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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 23, 1905)
o v on. COVin TMf MORNIN0 FIsUD ON TH LOWE COLUMBIA -vhin rwbw mtuwinni; mill wipwbi VOLUME LX NO. ISO ASTORIA, OREGON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23 1905 PRICE FIVE CENTS 4U r IIW III III III r FE Believed ItWIll Boil J Norlh From' Eureka. MAY TAKE OYERA.&C Portland-Oregon Seacoast Line Miy Be Part of the Scheme. SOUTHERN LINE IS ASSURED Santa t Officials Admit th Eunk Road Will B Constructed tod Wall laformtd Railroad Mea Say tht Road Ii Preparing U Cm to tb Columbia. Kan Francisco, Nov, 22. An impres sion prevstls among railroad men litre that th hand of th Santa F road Dl be found la the management of the affair of tha railroad company Ineor iiruated in Oregon yetterday. It U be lieved that the line proposed to U eon-r-trurted from Portland to Eureka U in tended a a connecting link in a chain jf road to operate between San Fran cisco and Tort land under Santa Fe man agement. President Bipley of the Santa Fe, in a Interview her, aaid that rumor of th reatlon of construction of th line from Eureka South to the Northern ter minus of the California Nrthiatmi were untrue. "We're at work on the road," he Mid. "and it will la completed within year and a half. That will give railroad run nictii between San FrancU and Eu reka, and the run may le made in 1! lours." A the line from Eureka to Fortland It to be finiohed in alxiut eighteen month, a new through line from thi city to Fortland seems assured. V MAY ACQUIRE A. 4 C. Belief Extenalon Witt B Mad to AatorU to Join Hammond Road. Portland, Nov. 22. Fart brought out yesterday through the Incorporation rf the Portland-Oregon Seacoast lluilway ('omany, no far a they pertain to a connection with the Atohlson, Topeka A Hanta Fe at Eureka, are but a confirma tion of the activity of the RockeiclW-r Interest and that the count tern'ory S Wing mapMMl out for an Inva-ioii by (lie Santa Fe. Jt wa foreseen by strat-Mf1-! f' lowing the play of th steel tail manipu lator that the Santa Fe could ill af ford to make ita western termini' at Eureka. Humbodt Hay wa not the ort of harbor that would fill the re quirement of the system, and it wa generally undcrtood the plan for (th Western development Included the eon- m. nm MAHDS'SIPT SOLD AT A ACTION. New York,' Nov. 22.-A fine arty AbraJra Lincoln manu script, reBc of Mr Lincoln' ca, rear aa an, 'illinoi lawyer, waa told at auttion yesterday. It la dated Ms 13. 1851 It aold for $50. The pardon of Elizabeth Shorte, quarto document, dated Washington, November I, 1864, and'signed by President Lincoln, brr ught $20. A two page letter, signed by George Waahington, dated May 13, 1701, and nddrese- to the citwena of Savannah, ia responsa to aa Invitation to visit that city, brought the aum f 147 e SANTA 1 EXTEND OLCA MEJHERSOLI SCORED AT MONTREAL. Montreal, Nov. 22. Montreal women who arranged to take a part in tha Queen Aleiandia (liarity matinee, today ennouno- el their wihdrawal of patronage unlet (Jig Nethersole, who ar- ranged the benefit, took from lier program an act from "The Ubyiluth." Mi- Nethenole took off the piece in an announcement la which ah laid, "lilae N.tber- aula, regretting the opinion held by the patroneaaea U loath to 4 allow anything to Interfere with 0 the luccewt of Wedneey' per- form nee, .ml ,u therefore con- aented to eubwittite aoaie recita- tloa for the aecond artj of "The 4 labyrinth." 0 IruHlon of a line north on the coat tapping Coo Bay and auck other port at would eventually provide outlet to th Orient. A. II. Hammond' private prr.iictiun that Astoria would aoon lw on the map of a trHmnUnental ayiUm wa re membered when tha new movement lie came known, and hi connection with the A.toria A Columbia River I ui gavi rie to the belief the SanU Fa might find it in admirable property to eojuiie. Ilarriman option on the nnd expired in September. The friendly filing ex Ming lietween Mer. Hill and Rocke feller pave tha way for tha transfer of the A. A O, and the NortSen Pa- cifto branch from Portland to Cob! with the completion of the Northern Pad He and Great