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8 t0CT it 1 , ar,-- UBLItHI PULL AtSOOIATID Mill RIPORT .VOVISS THf MOHNINS Fit LO ON Trft IOWIN COLUMStA VOLUME LX NO. 237 ASTORIA. OREGON, WEDNKSDAV, JAKl'AUY. 17. 1906 PRICE FIVE CENTS ill. Hi Tinirr nm amn DILL House Passes Philippine Tariff Measure. . IS HARD DAY'S WORK Bill Stmt A It From the passes M Ways and Muni Com 7 mittee. FREE TRADE AFTER 909 Bill Admits Good. Which An Island Crowa, lata United Sutoa FrM of Duty, Except Kin, Sugar, and To bacco Fro Trad la 109, WASHINGTON, Jan. I.-Tb Phil Ippln tariff bill wis passed by the House today tultatially at it ram from th way and mean committee. "" -". Mi. .... t'ji a 1 in.,. 1. M.ii. tobacco, U per wilt of . th Dlnglry rtee, aad on or two change wer mad a to tb language. Th result n attained after lit de cidedly most strenuous da of th present Congr. Republican opposition (o th bill la th iafrt of American beet and can augar and tobacco, tried mil Ha strength nrly and gar up. Tbl op position refused tu amlit ilh th la-marratie fTorl. Th strongest pic for "Insurgent" iiport was mad in brhalf of (lump Oik's amendment reducing th dif ferential on rflnl augar. Tb minority aought to duplicate th House record mad on th Culwu reci procity art but reckoned ilhm their hot. Th Democratic snhstitut mt only th auppnrt of th minority and went down under a of 231 to 100. On ib final pag of th bill tb "itiMirgntt" demanded roll rail, that record might b preeerred. Their effort auatainrd by th Ifc'mocraU but oppoeed by all but three R.iul liiwn. Initiated by MvOall, of Ma rhiiMitta, to com in It th t'nlted Slate to a policy of granting independence to th rhlllppinet iMn a their In haliltant ahall l prepared for ti-lf-government The bill admit good, which ar th growth for product of the Philippine j Mand into the I'nlled Slut" free Of luty, except sugar, toltacco and rice. It provide after April II. Iwifl, that there -hull be alixitiit free trade each way between the Culled htale and th Philippine. It alo exempt Philip pine gmKla coming to the I'nileil Slate from export duty in tho Mand. Mrrchandle from either country i subject to the Internal revenue tax of th country in which th merchandis la wlthdrswn for eonnumptlon. BLIZZARD IS RAGING THROUGHOUT MONTANA ANACONDA. Mont, Jan. 10.-For two boura this afternoon Anaconda and Peer Lodg Valley wens wpt by th t torm in manryay. velocity of th wind waa aa high a one hundred mil aa hour. Several In rhes of snow fell. Tieh-na and Central Montana wcr oIih visited this sfternon by a bllusrd ORDERED BETURWED. ( Ualawfully Dporti Chiaet W01 B . Brought Back. SAX FRANCISCO. Jan. 18.-A tcl. gram rsxlvd yesterday from 8eci ttry Metralf ay that th Department has ordrd that U Waa. M Shi, and CI Yok, on buard th Coptic, now oa th wy to China, via Honolulu, b transferred at Honolulu 'and returned to Kan Francisco, to ba bld In custody of tb steamship company pending ap pral proceedings la th l'nit4 Wat Circuit Court of Appeals. Tb Chin rr ahippd out of th Mat by tb loral Chines bur a on an order of deport a tlo after th bureau bad been advised tbal an ap- pral bad been allowed by United State IH.tri.-t Judg D Ha. U W.h and Ci Yok rialm to U natlv American and M Shi h U Wah' wife, and d maiulrd admittanc at tuch. SHOOTS TORMENTER. Agd Mail Carrier Kill Miaf Who Thrataa Him, KINGMAN'. ArU, Jn. U.-Y.tr. day, four mile t of Kingman, R V'l"i. poet rout mail rrlr, ahot and mortally wounded T. C. lake, a miner, tak. it it uld, had abud (V'l-n a few dayt ago and bad made threat againt hi life and Ogden, who I orr 70 year of tg. brooded otrrr It, Tb men met yterday and It U charged that without warning Oglen fired four thU at clot rang, on bul let etriklng Ik in "the abdomen. The wounded nun waa take to town In a dying condition. Oeda gav hinoelf up to tb aberiff. SHORTAGE IS FOUND Investigation Shows Kansas State Treasury Short AMOUNT MISSING $28,000 An Examination of Book Kvala That Shortag Datoa Back From Jaatury I. tlo. and Includoi Thno Tirnu and Sis Months. TOl'KKA, Jan. Ifl.