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-y&V wmg& ' f ? -K 'lfJi.'"l, I'll ' o,t . . , . , . i ;i , PUBLISHES FULL AttOOIATIO PRItt IMPORT i.i wpwito-fc 111 w i ill t - 1 1 w ii .ii ii a OOVCRt THE MORNINO PIILO ON THI LOWER COLUMBIA i if i fry VOLUME LVIV. NO. 100. ASTORIA, OREGON. FEBRUARY Cj 1905. PRICE FIVE CENTS ' aw lU'fefM WANT LIBERTY Russsian Students Demand Change HOT WORDS SPOKEN Spirit of Revolution Takes Pos session of St Petersburg I University HAVE SUSPENDED STUDIES Professors, Directors and Student Unit In Demand for. Liberty ; and Cessation of Hoetilitlat In tha War With Japan. f. Petersburg, Feb. to. Tha aplrlt of revolution had complete possession C, tha great meeting of professors atudents and directors of the St. Pet ersburg university, whJrh Mumbled today to dlsuisa the question of Join lug the strlk Inaugurated by similar, Inailtutionx in lluiwla. BI1a derided to lo th university until fall. Squad r ofComMrk again paraded, tm wtfeets when tha meeting broke LP, specially the Nevsi prop44 Aiul - tht tittghborhood of tha Ka c4in4- ml. which la at a point wbara atudent demonstration usually occur. . The meeting waa held In the audi torium of the university, a sprawling pile of yellow bulldlnfa on Basil la land, Neva boll being comparatively amall and Inadequate to hold one-fifth of the large throng present. The cathedral was packed, and the doorways and windows embrasures vera banked with students. It waa a at range gathering. Moat of the atu dent were poorly clad, and all were In a atate of Intenae excitement, their very eye burning with seal. A amall n-etrum In a corner waa occupied by tha speakere. A bell, with which the atudent who presided tried to atop the thundera of applause with which the orator were greeted, was completely unavailing. Prom the outaet atudent orator aet the Imagination of their auditor aflame with the aplrlt of lib erty, particularly denouncing the greealve demoralisation ' of Rula undnr th influence ,'& , aa obeolut regime, aUo lar.cd of' freedom of lech, preaa and, oonacbKica with tha right of MHOctAtlona. Large" number favored etidlng.Jhe war. A atrong revolutionary failing , waa manifest, lied floga were waved end afcreelllalae and other revolutionary jon'ga were clmn'.ed. . A large portrait of tha env peror the great aadft2Hum of the unlverelty where meeting waa held, waa torn Into atrip. Tha police did not Interfere. Washington Legislature Tikes Action POUR MEN DEAD. COMMITTEE APPOINTED courae of the, government, declaring that proinlNei could not avail, and that the only aatlafnctlou would be freedom of apeech, and the convening of a na tional accembly. Thla waa coupled with a demand for ending the war. Al most every orator went back to the French revolution 'for parallels. Again end again waa Ruaola declared to be on the eve of revolution. With burning word, on atudent de acrlbed the affair of January t2, which he ald at laat aolldlfled the Inters t of the liberal. Amid a storm of cheers fie announced that a continuation of etddy was Impoaalble while auch a struggle wa In proceftft, and aald It waa the duty of the young mon there anlcmbled and other like them to re turn to their homo In the provinces and spread the agitation. ." ' ' Result of a Boiler Exploslan In a Ohio . Taw. ,i , 8t Clalra Ilia .Feb.4 four 'men dead and 14 Injured, five seriously, Isj lie result of the evt1r"'oQ o' a stalon- ary boiler In No. 1 tblna of tha Proii- dent Coal Company, near here. The mine shaft bad been recently com plated but bad not Men operated dally on account of Installation of new ma chinery, but tba employee reported every day to leara If their services were needed. Today wo wet and cold and the men congregated fn the bolter house need la sinking the shaft With out a moment's warning; the boiler ploded, burling the men In all dlrec- tlona gad blowing' the building to fragments. ' ' ' To Select Suitiqle Gift it bunch ln$ of Washington Armored f , Cruiser ; ! REMOVAL OP THE CAPITOL ; Denied Admiaaion. , Ban Franrlaco, Feb. 20,LiUte Mary Drelbllbler, 2 yeora old, born of Chi neae parents hi the province of Klu Klang, 10M miles up the Tang Tee river from Knanghal, has been denied a landing In this country. She arrived here on the ateamer Siberia aa the adopted child of Mlas Carrie DrelhU bier, 'mlmtlonary, who the past Ave years baa been In Klu Klang and Is now on her way home to Pennsylva nia to visit her dying father. 8 WAYNE IMPEACHMENT. Attempt U teetira fteeenaiderationl of the Veto to Rsmeve tha State Capital i from Olympia Was , Voted Down in Heuaa. , Loaded frJ5er, Vienna, Feb. II. A dispatch from Zemiln on tha Anatro8ervtaa frontier. ays that 20 car loaded with gharpoal and other amrannltlon peed today bound for Sofia. Bulgaria., ft - WON T STAND FOR IT SUndard . Oil Company Jo Rt slst Investigation . - ' .J-ti.); m. A ... . .'