Northern line down the Co lumbia, or at leant the entering into an understanding whereby the Northern Pacifle right of way might be utitbed without Interference. Unable to Agree Over Inter-State Rate Bill. SHARP DIVISION IS SHOWN Democrat Want the Bill Reported and Are Backed by Soma Republican, ia Their Vitwe Othera Favor Concerva tiva Stand Taken by Preeideot Wanhlngton, Nov. 22. Railroad rate making wa considered by Senate Com mittee on Inter state Commerce today, but no measure Mere presented to the committee, iim which they could bfte action. View submit ted by aeveral mcmliein indieated a sharp division a far a tlie situation hiis devclojied. There i fur ther indication that the majority of the committee will ficW a measure giving the Inter state Commerce Commission more power, which means in some I or in control over rates. It aeem well understood that three Republicans and enough Democrat fa tor such legislation a to insure the rate making bill being reported. In formal discussion among tha Republican memtiera of tbo committee ahowe that an apprehension I felt that if the bill I reported by Republicans and Demo crat against the wish of the majority of tha Republican member, it will ere ate a division in the party that win work dlaaater la tha future. The Republican who favor rat mak ing legislation assert, the way to avoid rupture la to support the conservative measure in the line of the recommenda tion of the President. MOURN THE DEAD HUNTERS. Victoria, B. C, Nor. 22.The Indiana of NeuohaUliU are holding a Borrow dance In which the women acratcb their cheek and breast until blood ia drawn, to mourn for the Indian hunter of the overdue sealing schooner Fawn, believed to have foundered en route home from Bchring Sea. There were six white men and twenty-one Indian on tha sealing vessel. OHE DIVIDED ZEWISTVOISTS DECIDE TO SUPPORT m PREPARE RESOLUTION IN Will Endeaovr to Obtain Liberties Promised Under Manifesto, But Will Ask Formation of a Constitutent Assembly. DEMAND A SEVERE INVESTIGATION OF RECENT DISORDERS Government Leader Ins'sta that Not Only the Folic Be Investigated Bat the Reds as Well Defends Martial Law Declaring that Extraordinary Meas nrea Were Necessary ia Extrem Cases Uproar Caused by Bia Remarks and B Is Interrupted by Cries of "Enough" Socialists Are Dissatisfied. Moscow, Nov. 22.The resolution outlining the proposed program of the Zem atvoista, favoring the support of the government in an effort, to obtain the lib erties promised by the imperial manifesto, but asking for the transformation of the first Douma Into a constituent assembly, to be elected on the basia of direct and universal suffrage, waa the subpect of a prolonged debate today in which nearly forty speakers participated. The restitution wa referred back to the executive committee for incorpora tion, and any modification made necessary by criticism, and it, will be voted on tomorrow. , , " One section, a resolution calling for a' thorough and severe investigation, and the placing of the responsibility of the recent disorder, nitt general approval, though M. Guchkoff demanded an Investigation of not only the police, but also of the "Red". M. Kuchkoff, who i regarded as Count Witto'e spokesman, defended martial law, aaying extraordinary measure were necessary in such extreme cases. He wa continually intrrupted by cries of "Enough," from Socialists. Tlie decision of the Congress to co operate with Witte'a government, Is ex treauely distexteful to "the Social Democrats, who sent a letter to CongreB. stating tlie delegate had sold tbemaelve to the government, but the Socialists would, show them up to people as traitor. The Socialist also created a scene in tlie Congress of peasants, which open ed today, snd to which they demanded admittance, with the right to vote. The Congress refused to grant right to vote, whereupon tha Socialist left in a huff and said the peasanU did not know their best friends. MORE MONEY FOR ROCKEFELLER, PitUbunr, Nov. 22. Tlie Standard Oil Company today advanced the price of Raglan crude oil six cents a barrel ARRESTED FOR PENSION FRAUD. San Francisco, Nov. 22, Albert Tay lor, 00 years