V UBUSHEB FULi ABtOOIATSO PRESS IRIPORT COVERS THE MORNINO FIELD ON OWER COLUMBIA ff v VOLUME LVIV. NO. 134 ASTORIA, OREGON. SUNDAY, MARCH 19. 1905. PRICE FIVE CENTS t f J SAN Dill Scnalor Morgan Exposes Gigantic Scheme A FEMALE PROMOTER Makes Treaties, Suppresses Insur surrectious and Transacts a General Crafting Business THE READER SYNDICATE Senator Morgan Expo a Gigantic Plot Whereby a Man and Hia Wifa Art Back of thp Santo Oomlnqo Treaty at Expen of Government. New Tork, March IS. Alhole B. Header and Ida wife, mentioned by Senator Morgan, of Alabama, la tin Santo Domingo treaty discussion as composing the Reader syndicate-which ua had In huiid a plan for raiding tha debt ot tha Dominican republic and tin- sale of a nnvnl port on the laland to in American government, are in thin city. It la mated that Mr, Header formerly MJs Kiln Rawls of Al aluiina, n stenographer who came to New York In Mil to seek her fortune. In tha course of five yeur aha hud be- come owner of a large stenographic bureau In Wall atreet and, In the tourae of her buliie, did consider able work for the Veneauelan bound nry commission, loiter aha went to Iondon and representing a prominent Kngllsh banking firm, procured from the sultan of Juhor a 15,009.000 rail road contract. While In London ahe married Render, a unlive of New Stea land, who traveled widely and acted aa confidential secretary to well known person. The couple claim Inter to have taken charge of a big Peruvian mining deal and by the diplomatic ef forla Of Mm. Header to have averted a revolution In that country, (n a long statement Issued by the Hendera they act forth their acheme for relieving th Hanto Domingo sltu itlon which felt through when Mr. Dil lingham arrived on the cene. The) claim to have ben engaged In the mat ter by one Peres, n aecret agent here of President Morale. Header asserts that be consulted a wll known at torney here (who yeaterdny laaued a denial of nil IntercHt In 8an(o Domln go affair) and Hfler outlining hla pinna to the lawyer, took a at earner for the lalund. There he wna received by Morale and daily conference were held during which document were formulated appointing Mr. Reader flacal ugenf of the republic in the t'ulted Htateii nnd giving her authority to negotiate trentlea for the debt set tlcment nt Wiiahlngtnn a well a tht entire flnnmiul rehabilitation of Santo Domingo.' These matter had, the R.-ader claim, ftlmoat reached a conclusion when Trealdent Morale announced tlmt he hnd received word through Mlnlater Dnwon that Commander Dillingham wn coming and all nego tiation with Reader waa Inatantly dropped. Reader felt much hurt over the out come and dedarea aome Interested rron aware of hla aecret negotia tion, bad informed the authorltlea at Waahlngton. In reply to a query a to what he waa going to do about It. lie aaked: "What can I do about Itr SCRAP ON SHIP. Provieiona Were 8hort and the Pas aengera Declared War. New York, March 1. Detalla of the conflict, between paasengera and ahlp officer aboard the French eteamer Montreal at Horta, Abore. have been muies oy ins nenuu TOnrawnu" at mat oort. wno bovb mat me ve- eel nut back when 800 m Ie out. Bhe wn hort of coal and provlalona and the paasengers refused absolutely to proceed, , Owing to the failure to send the pa- ngers by a faster steamship nil ot mom united in n revolt ana it was nitcMmry lo use armed force. A I'ortu " gunboat win celled on for aid The passenger threatened the of' fleer una the crew with Nummary vengeance should they attempt to lave llorta In the fuc of the terrific; weath r, and the prevailing iK-arclly of freh provision. Th tenmlilp tafayette la expected to take tliw Montreal's passenger to New Tork today. NEW YORK GAMBLING. Hall Holaa of Nw York Report Bual naaa Good. New Tork, March II. A aantlmant of distrust toward the present big level but all who were able have fled. tork exchtinge. Fairly resistance waa ahown to Ihla depression, baaed on tha entire absence of any unfavorable factor In the general condition of buxlneea, industry and finance. The rlae In call money later In the week turned tha balance In favor of rear tloi whlilt waa restrained, however. and th market allowed evidence of realatlng iwwer at the decline. Rumore of "deala" continued to cir culate and were Influential In carrying special stocks up within fa of the reaction. STORM IN COLORADO. Snow Blockade Traffic and Stop All Train. Victor, Col., March II. fUllway service on the stenm and electric roads throughout (ha Clippie Creek district 1 practically Jn a tnte of blockade. teh remit of a atonn. Tb abort Hue railway hna moved no tralna alnc 11 o'clock Inst night. The Klorenre and Cripple Creek got a train over to Crip ple Ore-k between H and I J o'clock The Midland lorutlnal la ai atjuid- still. Th storm atlll continue with unabated furyi Teh iww I nearly