f ULIME FULL AttOOIATID PRESBJRBPOrVT COyiRS THE MORNINQ FltLO ON THK LOWER COLUMBIA VOLUME LVIV. NO. 151 ASTORIA, OREGON. SATURDAY, APRIL 8. 1905. PRICE FIVE CENTS AN ANTONIO : Rousing Reception to the President. GREETED WITH CHEERS City Decorated With Flags and Flowers In Honor of the President. AT THE ROUGH RIDER CITY Enthusiasm Accorded President Room vstt by the Patrlotio People of th South Recognised at Thtii President and Friend of tht Peopls. Kin Antonio. April 7. With Hun Antonio lit lily decorated with patri otic emblems, fine of nil ! Mont I nit on the lirrrxt. unit large photo graphs of President Roosevelt dls pluyed in every slor mid public build Inc. the streets rrowd"d with cheer ing ond enthusiastic! throngs of peo ple, President Theodora Ituosevell could not mistake the hearty welcome si-corded him. Knoimous crowd greeted him along th route of the procession from Port Ham Houston to .Alamo Pl, wher tho address H welcome was made iind responses were delivered. Tho People felt that they had a their guest, not only th president 01 the United Slates, but a man toward whom Ui whole people of Sun Antonio regarded aa an especial friend on ac count of In fiut that It waa here that thit rough rider regiment whs organ Wed. President Roosevelt va delighted with tho reception, tt la seven years alnre the president left Ran Antonio with hla rough rldora. "No human be t lug ever dreamed that after thaf! would return aa president of the Unit ed States," he said In a short address at the railway station. No president was ever Recorded aa hearty a welcome as wna given to Theodora Roosevelt today. WILD MAN FROM BORNEO. Texas Has Ons, And It Isn't Bishop Hicks, Eithsr. Fort Worth. Tex., April 7. A special to the Record from Iwton. O. T soys: A wild man of hideous appearance, nigged garments, emaciated features and lacerated body, ha for the past two weeks been terrorising the eltlsens of the southern and southwestern por tion of the (Jhlcknsaw nntlon, Indian territory. On several occasions ha has assaulted women and children and In jured men In duets who sought to capture him and restrain him from further operations. n He Invariably makes" his escape and hortly turns up In some other section of the country and renews hla opera tions. Two deputy United States mar shals and a poe of eltlsens recently came In touch with him In a heavy thicket, but he made good his escape. All subsequent efforts at captura have been futile. No one knows, his name nor where he hulls from. MURDERED MAN IDENTIFIED Brother of tht Man Killed at San Fran oitco Identifits Him. Ran Francisco, April 7. Positive Identification has been iclven the dls membered body found Wednesday night at Vallejo and Powell streets this afternoon when Peter Antonio Cres pano Concello oalled at the morgue to. night and declared that the mutilated body to be that of hla half brother Tllgglo Vllardo, an Italian laborer. Vlllardo had been living In a room at 710 Montgomey avenue. The apart ment waa found to be deserted and the few things left there did not fur nish, the slightest clew. An effort is "being made to find the last lodging houss of tha wurdred man. Oncrllo said: "It has been three weeks since I last saw my brother, Just after th mur der of Qulsseppl Drogardo on Janu ary SI, a cousin of the dead man, named Ferltta ftanldlcto.and my broth er called on me and made a, request that I furnish some money to assist In defray the funeral expense of the murdered man. I refused to do so and they went away. also received a let ter from Henedleto making a request for money, but I never complied. I have not the slightest idea why anyont should have bourn enough enmity against my brother to hove murd him. KANSAS INDEPENDENTS. Will Conitruot Oi Piptt in Opposition to Standard. Chaunle, Kan., April 7. Representa tives of 30 Independent oil companies which control three-fourth of the- oil production of Kansas met today and decided to form a company represent ing I7.00o.0oo In vented capital to bultd an oil pipe line from the Kansas oil field to Kansas City and lo conniruct refineries and atoraga tanks In that city. The producers decided that con solidation was the only salvation for the Independent Oierators of Kansas. WARSHIPS SIGHTED. Indieations Point to 8orsp , Between Ruiaia and Japan. London, April 7. A dispatch from Hlngapor to tha Dally Express says, that the captain of a coasting ateornei had sighted 27 warships 70 miles southwest of Penang. A Katavln, Java, dispatch to the 4um paier says: Chinese Junks report that Japanese warships are policing all straights available to Uoji-stvennkl tn his at tempt to reach the China seas. '1 This is the Policy Outlined by Panama Commission. PRESIDENTS DECLARATION Tha Paeplt of tha United 8tates Art Stockholders in This Pansma Canal and It Is