-A shortage In K Trea.ury of about ITlt.iiiiO ( ahowa In th r.port of Ac countant Morria in I lie Treasury ei amiiiation Jut cluaed, acconling to I uinniary of th report mad puhlie by tiovernor limb toilay. Th report eovera from January 1, lHftft, to June 3ith Ut and include two full ternu of former Treasurer (Irlmc and one term and ix montlia of the adminUtra lion of the preM-nt State Treamirer Kelly. The bulk of the adoring l in (irlnica term. (Inch declined to din ciio any action which might l taken regarding the result of th InvcMlg lion. (irinie In a alatauient dimicd re- ponaitiility for th shortage ami y he l able to an-ount satiat'actorily for all hortage except 72I3. He add, he i willing to make good ny ahortagee he ia rc-Hnitile fur. tirimea place th rponiiibility for the number of aerioua dicrepanrle on C. R. Richey. hla chief clerk. which lasted about aa hour. The wind attained a Telocity of 42 mile an hour. TH temperature went to 15 degrees above. ' A dispatch from Butt aaya that a bluuard, that for severity, was seldom if ever quailed la this section, pre vailed for several honr this afternon. The wind blew a gal and several inches of tnow fell. 111 WON AIR FIELDK Chicago's Merchant Prince Passes Away. AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS Came to Chlcajo Poor Boy But Gradually Amassed His Fortune. HE NEVER BORROWED MONEY field Caet lantly to Chart tr aid Endowed Several Educational laid tntiont-Ws Twico Married Had Two ChiMrta. XKW- YORK. Jan. Id -Marshal Field, who has ba ill with pneumonia la this city for th pad few days, died thU afternoon at 4 o'clock, with hie family and phyalciana by hla able. Death cam peacefully while aiem bar of tb family, who, a well aa the great merchant, wr prepared for the ml were gathered around the bedside Hop. for recovery caused by bat night rally were diaaapnated earlv in th day,, by a sudden tura for the worse. By t o'clock it wss seen the patient wa beyond any hop 'of recovery. Two hour later th end came. Field's ill- net developed about a week ago while h and Mra. Field were on their wsv to tbi city from Chicago. When they arrived her Tuesday night Field waa taken at one to th Holland llouss. Next day it was announced that Field wa in a high fever. According to bul letins l "lied Thursday there wa an Improvement and th next two dayt nothing wis In the bulletins to hull cat th patient waa not progressing favorably. Sunday night Field ap peered to b sinking rapidly and Mon day morning th phyticiana announced all hope waa abandoned.. Field himxlf aprent!y believed the end at hand and at hie requet th member of th family were sum moned. Suddenly Monday afternoon a re markabt chsnge for th better occur red and th patient' strength seemed to niah back. 8o marked wss the improvement that the phveician n nounred there w hope and that he Alight even pa the erii if th Im provement continued. Karly today, however, gloom once more settled over the sick room, as Field did not rent well in th later hour of th night Th diee spread In the lung and Ida condition at B o'clock waa bulle tined. "Worn, than lat evening." At S o'clock it wa announced the patient waa sinking; at 3:30, that he had only a few more minutes to live and at 4 o'clock, with all the member of the family at his bed-Id, the end came. Marohal Field was without question the greatest and moot successful mer chant or nit generation, and be wss one of the world's richest men. hit weslth bring estimated at anywhere from f 100,000.000 to $200,000,000. lie wat a native of, Conway. Mass where h wa bora in 1X3S. Hi father ws a farmer, and Mr. Field obtained hit education in the public schools of Con way. At tb ag of 17 h became a clerk in a general country ator ia Pitt Held. Ma where b remained for four years. II cam to Chicago ia 1854 and began hi career in this city a a clerk la th wholesale dry gooda estab lUbment of Cooley, Wtdsworth ft Co. During th four years that b remained with this hous hi showed marked com menial ability, and la 100 be wa given partnrnbli. Tb bit U Z. llt r alo waa connected with th Brm, and in IfWiS th two young men withdrew, and