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I Or Hht-trl- .t .' :y 1 s PUBLISHES FULL ASSOOIATSD PRISS RIPORT V . COVIRS THE" MORNINO PI1LD ON THE LOWER COLUMBIA W J if. J I ,-. I ;t - ,-yi t-t. ,-,.(. : ,-,!,,,... ; VOLUME LVIV. NO. 10?. ASTORIA, OREGON. THURSDAY FEBRUARY 9, 1905. PRICE FIVE CENTS 1 .... N CHARTER niiUni aud also the house bill empow ering counties to appoint funds or lo cal exhibition at the Lewi and Clark centennial, ' USUAL GRIST IN THE SENATE. Tattle BUI Passed House Last Night. TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY Original Bill as Passed the Senate Goes Through Without Amendment. Karn Dieolaim HI Vet an tha it.t.hood Bill. Washington, Feb. .VTa senate to day received from Mr. Kaaxna a dl olaltnar of tha vote In favor of pa- rata statehood for New Mexico, which tha record yesterday credited Mm with. He aald ha bad been mlsunder tool by tha clerks and be voted gaint'the provision. Several sen atora corroborated his etatement, but a number asserted that they under stood blm to vote for the amendment. Tha senate spent almost an hour In connection with the house of re pre sentatlves, In canvassing the preslJen Ual vote ami the remainder of the ees Ion was dvvotfd to executive busi ness. Grand Jury Returns More .'Indictmehts. : T, f 'Of f A-1 ! MITCHELL' GETS" HIS .t.. Senator's Law Partner is Indicted for Perjured Testimony in January. ONLY FIVE MEMBERS ABSENT MONSTER EXPLOSION. Ten The Tuttta Astoria Charter Bill Die- eus4 at Length and Finally Passed by a Vote of Thirty Nine to Sixteen. Thousand Pounds of Dynamite Teuohed Off. Calumet, Mich., Feb. a. Tea thou lannd pounds of dynamite atored under VALENTINE FOR BROWNELt i It round In a magaxln at the eighth Jury Allege That the Senior Senatp From Oregon and His Law Partner Put Up Job an That August Body. level of the North Kearaurg branch) I of the Osceola Consolidated mine ex ploited today, killing several men and Injuring muny others by the force of I the expllslon. wblah waa felt for miles I around. Men working In other por-1 tlona of the mine some mllaa distant! Halem. Fab. l-(8pecia4.)-Tna A-Were knocked down by the explosion. toria cnarier om. wnicn pms-ea w Tha causa of tha dUaater la ahrowded aenata last week was made a special I myal(Tr .,. may Mvtr u dltcor order for tonight In tha house. Tha bill , red. as William PolllL Jr.. the man In was read a third time. .-harira of the uowder. In nrohnhlvl Juaf A. IL Tanner, law partner of Burns ciatsop spoaa against ma blown Into a thousand plecea. no trace Senator MltchelL waa Indicted for al 1.111 while Hermann. IJthlcum and Mills of hlm bav,c un found up to thla ctd perjury In giving testimony be. puR in i.rer iv.; um ""-"Inour. passed without any amendment by a vole of SI to 1, 8 member being an- , old Sailor Diea. sent. The absent member wouu w-uhlnfrtnn. vh n,ir -Aimirai ugainst Mitchell. M IL. .ltl V ll.. k.. k I ... . I nave vgii mr me oin n mc, r" Crosby, retirea, diea today from par- Hamilton It. Hendrlcka, eecretary present. alysls, aged 6! years. The bill la the same as outlined In Portland, Feb. 8. The federal jury today returned four Indictments connection with the land fraud case. fore the grand jury on January 31 lust during the Investigation of charge the Astorlan. It provide for changing the election from December to June, appoint & 8. Gordon, F. J. Carney and It. a. Tract aa police and fire com missioners, and contains most of the features of the Hums bill adopted by STRIKES CONTINUE , f and treasurer of the Butt Creek Land, Uvestot'k & Lumber Company, was In dieted for aubornatlon of perjury In connection with the testimony of Oro W. Hawks and Clyde Brown before the grand jury on January 23. Henry Meldrttm, ex-UnlteJ States the common council of Astoria It Is probable that the bill will b IReCUITCnCe of Capital Riots is urveyr Bweral of Oregon; George F. Imminent x I " ft"oner' t'nr elerk in the surveyor a office; David W. Kinnulrd, examiner of surveys; Rufu S. Moorct surveyor, and John W. Mamnker and Frank Van Winkle, notaries public, are Indicted vetoed by the governor,' In which event It will be passed over the veto, more than enough republicans having pledged themselves to do so. JORDAN CONFESSES. Ststst That Senatorial Bribery Charges Are All True. Saaatnento, Feb. H In tha senatorial .1 bribery Investigation tonight,. Joseph trikra Wont Work and Threaten to H. Jordan, accused aa the agent of I Resort to Violence if the Factories accused senators. tMk the witness Are Closed Maxim Gorky Is stand ana tesnnea tnai jne cnarges Bnfl Ej,mind by Oloivnce Orange of the Phoenix nullilhiK A Ixan Association, and was asked If he could go to any senators ii nd nmke a money proposition to them SITUATION IS BAD AT LODZ charge of conspiracy to defraud the United States government of rub- Mo lands In central , Oregon. The Indictment against Tanner al lege that while the witness waa before the grand jury, and under oath, he suld the firm of Mitchell & Tanner re celved moneys and other compensation for work done by Frederick A. Krlbs, expending lands through the general land office, but Mitchell did not re ceive any part for himself. , Thl the aovernment thinks is untrue, and will A partial I ...n ..... -h. ifi.hu hU 8t Potetftburg, p-'eb. 8, for protection If any Invoitlgation waa strike at the PutllnTC Iron works and a ,lv(,., monv uicm it to likely to be held, . , complete le-up of the St., Petersburg accaant at ,nJ P month. .. . nhk .iJtnU -I-.-. S - A I Jordan a iwnnimy wun exiremciy -". .......... n i rumor io- i, t, fu.thpr nlle.t that Tannp t sensational. No detailed how he asked day of a general recrudescence of the tfle(1 tnat tne otnc, dM not keepny flcnaror Bunker If 8150 would be strike movement her. . accounts showlna DOrtions of onougn, and . iwnKer s.ua.Hwquia . oi ine managers or tna uch moncy,were received Ty Mitchell. lie testing tnat ueieci.ve ncnenor i prevenung me great whn m accounts were kept gave him four nUa-eath. r5S In body of workmen from following MLnj th In . .,i-,- Another n-eenhncka and described the manner example or meir comrades in two of ,wln- rhftrffsH T.n u tn l0 wnich, be gave tno money, iu ecu- wv . oui gives oaau money , gtiri t0 lhe : co-partnership mora uunaer, r rem n. ismmoua anu - munnrn. agreement dated March 5. 1901. " On Wright. Jordan slated that when h The present trouble Involve aueeUone vi,,. trrf -thnr if . rdet Bunkcra tue next day Hunker Qi pny .ior me nine ne men were out said he "had a. kick coming." Bunk- on strike and an. eight hour day. i-rs ntated that his roll waa tt6 hort. Jordan testified that he told Bunk-1 t' SITUATION UNCERTAIN. era he would speak to Clarenco Grange nbout the shortage. Faetorie Will Qiv the 8trikr 1 1 i legal "business Is undertaken by the firm" In the absence, of Mitchell not lu keeping with the obligations of . tne senior ' senator as an official of the government all fees for such work should go to Tanner. . Tl la allAffo thin dnriimnt xunm tint Loda, Feb. 8.-The .Ituatlon here la wr,tteB , 1901 but aurln. tne recent Will Qiv the ' Last Chance. STORMY TIME. uncertain, and nothing definite will be ...... c.. .v., . ..... I. , ... i , . . .. . ivibii wi oenmur miicneu 10 ima rnjr. Washlnoton Lsaislators Warm Uo "ww" UHl" 'roay, wnen me largest Over Liability Law. manuraoturer. nav, ueciaea 10 open t0 Bubornatlon of perJury Ba,d to nave Olympla, Feb. 8.-The firemen' r r"e m"T na 'w ,ne men a VMl been accomplished January 15. 