tha Most Gigantio Under, taking in History of tha Country. Chicago, April 7. "Great business methods, publicity and absolutely and no politics," This Is the key note of the Panama cannl eommliwlon, to which President Rooaevelt haa seen fit to appoint me president." This Is tha declaration of T. P. Shouts, President Roosevelt's $100,000 man, who arrlveQ In Chicago from New York today on hla first visit her slnec his appointment. The people of the United Statea ar atockllds of this Panama canal, the most gigantic uniWtiikliig they have been interested in," said Mr. Shouts, "and for the next four year they have selected President Roosevelt to vote the stock for them. Therefor our policy will be to work precisely as we have worked in building and operating the great railroad llnea." There will be monthly reports made of progress, amount of money expend ed and tha outlook for work, just aa a railroad reports to their stockholders. These report will be filed regularly In Washington, so that every congress, man, every official of the government and the public will be fully, reliably and frequently Informed as to what Is being done with their funds at Panama. KILLED BY EARTHQUAKE. Ovr Five Hundred 8olditrs Killed in Caloutta. Calcutta, April 7. It now. appears that 400 of the seventh gurkkhns were killed at Dharnvaala. by the collapse of the stone barracks building in conse quence of the recent earthquake. In addition 20 members of tha first batalllon and 50 members of the sec ond batalllon of the first gurkhas were killed, while 'it is roughly calculated that from 20 to SO rer cent of the na tive population of surrounding villages war killed'1 In addition to tha Euro peans reported killed seven children of Europeans have perished. - BUSINESS lETIIQDS THE RED FLAG Property Destroyed and People Killed. BY UNION LABORERS Art Bed Stead Company Wrecked and Loss is Estimated at $100,000. ASSAILANTS MAKE ESCAPE For Four Wtsks a 8trikt Has Btan on at tha Plant and Non-Union Work men Frtquantly Have Been Har ratsed by Pickets of Union Labor. Chicago, April 7. Following by only a few hours a vicious attack by union picket on two employes of the Art Kedstead Company, the plant of that concern at Thirty-seventh place and Rockwell street, haa been ravaged by fire. Tha flames wrecked the entire south half of the plant and caused a loss estimated at $100,000. A score of families living In cottages along the two streeta were driven out, though their homes were not damaged. For four weeks a strike has been on at tha plant, and non-union workmen frequently have been harassed by pick et, ' Tha blase started with a aeries of explosions in tha shellac department The first blast hurled Watchmen Geo. Hardy and Matthew Orinalk across a room adjoining the shellac department, painfully bruising both. A few hours before tha flra startej a dosen men who had bean watching the plant at tacked Peter and Probiu Andrews brothers, who are employed by the con. cern. Both men were knocked down, kicked and beaten, and were unconscious when the police arrived. The assail ants escaped. MURDERED MAN IDENTIFIED. Man Killed in San Francisco Waa a 8ieilian Paddlar. San Francisco, April 7. A young man named Henry Helns, a teamster, has Identified the mutilated body of the victim of the brutal murder now under Investigation, as that of Harry Cna, a Sicilian peddler. When Helns saw the head which waa found on tht. bench ntar Melggs' wharf he was at flrat somewhat dubious about the Iden tification but later became convinced that ha had made no mistake. Una has been missing since Wednesday. The pUca are now scorching for some trace of the missing peddler. On the other hand two policemen who have patiolledhe Italian quarter for years believe the body Is that of a SIclMan bootblack, who lived In the vicinity of Dupont and Green streets, near th scene of the murder. It was thought for a time that the dead man might be one Rosnrlo Domlna, a witness In the caso of Gulslppl Rrogudo, who was murdered in the neighborhood of Ma son and Francisco streets January II. Domlna was a witness against certain suspects and his lire had been threat ened. This theory has, however, been upset by the discovery that all th witnesses tn the case are alive and welli among them Domlna, who has been located by the detectives at his residence on Bay street MARRIED A CLERK. Daughter of Wealthy Congressman of Arkansss 8ecrtly Married. . Chicago, April ". A dispatch to the Inter-Ocean from Hot Springs, Ark., says: Miss Pearl M. White, daughter of W. J. White, the millionaire manufacture! of Cleveland, and former congressman, haa been, secretly married here at St Luke' Episcopal .church to James U Bancroft who three weeks ago wn a clerk , behind tha desk of one of the prominent hotels at Palm Bench, Flo. The wedding