.a- PRESIDENT Olympia, Feb. 20. At the meeting or the Washington legislature today a resolution wag adopted providing for the purchaee of a suitable gift to be presented to tha armored cruiser Washington, which how nearly com- tSSfi. iJjWJ'J&unjAftLJkt .th New Jersey ship yards in a few months. Under the resolution a com- T J PtllteoJ waa alpolnte to select ihaglft The committee will hold a meeting lin medlaU'ly.'Upon tba adjournment of the legislature and decide upon a suit- A , half-hearted attempt was made today to secure a reconsideration of the vote by which the caoltal removal IS INItKVltWtU bill passed tha houae laat Friday. There waa no discussion of the question and the resolution waa voted down by a viva voce vote Tne bouse defeated the bill today requiring mining and manufacturing companies doing business In the state to pay lta employee semi-monthly In cash, which prohibits the Issuing of time check. It passed a labor bill re quiring all employers to pay forth with all discharged employee aa soon Debate on the Statehood Bill Occupied Coneiderabie Time. Washington, Feb. 20. Whether the senate conferees on statehood bill rep. resented the party that defeated the Joint statehood bill for Arizona and New Mexico; or the party that fought for the retention of that provision was debated at length In the senate today but no decision was reached. The artrumefits were, Interrupt HI by the convening of the senate aa a court to hear the Swayne Impeachment charge but were continued until Tuesday. The bouae managers In the Bray no trial rested their caae today and the de tense opened. BAKER VRATHY Resolution on Death Serigus of PRESIDENT CRITICISED Congressman Baker of New York Hurls Defiance at the I House-; it i t if i i MESSAGE OF CONDOLENCE Will Take No Chances. San Francisco, Feb. 20. It la stated that the British steamer Glen Turret, which haa been loading at tbie pon with a cargo of barley, which it was rumored was to be delivered at Vladl voatok, haa abandoned her intention of running the Japanese blockade and has her cargo consigned to Yokohama. Over One Hundred Miners Lose - Theli Lives ReDresentative Campbell of Kansas Hss an Interview With Rooee vettStandard Company te Raise Price of Oil. Wnnhlnirtnn. tih. SO. TtPnriiuntft I am 1I.imIm a it - - i ... tlve Campbell of Kansas, author of -"-"" " " -.,vty-. qu. the resolution providing for an Inqulrj wor voiunianiy. wereiorore all men Into the operations of the oil Interests at wo'k ho were either discharged f h,l .n .Ttn1.4 a. u,l ,mTe una o m uniu ine V VJ X' , I - ...... -v.. . f.rani.. wiih rmi.iai PMuv.it tn. I KUiar pay flay. day regarding the pending investiga te senate adjourned until Thurs- tlon by congress. Campbell Informed d"V? WM th' hUM t0 CtCh "P w I tt-iftV Ha ntk. a. its miii us wuik. im iiouac win meet Bt. Petersburg, Feb. 20 With i TCHOlutlon the student body of the great unlvernjty of St. Petersburg yes terday suspended studies for the re. malnder of the year and the whole educational system of Russia la In volved In a period of stagnathn. ' The students . protest against bueraucracy and other government grlevancea. Other unlversitlea In Russia, the gym nasiums and even the grammar schools are already on a strike and the mili tary at different portions of the em pire are obliged to resort to force to restrain school boys or tender ages from Joining the movement A meet Ing of St, Petersburg students was held at which over 3000 were present, and voted unanimously to suspend studies until September and adopted a aet of resolutions demanding tht formation of a constitutional assembly and characterised the proposed assem bling of the aemsky sobor aa Inade quate to the emergency.. The resolution declared for, a pro- the president that he had received a telegram from the Texas legislature urging him to request the president to make Inquiries concerning the methods of the Standard OH Company In the Heaumont oil fields of Texas. Camp bell Informed the president that the company was preparing a defense with the Intention of resisting to the utmost tomorrow. FIRE AT SANTA FE. Boya From Indian School Arrive in Time. Chicago. Feb. ?0. A dispatch to the tha proposed government Investigation. Chronicle from Santa Fe, N. M., says: The company has decided to resume s"""" rrom the Indian school, the Purchase of Kansas oil with a view four mlle" out- have ved Santa Fe of offsetting the action of oongress In from tructlcfi ' by , flra, Flames requiring an Investigation. He stated ProKe out m tne flnet business block further that It would be no surprise ,n w Pce, Bpreaa to other stores to him If the price of crude oil would ana nrealnea the entire commercial not be advanced on account of the destruction. The local firemen seemed present agitation. unable to check the Are and called on me inaian acnool ror assistance. Tha STRATTON WON. Doy responaeo quickly, dragging a hose cart through the mud for four Important ease Deolded Today by the m,Ie" arriving at ft critical time MINE' EXPLOSION RESCUERS ARE AT WORK An explosion in tha Virginia Mine Near Birmingham, Ala Results in a Fearful Loss of Life, and Great Damage to Mine. United 