1905. It la alleged Hendricks procured Clyde Brown and. George W. Hawkins to ap- llef bill, which Darted the sonata, was chance chnnce t0 worlt- defeated In the house today. Poynsr Tne fnatr ay If there Is no re o Pierce county gave notice that he ay cy w"1 c,0"e th mnte pear before the grand Jury January 23 would move to reconsider. The objec- rrncu , iw hlt and 8wwir ne hgJ tnk4,n tfnn to the bill was In effect that It "" "ve ueciueu to reeon 10 appointed money from the general fund Molenceln case -the mills are closed and would serve aa an entering wedge r4""- 5 for pensioning otlwr public offlooraw 1 Everything Is quiet today.' ( ; ) iThe house had a stormy time over Browneu, Is an amendatory document to the Indictment of Jast week accusing him of aubornatlon of perjury. QUADRENNIAL FUNCTION. Houi Officially, Consider Electerisl Callef Vat.' , Washington,. Feb. I. Although the result of the presidential election was known early n the evening of Novem ber I, not until today, when tha sen ate and house met In joint aeaalon, were Roosevelt and Fairbanks Officially declared elected . president and vice president for rour year " beginning March 4. Thl quadrennial function Of, cOThrreiia vttrnrtoil In tha hnna chamber aa Immense Catherine-. Prenldeiit Pro Tern Frye of the sen ate' presided and delivered the an nouncement of the result of the count which showed Roosevelt and Fairbanks received 336 electorial votes and Par ker and Davis 140. The whole proceed ing consumed exactly 15 minutes, f. ortwo hour preceding and three hours following the Joint proceedings tha explosion, which waa felt for miles the question of the freight rates rcgu latlon bill held full sway. ALL ESCAPED Captain of Damara Reaches . : the Shore. V MISSING BOAT FOUND All Its Occupants Were Encased In a Thick Coat of Ice. t Limited Wrecked. Little Falla, N. T Feb. 8. The west bound southwestern limited on the New York Central Jumped the track at St. Johnsvitie tonight, the train running at high rate of speed, and every car left the track, running for quarter of a mile on the ground before stopping. The passengers were badly shaken up and three tracks were blocked for some hours. The locomot ive remained on the rails. , . Attorney Dies. San Francisco, Feb. 8. Frank Moore, 'a prominent attorney of Baker City, died in this city today after long lllnes. His body will be shipped to Eugene, Ore., for Interment SENATOR DISOWNED 4 . Legislature Would Not Tolerate 1 an Agitator.1 ' ACCUSED'S DEFENSE IS GOOD Ejected Member Denounces Hi Judges in . a Fiery Speech Reeking With Blasphemy and Rancour j Agsinst the Action. tlon of land In Wheeler county for his own use and not with a view to trans ferring it. ... . ktctUiura t al we're Indicted of lav ing entered into a conspiracy about 1902 fo defraud 'the government by tn DnvlB fiiotorv Inunction hill whi.h uorsy interrogated. T , - " i . . . - i i ovii vv. uruauil Klivri iiiiiciii ui c6ntalns an employer's liability clause f- Petersburg, Feb. 8.-The Interro- fradulent 8UrVeya. , It ls aneged that fixing $5000 aa maximum amount re- "atlon ot Maxlm Qorky.by the public L.h. .,,,,.. mAant. nt th . . nrniiAo.iitnr ura hnanU ' iv I vovcntuiB, ior atimage in cose or, n '-". ,- """ fact that they filed In the office of th death of an employe. A motion b cut r Quit well and la subject only gurveyOP genera, number of forged out tne liability clause was defeated, w lu vnunarg gu.at.ons or prison- and faUe appUcaUoni ,or ,urvey pur. nno me amount waa roiaeci tn I7snn , o wnrew The bill went over until tomorrow for final action. . . ' ' ' , ' I - The senate passed the senate bill glv- I'r.if porting to be from bona fide settlers of lands upon which they were living be surveyed, but It Is alleged the de ; Togo Raits Flag. , Toklo, Feb. 8. Admiral Togo arrived fendants knew tha lands were arid and ing the logging, mining and irrigation at Kure today and immediately ralseJ uninhabited, j companies tne ngnt or eminent do- hla flag on the battleship Mlkasa. The fourth Indictment, that aaainst ... - a Springfield, 111., Feb. 8. Frank Comerford, representative of the sec ond senatorial dltrlct of Cook county to the general assembly, waa today ex pelled and his name stricken from the rolls of the house.' 