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XtOVBftt TNC MORNINa FlltO ON Trfl LOWIft COLUMBIA
VOLUME LX NO. 233
ASTORIA. OREGON SATURDAY JANUARY 13 1906
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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POSTPONE THE
HEARING
Oil Trust Attorney Could
not Be Present.
HAD OTHER BUSINESS
Prosecutor Hidley Asks Rofen
to Answer Fhrt Important
Questions.
MAGNATE SEEKS TO ESCAPE
la Aaiwsr to HadWri QumIIom Rogers
lets Forth For Foolish Ihn
Why be SheuM Rot be Compelled to
Answer Them,
NEW YORK, Jin. H.-Tbs hearing
of lk ease of Rogers la ths auprrnie
court w again postponed today be
causa William J. Curtis, counsel for
llogfs, had ease in another rwrt
which took lilin away from the exami
ne! Ina.
Attorney (leneral lladk-y ditkWd
question, whk-h h. asked Hut Rogers be
ordered to answer, into five srlsi Hott
er.' ownership o( stock In n-.pond.tit
companies j ( a hi ownership of stock
in other Ih.o respondent eompsnieai
tli ownership of stock of other psrtfrs
In respondent companies i as to u'k
ownership in other than rendent
companies) to aoch onenrship in
other than respondent enmpenlesi ami
to the operation of the companies, in
dividual and corporation other than
th t'eoadmt doing buine Ixith
within snd without Missouri.
Rogers in enr, set forth four rea
Mn. why h. should not be compelled to
answer tbeee que. t loot. follow i
"The Urn claim u that th th ques
tkm were Immaterial) second, that the
contest regarding the admissibility of
th same questions la Impending brfor
th rourti i Ml-Murl third, that th
atUirm-y irnrral of Mioiirl hn no
hal ri'lit to tak drpoaitinn. In New
York that que.llnna thow nnilrr con
ilnitkin In th court of amithrr
tat fourth, that th attnrnry -nvnernl
f Mixouri la not klii(( th qutinn
t l-e for purio of piihlir Miliry.
Ixit U lirioKlng prorredintf" in ordfr
to (jain dvrrtllii)r nd p'rnl notor
a. foe to th Standard Oil Com
pany." In aupport of th Ut namwl claim
th anwrr et. forth that th im-w-
paper have W-n frd with nationl
etorira hy lladh-y and, hi awMX-iatna.
holding up Knjpr to rmlrint and ridi
rul. Furtker it wa eonlrnded that
Ki-w.pi.prr photoirraphrra and arti.t.
wrre (riven free hand at the hcariiiR
tiefor CommlMloiH-r Hnnhorn, mii.iiifr
llofier iirmt amiiivance.
Will Drop Proceeding
ST. Jan. 12. State finperin-
tendent of In.uranca Van lhver ataled
today that th auit to ou.t th New
Yutk 1-lfe from doing iiilnr In Mia
Miuri would pndiahly I ren-lnded ow
ing to tho retirement of Trealdent Mr
Call and hia retoratlon of the KU.OtiO
BOND ISSUES OF
CITIES
CLEVELAND, Jan. li-Th commit
tee in charge of tha Investigation of
th affair of Deninon, Prior and Cora
' pany announced today that th disclos
ure would Justify tho itatement ot
their belief in forgerie to tha oxtont
given to Attorney IkmiHon for legal
enriiva.
Attorney-General Iladley took fur
ther testimony In the o of th State
of MiMOUri agalo-t the PUndard late
today. A. V. Jwkel former bonkoeper
and .ub-.lallon manager of tho Stand
ard f HI wa re.alle.1, and atated that
when on hi. way to Oklahoma City to
rt ao bookkeeper for tho Water
Pierre Company ho atopped at that
company' oltleo In St. Louia. nod re
reived Instruction from pereon whom
h knew were eonoerted with the
Standard at SO Broadway, New York.
II wa In.trnrted ho mut not let it
be knowk la Oklahoma that ko bad
been in th employ of tho Standard.
At Oklahoma City Manager KbU told
bim tho Standard h.d Mcurwt control
of th U'.ter Tiero Compoay through
the railway, no on b0 being pretent.
VUneH rooaaortrd that tho major
portion of tho barrelled oil handled by
tb Water Tlerro Company of Okla
homa City cam from th Standard
properties
WILL BI IRVISTIOATED.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 11-Th rriou.
charge, egairut Jam. W. Reynoldi
renominated by h Prlilent a. eecr
tary for New Mexico reaulted In hi.
nomination being held up until the
-barg 01 impnprr conuurv wniir
. . t . . t !l
gotrroor are Investigated. ,
LONGW0RTI1 SPEAKS
Ohio Conf ressmin Favors Philip
pint Self Govrrnment
PHIUPPINE TARIFF BiU UP
French of Idaho tnd Biooki of Colorado
Characteriio oa Stataamaaahip Aay
Movo to Cripplo Boot Indattry Mc-
Call Spealoi oa Wanda TariS.