la company with the bit Potter Palmer organised th firm of Field. Palmer A Uiter, which continued until 1W7, when Mr. palmer withdrew and th Arm became Field, Letter A Co. Thie continued until IMI, when Mr. Letter retired, and th firm beeam known a Mar.hal Field A Co., a it 1 today. Hoass 7rgs to TroaL Th bona forgrd to tb front rapid ly, and it la now the largevt enUrprbi of it a kind in th world, hiring num- eroua bram-he throughout Europ nd Ala. Ita remakabl nuccewi in attri- billed almoet entirely to Mr. Field and I hla method. H made it a nil never to borrow money and aercr to Wue a note. He paid cash for everything be bought, not only in connection with hi dry gooda enterprise, but for all his dealing in real estat and other in' vestments. The great fir of 1871 wa th only reverse ever experienced by the house of Marshal Field ft Co. It losses at that tiiu aggregated over $1,000,000. In 1872 the wholesale department wa separated from th retail (tore. tnd the latter now cover on city square, and ia located in buildings 12 stories ia height While building up the dry good: store, which has grown to such mam moth proportions, Mr. Field, who was a Arm believer in the future of Chicago, Invested heavily in real estate, and to the appreciation of this in value h owed much of his wealth. At the dose of the World's Fair la 105, Mr. Field (Continued on Page 8.) FULTON HAS FLOOR Oregon Senator Speaks on Rail road Rale Legislation. HE 1$ OFTEN INTERRUPTED Senator from Oregon Starrs to Mak Short Speech Explaining His Amnd meat to Dollim Bill aad la End Discus Sat Ltisltioa. WASHINGTON'. Jan, , 18. Vaesi- pecledly th Senate today found itaelf considering the railroad rate question which wa precipitated by Fultoa tak ing the floor to make a brief speech in explanation of the amendment offered by hint to the Dolliver bill, giving court the authority to modify order of the Inter-state commerce rommis ion, for imposing an unreasonable rate. He had not proceeded far when he witched from a general explanation of the terms of the provision to a defense of the principle which it seeks to e lahlih and a general debate on the bill followed. Fulton held the floor throughout, but there were many interruptions and other speakers fully shared th time. among them being Foraker, Spooner, llnilry and Clay. The discussion was listened to at tentively by all the Kenntor, showing grest interest is felt in the subject. The trend of the controversy was all toward the point whether Congress has power to delegate it's authority to 6x rate and whether th court may de termine what ia a reasonable rate. Fulton contended th courts may ex eit'i this right. BUG H0CSS F0S HER. SPOKAXF, Jan. 11-Mrs. Sally Berry, the insan woman who held possession of the car at Qirsrd. Kansas, for Iv days, has been, brought to thi city and this afternoon waa committed to th Insane asylum at Medical Lsks. U. S. MARSHAL APPOINTED. W A KT tTVnTfyv Jssl lft Th. Senate todav confirmed tha nomination of I United States Marshal, Charles J. Reed, I for tho district of Oregon. IS New .York Senate Will Not Ask Resignation. HAVE LONG DEBATE Bracket.' Resolution Demanding DeptVs Resignation from U. S. Senate Fails. BRACKETT DENOUNCES DEPEl After Dcbat Lasting Thre Honrs Vet ia Takta oa Bracken' Resolu tion, Defeating it by 34 t 1 Brack et t Only, Voting For It ALBANY, Jan. Id. Th 8utj Sen ate Ibia afternoa by a vote of 94 to I rejected, the resolution of Senator Bracket t demanding tlie resignation of Ckauncey M. Depew from the United States Senate. Alter a dcbat lasting more thaa three hours sad character ised oa the one hand by Brackett ia fab unsparing denunciations of Depew and the insurance companies and oa the other by almoet every harsh criticism of the judgments and motive of the introducer of the motion, the roll call showed Brackett's own vote to be the only one in favor of his resolution. Every other Republican Senator voted against it with the exception of Arm strong who waa ia New York City. Fourteen Democratic Senators were exrusire from voting on th resolution though the motion to excuse them wa opposed by Brackett who expressed a desire "to put every Senator on record oa this moral Issue." 