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JtlfiCttiiii WML OIATIO PRIM Rigour VOVIRS TN MOftNINQ IU ON TH1 LOWIh OOLUMSIA VOLUME LX NO. 231 ASTORIA. OREGON THURSDAY JANUARY 11 1906 PRICE FIVE CENTS UHIt-MI PULL AttO f LEAP FROU THE n iiiiiinmipn Fire to Minneapolis Hotel Causes. Panic FIREMAN SAYES LIFE We Saved an Aed Woman at the Cot of His Own Life ACT tS SEEN BY HUNDREDS Flrtaun, White Desceadltg From IW Sovealh Fam Carryiag Wnua Loan Baltaca Tkrvw Woaua ( Project ing td; Then Falla t HU Dm Ik. MINXF-ATOLIS. Jin. 10.Elght per Mi tr dead from suffocation or I. lag from window tod a score art mort wUm lajured (ma Ira ia tke West Hotel todsy. Tk flr wbkb Is sup posed waa auJ by crossed wire, ws Itself inlguifW-snt, hrln( confined to tl elevator shsfl and tb coraer of lb top floor of lb building, but a wild scene followed tho flr alarm. Fright ned people ttresmed into to hills aad out Uioa tb window ia a franllr effort to ssv themselves. Tho financial kw will Dot esceed 1.10.01)0. Captain John llerwin, of lb flr department lot hi lif la saving Mr. K, IX llarlow. of 1m Ang.-lr. Ascending to tb seventh flirnr OA a seslliig ladder, he stumbled i tho unconsclout form of Mr. llar low. Th ged womaa bad groped her war (a lb stirs, a onl to succumb to th amok. Strapping bur limp body tu hi back Berwin pushed out onto th window ledge to carry hta burden down th ladder. Between III seventh and sixth floor th step broke, landing over to balance th body of tha wnmaa ' the firemaa leaned forward at th rlk ' iif hi lif and gathering himself for a uprena effort hurled th womaa to ward tk projecting ledge of th floor below, Mr. Barlow retired la th air and frapd tb protect ioa and held on. Ia making tb throw Berwin loat hi baUae and wai dsshed to death on th psvrramt. Tk womaa waa rescued by another fireman. rORTY INDIANS FIGHT OVER HORSE TRADE (i)linElJ. Jaa. 10.-Forty 4 intoxicated Indiana belonging to the Piut ami Mirwhon trihe 4 4 engaged in a flght on the out- 4 ekirt of Ooldfleld laat night 4 lining axr, clulw and ror. 4 4 Four of tb b-adera ar now in 4 jail badly lr')i tip. The 4 4 fight waa atopped by th arrival 4 4 of white. It reaulted from a 4 4 hor trade. AMERICAN IRRIGATION FEDERATION MEETS OMAHA, Jaa. 10. Tha Aemrloaa Ir rigate Federatloa la tba nam of th orgajiUatioa formed by reprntativa of tk Irrigation Mate who met In Omaha today. Among, th object ar to harnwniM tha conflicting Intereata, promote beneficial lejjUlat loii aid la - tha eettleraent or rwiaimea areaa, o criticb any official or othr for act . . . I- It. ...11....- ' Of injaaiica ana vo am in iu HOT CAMPAIGN. British PWpl la Mldtt f Waruutt Political right la Year. LONDON', Jan. 10,-Th raaipalgn la dally growing la intensity. I'ramler Camplwll llannevmsa wa at fchrews bury aad wa bowled dowa tonight by tb (Vmherlalnlat minority and com pelled to ahortea hla tpeeeb. Disor derly meeting of thl kind ara not un common. Joba Dura, president of th kiral government board mad a eueceae- ful tilt againat Joeph Chambarlaia compelling him publicly to retract a .latement that a million abl bodied mea wer tupported ia work bou la great llritaln. ' WIIC1 IEP0ITID. SALT LAKE, Jan. II. A Tribun pocial froa Ogtka tkl moralng aayt It 1 rrporUd that tk Boutharn Pa cific' faat mall train wa wrrkd at Moatetlo Hill IW mil w.t of Ogdaa. Hallway officiala deny th atory of a wreck. Tba rumor wat not milled at I i3fl tbit morning. TO ABRUT MORALES. 8 AN TO DOMINGO, Jaa. 10-Th uprm court today tranamitted to tbe minialer of th Interior aa order for lit arreat of Prident Morale and hia follower. Th autboritle do not know lb whereabout of Mural. Kw ia received that th Interior ia favorable t th government Quiet prevail In tb city. POLIty INDICATED German Paper Publishes Govern ment Views on Morocco. WAR DECLARED IMPOSSIBLE Ea if tk Propoeed Coafraca B twa Pawwra Should Break ap War WaaM Wot NKMaaYUy FUw, Though Rtlatiou Would B Strata! V1F.NXA. Jaa. I0.