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' j ' ' i ' 11 "TJ3nMMIIl TT"" a i l mi li i ir nummW iiii Hi i "rn iiT n. VOL. LVI1. - i 1 ' i iNTIRE CREDIT BELONGS TO ; VAN SAN I Northern Securities Case Insti gated by Governor of Mlrv f nesotaandNotbyRf, I publican Party. j ""' ' ' ' 1 ' '; '' Democrats Inquire if Merger De i cision Is Going to Be usca As Campaign Battle Cry. men, formerly Mis Irene m. uwo iuceeeded In deceiving the board of education for three year before she wit found out ond forced to resign. Miss Olhbs, now Mm. Ceroid J. O'Keefe, wee & teacher In puWIc school f on Van AM avenue, at a salary of 11040 year. Ml Mary WseterJIng, of pub lic school I, on Btelnway avenue, whowj name turns out to be Mm. Frederick Kill, hue been teaching at $7S0 a year. Mian WHtr11nif elotied with the ticket agent at Calverton, I 1., lust July, and wit married In Washington. Bhe la not yet reconciled to her family. klORTO ELECTION MATERIAL KMtdlnB of Killtortnl From $ World, (living Crrdlt to o ' lleiMtbllcaiia. ASTORIA, OREGON. FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 190. 111 Rl Itf I AN FLEETS SEEK PORIS VSfcTf mm m - WITHOUT AN EFFORT. BEING MADE TO UNITE THEM NO. 139. district attorney of Nebraska, will be removed from office. President Roose velt Informed Senator Dietrich and Edward Rosewater, of the Omaha Bee, that he would take auch action against Mr. Summer. The probabilities are thai Chairman Lindsay, of the repub lican state committee of Nebraska, will be appointed to succeed Summers. f RPnrt Says Thut Port Arthur Squadron is BacR, Which Is Con sidered Significant When Coup- : led With Previous Reports. Wellington. March 17.-Just before 'adjournment Southwfck, of New York. nreclDlfoted a brief but lively debate by having read an editorial from the New fork World, giving ths republicans (or antl-lrust legislation and the rn.'rger prosecution. It was offered by , of Ti.ly to Williams, wno y r iy asked If the merger decision was to be used by the republicans as a tne ..irtfil nnlttlcal trick. wiiiii-e. After the editorial was Wad. declared that the securities prop nrttlon was Instigated by Governor Van Wnl, whom he styled "a blanket In f.l.in republican," who refused to Yon ?ult hend-juarters" and that for very j . .. . .. k r.A Ani'ketetl annm', silfr nr " - the administration, prior to an election, could not bold Itself still. T4vney, repuWlrn. of Minnesota. iiMcited that the democrata In the Fifty-first congress voted against arul- tr.t eanw from UI'"S, of Tennessee, and Williams, each of whom as-erted that the democrats unanimously voted for uch legislation. Throughout, the dny the postofflc appropriation 'bill was under discussion And little progress wns made. The minority leaders declared that the pnstonV department was rotten from the turret to th foundation and that the republicans were trying to reor ganise It on an appropriation bill. Married Teachers Resign. kw York. March 17. Two school teacher In Astoria, Queens, have been forced to resign tlwlr positions because they had married. One of these wo- , , Good Thlnfl He Slipped. New York, March 17. in Vart V of the supreme court this morning, before Justice Best, the trial ws concluded of two damage suitn , by parah O'Brien, of 205 Walworth street, n the eastern district, and the other by Tim othy F her husband, both against the city of New York. While In front of 229 Walworth street on February , 1908, Mrs. O'llrten slipped and fell on the sidewalk, which was Ice covered, and sustained Injuries which, accord ing to the testimony, caused her to be come a permanent physical wreck. Hhe sued for 126.000 damages, while ner husband sought 10.n00 for the loss of his wife's services. " The Jury returned a verdict In favor of Mrs. O'Brien or lM0. They gave verdict against O'Brien. Cruises Covering Radius of Fifty Miles Fail to Discover any Trace of the Enemy, so That Plans ol the Japaneie Are veuea in Mystery-Retreat of Russians Across Yalu Due to Activity of tnemy's Outposts. Omaha, March 17, District Attor ney W. S. Summers was shown the Washington dispatch stating that "he would be removed from office an a re sult of tbe Dietrich Investigation, and refused to discuss the matter, remark ing: , ' ' "Just say that silence Is golden." Friends of Mr. Summers, however. have anticipated action of this nature, and the announcement did not come as a surprise to them. DIFFERENCE OF MANY YEARS SETTLED England and France Reach Final Agreement . Regarding Uc cupation of Shore Strip of Newfoundland. Claimed That Non-Payment of Taxes by French Settlers Pre vents Use of Authority. London. March 1.-The Dally Tele- Ing of the military railroad from Seoul graphs Toklo correspondent, cabling! to Wlju. Only a few miles have been -,., 17 .