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ASTORIA, OREGON. TUESDAY FEBRUARY 14, 1905. '
Volume lviv. no. io4.
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'Htarst Chargt j Sullivan WithCom
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Sensation,
THE SPEAKER IS, POWERLESS
ullivan Qo Aftar tha Yallow Jour
.. naliat and Dafiaa Him ta Prava
ChargaaHaarat Takaa Hla '
aat But Will Continue. "
1 Waahlngton, Fab. II. Not In recent
eara baa tha houae wltneaaed auch
a(ctacle aa It did today, t Haarat of
New Tork and Bulllvan of Maaaa-
hu-lt were tha central flgurea and
their epvechea cauaed tha wIMeat ex
clteineiit Iloth engaged In a .war of
peraonalitlea of the graveat character
and atlrred the houae an J .. arou
among certain membera fee! Inge of the
greateat Indignation, Bulllvan opened
the fight and heaped upon,' Hiartt
tirade of denunciation. He waa In
terrupted by II tarn who accueed him
with implication In a murder. The af
fair grow out of raoent dlecuaalona
over the freight rate question In the
houae. when Bulllran Inquired of La
mar of Florida, who haa eupported the
llearat bill, and aakM why Hearat did
not defend hla own bill. Sullivan fol
loweJ thla up with a aharp crltlulam
of certain article that had been pub
llhrd In tha New Tork Journal and
Chicago American.
Several appeaJa war made to the
apeaker to raetore order and Speaker
Cannon compelled the two men to de
alit from their abu of each other.
The apeaker afterward allowed them
to proceed. Sullivan concluded hie
peach. The apeaker noticing the
temper of the houae decided that the
accuaatlona made by Hearat agalnat
Sullivan were unparliamentary becaua
calculated to provoke dlaorder and die
turbance.
Immediately after the ruling Hearat
took hla aeat, hurling defiance and de
daring it would be hla pride to con
tlnue hoatllltlea and propoaed to prove
the accuaatlona made agalnat Sulll
an.
Swayne Impeaohment
; Waahlngton, Feb. U.At the aeaalon
of tha tennt today 10 wltntaaei were
heard in the Bwayne Impeachment
trial. The remainder of the time woa
devoted to tonaidcratlon of the agrl
cultural appropriation bill. The major
portion of the debate in connection
with the appropriation waa based on
the admendment auggeated by Bacon,
providing for aeml-monthly reporta on
condition of the cotton crop, which as
amended la to cover the laat five
month of the year. The amendment
wa adopted.
STATE LEGISLATURE.
Bill to Aboliih the 8tate Fair Pateed
' the Home Yesterday. '
Salem, Feb. 18. The bill appropriat
ing . $30,000 for the extension of the
atate portage railroad passed the sen
ate today.
. The bill to abolish the state fair for
1905 passed the house In face of a
strong opposition from the Morion
county delegation. ' '; ;"
The bill to appoint a railroad com
mission with power to fix freight rates
failed to pass the houae. The bill to
create Hot Lake county waa indefinite
ly postponed. .. '"."
The senate today passed the bill re-1
quiring nil ntrancet to mUoom to U
clcMttd xcpt th front Joor. Th bill
appropriating $14,000 (or the toyornor'f
tnttnlou, failed to paaa. , T)Moum, biU
to prohibit rallroada .from caarfing
mor titan $110 pr dai for alrtrplnf
brth puiwd tha houit.
Tha Gray bill making all forma or
gambling a- felpny paaaad tha houM.
Tha bill trt'ufea tna groaa eami'rigi of
tranaportiitlon oompanlea paaaad tha
bouaa.
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Severe Cold In Kaneae, Mleeeur!, Nebraska-
-Oklahoma.
Kan wis Clty.'Mo., FebT II. The cli
max of the severe cold eptll which
bfgaa January 1, aloce which, time to,,
temperature haa neei-r risen abort the
freesfng polni'reached at I o'clock this
morning 21 deareea below aero and
waa the record.
The weather fr-gater concedes the
low record, J3 below,4ou' February 12,
1891, hue heeri broken. Fifteen Inches
of snow lie on the grouad and the ky
la clear. The statement of the condi
tions In Kansas City may be extended
to Western Mlsourl, Kansas, Nebraska,
Oklahoma, Indian territory, all points
reporting the coldest weather during
the winter and most of them the cold
est ever known.' Doiena of persons
are ; reported frosen to death In the
southweet In the past two days. Winter
wheat la covered by enow and not at
fee ted by the cold. Stock losses are
not heavy, because owners had ample
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warning. ' '
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Trains on all railroads are delayed
by enow drifts, the wind carrying the
dry snow into cuts, t y.