two feet deep' on thr level for tnll around. .Treaty Ratified. New York, March 18. Formal rati flcatlon of th treaty of eace between Chile and Bolivia have been exchanged accompanied by mutual congratula tion, cables th La. Pat, Hollvla, cor tespondent of the Herald. On account of the bubonic plague. the Molcndo railroad ronstrurtlon ha been Interrupted, but many American engineers and pro.t tor continue to arrive. PLOT DISCOVERED Organization of Revolutionary Party in London Detected THREE HUNDRED ARRESTED Verdiet of the Court-Martial at St Petersburg Finda a Number Guilty and Sentenee I Imposed to Fine and Impriionment and Dismissal. Ht. Petersburg, March IS. The sec ret police of Moscow have discovered an organisation acting In conjunction with the revolutionary party of ton- don. Three hundred persona have al ready been orrest d. The' police found In store Infernal mnchjne. explosive and weapons, together with printing pressea and documents, Including among the lettera several addreaxed to the central commltteo and correspond ence relating to the ntsamlnatlon of Grand Duke Seregua. The verdict of I ha court-martial which tried the officer and men of several . batteries of artillery, from which one 12-Inch shell waa fired dur ing the blessings of the waters Janu ary 19, and scattered missels In the vicinity cf the Imperial pavilion, waa announced today. Capt. Davldoff and Sub-Lieutenant Kuraeoff were found guilty of neglect of duty and aentenced to dlamlssnl from the service and a year and a half Imprisonment. Bub Lieutenant Roth waa aentenced to Im prisonment for It montha. Tlje court found no connection on the part of any one In trial with the plot to assassi nate the governor. UNTERRIFIE Colorado Democrats File a Protest AN ILLEGAL ELECTION Claim McDonald Was lllegaly Elected Governor of Col orado Thursday ADAMS ISSUES STATEMENT He Review In 8catehing Terms the Proceeding by Whioh He Waa Un seated and Denounce Corporationa for Undue Influence in Contest Denver, March 18. The Democratic member of the Colorado assembly are preparing a protest agulnat the attlor of the republican majority ot that body In deciding tha gubernatorial contest In favor of James II. Pcabody after be had agreed to resign and permit Llu tenant Governor McDonald being seat d as governor, The protest alleges hat the seating of reabody. wben It una known that hi resignation had been placed In the hnnda of the sec retary of state, W. 8. Hoynton, and filed within ti hour after hla inaugu ration waa Illegal and therefore Mc- Kinnld I not entitled to hi seat. The protest will be Died when the joint as sembly meet Tuesday. Kx-Oovernor Adams today Issued an nddresa to the people of Colorado. It reviews In cathlng terms the various teps of the contest by which he wa unseated. Regarding Peabody'a resig nation. Adams declares that the resig nation wa a confession that he wa not legally elected, and one that an honest man, honestly elected would, rather die thun admit Adams as serted that the legislature bowed to the dictate of the heads of conscious- ess corporation whom he term as the greatest anarchist In Colorado nd whom he decliues, by the use ot money nnd Influence, coming from tne franchise that are gift from the peo ple, dictate the personnel of the courts nd official to corrupt the ballot. The nncludlng statement 1 aa follows: "Was dishonorable victory, dishon orably won. Let those responsible wk over the cost In cash und In deed nd see If they dare give an account o the public eye. I want to stand as n honest man before the people of olorado. Better a hundred times be private rltUen than hold office, the highest In the gift of the people, by tich a title. The stolen presidency dded no luster to Rutherford B. Hay. stolon governorship bring only re proach nnd disaster to Colorado and republicanism. Theft la the thief. tnJ omes back mast to him." SECRETARY HAY ILL. Taken Suddenly III Just Bfor Going on Boat. New Tork, March 18. Secretary of State John 4Iay wna taken 111 today just before boarding the steamship eltlc for Europe. Hay had to be taken aboard In a wheeled chair. His ondltlnn 1 not considered alarming. Extreme exhaustion of the nerve enters brought on by overwork. Is the cause assigned by the surgeon gen eral of the army, who la Secretary Hay's physician. The surgeon genera snys he is hopeful that two months' rest will restore the secretary' health and enable- him to return to hi offi cial duties. LOST BOTH FEET. Small Boy Fall Undar Moving Freight Train. Kelso. Wash., March 18. Otis, the !2-year-old son of Charles Johnson ot Ostrander, Wash., lost both hla feet by falling beneath a moving freight car yesterday afternoon. While playing around thr tracks at the Ostrander Shingle Company' mill the boy, with ecVeral other small boy, boarded c car that waa being (witched onto the mill' aiding, and