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VOLUME LX NO. 152
ASTORIA, OREfiON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1905
PRICE FIVE CENTS
All 1 1 I MH
STRIKE
GROWS
SERIOUS
No Checking the Russian
Railway Troubles.
A
SOCIALISTS HOLD KEY
Last Link Binding Moscow to the
Outer World Was Broken'
Yesterday Afternoon.
PRICES OF FOOD INCREASE
Every Industry la Ruesia Threatened
Unless the Strike Ie Speedily Ended
-Iropoeaible to Satisfy Men With
Concession Other Thin Political
St. Petersburg, fM. 24 - The railroad
Irike situation has now entered upon
highly M-rioiu phase, The movement
spreading rapidly on all railroad of
the Fmpire and apparently cannot ha
lopped, while In many ritina it i com-
nunicating itself to mill and factory
niptoy r.
The general strike In alt branches of
abnr, which tln Socialist planned for
lie end of the yer i suddenly lnrt-
ng forth of it own volition.
Minister of Finance Kokovoff, yes
erday wceived a telegram from the
i-overning committee of the Moscow
('Stairs Mating that the continuation of
I the strike a week longer would force
'every factory In the Moacow region to
skat down owing to a lack of coal,
whether or not the factory hands took
IVart.
j Feeling the Effect.
Tho lini condition of paraly!
Illireatcn all the Industrie of Russia
unless the strike is speedily settled. The
Aiinhahitunts of Moscow are already feel
ing the effect of the strike in the in
gVteaaetl price of food ami the eople are
Ven' confronted by a famine. A the
jilemitmU of the men are purely Mlit ir-l,
ilit s'ins imHissihlc to satisfy them by
Vcononiic cincession.
I'rincr IlilkolT, Minister of Railnxids,
In receiving the member of a deputa
tion N-nt by strikers, stated that while
I In England and the I'nited Stat-, he
: tvorked 1ft hour daily In order to in-
rease hi salary, and Minted nut the
inperiority of the production of foreign
rorkmen in quantity and quality at the
faine wajfea received by Russian work-
nen.
. Object to Working Sixteen Houn.
The depuUtion entered a protest
igninst any man lieing compelled to
ii-nrW lft tinnrs a dav. Iiccanse such lonir
)ionm preluded an opportunity for edu
cational improvement. The prince, in
eply, said that even with 1(1 hour
flay it was possible, to devntte at least
me hour to reading or oilier forma of
muaement.
I The prince apoke to deaf ear. The
Wn talked of nothinVr but political
Ighta, which of course the Trinco 1
iowerles to grant. The situutlon is ap
parently at a deadlock, from which
gresa can only lie had by the aurrend-
LAND FRAUD CASES ARE
NOW ON
Moscow, Idaho, Oct. 23. Tho land
raud casea against Kettenbach, Keater,
er and Robinett, prominent citizens
f LewieUw, vera called today in the
ti'nited State! Court and pasaed over
ntil tomorrow. Tho Jury venire waa
larded in a close and secret manner by
the official!.
it of inn aide or, perhaps, the procla
iiiuliiiii of martial law mi llir milnmd.
A Hood of dipab'he from the rail
road center of Russia yt-rlay an
nounced tlii complete tying up of all
I rttnojiort a t ion. 1 he lest link that
ImmiiiiI Miwwiw, the commercial center of
tlm F.mpire with the outer world, wm
broken yesterday when the men on the
, icholai mad, connecting Moscow ami
St. Petersburg, went on a strike,
St. I'cersburg ha one lino to the
frontier and the employe of this lino
held a meeting last night to decide
whether to participate In the strike.
MOB RESENTS RAISING
OF STBEET CAB FARES
Ohio Lino Forced to Suipend Operation
Until Undemanding With County
Official! la Beached.
Canal Dover, 0. Oct. 23. -A mob of
several hundred person gathered in the
street of New Philadelphia today and
threatened violence to the operation of
car between there and I'rlihuville be
cause the management of the road doub
led the rate of fare between the two
town.
Many n-ron were ejected from the
car during the, day, which aroused th
ire of cltUcn. Traffic on the line ha
been suspended until an understanding
with the County Commissioner rnn lie
arrival at.
United States Treasurer Makes
Annual Statement.