The temperature throughout the
southweet moderated lodajr, but aero
temperature general tonight,
STATEHOOD BILL
Efforts Being Made to Have Ter
ritory Admitted.
AND ALSO INDIAN TERRITORY
Delegates From Oklahoma and Indian
Territories Circulate a Petition te
Have Both States Admitted as
One Large State.
Washington, Feb. 13 The republlo
an leaders of the house today took the
first step toward getting the Oklahoma
statehood bill Into conference. In ac
cordance with the pluns previously de
elded upon, . beilegates Rodney and
McQuIre of New Mexico and Okhv
ho inn. respectively , begun the circula
tlon of a petition among the repub
llcana for their signature favoring the
admission of the territory. The petl
tlon requests the" house to puss houae
bill No, 14749 for the admission of
Oklahoma and Indian territories as one
state and asks for1 a conference com
mittee between the house and senate
and to act upon the same. If this is
not conceded,' the members who sign
the petition agree to support parlia
mentary proceedure If deemed nccea
sary agalnat the actions of the om
mtttee on territories, or rulea or any
conference committee. It has been
generally signed, but doubt prevails of
securing the admission at the present
session. When the question of ad
mitting Arizona and Indian territory
waa first discussed, Arlso.ia objected
and preferred to not be admitted un
less Indian territory was eliminated.
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An Awful Crime.
Outhrle, Okla., Feb. 1 .While tem
porarily insane, James Estes, a farmer,
at their home at Marshall, a email town
near here, early today murdered his
wife and daughter Maude Estes, at
tempted to kill his son Lawrence, who
escaped, set Are to the house and liter
ally blew his own head off with a shot
gun. The house was destroyed and
the bodies burned to a crisp, Mrs
Estes and her daughter were killed
with a club. , Miss .Entes, who was 20
years old, was a school teacher.
JURY ADJOURN
Federal Grand Jury Coi-
pletes Labors.
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JOHN HALL INDICT
Attempt to Interfere With United
If
SUtei OITicial in
Duties. MAJOR REESE IS jNCLyDED
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John Cerdano, One of Sheriff Word's
' Deputies, Charles F. Lord, J. r
Hitehene end J. Northrup Will
' Tell Hovr H Happened.
Portland, Feb. II. The federal
grand Jury completed tya labors today
apd MloumeJ., Tte most; tntereetltig
Indictment returned waa one of two
returned at the closing session today.
This accusation la gainst former
United States" District Attorney John
Hall, ex-Mayor: Reeae, formerly acting
division paymaster In the United
States army, who was recently court
mftrtlaled for embexillng government
funds; John Cords no, formerly one of
Sheriff Word's dputi: ex-District
Attorney Charles F. Lord; X H.
Hltchena. an attorney, and John
Northrup, a member of the petit Jury,
which tried the case against George
Sorensen, charged with attempting
to bribe John Hall, and who caused
the disagreement of the Jury.
The Indictment charges the defend
ante and each of them with violating
the federal statutes which makes It a
crime to endeavor to Influence intimi
date or impede any officer, of the
United Statea court In the discharge of
his duties. The Indictment specifically
charges the defendants with having
entered Into a conspiracy to blacken
the character of District Attorney
Heney by circulating reports which
connected Heney's name with Marie
L. , Ware, the . defendant In the first
land fraud case, and by Inducing the
district attorney of Multnomah county
to bring an indictment against Heney
on ' the strength of the trumped up
charge.
The purpose of the alleged ' con
spiracy, according to the Indictment,
waa to bring Heney into disfavor with
the department of Justice at Wash
ington and ultimately cause his re
moval from office.
The other Indictment returned by the
grand Jury was' the long expected in
dictment dealing with the Ulue moun
tain reserve and allies fruiRla agnlnst
the government which the Indictment
claims were attempted to perprtuaU
by its creation. In the Indictment are
Implicated John H. Mitchell, Dinger
Herman, John N. Williamson. Franklin
Pierce Maya, W. N. Jones and deorg
Sorensen. The charge Is that the de
fendants attempted to defraud the gov.
ernment of the United States of the
possession and use and title to 200,000
acres of land situated in various states
and territories of the total value of $3,-
000,000. It Is claimed that the evidence
is conclusive agnlnst all the defendant!)
and sufficient to secure a conviction
before a Jury.
It has not been determined whei
the cases will be set for trial, bu:
probably not before April 1, anJ after
the adjournment of congress. '
EVERYTHING FROZEN UP.
Intense Cold Weather Throughout All
t the Eastern States..