of age and a veteran of the Civil War-baa been arrested iiere by the pension authorities, lie was in dictd recently in Denver for defrauding the government for an attempt to ob tain a pension under the name of an other soldier named Nightingale, who it was proved, it is alleged, was found by the pension authoritiee to have been dead for 30 years. Taylor fled to thi city. Proceedings for hi removal to Denver have already begun. NARROW ESCAPE FROM FIRE. New Bedford, Nov. 22. Four men were caught early today in the upper story of the Sundial Hotel by a fire on one of the lower floors and all were fin ally taken out by the firemen, one of them, William Hennessy, of thia city, was unconscious from smoke and will probably die. . A Boston traveling man named Shan non had a narrow escape, while Edwin Bowen, the proprietor, and Fred Klobed- ant, the ball player were rescued witn DEPUTY WAS BARTENDER WHERE PLOT WAS FORMED Seattle, Nor. 22. It developed today, in the inquiry of the murder at Red mond, of George Butchard, that Deputy Sheriff Stitham, involved in tha case, was bartender in tha saloon wber a plot waa formed to rob P. O. Johnson, and that when Johnson was attacked by GOVERNMENTS FAVOR 'difficulty. aged. The hotel was badly dam- .MANY TONS OF MEXICAN COIN ARB SHIPPED TO THE ORIENT. San Francisco, Nov. 22. Nearly $2, 000,000 in money will be taken out for the Orient by the Pacific mail liner 'China, sailing on Saturday next Three fourths of this, consisting of fifty tons of Mexican dollars, and valued at tl, r00,000 ia already aboard the China and under a strong guard. Such a big ship ment of coin haa not been sent in a liner for many months. Most of this silver is consigned to Shanghai. The China ia also to take a full cargo of freight and many passengers. FOUND DEAD IN ROOM. Chicago, Nov. 22. Mrs. Panctte Clark, 74 years old, died at he home alone and j hajptessj yeMfcrday, hor bend resting on the burner of a ks stove. She waa i a well known cbartty worker and one of the founders and charter members of tha Chicago Commons Women's Club. The supposition is that Mrs. Clark, ' while preparing her supper fainted, fall Jlng across the atove. Whether death waa caused by' the sever burns or by asphyxiation la unknown. When a neighbor found the body the stov waa cold and the gaa waa escaping. Butchard and the two men under ar rest, one of the number stabbed But chard in the neck, severing an artery from which he bled to dath. Stitham has been removed from office and noti fied to appear a a witness at the in quest tomorrow. . "BACK TO NATUk" PREACH- ER IS DEAD. Chicago, Nov. 22. Unable to retain nourishment, due to long period of fasting, John Kleinst the "back to nature" preacher died yesterday. Kleinst who was 50 years old, bad traveled all over the country on foot, wearing sandal and clad in the thinnest and coarsest gar ments One of hi belief waa that the day of judgment was at hand, and frequently he would stop persons on the street and warn them to prepare for the last day He wore no under clothing, and waa a familiar fig ure; in the downtown street, selling pamphlet advocating his idea of getting "back to nature." a) TAMMANY LEADER ARRESTED. New York, Nov. 22. Jamea A. Ma- guire, chairman or toe election board in the Ninth election district of the 19tb assembly district, was arrested yester day on a charge of violating the elec tion laws. He is accused of leaving the polling place in his district at 3:30 o'clock in the afternoon of election day, and of going to the 20th election dis trict polling place and voting there un der the name of Harry W. Jennings. Ma guire was held in 13000 bail. Ha is a Tammany lieutenant. SON F0 MARSHALL FIELD IS ACCIDENTALLY SHOT. Chicago, Nov. 22. While cleaning his inm preparatory to going on a hunting expedition, Marshall Feld, Jr., son of Marshall Field, the well known dry goods merchant, today accidentally shot himself He waa taken to tbe hospital and will probably die before morning. Nice-President Tarbell Says People Would Then Have Confidence: ADMITS OFFICIALS DID WRONG Says He Haa No Apoiogiea to Make for Them, However, and Hopes that They May Be Punished