-Tb Neu Freie IVeaa, In what I obviously an oltle- ial inspired communication from th (ermaa mbaay, indicate th policy which tiermany will adopt ia tha Mo- rrran ennferenc at Algerka. It de clare hat war I ImpoMihl cvea if the mnferenc ahould break up abruptly, but eaya in that event th rlatioa between Franca and Ormany will be trained. Cermany, It la pointed out, will aland unconditionally upon the baia of tba Madrid convention of IHXO and will not Intervene even ahould Franc ttack Morocco. If at th con' fcrenc th French delegate demand nra than they could ohtaln on the twain of the Madrid convention and by th voluntary conocn.lnnt of the lg- nalorv powcra, the determination of th everl apherea of Inducnoe may hive to b pmtponed and if, the com- iininl.atlon aayt, it ia got inconceiv able that the mnferenc will adopt auch a eourae. If th conference ahould be without reault, it I added, Ormany will continue to negnljate direct with the Sultan of Morocco to eoeur righta. nient of freight rate. Th flrat annual meeting will be held la Boia, on a date to be named later by th executive com mit tee. Governor Prince, of New Mexico, wat elected pretldent, and IX II. Anderaoa, of Chicago, tecretary. In cluded In tba executive aommitte la Zera Snow, of Portland. Tha vkl president Include Thoma W. Richard ardaon, of Portland, and Judge Happy, of Spokane, TAFT REPLIES TO CHARGE Answers Artlcicon Panama Situation. WRIITEN BY BIGEL0W Bielow Cbared "Graft" and Political Influence Governed Canal Operations. CHARGES FALSE SAYS TAFT Secrttary Iatimata Tkat tha Author of th Articla ia tk "ladapaadcat" Waa Sora at tk Covaramaat aad Wanted t Ct Im. WASHINGTON', Jaa. 10.-Scretary Taft today mad eompreheneiv and elaboraU eniwert ia aa articla ia th IBdependellt,, purporting to b written by Poultnry Itigekiw containing rhargra againat tha lathmkia eanal eon tniaaiuu. Regarding the drainage problem at Colon tha eeeretary aayt it la on of extreme difficulty and tha uncertainty of plan haa rendered tb dcetructioa of uaaanltary building Impracticable. In th meantime th commiaalon haa devoted ita attention to Panama where th death rata it nearly thirty per cent greater thaa at Colea. But few employe llv at Colon h aaya, not mora thaa two or three hundred. Two temporary rearrvolre with a "pply capacity of 80,000,000 galloaa tnpply th water, and a 700.000,000 gallon re ervoir will be completed In April The tecretary aaya tea cent In gold per hour la paid the laborer. II denie prejudic againat th negro laborer, though th mnaentua oftvery obearver U that thi labor ia inefficient. Th secretary denie categorically that appointment! to potltlont M tk lathmna ara through political influence. Tha accuaatioa that tba dredge ia th Culebra cut ar not working twenty per eent of their capacity, ha aaya. It diaproven by tba fact that no dredge are there, th instrument being tteam hovel. - Tba eh rire that he refuted guidance to Tracy Kldnon visiting rurlriua of Colon, and regarding the iwrt ion that h refuaed an interview to John Lundie, with tha chief engineer of the refriger ating plant, he declarct that the cor respondence ahoat I.undl did not aak for an interview. Th tecretary ttatet the writer of the article arrived in runama November 30th and left on December lt and it i not unfair to any hit opxirtuiiltie for observation were limited. Corroborative document tay the 'cretary. will disprove th charge that black women rt brought from Mir tjniue for Immoral purponca. Taft ex- pin ina iRotdnaon't and I.undie't antagon- iain to tha government and aaya tueh informant tharply araign tha good faith of th writer of tb article. REVOLUTIONISTS RULE, la th Interior of Russia They Set up Civil Adminiitratioa. MITAU. Courtand. Jaa. 10 Fugitives who have arrived her from th interior recount remarkable ttorle of th civil dmlniatratioa set up by the revolu tionist la the town and village. They hav elected committee on which one womaa always set-v, to administer everything, Including th court. Th whipping post for theft has been revived, and certain class of robbery ara punishable with death. The spirit shops are closed aad preach ing the doctrine of the damnation of souls ia forbidden. Only civil marriage ar kgL , A ITER XAirr