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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 10, 1905)
- ' -.-''. . . , . - , - IHsarMiiifii! JlSPSii grani. -: UBLItMIt FULL AttOOIATID (( RIPOAT ' OOVMt TMt MOBNINa FI1LO ON TH1 LOWEN COLUMBIA VOLUME LX NO. 195 ASTORIA, OREGON SUNDAY, DECEMBER 10 1905 PRICE FIVE CENTS IS IN FROZEN NORTHLAND Message From Norwegian Scientist. TELLS OF DISCOVERIES Says H Traversed Entire Length of Far Famed Northwest Passage. FIRST TO ACCOMPLISH FEAT Navigator, Explorer and Scientist Amaadaea, Takt Accurate Astroaoml ral Observation Within 90 Mile of tht Magnetic Pel-Pol not Shifted. Seattle, Pee, By special arrange' nient with the Post Inteligcncer, which secured th following from Eagle', AU ka, last sight, via Dawson, It la learned thai' TSpfltrf bnaiAtt(lM,-- the Norwegian acientUt and navigator ia at that place ami will remain in the Nortii until ha hear from Nansen by mail. H.ii)i hia cable mc'sage, he hat sent & mail report to Nansen, soldered up in a bra cylinder, weiglng 21 pound Captain Mogg, of the San Francisco whaler Buianza, wrecked off King Point, accompanied the explorer on his 700 mil Journey overland. Amundsen state he has traversed the entire length ' of Uie ' far famed Northwest pnj;V Icing the first man to do no, liaveling from East to West. On Bootblu. in land he took accurate Mtronomhal ob servation within 00 milea of the mag nctlo pole, lie believ bo pasted over the pole, but the needle observation made, other Variation po-sibla. He state aa a result of hia work, that the former navigators have been correct in their observation and toe pole has not ehlfted. Amundsen passed the graves of three of Franklin's men, and ssy the grave stone erected by Sir John Franklin. At the mouth of the MarKcnzio, Amuudiwn reporta the declination of the needle I forty-five derives Kant. Mg, who accompanied the explorer, report five whalers osojM in the ice at llerwchel Ulsnd. The crews include 200 nwn and the two offlceis' wives, who are with the party. The women, M-vcruI officer, and some of the men have started over the ice to Point Bar row with tb purpose of going to Nome, Tim wflutler a plentifully supplied! with provision and can bold out until next August. Plonty of caribou, moun tain slieep, and muk ox, sue clone at liand. The icebound whalers hove phy sicians wltji them and a sufficient sup ply of medicine. Amunden enpecU to start back to hi ship with the North wot mounted poliue this winter, taking with him Dr. Varicle, a. French explorer, who has or ganized, in Seattle and Dawson, an. ex ploration society. TWO MINERS ARE BRUTALLY SHOT FROM AN AMBUSH Spokane, Deo. 0. A Wilbur,' Washing, ton speckl to th Spokesman Review eaysi "While L. Heady and Gu Pear son were coming from their mining claim on the Colvllle reservation, they wer fired upon from, ambuh. Both wer badly wounded. Heady crawled back to the tunnel and remained until the moon rose, when ha went to a set When the ice 0en up he expects to continue his jouruey .to the westward, completing the circumnavigation of the ghtl, and traveling through Arctic water. KANSAS LAND FRAUDS Grand Jury Return u Indictment Against Cattlemen. Toeka, Dec. 9. After submitting a partial report containing 24 Indict indictments against the cattlemen, the I'niUd State grand jury in ej here during tlie pst week, investigating the Ksn-s land fraud casea adjourned until Thursdsy of next week. Three indict ments charge conspiracy to defraud the I'nited Mat government out of a portion of the public domain, and sub ornation of perjuryin securing fraudu lent homsiead entries. The other 2.1 indictments, clmrg unlawful enclosure of public lands. All the men indicted are wealthy cattle barons. COAL IS LOST Wind Storm Caasca Coal Barge to Sink. Hawctville, Ky., Dec. 9.-Tonlght the ton boats of Harry Brown and Raymond llmer with tows of coal for New Or lean were caught in a wind storm op tKMitc here. Brown lost 27 barge, while Homer lout saven. Kaqh barge conUined 25.WK) bushel of coal The coal Is valued 'at $120,000; th barges at A4,0M. No lives wer tost. Leader of Opposition' Party Talks to Constituents. GIVESREAS0N5 FOR RESIGNING British Statesman ladicitsa UaionUU "Attack WiU B Centered on Home Bui Record of Liberal Vot of Conftdenco la Placed In Balfoar. Manchester, Vbg., Dec. 9. Arthur J. Balfour, now the leader of the opposi tion party in the United Kingdom, op ened the campaign by a striking speech lefore his Manchester constituents to dy. With the utmost frankness, the former Premier explained that the res ignation of Ms government was on