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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (April 7, 1905)
K . Or it Li. . UBLItHf FULL AttOOtATKO PRt RBPORT OOVint THE MORNINQ FICLO ON THB LOWER COLUMBIA VOLUME LVIV. NO. 150 ASTORIA, OREGON. FRIDAY, APRIL 7. 1905. pri6e FIVE CENTS TEDDYINTEXAS Enthusiastic Reception to Roosevelt. BOOMING OF CANNON One City Passes Ordinance Com pelling President's Trains to Stop. PRESIDENT MAKES SPEECHES So Oreat Are the Throng to Greet President Roosevelt That Militia and Police Are Kept Buey Trying to Keep the Wa Clear for Visitors. Hmj Antonio, April e. After an tfvpntful trip arrow the larger portion of Tex ii a, President flootwvelt arrived at Run Antorlo tonight. When the special train hearing the president reached tln Million h iu greeted with rh.-era frm thousands of thronta ami the lusty hurniha of hi old com rade 'In arma. the fumou rougit rid t-ra of tho Spanish-American war. who were holding annual reunion near the crumbling waJla of historic Alamo, could be plainly heard above he din The city la lit a mas of colors In honor of the president' vlalt. All the business louses end resdete are decorated with nag and bunting and the exercises promise to be tho tnoat t.ut r lode demonstration ever held It the atate. The president's train will remain here until tomorrow night, when tha vlaltora will leave for Fort Worth. The train left Dallas thla rooming before daylight, the flrat atop being at Holl boro, whete practically the entir popU' intlon turned out and Roosevelt made a brief speech, At Waco the great multitude of hu inanity filled the area atxiut the atatlon to greet tho president. He wiia taken to the nark, where addresses were made, It being several minute before he could apeak on nectunt of the cheering. The next atop wna not on the sched ule. Vhei th eitlKenn; of Temple earned thnt the presidents train wna not acheduled to atop mere, a meet ing of Uie town council waa held nnJnn ordinance passed requiring nil trains to atop at the atatlon three mlnutea. Whi)n thla new wua telegraphed to the prealdent, ha laughed heartily and immediately ordered the atop to be made. Nearly the whole imputation of the lit tin city wna on hand and 'the president waa greeted heartily. Austin, the capital city, waa reached at J o'clock. The prealdent wua met at the depot hy the atate ortlclala and tho legislature. The party waa driven to the atate house, where the prosl- dent mnde two apeechea. The day waa an Ideal one and the thronga ao great that It wua hnrd for the mllltla to keep tho crowd under control. After the prealdent left the capital several atopa were made nnd the auirie enthualoatlc reception greeted the prealdent every, where. The long ride waa finally brought to an end when Ban Antonio wna reached tonight. DALLES-CELILO CANAL. All Arrangement Completed for Com mencement of Work. Portland, April 6 In fulfillment ot n pledge the atate of Oregon yester day (delivered to Major Iinirfett it deod conveying the absolute title to the government of the entire right of way for the Dnllea-Celllo cana. This action rcmovea the last obstacle to the construction of the canal and Insures the early beginning of work. Tho delivery of the deed wna neces anry by tfih comlltlona Impoaed by con gress before the .canal ehould be con structed by the government, and that lie atate should deed to It, free of coat, 11 lunda contained within the right of "The affaire are. In such a shape now In regard to the canal that we ahould be able to begin conatructlon linmedl- utfly after th high water and work undoubtedly will be tarted by July In accordance with the tlf-i-art innit or ders, w have forwarded to Washlrig ton the project for thin Improvement based on Die mon-y available (or that purpose and as oon that I re turned with the approval of tha Chief engineer w Mhu.ll prepare and forward hi in detailed plana and specifications for th work. Wbun these art approved we will then be In a shape to begin work." I PRISONERS ESCAPE. Candidate for Sing Sing Leapt From Fast Running Train, New York. April . Ieaylng from an expreaa train on the Long Inland railroad, speeding at the rate of 45 mile an hour. Janie Ruthbiimc, prisoner on hla way to Hlng Hlng, hue eikiiped and thua far evadl the ef forta of a large poaae to capture him. Ituttiburne, who hod bin i-onvlcteJ of forgery, boarded the trultr at fllver- hend handcuffed. In charge of a depu ty aherlff. The manacla w.r unlocked m the prlaoner might amoke. Huddenly he rim to the car platform and leaped off, landing on the track before a train approaching from tha opposite direc tlon. tfevlng hla danger the convict rolled off the rails. The trnln w&a (lulckly halted, by the deputy, but hla prisoner had disappeared, leaving not (he slightest trace. Waihingon Appointments. Wnehlntgon. April 6. A. A. George of Hpokane was appointed United iJliitc a'orney for the eastern district of Washliigton and Oeorge H. Baker of (loldendale was appoftited United fltates marshal for the anin district, SOLVING MYSTERY San Francisco Police Investigating 1 Recent Murder. WAS