8tates Court St. Louis, Feb. States court of appeals today handed down a decision In favor of the de fendant In the case of the Stratton Independent Company of London, Eng lad, against the estate of William S The fire was . brought under control I aftAK It 1. rl .1 n r . c A M 1 . ma SO Tha United vcmocu a ius m iu,uvu. i wo nremen were hurt by falling walls. New Cardinal Sstolli Siek. York. Feb, 20. Cardinal Sa- Stratton to recover 10.000.000. It was tolll, formerly apostolic delegate In claimed by the English company that the United State, who has nearly en during the life time of Stratton that tlrely recovered from his recent at- he made fradulent representations In tack, of bronchitis, has suffered an- a sale of a mine to the plaintiff. other .elapse, according to a World dispatch from Rome. Some fears are Biihoo MoLaren. entertatnea about his condition, , the New Tork. Feb. 18. The condition correspondent adds, aa he Is now of Bishop . McLaren of Chicago, who threatened with pneumonia. haa been 111 for several daya. Is report ed tonight to be hopeless. Announce ment of his death Is expected hourly Bound for Rome. New Tork, Feb. 20. It la reported, cables the Herald's Parla correspond- Five Days too Muoh. ent- tnat Father Gopon, leader of the Manila, Feb. 20. Major Carrlngton, workmen In the recent St. Petersburg convicted of falsifying vouchers of the disturbances, arrived at Marseilles on civil government to 'the amount of way t0 Rome, tn company wltn $1500, waa today sentenced to a total everal students. Th Russian police of SO years and five days' Imprison- affents are making Inqulrlea In Italy as mant.... . ........ . to his residence In that country. Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 20. An ex plosion occurred In the Virginia mine IS miles from Birmingham, at 4 o'clock thla afternoon in which between 110 and 135 union miners were entombed and It is believed that the entire num ber suffered an awful death. Scores of vigorous rescuers are at work trying to relieve their friends and comrades. The explosion is believed to have been caused by an accumulated amount of dust, although It wua believed that the mine' had been, entirely free from dust. It la also believed that aa all of the miners are killed the cause of the explosion will never be known The class of miners employed were the best in the district and all belonged to the union mine workers 'of America. Since the strike has been on in the Birmingham district many of the most Industrious and thrifty miners of Pratt City and other' Important mining points' were removed to the Virginia mines so that the mines were being worked to their fullest capacity by mostly skilled, miners. ReMef trains with surgeons and workmen were dis patched to the scene as soon as news of the disaster was learned. ' At midnight the rescuers had not dug half way through the mass of dubrls. It is thought that it ylll be 10 o'clock tomorrow before an' entry of the'stope will be reached. , : Rst Causes Fire. , New York, Feb. 20. A rat caused a amall fire in the Hotel Windsor, the largest public house In, Trenton N. J,,, The rodent gnawed a lot of Insulation from an electric light wire In the dining 'room ceiling and when the fire was discovered It was eating Its way into the second floor rooms All the guests "were quickly warn-jd and those who had retired were hur ried down stairs. The blase was ex tinguished with small loss. ' Hudson River Frozen, New Tork.-Feb. 20. From Tarry- town to New. York, the Hudson river is froien over solidly for the first time in 10 years. In the channel at Dobbs Ferry the Ice Is eight inches thick. President Roosevelt Sands Message of Condolence to St. Petersburg on , tha ' Assassination . of ' Grand ' Duke Serigua. Washington, Feb. 20. The' house- to aay, after , a aeesioo hurting : seven hours, passed the naval appropriation bill carrying a total of $99.14,25. The provision In the.bllLXQr two battle- ships waa retained. Both majority and minority members were badly divided Over the proposition., At least 40 members of the latter 'went over to the republicans, while about an equal number of republicans voted with the opposition. Several times during the debate the assassination of the Grand Duke Sert gus waa referred to, the subject being brought up by Mr. Baker of New York who condemned the action of the president In sending a message of con dolence to Russia, expressing the sen tlment that the government and the American people viewed with abhor nec the assassination. Baker declared that the people did view with abhor ence the massacre at St Petersburg on January 22, but the president had not aeen fit to send a message of con dolence on that occasion. Orosvenor of Ohio replied to Baker taking the ground that regardless of the character of Serlgus or the ques tion of right or wrong the Russian policy toward her subjects, the pres Ident In sending the message he did. had done exactly what civilisation rec ognlxed aa his duty. The climax came later. in the day