BIG SUM OF COLD ON HAND
Eipenditurei of Government for the
Paat Two Yean Have Been in Exceaa
of the Revenue Coinage of Silver
Dollara Diacontinued During the Year
Washington, 1). C tat. 2.1. The an
nual rcjiort of the Treasurer of the
I'nited Statca for l!o., state that the
expenditure of the Covcrnmcnt for the
pai-t two year have U-cn in eicesa of
lie revenues by an aggregnU of tW,
iMK),NM). Included in this, however, i
the extraordinary exM'iiditure in 1004
of $.MI,imk,im0 on account of the Panama
canal. This, the report staU-s, it the
llrst time in six year that the ordinary
exH'mlituies have been grcntiT than the
revenues.
The coinage of ilver dollar wa dis
continued during the year owing to the
exhaustion of silver bullion available.
It i estimated thut the maximum cir
culation of siher dollar ha been
reached.
The report note the continued in
crease in the proportion of gold anil Na
tionl bank note in circulation and the
steady decline of silver, aiiver certifi
cate and treasury note. An increased
demand i reported for more paper cur
rency of the denomination of $10 and
under, which is attributed to the ex
pansion and development of the busines
interest of the country.
The total gold on hand in the treas
ury OcUilier 19, IMS, attained a maxi
mum of $74U2tl,OO0. No other govern
ment has ever held no much of tho pre
ciou metal.
The report contain a suggestion that
the Federal atatulea be revised ao aa to
permit holder of defaced or mutilated
currency to forward it to the Treasury
by registered mail without charge for
redemption.
TRIAL IN IDAHO
United States District Attorney Ru
ick refused to confirm or deny tho re
port that William Dwyer offered to turn
State-'! evidence. Dwyer indignantly
denied tho report The town ia full of
strangers and it ia believed there U an
array of secret service men who have
been at work during tho aummer gather
ing evidence.
SUBMITS HIS REPORT
N THE LAND OF
HER
BIRTH
Alice Roosevelt is Now
Speeding Eastward.
SHE ENJOYED THE TRIP
Steamship Siberia Establishes New
Record Between Japan
and San Francisco
PRESENTS NOT SO VALUABLE
Preaident't Daughter Begreta Nonaen
alcil Storiea That Bavo Been Circu
lated Leavea for Eaat Immediately
After Arrival on Harriman'i Special.
San Fiamico, (at. 23. The Pacific
Mail steamship Sils-iia, which arrived
here todav from Yokohama, etalilibcd
a Uew ict-ord between this city and Ja
pan, hating made the trip in ten days,
U-n hour and twenty-eight minute.
This beat all previous record by 37
minute. The Siberia' time wa 10
hour, 23 minute longer than the
tho Trail -Pacific record held by the
Kmpreaa of China, between Yokohama
and Vancouver, but he covered a great
er distance.
On bouid the Siberia were K. 11. liar
riinan and party and Misa A lie- ltoone
velt and party. It waa expected that
MUt Roosevelt would make a atay of
several days In and about San Fran
cisco, hut the plan were changed so that
neither her party nor the Ilarriuian
party landed in San Francisco at all.
Instead they landed at Oakland, nh.re
they boarded a Southern Pacific train
'for the Fast.
An attempt will be made to beat all
previous record between Yokohama
and the big cities of the Fast.
"All the prei-jnt I received," said the
President' daughter, "were merely in
expensive memento of the trip such aa
any girl traveling in at range countries
uoulil receive. There is reallv not him?
J so remarkable aliout the trip, mid I
'cannot understand the fuss made aUmt
lit. 1 had an exceptionally tine time.
The only thing I regret i that to many
nonsensical stories were circulated about
i me.
EX- CONGRESSMAN SIMPSON
DIES AT WICHITA
Illness Beginning With Last Campaign
Terminated Fatally Yeatsrday
Morning.
Wichita, Kas., Oct. 23. Fjr-Congresa-man
Jerry Simpson died at 0:05 o'clock
this morning at St. Francis hospital,
from aneurism of the aorta. He had been
hovering between life and death for ten
day. At the liedside were Mrs. Simp
son and their only child, Iter Simp
son, of Roawell, N. M.
Mr. Simpson was conscious up to five
minutea before death. The cud came
without a struggle.
Funeral on Wednesday.
Wichita, Ka., Oct. 23. The funeral
of ex-Congressman Jerry Simpson, will
be held in Wichita Wednesday at the
Scottish Rite Temple. The body will lie
in atato from 1 to S o'clock Tuesday. It
will tie a Scottish rito funeral entirely.