IMPORTANT WITNESS It Is Claimed That Ha was to Have Givtn Incriminating Evidence About an Italian Murderer and This Waa the Causa of His Being Killed. San Francisco, April 6. Tiie police art greatly encouraged in their effort to solve the mystery surrounding the headless trunk of a man by a dlscov ery late this afternoon of the head. arms and legs of the body. The miss ing members were found In the bay and the head particularly glvea the greatest hope of establishing the Iden tity of the man. A throng of people passed through the morgue In continuous procession tonight, most of them coming from the Italian quarter, but none could recog. n lite tha remains. The body Is that of an Italian about 22 years old. The Impression of the police, who are Investigating the matter, Is that the man la an Important witness In a local murder caso and has been per- slstent In refusing to alter his Inten ded testimony and thla la what brought about hla death. The Indicatons are that the man waa murdered last night while at supper. Tho autopsy of the surgeon today found spaghetti In his throat. An unusual feature In the caae today waa lhe employment of blood hounds, a rare occurrence In the city detective work. While the dogs asnlsted In finding a number of blood-stained spots In the netKhborhyod, tjhey did not prodjuc any new clews that led to any develop ments. The course of the dogs waa fol lowed by an excited throng of several thousand people who greatly hampered the movements of the Intelligent ani mals. The police were unabl to copt with the crowd. Tonight the detectives are till out on the case, noplng to plnce the criminals behind the bars. Ijiiter On the head wna. fouifd two long gushes In the scalp nnd on.; ol the eyes was closed from the force of a blow. The autojwiy showed that the throat contained food, demonstrating the fact, that the mun hu t been shot down while at supper. The police be lieve the victim la Rosa r to Donilns, a witnesnt In thf Brojrurdo murder caae. in searcning tnrougn tne coat tonight the police found a label con taining the word "Denver." This was the only word decipherable. IT IS FALSE Rockefeller Earns Money Honestly. PREACHERS ARE LIARS Chief Solicitor Dodd of Standard Oil Company Scores the Ministers. NO STOCK IN RAILROADS Oon't Own Any Interest in Any Rail road Companies, Copper or Gas Com paniss and Has Received No Re bates from Any Railway Companisa New York, April . S. C. T. Dodd, chief solicitor of tha Standard Oil Company, gave out a statement today with reference to the recent discus sion on the acceptance of the gift of $100,090 offered by John D. Rockefeller for missionary work. Dodd declare thnt the statement that Rockefeller made Ills money dishonestly Is false, Is vile, and la being made by ministers In the pretended Interests of morality, la doubly vile. - Dodd then saya that the Standard "it Compan does not own one share of stock In any railroad company, does not control any railroad company, and since the enactment of the Interstate commerce law, haa not received lower rates than other shippers In rebates, arrangements, devices or plana of an character. The testimony of Howard I'age, 'freight agent of the Standard Oil Company before the industrial commission Is quoted in thla connec. Ion. With reference to the gas and copper companies, Dodd sal a: No doubt many have been preju diced against Mr. Rockerfeller by sen- sntlo(lil articles) by wrltera, accom panied by portraits and' caricatures Intended to create the Impression that Rockerfeller waa the principal In the affairs relating to the organisation of gaa and copper companies, although no facta showing such connection has been stated. The Standard Oil Com pnny haa already denied that It had any connection or Interest, directly or Indirectly In any organisation In any of these corporations, and on the best authority the same denial . la now made by Mr. Rockerfeller. He had no connection with nor Interest In, direct ly or Indirectly In the organisation of these corporations. LEWISTON ELECTRIC ROAD. New Elsctrie Road in Contemplation in Idaho. Lewlston, April 6. At a large meet ing of the commercial Interests of the Lewlston region today, an organisa tion wns effected for the conatructlon of on electric railroad from Lewlston td) Orangevllle, In Idaho county, to operate In connection with an Inde pendent line of steamers to ply be tween Lewlston and the portage road at Celllo. The sum of $500,000 Is to be raised by the peopel of thla city and district which Is to constitute a ptelimlnarj survey fund to carry out the plans. Lewlston's quota of this fund was placed at $76,000, and In a few mo ments voluntnry subscriptions amount, ed to more than half of that sum. The electric line passes through Wnha wheat belt, Craig mountain timber country and over the Nes Perces and Cumas prairies and will be about 85 miles In length. EQUITABLE LIFE 80CIETY. Everything Harmonious Was the Ten or of Statements Mad. New York, April 6. Out of 50 mem bers of the board of directors of the Equitable Life Assurance Society, 38 assembled at the company's