'His expulsion the climax of a aeries of sensational charges, of corruption and attempted bribery made by Comerford against members of the Illinois legislature In lecture before a law college in Chi cago which were investigated by i special committee of the house ap pointed for that purpose, which found, alfter protracted sittings and listening to a great masa of testimony, that the Charges were utterly unfounded. ' r Comerford, In a brilliant speech, re lewed the testimony taken before the Investigating committee and fiercely scored the committee for so limiting the scope of Inevsttgatlon, saying: 'God Almighty himself. If He came ere, would have been prevented from getting evidence against a self-con fessed thief. This committee stands convicted before the country of resort lug to subterfuges to prevent a real investigation," he sold. Comerford denounced certain mem bers of the house for the nature of their testimony before the committee, which he claimed waa far different from what they told him.- The mem bers of the Investigating .committee. one after the other, arose and hotly resented Comerford's reflections on the action of the committee.-- Ai t I Newport Disabled. New York. ' Feb. 8. The steamer Concho In today from Galveston, yes terday passed the ' dlsablecf gunboat Newport from Boston for Santo Do mingo. The Newport reported that she lost her propeller on February 3. The Newport simply asked the Concho, to report her.; . ' WOMAN CHEERED TIRED MEN Thrilling Story of the Miraculous Escape of Miasing Member of the crew and Passengers of the British Steamer Damara. In the Ozark mountains as a place of recreation for sick shop girls on the condition that the organiituilda Increase Its membership to 1000. , ' " y "There' are many, gtrfa4 who work id the stores from one year to tha other," -she said, "who ara tired out and need a complete rest. Our plan Is to have a plac where they can spend a, few months of the iwmmer, living in tents; and recover the health jtbey have lost1 In the stores." . vains ignorca, f New Tork, Feb. I-The ticket chop per, ticket agents, tralnment and con ductors on the elevated" railroads are now reported to be preparing a list of demands to lay before the lnterborough Rapid Transit Company. It Is said tha men will , claim that the term of a verbal, agreement made,, with their representatives some time ago when a strike on the elevated tinea-was threat ened, have been ignored. Many Want Peace. Toklo, Feb. 8. A report coming from London to the effect that Grand Duke of Russia, determined to secure peace had asked the friendly offices of Great Britain, waa published In Toklo today. The foreign office denies waj knowl edge of the matter. Caught in Ice. Chicago, ' Feb. 8. Two passenger steamers plying between Chicago and Milwaukee are fast In the ice off the entrance to the Chicago river. '" Both vessels have a number of passengers aboard, , but it is claimed there is no danger of an accident to either boat ' BANKzlSIHOBBED fmm ill? Halifax, Feb. 8. After battling for 13 hours with the elements in sn open boat with the temperature below xero and a mighty gale lashing the sea. Captain Gorst, three passengers and 10 of the crew of the steamer Damara, ar rived at Pleasant Point safely just be fore dark last evening, and the sea men report all in the . captain's life boat were badly frost bitten and ex hausted, some of them being o be numbed they had to be lifted out of their seats. Every person was encased tn thick Ice from head to foot w Mrs. Prowse, a woman passenger In the boat, bore up under the trying: or deal wonderfully well,' and endured the great' hardship with fortiitude. She. encouraged the men when they were almost overcome by the cold and wear led by constant work at the oars. When near the landing the rowers became so fatigued ; they could