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Jiterita font! U AMOOIATID fttPONT COVIN TH MORNINa fllLO ON Trfl LOW! OOLUMnMA VOLUME LX NO. 239 , ASTORIA, OREGON, FRIDAY JANUARY 191906 PRICE FIVE CENTS ff IS k Moroccan Delates Agree in Some Details. MEETING HARMONIOUS , it DcUi(Unnmouson Necessity of Stopping Introduction of Contraband. iVUTAINl ATTITUDE FORMAL lesmidoy'a MeUng Strengthens Be ! lief Ttuit Result of Confereace Will ! Be SatUfactory . Only Danger U la Britela's Still Attitude. AUiHCIRAS, Jan li-At today's jtVuic tba delegates ie Um Moroe. ea conference prattlcslly reached aa agreement for a plan for the repre. siua of contraband entering Morocco. he faf that thl queatlonj would 4l to Frnnvo-Uerman tenaioa aa to ho would carry out lha measure ap art underground. The only diver- m a- , a 1 ,tni aa from im Mororrar aeio- Ira who atatad they would ant per- iill repression or hunting arma with- ut Srt consulting tha Sultan. . The delegate were) in accordance mipua tha necessity for all I lie power, deluding Morocco, of paeltig . laws nliing the Introduction of contra and. Today's meeting strengthened iha feeling thai tha mult of tha eon- errnca will ba sstUfactory. Ihia danger e. In Great Itillain'a it iff attltudn. ranee la disposed to discuss with Ger many tha bala of tha agreement, lut nether Great Britain I In favor of uch a discussion It not known. Jt appears undergrounded. Tha que' tinn ia reconciled by tha pmpoiial'by tha Spanish delegate pointing out Ihst France and Spain having territory ron tiiiwiu to Wnrocco, will be rhsryed ilk survillanc of tha frontier. Thl. la agreed to by the German. It I the only divergence. TRAIN WRECKED. KX PASIXiJan. IH.-Tha south bound M,krn Central train waa wrerked near tliihuahua. Mexico today. Two era killed, and ixteen Injured. UGLY CHARGES. Offlcen of Sailing achooner Uaad la annua Methodt oa Craw SAN KRAN('IS(X, Jan. IS. A pih Ing InveMigation rcyanling the treat liimt and the brutalityof tha otlli-er of tha eealing echooner John and Wint hrop. la being tnfda. Tha charge ara mada by Kubb Dirkiwager, and aenrtary of tha Hoard of Trade. Hol land, that hi aon a harjKioned by AGREEMENT REACHED TILLMAN'S RESOLUTION FAILS TO PASS SENATE WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.-Til!mn toilay p rem tad his resolution In the senate directing 'an invesUgstion of tha removal of Mr. Morrl from the Whit House. Tho. resolution .provok ed no debate and Tillman contented himsif with a brief statement that he tha flr.t aiaU Hitler and tha tarred and beaten by Ililler and Cap tain bhorey. LIKES PRISON. Catenarian RiWaard Waati to Ca freen Frtaoa AO RAM. Ilunirary. Jan. Jl-Ives lUrncsuk, 103 yaara old. waa relea ed from fifty )ers confinement In pria on today. He protected tearfully against hi re lr mi and committed another crlma In order to ba re-Imprisoned. KILLED ALL SIX. Circumstances Palat ta Sent at I Mar der at Pembroke. PEMBROKE, K. IL Jan. 11-While tha official report of tha Ay ar"a trafady it North rambroka will not ha m pleted fr several day, tha author! tie believe money nutters vara tha rauaa of tha trouble. Their theory b that Ayara quarrelled with and ahot hi mother-la law, that hi vlfa triad to proiact ' bar notber, and hoping to conceal the evidence, Ayers put an end to tha live of tha other six member of tha family and Bred tha dwelling. EASY MONET. VANCOUVER, Wssh. Jan. 18.- (SHlal) WVrren Ztubrkk tonight drlrated f Vuung ManMld la tha first round of what wa to hava been a twen ty round go. t TRIAL OF PACKERS Meat Men Appear in tht Federal Court CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY Packart and Attoraayi Under Iadiot- awat for Caaapiracjr ta Coaatrata Trada aad Cammtrca Dafandaata Claim Immunity from Proaacution. ( 1I1CA;;0, Jan. 18.-Th trial of tha m UI plea of J, Oglcn Arniour, and other packer and tha attorney under iiidii-tm-r-nt for conspiracy to con train trada and conimerca opened lata today before Judga Humphrey In tha Federal Pi.trlct Court. , Among tha drfeniUul present In court, wera. J. thplen Armour, Charlea W. Arniour, Kdward Morrl. 