board room this afternoon nnd after ah hour and thirty minutes discussion, In the course of which It is understood ths whole Equitable, controversy was gone over, the announcement waa made that those present unanimously de- dded to a3opt the two yeara" mutual- Izntoln plao announced several day ago. The rumors of resignation did not bear fruit, and it Is authoritative!) stated tonight that none were tendered, "Everyhlng harmonious," waa the ten or of the official statement Issued afer tha meeting by Senator Depcw and Cornelius W. Wins. This annoiirice' raent also said that the committee of directors would thoroughly invest! gat the company's management. Prealdent Alexander of tie compan) and James It. Hyde were present, and It was notable that many of the Jl- rector came from a distance to at tend the meeting. COON GET8 JOB. Colored Man Appointed Desk Sergsnt of Chicago Police Force. Chicago, April e. William K. ChllJs, u, colored policeman, has been appoint ed as desk sergeant by Chief O'Neill. Thla la the first auch promltlon of colored policeman In the h'ttorv of Chicago and Is poaslbly thi only In the history of the country for a far aa the police annals of the large cities ahow there Is no colored men aa com mandlng officer In any city. ANARCHIST 8ENTENCEO. Minneapolis Lunatic Gets One Year in tha Pen. Minneapolis, April I. Alexander E. Granville, a leading aocaillst, was sen tenced to one year In the Stillwater prison today. He waa charged and convicted of eroding a threatening let ter to President Roosevelt., EDWARD IN PAKIS King Edward of England Met By President Louberi CHANGE CORDIAL GREETINGS 1 " Ha 6poke of the Pslasuer It Gav Him to Be in Psiis, But It Is Construed as Having 8ome Political Signific nc In Moroccan Situation. Parls, April . The arrival of King Edward In Paris today waa the occas ion for a notable manifestation of An glo-French cordiality, which Is being interpreted tonight as a consplclous response to Germany's attitude regard ing Morocco, although King Edward remained but a short time. He was met outside the city by President Loubet, who held a private conversation with hla majesty lasting nearly on hour. Details of the con versation took a wide range of apecu latlon, but Its actual purport has not been disclosed. However, semi-official communication recites the meeting hud fur less reserve than that between King Edward and President Loubet last year, and was marked by a free dom of confident exchanged. Beyond this private conversation, King Edward confined himself to the usual expressions of good will. He spoke at the station ot the pleasure of a visit to France always gave him; but not the slightest public utterance having any significance upon pending political affairs. In this respect the king's reserve la being compared with the freedom of Emperor William's re cent utterances. ESTABLISH A REPUBLIC. Revolutionists in Rusia to Crush Out Autocracy. Moscow, April 6. The central com mittee of the social revolutionary par ty have drawn up a document contaln nlg the main points of lis propram and of this hundreds of thousands of cop. les are being printed Jind circulated In all parts of European Russia. The first and main point Is the establish ment of a democratic republic on the ruins of the autocracy, and besides the usual points of the social democratic doctrine It includes many arugments especially directed at Rualan condi tions and' is designed as an appeal of self Interest in Rualan proletariat, both agricultural nnd Industrial., It voices phrases familiar to the American ear, such as "Inlatlve and referendum," public ownership of public utilities," etc, FLAT HOUSES Another Accident Added to the List. . RAINFALL AND SNOW Made Cement Soggy and Could Not Stand the Strain of Material. ONE MIRACULOUS ESCAPE Fiv Hundred Pounds of Fir Proof Material on Fifth Floor of a Thir teen Story Building Drops Through Floors of Fiv Stories- New York. April . An addition haa been made to the list of recent flat house collapses In the northern section of the city by the fatt of 500 pounds of concrete Are proofing material through five floors of a thirteen-story apartment hotel In course of construe tlon at Eightyninth street and Cen tray park west. Charles Dielman, a laborer, waa carried down with the debris. His escape from death waa remarkable. . , All the floors of the new building had been laid with Are proof concrete and the contractor ascribed the acci dent to the moisture resulting from th recent rainfall, which caused the fire proofing to become soggy. Dielman was holding a bag of ce ment on the eighth floor, atandlng on a space In the flooring about four by live feet in width when H gave way. The seventh floor also gave way and such waa the case with every floor down to the third, where the workman and the pile of wreckage accompany tng him stopped., Dielman probably would have been killed outright had it not been that his fall waa broken (at each floor by the mixture that encased him on his downward Journey. Two fellow-la borers hurried to his rescue. They found his ears, eyes and nose filled and