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IUNOAY, DECIMICN IS, 1004. 2 THE MOUNINH ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, OKKGON. COMMERCE TIED UP Suggestions of President Meet With Opposition. RAILROADS ARE DISSATISFIED Proaidont Roooovott .Will lnit on tho Rcommndtion Mad I" Hi Moaaago to Congroaa Being Carried Out Wahinrton, Dc. IT. The presi dent will fight for lllatlon granting authority to tho Interstate Commerce commission to revise railroad rates, upon complaint that they are unrea sonable such revision to be subject to review by the federal courts. He will insist upon the enactment of this legislation until It is secured. This statement Is authoritative. In the house and in the senate strong opposition to the legislation ad vocated by the president is rapidly de veloping. The opposition, for various reasons, is determined that the presi dent's recommendations shall be dis regarded. As yet they do not ap preciate to the full the president's de termination, but supported by some railroad interests they will not yield nutll forced to do so. This situation makes certain one of the hardest legislative fights in re cent years, and it will be for the re publican party. Notwithstanding" the strength of the opposition, the presi dent will eventually win, backed as he is by public sentiment and strengthened by his unyielding deter mination. The president's recommendation that the Interstate Commerce com mission be given authority to revise rates was made only after the most careful consideration. The proposi tion to confer such power on the In terstate Commerce commission was not original with the president, though the adoption of the plan as a solution of the adoption of the plan aa a solu tion of the problem of unreasonable rates which Is developing Intense ir ritation throughout the country was upon his own motion. He studied the situation and concluded that therin was the remedy. , The president's purpose in making this recommendation to the present congress was to draw the teeth of the opposition my having it develop Its arguments. His tactics are similar to those of the general who, before be ginning an attack, searches the enemy's front with his artillery, to de velop their position. - ., Though realizing that It Is most dif ficult to secure new legislation at a short session of congress, the presi dent hoped that theere would be un reasonable opposition to his plan. If that opposition develops as pro nouncedly as is now promised, the aggressive .campaign in behalf of his plan. His recommendation has al ready arested public . attention, and has now the prestige of his support. In public addresses, which he is cer tain to make, after the adjournment of congress, the president will devote large attention to this rate revision idea as an Important step in the di rection of solving the trust problem. He will, also. In his next annual message to congress make rate revis ion by the Interstate Commerce com mission, subject to judicial review, the principal topic of his message. He has made up his mind to fight for it and he never enters a fight in be half of any Mea without the deter- j Jnlnatlon to win. This Is a quality which some of those opposed to his plan have not appreciated. They had an Idea that rather than risk a serious party strife he would yield to opposi tion and not force the fighting. But they have not measured the man. He means to secure this legislation. That fact must be accepted. The president has measured the menace of socialism, which, he be lieves, must grow If the republican party does not meet every Issue squarely. He will fight the erroneous doctrines of socialism with all the earnestness of his nature. But at the same time he will do his part to re move the causes of grievance that have fertilized the soil In which so cialism of Abraham Lincoln. While T.lnfnln tiu tr moot .1 i u 1 1 n ! in I a m In the form of slavery and the determln-1 ation of the south to rule or ruin', j Theodore Roosevelt feels that he is; fighting disuuionism In the shape of socialism. He proposes, as he states to those who have his confidence, to stand for the Interests of the "plain people of the United States", regardless of all opposition. Part of that stand is his fight against unreasonable freight rates. Those who think that fight will not be aggressive to not remem ber his three years fight , for trust regulatory legislation, and they forget! the persistency with which he carried to success the policy of reciprocity with Cuba. MARYLAND RETURNS. Only Fsw Votes Difference Between