WASHINGTON', Jan. I3.-Interat
injected into th Philippine tariff
(finite in the litnia today by the "Ma
aihiiM-tl. klea" a tarifT expreuioa by
M.4'll, who Mid from the tariff aland
point he aw no difference to thi. coun
try Mween free trad with tho Philip
pine, and any other country in th
world.
ImgwiMth, of Ohio, attracted marked
attention by hi caatigition of the
rilipino charu'ter. II favored tho bill
aa the bet meana of developing the
liliplim into condition of elf govern
uient and tald he did not favor holding
the Philippine, a part of the I'niled
State a moment longer than wa ab
solutely nei-ewary. French, of Idaho,
and llriMik. of Colorado, characterised
a .tateoinan.hip any move to cripple
th bet-t Indu.try a it wa an entiat
factor In Irrigation project, of the wel
Th di-hate will continue until Monday
evening, Amendment, under the five
minute rule will he on Tui-day. It I
expected the hill will lie di"xwd of
that tiny.
MUST ACCEDE.
Frano Will Not Walt Much Longer on
Caatro.
PA I! IS. Jan. 11 An official not i-niii-d
tonight aay although an ultima
tum ha. not yet been ent to Vcnexuela
Kmnce ennot tolerate much longer
Calr' rcfiimil to accede to th French
demand without considering th ad
vUihilty of taking stronger meana to
enforce them. '
THREE
FOUND FORGED
of several hundred thousand exist,
confined to th following three Isauee
of bond i Tho city of Canton, four
per cent waterwork extension bond;
South Sharon Frnn., 41 per cent im
provement bond; Alpena, Michigan, 8
per cent watcrworka bond.
SITUATION IS
STRAINED
France and Venezuela are
on Bad Terms.
CASTRO IS OBDURATE
Refuses to Communicate With
M. Tiiny, the French
Charse d' Affairs.
FRENCH PRIDE IS WOUNDED
0a Kw Ytai'i Day F ranch Beceiv
VauU'i Ambassador With Boa
era, but Caatro Will Hot Bar Any
thing fo do With M. TaJpy.
WASHINGTON, Jan. !2.-Although
the present breach of diplomatic rela
tion between Franc and VcnetueU is
technically rhargabl against th per
sonality . of M. Taigny, th French
Charge d'AfTair at Caracas, Die real is
it it is umlcrstod her is th attack
by President Castro of the propertic
and franchises of the French Cable
Company. Tb President baa asserted
that tha Cable Company had lent ac
tive assUtanro to th Mato rebellion.
Therefor ho began proceeding in the
Venetuelan court against th company
on that acoro, and also complained that
th company had violated the term of
its concession in not hying certain
coast line of cable especially In cross
ing the Island of San Domingo with
land wire inbject to frequent inter
ruption in time of rebellion on that
island. Tb court auitained the
President' view and in fact practically
took poeion of the company' office
at t-ertain point when th French gov
ernment Intervened. In the absence of
th regular minister M. Taigny present
ed a written protest to the Veneiuelan
government. President Catro regard
ed thi. not a insulting to his govern
ment and refused to have anything
more to do with M. Taigny. But the
French government refused to allow the
dispute to lo made a personal one, and
In-lared M. Taigny in hi present
ment had followed precisely the in-
t met ion from bia foreign office.
At tiiis point Russell, th American
minister at Caracaa intervened in the
interest of peac and after many pa
tient exchanges, it wa believed that he
had finally succeeded. Hut while be
induced President Castro to withdraw.
a not refusing to do business with M.
Taigny. which note the French govern
ment regnrded a o(Tt-nive, he could not
prevail upon' President Castro to re
sume official relation with th French
Charge d'Affalrs. Th climax came on
N'cw Year'a day when tho French gov
ernment aupposing that a satisfactory
settlement had been reached, received
with the tiMial honors of the New Year
day reception, the Venezuelan minister
at Paris, only to learn that President
Castro had refused to do likewise fur
M. Taigny at Caracaa. Thi omission
touched tho prido of tho French govern
ment which felt it bad been mad th
victim of doubl dealing and deceit,
which fact the French ambassador in
Washington wai not alow to communi
cate to th State Department.
Russell realited hi failure to effect
a settlement thereby making himself
unpopular in Caracaa and then cam the
notk from tho French government
that diplomatic relation with Vne
auela had been completely aevered.