( lhat ths Russian fleet ! completed. Civilians are working on has returned to Port Arthur. If this Is i the railroad from Beoul to Fusan. This .nrr. th corre-oondent adds. It Is f road cannot be completed before next evident from Rar-Admlral Baron Von , October. gtackelberg" report that the Russian Must Measure With Germans. , Berlin, March 17. The expulsion of Rusilan tudjr.U is llkly to be fol lowed by revision and more stringent enforcement 6f university entrance reg ulations, requiring foreigners to prove equal in preparation with Germans, RIGHTS ARE RELINQUISHED AWFUt LEAP ENDS ALL. CONVICTED OF MURDER. Montesano, Wafh., March 17. A. A. Armstrong wan today convicted by a Jury of murder In the first degree for the cold blooded killing of John B. Pstton In ft wood camp In the Wy nooche valley Inst November. Arm trong claimed as his own a log on which 1'alton and several oiner men were working. Patton refused to obey Armstrong's command to cease cutting up the log and fired three shots at him from a. rifle. The fourth struck Pat- ton, Inllli ting an Injury which resulted . a in his drtith. ' cruisers which left Vladlvostock re turned to that port without an attempt i ,.i. v.oon mnHn to unite the fleet, or Recrots ths Yalu. Seoul March 17. The Russian au- .k,..nio. h.vn hf-n advised that the Austrian .. . ,. ,.na,.,.. i Russian cavalry In northern Corea has ir an aemPi . & cessful. "'v' " . v ... kr th. that tne uossaca oantsr. Paris edition of the New York Herald. cabling under yesterday's date, asserts that a portion of the Russian fleet made several cruises at a radius of 60 miles off Port Arthur without finding a trace oi the enemy. withdrawn. has also A small Russian force still London, March 1.-The correspond ent of the Dally Mall at Chefoo, who has Just visited Chlnampo, Corea, savss' , "On the way to Chemulpo we passed ennslant succession of Japanese .nj.wrf. Three thousand .wpanexe winded at Chemulpo at the" en or last week." ' The corrcfponiii!nt adds that the Rus occupies Chong Ju. i . i Riots Among 8tudents. Vienna,' March 17. Serious riots have occurred at Agram, the capital of Crotla-Slavonia, between students for an aratnst Russia. Several on both side were wounded. Neted Negro Banqueted. ., W t. If flHH llllllllll(l waningioii, aibi-" " i ., . . ... !.!., nee retreating across the lalu ml Sixty o tn mum . f : . . T6tjs"TgWtf' TtfiWtt wmitmifm.MAVa4Sl-3y- oueted B.K)ker T. Washington at Odd nr' oWi ana mm ..r Fellows' hall here tonight. Washing In this district number 20.000. in will be tendered a raceptlnn by the negroes of the district tomorrow night. Representatives from both houses of congress, the. United States supreme court, Dr. Everett Hale and others have accepted an Invitation to shore the platform with Mr. Washington. Sudden Changs of Feeling. Colon, March 17. According to news received from, the coast, Colombia has given up the Idea of Invading Panama. Public opinion In many parts of the republic favors the recognition of Pan ama. . ii IT t r Mill KS I k. f M M & 11 ? H ' H Ml as Print That the place to purchase CLOTHING is-at Stokes; Reason, su perior goods and lowest prices. From Seoul to Wiju. Seoul. March 17. Five thousand en gineers are now employed in the build- Charges Are Empty. March 17. The charges against the Japanese violat ing the rules of clvilUed warfare In using explosives forbidden by The Hague convention find no echo In re Kponflble circles here. News From Kuropatkin. Paris. March 17.-The St. Petersburg "eosmii 'tfirJWho''- : says that General Kuropatkin tele graphs that he has passed Onsk and he adds that tomorrow there will be 200,000 Russian troops concentrated be tween Harbin and Port Arthur. BRISTOW CLEARS MATTERS. ( Claims Part of Report As His Own and Exonerates Congressmen. if. i M HanSchaffncr U Mars HandTailored Remember our Dunlap Hats Finest on earth. Washington. March 17. Fourth As sistant Postmaster-General Brlstow, Intestlfylng before the house special committee on the postofflce report to day, claimed for himself responsibil ity for only the first seven pages of the report which was sent to the posb offlce committee, and he said the other portions of the document were tbe work of the other officials of the de partment. . The clerk hire sections, he said, was prepared tn the office of the first as sistant postmaster-general and that part relating to leases by Inspectors and others In his own department. Mr. Brlstow's testimony threw mucn ngni on all phases of the lnqury. He prac tically cleared the members of con gress from wrong doing touching the clerk hlro section of the report by Btatlng that It was the duty of the first assistant's office to ascertain the con dition of work In an office where an Increase had been recommended. Miner Terminates Troubles at Shaft's Bottom. Butte, Mont, March 17. Marco Briovich, an Austrian miner, ended bis life in a tragic and awful manner last evening by throwing himself head first down a shaft of the Minnle Healy mine from the 700 level statoln to the bulkhead, about 50 feet below the 1000 level. His body, horribly mangled, was picked up by miners working In the shaft below the bulkhead and taken to the surface The neck, both arms and both legs were broken, and the bruises about the body Indicated that there was hardly