not force the boat through the surf,, and the' men on shore waded out and dragged the ooai in. r - -- ... , Captain Gorst aald the Damara . aw vuvu j esicruuy j morning. They stood by six hours In Believed They vAre Local ' Men .... " j "m me oivaiii- er went down did they pull away. Thi arrival of the captain's boat completes the list of passengers and crew of the vessel the chief officer's boat having reached shore last night also at another point , It waa feared the? captain's boat had been tost and tugs and steam ers are still out searching for It. - Swindler on Trial. St Louis, Feb. John J. Ryan, who gained notoriety through hla con nection with an alleged "get rich quick" turf investment company was placed on trial In the St Louis cir cuit court under an Indictrnent charg ing him with embezxlement of $900.00) by means of that concern. - Safe Crackers Get a KicrTHaul of ROBBERS ARE BEING TRACED ; Who Entrenching Somewhere. Toklo, Feb. 8 (2 p. m.) Reports from the Mancaurtan 1 army headquarters say , f hat the Russians sheUe.d various. parts of the Japanese lines last Mon day and Monday night Small forces of Russian infantry attacked at Var ious points but all were repulsed. It is further reported that the Rus sians continue to entrench in the di rection of ' WanchUj uantiu. Litajen- tun.. Chenchlenhpao ind Heikoutal.,,'. : , Against Trun Railway.'. t Salem, Feb.' 8. The bill to compel trunk railroads to connect with and handle the business, of branch line. passed the house today In the face of strong opposition. j'The Multnomah delegation with on exception voteJ against the bill. The house -also passed the, pure food bill and the sen ate bill creating the Malheur Irriga tlon district ... Did the Job and Then Boarded a Train ' for 4 Portland Bank Is Protected by Insurance. i Lebanon, Feb. 8. Robbers who left ., no clew, cracked the bank of Lebanon : safe some time last night and got away with almost $9000. Local parties are) suspected. The robbera bored through j me main : saie ana men cracjrea , xne crwcklnR , the., saf.. they, secured., 100 i pnekages of chlttem bark from a store- 2 house a v block distant,' and' tHe It about tfieysufe to 'deaden the sound. 1 The ban will lose 'nothing, being fully protected by banker's Insurance. 1 ine indications are mui inree or Duty en Lumber. Ptrawa, Ont, Feb. 8. To a large delegation of Canadian lumbermen from all sections of the dominion, who alted on the premier and asked that Cflsh duty of 12' t thousand - be placed; en rough timfer, Imported Into Canada from the United tSates, Mr. Laurler said he would consider the matter. u'f , . WORTHY CHARITY. Shop Girts Will Be Given a Chsno for . Recreation. ' Chicago, Feb. 8. Before the National Promotion of Health, Club, Mrs. Cor nelia Claflin ha announced that the club his been offered 100 acres of land four men were engaged in; the work.' The bank is situated on ' Lebanon's ( leading, business corner. The jobber i were traced to Albany, whence It .is supposed they walked to Jefferson and boarded a train for Portland. t si ' Nothing Done. 1 ' New Orleans, Feb. 8. At the ad- - journed meeting of the American Turf ; Association the matter of framing the ; by-laws ' and constitution ' was again -taken up, but It waa Impossible to com-,. plete all the details, so that this sub ject has again been postponed. A obard 4 of directors, an executive committe ' and a.boari of appeals wera chosen.? Racing' dates? have not yet been ar- ranged. , .',. . '. , First Class Fort. ' f St Petersburg. Feb. It is an-j nounced by supreme cbinmand, that Vladivostok will for fhe .duralloA 'of J the war be reckoned a first class In- stead of a second clans fortress. i ..' I i .. 8hooking Crime. . - i SL Petersburg, Feb. !. Emperor Nicholas has annotated the report of ' the secretary of stato of Finland on Sotninen's assassination with the words a shocking crime. . 4 i