There I a hint of punltlv measure on
th part of the French and th situa
tion it regarded aa officially very un
pleasant, with possibilities of Mriooa
consequence.
At Send.r'i Risk,
NEW YORK, Jan, 12. Tho Commer-
rial Cable Comwny announced tonight
mat mMwage lor Yenetut-Ui mn.t bo
dilremed via Trinidad to b ent by
mail from there, and accepted only nt
the aendcr rik.
WZIGBED ao POUHDS.
Body of Fonul Ciaat Too Bit To
Co Through Door.
SOUTH BIXKUIIA. MJ, Jan. 12.-
Funeral services over Cassia Carter, the
giantess of South Bluehill, tho largest
woman la Maine, were held yesterday
at the homo of Dank-I Carter, her
grandfather. Mi Carter wa only (
feet 4 Inche UtL but because of her
tremendoua weight, 400 pounds, ao or
dinary coffin or hear waa adequate.
Tb undertaker had a special coffin
constructed and aa opening la tho aide
of th house waa made to get it in and
out. This waa do Be by removing tb
window h and frame. Six of tli
biggest men in the district were elect
ed as pallbearer. The hearse being too
small, a buckboard waa used.
P0ULTKZY WILL APPEAS.
WASHINGTON. Jan, 12. Poultney
Digehiw notified the committee oa inter-
oceanic ran Is that he will appear be
fore the committee Thursday next to
tettify a to canal conditions.
A NARROW ESCAPE
In Portland Fire. Ionian Nearly
Loses Life.
WAS OVERCOME BY SMOKE
C E. Bewiatoa Snahoo lata tho Burn
lag Howcaatlo Lodging Hon and
Carrie Out th Unconscious' Womaa
Many Othem Have Marrow Eocapo
PORTLAND, Jan. li-In an effort to
save a purse containing considerable
sum of money, Mr. M. C Sullivan waa
overcome by amok and had a narrow
escape from death in a fire that caused
a panic and endangered the live of
more than fifty women and threatened-
the destruction of the Newcastle
rooming house, at the corner of Third
and Harrison atreeta, at 7:30 o'clock
tjii morning.
Mr. Sullivan waa rescued by C. E.
llewwton of truck No. 2. Hi attention
waa drawn to the woman by her calling
for help from a window on the third
floor, which ahe had broken with her
hands. Hewbton waa standing on the
sidewalk. Rushing into tho burning
building, and leaping up the two flights
of ataira, he made two ineffectual at
tempts to locate the room in which the
woman was. He had to break in two
doors, using hi hand to shatter the
panel that be might slip the lock.
In doing so he tor considerable akin
from his finger and knuckles. Hi
wound were drraaed after bo saved the
woman.
jUpon entering a third room, the door
of which waa open, the firemen found
Mrs, Sullivan semi-conscioua. He started
to lead her down stain, when she faint
ed, completely overcome by the smoke.
Although she ia a' large woman. Hew
ton picked her up in hi arm and car
ried her down atalr. She waa takra
across the street to a drug store and
resuscitated.
Th fire darted in the basement from
an overheated furnace. O. Yv. Ogdea
first smelled the smoke and his partner
in the grocery (tore on the ground
floor of the building made an investi
gation, discovered th flam and turn
ed in a still alarm, bringing out en
gine No. 3. The regular alarm wa
sounded later from bos 133, to which
responded engine 1 and 4, with their
accompanying apparatua.
The building ia owned by C C New
castle and U conducted aa a rooming
house by Mrs. L. Roumaine and Mr. M.
He man. Their Individual losses are
mall, mostly from tmoke and water.
The damage to the building, according
to Chief Campbell, ia not more than a
few hundred dollar. i
STIGMATIZED
AS
The NovocVremya Attacks
Jewish BraTcry
FURORE IS AROUSED
Other Russian Papers Come b
the Defense of the
Jews.
DISCUSSION GROWS WARM
Aa Article by General Martynoff Sayi
That tho Jews ia Maachnroaa Army
Feigned S.cknea in Order to Eocapo
Going Into Battle.
ST. PETERSBURG, . Jan. ll-A
three-cornered discussion is ia progress
between General Martynoff, the Molva,
formerly the llna and the Novoe
Vreniya over the question of the per
sonal bravery of the Jew. The con
troversy waa precipitated by the pub
lication of aa article signed by Martyn
off in which the Jewish soldier are
etigmatiaed oa cowards. It is declared
they resorted to every conceivable ruse,
even to the extent of mutilating them'
selves to avoid service. The article aaid
that those who actually reached Ma
rhuna feigned aickneea before every
fight, that the fright of the Jew ia
battle waa enough to shake the morale
of aa entire regiment
The Molva took up cudgel in behalf
of the Jewa, warmly defending their
moral courage and giving them the
credit of hearing the brunt of the revo
lutionary struggle.
