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VOLUME LVIV. NO. 83.
ASTORIA, OREGON. TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1905.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
SENATE! ED UP
Unable to Agree on Man
for President.
KUYKEKDAL OR CARTER
A Bitter Fight Is Being Waged by
Friends of Both Candidates
for Supremacy. ,
NOTHING DOING YESTERDAY
few month, lumbermen are elated over
the general outlook. The past full has
been dry, enabling cutting and skid
ding to oontlnue without Interruption,
and there If now plenty of enow (or
hauling and not enough to Impede op
rations. The Indication! art that the
Eastern Michigan mllla will have avail-
able supply of over 600,000,000 feet of
log for the ensuing year.
The House Organises by the Elsetion
of Mills of Multnomah, But Is
Compsllsd to Adjourn on Ac
count of Deadlock In Senate.
Balim, Jan. I. Roth houses of the
legislature convened yesterday morn
ing. The house members went Into
caucus and elected A. L. Mills of Mult
nomah speaker. The following nomi
nations were made for the subordinate
positions: Chief clerk. A. C. Jennings;
reading clerk, C. A. Murphy; journal
clerk, r. W. Dragor; calendar clerk,
T. O. Northrup. The house wns called
to order by A. C. Jennings, and all the
officers nominated In rtturus were
eln-Ud. An adjournmont whs tukn
until this morning at 10 o'clock.
The senate Is tied up In a deadlock
The Kuykendall forcv number IS and
the Carter forrea 10. The Curler men
refused to go Into caucus, and there
not being a majority no caucus could
be held. There are 25 republicans and
I democrats In the senate, and the
democrats are with the Carter men
The senate was called to order at
o'clock and nominations mnde for prea
Ident Kuykendall received IS votes
Carter 10 and the democrats nominee 5
No one having received a majority of
the votes, the senate adjourned with
out organising. The Carter men aay
they will not recede and propose to
prevent the election of Kuykendall If
It takes all winter. The army of can
didates for subordinate positions and
clerkships do not relish the Idea of a
deadlock. An effort was made tonight
to secure a caucus but failed It looks
now as though the deadlock would
continue the remainder of the week.
It Is Impossible for the legislature to
do any business until the senate Is
organised. The governor's message
will not be delivered until both houses
have completed organisation.
Washington Aroused.
Washington, D. C, Jan. I. The fol
lowing authoritative statement was
made tonight:
"In the spring of ISO the Interior
department was Informed of eitenslve
land frauds being perpetrated In Mon
tana and Idaho. Secretary Hitchcock
Immediately commenced an Investiga
tion and In the state of Montana It was
discovered that many fraudulent n
tries were made.
"It was soon discovered, as allege
that under the leadership of It. II, Cob
ban, a conspiracy was organised and
a lot of people living In the vicinity
of Ml mo ii In, men and womon, were di
rected to make applications to the land
office, Under this act of congress It
Is necesxary for the applicant, when
making application to take oath that
the land la not taken for speculative
purposes, but for their own use, and
none else directly or Indirectly is In
terested in the purchase.
"Cobban and his associates prepared
all theae affidavits and paid all the ex
penaes and 11.(0 an acre for the land
and gave these persons 1100 and $150
apiece for fales swearing and false
entry. One hundred and two persons
are Indicted and a number of other In
dictments are filed. Cobban being In
dicted some 10 times. All teh lands
were sold by Cobban to United States
Senator W. A. Clark.
"Demurrers were filed In tehse In
dictments and they were delayed from
time to time until now."
GRIEF
11
Booth and Bridges Are
Now Removed.
WILLIAMSON IS NAMED
Heney Asked For the Latest
Action at the Roseburg
Land Office.
rado that are of particular Interest to
the outside world have been settled and
Alva Adams will be Inaugurated gov
ernor tomorrow.
The last fight was waged today In
the senate when Luther Ooddard o'
Denver and Oeorge W. Bailey of Fort
Collins, nominated by Governor Pea
body for supreme bench, was confirmed.
An effort will probably be made at
some later time to Induce Governor
Adams to appoint two men in place of
Ooddard and Bailey, as the appoint
ments today made the political com
plexion of the court seven republicans
and but two democrats.
The Inauguration of Adams tomor
row will be In the simplest manner. :
There will, by request of the governor,
elect, be no military display, and it la
believed the ceremony will last but a
few minutes.
BILLS PASSED
Omnibus Claims Receive
Favorable Attention.-
AMOUNT IS $2,800,000
MV8TERIOUS RUMOR.