1 j Grady, the Democratic leader, said the Democrat regarded Depew the issue a a purely Republican affair, they lik th man who, looking oa while hi wife fought with a bear, cried "(io It, old woman, go it berl" Th more sever consequence to both the old womsn aad th bear in thia in stance the better the minority would lik it. Moreover." ssid Grady, "they do not regard it a Brackett said h did. as great moral issue." DEAD FOR TWO DAYS. NEW YORK. Jan. 16,-Ignorant of the fact that he had been dead for nearly two days workmen msde Chsrles Brady, an employe of the Consolidted Gas Companr, the the butt of jokes while hi lifele form rested on a Ud der at the house at 90 Washington st He hd been a.phyxiated by gaa while putting in a meter. Hi head and one hand wrr dill in th small compart ment and h appeared to b at work. Say, old man," said Loui Bach, ele- vstor man, who had seen Brady enter the building Satunlay afternon. 'are you going to steep over the job Y'ou'd CHAUNCEY SUPPORTED LIBERAL LANDSLIDE CONTINUES IN ENGLAND LONDON, Jan. 16. The commercial heart of the United Kingdom remained faithful to the Unionist cause; Lon don returning A. O. Gibbs and Sir Ed ward Csrke. with large majorities. over their Liberal opponent. Otherwise, today's story wa a rep tit ion of yesterday' heavily increased 1 better get a move on yon; the boat la after you." John Wod tried to shov a piece of board nnder Brady's left foot as a Joke. Whea Brady did not move tb polica were notified. It wa found h wt dd. Hie hand wa irmly grasping a plug with which ba opened a gas cock, From the open vent gas was pouring. , HAD B0UCH VOYAGE. NEW YORK, J.a KL-Wbea th Italian steamship Monviso docked fa Jersey city yesterday her officers told of aa exceedingly rough voyage from Genoa In the course of which th third mats wa evrrelyt iajuroU and tho bridgw and otbqr deck work badly battered. Tb Monviao wa thirty Iv day ia making tb trip. Last Friday ia the gulf stream a hugh war board, ed the vessel, washing Captain Costa from the bridgw and throwing third officer Giovanni against a erst. Giovanni suffered numerous cut aad bruise. Tb bridge struct ur waa warped and steel doors in the deck cab ins bent by the fore of th water. Sea strained the abip to that ah be gan to nuke water aad from Friday aight nntil Monday morning it wU accessary to work th pump. FATAL EZPL0SI0H. VANCOCVKR, B. C, Jan. 11- Mrs. John Pearl, wss fatally burned in aa explosion of a coal oil lamp today. Wbea the neighbora entered the house attracted by her screams, they found the woman lying oa top of the stove. her clothing saturated witft oil and burning furiously. ' CONFERENCE OFEIiS Moroccan Conference Begins Yes- terday at Algeclras. ALM0D0VARA WILL' PRESIDE Dlgata From th Twehro Caatriea Ar Welcomed by Almodovara Who ia The Mad Presiding Office Conference Will Hot Meet Taerrw, ALGECIRASL. Jsa. 11-Th Moroe caa conference opened thia afternoon, th Duk of Almodovara, Spanish For eign Minister delivering the speech of welcome. Herr Von Radowita, Chief of the German mission, proposed the Duke of Ahnodovara a president of th con ference and h was unanimously elect, ed. The conference adjourned at 4:55 p. m. after deciding to begin th next session with a discussion of the sur villanc of contraband .arms and then to tak up tho quest ion of financial reforms. In order to give the secre taries an opportunity to prepare for their work the conference will not meet tomorrow. WAS AFTER B00ZE. MHJ-ORD. DU Jan. 18. A hurry call for the militia was sent out lat tonight to prevent a mob from break ing into jail to tak out John Long, a negro accused of attempting to assault Miss Flora Boose, a school teacher near here yesterday. polling of enormous labor vote and the discomfiture of the Unionists, who did not gain a single seat in today balloting but lost twenty-two to tho Liberals and Uborite. Of th 247 seats already elected for th new Psr liainent the Liberal hav 125, Union ist 54, Laborites 23, and Nationalist S8.