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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 17, 1905)
. - f ,'my UBUtHIt FULL AttOOIATID . RIPOliT UOVIft THE MORNINO NltD ON THI LOWIfr COLUMBIA VOLUME LX N0.202 , ATORIA, OREGON SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17 1905 PRICE FIVE CENTS DESTRUCTIVE EXPLOSION Dynamite Thawing House is Blown up, AT ROSSLAND B. C One Mia li Killed And Prob ably Fifty others Are Injured. MANY BUILDINGS WRECKED badly damsged, some inmates being Colombia Amu, Rosslanft, Smuhsd, ami Many Feepl Arc Smrtly Cat by Falllag Class. I Spokane, Dec. 16.-A dispatch to tbo Chronicle from Rowland, B. C, report detructlve explosion of dynamlU there thl afternoon 1b which on bud was klllw! an& possibly fifty other mora or less painfully Injured by tbo hedr and by tho tailing glut. Tho explosion occurred In tbo thawing house of the War Eagle and Control Star niaoo. John 8. Ingram; ii charge of too thawer was killed. Tbo substation of tbo elortrlo tight plant was wrecked and Uto town U In darkness tonight Tho shock waa fott throughout Ros. land and oarller report stated there bad been a heavy Ion of life, th be lief bring that the powder magsirae at tho miaa containing about two ton of yi Ingram! death baa removed the Mine la about 250 feat distant from tb thawing home. A iperial to Ui Spokesman-Review bigh explosive bad exploded. Tho mag only aourco of Information aa to the caus of the explosion.' Several mem- btr of tbo offleo staff and men la the oompreseor building were hurt by fly. i Ing glass or by being thrown violently ajeainwt the machlnerT. Bulklinn In the Immedisto vicinity were twisted,"" returned. I out of shape and window broken. The Big War KsgU brufcding house was lfarly All tho Plato Claaa Windows en sllghUy Injured. In tho city the shock f tho eiplosion caused -much conster- BaMon and did a large amout of dam age. Nearly all plate glas windows on Columbia avenue were smashed, many people receiving cuU from .the frag, ment. The Center Ptar, War , Eagle jand LeRoi mlnua will bo shut down In few days because of the injury to the steam and air pipe and the compressor machinery; and the practical wreck of the buildings nootn4rig Um(d. The damage la estimated at $30,000.- .;1 TERRIBLE TRAGEDY. : Red Uko Mills, Minn., Dee, lfl- Peter Martel, wife and three children were burned to death in a lire which de atoryed their home eeaarly today. - INSURANCE MATTERS ARE : ? - - . Washington, Deo. It. Th House In dulged itself again toUsy to the extent of four hours' In whit many time have been termed an scad em io discussion of federal control of Insurance. It was the fourth lay of th debate and the in terest of the members wa appreciably , dlminMed. The Democratic contention for state rights predominated in the controveroy. Republicans , who spoke confined Uiemsclves more to the com mitted reference to which wqnld be made of the subject of insurance in the TRAIN HELD UP. ; - Tacorae, Deo. 16. Tb Korthorn Pa eifto westbound North Coast Limited train waa held up tonight at lllllsdel ear Ellentburg and tbo sproM ear dy namited. Ko (Walla are obtainable. It l underitood that none of the pas sengers r trainmen were Injured. . JOBBERS VICTIM WES, Portland, Dee. 16. TUomos Hemming an old aallor, who wu ahot la cold blood t evening by robber who held up tho tar of the Centennial saloon, died this afternoon shortly after S o'clgck. Roush, tho other man ahot, I getting rapidly better, Ko etue to Up rowan naa been yet found. , deft imnsnoAnoir. Annapolis, Dee. 16, Tbort I a rumor afloat among the midshipmen that when tho eongmalonal Investigation of baa ing commence! all tb upper elaaa men will jota In an acknowledgement that they have partaken In basing and in a sense defy InvestigaUon, HO MORI PASSES. liaitunoro, Dee. 10. The announce- ment waa made today that with the close of tho year the Baltimore 4 Ohio would oeeae to latuo paase and reduced rate of transportation to al alaaeea ox- cept officer and employee of the com pany and tho connecting llnea. SIX BTS c j i g j I 1 v iimn wn jury hi rvajwsim world. Gets Busy. STATE SENATOR INDICTED "7" j wnuy wua His law Partner Soeceo WlUeav ef