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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 28, 1905)
VOLUME LVIV. NO. 116. ASTORIA, OREGON. TfJSEDAY FEBRUARY 28, 1 905. PRICE FIVE CENTS FIRE AT SEA Report Steamer Columbia " Burning. NEWS VERY MEAGRE ring up th village. According to re port i they met with a speedy suc cess. PERJURED HERSELF. T lav Her Daughter From Portland Dlv. Portland, Feb. 27. Mrs. Lllli Berk- man of Vancouver, Wash,, waa arrest- ed In Portland this afternoon on a charge of swearing a girl waa IS years old. when, It Is aald, ah waa only 16 yeara old. The purpose of the testl mony waa that the girl might be al lowed to marry. ' The story of the caae la that Mrs. Derkmnit awore falsely In order to pre vent the girl from going Into one of the Idlvea In the North End. It la said th him and remonstrated, but th chief atfod hie grounds, and stated thfcit If th city council saw lit to pass an ordinance according to th provisions of the city charter it was his sworn duty to enforce It Tacoma Will Not Get the Capital. FROM OLVMPIA. Bill I and nad About rilty j Passenger rlaf took plac she" would go tbert also, For that reason It is said Mrs. Berkman swore the girl was of age. E8I, MUROEIIED.l: NEWS FROM CRESCENT CITY Mb Mary Catherine Mulevill Killed by Pelioeman. Chicago, Feb. t7.-MIs Mary Cath lerln Mulevllle, th actree. waa mur- ..Telegraphlo M-irie; Rc.lvd Us f,"4 bjr po Night Ashing for Partloulsn. News ' Come From flan PranolseV j Via Cresoent City. it n t. - tThe Associated press reported that enmn, whose love, she refused. Th crime waa committed In the moat fash- lonubl part of Michigan boulevard at the time when the avenue was filled with pedestrians and carriages. Her man, after kflllng the young woman made his escape and tonight committed suicide,' in a lodging nous on Archer aventiA. ahnnlln tifminlf ttimioh lti word had been received from Ran !....,, . lYanclsco, via Cresrent City that the steamer Columbia was on lire off the const. The wires were down between . . Missouri Senator, joiTiTMin ritv. roth. nxi . ran, Portland and Cresont City and there Lus of th reDubllcan hid mni.hi. seems to he.no doubt but a large Ki,Winh..,. st.eonw-r Is on flro , .,.mit Cra,ntLrB tonAtk)n thlU tney frM ut)0n City. Captain Bailey was reached by man beeldea R. C. Keren, for Mtone ana taiei mat in ateamer wn umud States senator. Astoria Munuay morning bikh . & "t lock and would be Just about h Substitute Railway Commission Killed in Snat. Olympla, Feb. 27. The senate sub stitute for the railway commission bill. which Was a compromise measure, waa ifafMtud In tha m mm mmm a mm . A I ' . . MT A U5 VhlU IS SllSTAINFn MmO of th house bill succeeded In uii:ait iuc iiKumeiu on vne penaic bill by gathering In the lumber votes In th senate for the hone measure. Later , th bill which passed th house came to the senate and an effort was mad to refer It to the railroad com mit tw. but fulled. The bill was con sidered In the committee of the whole thla afternoon and reported on with the recommendation that It pass. , This win puce ine Dip on the calendar where it must remain for 24 hours be- Tfore action can be taken. .... jt Governor Mead Vetoes Bill to Re moue Capital fron Olympla ' to Tacoma. THE VOTE STOOD A STATION ABANDONED. Governor Meade Says th Taxpayer Should oNt Have mn Additional Burden and There 1 no De mand for Removal. Be Esquamslt Nsval Station Will Abandoned Tomorrow. Victoria. Feb. , 27, Thei Esquamalt naval smtion , will, be formally aban doned . tomorrow when Commodore Goodrich hauls down, the , flag. The Bonaveniure, the only remaining cruls er, will leave for a China station. CAPTURED SIEAIII Crescent City early this evening whn th .hews. wf first recelvedCrwent City Is on the California count about 76 miles from th Oregon state ' line In the vicinity of pe Blunco. A telephone mesauge wss sent to Mr. noberta. .gent of the o. it. a n. ca British Steamer Carlisle Tied Up t this, nitu Mm mtmtmA tHn Vim UrnA I .......... . .. I at Manila neora or ine nr. dui iimii recrivmi noin- i , Ing deflnlt. He stated that there were about SO cabin passengers from Port land, but only three steemge panneng ers from Astoria, Judging from the meager reports received, the steamer must have been enveloped In flames, and If true, there can be no doubt but ehe will burn to the water's edge. CHARTERED BY THE RUSSIANS LATER REPORT. When 300 Miles Out From Vlsdive stok, She Lost Her Propeller and Contrary Winds Carriod Her to the Philippines. A Collier and Another 8teamer Ap peared off Crsosnt City. Crescent City, Feb. ST.-Lat this afternoon two steamers, one of them a collier, arrived off this nort. The col- Manila, teb. z,.