Interment will be in Maple Grove ceme
tery. S0LDIEBS ARE EFFICIENT
Military Attache! Say Russian Common
Soldieri Art Perfect
St Petersburg, Oct 23. According to
military attaches who have recently re
turned from tho Far East, Russia bad
considerably in exs of 1,000,000
soldiers in the rar tM-l when jx-ace was
decided, who, under (ienoral I-ineviUh
had been brought to a high state of effi
ciency. Th attache were impressed
by the Russian common soldier ( who, if
proierly led, they 1elieve to be a mat h
for any army in the world.
TWO TRAMPS KILLED
Two Freight Trains Collide on Oregon
Short Lino Employe Injured.
Pocatello, Idalio, et. 23. Traffic on
the (iranger-Pocatello division of the
t)regon Short line was delayed for sev
eral hour today by a collision between
two freight train near Border station.
Two unknown tramp received injur
ies from which they died. The engineer
and fireman on one train wa painful
ly injured.
SNUB FOB L0UBET
Catholic! Instructed to Not Participate
in Welcoming Ceremoniei.
Rome, Oct. 23. The Vatican authori
ties today decided to instruct Mgr.
Rinadini, Papal Nuncio at Madrid, not
to participate in the ceremonies inci
dent to the visit of President Loubet
of France. The decision is looked on a
still further emphasizing the bitterness
felt by the Holy See over what it con
siders the persecution of the church in
France.
IS
Chicago Mayor Timed Down for
the Third Time.
COUNCIL IS NOT WITH HIM
Submit a Message to the Council Com
mittee on Transportation Asking for
an Ordinance Similar to the Miller
Bill for the Acquisition of Railway!.
Chicago, Illinois, October, 23.
Mayor Dunne was rebuffed tonight for
the third time in an effort to aecure
the passage of on order restricting and
directing the activities of the council
committee dealing with the transporta
tion problems.
Dropping all mention of the previous
two plan tonight he submitted a mes
sage containnig a blanket order instruct
ing the committee to consult the legal
depart nt of the city with a view of
drafting an ordinance on the term of
the Mueller bill, which means that the
street railways may le acquired within
a given time by the sale of certificates.
The council deferred action in order
that the mcs-agc might le published.
MINISTERS EXPRESS REGRET.
Boston. Oct. 2.1. At a meeting of the
Congregational minister of Boston to
day, resolution were unanimously
adopted expresing regret at the action
of the executive committee of the Inter
Church Conference on Federation in ex
cluding representatives of the Unitarian
church.
WITTE IS THE MAN OF
THE HOUR IN RUSSIA
Persistently Reported That He Wai
Made Premier and Minister of
Finance Yesterday Afternoon.
St. Petersburg. Oct 24. It was per
sistently reported in the club and Gov
ernment circle late last night that the
Kmpcrur yesterday afternoon appointed
Count Witte Premier, with the portfolio
of Minister of Finance. All this morn
ing' paper give prominence to the re
port Standi High With Cur.
St. Petersburg, Oct. 23.-Count WitV,
it now seems, has definitely come into
Imperial favor, and the shrewdest ob
servers consider it certain that he will
shortly be active hi the direction of the
Government aa Premier and at the bead
of A responsible cabinet position.
Since hi return, from the United
Statei Witte has ranged himself on the
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snie oi me l-ioerais. j
DUNNE
REBUFFED
MISS JENNINGS
u
Girl Accused of Parricide
Maintains Innocence.
APPEARS UNWORRIB
Tells the Official that Confession
Wrung from Her Brother
is Untrue.
BROTHER NOT OVERLY BRIGHT
Many People at Jacksonville Are Under
Impression That the Boy Knows
More About the Murdex of Old Man
Jenningi Than Hai Been Told Officer!
Jacksonville, Ore., Oct. 23. Some
where buried deep in the soul of Dora
Jennings is a secret that may fathom
the mystery of the murder of her
father, "Old Man" Jennings, who came
to hi death from a gunshot wound de
livered by some unknown assailant on
a night several weeks ago. But Dora
Jennings, stolid as an Indian and ap
parently iiidinVrrnt to the charge of
her brother that she committed the un
usual crime, refuses to tell anything
about the catc. Her child-like inno
cence and untudied frankne have led
many here to believe that the girl is
not guilty, and that there is a plot
to make a murderess of her, which she
may unfold at the coming trial.