the ground of expediency, and showing how each step wss carefully considered some time before acting. Balfour defended hU action regarding the rnlonlxet gov ernment, in its retention In office, on the ground that it Is ecntial to wait until the Anglo-Japanese treaty is fin ad ly concluded and other necessary fea tures of the government program are carried out Balfour plainly indicated that the Unionist attack would be cen tered on tins Home Rule record of the Literals; Mhilc the Unionists would use their own record on home, foreign and colon i nl policies as their bulwark of de fence. The meeting concluded by pass ing a vote of confidence in Balfour. RELATIONS BROKEN OFF. - Pii ncc toll. Dee, -O.It U announced here tonight that Harvard has broken off WcIiaII relations with Princeton for next sen Hon becauH of failure to agree on the number of game to be played. tlement on Columbia river. He was very faint from loss of blood, and it took him twelve hours to travel the Ave mile. Heady thought his partner was killed, but a rescuing party found him in his cabin newly dead from the loss of blood.' It is not thought thnt either will recover. William Sohlmin ski, 19 years old, has been arrested, charged with the crime. BALFOUR PEAKS AFTER 'TIMBER SWINDLERS IN EARNEST I ' I HIRAM G0DDARD SWEARS OUT SIX WARRANTS Wealthy Wisconsin Lumber Dealer Alleges That He Was Cheated Out of $100,000 Worth of Land And Now Wants Revenge. CERTIFICATES OF 7,000 ACRES LAND PROVED FORGERIES Many Investor in Wisconsin and Minnesota Especially . Hear , La Crosse Art Canght la Timber Shark Maw Horace McKinkjr and ft. A. D. Pater Principal ia th, Enormous Land Graft Jefferioa .onnty, Washington Place War Conspirator Carried aa Extensiv Fraud in Fake Oil Well. JLa Crosse, Dec. 9. In the effort to pronecut the timber- lsnd operators, whom be claims swindled him out of Oregon lands to the value of $100,000, Hiram Ooddard, a wealthy lumberman of this city today swore out warrant for the arrest of six men, Thwe turned fan that toe certiScatca were forg in the warrant lref 8. A." D. Putor, d and thwaaos of acreflfof land nm convicted of conHpiracy to defraud the disposed of in this manner. Hibbard govMitment at the time of the Luid claims never' to have known Hiram fraud casea in the "seven ekvtu" dis- Uict of Oregon, 11. H. Dlgg, George Hibbard, Kay McKay, John Doe, and Richard Uoe. Word waa received here that George Hibbard is already under arrest In Portend. ' Ooddard is said to have purchased from tha men named, certificate far 7000 acres of timber bind in Oregon. Tha certificate he say are proved to be forgerie. Many investors in Wis consin ami .Minnesota, especially In vicinity of La Crosse are said to have been caught in th sanie manner. , . Ooorge Hibbard, of Grand . Rapids, Michigan," waa arrested her kst even ing on request from tha La Crosse, Wis consin, authorltle after an investiga ti.m bjr State Land Agent Oswald West West waa convinced that Hilrd was unjustly accused, the inquiry leading him to the belief that Hibbard bsd been used ea a cata paw by Horace G.' Mc Klnley, S. A. D. Puter, Kay McKay and other in the Interest of Eastern investor in Oregon bands. At the sug gestion of West, th Wisconsin author! tint consented to release Hibbard on hi own recognizance. It is believed that Kay McKay ia Hibbard uncle, and through him, he became interested In - land speculations with Mckinley, and Puter, et al., acting somewhat in the capat-ity of a broker. ' . Certificate of Oroa . sehol larU put in his possession, he induced cer tain Eastern people to buy. It now ap- GudUrd, and had no dealing whatever with him. It is iugjreted that perhaps 1HE LAST STAND OF THE GAMBLE RS AND DANCE HALL MEN. FRIEND AND NEIGHBOR ON WHIC H SIDE OF THE STREET ARE YOU? Goddard purchased certificates from in nocent victim of the land ring. Hibbard came to this coat about two years ago, in the interest of Wisconsin investor who had been induced to pur chase stock in th Pacific Land & Oil Company, organised at Seattle, Wash ington, by E. G. Rogdon and Horace MoKuiley. The company secured forty thousand acres of land by.proce of mineral locations in Jefferson county, Washington, and raid stock to the value of about sixty thousand dollar to develop the property. Welts were sunk and in all about $1000 expended in development. What, if any interest McKay had in this company cannot b learned, . but it is known that nothing was done in the wsy of oil development after a few thousand dollar were spent in unsuccessful efforts to extract oil in paying quantitiea from the ground. Kay McKay is believed to be in Se attle, Washington. BASEBALL SCORE. Los Angeles, Dec, 9. -Los Angeles, 4); Tacoma. 