Consplriag t Violate tho Federal laws Bribed Government Official. Topfka, Dee, 18. Tb Federal grand Jury in Investigating tho government I bind fraud in Kansas ttoitIght returned J an indictment against State Senator. F. I "Dumont Smith, rive other Indictment I Smith la charged Jointly with his law partner, Roeeos Wilson, of conspiracy I to violate the federal laws, which pro-1 vklw o penal sentence for Influencing, any consideration, a government of-1 .Aclalon any matter then pending be- official,;' I ti i aiK-jrtw in inn inummrns mat i Smith vnd Wilson for a consideration I influenced the opcmlion and action of T. E, Ryan, formerly special agent in the' government land ofNco in the, hnd fraud cases, which be waa investigating in Ilotlgman county, Kansas. According to alli gation the' men implicated in the I cases raised the sum of 12500 which was divided between Smith; Wilson and Ry- an. It U alleged Ryan then reported to I his supcrore that, ho had Investigated I the cases, ami found the four men who I contributed money; not guilty of . mak-1 ing fraudulent entries of land and that I DISCUSSED BY. IfOUSE iTeaiaenls message. . un this many views were expressed. None of them ""n ru t""- mi-mil w prim uv ui'jwu vu m n j and mean committee. Holiday reces was fixed fom next Thursday to January 4th. For the pur pose of bringing out Information show ing the existence of a civil pension list the House naked the President for number of civil employes of the gov- eminent who have reached the nge of I scvcntT years. I BY SENDING' HER A. THIRD RATE AMBASSADOR The Sioro, A ladies: Russian Newspaper aaractcr- izes the Action As Puerile Which Will React On Russia In Eyes of Worli COJWJUNICATION CUT BETWEEN ST. PETERSBURG AND KIEFF Battleahip Slara" and the Crolaer Abreck Captain of Company la sand Begin ent Befusea to Obey Ordera of tho Col onel Who Commands Bum to Use Bis Company to Break p tho Strike Saying It Waa Police Work, . St .Petersburg, Dec ll-Tbe SIoto severely orltidsea tho foreign office for the appointment of M. Bakhametieff formerly minister at Mm Tague and dip lomatlo agent In Bulgaria, ao minister lb Japan, eaylnff the selection of a I from thle third rate post is a puerile attempt to humiliate Japan, I which will lesct on Eusa In the tjf of('ownr, and the church. It la also pro- Tonight the telegraph offlea at Kleff called vp 6t. Petersburg and asked whether Minister of the Interior Dura ovo -had been dismissed. Receiving i VT? . rd "a it iuwh w au up wist eiiy mw IB vain. The same thing happened on the Irkutsk wire. Tha hsitlcahln filan inJ t nilwr Abrsck have been dispatched to Riga. At Kaluga, Captain Samanakl, of tho Twenty-second regiment declined to obey the order of hi colonel to use bis company in breaking up tho strike, de daring In writing thi.t ho regarded po lice work outside of tho duties of offi leers and soldier. The Russian professors at Warsaw university have organized a volunteer postal service aa a thousand bags of mall await distribution. The Colonel of gremkliers today sent la message to the mutineers, offering to consider their proper grievances if they would submit them. Bo received no re- pry. Only eight operators are working In the tedegraph ofllcee. The tdcrsph leongreas ha again resolved to continue tb strike. every aeveiopmeni goto to show tnat the government la resolved to make an attempt to repress, the agitation now existing throughout Russia and restore order in the empire at any cost Every move made by-tho reactionaries has al- ready bneo rmtt with . optt dHflance.1 The Liberals are incensed at Witte's contemptuous reply to the Zemstvo rev olutions, contemplating a plsn to hold election for a contitocit Independent government. Tho Liberals contend there are unmistakable sign that the . gov- ernment is preparing a counter revolu- tkn and openly, charge that Witto has been elected to take up the cause of the court against tho people, and hope from him I ended. all there was no evidence to warrant their arrest , . An indictment wusj returned agnlnst Ryan charging him with receiving a valuable consideration and allowing his opinion and action to be influence)! in the case under hi Investigation. lie, is