Javier Jcnnirtgs, the brotNcr, a
gawky young man, not overendowed
with intelligence, has told the officer
of the law that his sister stole upon the
father in the midst of night and shot
him; then she hid the gun in the
brush. Jasper's story is contained in
a hignl statement now in the posses
sion of the District Attorney, and he
ha been instructed not to talk to re
porter, and every effort has been made
to suppress the fact in the case, that
they may not be brought to public at
tention. The young man's story was
dragged from him reluctantly, so say
the ottiiial, but it is believed among
some people that the confession was
forced for the purpose of trying to
break down the calm, determined stand
of the girl.
When confronted nith the statement
that he brother had attempted to lay
he crime at her hand, Dora never
winced, so the depuy sheriffs say. She
insisted that he is not guilty, and
that she knowns nothing about the
crime, other than was contained in
her testimony the. day of her arrest.
She wa told that it was thought that
her brother was guilty with her and
something to her own advantage
would result if she would verify his
statement
Many people here are under the Im
pression that the boy know more than
he ha yet told and startling facts may
be uncovered at any time.
GETS A FAT SALARY.
St Taiil, Oct. 23. Edward J. Cannon,
a well known atornev of St Paul has
NSHAI1EN
POLITICIANS TO TESTIFY
IN THE INSURANCE CASES
New York, Oct 23. It waa stated to
day that Leader Murphy of Tammany
hall, and Patrick McCarron, Democratic
leader in Brooklyn, will be called to
testify before the Insurance Investigat
ing Committee,
The jurpose of summoning them Is to
seettaht whether they know anything
tooul tlie affairs of the New Y'ork Dock
I been appointed division counsel for tho
I Northern Pacific with headquarters at
ary it $7500 per year.
SISTEB OF CHABITY IS
BADLY BUBNED AT SALEM
At tempi to Remove Pan of Burning Tar
From Stovt When Flames Con
lumo Her Clothing.
Portland, Oct. 21. A special to tho
Oregonian from Salem mtates that Sister
Mary Cyrille was badly burned and
probably fatally injured in an accident
at the Saored Heart Academy in that
city today.
Workmen were repairing the roof and
put a pan of tar and other ingredient
on a stove to melt, where the composi
tion caught fire. Sister Mary Cyrille
attempted to remove the pan or ex
tingui-h flames when her dresa caught
fire and the clothing was burned from
her body.
The injured woman is about 50 year!
old and a native of Canada.
LAWYEBS FAV0B JEB0ME.
New York, Oct. 23. The members of
the New Y'ork bar, irrespective of politic
formed an organization favoring the re
election of W. T. Jerome as District
Attorney.
DOWN IN ALABAMA
People Gather at Stations to See
President Pass.
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TWO HOURS' STAY IN MOBILE
Sidewalk! Along the) Line of March
..Thronged With Humanity School
Children Lend Color to Gathering
Arrive! at Tuikegee Thii Morning.
Mobile,. Oct 23. At the many little
station through which President Roose
velt's special train passed today, people
gathered who cheered and waved flags
as the special passed enroute to Mobile.
At Troy, the students of the Normal
School grouped alongside the track and
greeted the President with cheer. He
appeared on the rea rplatform and bow
ed acknowledgement. At Benson,
(Jeorgia, Secretary Brassell of the Ala
bama Board of Health boarded the train,
and on the alhdavita of Surgeon I
General Rixey issued a clean bill of
health to the presidential party.
The principal stop today was at Mo
bile, where tlie President spenfc two
hours late this afternoon and delivered
an address.
The President was escorted to Bien
ville square, the route of the procession
having been elaborately decorated with
light and banting in National color.
Sidewalks along the line of march
were packed with humanity and at sev
eral points hundreds of school children
were massed, who sang the National an
thems and songs as the President
passed.
The speaker's stand was erected in
a square brilliant with electrio lights
and overhead a magnificent growth of
live oak.
It was estimated that when the Presi
dent began hi address 40,000 persons
were within the sound of his voice. The
President will spend tonight outeide
Montgomery. Early tomorrow morning
the start will be made for Toskegee,
where the train is expected to arrive at
8:35 a. m.
Company, which owna a wharf and
warehouse property in Brooklyn. The
Mutual Life own! nearly $4,000,000 of
its securities
' It was reported today that an at'
tempt to sell this property to the Ciir
of New Y'ork was made some time ago.
Murphy and McCarron will be question
ed on that point . . . , i
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