procuring a hose, they turned a strong stream on him. When his face and head had been partly washed It was! found hp luuj suffered several severe scalp wounds, but the docto said he would soon recover. PIG IRON MARKET. Weekly Review of the Condition of the Iron Trade. Cleveland. April . The Iron Trade Review this morning says: An easier feeling appears In tha pig Iron market Purchases of $5,000 tons of Bessemer iron for April delivery by the steel corporation were made at $15.50 valley furnaces for the bulk o and $15.40 at furnace for the bal ance, the Bessemer association reced ing from th stand taken on, week ago for $16 at furnace. These trans actions show the purpose of the large interests to hold prices In check and prevent a repetition of the unhealthy boom features of 1902. They thus fur nish a, key to the policy expected to prevail In finished material markets, though it is to be said that steel bil lets are today slightly out of propor tion with $15.50 pig iron. Southern iron can be had at $13.50 as heretofore. STOKES VS. PASTOR. Wedding in Society Circles of New York Announced. New York. April 6. The wedding of Phelps Stokes, son of Banker Anson Phelps Stokes and a descendent of four colonial governors of " Massachusetts. and whose engagement has Just been announced to Rose Harriet Pastor, a hlld of the ghetto, will take place July 16. It Is stated that Miss Pastor, who lived for some time In Cleveland. where she attracted the attention of a Jewish editor in this city by a letter to his paper, has returned for a lme to her trade In an east side cigar fac tory In order to live over again thw scenes of her childhood. The date set for the wedding of Miss Pustor'a 27th anniversary. It will be her "re-birth." said Mr. Stoke in discussing his romance. , "Iti wilt also mar k a new epoch In my life, I will then retire from the unlver- ' stly settlement and after our honey moon will return to the east aid to live. We will devote our time to mis sion among th poor. Our honey moon will be spent abroad." ' . DIVORCED FROM TRUST. Hawaiian Suga Growers Will Refine Their Own Suga'r. . San Francisco. April 1 The ne gotiatlons which have been In pro gress for several weeks between rep resentative of tho various sugar plan tation of the Hawaiian island and the American Sugar Refining Com pany of New York relative to a re newal of a contract for the island su gar have come to an abrupt termina tion, with the result thajt the grower intend refining their own sugar , in competition with the trust , The planters want more advantage ous terms based upon the right to de liver any portion of the product of the Island instead of upon the existing stipulated condition under the con tract These being refused, the plant ers will act Independently. They will now use the big crocket! refinery, which they purchased some time ago in the name of their organization, tba Sugar Factories Association of Hono lulu. , ,.. Baseball 8corss. Oakland Seattle 2, Oakland 6. Los Angeles Tacoma 3, Los Angeles L San Francisco Portland 0, San Francisco 2. ' WHIPPI s Russians Believe It Safer to Run Than to Fight JAPS SEIZE SEVERAL TOWNS Russians Attempt to Put Up a Fight, But Show That They Ar in Mortal Fear of the Japanese Who Have No Difficulty in Routing Thair Force. Toklo, April 6. (1 p. m.) Imperial army headquarters, reporting today, says: "Part of our Kaiyuan force engaged in driving the enemy, occupied Kuyu shu. three mile northeast of Mien huachleh on the afternoon of April 4. "On the afternon of April S the enemy with mounted artillery and machine guns advanced south from the direction of La wo, on the Fenghua road, and on the morning of April 4 opened a bombardment on Chlnchea. . tun. " "Simultaneously a large force of In fantry advanced from the vicinity of the main road, two other columns de touring to cover both our flanks. "They approached within 400 meter of our position, but at 6 o'clock in the evening wo entirely repulsed them. "Our casualties were 27 men wound ed. The enemy's loss Is uncertain, but It Is estimated that over 200 were killed and wounded." Toklo. April $. Prince Yochalkak, as special ambassador bearing the con gratulations of the emperor of Korea on the success of the Japanese army at the battle of Mukden, was granted an audience by the emperor at noon today, when he delivered the autograpn letter which he carried. Later on ho lunched with the emperor, who will not return his call. It Is expected that one half of the domestic loan will be alloted to for eigners whose bids exceed the whole Issue. At this rate the treasury is planning a fifth domestic loan of $50.,- 000,000 In May. The terms of the Issue will be simi lar to those of the fourth domestic loon. David Phillips Dead. Lynn, Mass., April 6. The body of the banker, David Phillips, waa found today on the beach near a house In Swampscott " and an autoosy will be held to determine whether death re sulted from downing. It Is believed that Phillips had several thousan.l dol lars on his person, and this, with his watch and chain, coat, vest, hat and money are missing. . I Russian