a whole bone left In the body.'' . J : . Briovich returned from Alaska about two months ago, and baa been employ ed at the Minnie Healy since that time. He was Interested In a general merchandise business at Douglas, Al aska, and lost somewhere In the neigh borhood of $2000 in the venture. Since his, return to Butte he . h'aa'' brooded over this loss, and was able to taiu of but little else to his friends. Day after day he appeared to become more gloomy, and this melancholy spirit fin ally culminted In his resolve to end his troubles on earth. Briovich leaves a wife and a 6-months-old daughter. having his evidence uted against him and which eliminates the excuse of de clining to testify through fear of In criminating himself. Jerome said he had found obstruc tions and obstacles placed in his way from ihe beginning, but he waa deter mined tp pursue Canfleld to the end and make it plain exactly from whomj he waa receiving protection. Proceeding, he said that besides Can fleld, there were seven other such places In New York city that he waa after. Provincial Government will Have Complete Control of Is land, Only Fishing Priv ileges Being Uetained. , Paris. March 17 It i asserted to positively authoritative quartera that both the form and substance of am agreement between France and Eng land concerning Newfoundand bed bea concluded. The differences over Newfoundland are of long standing, Great Brttala claiming that the French right to oc cupy a strip of, the Newfoundland shore without the payment of taxes) and without being subject to Newr foundland laws has prevented proper exercise of the provincial authority. It Is understood that the French terri torial rights are relinquished, but the rights of off-shore fishing are retained.. Newfoundland la permitted to exerciser authority throughout the Island. A temperance meeting will be held at the Norwegian Danish M. E. church this evening at 7:45 o'clock. The pro gram will consist of speeches, recita tions and music All are cordially in vited to attend. ? LUMBER WAR THREATENED. Vancouver, B. , March 17. The prospect of war In lumber prices at Vancouver appears to be gradually de veloping. The local VomMne.ls con rontdd Wltfi'th3 anr.ouncof.ignt that E. H. Heaps & Co., owning a large mill here,' will supply builders in defiance of the selling pool combine. A re'pre ls credited with having made the state tentative of a lumber mill in the citr ment today that unless E. H. Heaps & Co. agree to go into the pool selling scheme, five of the strongest mills In the British .Ortumbla Lumber and Shingle Manufacturers' AssoolaUosi would inaugurate cut prices and would eventually force the price of rough lumber down from $13 to S2. New Bank for Pendleton. Washington, March 17. The comp troller of the currency has approved the application of W. I Thompson, of l.cwlston. Idaho; R. O. Beach, of Walla Walla; T. G. Halley, C. J. Smith and W. P. Temple, of Pendleton, to or ganise a national bank at Pendleton, Ore., with a capital of 150,000. and to be known as he Commercial National bank of Pendleton. , TEN 8TEAMER8 FINED. Port Townsend, March 17. For yie violation of navigation laws 10 steam ers were fined today $500 each. The steamers fined were: , The James Dollar, Charles Nelson, Portland, Laconner, Valencia, Santa Ana, Skagit,' Queen, Belllngham, Lau rel and Olympia. The violation con sists of failure to carry a sufficient number of life preservers, fire axes, life boats, buckets, etc. Owners .of the penalized vessels will ask the treasury department to remit the fines already MAY PROVE HER INNOCENT. Magnifying Glass Used to Show Where Poisoned Candy Came From. Des Moines, Iowa, March 17. By means of a powerful magnifying glass It was discovered tonight that the box of poisoned candy sent to Miss Rena Nelson, at Pierre, South Dakota, does not bear the Bsone, Iowa, postmark. This discovery will have a tendency to prove .he Innocence of Mrs, Sherman! Dye, who has been accused of sending the fatal package. Imposed. 8nowiet Winter of All. Chicago, March 17. In a furious snow storm today enough snow fell to make the total for the winter oreag all records for Chicago. As a result of today's storm, elevated railroads were blockaded for two hours. WANTS CAN FIELD IN PRISON. Albany, March 17. "I want to put Richard Canfleld In the state's prison and I want Reginald Vanderbilt, of New York, as a witness to help me do it," da'!ared District Attorney Jerome, of New York, to the senate codes com mittee today In the course of a hear ing on the bill to make it possible for a witness to give testimony without DISTRICT ATTORNEY PUT OUT. President Removes Man Who Brought Charges Against Dietrich. Washington, March 17. As a result (,t the inquiry Into the charges against Senator Dietrich, of Nebraska, Wll trict -kpmed,ffourpd'ltheo.,sci ratsraao liamson & Summers, United States The Bee1 Hive Invites the ladies to call and see a splendidlline of ... - ' ' ' ' t: ' ' ' V '.' .New Lace Trimmings. 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