The Novoe Vremya aided with Mar
tynoff, but acknowledged the abilities
of the Jew who it i aaid, were the reaH
organizers of the Russian revolution, It
insisted, however, that while the Jewa
furnished the brains and arm to the
workmen, just aa they furnished bomb
to the Terrorists, they had done little
actual fighting.
The Novoe Vremya berate foreigner
in the United State and elsewhere,
"who raise money to buy weapons for
the defense of poor Russian Jewa, which
in reality they ue to fight the govern
ment."
Celebrate Quietly.
ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. li-The
Workmen's Council, after a consulta
tion today decided that the celebration
of the anniversary of January 22nd
(Red Sunday) should take the form of
k general strike for a single. Dele
gates were appointed to go to France.
Germany, and England, as well oth
er place abroad for the purpose of
thanking the workera in those countries
who purpose to Join ia the general ob
servance of the anniversary.
NO CHANGS YET.
NEW YORK, Jan. 12. Rumor that
the condition of Marshal Field bad un
dergone a sudden change for tho worse
were heightened by the arrival of Dr.
Frank Rilling, th family physician
from Chh-ago. but touight Billing de
clared his condition had undergone ao
change.
COWARDS
DECATUR COURTMARLIAL
ANNAPOLIS aJn, 1-Tbe Decatur
court martial verdict was reached at
half past U this afternoon. The record
of the finding wilt be transmitted to
the superintendent ot the naval acade
my. If Decatur i acquitted he will he
pmntrvAST EZAjnsinov.
Barry Orchard Will- Be Examined Thia
i Morning at Caldwell.
BOISE, Jan. 12 -Th. preliminary ex
aminatioa at Caldwell of Harry Or
chard, charged with the murder of e
Governor Frank gteunenberg. will bet
hekL beginning at 10 o'clock tomorrow
morning. Attorney Miller for tho de
fense announced his determiaatio) to
take advantage of hia statutory privi
kfge to exclude from the examinaUoa
the general public
James H. Hawley of Boise has bees
secured by the state to assist in the
prosecutbm and also YC. A. Stone of
CaMweM. Fred Miller Orrbard'a at.
torney, state he b confident ho will
be able to prove Orchard Innocent
CAUrORXIA HAS KAJ.
Fear That There Wen Id Bo Drouth
Dispelled.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. ll-Fearo of
a drought ia California are dispeled by
a heavy rata over thi tat for tho but
twenty-four hours. I'p till today the
crops were suffering.
"CORBETT" GETS HIS.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 1&-Aureli
Herrera knocked out Young Corbet t ha
the fifth round tonight.
WRECKED ON REEF
CZZTZia
Thirty-Five Men Bartly Rescued
From Watery Grave.
LIFE SAVERS ARRIVE IN T1HE
Mea Were oa Two Bargea Abandoned!
in Breaker! by Tag Towing T hem
Some Mea Swam Ashore; Others
Takes Off ia Boats.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. IS. The
thirty-five men oa the two barges which
went ashore oa Duxbury reef last night
got safely ashore. Some of tho mea
wain bnt nearly all were takes off ia
small boats, by the life-saving ere we
which were hurried sent to the seen.
Pounding tho Bocka.
Straggling desperately all night
against the terrific xautheWti gaJej
that swept up the coast yeaterday af
ternoon, the tug Sea Rover clung to s
dredger and two lighters, upon which
were thirty-five workmen bound for
San Pedro, until ahe was beaten bade
in the seething breakers oa Duxbury
Reef, and wae competed to abandon tho
unwieldy craft and their human freight
to their fats. i J
The life-savers are now hurrying to
the scene of the wreck to try to pick
up survivor. fc
VJien the See Rover reached here to
day assistance wa promptly tent to
those in distress, but with all dispatch
possible, no boat can reach the doomed
craft before they atrike tho rocks and
it is likely that no boat could live near
enough to the reef to be of service.
The tugs Sea Rover, Liberty and Sea
Queen left here yesterday with the
dredger and lighters ia tow for Baa
Pedro, where the North American
Dredging Company had taken the con
tract ' for deepening the inner harbor.
Soon after getting outside, th wind
rose and there waa a heavy owell run
ning. ' The combined effort of th tug
waa necessary to keep 'the three scows
from fouling the lightship.
VERDICT IS REACHED
released within a few hours oa receipt
of the record but if convicted the court
mut receive the approval of the secre
tary of the navy, before the sentence,
which can only bo dismissal, will be
operative.