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OOVMt TNI MONNINa rilLO ON Trt LOWS COLUMMIA
VOLUME LX NO. 226
ASTORIA. OREGON SATURDAY, JANUARY 6 1906
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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' DMI0 Oil
X i STAND
State cf Missouri Versus
the Oil Trust
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tOMBINE IS ALLEGED
Missouri Will Try to Oust Oil
Company Prom Operittaj In
the State.
ANTI. TRUST LAW VIOUTED
Suit W Missouri Will Attempt ( Show
TU Three Companies ia th Stat
Pooled Taalr Interest aad Formed
Holdup Combine,
NEW YOKK, Jan. 5,-Tha taking of
testimony la the two auilt brought by
th State of Missouri to out the
m m" tit - i..J Ail i . f-jr
- B-t at rr Pierce Oil Compear and the Re
public Oil Company from Mioarl and
lo prevent the carrying out of aa al
leged pooling agreement among lh
ompaakrr mentioned, wea begun here
today before Frederick W, Sanborn,
special nimiol'liiiwr appointed by Gov
ernor Folk, Herbert Khdley, attorney-
general for Mluouii, ho4onducted lhi
State' ce( attempted lo ahow that
th Weteiw-Plere and Republic com
panic were in frailty ulidlary con
rani of tha Standard Oil . Company.
During today'a haarlng there were a
number of lively tllla between tlia op
posing lawyer, one mulling In a tie
inand by tha attorn1 for the defend
ant companies that the testimony b
taken down verbatim in longhand. Tkta
tedlou method of recording testimony
waa permitted In the examination o(
two Knees today. . K. U lledfnrd,
receiver for th Standard Oil Company.
rafuMff absolutely to auiarrr quetions
I solving tha Standard Oil Company'a
affair. A. V, Jockel, th (ormer book
keeper of the Standard Oil Company,
who said ha had trnfcrred to th
Water Tierce KI Company of Okla
homa City without resigning from the
Standard, aaid he wa Instructed to aiy
that tha Waters-Pierce Company in
Independent, but declared that the
Watere-Piere barrel wart filled with
oil from tha Standard barrel. Atlor-nr.v-Ci'iifrat
lladlcy aaid h would re
tort the racak'ltraiit witnesae to the
huprenie Court and allow tht tribunal
to di-al with, tlx-ui. Tha Waring will
jiroceeil tomorrow,
Hnh C. I-ake, alUnt attorney gen
eral of Miaaouil, who came in advani
of hi rlilef, when keen at tha Wal
dorf laat nlglit, aaid:
"It i our pui to et the wheel
In motion prompt ly and prot-eiti ex
tilitiou.ly. Tha hearing in Xt-w York
la hy no mean th beginning of our
ARRESTED FOR
PORTLAND, Jan. 5.-Charged With
murder in tha flrat degree for ahooting
th aged Thorn Flemming ' in the
hold-up of the bar-room in tba Centen
nial Hotel, In North Portland on the
night of December 13th laL "Tattoo"
Kelley, and "IUnry" Romn ara un
der arreat, tha former ia in thl city,
and Rootman i In Tacoma, Kelley and
Rom man tally well with tha deaerlp
tion of th men who held up tha Cen
tennial barroom and murdered Flem
ming who attempted to rapture th
work. Wa tegaa taking testimony ia
MiouH four or Bee month ago and
bav already aeeured testimony how
Ing th divUbin of tarrltory and trade
In Mlmirl between tha Standard and
tha . Water Pierca Oil Company. Wt
expert to terur rumtilatlra avidenra ra
that point and aim to abow that tat
Republic Oil Company whirli aoara at
tlia Independent Company, , waa or
ganlaed by elerka in tha oftV of th
Standard Oil Company at M Broad
way, and Wa barked by tha money of
thl. Standard. ,
The i4a i baaed upoa tha ehaige
that tha defeadant oorporatioa ar
federated for tha purpoae of abutting
out eurapetltion and controlling th
prka. in violation of the. ant( tntat
law of Ulwourl. Tha peaahy of viola
tioa 1 forfallura of chartar or liina
to do bualneaa ia tha Stat.
Tha Water l'ierea Company I a
MUamtri corporation, and tha eucc
of tha tKaU'i ea will meaa the Ida
of charter, while tha Standard Oil
Company of Indiana, which duet bul-
nM wen of th Ohio nd tha Republic
Oil Company, being foreign corpora
lion, would loa their liranaee."
BIO FIKE.
Kaaaat City Retail BuaJnaaa Sectioa
Iwtpt By fira.
