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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 4, 1905)
I mtmm ULIMt FULL AttOOIATIO ) HtPORT 1 t COVIRS TMt MORNINQ FIILD ON THI LOWE COLUMBIA : i VOLUME LX NO. m ASTORIA, OREGON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4,1905 PRICE FIVE CENTS , mi HUGHES AFTER HENEY Roasts the Oregon Land Frauds Man. ' PLEDGED TO REFORM Cx-Governor of Arizona Tells of Hcncy and His Early Days. HENEY " SAYS THINGS BACK BltU Controversy Caused by th Arrest of District Attorney's Brother, Waged Between Two Former Friends Henejr Accuse Hughes of Grafting. Portland, Nov. 3.-A the reault of the net if Iti-n lI'Dcy, of Arizona Lrotber of District Attorney Fiencie J. Ifwirjr, of Oregon, for the alleged breach of government law regulating n'' "" ting or Itmiirr or government land, an etuspdingly warm controversy ha kWn Liought about ' between' the brilliant ririmrriitor of land fraud fame, and F.x (iovernnr Hughe of ArUona. Mr. Ho nj ald tvme rather eautlo thing. In an oprt letter a few day ago, and now the fornirr governor U bark with a few remarks just a bii'ng a lluwe of Mr. Henry. ti The rcillt of .the present feud will be watched with considerable Interest, a lx.th mm stand high in the rtima lion of the Adminlktration at Wash ington. F.xOovernor Hughe I aid to be a strong polltb-al factor in hi atale and i widely known a a Na titmal character. Fram-i .1. Hcncy'a success a an attorney country-wide in It fame. On the 3lt day or la-l month, Mr, llciii-y received word of hi brother' airt. 11m waa indignant at the charge and immediately wired a lcm ocratic ncwrr of thin stale' laj 'om-ii letter' on th subject he accused Huhea, iiiiw owner anl cdi tor of the Tuseon Star, of having in ttigimlcd the arrest of hi brother lien. lie said thnt Hughes had liecn tctnov -d from nlllee of governor ,,f J Aiioua by President Cleveland on -barge filed by him (llenevl. Interwoven in the war of personali ties is the rumor that enemies of liili' V have nil along attempted to lie Mnireli hi chiuncted. ' "Ari.oii the other thing Mr. Ifeney .): " J he di)Hteh to tlie effect that tqy binilier, Iten Deiiey, iii Arixoity, ,1IM) the charge of illegally cut ling t i in -1x4 on government hind. n etit nut from Tii'tiin by I.. ('. Hulics, tin-own-of anil , iiihliher of the Tucson Star, who mii 4 removed from the ollicc of Oovernor of Aiixmui by President Cleve land more than ten yr-ar apo upon -har:e of (rraftlng made by me. My brother waa the lowent bider ami wan awarded the contract to furninh 1, 2(10 cord of wood to the Tnited States military authoritiea at Fort Huachiiea, to be there uaed for domestic: piirpoxen. An act of congre'i paused in 1878 cx I plenty and kieeimally aulhoiUi a the culling of timher on jiuhlic mineral land of the I'niteJ State for tlili piilHie. "The arret i pure epitrwork, and my hinth r will flght it out in the court, wit limit aklii(r any favor or eonider at ion from any government ofllcer, in Wahiii(to or e.e;bre, and It la ueedlea to ay that he never hi r iputed me to ipjiear in hi defense or to take any other action in hi behalf in thi matter." (iovelnor Unfile ronie back in thi lyle: "f know nothing of the charge made i;liit lU n lleiiey. . ("rank lleio-y' de lamtion that L ('. Unfile removed fruu office a governor on charge of trraftinK made by him 1 untrue a it i malij-uant, a record will khow, and a etidenc of thi I refer you to the wo rctary of the interior reiuetinir him to oien the reefed to Jrou. It being a petMitial matter preclude my di'union of ame in thi connection. "Kiank J. lleney wa uufoitunately to mo and Arlaona, dicovered aleiut 20 year ajfo, a rek !, dioiiipated young man with kome keeiuing redeminft iunll tie, thoae of energy and reasonably tdu- cation. I took an ltei-t in hi in on hi pledge of reformation and aided In es- tahlikhing him in a law practice, which he aojiiired rapidly through influence of my friend. Hi killing of Dr. J. .'. Handy, whh h at that time seemed to bo jutillhlc homicide, rreated terrible feel ing iu thi country and throughout Ari oua, a Handy wa prominent in pro fekxhm and politic. The nightof Handy' death a number of citizen joined 'to take limey from jail for kiimniary pun iohment. 