-Tlie HNtUU steam llefs cnmpntihli had Hat and1 prte- 'r wmcit nns iMn ctmrtcred sented the appearance of being on fire. b th R"ln government, and which Ti.e passengers were transferred to the wnn ftbou 800 ou ,rom collier and to steamer Del Nort which vostok lost her propeller, was com went out from this port.; Tha collier P" resort to sails and waa car put to sea today snd will probably be rle'1 contrary winds and currents followed by other vessels. The Del lo ,ne 'nU'pmes wner sre ancnorea Norte will come to this harbor In the ott Hft" Miguel Day February 10. She morning when the particulars will be WM towd t0 ,nl" Jort The custom autnorities took poaaession or her, sealed her hatches and she will probably b detained her until th conclusion of the war. The Russian government tins been notified obtainable. Columbia Arrives. ; i , San Francisco, Feb. t7.--The steamer Columbia, which It was at first believed was the vessel oa fire, passed Into port at 9:15 tonight; tier arrival places another phone on the dispatch received from Crescent City. Shipping men are endeavoring to discover the Identity of th steamer reported In diatres off that harbor. ' ,-. FIRE AT THE DALLES. Fir in Crosby's Drug Stor Causss Considsrabl Damag. The Dalles, Feb. 27. A fire origin ated from an unknown cause at 1:30 last evening In the rear of A. E. Cros by's drug store, located In the Vogt block, the principal business block of Th fire originated when the Believed to Be th Oregon. Sun Francisco, Feb. 7. It Is be- the city, lleved at the Merchants Exchange of chemicals and oils Were stored an J 1hls city that the steamer reported on 800n crept up the walla to the second fir opposite Crescent City Is the floor t0 the banquet hall of Frlendnhlp teamer Oregon, which left here yes- lodge, K. of P.. which Is Immediately terday for northern ports. t REVOLT IS SPREADING. Sooialiata Inducing the Peasants to I . Join the Strlk. , Warsaw, Feb. 27. According to re liable Information reaching Warsaw today , the Poland 'peasants ar In si stata of revolt. In view of th fact I lover th drug store. The fire was ex extinguished, although most of the I stock was removed the greatest loss I being from smoke and water. t BONDS WILL BE ISSUED. Bonds for th Kansaa Oil Refinery Hav Bsen Sold. Topeka, Feb. 27. It was decided to- that th peasants number nearly 7,000,-1 day that th bonds for the state oil 000 out of a total population of 10,000,' 000, will, , if It spreads, result In a die- I refinery will be Issued In ten days. As soon as sold, work . on th refinery order far greater than anything arising I will begin. Miss Ida M. -Tarbeli, a during th present agitation. Peasants I magaatn writer, will be Were next heretofore have not figured to any ex-1 week, and will mak a thorough In tent In the saltation. The socialists I vestlgatlon of the Kansas oil fields recently sent emmisarles Into the coun-1 anj the events up to th fight against 'try districts for th purpose of stir-1 the Standard Oil Compsny. ' Will Spend Two Million. v Seattle, Feb. 17. The Northern Pa cific Railway Company announced that it will Immediately begin the construe tion of eight, six-story buildings, eac occupying half a block, all to be erect ed upon railroad property In the heart of the wholesale district In this city. The Improvements will cost IS.OOO.MO. SE-FIGI1TII APIE Olympla, Feb.27. Governor Mead to day vetoed , the capital removal bill providing for transfer of the state cap nai rrom ujympla to Tacoma. The veto waa heard In grim silence, and alter reading a vote on sustaining the governor was taken, resulting In IS to l. As It takes a two-thlrds majority to pass over th governor's veto, the bill 1 "dead as nail" Baker of Klickitat, though. Is not (through fighting, and Introduced a con- vuirrm lesoiuuon to submit the re moval of the capital to a direct vote or the people. Ruth of Thurston coun ty, moved to Indefinitely poatpone, but President ' Coon ruled the motion out concurrent resolution. The passage of AnilierV. me railroad commission bill In the house Saturday will leave the members free, and there is no possibility to se thconTu?rent0two"iuon!ntt0taks JAPANESE CROSSED SHAKHE two-thlrda vote to carry a motion to submit a conetltutlonal amendment "to the people. Governor Mead's veto is baaed upon the ground of no demand for capital removal on the part of the people at thla time, especially as It entalla an additional burden of debt upon the tax payers, where already th people are barely able to bear the burden of tax ation to maintain the state government and its institutions. He reviewed nr. JURY ACQUITS Judge Swaync Acquitted of Charges. VOTE ON PARTY LINES Twelve Ballots Were Necessary to Dispose of All the Charges. SWAYNE NOTIFIED Of RESULT Highest Vote for Impeachment waa 39 and th Loweet Agsinst Wss 47 H was Acquitted on Every ' Count in Indictment Fighting Being Continued on Russisn Left Flank and Indicationa Are , Japan. Are