TEARS EUfr f Ohia Rataras to Caagraaa After ao Tear Retirement. WAHHIXOT0N, Jaa. 10-A vlgoroaa peerk ia behalf of th Philippine tariff bill by Daliell opened proceed' ing ia th Iloua today. Thit waa fol lowed by aeveral other tgalnat the meaaure, tb moat notable of which wa a two-hour addreae by tb veteran ttateaman, Kiefer, of Ohio, aad aa i speaker who returat to th House after twenty yesre of retirement. Kiefer beapoke th "stand pat" doctrine, aad opposed tba bill because of its cooocs tioa to Democratic priaciples. NAME CHANCED. Pad&c Railway Ctmpaay New Ckicaga, MUwaukM aad St. Paal TA(XMA. Jan. 10,-By amended ar tkle of incorporation tiled today tba Pacific Railway Company changed ita name to th Chicago, Milwaukee aad St. Paul Railway Company of Waak Ington. The purpose of th new com- pny is to build a railway from Kesttle and Taooma toutheatterly to th east era boundary of Washington. VICTIM 0P THUGS. LOS ANGELES, Jan. lO.-Evidently the victim of thugs whoe purpose wa robbery, aa unidentified man waa found unconscious acroa the Salt Lake rail road tracks today. Tbe polio have ao clues. SUBJECT DISMISSED Senate Carefully Avoids Discuss ing Morocco Question. EIGHTY BILLS ARE PASSED Senate Diapoeee af Largs Amount of Busio Oaly Few Measure Left aa Calendar Seaata Look late Salariea Paid Caaal Offikala. WASHINGTON, Jan. W.-Tbe Sen at made plain today that it had all it wants to beer for J be present on the Morocco question. Two opportunities to resume tha eonskteratioa of tbe sub ject were avoided apparently by con sent of all tha members, and the Sen ate adjourned at aa early hour rather thaa take it up. About eighty bills passed today leaving on tbe calendar six or seven measure, A large ma jority of tha bill wer private pension and a number wer bridge bill. - For th rest of the session th Senate gave attention to the question of the sab arte paid th canal officials and to the pur food end merchant marine bill, WOMAN SENTENCED. Murdered Her Husband and Get 14 Year in tha Pen. CHICAGO. Jan. 10.-A Jury in Judge Smith court yesterday found Mrs, Virginia B. Troupe, guilty of murder ing her htiHhand. Th penalty wa fixed at fourteen years in tbe penitentiary. The verdict waa received after hours of dcliberatioa. Mr. Trmin was ac cused of murdering her husband, Wil liam C. Troup, tha aight of August V, 1002, in their hone. The shooting U supposed to have takea pis re during a quarrel after both had been spending tha evening ia a saloon. COSSACKS. ATTACKED. Miner Ambush a Party 'of Soldier aad a4 Kill TV. BERLIN, Jan. 10. A dispatch to the Lokal Anaelger from Kattowita ayt a sanguinary collision between the mili tary aad the miners of tha Kiemca mine occurred near Soenovice, Poland, serosa th frontier. The miners enticed a number of Cossack into ambush and attacked them. Three wer killed. One miner was killed. The miner hav seised th Batura Mitt tnd elected their own director. HARPER PES OF Noted Educator Succumbs to tbe Disease. HE MADE BRAVE FIGHT Dr. Harper Underwent Several Operations In Vain Effort to Check Malady. eVORKED UNTIL END CAME WUliaaa Rainey Hrpr Had Bean th President af Chicago University Since ita Inception Was One of th Most Noted Hebrew Scholar of His Age. CHICAGO. Jaa. 10,-Dr. William Rainey Harper, president of Chicago L'niver-ity aince its Inception, and one of the foremost educator and one of the' most learned Hebrew lobular of Ki time, died today of asaoer of the intestine. 4 It wa discovered three year ago whee Dr. Harper underwent an opera tkm for appendicitis, that graver trouble might arUe, but they were too indefinite, and not until February 22. 