Chicago, Feb. 11. Not during tht
lost alx years has the equal of the pres-
ent cold weather been experienced In
the' west, and in many places no such
low temperatures have been recorded
since . establishment of the . weather
bureau. The oold wave extends from
Canada to the Oulf of Mexico and from
the Rocky mountains to the Atlantic.
In the north the mercury registered all
the way from sero to el below aero.
The latter mark was scored at Rich
land Center, Wis. 'Trains everywhere
from the west and the northwest are
sereral houra late and from packing
of snow In cots it is 'expectej it will
be several days'' before the roads will
be able to; revive time schedule. 'Sev
eral people tost their" llvs, 'the1 majority
of fatalities being In the southwest
Loss of cattle on ranges, particularly
on those lying in the northern part of
the southwestern states will be heavy.
In Nebraska ' and the ' Dakotas and
Montana cattle are being shelterej and
not expected that losses -wilt be any
where near so heavy. Officially speak
ing this was the coldest day in Chi
cago since February I, 1899, when tbe
mercury registered 23 degrees below
sero, wbich stands as the record for
cold weather in records of the local
weather bureau. In the opinion of
pedestrians on the street and accord
Ing to showing unofficial government
thermometers range anywhere1 from 4
to 12 degrees to warm. 1 " L
k ' water cribs In Lake ' Michigan
workment are engaged In keeping the
Intakes clear from ice and they had
a desperate time of It. The mercury
la 10 below and tbe men' were com
pelled to work In shifts of 15 minute.
A general warming up ta noticeable
tonight In the northwest. ' -'
St Paul shows 10 below tonight, s
compared with IS below It hours
earlier. ' . - " " .
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President RoosevelgMakes Speech
on Race Problem.
BANQUET HALL IS CROWDED
Patriotic Addresses Delivered by Sev
era! Prominent Citizens at the
Waldorf-Actor Hall in New
York 1300 Present
New Tork, Feb. 13. Lincoln's birth
day was celebrated tonight by a din
ner given by the Lincoln republican
club, at which President Roosevelt
made a speech on the race problem
The address was frequently applaud
ed. . Following- the president SDeeches
were made by Senator Dolllver of Iowa
who responded to the toast of "Abra
ham Lincoln." George A. Knight of
California spoke on the "Republican
Party," and James M. Beck, former as
distant attorney general of the United
States, responded to the toast of
"t'nlty Republic." Dinner waa served
in the main banquet hall of the Wal
dorr-Astoria, in number of guests
and elaborate decorations It was the
greatest and most beautiful ever pelj
in New York. The guests numbered
1300 und not only crowded the main
banquet hall, but Astor R-nllery, Myrtle
room and every foyer on the second
lloor. Among the guests "were 275 wo
men who dined in Astor gallery.
Will Wait for Trial.
Washington, Feb. 1J Representa
uve vtiummsou or Oregon wno was
Indicted lust Saturday by the federal
grand Jury at Portland for alleged
conspiracy to defraud the government
of lands, stated today that he would
not attend session of the house pending
the trial for the alleged offense. He
tald he believed It to be an affront to
his fellow members to appear on the
floor while a cloud was hanging over
him. He declined ta make any state
ment. Blnger Hermann, his colleague,
haa - been attending sessions - of the
house since his being Indicted.
NCOLN
DINNER
SNOW BOUND
Special Train Goes to Re-
lief of Passengers.
.H.'.'ru'fk
BO, COMMUNICATIONS
Crew Has Not Been Heard From
. Since Last Friday by the
n;" Company;'' "
ARE SHORT OF ; PROVISIONS
Friends 'of Imprisoned Passengers Art
Using Every Effort to Reach the
Bloekaded : Train All Tele- I
graphing Stopped.
Nevada, Mo., Feb. 13 The Missouri
Pacific Central relief, train from Ne
vada headquarters left here today for
Butler, where the regular .passenger
train; which left ! hurt Friday with
large number of passengers, most of
whom, were bound for California, are
supposed to be imprisoned in a snow
blockade. The train carried a large
amount of provisions and supplies. The
brat report received was that the train
was blocked Friday night between
Madison and Frldley station, Kansas.
The telegraphic wires , are down be
tween all points and nothing has been
heard from the train for three daya
It Is well known that there are no pro
visions on the train and it is feared
the passengers are In a famishing con
ditlon. It is expected that the special
train will get through tonight Tbe
storm is the worst for years and all
traffic has been suspended. The near
est point at which provisions could be
obtained is at Madison, and passengers
would be compelled to walk through
deep snow drifts. Efforts will be made
today to restore telegraphic communi
cations, i
BIG BUILDING BOOM.
New York and the Bronx Will Break
Previous Records.
