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v.. fTT .".: AJi W"r-7 MS' 1. I. I I ..- -fr- PUBLISHES FULL AttOOIATIO PRISS RBPORT COVRRS THE MORNINO FIILO ON THB LOWER COLUMBIA VOLUME LVIV. NO. 79. ASTORIA, OREGON. THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1905. PRICE FIVE CENTS CITY WAILING Grand Juries Rampant In City of Grief. MAYOR IS LAST VICTIM Judge Williams Must Answer Charge of Malfeasance. CHIEF HUNT GETS ONE TOO SPAIN FREEZES. tunny Southern Skies Take en a Big Frown. New York, Jan. 4. Extremely colj weather prevail! in Spain, cable the Herald'! Madrid correspondent. In Barcelona no luch cold ever waa known. Two men nave been frown to death and many accident! are re ported. Report! to the Herald from Rome ay exceptionally aevere weather pre vail! there and that the cold la increas ed. Many factories are closed for want of hydraulic power. The public foun tain! are frosea MM REEZE Storm Brings Death New York State In SLIPPED TO ETERNITY FATAL FIGHT. v Iv'.M Gun Men Kill Each Other Off in the TrailU Olish Victims who S!lpp Rumored .That a Chineae .and .Two Other Allefia Have Not Been Indioted In the City Up the Creek, But Believed It ie a Canard. Portland, Jan. 4. Mayor George II Wllllama, ex-attorney general, ei-chlef Justice of Oregon territory, ex-United States senator, and first choice of Prenld'nt Ornnt for chief Justice of the United States supreme court, today was Indict) by the county grand jury on a charge of malfeasance In office. Judge Williams Is accused of having on July IS, 1904, while mayor of Port land, refused to enforce the statutes regulating gambling passed at the last session of the legislature giving the mayor power to close disorderly houses within four miles of the city. ChU of Police 1L Hunt was Indict ed on a similar charge. Indictments were also returned against W. C. Elliott, until recently city surveyor; against his Inspectors J. M. Caywood and Henry Chandler, and against E. W. and J. M. Rlner. contractors. These latter Indictments are In connection with the repair of the Tanner Creek sewer, which, It Is alleged, wers not properly done. The Indictments charge Elliott and the Inspectors and contractors with conspiring to obtain money from the city under false pretenses. Other mln or Indictments were returned. General William! gave the following statement to the Associated Press con rernlng the Indictment against him: "The Indictment charges me with no criminal offense. It simply accuaes me of not having Instructed the chief of police to Jo what was plainly his duty. I have no expectation that the Indictment will ever be prosecuted or will be entertained for a moment by the courta In case It Is pressed. My duties In regard to the suppression of gambling were clearly set forth by the supreme court of this state last win ter, when It was undertaken to compel me to close gambling resorts In this city by means of mandamus. "In that decision the court held that the closing of gambling was plainly duty of the chief of police to be done without Instructions from me. "Further than this I don't think any explanation Is necessary. The Indict ment Is the outgrowth of spite work on the part of a coterie of men In this city who have undertaken to dominate me nnd run the city government ac cording to their views. After having failed In every other manner they could devise, they determined to punish me with an Indictment because I would not submit to their dictation and found In a majority of the grand Jury, con listing of seven men, willing tools for that purpose." KING FR08T REIGN3. Everyplace But the Paoifio 8lope Is Froxen. New Tork, Jan. 4.r-Skatlng Is gen oral In the suburbs and the frost Is the most severe In many years, says a Paris dispatch to the Herald. The streets were sheeted with Ice on Tues day and the cab service In ' a great measure was suspended. The air was filled with sleet and the fountains are froxen. A heavy snowfall Is threatened and there Is no Immediate prospect of mild er weather. Wintery conditions In middle and western Europe are extraordinary. The bllxxard In Switzerland was the fiercest since 1875. Sunday and Mon day were the coldest days with one exception for 40 years. Stats of Nevada. Goldfleld, Nov., Jan. 4. Conflicting report! havt been received her to the effect that Jack May and Jack Long street, both widely known frontier char acters of Nevada, wers killed and third man fatally wounded in a fight that occurred several days ago In the Kawlch range, 40 miles east of Gold field. One report was that tne men Involved had trouble three years ago ovrr a claim at Tonopah. Another re- Small Army of Men to Clear the Streets port woi that the quarrel originated t- m.i;,., M.um. ed on the Ice Clad Platforms. STORM COST CITY $100,000.00 lobbyists and bills for the leasing of the public domain and for the exchange and construction of railroad grant lands all, he declared, in the Interest of these monopolies. Let soma of these