Planning Dem onatration Againat Center. St. Peterabursr: Feb. 27. Aecordlnir o remove, me seat or to the Associated Press dispatches Boernment to Tacoma at three . pre- from Mukdn. thh Janane. orn.i th vlous sessions. As Wright Park could shakhe river Sunday, but the place of w uaea tor capital nuiiaing purposes crossing Irf eliminated by censor. ' The oniy. uovernor Mead holds that this advance, w rhkM hv reinforce gift would prove a white elephant to ments and Russian artillery. Thla 1 in aiaie. I,va , , I kiiv iiivrnt, iiiirui vaiu ucnp tiviii liir in vto sets forth' the fact thai If .iv .. yum gnr-uw veto,' cne FtehtlnB ta cnntlmilnir lon the state will at one enter upon a period nuwlan left flank and the Indications of capltol building construction with are that the Japanese are planning for all its attendant extravagnnclea. ex- a demonstration against the Russian pe..i.e ana eviis. "wnere are the funds center, but th R..9Bn r.itm the ti. A AriMt. hA A . L..H I l" " ui a new ouuumgr' iti i. tmnrnMd hi hitu i. iun:u m governor. Tn veto me. h nrnm. .n,i-hA ,r.r iiv rr.. f" a 8ummn,y or capuoi have been ,08t on both Bde8. Duuuing runa at present, showing that the charge against the land grant is 1676,154. on which the state pays 136. 974 Interest annually. 8ALOONS CLOSED. ' Saloons Closed on Sunday in City of Salem. Salem, Feb. 27. For the first time since the municipal election In Decern ber,, Salem waa truly a closed town yesterday.' All the gambling games had been stopped by Chief of Police Cornelius, and In accordance with or ders given on the night previous all of the saloons were tightly closed. ' ) This act on the part of Chief Cor nelius came somewhat as a surprise to many of the saloonkeepers, as they claim It was understood when they glv Mr, Cornelius their support for his election, and that he was to let them quietly alone so long as they maintained order. Chief Cornelius, such understanding , through his friends It was a mistaken, because he Intended when ho accepted the nom ination to enforce ' ordinances to the letter. - , Some of the saloonkeepers went to Mukden,'' Feb. 1 27. The Japanese crossed the Shakhe river last evening, having driven In the pickets of the Russian vanguard. The Russian sup ports came up and stopped the Jap anese advance. On the right flank all Is quiet,, but movements of the Jap anese Indicate the Intention of attack ing the Russian center, at least In the way of a demonstration. Heavy tir ing continued today to the eastward. Soldier ' of Talnkhetchen division are f in good spirits, In spite of heavy losses sustained and the necessity which compelled them to retreat. They are encouraged by the news brought from the Japanese, whose bodies are piled In heap around the redoubts of Ber ensett hill and the trenches at Tslnk heti'hen yesterday afternoon. A vio lent storm of heavy wet snow Is fall ing. The temperatuer during the night moderated. ; . , Washington, Feb. ' 27. The senate today concluded the Impeachment trial of Judge Swayne of Florida by ac quitting him on all the charge made against him In the articles of Im peachment presented by the houes and then passed : the naval appropriation bllL - ' '. , The voting on the Swayne case be gan at 10:10, 20 minutes after the sen ate convened, and continued until 11:45. There was no discussion, all the time being occupied taking the 12 vote necessary to dispose of each article. The highest vote for Impeach ment was tr vote 'and the ' lowest against was 47. On two articles charg ing him with the use of private rail road acres were the only ovtes cast fot conviction. The , larger vote were along party lines. On some of, the charges democrats voted with repub licans and republicans with democrats. Most of the democratic votes were cast in favor of Impeachment, and those of not guilty were case by the republic ans. the control of the house and forced several amendments to the sundry civil appropriation bill, requiring granite in teh construction of the pub lic building at Cleveland, his s home town. Hemenway. of the appropria tion committee, waa put to rout while the unusual spectacl was witnessed of the presiding officer being twice overruled on appeal from his decisions. The amendment, . however, ' waa not agreed to until Hemenway bad unsuc cessfully exhausted every means at his disposal to check th tide against hint Seeing that he had been' out flanked. Hemenway several time sought to se cure an adjournment after the bill had been reported to the house for favor able action, but th motion were voted down. So clearly were he and his fol lowers In the minority that Hemenway Interrupted th roll call to move the passage of the bill, which carried amid loud applause. The bill carries a total of 145,250,000. ' Hot Spring Suffers. ' Hot Springs, Ark, Fern. 27. Con. tributlona