when Baker read a resolution on the subject' which he had subsequently introduced and which In effect was reltteratlon of his remarks previously made. He explained that it had been suggested that In the event of his of ferlng such a resolution, a motion would be made to expel him. He shout ed defiance to any member of the house who dared to make the motion as ha deposited the resolution and took his seat, amid confusion which the in cldent created. , NEW YORK SCHOOLS. Celebrate One Hundredth Anniversary of the System.' New York. Feb. 20. One hundred ears have elapsed since the first steps to establish New York's public school system waa taken, and today the an niversary will be celebrated In all the schools. In the evening special ex ercises will be held in Carnegie hall. On February J9, 1805, a doaen citi zens met and discussed the question of public schools. It was the sense of these gentlemen that the poor children should' be griven a "Virtuous educa tion," as they were Inheriting vice from. bad example. . ' ' The Incorporation of the New York Free School Society of which Dewitt Clinton was the first president, was the outcome of the meeting. It was more than a year after the meeting that the first free school was opened. New York at the present time has 546 school buildings and other school property valued, at 280,000,000. There is a registration of 622.000 children and 13,000 teachers are employed. t To Be Non-8ertsrien. ; ..' Washington, , Feb. 20. The Indian appropriation bill as agreed on by th committee on Indian affairs waa adopted today with an amendment of fered by Bard of California aa follows. "No portion o the funds, principle or Interest and Indian trust fund of the tribal funds held by the United States for the benefit of any Indian tribe shall be available or expended for the sup port of any sectarian or denomina tional achofcV Another amendment appropriating 11,600,000 for the open ing of the Colyille Indian reservation was adopted. ' CRISIS IMPENDING. t Dispatches from , Various , Russian Cities Predict Trouble. , Kleff, Feb. 20. The employes of the Southwestern railroad today decided to call a strike, but without recourse to coercive measures. ' Lodf, Fab. 20. Slight dlsturbancsf occurred tn different sections of the city today. Large mills close gtown wd many persons are leaving the city owing to a report of the mobilisation of the reserves. Additional troop ar rived today. . v-; St Petersburg, Feb. 20. Martial law was declared at Tsarskoe Selo today owing to numerous threatening letters being received at the palace. Chief of the secret polio has ordered special precautions to prevent aay outrage on me imperial xamuy. prisoners today led to serious disturb ances in court of which several per sons were killed or Injured, BOUGHT GOLD BRICK Portland Man Invests $10,000 In Gold Mine CONFIDENCE MEN'S SCHEME Two Confidence Men Sell a Worthless Gold Mine to an Old Man Who la Now at the Point of Death, From Heart Failure- Portland, Feb. 20. Lying at the ' point of death at his home 25 miles south of this city, a man 75 years old, who last Friday was victimized out of 10,000 by two confidence men who used the antiquated "gold, brick" trick Saturday. When the old man becamo aware that he had been swindled, he had an attack of heart disease. His relatives today reported the matter to the police, but refused to make the man's name known, as they stated that publicity would kill him. The confi dence men, after scheming several weeks, managed to sell the old man a gold mine. The first installment be ing $10,000. After securing that sum. as usual, they posted a letter to him stating that they presumed he knew he had been swindled. , The : letter stated that it would do the old man no good to make any fuss, aa ho would be Jeered by his friends, and concluded by advising him to keep quiet and make the best of It When the old man got the letter. according to a statement of his rela tives, he fainted and became delirious. During his lucid moments, they say he would beg plteously that his nama be kept a secret The detectives have little hope of capturing the two men owing to the meager description. FIRE IN BOSTON. Strike Ordered. St. Petersburg, Feb. 18. Workmen have Issued a proclamation summon ing all railway men to strike on Feb ruary 20 and March 3. Fire in the Hoosso Tunnel Docks at Charleston Today. Boston, Feb. 20. A fire, causing an immense loss broke out on pier four of the Hoosac tunnel docks at Charles ton early today. The origin of the fire has not been determined but Is be lieved to have been from spontaneous combustion. Flames spread . with startling rapidity, communicating with the furnaces. The Deyland steamer Philadelphia, which was tied alongside the pier, caught fire and In a few mo ments was In flames from stem to stern. It Is feared that two men lost their lives. From the Philadelphia the flames Jumped to the steamer Dal ton Hall of the Antwerp line, which waa soon in flames. The loss is esti mated at $1,000,000.