Elector. Baltimore, Dec. 17. Complete and official returns from Maryland show clearly that the real will of the voter was defeated when the canvassing board issued even out of eight cer tlftcatea to democratic elector. The highest vote cast for any candidate for elector was that given to Charles J. Bonaparte, who headed the republican ticket. He receive 109.4? votes. The next highest republican candidate for elector, received W.9J. The eight democratic candidates received votes ranging from 107,477. to 107.276. The lowest republican candidate re ceived 10t.K so that on the republi can side there was a variation In the vote for electors of 1.80S, to a varia tion on the democratic side of only 1- 00. This difference can be accounted for In only one way. The Maryland legislature at Its last session passed a law empowering the county authori ties In certain counties to take the party designation from the official bal lot and to arrange the name of candi date for office In any way they might see fit. The law applied to counties In Southern Maryland and on the eastern shore, where republican ma jorities were normally given, and was Intended to make toting a difficult a puxile as possible tor the uneducated voter. But In the counties where de mocratic majorities are usually given the official ballot with the party de signations was retained. A Throws His Wife Out in the Street to Freeze. AN OUTRAGE UPON DECENCY A Story of Degredation and Abuse Unparalleled In the Annals of Cruelty and Crime. TARIFF REFORM CONVERT. Cornelius N. Bliss Change Hi Views on Tariff Revision. Xew York, Dec. 17. Cornelius N. Bliss, high priest of protection, one time president of the American Tariff League club, and perhaps the most powerful Individual factor in raising the sinews of war to perpetuate the protective policy, has become a con vert to the tariff doctrine laid down In the last speech of President Mc- Klnley, and has through the action of the Union League club Friday night struck the most effective blow yet given In President Roosevelt' fight for tariff revision. The action of the cjub waa largely attributed to Mr. Bliss yesterday, and the alignment of this most representa tive Republican club on the side of an Investigation of tariff Injustice was regarded as the first open move In President Roosevelt's war against the "stand patters." Mr. Bliss was In high good humor yesterday, and he smiled cheerfuly when asked to talk about the club's resolution. "Why, I wasn't there." he said. "I haven't anything to say about the subject at all. Tou will have to ex cuse me from talking about a club matter." BRAZILIAN LAW. Dont Want to Offend the United States. New Tork, Dec. 17. The president has promulgated a law, cables the Herald' Rio Janerlo Brazil corespon dent, malntalng martial law for a month and a law authorizing the gov ernment to build 28 war vessels. The newspaper Notlzla commenting on the peace with Paraguay, says the Latin-American republics should now more than ever live in orderly fashion so as not to give the United States cause for Interference. STREET CAR ACCIDENT. Freight Train Craihes Into Loaded Street Car. Portland, Me, Dec. 17. A trolley car filled with young people returning from a dance at Deerlng Center was struck laBt night Just before midnight by a freight train at the Forest ave nue, Wodford, crossing of the Port Worchester & Nashua division of the Boston & Maine. About twenty-five persons were injured, two of them very seriously, but no one was killed. The most seriously injured are: Oscar Bowker, motorman, nose broken, face and hands cut and body bruised; Matthew Quinn, clerk In the Portland postofflce, spine badly injured and head cut. A panic followed the crash. Every one was thrown down and as many injuries came from trampling as from the crashing of windows and woodwork. Brooklyn, Dec. 17. Thrown Into the street in the dead of night, Mr. Wil liam A. Cuhlll of 40 Danforth street whose husband 1 a doctor of medi cine and a city physician In the em ploy of the health department at a salary of $500 a year, wa froaen nearly to death last night before she was rescued by the police. She had no protection from the ley wind ex cept a thin night dress, and with her bar feet In the snow she prayed for death a a relief from her suffering and humtlatlon. The story she told the police this morning waa one of the moat pitiful In the annals of the department. Cul tured, refined and tenderly nurture!. Mrs, Cahill, according to her story, haa suffered untold degredation and abuse without a murmur until the cli max was capped last night. The