above , Ptarmigan, Swanson and Hosfelt had crossed to the head of the White from Nasina. They recently started 'back to Naztna , with another man to get grub.' . On Beavere thirty-four claims had been staked before Shaughnessy and Gallagher lefj for Dawson. The average of 13 cents to the pan found on Hosfelt, Shaughnessy says,, was taken from broken bedrock. Shaughnessy did not see the ground, but the man who did the pannng told him that twentyone pans averaged 13 cents. The fellow who gave Shaughn essy the information did not encourage a stampede Morgan attemnt to enter the White river coun. try until next summer. People there have no more than enough for them selves. going to the new White river digging Among them was Mrs. Morgan, who is accompanied by her husband. was a blacksmith in Dawson. AH the people hound for the diggings were making good time, and non had met with accidents. Montgomery's large double sleighs drawn by doubts horse teams were forty miles up the White river a few days ago, said pro gressing slowly. The wide sleighs could nn h drawn fast. The .trail had to be broken In the snow. Shaughnessy says the teams would be able to drive all the way up White and Into Ptar migan, virtually Into the heart of the v new diggings. From Dawson to the month of White Is 80 miles, and frosa the mouth of White te Ptarmigan is 110 miles more. : . , ' f The distrfct Is not densely populated. Only "about twelve or fifteen- hunters and trappers have been in there of late. , The mountain sheep was one of the chief articles of food for the'menof tlje locality. Gallagher and Shaughnessy will leave in a week or so to return White river. ! The big transportation and tradiag companies of the Yukon Just now ae looking for the Important Information, from all their distant posts on which it is necessary to base their orders for supplies for shipment Into ths country the coming season of navigation. V5 It always Is" necessary for the big companies to have their Information several months before the rivers opes. A large quantity of the goods shipped Into the Yukon is ordered from the manufacturers especially for this trade, and is wanted prepared in such condi tion as will be besradapted for with-, standing the peculiarities of northern climate and t s the same time will please the taste of the fastidious Yu- As a rule little low grade material Is brought in to "the ' Yukon: The'' people are used to paying hgh prices, and the shade of difference Between cheap goods and high priced goods on the outside is so Insignificant in the eyes of. northern people that the good nearly always is accepted. . s , ' J From all-that can be gathered in a general way so far; this winter, the Yukon as a whole' Will not diminish the size of her 'order for goods. Possibly she will Increase it greatly. Thihope Is made brighter in the fact ' that the Tanana field 'last year was far under sunDlied and the coming years gives promise of seeing large developmenta- in activity there. " Should the Canadian government fol- Shaughnessy says that no one should low out Its contemplated scheme of re moving the tariff from crude petroleum tn order that the oil may be Introduced into Klondike as a fuel In the operation of placers, possibly far more traffic, in Thirty people from Dawson were met I the transportation ef this commodity. will be created on the Yukon the com ing season.