KANSAS CITY, Jan. 5.-Th enllr.
down town retail diatrkt waa threat
ened tonight by a Br which etarted in
tha rear of tha three atory brk-k build
ing of the Columbu Buggy Company,
devtroylng thin and tha adjoining build
ing WTUpied by tba Kimball Piano
Company and tha Hettinger Brother'
Manufacturing Company, and badly
damaging tha National Bank of Com
mere. Tba Iota la 1330,000.
Petition the Governor (o Save
Patrick's Life, . -
LAWYER CONDEMNED TO DIE
H Haa Beta Coorictad af tba Murder
of William Mtrih Rico and Saataactd
to b tlacttocntad aa Jaanary
Governor Hlggini May Art Later.
ALBANY, Jan, . Governor Hlggin
received today tha petition for the el
arriao of exeeuUva! rfemenry In the)
(-aa ol Albert T. Patrick, the Vew York
lawyer confined In Slug Sing prlaon
und?e arntenra to die tha wek begin
nlng January 22. for tha numler of
Million William Mrh Itire. Tha peti
tloii I eignrd by nearly a hundred well
known in-mono, including drover ("leva
land, John O. Carliale, and a large mini'
ber of prominent member of the New
York fitly Imr, Mark Twain, Allan
Uumiltou, the well-known alirnit, Ir,
a
Aui'iit Hint, head of the lU-llevue
Medical ScIiimiI ind nmnji' other phyxl
cin it and ehcmiKta of tamling, Pter. IV.
(lie i lea II. Paiihiiinl,'iIev. Dr. Muditon
C. Vetera, lvid nclnaro, and. Itoliert
Krkin Kly, diiwtor of the Leagne for
Political Ednration.
t!overmr Hiiii mIJ toliinlit that
he did ifot know when ha would act on
tha matter.
HOLDING UP
SALOON IN PORTLAND
roUrr a they left tha place) with
about 11215 in caih which they took
from tha till after lining up a doaen
or more men who were in the place.
Another man who waa In tha bar room
wa ahot In tha arm. Boatman, who 1
believed to have been Implicated a year
ago In a aeriea of robberie In Tacoma
wa arretted In that city Friday after
noon. Kelley waa arreated at tha da
pot In thla city Friday afternoon Juit
a ha wa about to leara for tha north.
Both men hare police record.
DIABOLICAL
bv cossac (s
H0.1WBLE ATROCITIES
Jewish Refugees Lauding
Beyond Description-Men Women and
Children Torn limb from Limb.
BODIES OF BABIES ARE TOSSED ON SOLDIERS BAYONETS
Horrora Ar Deecribed Which Art Aimeat Beyaad Belicf-On Kaluga aaid B
Saw a Woman Slaahed Opaa From Throat tt Abdomen aad Tata Raeaiaa
Soldier Staled Her Body With Faatnera Wamen Kill Tbeir Children
Rather Ton Eav Tbtm Murdered.
NEW YORK, Jan. S Opecial). -Re
port of bow th dead were mutilated,
terrify th living In Ruatia war
brought today by Ruwiaa refugare, 700
of whom arrived on tba ateamer Penn
aylvania. One woman told of having
a a young married woman kill ber
child . nut, t , tliat Vt CHa-k mur
der it.
Another refute related bow in the
town of Nova aloacor, five drunken, (ol
die r marched through tha atreete car
rying arm, and a dead baby with a
bayonet run through the body dis
played on tha end of each gun.
UeM-r Landomlnako, a dry
merchant, who bad 110,000 which, ha
had aaved in tha flight, aaid it wa a
common thing to aea men atrung up
feet flrt lying dead along tba route of
tha railroad.
Uirxrh Luachmiakl, with hia wife and
two children wa another refugee. He
waa a lumber merchant. "The civill-
aed world will never know tha extent of
tha allocking outrage constantly in
flicted on women of our faith," aaid he.
I aaw a Ruaaian town attacked on
October lath and 300 Jew put to death.
Women ware throww out of window,
men beaten over the bead with rifle
butt, and bayonet run through the
children.
I aaw tha body of a Ruaaian boy
about II year of age, lying dead oa
the road, on hi bneaat wa a label, j
which read, 'Thla la tha way to kill
them off young.'
In tba (treet I aaw two and three-
N P, R. R, BUYS A. & C. R; R.
PORTLAND, Jaa. 3. It la learned oa good authority that tha
Northern Pacific Railroad Company will purchaae the Astoria and Co
lumbia River Railway for four million dollar, Tha Aatoria and
Columbia River ia owned principally hy A. B. Hammond of Saa Fraa
ciaco. It ia generally understood th road pay Pr cent on four mil
lion cellars of valuation. ,
IMPORTANT CONFERENCE.