HERMANN AND MITCHELL IN IT
No Orgsniiatlon Yst
Salem. Jan. 9. All efforts to elect a
president of the senate have been un
availing. Thirty-nine ballots were
taken in the senate this afternoon, the
last ballot resulting Kuykendall 14
Carter 9, Miller (Dem.) 5. Necessarj
to a choice 11. The session adjourned
at I o'clock until 9 o'clock. In the In
terim an effort was made to have the
Carter faction go Into caucus, but they
refused.
The senate met again at I o'clock and
It more ballots were taken, the result
being the same as in the afternoon. The
five democratic votes went to Smith of
Umatilla. After the adjournment, a
caucus was held of the Carter men
and they decided to continue the fight
to a finish. It looks aa though the
deadlock will continue until both fac
tions agree upon a compromise candi
date. An effort Is being made to spring
Malarky as the compromise candidate,
but objection is raised to this as he la
from Multnomah and Mills, elected
speaker of the house, Is from the same
county.
MICHIGAN'S LUMBER.
Trade Is Reported to Bo In a Better
Condition.
Bay City, Mich, an. 9. Lumbering
operations In Michigan promises to
show this year In Michigan a decided
Improvement over 1104. The conditions
for putting in logs throughout Eastern
Michigan are exceptionally good. With
the market prospects decidedly better,
nearly all manufactured lumber having
stiffened materially during the past
WITHOUT CONFUSION
Washington Solons Carry
"the Slate"
Out
MEGLER WAS CAUCUS CHOICE
Charles E. Coon, the Legal President
of the tenets, Did Not Preside,
But Had a Seat on the Dies
Other Business.
Olympla, Wash., Jan. .With re
publicans of ths lower house agreed
upon the speaker, the legislature effect
ed Its organisation today with great
celerity. The name of J. O. Megler,
the caucus nominee, was presented by
Dr. W. II. Hare of Yakima, speaker of
the house for 190S. There are four
democrats In the lower body of the
legislature and they proposed the name
of Robert Ayer, of Thurston. Megler
cast his vote for Ayer, making the to
tal vote, Megler 89, Ayer 6.
In the senate J. J. Smith of King
county president of the senate for 1903,
presiding officer, occupying a seat afa
his right.
In the senate a resolution deploring
the death of Senator E. S. Hamilton ot
Tacoma, who had he lived, would have
held over the present session, was
adopted by a rising vote. The commit
tees of both houses agreed upon a full
list of employes and In the senate
the list recommended was approved.
The house approved only the four
appointee needed In the preliminary
work. The balance of the list will be
acted on tomorrow. The legislature
used for the first time the legislative
chambers of the new capltol building
Both houses, after a short session, ad
journed until tomorrow.
More Indictments Promised the Sen
ator and Congressmsn Lumber
Companies Msy Soon Bs Impli
cated In Land Frauds.
Washington, D. C, Jsn. I The
president todsy signed an order sus
pending Jsmes H. Booth and Joseph T
Bridges, respectively registsr and re
esivsr of the United 8tstes land offioe
at Roseburg, Ore.. The action was on
the reoommsndstion of Secretary
Hitehoock and was based on a tele
gram from F. J. Heney, who alleged
that the affairs of the Roseburg' office
are in a bad condition. ., , . .,
AT HENEY'S REQUE8T.
PEACE REIGNS.
New York, Jan. 9. Klngdon Gould
returned to Columbia today and re
sumed his regular class work undis
turbed. The sophomores suspended
for hazing him also returned. To all
outward appearances the Incident l
closed.
Our Eleotoral Vots.
Salem, Jan. 9. Grant B. Dlmlck
James A. Pee, J. N. Hart and A. C
Hough, presidential electors, met in
this city today and cast the four votes
of Oregon for Roosevelt and Fairbanks.
Will.sm.on Msy Also Get Federal
Vsl.ntlne.
Portland, Or., Jan. 9. F. J. Heney
stated today that he made the request
for the removal of Booth and Bridges
as a result of the Investigation of the
past week. This announcement Is con
sidered significant hers and it Is
thought to be the forerunner of several
Important Indictments.
For several months it has been rum
ored that the government had the
Roseburg office under examination, and
the removals tend to confirm these
rumors. It Is said the government will
attempt to connect large lumbering in
terests located in the southern part of
the state with the land frauds cases
and the move made today was the first
step In that direction.
More Indictments against Hermann
and possibly Mitchell are expected; re
port from Washington, D. C, says Con
gressman Williamson will be Indicted,
and it has been claimed for some time
that Frederick A. Krlbs and A. C
Smith, the latter of Minneapolis, Minn.
would be charged with fraud by the
grand jury. There Is no connection, as
far as known, however, between Krlbs
and Congresaamn Williamson. The tat
ter Is said to have operated, It there Is
any basis for the charge, In Eastern
Oregon, while It Is known that Krlbs'
dealings In timber have been confined
almost entirely to Western Oregon.