one of the original backers of Senator Burton,. who was recently cc victed by a federal court at St Louis. ROBBERS GET THE MONEY. Marshfleld, Wis," Dec. 16. The state bank of Colby, Wia., was robbed this afternoon of $4500 by two highwaymen, who ordered the cashier at the point of revolvers to turn over the money, - RUSSIA Hot Been Dispatched to Kir Plana for a revolution in the Baltic prorincee prorido for Uto establishment of a revolutionary administration, in wttoh boycott the repnentaiives of the present government will refuse quarters or. aubeieteneo to the troop and withdraw dfpooite from the banks and cease payment to tho crown, land vidsd to arm and organise the people into militia, to respond to a call for a general 'strike of tho Russian proletari at . to oompej the "convocation "of the constituent aasvmbry. , The Reval city council tonight passed a resolution in favor of tho removal of police and troops from tbo city and rely on tho protection of tho workmen's militia. Also they resolved to trans form tho city treoaury into a strike fund. ,1 . ... In Moscow proclamation are being distributed inviting tho people to the regular square of Kremlin on December lOth to a publio service. It 4 believ ed by some this means a massacre by tho "Black Hundred" after the people assemble. . . , . . ; Today'e advices from Riga are meag. er. tonnrmauon la received, however. that tho governor ha -asked for war ships. Reports are in circulation of collisions in tho streets of Uto city. A letter written December 11th and brought through, by a special engine which was riddled with bullet, says every dead wall in Riga bears posters urging tho mob to attank the gentry and capitalist. Women of the better claase have been sen elsewhere, and the gentlemen remaining have formed them- eivea into militia, and are holding the house of the nobility, while the soldiers hold the other public place. . r .-.- Berlin, Dee. 18. The Lokal Anzei- gcr"s Konigsburg East Prussian cor respondent say the revolutionist are in full control of' aU CeiirUnri and Livonia and the neighboring government of Kovno ia also in a Mai of rebel lion, Mitau and Riga are in flames and Li beau In " seriously thretened. ; The lives of all German's sre n the great- et danger. Everything U in an uproar from Kreutsberg on the Dums to Kovno, DARING HOLDUP. Two Masked Men Stop and . Rob . the . North Coast Limited. . Spokane, Ded. 16. The North Coast Limited express westward bound, was held up and. robbed 13 miles Wet of North Yakune, Washington, at 7 o'clock tonight Two masked men compelled I the engineer to stop tho brain and run the locomotive, mail and ex pre ears half a mile West of the balance of the train. They dynamited the ' express 'cor, shattered the through . and . local safes, and decamped with the eonteenta. The amount' of plunder obtained is tin known. " The contents of the through fcafe is known only to the terminal points, tho messeager not being is pos session of tho information. Ko report wa- received tonight a to tho content of ttte local safe, but t 1 said to havo been light, a the train doe compara tively little local busines. . The sheriff of Yakim and Kittitas counties have posse n pursuit of the bandit. The pasoengers were not mo lested and no one was injured. . : .; The robber boarded tho train at Hillsdale, and climbing over tho tender into the cab and presenting their guns at the head of tho trainment ordered tho engine, express snd msil ears cut off and ran down the track and (top ped. The eagiser at Uto command of tho robbers txod sorea charges of dy. namte to tbo express ear which blew out the -aides and end. After removing tho content of tho safes, tho robbers left, taking shot at tho fireman who stock his head out of, the cab window, and at tho spproauhin' brakeman.. Report received at the general of fice of the Northern Pacific state that both men were masked and heavily armed. They were of medium height inclined to be slight in build and wort black hat and coats and blue overall. One man's overalls were badly torn. On releasing the trainmen, , both robber went in the direction of XorUi Yakima, MORE FAKX CERTIFICATES. Salem, Dec. IS. Seventeen