Preaident and Secretaries Root. Taft
and Bonaparte and Moody Confer.
WASHINGTON, Jan. S.-An Import-
ant conference which covered a wide
range of diacumion on the internal
management of tha war and nary de
partment wa held in the White Houie
tonight. It wa participated in by See-
ret a lie Root, Taft and Bonaparte and!
Attorney-General Moody. Propoaed
hangea in the nary personnel bill ef
fecting the promotion of offlcera which
are now before Coagreea waa mentioned
during the evening' diacuasion. From
the length of the conference .it la be
lieved matter affecting the Philippine,
Panama, Saa Domingo, the general
board of the navy and tha general ataff
of the army, alao may have been
brought up.
DEEDS DONE
OF RUSSIAN SOLDIERS
in New York Tell of Deeds
year-old children torn limb from limb
by tha imane rufBana, inepired to tha
dead by tba potior tbemaelvte, who thu
hoped to take tba mind of tba Rua
aian populate from tha real revolution
that fct epreading throughout tba em
pire. I aaw one woman alaahed open
front throat' to abdonara and aaw the
Send atuff feather from a pillow into
her body."
Several refugee raea a flnit-claa
paaarngera. They had aa aggregate of
about $100,000, and jewele la money
belt. .
Situatioa Scrioua. '-
ST. PETERSBURG, Saturday morn
ing, Jan. 8. Th AteocJated Pre haa
been permitted to inapect a report pre
pared for the emperor regarding the
aituation in th Baltie province. The
report declare that though the open
revolt haa been eruahed ja parte of the
prorincra and though the local author'
it lea who were depoeed by the revolu
tioniate, are returning tha rein ol gov
ernment under tha protection of troope,
the aituation i ttill a very arrioua one.
In tha diatricta of Dorpat and Pernau,
in northweetern Livonia, the troope are
unable to move exceyt In heavy forcea.
-Advice received by the government
report the capture of an important ar
aenal for revolutioniat at Temarnik lb
Southern Rum la, in which waa found
rifle, bomba, and explosive and alao a
-mall Held pi. 'Another araenaj
.wuglit fire and an exptoaion followed
rcMilting in the killing of twelve per
ton and tha wounding of nine other.
SURVEYING LINE,
Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul te Be
gin Conttrnctioa Work ia April.
SPOKANE, Jan. . An Mlensburg
apecial to the Spqkeiman Review aaya
I pon reliable authority it ia learned
here that a, definite line between Paaco
and Ellenburg ha been aelrrted by the
Chicago, Milwauke and St. Paul, and
that Saoqualmie paaa haa been decided
upon that the main line will not touch
North Yakima 1 and that the cooat ruc
tion work will commence on thi line
in April One of the ten aurveying
carp which are working upon the west
ern .extenaion of the Chicago, Milwau
kee and St. Paul, ia camped near El
leniburg. Thi party baa run a line
from Paaco to EUentburg. By a aur
vey, the diatance ia leaa than 100 mile,
while that of tha Northern Pacific be
tween the-e pointa ia 127 mile. j
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f-l ATROCIOUS BUTCHIKY.
Far Revenge Mas KIDj Three-Year-Old
Child, Catting Body lata Bit.
HONOLlLU, Jan. -Umoa Wharton-
wa found dead In a eaaefleld
HaUluk on the, IaUad of Oaha. E
wa murdered in aa atrodooa manner.
Ilia leg, arm., end head were aeyered
from tha body, the tongue cut off, and
eye gouged out. The internal organ
were found aevera! feet apart. The
murderer buried tba remain tlx incbea
Oder tha ground. A laborer named
Sayiuel Johnaon, boardinf with th
pareata of the child waa arreated. He
made a eonfrenioa. Hia motive wa
revenge agaimt the boya' mother, be
eauac alia bad refuted to give him
liquor.
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M0. SIGHinCAHCX.
WASHINGTON, Jan. S.-In reference
to the movement - of Rear Admiral
Kig.beee cruier aquadron, it wa Ut
ed at the navy department that the
plan for a rruie were projected long
befure there tlie alighteat lu-pkioa
in official miitd here that Moroccan
affair would aMiime aut-h ahape aa to
threaten the peace of Europe.
REPORT DISCREDITED.
SAN FRANCISCO, aJn. S.-C. F.