Horace G. McKlnley. S. A. D. Puter
and Dan Tarpley are still detained in
the city aa witnesses before the grand
jury, and It Is upon their evidence, so
It Is claimed, the government hopes to
indict some of the prominent men who
are said to be tangled In the messes
of the land-fraud octopus.
Baltic Fleet 8tays Lost Somewhere
Nesr Msdsgsscsr.
London, Jan. 9. A dispatch from
Port Louis, Mauritus, to the Mall, says
"Nothing hu been seen or heard of
the Russian Baltic fleet, supposed to
be sheltered In some harbor off Mada
guscar or off the Comero islands."
There are mysterious rumors here
of the approach of Japanese cruisers
and the receipt of strange wireless
messages.
IMP08ING SPECTACLE.
Morton and Dewey Inspect the Bat
tleships. Fort Monroe, Va., Jan. 9. The in
spection of the battleships of the coast
and Carrlbean squadrons, by Secre
tary of the Navy Morton and Admiral
Dewey today, was one of the most Im
posing naval spectacles witnessed in
Hampton Roads In many years. -
CAPTURED LUNATIC
Senate Wrangles for Hours Over
the Statehood Bill But
Does Little.
and Shemenosekl shortly. After dis
Infection, , they will be sent, to Kura
and probably to Mateuyama,' Nagoya,
Hlmejl, Kyoto, etc
The generals will be treated In the
best possible manner. It la unlikely
any of the prisoners will be brought to
TokJo.
The Gasette announced that the Rus
sians have delivered five survivors of
the third Japanese expedition1 to block
the entrance to Port Arthur harbor.
JAP CASUALTIES.
BALL IN PENSIONS BUILDING
Cannon . and Others Oppose Holding
Inaugural Festivities in National
Building Alaska Gets a Con
cession for Care of Insane. '
Sheriff Linville Corrals a Danger
ous Crazy Man.
EFFLER WANTED POPE PIUS
Broke Into House Near Warrenton in
Search of Priests Hsd to Be
Strapped Down to a Hand
CarHas Family.
PROBABLY DRUNK.
Portland
Pattsrson
Man Ssnds Nan
Some Monsy.
New York, Jan. 9. Nan Patterson
received today si letter from a man In
Portland, Ore.,. Inclosing 925. with the
request that she use the money to pur
chase a New Year token. The letter
said Miss Patterson has many sympa
thisers In the west who believe in her
Innocence and concluded: "If you need
more money, send the word."
She gave the money to her father
for a present to her mother.
ADAMS GETS IT.
Pesbody Will Contest Colorado Elec
tion Results.
Denver, Jan. 9. With the exception
of the contest for that governorship
which will be filed by governor oPea-
body Wednesday, and the hearing of
which will continue through several
weeks, the political troubles of Colo-
Warrenton, Jan. 9. (Special.) Geo.
Effler, a middle-aged man, was arrest
ed yesterday afternoon by Sheriff Lin
ville and taken to Astoria on complaint
of a number of Warrenton cltlsens who
were completely terrorised by the prls
oner, who was extremely violent and
broke Into a number of houses.
There was quite a struggle with Ef
fler when he was captured, but no one
was Injured, as he was unarmed. Ef
fler seemed to be craxy on the subject
of the priesthood, and, after breaking
In doors, he would demand that the
Inmates ot the houses show him where
they had concealed priests and the
pope of Rome, whom Effler declared tc
be the "richest man in the world.
The Inmates of the houses entered
were In each case unable to cope with
their dangerous visitor, and he was al
lowed much his own way, but he did
not seem appeased by this and only
grew more violent.
It was necessary to strap Effler to a
hand-car and bring him to this city
that way, and after he arrived and
while on the way to jail he yelled and
fought every step until he was behind
the bars.
Effler has a family residing three
miles below Warrenton, and has lived
In this county for many years. He did
not exhibit dangerous tendencies be
fore, and his friends are at a loss to
explain his suddenly contracted plight
Washington, D. C, Jan. 9. After
passage of the omnibus claims bill and
a few minor measures, and fixing Jan
uary 28 for the delivery of addresses In
memory of the late 8enator Hoar, the
senate devoted Its time to the state'
hood bill, Morgan spoking two hours
against the bill. .
When the senate convened Mallory
presented a minority report to the mer
chant marine commission, which waa
referred to the committee on com
mercce. The omnibus claims bill war
then considered, several committee
amendments adopted and the bill
passed. It carries direct appropriations
amounting to about t2,S00,OO0.
Cannon Bucked.
Washington, D. C, Jan. 9. The
house adopted senate resolutions today
providing, among other' things, for
holding the Inaugural ball in the pen
sion building.