deceptive, unwise, and unjust meas ures psss congress, which win deprive the honest home builder of the Just proportion of the public range about the home he has built, and the settler Is Injured. MANY KILLED Captain is Blown from Defender's Wreck. DODGE DODGES. Divorce Magnate Couldn't Face the Grand Jury. New Tork, Jan. 4. The formal In vestigatlon complicated by the tangle growing out of the so-called Dodge- Morse divorce case waa begun today RESCUE IS DIFFICULT ... :l- nuns uivurce tJC waa wrgun luunj I f ,i ,. by the grand Jury. Dodge la in poor Ulw "Oman Among the Victims health, and Is said not to be In con-1 ditlon to go before the grand Jury to-1 day. over the location of vulunble mining claims. Dlssstors Are Yet Reported at Atlantlo Ports. CONSERVE SALMON. Dominion Wsnts to Help to Save the Royal Fish. Victoria, B. C, Jan. 4. The local canners art advised of the Intention of I the Dominion government to seek ap pointment of an International com- mission to Investigate fisheries of the Pacific coast with a view to providing Joint regulations preserving tho fisher ies, particularly tho salmon Industry. COLORADO SLOWS UP New Tork. Jan. 4. Not In several years has New Tork been visited by a storm of such severity as that which commenced yesterday and con tlnued until early today. Nine Inches of snow fell, paralysing traffic and bringing untold suffering to the city's poor. Seven death! In New York and vl ctnlty are reported, while many per sona, overcome by the cold, dropped to the street, some of them receiving frac tured bones. Five of the seven men who met death from the results of the storm, died from exposure and another slipped on the Icy platform of the elevated sta First Caution Exhibited In Many tlon nd Ml ,n front of Rn mil oaiiu won Hi uuiivj avr jyiwn. Years. CREDENTIALS CAUSE TROUBLE Born and Hssley Illegally Bested, But Their Seats Csnnot Be Vaoated by tho Committee on Credentials, So Ssys Mr. Hsggott. A conductor on the Pennsylvania railroad, blinded by the driving snow. stepped In front of the "Congressional limited" train at South Amboy and waa Instantly killed. It is estimated that the storm cost the New Tork City Railway Company over 1100.000. Incoming ocean liners report a blls- sard at sea. Today 8000 men were put to work clearing the streets of New Tork. and tomorrow the number will be doubled. The effects of the bllxxard wlU be felt at most points along the New England and middle Atlantic coasts. So far no marine fatalities are reported. Denver, Jan. 4. No action waa taken by tho legislature today looking toward a settlement of the gubernatorial con test, and It Is not likely anything In this direction will be undertaken at the first session tomorrow. The house progressed rapidly with Its work and effected permanent organi sation, the senate, however, made no such progress as the house, and when GOSNEVS VIEWS. Wsnts Stock Monopolies Held Down By Laws. Washington, D. C, Jan. 4. The American forestry congress resumed its session today. Papers read at the morning session related to the subject of the lumber Industry and forests. Protection to home builders In the re- It adjourned at 1:30 It was not prepared glon of ,n on ,orMt reserves," was to enter upon Joint session. Its troubles th "ubJPct of R s- Qoney' Wnt came through a report of the creden- of the Arlzona Woo Association, who tlals committee, which declared all "Poke th'8 a"noon. members entitled to their seats except dw,'are1 that " "homebultders" Senators Born and Healey, arbitrarily w 1,0 not mean ,he d11 pal- seated by the Democrats two years ago. " ww,lu "u "ur wc Lieutenant Governor Hott. who menn ,ne enmiess nomua. uui we re- presided over the senate, declined to ter t0 tnat reat clnM of t0P,e' '"J"1' recelv th renort. savins-, whllo In his Americans nmuea meuB, wuu iihvc opinion they had been Illegally seated. a ubaitantlal appreciation of home and still they had been seated, and it would Such clt,enB demand care- require something 'stronger than the tult- patient consideration, whether en report of the committee on credentials countered In the mines, factories and arms or me casi or on me mountains and plains of the west. He said he Princely Donation. London, Jan. 4. Lord Mount Steph en, formerly president of the Canadian Pacific railroad, has presented to the Magshlp fund as a New Tear'! gift, 1500,000 In Argentine funding bonds, and $500,000 In Buenoi Ayre! water works bonds, yielding an annual Income of I5C.000. f of the Explosion is found Among the Debris. BARGES IN TOW ARE SAVED COMES TO PORTLAND. List of tho Dead Is Only Partially Completed Black Current of tho River 8wsllows Msny of tho Hslplsss Victims. . ; their Identity before the naval court there. Heretofore they posed as Ger man supercargoes, but when confront ed with the results of the Japanese in vestigations at Shanghai, concealment was impossible. They , have been de clared prisoners of war. No contraband baa yet been discov ered, on board of tho Nlgretla. Her cargo consisted of kerosene and the prlxe court is still undecided upon what action to take In her cast. It is prob able if tho ship is condemned it will be sold, owing to connivance In the escaped Russian officers. Expsrleneed Msn for Lewis and Clark Exposition. 