1003, waa it decided to operate and find the nature and cause of tha severe pain from which th doctor suffered. Dr. JIcBuruey. the celebrated Intes tinal surgeon, assisted by Dra. Billing tnd Bevaa perforated an exploratory operttion, and discovered tbe patient ws suffering from cancer at tha head of the Urge intestine which had pro gressed so far that it would have cost the patient' lif to rmov it It wa therefore decided that nothing should be done by them and the only hope lay in remedial measure. Dr. Harper left the hospital knowing he waa a doomed man Ko braver fight wa ever made by any man thaa by Dr. Harper. II took up th dutie at the univer sity" a though nothing had happened and at all Uioea wai apparently confi dent and cheerful Dr. Harper never deluded himself with falsa hope, though be faithfully attempted whatever wa offered in hope of recovery. At time his condition would improve and then a relapse would occur leaving him weaker than ever. Despite all done for him, he lost steadily ia all thing ex cept murage. Several timea small op erations were necessary to afford tem porary relief. During the past fort night hi strength failed and it waa evident to the medical attendant that the end wa not far off. The funeral senices will be la Handel Hall at the university on Sunday. Onl Saturday the body will lie in state at Haskell Hall under a guard of honor composed of university student. The body will be buried in Oak wood cemetery. CANCER ORCHARD'S HEARING IS SET BOISE,' Jan. 10. The preliminary hearing of Orchard ia fixed for Satur day morning. The defense In the case of Harry Orchard haa asked for a postponement of th preliminary hearing for a week. Th request wa not acceded to but th attorney for th prosecution art hold ing a con fcrenc tonight, for th pur pose of determining whea to proceed. ChemUts have not completed the antly- si of th powder and other material P0R FINE ART SCHOOL. NEW YORK. Jan. 10,-In tbe plan of Xir kolas Murray Butler, prrsidest of the Uaiversity of Columbia, to es tablish a school of fine arts on Morn ing Side Height by th transfer af tba schools of tha National Academy af design to th university, It will b neeeary for the academy to rait ."jOO.OOO within a year to erect a school building on South Field. It was lesnted that th wealthy friend of both institutions had prom ised to contribute, dollar for dollar, a ay amount which might be raised .by tho academy np to ISM.OOO, miS THE LANDLADY. CREAT FALLS. Mont, Jan. 10.- Elias M. Enge. a stranger ia tha dty, who claims to bar recently been Tyler of a Masonie lodge ia Maaila, Philip pine Islands, tonight made an unpro voked assault upon Mrs. Lemon, land lady of a lodging house, squirting car- bolie acid from a syringe into her face. He 'id not attempt to escape and waa at once arrested. Tba officer believe ho ia insane. Ha baa been her for about a week. MARSHAL FIELD ILL. NEW YORK. Jan 10. While Do of ficial statement coulj ba obtained from phjrtlclana it la rumored there b a cbangw In the condition of Marshall Field who ia ill at the Hollaed House. IMDIARISIJ RIFE Organized Attempt to Bum Can on City Colorado. CITIZENS GUARD PROPERTY During th Past Twa Weka Fifteen Attsmpta Hav Been Mad at lacea diariam Three TJnknawi Mea Try t Barn Zinc Saeltcf. CANON CITY, Cow, Jan. JO-An at tempt tonight to fir th big sine and smelting factory make tha fifteenth attempt at Incendiarism in Caaon City during the past two week. Th dtl aen ar convinced that aa organized gang It trying to burn th town. Three mea were seen to rua from smel ter. The guard fired bat they escaped. The towa ia up la arma. Patrola of citiaens and hired guards ara on duty nightly. Electric lights are strung through alley and outlying district to aid ia guarding tb property. MEXICAN STABS MAN WITH A PITCHFORK LOS ANGELES, Jsa. 10. During a quarrel over th pos- session of a tia pail todsy Vito Drvardo, a Mexican, attacked Walter C. Ivers, a fruit raiser, with a pitchfork and after atab- bing the bitter In the breast, secured a revolver and shot Ivers through tha back, prob- ably wounding him fatally. FOR SATURDAY 1 found In, Orchard'a room after his ar rest aad It b thought tha hearing will ba postponed a abort tim on that ac count, James McFtrland arrived thia evening from Denver. Ha k la confer cue with th Governor thit evening. Tha understanding is that a famous) detective was asked to com here aad giv advice on th tltoatioa aad to as sist in arrangementa for entering a force of men at work a the alleged conspiracy may ba rua down ia all It ramification.