was the culmination of a romance which started with love at first sight Bancroft gave up hla po- sltlon on the second day after meeting Miss White. His home Is In ISrook lyne. Mass., and he Is 21 years of age. His parents are poor. The couple have left for tha bride's home. EDNA MAKES CLEANUP. Minneapolis Millionaire Wills Cousin One Million Dollars. Chicago, April 7. A dispatch to the Record Herald from Minneapolis, Minn.', says: Albert Johnson, who Is dead here, haa left his $1,000,000 estate to his see ond cousin, Edna Dltkerson of Chicago. Tha will stipulates that it Miss Dltk erson shoud die before tha maker the property should go to Lottie W. Child. a first cousin, of Redlar.ds, Cal. Screwing, Trust. Trenton, N. J., April 7. The Stand ard Screw Comtany has filed a cer tificate in the office of the secretary of stata Increasing its capital stock from $1.00,000 to $4,500,000. Albert W. Glf ford Is president and George Thrall, secretary, of the company Empress of Germany. Messina, April 7. Empress Augusta of Germany and her sons, Prince Eltei and Oscar, have arrived here from Ta orrnlna to meet the emperor of Ger many. A great reception has been pre pared for the emperor. Snow Stops Fighting. Gun aim Pa, April 7. Important op erations art thought to be out of the question for soma time to come. Rain: snow and thaw, have. spoiled all the road and created impassable mud. Baseball 8eores. At San Francisco Portland S, San Francisco t. At Oakland Seattle 0, Oakland 2. At Los Angeles Tacoma L Lo An- jeles 2. HOSTILE INDIANS Indians in White River Country Want Interview. THE GREAT WHITE FATHER Mssning President Roosevelt, Whom They Desire to Interview and They Are Reported to Ba In a 8ullen and Angry Mood Against Gams Warden. Hayden, Col., April 7. The Indians In the White river country, where President Roosevelt will hunt are re ported sullen and ugly because of the vain effort of the game warden to drive them back to the Uintah reser vation. The Appaches are reported to be slaughtering deer ruthlessly. Presi dent Roosevelt If he makes an extend, ed. stay, It is said, will hardly fall to encounter some of the bands of angry Indiana They have heard of the "Great White Father" coming, and the rJ-sktns have announced a desire to hold a pow wow wltn him. MOROCCjAN POLICY. British Ambastsdor Calls Upon Sacra tary Taft Washlrfcto.i April 7. Th British ambassador called on Secretary Taft this afternoon and discussed with him tha Moroccan situation with special reference to the note which had been handed to tha secretary by the Gar man ambassador relating to the open door. Tha British ambassador ex pressed tjh opinion similar to . the French embassador that the open dooi at Morocco obtains at tha present time AUTOMOBILE RIDE. King and Queen Enjoying an Outing at Marseilles. King Edward's Journey from Paris to Marseille today was without Inci dent , His majesty boarded the royal yacht Victoria and Albert where he greeted Queen -Alexandria and the other member of the royal family. This afternoon the British sovereigns took an automobile ride through the town and Vlcldty, . , They will depart on a cruise tomorrow. SILTS GRAFT Church of Jesus Christ is Reinstated. PROPHET IS A FRAUD The Twelve Apostles In a Hard Row of Stumps" in Utah. GRAND LARCENY THIEVES Injunction 8uit Filed Restraining' Jo seph F. Smith, tha Satf-Annointed Prophet, From Squandering Funds Contributed by Dupes of Church. Salt Lake, April 7. An injunction suit was filed in the Third Judicial District court today, asking the court to restrain the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and Joseph F. Smith, its president and trustee-Intrust, from Investing tha tithing of the church for any other purpose than tha church or for any other than church purpose The petitioner are Charles A. Smurthwalte of Ogden,1 recently ex communicated from the church, and Don C W. Muaser, a member of the church, who yesterday voted against sustaining the 12 apostles. The petition after setting forth that tlthlngs are paid by members of the church and amount to $1,000,000 a year, and that Joseph F. Smith, aa thustee- ln-trust for the church, ha each yeai sine his elevation to the presidency Invested fully a half-million dollars In sugar mills, woolen mills, bank and other secular enterprises, and also to establish estate and residence for church leader and their favorites. which action, the plaintiffs aver, 1 a violation of the trust imposed In this self-annointed proselyte and polyga mlst, and prays to the court to declare Illegal the same and to define the legal duty of President Smith, with respect totlthlng and other funds entrusted oY to his care, and tha purposes for which they may be used. CHICAGO BEEF TRUST. Inside Information Obtained from Former Employe. Chicago. April 7. The members of the federal grand Jury, investigating the beef trust have been placed in possession of "Inside information" to day by Myron C. Baker, auditor of the Boston elevated railroad, and for two years private secretary to Edward C. Swift vice president of Swift & Co., Baker is said to have furnished a great deal of information concerning the in ner workings of the big mea packing concerns. In answer to questions after leaving the Jury room, Baker declared ha had told tha truth. "Did you tell anything that might Injure the cause of the packers?" was asked Baker. "Tea, I think I did. I told everything I knew, and it was the truth. I testi fied almost two hours." 