New Tork, Feb. 13. Plans filed in
the building departments In Manhat
tan, Brooklyn and the Bronx, within
the last two months and statement of
contractors in these boroughj indicate
tbat the year 190S will break all rec
ords for building operations in Greater
New York. In each borough applica
tions for building permits for Janu
ary aggregate an outlay of more than
three times that , represented by the
plana filed in January of, the year be
fore. In January, . 1904, plans were
filed for 18 buildings in Manhattan,
representing a cost of $1,452,400. Tht
corresponding figures for 1905 are 137
buildings, representing a cost of $
050,850. - : ' -
In Brooklyn and the Bronx thla ratio
of Increase In the general volume of
building Is sustained. With the ex
ception of a few brick housea In Brook
lyn, nearly all of the added capital will
go Into flat buildings and tenements.
High grade dwellings In New York
have almost disappeared from the
books of the building department and
few sky scrapers are listed In tbe oper
ations of the coming year. The largest
contractors speak of the coming ac
tivity of the year as "speculative build
ing" and say It would be confined very
largely to the construction of flats and
tenements in localities now accessible
or soon to be made so by extension oi
the city's new transportation lines.
TROUBLE AT MOSCOW.
Students Break Up a Ball Given
in
the Assembly Hall.
London, Feb. 13. The Standard's
Moscow corespondent reports astound
ing demonstrations occurred Saturday
night at the annual ball of the engi
neering institutes held . In the .hall
where th -assembly nobles sit After
tbe customary (,concert, lnatead,.of danc
ing, ihe whole gathering 'drowned fhe
orchestra by! singing rMarselliaiM.f
Then the students arose in quick
succession and made revolutionary
speeches and were enthusiastically
applauded."!,' Proclamations,, weredls
tributed broadcast amid jcfies of "Stop
the war," ana1 "down with autocracy."
Scenes continued unchecked and with
Increasing Intensity for two hours. Po-
1d formed a cordon around , the ,haU, -but
wire powerless W interfere, ii-fae
nobles' assembly hall possesses ancient
privileges against' ""arrest Proclama
tions, which were admirably presented,
declared the war of he working Clowes
not against Japan but? against ; Bus
si, the - worst foe;,- namely, emperor's
government h.i,- - '
Correspondence Produced.
Portland, Feb. 13. A subppoena
duces tecum was isaued out of the
United States, court : and served on
Judge Tanner today. It directs hint to
produce all correspondence . between
hint and Senator Mitchell relative to
their relationship with Frederick B.
Kxlbs for whom it is alleged that the
firm of Tanner and Mitchell acted as
attorneys and or receiving, alleged
bribes for which Mitchell was Indicted
by the grand jury on ; February S.
Judge Tannef at once obeyed th writ
and the correspondence, is now- In the
hands of the court a f- ..
ROBBERS CAPTURED
Lebanon Bank Robbers Captured
by Sheriffs.
CRIMINALS WERE SURPRISED
Trscked to Lair in South Portland by
a Posse of Deputy Sheriffs end Ar- :
rted-Evrdtncej Is Strong
Enough te Convict.
Portland, Feb. 13. Residing In one
of the moat select neighborhoods of
South Portland, and passing among
the residents of the district as respect
able men and women, an organised
gang of desperadoes, bank robbers and
criminals has operated under the very
eyes of the officials tor the past year
or more. Saturday nignt enerux xom
Word, with four deputies, entered this
neighborhood, and in less than 30
minutes had under arrest four men
who are positively identified as the
Lebanon bank, robbers, while two oth
ers of the gang, the leader, Klngsley,
and Rand, made good their escape. It
was a daring gang, and operating
under one of the most daring systems
which the local authorities have ever
encountered. :
Deputy Sheriff Milhallen of Linn
county, came to Portland Saturday
evening, and, together with Sheriff
Wordj and a number of deputies,
swooped down on this gang.
. The leader of the gang, J. F. Kings-
ley, and a man named Rand escaped.
Tom Dunn, George Culver, Smith and
Darling were taken into custody. In
their rooms was found money which
came from the bank in Lebanon. A
warrant is now out for the arrest of
Klngsley, who with his wife fled to
Seattle Friday evening. -
Fire in Chicago.
Chicago, Feb. 14. At 2:30 o'clock
this morning a fire broke out on the
fourth floor of the Brevoort house,
situated on Madison street between
Clark and LaSalle. Guests all escaped
and sought other quarters. The ar
rival of the fire apparatus brought the
fire under speedy control and it was
soon apparently extinguished. At 3
o'clock the flames broke out anew and
at that hour it appeared that the up
per stores were doomed. One hundred
and fifty guests in the hotel and 39
women employee all escaped.