Swe-ney, vinr-preaident and the prin
cipal ttoekbolder in the Seattle Brewing
aad Malting Compaav, diemlitt the
reported merger of the Xortbern brew
erie. He ay, however, thai juat be
fore leaving Seattle, be gave an option
on hi atock in th company named to
Andrew Hrmrich. ,
TALK OF LYUNG
Residents of Tillamook arc in an
Angry Mood.
HEMBREE HELD FOR MURDER
Arraigned for Killing Wife aad Daugh
ter. Whoa Charred Remain Were
Fosad la the Bains of the Bambrte
Home, a Few Days Age. ,
TILLAMOOK, Jaa. S.-A. J. Hembree
waa arraigned oa tba charge of murder
ing hi wife and daughter whose char
red bodice were found in the ruina of
the Hembree house at Sand Lake a few
day ago. Hembree waived hia prelimi
nary examination, and the case will go
to the circuit court. The evidence
againat Hembree ia circumstantial.
There ia considerable feeling in the
outwent part of the county and
threat of a lynching are openly nude.
Hi neighbor are all the more excited
over the matter because they think
tliey have reason to believe the burn-
Ing wa prevented, it becoming known
be had maltreated hia daughter while
she was attending tha academy In
Tillamook last spring. It baa been de
cided for thi reaon to incarcerate
Hembree in the Yamhill county jail at
MrMinnvUle until hia' trial
PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION
NOT BEFORE WEDNESDAY
BOISE, Jaa. 8-Fred Miller, of the
Spokane law firm of Robertson, Rosea
haup and Miller did not arrive la Cold
welt today aa expected, to defend
Harry Orchard alia Thoma Hogan, oa
the charge of murdering Frank Steun-
enberg. It said he left the train at
Walla Walla, and it was auppoaed he
would arrive here tomorrow moraine
County Attorney Vanduyn atate it
will be impracticable to hold the pre
liminary examination before Wednea-
Clark of Missouri Enter
tains tlic House.
HE RIDICULES SHAW
Says Secretary of Treasury b lo&-
cal Republican Presid- ,
entia! Candidate.
FAVORS PHILIPPINE TRAFFIC
Representative from Miaaoari Ascribe
Future Greataeaa ef Republican Lead,
era t "Stand Pat" Pelicr la later
raptedMaay Times hy Opponent.
WASHINGTON. Jan. I-"damp
Clark Democracy" which wa expound
ed U the delicbt end entertainment of
the house for three hours today by
Clark, of Mia-otiri, constituted th fea
ture of the -debate on the Philippine
tariff bill Clark' epeech took m wide
range. .He labelled hi political belief
aa above, ia answer to the question a
to what kind of a Democrat he really
waa. tie talked that the PhiliDpinee
favqred the pending bill and diseusaed
the general tariff question end ia par
ticular the German tariff aituation. Ha
reviewed Bryan'a record on ailver, aad
paid hia respecte ia character! tie ora
tory to tha Republican leader. Ha, aa-
cribed the future greatneta to what he
termed the "atand pat" disciple aad
declared one of these waa Secretary
Shaw, whose record a Secretary of tba
Treaaury included, he said, the classify
ing of frog's leg aa poultry aad pooiea '
aa "household article" for the collee-
tion of revenue, waa the logical Repub
lican presidential possibility, unlese hia
mantle aboukt fall oa "The gray aad.
griaxled speaken; I'nde Joa Cannon."
Clark addreeaed many of hia poaitive
aaaertiona directly at the Republican
member. He waa internlpted many
time, the, interruption generally re-
aulted in repone that delighted both
idea, . . .
The fight against the bill opened the
interest la tha beet sugar industry by
Fortlney of Michigan. He recalled the
Republican membership to it pledge
on the' "stand pat" tariff plank of the
party.
The houae commit tie on interstate
foreijjn commerce decided to defy the
Senate int cttinertion with all litfhU
house matters and similar bills which
v I
must be ped on by th committee.
It ha been the practice of the house
to frame these measure in such a way
that when the sum of money is not
specified, but doe not exceed a certain 1
amount, it Is to be used for a particular
improvement.
"CHAMP CLAM
DE10CMCV"
Deputy District Attorney Cillete of
Cripple Creek, Colo, today Hied, an in
formation la the district court charging
Harry Orchard with tha murder of J.
W. Harttock, one of the fourteen men
kilted in the Independence Depot explo
sion of June 6, ISO. The information
is based oa tie affidavit made by Sheriff
Edward Belf Orchard i under arrest ,
at Caldwell Idaho, charged with th
assassination of former Governor Franks
Steunenberg. '
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