1 made M-ronal apeal to tlie' party to allow the law to lake it coorte, thus aaving Heney's life. Wbed apMinted governor, on the trong appeal of Henej's friend I ap pointed him attorney general, the first and an official recognition SITUATION YET L CRITICA Order Is Maintained by ' Armed Force. RUSSIANS KILL JEWS Foreigners In the South Appeal to Embassies for Protection From Outbreaks. ODESSA IN STATE OF SIEGE Many Russian Diplomat! Consider That Count Witt is Disturbing Element in Russian Situation Jew Art the Especial Object of Attacks. Dispatchea from Russia ar very masgr. The situation at St Petersburg where order is maintained by. armed force, remains eiUeraely critical, though improvement Is showa la operation of the lighting plants and th occassional lw operations of trains. Reports intercept- feature of the dcmiintration here the fra tern iMt ion of i.eopl . with Mildier who wer carried on the khoulder of the civilian and upplied with chain pagn, cigarette and other lux uric. great rage, however, prevail againt the coacka, who attacked the crowd, kit ling many pernon. Odeaaa'a Suburbs Devastated. ionaon, .-ov. ah dixpalchf re ceived here from the Ruian r-enter go to confirm the eriounc. of the aitua tion tliroughout Kuia, especially in re gard to the anti-lewiHh excee. The Daily Mail Odea correpondent nay three auburb of (Mea have been com pletely devaatat d. No Disturbances in Austria. icnna, .-o? . i riere has been no rtwtition of yetrday' dieturbanciM today. The governor of lower Auittri announces the quektion of universal uf frage on a fair way toward u-giltive eettlement. Relinquiih Their Ranks. ChrUtiana, Xov. 4. All member of the Swedinh Rojal Family have relin qiiikhed their rank liitlicr-to lie Id in the Norwegian army and navy. "BUck Hundred" Killing Jews St. Petersburg, Nov. 4. The organize tion of the "lilack Hundred" is atV tacking ami killing Jew in many see tion. Must Crsnt People's Demands. Warsaw, Nov. 4. A great meeting of railroad men wa held tonight and wa determined to continue the strike until all the people demand are grant ed. received in Arizona. NoVaooner wa be apMiinted than he commenced to ue hi ollleial pow r to avenge himelf on Id enemies, which were legion." JOE JEFFERSON'S ESTATE. Chicago, Nov. 3. A dispatch to the lleeord Herald from New Iberia, Iji., ayi I lie executor for the eatate of the late Joeph Jefferaon, the actor, ye. t rday deMmited bond for $l713. The etate i known a Jefferon' lland. former home of the actor. The proier ty i aid to lie of much value in a min ing way, alt having been dug there aoiim time ago. ' SHOOTS A LODGER. I.o Angele. Nov. i. Mi Margaret II.' WilliaitiMin tlii afteiiUHiii wa' found guilty of minder in the ccond d'-gl'ee, for the khiHtillg of Itielmrd Saunder Perry in thi city on .Inly 27. ImkI, Mi WilliauiMoii. who i iiUui) 40 year of age, wa the propi ielre f the Piedmont LiHling Hiiiie. Parry. a young man. wa a roomer in the Iioiim'. Mi- iMiiiin-oii went to Parry' room and -lied him in the fm.ii ml with a revolver. PRETTY SWIFT PEOPLE. Ne York, Nov. .1. The contct for the t,VMwriter clunnpioiixliip of the I'nitcd Stale wa held in .Madison Spiare tiar mutual protection, to comlmt injuridii contetant. The winner of the fli"t pi ice of (KM) wa Paul Muntcr of thi city, who wrote $,WJ word In thirty uumilcK. Mi Mav Curringtui', 'of Springfield, Ma., wa third, iv'i a record f J,H"4 word. ' ed from the. frontier cities indicate that tha Jws are the special object of at tack especially at Kieff, 'where tha i laughter is merdlese aad ia accempaaiad by pillaging. An unconfirmed report ia to the effect that Kiabineff has been destroyed by fir. A London St. Petersburg cor respondent estimates that in tha lad ing fifty provincial towns, one thousand have been killed and tea thousand woun ded within the last twenty four hours. The revolutionary movement in Finlan fa still unchecked. Tha Finnish nation al government ia opposing the advance of Russian troops, compelling them to retire. Odessa in Stats of Siege. fhea. Nov. 4. hi thi. the fourth day of terror, the peaceful population of thi city ia pradictlly under siege. All the public mnrketa ar? cloed. It I utterly impoi.ille to obtain bread and meat and the other necearie of life. Today a luwle mob pillaged the principal .lewiMi lmin,-N hotic, burn ing the leading fuctorica and murder ing and robbed, The consulate are pro tected by troop iiiiiI the hotel are guarded by oldici. Over a "hundred pci-oii. have been injured during; today's rioting, and three phyician are at tending the wounded and slaughtered. SOLDIER BOYS PLAY Turn tfghh at Flacjer and Casey oo Moving