wo man is poung and good looking. She cornea of a well known family In the southern part of the city and la con nected by blood with some of the most prominent people In the city. The story told the police by Mrs. Cahill Is as follows: Her husband Is a practicing physician and ha charge of the city's cases In the first district, which Is made up of the First, Second. Third. Fourth and Fifth wards. He Is said to be a cigarette fiend and a hard drinker. He came home between 1 and 2 o'clock this morning, dragged hi wife out of bed without a word of explanation, forced her to the outside door and flung her out Into the night with the temperature hovering around the zero mark. She was unclothed except for her nightgown. Cahill locked the door and called up the po lice station. He told the officer who responded to hi call that there was a woman on his front step In her night clothes and requested that the patrol wagon be sent to take her away. He then called up a livery stable to order a cartage for hi own use. When the patrol wagon arrived Mrs. Cahill was nearly frozen. She say the experi ence wa unspeakably terrible. Mr. Cahill told the officer of the patrol her tory and they forced an entrance to the house. Mrs. Cuhlll says that they have seven children, the oldest a girl of 12 j years and the youngest a baby of 3, months. The oldest child Is danger-! ously 111 with typhoid pneumonia, with which she ha been attacked two or three times. Mrs. Cahill has sat up with her daughter the past four nights with scarcely any sleep. The servant girl was not at home at the time of Cahlll's escapade last night Mrs. Cuhlll declare that her hus band came home again this morning and created another disturbance. With her at the time waa her mother, whom she had sent for during the night. She assert that she hits been the victim of her husband' abuse ev eral year and the story of her suffer ing I' a pitiful one. She declare that he la a cigarette fiend, and In proof of her tatemnt says she ha saved ' 1700 coupon from cigarette boxes In the past few month. Mr Cahill ay that when her husband drinks , whiskey he seem to become temporarily Insane, ARMY OFFICERS ARRESTED. Lieut. McDonald Arrested foe Short- ag In Aoeounta. Washington, Dec. 17. ttecond Lieu tenant Paul H. McDonuM.of the Tenth Infantry, recently resigned from the service, this week ram to Washing ton to urge the war department to ac cept the resignation. It Is learned today that while he wa at the department he wa placed under arrest upon charge preferred by the regimental commander of Fort Lawton. and alleging various Ir regularities In financial transaction. Including the duplication of hi pay accounts, and obtaining money under false pretense. Lieut. McDonald wa first taken to Fort Myer. and Inter to Fort Law ton. Wash. He Is a native of Vir ginia, and rose to commissioned rank from an enlisted man. being appointed about a year ago. HAD BERI BERI Whatever It I I Seem to Be Quit Fatal. New Tork. Deo. IS. The bark Poly nessla has arrived from Butnrltarl. one of the Gilbert Islands, cables the Montevldo. Urguoy, correspondent of the Herald. The captain died during the voyage from berl-berl. Of the crew composed of 10 men, six are bed stricken with the same Illness. The vessel Is quarantined. SANTA FE ON DEFENSE. C. F. e I. Rate Discrimination the Cause. Albuquerque. ,N. M. Deo. 17. Judge Prouty, of the Interstate commerce commission partially completed testi mony In the charge of discrimination In rate on coal and mine supplies In favor o fthe Colorado Fuel A Iron company, brought by an Independent coal mine operator In New Mexico against the 8anta Fe Railroad com pany. The plaintiff sought to prove that the railroad by a secret agreement with the Colorado Fuel eV Iron com pany delivered that company' coal free on board for practically what In dependent coal companle have to pay for freight, thus shutting oft all com petition In New Mexico and Arizona. The defense contended Itself with a cross-examination Intended to show that the chief complainant, the Cale donian Coal company of Gullup, N. M. produced Bn Inferior grade of coal to that produced by the Colorado Fuel aV Iron company at Its southern Colorado and northern New Mexico mines. Mrs. Chadwtck wa able to demon strate that Shakespeare failed to com prehend how much there really Is In a name when worked to the limit. THE STAR PERFORMANCE Greatest Show Ever Given in Astoria Commences Monday. CANDIES PAR EXCEENCE Encouraged by the Immense houses that have greeted the Star theater the past week, Manager Gervurtz Is determined