'hrlo F. riwift. Kd M SwiH and Edward Cudahy. Tha bue I over tha contention of the packer that tha government liould not proeciite them under the imlii-tiueiit found, becau they are enlitlisl to immunity. The Heult of the henring begun tUy will determine tha government' right , to proceed to trial under tha present indictment. At torney Miller for tha packer ninde the opening etatement but the cloe of the eion. had not concluded anil the m went over until tomorrow. TAKEN TO PEN. Suapecttd Murderer of Steunenberg Lodged ia PtnitantiaT IU.Iw Idaho, '.Ian. 18. Harry Orch ank accued of thfl murder of Ex- Guvernor teunenberg waa. brought to tha penitentiary today to prevent a povibla attempt to lilierata him. would not have Introduced It, had he not been taunted 'by i Hale. Daniel moved that the resolution bo laid on the table which carried by a vote of fifty-four to tight.) Tho remainder of the day waa devoted to speeches oa the pure food and merchant marine bills. IS Terrific Explosion Occured . in Coal Mine. HILLS ARE SHAKEN Nooe of Explosion is Heard Twenty-Five Miles Away. MINE ENTRANCE IS BLOCKED Tan of Wrockago Ware Bur lad From Mouth Of tha MJaa Blockading tha latraaoo aad Making tha Work of Rsscm Difficult. C1LUUJMTON, Va, Jan. 18.-Eigh- leaa mea are believed to ba killed by a terrific oxplotiun today in tha mine tha Detroit and Kanawha Coal Co., at Detroit,, taenty-five mile from bare. Tha explosion occured at tbo noon hour and to. thta fact hundred of man wa their live. s Tha fore of tha txploloa wa so great that bill trembled. Ton of wreckage war hurled from tha mouth of tho mine blockading the entrance and making tbo work of rescue diffi cult. The first body reached wa discov ered 130 yards from tha entrance. Tha Mina superintendent state others ware working much further back and there ara no hope of reaching them until tomorrow. Even though tha mea sur vived tha expkMion. thdv would b almost certain to fall victims to the afterdamp.' Tho causa of tha exploa Ion is not ret . determined, but ia thought duo to a blat of Ignited duM which accumulated in the mine. ycun WAS UNDER ESTIMATED. Report of Bureaa of Statistics oa Cot- . toa Crop Was Too Low. WASHINGTON, Jan. 18. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Keep. Chairman of the so-called "KeepCom- nilttn" in hi report to the lreHlcnt state In every Inntance except the three lM cotton crop in three years .inmates .have) been undereajtiinatedi This ia especially great in the cereal crop and livcUck. . The nnctuion of the committee is tltat the methods of the bureau must be greatly improv ed or tin service discontinued. TO KILL SCALE. SAN FRANCTStXX Jan. 18,-Some mouths SfO a paraidle which kill the purple erale, a deadly foe of or- nira Irene in Southern California, wa on nil in liiina. .Many of it eggs were sent to thi city' by an agent of the State Horticultural Department of California, but unfortunately the egg id not hatch. This failure suggested an attempt to bring the parasite here alive and In shape to do business, so a number of orange' trees were shipped to China from this stale, and upon their arrival there they .were trans ported several hundred miles into the Interior, to the province that I the home of the enemy of the purple scale. Then tho parasite made its homo In the Imported tree which' were then taken back to the sea coast, and after a time wera placeA on a .steamer' for) Saa Francisco. They reached here oa the last steamer in .good condition after their - long pourney by sea and land, and are now being watched with con stant; care. , If the ,prsite. on them live and thrive, the problem of relief fora the Southern California Orange EXPLOSON TERRIBLE grove baa been solved. If not, a ft ond hipmeut of tree to China, will ba made. , AUNT LIZZIE" DIES. CHICAGO, Jan. 18.-3. . Elizabeth1 Aiken, fh) year, old, famous ia If a Civil War and familiarly known to Grand Army. Veteran as. "Aant litxia" died yesterday at her home her after aa ill of tbrea days. CLKVELAXD ILL NEW YORK. Jan. 18.-Po'rmer Presi dent (i rover Cleveland left tha home of Paul Morton yakUrday aad is bow with Dr. Jooeph Bryant, hi pbyisdaa. RIGA UNSAFE. , laflai of Country Agitators late Riga Canaci Alarm. ST. PETEKhlillUi. Jan. l.