continue to be received from outside sitie for th benefit of those rendered destitute v by Saturday's great fire. It 1 now generally accept, ed that only three persons perished In th flames. The Identity of these vic tims has not been established. ' The re lief committee, with Mayor Belding at its head. Is doing splendid work, and all sufferer have been temporarily provided for. ' ', J ' ' Sv'f j. 4-., ( ti v.,. Released snd Arreted. , St, Petersburg, Feb. 27,Maxim Gorky had a short glimpse of .liberty today. He was released on $5000 bonds, -and .then, the noted author, .was Ira- mediately rearrested and conveyed to a place of confinement pending depor tation to some distant city or province where continued resistance, though not : so dangerous for the welfare of the . government as here in St. Petersburg. NEV-ORLEANS FIRE ELEVEN PERSONS KILLED. , Girl Strik. Kleff, Feb. 87. The maid servants went on a strike today and paraded the streets. The Cossacks were called out and . dlspered them, arresting a large number. Collsps In Floor of Afrlcsn Methodist Episcopal Church. New York, Feb. 27. Eleven persons were killed and more than 60 Injured, some probably fatally, by the collapse of the flooring of the Fleet Street Afri can Methodist Episcopal church in Brooklyn last night. Of those killed three are women, two men and one child. Death in nearly every case re sulted from suffocation. The building was an ancient ramshackle, frame structure erected 60 year ago In the heart of the colored section, and had been condemned as unsafe for several years. Arrangements have been made tonight, to hold funeral services In the house of Sidney Talnter, one of the oldest members of the .church, and the auditorium, which Is on the second floor of the building was crowded with more than S00 persons, a majority of whom vera, women. The congregation was waiting In silence for th arrival of the body when splintering timbers were heard, and In an Instant half the auditorium nearest the door collapsed carrying-down more than 100 persona A great volume of dust for a few mo ments hid them from, view.. The re mainder of the audience, finding them selves cut oft from the door and ex pecting every minute the rest of the floor ; would collapse under them fought madly to reach the windows and' In some instances leaned from them them and sustained serious In- Juries, On the arrival of the, police mid firemen the rescue work was be gun. Those lying in the mass of wreak age could only be reached after the firemen , had hewed a way with axes. Eight bodies were, recovered nd taken to the station house and about SO were removed , to the Brooklyn hospital, where three women died soon after being admitted. , BURTON CONTROLS CONGRESS Scoured Several Amendment to Sun dry Civil Appropriations. Washington, Feb. 27. With a hand ful of republicans, aided by the demo crats, Representative Burton of Ohio today gained a complete victory In Loss is Over Three Millions of Dollars. . TWO MILLION IN COTTON A. Fir Make a Clean 8wp of Elevator and Shad Valued at $2,500,000 and j Destroy Thoussnds of Bushel of Grain Stored. ' ' New Orleans, Feb. 27. Th fir al the Illinois Central terminals in this city had burned out by 1 a m., having, made a. clean sweep of elevators and sheds from Louisiana avenue to Na poleon avenue. The smouldering "ruins will, of course, burn for a day or two. The estimated losses are: Wharves. $312,000; two elevators, old and new. warehouses, wharf sheds Nos. 1 to 9 and part,, pf JSq. 9 new fob cotton warehouse, 12,500,000; cotton de stroyed.? 1920.000; 700.00j bushels of grain, J3S5.0O0; 5000 barrels of sugar, $300,000; cotton seed cake, 1 130 car loads, $97,000; lumber, $16,(25; cemert, 356,250; mall, 20 cars. $10,000; sundries 3150.000; 600 freight cars. . $375,000; ships damaged. $50,000; city fire de partment, two engines and four horses, 315,000; private property and other dagmage, I?16,000v w ; It is estimated that the Insurance on stored ; freight; ,t'c,' wn approximate 34,000.000. Twc; persons were Injured, neither of them fatally. , New Orleans, JLa, Feb. 27. Within' few hours after the great Illinois Central wharf fire had been brought under control, another fire started In Aline' sfreet and , wa reported to be spreading early today. ' The scene of the new fire is three miles from the business district and details were dlf-K flcult to obtain. ' " ' ' "' ' i l- Gas Plant for Aberdeen. . ' Aberdeen, Wash.. Feb. 27. C. R Barrows has paid the $500 required to secure a franchise tor .the cities or Aberdeen and Hoqulam to operate a gas lighting and heating plant. The proposed enterprise means an Invest ment of between $40,000 and $50,000 for these two . places. Work will com mence aa soon as the . necessary ma chinery and pipes arrive, probably within four or six weeks.