to secure the very best Master Fined. San Francisco, Dec. 17. Collector of the Port Stratton Imposed a fine of 100 on Captain John TruebrlJge, master of the steamship Minnesota today for having failed to furnish a certified copy of the crew list to the custom house officers on his arrival here. An appeal may be taken to the secretary of the treasury, but In the meantime, as the steamer cannot gt clearance papers, from this port until the fine Is paid, it will probably be paid under protest. Bolivia at Peace. New York, Dec. 17. The senate has finally ratified the peace and friend ship treaty with Bolivia, cables the Valparaiso correspondent of the Her ald. A big anti-clerical demonstration similar to that, which recently oc curred In Santiago Is being prepared. 4 marvel of mechanical Ingenuity well worth listening to. In adJItlon to this, the Feldlng Comedy Four will be seen In new specialties, both original and unique. The marvelous Aumunn has a a 3 ' r yZU 1 attractions possible. One of the prin cipal features of the 8tar next week, commencing with Monday's magazine, will be the Bomm, Blmm, Burr, one of the greatest musical creations of the age. The wheels, operated by elec tricity, three performer on musical Instruments, cornet solos, produce a symphony seldom , equalled. It Is a novelty bag punching act that excells anything of the kind ever witnessed In Astoria. Bob Keenan In "My Rose from Tennessee," and the Edison pro Jectoscope, with new and amusing scenes, will make a program of unu sual merit. The Star Is certainly the par excellence of vaudeville In Asto ria and Is improving with age. Largest Factory in Oref on Is In City of Astoria. , Polyoarpui' candles cannot be sold cheap at some, but the best prod ucts of the candymaker.' art r pro. duoed In the Immense factory of the Eastern Candy Cempany, en Duane street, and th helo sweet that you need to irao your Chrittmaa beard, and to (III the littl one' stocking with, are the cheapest, because they are the beet, at the store on Commer cial street You wouldn't give your children peisont Then dont give them Infer lor candies. You wouldn't try to make a bad Im pression on your sweetheart f Then give her some tweets that are a gced In tntrlntio worth a they are attract ivo In appearance, and, at the same time, patronise a horn Industry that I greater thin you may realize, W have on our counter EIGHT TONS OF THE BEST CHRISTMAS CANDIES ever offered In the state of Oregon, and our factory I the largest in th state.. This oould net bo so If our gocds were not THE BEST. THE EASTERN CANDY CO., 604-508 Commercial St, Astoria. So much (or drett, which I main tain to be thine of cooiequence in the) pob world. ,, ,. Lord Vktittrftld (0 mm ton. It is now in all walls of life. Good form is (Fissured by wearing the "Correct Clothes for Men," bearing this label , i ; ,, jfllfrtdenjamn& MAKERS NCWyoRk 3 Equal to tine cuAanwntda in all but price. The makers," guarantee, and ourt, with every garment. We are Exclusive Agents m thii city. ; Nothing Is More Suitable for k CHRISTMAS PRESENT than a New Umbrella. You can get almost any kind you wish at the new umbrella store. All repair work neatly done. 4,'Jl Caminerc.Ml Street. C. E. Duvall, IVARRENTON LUMBER GO. Manufacturer of and Dealer In LUMBER Submit us your specifications on any bill you wish and we will give you best prices. We make a specialty of Spruce Bevel Skiing and Factory Stock. Shipments Mad Either by Rail or Water, Worrenton, Or. Capacity 75,000 feet per day. ASTORIA SAVINGS BANK Capital 1'aid Id $100,000. Harplus and Undivided Profits 25.000 Transact a general banking buiine. Interest paid on time deposit. J. Q. A. SOW LB Y, 0.1.PETEK80N, FRANK PAlTON, J, W. OARNER, President. Vic President Cashier. Asst. Cashier J68 TENTH STREET. ASTORIA, ORE. First National Bank of Astoria ESTABLISHED 1886 Capital and Surplus $100,000 ASTORIA IRON WORKS JOHN FOX,Pri,sint8upU A. I,. FOX, Vlre I'reiMeiit, F. L. M8HOP, Secretary AHTOK1A HA VINUM BANK, Truss Designers and Manufacturers of THI LATKBT IMPROVED CANNING MACHINERY, MARINE ENGINES'AND BOILERS. COMPLETE CANNERY OUTFITS FURNISHED. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. Foot of Fourth Street, .... ASTORIA, OREGON. THE JLOUVRB A First CJuss Concert Hall - Finest Uesort In The City ' ADMISSION FREE ATTRACTIVE PROGRAM CHANGE WEEKLY Seventh and Astor Streets CHARLES WIRKKALA, Prop. 433 Commercial Street Phone Main 121 Sherman Transfer Co. HENRY SHERMAN, Manager Hacks, Carriages Baggng Checked and Transferred Trucks and Furniture Wagons- f ianos Moved, Boxed and Shipped.