In Jumping off onto a narrow platform, loat hi balance and Kit beneath the wheel, which crushed both feet o badly that amputation above the anklea waa neceaaury. i BRUTAL COWARD. Robert Jone Beat Mail Carrier Into Insensibility, Chicago, March !. Peter Solomln- awyi 17 yir old, In charge of a United State mall wagon, ha been beaten and hi skull fractured by the driver of a carriage who dleputed the right of way In an alley at the rear of a branch postofflce In West Madi son atreet. When BolomliiHky refused to back hi horse out of the alley the man at tacked hltn with a club. Two hours after the boy wa found unconaclou on the gro'ind. He wa taken to the County hospital, where It waa said he may not recover. Robert Johns, driver of the carriage, waa arretted. , NOTED PAINTER DEAD. Proftor William Freerich Diee in New York. New Tork. March 1. Prof. Wll- llum C. A. Kreerlchs. a well known marine and enamel painter. I dead from paralysis, ut hla home on 8taten Island. He was born 76 year ago In Ghent and came to America In hi youth. While hi painting are to be found among moat of the great colectlona In thla country. Professor Freerich Is best remembered a an Instructor In art In various achoola. After spending a abort time In New Tork he became, In 1554, an Instructor In a North Caro lina, college and at the outbreak of the wy went to Charleston. After t'.i. war he returned to the north. J. C. Dunn Drowned. MaicMe' Ferry, March 18. J. C. Dunn of Grant' Pas wa drowned a :nlle above the ferry while descending Rogue river In a small boat In com pany with J. M. Stanford, also of Grants Pass. At the first had riffle be low Devll'a gate, 25 mllea belonf Grants Pass, the boat awamped, and In an in stant both men were in the water struggling for their lives. Stanford, who t an old man,' reached the shore by great effort. Dunn, although much younger and a strong wlmmer failed. All Nomination Made by the President Are Confirmed SANTO DOMINICAN TREATY Democrats Prevented It Being Rati fied, But Several Other Treaties With Foreign Nationa Were Ratified Be fore the Adjournment Washington, March 18. The special session of the senate today adjourned without delay. AH nomination made by President Roosevelt during the past week were confirmed with the excep tion of live, thei most Important of which la that of Judge Wlckersham to succeed himself, as Judge of the dis trict court of Alaska. Several unim portant treaties were ratified, but be yond these matters no legislative busi ness was transacted. Most of the ses sion wa devoted to the Santo Domlngc question and the consideration of the" treaty under which It was proposed to take over th, control of the financial affairs of the domlnlcan government in order to pay tta Indebtedness, but democratic, opposition prevented! the ratification of the treaty and the sen ate adjourned sine die. Cleveland' Birthday. Prlncton, N. J., March 18. Ex-Pre. Ident Cleveland celebrated hla 80th birthday quietly at home today. ThtaUr Collapses. Snantlago de Cuba, March 18. A a result of the collapse of the Lyrl the ater tonight a large number ot persons were killed and Injured. SENATE ADJOURNS DISAPPEARED No Possible Prospect For Peace OPINIONS OF FRANCE Believed That War Will Be Indefi- nately Prolonged Between Japan and Russia INDICATE JAPANESE VICTORY Conceded in European Countriea That the Japan Will Captur Vladivo stok nad 8wep Eastern 8ibria Crushing th Entire Russian Army. Pari, March 18. Russian defeats culminating with Kuropatkln' recall haa completely shaken French official and public opinion regarding Russia' ability to successfully make any head -ay against existing complications. The nrst view that the Russian re verse were part of a atragetic plan Is now entirely abandoned and all com ment now turn on Russia' accumu latlng misfortune. The Figaro says: Kuropatkln Is the victim or over prudent e and lack of audacity. Tht peace prospects, although recently considered bright, now seem to have disappeared. Officials say thla is due mainly to Japanese Insistence that Russia shall sue for peace, wherea Rusln'a pride prevents her from tak ing the Innltlatlve, it Is, therefore, be lieved that war will be indefinitely pro longed, with prospects of a series of Japanese successes above MukJen. The effect of the Japanese advance to Harbin will be to control the tran Siberian railroad and make an entire sweep of eastern Siberia, Including Vladlvistok. . It la said that this pos session of the Russian territory may prove an important factor in the sup port of Japan'a claim for a money in demnity. Though mobollzaatlon orders may bring on dlsturbance8 and even upris ing for a moment, the Internal condi tions are much quieter. Though spor adic disorders still exist, there has been no general spread as dreaded, but the authorities manifested their abil ity to coep