Vessels. MARINE MEN ARE INCENSED Glaring Lights Art Ceatered on Pilot House and Navigation is Rendered Hazardous Marin Men) Win Com plain to the War Department. POOR RETURNS. San FraiiciiMn, Nov. .1. The whaling hark Alice Knole arrived at thi port yesterday. The total catch for the cruie will only aggregate 700 barrel of oil and IrtiM) pound of bone. EATS POISONED CANDY SENT TO HER M0THEU v tj'sirftgo, Nov. 3. Finding of arsenic in ten thousand dollars, for alleged aliene es ndy sent to Mr. L. K. Sangter, of it inns of her husband's affection. Sang llloomlngtnn, Illinois, wife of the sales- jstcr was arrested at Lawrence, Kansas, man of a candy company, ha caused , tonight. Hi twelve year old daughter nn mvetigntion by the authnritic. Mr. Ji seriously ill a the result of eating Haiigtcr I suing another .woman for the poisoned candy. i . Foreigners Ask Protection. St. Petersburg. Nov. 4. Following violent and Continued outbreak in Southern Urn-ida, the foreign reid-nt are making frantic appeal to the em baic here for protection. The am basad rs of Creat Hritnln and Austria Jluiwai , and other countries called up on Ceneial Trepoff demanding that an immediate provision for the protection of their people, be made. tieneral TreHff responded by promis ing to afford th protection, but ex pressed the belief that no alarm or op pression nued be entertained. Witt Disturbing Element St. Petersburg, Nov. 4. Among the diplomat here it is considered prob- ule that Witte may prove a thorn in the ide of the statesmen now laboring to secure the) Anglo-HWian entente, owing to the suspicion it baa aimed primarily to the isolation of Germany. Count Imdorff, however, la a friend of the. proposition. Negotiations the As sociated Press has learned have not pro ceeded very far. Seattle, Nov. 3. hint and captains of veel entering Puget Sound, are vigorously protesting against the indis criminate use of the big searchlight with which the government fortification at Flagler and Casey aie equipped. This (Kiwrrful instrument aweejva the water for miles and mile, and are sup posed to lie ns.-d for the discernment of an approaching fix-, in time of war. but the soldier often employ them for a very different pnrjMe. HuWng the last several months, there have been frequent complaints from ma HOTEL GUTTED BY FIRE IMPERIAL HIGH JINKS. Japan's Ruler is Feeling Good and Makes it Manifest , Tokio, Nov. 3, 2 P. M. At a banquet given in honor of hi birthday today, the Emperor expressed hi satisfaction at the restoration of peace, and toasten the sovereigns ami ruler of the emia tria represented at hi court. Baron d'Anethan. th liftman mii.iut . -.I Roomers Narrowly Escape ,,w,n f tr,e p. 'm ,w iiw MH. ia me course or nis ro mark he said: "Thw'entire world experienced great joy and a feeling of genuine relief at th new of the completion of 'the war, ami applauded the pace which was inspired by the loftie-t sentiment of humanity and add such a beautiful page to tit.; glorious history of Hi majesty's reign He concluded by expressing a wish for the continuance of the growing develop ment of Japan. tbe Flames. HEAVY LOSS ENTAILED Timely Discovery of the Fire Saves the Loss of Many lives. B0TC0TTERS SQUEALING. DAMAGE WILL REACH $40,000 . : CHINESE ATROCITY Simple Request Excites Latent Hatred and Attack. Claimed For Them That They Are Not Responsible For Murders. , Hong Kong, Nov. 3. Advice from Canton declare that the measure taken to uppre- disturbances in the provin ce are inadequate and that the native Hotel Oxford, ashionable Hostelery of offkil will not give out any informa- Portland Scene of the Diaaater Oc; I ,,on oir ,hL' The Catholic con- cupants Dragged From Their Rooms T,'t', naT T',t'n to Bishop Merel to By Firemen and the Police. (petition the viceroy of the province for (the protection of the French mission at ' Linechow. J It is declared that the boycott head- , v. , . . .. , quarter at Canton received the first Portland, Nov. 3. But for the timely ... .new of the massacre of the A merle, n discovery of fire in tbe basement of miMioniiri ,t Liw,choW( hut th,t thJ tbe Oxford hoUl building about 4 native gentry assert that the boycottert o'cha-k thi morning it i probable that sre not connected with the slaughter. serious loss of life would have aceoin panied the property destruction through the flames that almost eora pletely burned out the lower portion of the building early this morning. Aa it wa. the seme waa one of the most spectacular ever witnessed 1n lb city, when the 50 or more occupant of the upper roms of the hotel were either dragged from their bedaby ire. men and policemen or literally ehooked into wakvutnesa by the dense column of smoke from below, that poured into ever room ana hallway. JTe property losa is about $40,000. Tbe Oxford is one of the fashionable hotels of the city, and nearly all of its 56 rooms were occupied, among tbe in mate b.