8!. Louis, Jan. 4. John A, Wake field of Omaha, Neb., chief of. the de-4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 partment of concessions at the Loulsi- A partial list of the dead and miss ana purchase exposition, today com- inc pleted his work in that department and prPy Spencer, mate, Point Pleasant, icri ror roriiana, to lane me position I y? va. of director of concessions and admls- Horace Wstxel. Pittsburg. sions ana aaroissions lor me twis ana j-m Cease, lamp trimmer. Pittsburg. Clark exposition. Thomas Duffy. James - LAYING IN A STOCK to Scott Hsmilton and - firemen, Pittsburg, have- been burned to Dave supposed death. Willism Wstzel, George Kidd, Adkins, deckhands, Pittsburg. The- injured: . John Wilson, oook, Middleport. O. Robert Holland, roustabout, Pittsburg. reopie OI IliiamOO maw fre John Francis, Pittsburgh. Pat Conlsy, second cook, Pittsburg. Richard Con ley, Pittsburg. parations for Local Option. BEER BOUGHT BY THE BARREL Huntington. W. Va.. Jan. 4. At 11 o'clock last night the people of this city were startled by a terrible explos Ion, followed almost Immediately by la lurid glare, which lighted up the Largo Stock of Liquor Being Shipped heavens for miles around. Investigation InS tho Dry Town on Aeoount of Closing of SaloonsNo Money to Pay tho Expenses. showed that the boilers of the towboat Defender had exploded Just . opposite this city and the boat and a number of barges In tow were In flames. The work of rescuing the killed and injured began and it waa soon found that tho loss of life had been great Of the 18 men on the towboat 11 and the captain escaped injury. Several dead Tillamook, Jan. 4. (Special) Tilla mook voted "dry" at the recent elec-L,, have tlon, and in consequence all saloons nve othert are so badly burned and have been closed. The saloon men and! scalded that their Uvea cannot be saved. their families and about 100 people slx more of th crew cannot be ac have left the city for green fields and to deprive them of their seats. A Innor debate followed, .and a re cess was taken at the conclusion of the thouKnt 11 unfortunate that In connec- recess and the senate adjourned till 10 uon wltn lM creallon ror,Ml r"erves clock tomorrow morning. lnere naa-Deen opponunu.es mrougn me lieu lana laws ana me rauroaa grants for private speculation running Chlnsman, Murdered. , into millions of acres and sold that Butte, Jan. 4. A Miner special from thereby a public sentiment was creat- Llma, Mont., says that the body of Tom ed favoring extended forest reserves, Bin a well Lnnnn rpatnnrflnt keener Where no forest XWted. mere lieu has been found murdered In his place lands,", and Incidentally for specula- of business. The cash box of the res- "on and bitterness and distrust among taurant was found outside the building the people and toward the cause of rifted of its contents, A coroner"! Jury forestry. . rendered a verdict of murder. Mr. Gosney made a plea for clostt've- latlons between the stockmen and home builders and thn forest officials, con is ooing Tims. ntctlng Interests, he said, must be Boston, Mass., Jan. 4. The MasBa- brought together and no contest set chusetts house today unseated Repre- tied on ex-parte hearings. He thought sentatlvo Thomas F. Curley of the that perhaps the most dangerous ele- Seventeenth Suffolk district. He Is ment the people are facing today on serving a Jail sentence for fraud the graxlng question, .whether In the gainst the United States government In connection with civil service examl nations. ' . forest reserves or on the publlo domain outside, la the land and. stock monopo lies. Congress had been besieged with counted for and it is believed that their lifeless bodies now He at the bottom of the Ohio river, The Defender waa owned by the Pittsburg Towboat Company, and was one of the biggest towboats on the river. She was returning to Pitts burg in company with the big towboat Victor, of the same company, and the statement is made that the two big steamers were racing at the time the explosion occurred. The work of rescue of the victims was difficult owing to the darkness. and It seemed that only a few vessels could be secured to go to the scene. Captain Woodruff of the Defender, was picked up 50 yards from the steam er.. He is not seriously Injured, One victim was found half a mile below the scene,' clutching a portion of the wreckage, being so chilled that he could not speak. The boat almost Immediately after I the exnlnalnn sank to the bottom, not was forced to reimburse , lt ' I iMnnA than CA vosis fiAm tha TCAdt' the saloonkeepers In the sum of 800 , . " ' " , " due on unused licenses, and It Is T pastures new. Appearances Indicate that