'Did you present any documentary evidence," he waa asked. "No, I did not" was the reply, ac companied by a significant motion to ward his foreheads CHICAGO 8TRIKE. The Windy City in the Throes of a Labor Strike. Chicago. April 7. Chicago Is again in the throes of a struggle between capital and labor unions. As on a former occasion tha union have re sorted to the use of union teamaters to bring them victory in tha struggle. which tonight promises to spread to many branches of tha teaming Indus try of Chicago. The present struggle had It begin ning In the strike of several months ago when a few hundred garment workers employed In mall order house of Montgomery & Ward. Closed shop is the Issue In order to bring the firm to terms of the union strike. Two hundred drivers and! teamsters em ploye J by the concern- were called out today. - . In tho downtown streat of Chicago today scene of disorder , were many, which folloyed fast on each other when an attempt to deliver goods was made with non-union drivers. Many teamsters, garment worker and their friend filled tha street and manv ciashe with tha police occurred. In several Instance it was necessary for the police to arrest a number of bel ligerents before tha blockades couM ba lifted. THEATER BURNED. Khedivial Theater at Alexandria Egypf Destroyed. New Tork,' April 7.The Khedlval the. ater haa bean burned, cables the Her aid' correspondent at Alexandria, Egypt It is supposed the fire starte ehortly after the conclusion of circus performance. A number of horses uo cumbed to the flames. The loss ts estimated at $80,000 wtth no Insurance. Physical Training. New York, April 7. The fourth an nual convention of the American Phy sical Education Association will be held on April 17, 18 and 1 at Columbia university. Physical training expert from all sections of the country will attend and It is expected the meeting will be the most Important in tha his- toy of the association. r- Wants Mora Railroad. New York, April 7. The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company has filed an application with the rapid transit com. mission for authority to construct 33 mile of subway to Brooklyn. In tha application was included all the route outlined in the report of the commis sion on plans of the commission. ; In addition three or four cross-town line are provided for, , , ASSAULT ON JEWS Charged With Being at Bottom ot Revolution. ,( WORKMEN'S DEMONSTRATION Workkmen Attend Funeral of Man Killed by Police and Wave Red Flag and Shout in On Accord, "Death to tho Czar, the Assassin." St Petersburg, April 7. The Svlet today made a vicious assault on the Jews, whom the paper charges with being at tha bottom of the revolution ary propoganda In Rusla, The liberal newspapers, the Svjet declares, are either in the hands of the Jews, or are secretly owned or are subsidized by them. The workmen in the vilage of Smo lensk made a big demonstration to day, the occasion being the burial of the employes of the Pahl factory, who were killed by policemen. Six thou sand people assembled during a heavy snowstorm and awaited the funeral procession. Red flags were to be seen everywhere and the wreaths deposited on the coffins were inscribed "Died an innocent victim in the struggle for victory." After the Interment a procession was formed headed by teh socialists, car rying a banner upon which was In scribed: "Death to the Cxar, Assassin." A large force of military and police, dispersed the mob. O'BRJEN WHIPS JACKSON. At the End of a Ten-Round Fight O'Brien Daclarsd Winner. Baltimore, April 7. At the conclu sion Of the scheduled ten round con test, Referee Charles White of New York tonight gave a decision to Jack O'Brien of Philadelphia over Peter Jackson. The agreement was that they were to break clean when ordered to do so by the referee, but tt was not lived up to by either man. Both began so cautiously as to caus the cry of "fake," but after tha first round tha fight was hot, with nearly every round In favor of O'Bien. The Phtladelphian scored first blood In the sixth round and had Jackson groggy in the ninth, but waa unable to land a knock-out blow.