-ing many ladie and gentle- men ot wealtn. it Is believed that ev eryone in the building waa aaleep whan the fire broke out in the basement of tha atnre-rooiu uecunied bv tha Port- land Safe fo.nn.nv. Half . hundred I """ff Kong, Nov. 3.-Bishop Merel of leeping inmates were threatened by the -t'o1,c Church, has received a let- suffiM-ation before the alarm was turned ter confirming the news of the massacre m. ' of American mi-wionarie at Tiunphnw The scene wa on of confusion and ivin, ... ,, cH-ration seldom duplicated, and it is wonder that a dozen or more lives ere not lost through the sulWion. HW '""a.re near ni nospitai on he testimony of the firemen is that amuint of the noise. This request in hen they reached the scene, the hall, censed the Chinese, who becoming vio ay and rooms of the entire building lent attacked the hospital. The mob ere o filled with smoke that it wa then paraded the street exhibiting thn all but imHsibl. for the hardiest of the skeleton used in the instruction of the SIX AMERICANS ARE DEAD This Government and Chinese Authori ties Will Act in Concert ia Apprehend ing and Punishing the Savages. Guil- ..ty of the Villainous Work. .arine men, fc, the effect that the light '7" ' I1 tw the ",,-e'in PUw mM "ia lh "" n re manipulated, with s,cming delils-r- f J1" "M1d ut thm ut' , . nm of thp lhnity to 1 ' n I ..-iik 41... l.....A.,u 41.. .1... m.:...,.. I. Sokfier Carried on i houldera. ist remarkable Warsaw, Nov. 4.-ftA n at ion, directly iimi the pilot hmises of a moving vessel, comph tcly blinding the man at the wheel, and rend, ring the movement of the" ahip extremely hat anion. As fat as the vessel progres?d the men say, just so fast the light would travel a'so. Of late these occurences hsve incrras ed in regularity, and shipping men are determined to stand it no longer. Th;-y allege that the effect of these actions, may sometime be the destruction of some vessel inward or outward bound, and formal, complaint will be at once drawn up and forwarded to the war department. About two years ago steamboat m-.-n of the Columbia were confronted with almost precisely the same nuisance. On numerous occasion, tugs and all manner of craft traveling in Bakers Bay or the lower river, would be placed in the glare of the big lights from Fort Stevens, the concentration being directly on the pilot house. It was not until one or two unimportant accidents resulted, and a vigorous complaint was made that the Even with the inmate roused the the Chinese neonle. work of rescue wa one of extreme diffi-) Becoming frenzied, the crowd burned culty, for th? hysterical cries of freight- the hospital,, the girl's school and the encd women and their frenzied effort residence of the mi-ionuries. in the smoke-packed air of the room; Dr. Machle, Mrs. Machle, their tcn and halls, added to the din and confusion year old daughter, Mr. and Mrs, Pcarle, that naturally attend an incident of the Dr. Chestnut, and Mis Patterson took sort, hindered rather than helped the refuge in a cave. The mob pursued them firemen and po'uu,o h work of and killed all except Dr. Machle and rescue. The entire building was in wild Yemen. Dr. Machle was, badly wounded, uproar, and the fire was rapidly eating Tho American gunboat Callao and its way Into all part of the structure two Chinese gunboats with members of when the last of the ocupants' of the the American Board of Missions are place was gotten safely to ground. proceeding to the scene of the massacre. practice was stopped. LOUIS OF BATTENBURG ROYALLY ENTERTAINED Washington Nov. 3. With, greav eclat, Prime Louis of Battenberg, and bearer of a personal message of good will from King Edward to the Presi dent was received by President a ndd Mr jRosevelt today. Tbe formal presenta tion of tin Prince by Sir Henry Morti mer Duraad, waa tha occasion of a bril liant reception. Tonight British ambas sador and Idy Durand gave a state dinner ia honor of the dktingiushed guests which wss followed by a largo reception and ball.