with the situation. Strikes have also largely ceased and Industrial activity has been resumed until May 1 at least, when social democrats pro fess their Intention of renewing the agitation. The chief storm center seems to be Moscow, where the police are dis covering evidence of widespread ter rorists plot. The explosion of the' bomb In Theater square Monday night has not yet been explained, but numerous arrests In connection with the discov ery At the depot in the suburbs of Mos cow in which were bombs and explos ives, have been made. The police are making practically no progress In un ravelling the plot, which resulted in the death of Grand Duke Serigus. The bjinttty of the asauin Is anotr man with the iron mask. The question of the sinews of war ha, been declared by the mlnlater of finance! as being arranged satisfac torily. Negotiations for domestic loans which Is 'not expedient to be adopted on account of any fear of failure In tht French market. Is proceeding to a favorable conclusion and the ministers of finance inaist that the French en gagement will be signed shortly. It has been determined that the new do mestic bonds shall run for a' term of eight years. JAPANESE IN MANCHURIA. Only a Matter of Time When They Will Be in Possession. New York, March 18. The Japan ese, presa considers that Manchuria Is now, says a Times dispatch from Tok to, virtually In a state of Japanese oc cupation, but the paper dismiss the thought of speedy peace In view of the Russian reluctance to admit de feat. Under the circumstances, there fore, it la held that it will be essential to prosecute th war vJ?orouly. The premier, in p v.klng Frldaj night, at a dinner of the Bankers' Club, asked hi hearer to conceive them "elves in the possession of Russia, who although enormously superior In re source, population and military re nown, 1 now confronted with tha painful question of cuing for peace with a nation hitherto regarded with contempt. It would be unwise, he ad ded, to anticipate uch a concession. The Japanese, he added, must be pre pared to continue the war to the bit ter end. ' ''' . NEW RAILROAD. , , Northern Pacific Railroad to Extend Line. , Walla Walla, March IS. Two sur veying parties of nine men each start ed out from here today for Athena and Pendleton respectively, presumably ent out by the Northern Pacific rail- road to run line to eastern Oregon. No Information haa been given out b the local offlciala. It 1 rumored, how. ever, that the party going to Athena will run a line across the Umatilla In dian reservation and the party at Pendleton will run a line from there Into the Heppner coal fleldi. Earth 8haking. New York. March 11 Repented earthquake shocks are reported at Naples by the Herald correspondent there. The tremors were felt in many other cities and towns where in some Instance the inhabitants fell Into a panic. No serious damage is report ed. THOUSAND COMING. Home 8eker Arriving on tji Coast in Lrg Number. Chicago. March 18. As a result of the, homeseeaters' ' rates established March 1 by the transcontinental roads there Is a big rush to the western states which promises to tax the equipment of all railroads. From the northwest word was received that the movement begun which promises a large increase to the, population of North Dakota, Idaho, Montana, Wash ington and Oregon. Prospective settlers are passing through St, Paul over the Northern Pacific by tralnloada. New York. Pennsylvania and Ohio are all con tributing many) practical farmers who are said to be sufficiently sup. plied with money to enable them to develop farms. WARNER ELECTED Missouri Elects a Republican United States Senator JUST FIVE MINUTES TO SPARE Intens Excitement in the Legislature, Clocks Smashed and the Democrats Attempt to Prevent an Election, But They Are Outvoted. Jefferson City, Mo., March 18. With only five minutes remaining before ad journment. Major William Warner of Kansas City was elected United States senator this afternoon by the Missouri legislature to succeed F. M. Cockrell, who has been senator since 1874. The election was attended by scenes of in tense excitement The democrats tried to prevent an election by forcing ad journment and the faces of the clocks were smashed aa th- result of strug gles between member. ' The selection Anally resulted on the seventh ballot of the day and the 67th of the ses sion. Majoi William Warner, who wa to- , day elected senator to succeed Francis M. Corckrell, has practiced law in Kansas City alnc 18S5, and is on of the leading members of the bar In the southwest. He Is United Statea at torney for the western district of Mis souri. Major Warner wa born in Wiscon sin in 1840, and wa educated at the Lawrence unlveraity in Wisconsin and at the University of Michigan. He waa admitted to the bar just before the (Continued on Page 1) s s i I ft n f . i it !'