Ignorant as t Wher Committee Got Information. New York, Nov. 22. After being on the witness stand before the Armstrong Committee the greater part of three days, Gsge E. Tarbell, second vice presi dent of the Equitable, finished his testi mony today, just before the adjourn ment. He submitted suggestions to remedy the existing abuses in tha management of insuarnce companies, and for legis lation designed to give the state the proper control over the companies and thus insure the confidence of the policy holders. Prominent among these' sug gestions was absolute publicity. While admitting that wrong had been done by the insurance officials, Tarbell said he bad no apologies to make for any of them and hoped they would be punished. Tarbell bore out, in a meas ure, the statement of Hyde relative to th fairness of the Frick report. The subject of advance to agents waa under investigation, and Hughes read some figure of the advances giv en. Hughes asked where tha Frick com mittee got its figures and Tarbell with market asperity, replied that he did not know. "They did not get them in my. de partment or the auditors; they mad their report without ever making an in vestigation of my department," Salary Reductions, Accepted. -New York, Nov. 22. Th trustee of the Mutual life today accepted Presi dent McCurdy offer of a reduction ia salary to $75,000. Other reductions in salaries amounting to $50,000 wer like wise accepted. It is also stated that the company ha decided to place the gen eral agents on salaries. SUGGESTS PUBLICin MERRIVETHER ON TRIAL Charged Willi Manslaugtcr Before Court Martial SECRET "CODE" SHOWN Merriwether Disregarded the Code and Was Generally Disliked as a ResulL MANY ENCOUNERS WERE HELD Testimony Produced at the Trial Tends to Indicate that the Officers Conniv ed at the Fights and tbe "Code" Un der Which They Wer Conducted. 1 Annapolis, Nov. 22. Midshipman Merriwether, Jr., of LaFayette, La, waa put on trial today before the Naval Court Martial, on charges of man slaughter, in having caused tbe death of Midshipman Branch, of New York, in a fist, fight on November fith, for viola tion of the rule of the government navy, in applying to Branch such names a sneak and "coward" and assault ing him; and lastly of conduct in preju dice of the good order and diaciplin, in engaging in a fight with Branch. The death of Branch called the atten tion to th unwritten code governing the student body, quit outside th au thoritative regulation and ia generally in violation of them. Under this code, every detail of these fight waa fixed, . the midshipmen on duty a bs tailing from reporting them, and excusing from formation, all those connected with them. These facts were clearly brought out in the testimony. "Code" ia Ventilated. Although the "code" system is not on trial, it is being thoroughly ventilated1 along soma lines, and in fairneaa to th midshipmen who testified today, every one of them gave the indication of be ing very frank. Midshimpan Fitch, who refereed th fight, stated that he officiated ia nine teen such contests, and Midshipman Me Kittrick, to taking part in nine. De tailed accounts of the arrangement for the care of the injured ia these fights, in hospitals, and that nothing further was ever heard of them, was brought out by the defense, it being evidently intended to show the suthorities had also winked as the "code" and the pre arranged fights under it. Merriwether Too Ratty. One midshipman testified that Merri wether was generally disliked because he was too "ratty" that is, did not abide by the rule laid don-n for the lower classmen. NEGRO MuRDUcK IS yUlavT- LY LYNCHED. Coahoma, Mi"., Nov. 22. Dare 4 Sims, tJie negro who shot and killed R. F. (Deacon) Jones t ) hi horn on mil from Baagh station ia this county oa Sunday night, waa lynched by as arsd mob at . tha accaa of hia crime early today. Sim wa captured kt night by a pose and in- mediately brought to thi place, Several eiUaen interviewed th negro and they say h mad a 4 full eonlesaioa. Sims waa plao- 4 ed aboard a bain and taken to 4 Bauzh Station, the seen of th w crime, and without any exeito- . ment strung np to a tree,