there will be just as much liquor used In Tillamook, for a time at least, as before the local option went into effect on January 1. Liquor dealers, forced out of business by the county going dry, report, since suspending, that they sold out practically all the stock In bulk to Individuals the latter part of December. Many people laid In beer by the barrel, and whisky and wine by the gallon. In addition, 1m portatlon of liquor In bulk from the outside Is probable. Portland and As toria firms have scattered circulars broadcast, stating that they can fill orders and ship liquor In as merchan dise, without anyone being able to tell what the boxes contain.' There is no law against persons buying liquors and having them shipped In. , Tillamook city is virtually bankrupt It has no revenues to meet current ex penses and Key to Poaoo. " Toklo, Jan." 4, I a. m. The BIJi, in discussing the capture of Port Arthur reviews the price paid in lives, and sayi: We ought to keep Port Arthur la our hand! so long as our empire exists. Port Arthur is tho key to peace in tho far east and it is our duty to keep the kp in our hands." r. Transfer Begins. Toklo, Jan. 4 (Noon), General Nogi reports to the army department that on January I the commissioners of both the Japanese and Russian armies concluded their conference, and that from the morning of January 4 the actual transfer of war materials at Port Arthur as property of the Japan ese government commenced. Are Not Anarchists. Goldfleld, Nev. Jan. 4. Indignation among Goldfleld citlxens is increasimr hourly as letters, telegrams and press clippings are received asking confirma tion of the reports sent out of epidemic diseaaes, death and anarchy, said to be raging in this camp. The Associated Press is asked to state that the reports have absolutely no foundation. TO SAVE CHINAMEN Point of Law Raised In Their Behalf. CHICAGO LAWYER HAS IDEA Does Not Believe Formerly Wealthy Chinks Can Bo Deported When Compelled to Work on Ae oount of Business Failure. Chicago, Jan. 4. A point in law has been raised before Judge Humphrey of the United States district court in con nection with tho hearing of more than 25 cases of alleged violations of the Chinese exclusion laws, which may In volve almost every Chinaman in the United States. In" the hearing of an appeal of Toung Chin of Chicago for deportation from the United States, Attorney Thomas Milchrlst raised the point that he be lieves It Is beyond Jurisdiction of the COUrtS tO dpnnrt n Phlnotnin nrh oono . - ..u.i.ui. II It V 1. 1 1 1 in thn TTnltoii Golu . - - u ... limn mm was impoverished while here because of the failure of his business in China and who then became a laborer to earn enough money to continue existence. United States District Attorney Be that answered this point by asserting that If the court held that the China man could stay there would be no end of formerly rich Chinamen appearing to escape the orders of deportation. soon all aflame, but they were cut loose and they floated down the stream. They were finally landed and the flames extinguished by the fire department It is believd that many bodies have been blown into the river and may never be recovered. Among those In- now looking around for ways and and means to curtail expenses, as a re sult of cutting off $2400 annual reve nue from fie saloon licenses. It will necessary to dispense with the electric ''ghts operated by the TH- litrtnnk T.limi.oi PnmnftnV which will , ,, . . - lured was a woman, not known, probably force the company out of J business, in which event about 100 men will be thrown out of employment, and they and those, that have families will be compelled to leave. All businesses will have to be licensed, and, with the falling off of business and the loss of a large number of the population, Til lamook la In a vry bad way. Mer chants cannot afford to pay the neces sary license In the face of the falling off In trade. PRISONERS OF WAR. Russians Could Not Fool Jap Secret Service. ' - Toklo, Jan. 4, 11 a. m. Commander Pelem and a lieutenant of the Russian torpedoboat destroyer Rastoropny, who were captured on board the Brit ish steamer Nlgretla and taken on obard of her to Sasebo, have confessed Vessel Leaves. Victoria, B. C, Jan. 4. In further ance of the abandonment of Esquimau by the British navy, H. M. S. Bona venture today received orders to pro ceed to the Hong Kong Pacific squad ron.. This leaves one vessel, the Shear water, on the station. Ward Promoted. Chicago, 111., Jan. 4. Frederick A. Delano, general manager of the Burl ington's lines east of the Missouri river, has resigned. It Is rumored Frank E. Ward, now general manager of the Great Northern, will succeed him. Wo Have Money Left Washington, Jan. 4. The compara tive monthly statement of tho govern ment receipts and expenditures shows the total receipts for December, 1901, to have been $45,047,105, and the ex penditures $41497,698, leaving a sur plus for the month of 83,550,207.