2. IMPERIAL UKASE ISSUED Certain Provisional Law Granted to the Russians. Ht. Peternburg, Dec. . An imperial ukae today contain the provisional law, governing tl press in general. Censorship of periodicals and illustrat ed papCr are abolished, exoept la coun try district. PuninhmenU for periodi cal press i practically abolinbed. Re ponibility for breseie of tle pre law must be etablibed ia courts of law. The right of the minister of the interior to prohibit the publication or diHCuasiun of ijuestions affecting the government is abrogsted. The ukse contains a long list of exceptional eas es which will entail leg) proceeding with, penalties on convictions ranging from a fine of $1j0 to imprisonment or deportation. ; SMALLPOX ON SYLPH President' Yacht I Now ia Quaraa- tine. Wahin;ton, Dee. 9. Tiw re is small pox on the naval yacht Sylph, aligned for the ue of the President add his family. The vecl is practically quar antined, and the crew U under close observstion. Only one case has yet de veloped, that of a negro sailor, who was removed to the contagious hospital. It ha been a month' or two since the President and any of the members of hi family have been aboard the Sylph, and no la mi ia felt on that score. PROTOCOLS SIGNED. Caracas, Dec. 9. Foreign Minister Ysbarra and Pr. Delgrac, tht Brazil ian -minister yesterday signed protocols of settlement in the boundary quentioa between Venezuela and Braail, whdoh have been pending since the treaty of 1859. GETS 1 4 YEARS Man Convicted of Criminal Assault on 13-Year Old Girl Bollingham, Dec 9. D. A. Griffin, a prominent hotel man, and pioneer poli tician of Drming, was today sentenced by Judge Neterer, in. th Superior Court to serve 14 years in the peniten tiary for criminal assault npon Winnie Johnson, a 13-yeor ok! domestic in his household. Xotice of appeal was given (mediately. MILLIONAIRE SUICIDES BECAUSE OF DESPONDENCY New York, Dec. 9. Robert D. Ballan- tine, aged 35 years, a grandson of Pet- er BallsnUne, who founded the brew- ery firm of H. BalUntina & Sons, com- mitted suicide at his mother'a home) her byJooting. Despondency was the cause. His father, John It Ballantine, COMMERCIALS DEFEATED Seattle Athletes Get 35 Points to Locals None. ASTORIA OUTCLASSED Local Boys Fight Hard Against Overwhelming Odds. SEATTLE HAS ITS OWN WAY Waaljiagtoafau Have tUo Pigakia Practically all Game Might Have Doubled the Score Had They Wished Astoria Wat Outweighed. Seattle, Dec 9. The Seattle Athletic Club football 'team defeated the As toria, Oregon Comercial Club team this afternoon by a score of 55 to 0. Se attle bad the ball practically all of th ntf a4 ' tnkrfltt Maitv hare doubled I ha ann tiait it aa vtahsd. Astorht wws outweighed and outclassed. The lineup of the Commercial Club eleven was a follow: Abercrombie, quarterback; Sutton, left tackle; Big ginbothemv rigfty half; CaCmmal, left) guard; Bays, Center; Graham, left half and captain; .Tully, right tackle Goddard, right guard; Blair, sub, full; Minard, right , end; ' Sovey, manager Painter, full; Mathena, left nd; Me-" Carron, sub end; Campbell, sub quart er. ENDS IN SOW MnlUomah-CorraBisi .TootbaH 6tUM Proved a Fare. '. Portland, Dee. . Th referee In t dav' football gam between th 14nlt nomah Amateur AthMie Club and ft Oregon , Agricultural Oollega ekrvWaV decided that Multnomah had Wni the contest by a score of d to 9, a tha Agricultural College team had f3j ted the gam shortly after tha begtsv ning of the second half on account of alleged questionable decisions by ad fidals. The game was a miserable ex hibition, punctuated with prolonged wranglea between the player and th officials. WOULD DESTROY FRIGATE Famous Old ShTp Constitution to Go to th Boneyard. Baltimore. Dec. 9. Secretary of the Navy Bona part in an interview today touching to'ie old frigate Constitution is .t . I K Inunnfln aa aavlntf illAt all his correspondents on this subject do not know the true history of this frigate. He says his idea in recommend-, ing breaking up of the Constitution, which has been repaired so often, and' ia so patched up and re constructed that the original Constitution has practical ly tost it' identity in the re-constructed hulk now lying in the mud of the' Charleston navy paid. ' ' with the latter'a brother, Robert, ue- eeetled tb founder 'of ( tbefim as 4 after the death of John H. Ballsntlne, his interest in the busin-RS which waa estimated a worth $3,000,000 reverted! to the widow. He was a gaduat of Princeton and unmarried.