8peaker Cannon and several repub
lican leaders recorded themselves as
opposed to the Idea, When the house
convened today the committee on ap
propriations presented majority and
minority reports on the pension appro
prtatlon bill
Favorable action was taken today
on a resolution granting temporary oc
cupancy of a portion of the monument
lot to the American railway appliance
exhibition in connection with the meet'
ing of international railway conduc
tors.
A bill was passed providing for .the
construction and maintenance of roads
and the establishment and maintain
ence of schools and the care and sup
port of Insane persons in Alaska.
NEWS BY KITES.
DENVER FILLED.
Nothing But Dslsgstss In Mountain
Town.
Denver, Jan, 9. Teh city tonight was
filled to overflowing with delegates to
the national live stock convention
which opens tomorrow. From present
indications It will be one of the most
Important gatherings the stockmen
ever held In this country.
Russians Annoy Japs With Artillery
Fire.
Huanchan (Via Mukden), Jan. 9.
News of the fall of Port Arthur was re
celved here at first unofficially from
the Japanese who let loose numerous
paper kites bearing letters and trium-
Dhal inscriptions. These kites were
picked up by Russian soldiers long
before the telegraph gave them the
news.
The army received the announcement
doggedly, regret being expressed that
the troops were unable to relieve the
garrison but confidence is felt that ulti
mately the Russians will be able to
push back the Japanese and reach the
fortress from the north.
The Russian artillery Is steadily
pounding the section of the Japanese
line west of Slnchlnpu and about the
villages of Bantoshan and Slntlngua
The Japanese are using balloons and
searchlights In efforts to locate the
Russian batteries, which have been
causing them great annoyance.
For the past two days the Japanese
made two unsuccessful attempts to
break through the Russian adva&ce
lines.
ENTERTAIN PRISONERS.
Jspanese Admiration for the Russian
Soldiers Is Great.
Toklo, Jan, 9 (Noon) The Japanese
who express great admiration for Gen
eral Fock and other officers for refus
ing to receive the Russian prisoners
from Port Arthur. The first batch of
10,000 are expected to arrive at Moji
Ten Thousand Leave No Traeo of Thsir
Fate.
Toklo, Jan. 9. 4 p. m. From well-
informed sources It is estimated that
of the original garrison of Port Arthur
about 98,000 or 40,000 men, Including
sailors, were killed or died of sickness,
The number of missing men is placed
at over 10,000.
ARE NOT LIABLE.
Agents Cannot Be Held for Employers'
. ; ' Acts.
Helena, Mont, Dec. 9. By order of
Judge Smith of the district court today
five agents, selling In Butte, who were
arrested in the beef trust cases, were
discharged from custody and their
bondsmen exonerated . on ; the ground
that agents of a corporation are not
liable for the acts of their companies.
The attorney general was granted
leave by the court to have new sum
mons issued In the cases. . .
Explosion Reported. J
London, Jan. 9. The Telegraph's
correspondent at Chefoo reports that
the Japanese consul there received
news of a, disastrous mine explosion.
today at Pert Arthur. The same cor
respondent asserts that a large part of
Nogi's army has already been sent
north to Llao Yang. -
INDICTMENTS THICK
Montana Plutocrats Must Answer
Many Charges.
SENATOR CLARK TOOK LANDS
Senator Clark May Have to Explain
Why Land Fraud. rs in Montana
Got a Better Price Than in
Oregon Cases.
Helena, Mont, Jan. 9. Judge Hunt
In the United States court today over
ruled the demurrers of the defendants
in the indictment cases of the United
States against R. M. Cobban, J. B,
Catlln and others for subornation
of perjury and perjury in connection
with timber land entries In Western
Montana.
The accused now have to come oa
for trial. The timber lands were after
wards acquired by Senator W. A.
Clark,
Clark Bought It
Missoula, Mont Jan. 9. Notice of Us
pendens was filed in the office of the
clerk and recorded here today regard
ing the cases pending in the United
States court wherein- W. A, Clark
and R. M. Cobban are defendants re
garding the alleged timber frauds la
Missoula and t neighboring counties)
Twenty thousand acres ot the boat tin
ber lands In this part of Montana are-
Involved.
IS NOT LOST.
Earl Fitxwilliams Has at Last Rsaehed
Panama. -
New York, Jan. 9. All anxiety as to
the safety of the steamer Verneriqne
bearing Earl Fltzwllllams and a party
of distinguished Englishmen voyaging
In the Southern Pacific, has been set
at rest by dispatches from Panama,
cables the Herald's London Corre
spondent The Earl is now said tc
have landed at Panama, and la on his
way home.
Millionaire III.
San Francisco, Jan. I. James H
Murray, a millionaire banker of Mon
tana, is seriously 111 hero and little hope
expressed for his recovery. Murray
well known in Montana, where he
mada a large fortune. .