fraudulent certificates for school nad were reported to Clerk Brown today by R E. Mom of Chicago, who It is said bought them through 8. JL D. Puter. " . . AMERICAN RIGHTS Men And Munitions From U. S. to ble of Hnes. SITUATION IS STRAINED If Weeded, to Defend American Rights on tho Seut&cra Island, Six Thou sand Men Win Go Than from TJ. S, to Fight Havana, Dee. !. President Raynard of the Ide of Pine) Association, in a letter to tho Associated Pros saysi The last msil from th United State brought additional guarantees of the meaning of the total of over $50,000, In cash, and 6000 men and all the initia tions needed should we elect to use force in maintaining tho right of Americans on American territory. Secretary of the Interior Andrade when shown the. letter said tho United States doutlea could be depended up on to prevent the embarkation of men and munitions of war for the Isle of Pines, He deolared bis government would psy no attention to such state ments. JAMAICA GOVERNOR GETS BUSY. Kingston, Jamaica, Dee. 16. The gov ernor, of Jamaica, Sir Alexander Swet tenham last night proclaimed the Pana ma canal sons umhy the emigrants protection law, under which a $3 depos it I required from each person going there. This measure hampers the op erations of the recruiting agejit of the Isthmian canal here. RUSSIAN ARMY v IS FAST SPREADING St. Petersburg, Dee. 16. A private letter received from Harbin dated No vember 25th, denies the re porta of wide spread rioting and mutiny and burning of Harbin on November 16th. The let ter says tliere is much discontent in the army on account of the univcrl dcui to return to Russia end because of the appearance of a mutinous spir it, and grumbling. ' Report of mutinies in the regiments BILL PASSES SENATE That BodyPassbftiiana Appropriation BUI. AFTER LONG DEBATE Set Speeches Made By. Bacon Allison Culberson Stone Newlands.' . NO MORE PRESS AGENT Bacon Offers Substitute Amendment Re quiring Congress to Bo Supplied with Estimate of ail Salaries Paid hi Con- . nectioa .With Canal .Construction, ' Washington, Dec. 16. The Senate to ey appropriation bill, but the result wa not attained until after a debate on tho bill vshich continued tho greater pert of the day to the exclusion -of practically aTl of the bainss. Sot speeches were made by Bacon, In ad vocacy of hi amendment requiring' es timate for canal commission aalaries, and by Allison, who devoted himself largely to detail of tho bills; another speech by Culberson, who criticised Uto employment of Bishop a "press agent' and by Stone, criticizing Uto purchase of American ships to carry Uto Paan ma canal supplies in fses of th an nounced determination to go abroad for vessels under the condition then ex isting, and by New lands, who expressed tit opinion that the construction of the anal should havo been entrusted to the geological survey. A substitute for Bacon's amendment offered by Hale waa accepted. It apo ifioially require Congress to be sup plied with regular estimates of all tho salaries exoept those paid laborers, both skilled and umkiilod. Otherwise tho bill was passed as reported front the committee, "..".. ; ' ", N During tho debet Halo mad an au thorized announcement that Bishop's duUes as pre agent would b discon tinued. , NOTHING TO NOTHING Multnomah and SeatUe Play Scortles Game. . . Seattle, Dec. 16. There was nothing to cbosee between the Multnomah Ath letic club and the Seattle Athletic dub in today's football game, and It went through with a - score of nothing to nothing. It Is declared one of the best and mos hotly contested games ever played in Washington. Seattle succeed ed in keeping the ball in Multnomah'a territory a large portion of the time but the closest it got to the goal line wa twenty yard. DISCONTENT in various parts of Russia, ertntlnua to pour in ceaselessly. At Irkutsk prac tically the entire gnrrison of 4000 men i . . . . . .t . ani many oiucers voiea ior ins im mediate convocation of the constituent assembly and the battery stationed at Serupljhoff has presented a serie of po litical and military demand-. The new from Moieow !- very bad. Open mutiny has broken out in the Crenmlier nd other rt-giratnt. - . ' '