-lwo further batallion ' were today di- paU-hed to the Daltie province to erueh the revolt ia the Itaad of the cuait region. A Telegram from Ger at Sollogub tlatea the pacification of Kthonia and IJvonia is progreing utif actor ialy. but lagging - in Cour land. Twenty of the principal leader of the Insurrection wera arrested and eight were executed.- A telegram eay it ia reported that Riga is agwin uiwafe owing to the influx of agitators from tha country ditrict. TO TELL Poultney BieJow Before Senate Cam Committee rVlLL NOT ANSWER QUESTIONS Magatiao Writer who Arranged Iitk miaa Canal Commissioa and Waa An swered by Taft. Will Not Tell Senate Committee Whore Ho Got Information WASHINGTON, ney Bigelow, the . Jan. lS.-roJt-magazine writef, whose arraignment of the administra tion and management of the Isth mian Canal affaire in an article in the Independent , waa denounced by sec ret ry ofWVr Taft, proved a contum acious witnesa before the aenata com mit Ice on inter oceanic canals today The recalitrancy of the witneaa waa shown a a result of the statement by him that many eminent engineers bad declined employment on the Isthmus because of the' physicial condition (here. The committee demanded their name which Bigelow declined to give because he would, violate their confi-dv-m-e and embarrass these persona. It was intimated that the displeasure of the administration would-be exhibit ed in such a manner that thvir "rcpu tut ions -would be worth nothing after the oflicial replies had been coudud - Senator Morgan warned the witness in such a manor a seemed to commit Hi committed io punishment if he con tnucd to bring himself in, contempt but the advice waa of no avail. In ex ecutive session it developed the com mittee agreed that Bigelow'a offense was of such a nature there can be "ho louht of the committee' power to linve him dealt with summarily. Yuri of the committee favored step to secure hi Immediate prosecution. But they were opposed by Gorman on the (round that it would prevent the further examination of other subjects mentioned In the article. The com mittee adjourned without action, com manding Bigelow to hold himself ready to appear tomorrow. DAM BREAKS. EVANSTIN. Wyo. Jan. 18,-The breaking of tha Union. Psciflo Ice dam above this city, today flooded the low er part' of town. Ko- lives were lost hut people were compelled to flee from their homes. ' MOVER OR POISONED Pcabody and Family Nar rowly Escape Death. EAT POISONED FOOD Partake uf Breakfast snd Are at Once Made Deathly Sic. ATTMPTS TO DESTROY FAMILY Formes Governor Peabody of Colore do, has Received Many Threatening Letters and Poisoning Episode Is ' Thought to Be Result of MaJics. DENVER, Jan. 18.-A News special from t'anon City aays , that former gorirnur peabody, hia wife and daugh ter .ate poisoned food , for break fat thi morning;'' and the daughter, Mis Cora, i dantreroutly ilL Governor and Mr. Peabody though sick, several hours, recovered. . The physicians state that unless the condition of the young lady changes for the worse, tonight Mhstery surrounds the affair. Enough wae gleaned from the family tonight to ahow it ia the belief that an attempt waa made to destroy the entire fami- An intimate friend of Peabody s said several' letter .were received recently bf the governor calling attention to the Steuneuberg murder and threat ening him with a similar fate. Peabody will not state twber be thinks tht revponniltiy astsl until after sn Investigation. IN BAD FIX. Crew of French Ship Live Live Six Months on Improper Diet. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 18.-With all hands except the skipper and mate sick as a result of living narly half a year on improper diet, in need of ex tensive repairs and with barely suf ficient, canvass remaining to (rive her headway the French ship Biarrita ar rive,! today from Cardiff. Four sail or are in a serious plight. HIGH MASON ARRESTED. NEWARK. .Ohio, Jsn. 18. Lewis P. Schauer, recently installed Grand Mas ter of .the Ohio Masone, "was arrested today on the charge of wrong doing in connection(w'ith' the 'failure of the Newark Saviiigs'Bank of which he Is president. ' ' ISLANDS ANNEXED. - A Territory. VICTORIA, B. C, Jan. 18. The! England Annexes tho Ashore I sands. steamer Moana from Australia today BIG COMMISSION CHICAGO, Jan 18. Aanouncemnt wa made today of the suspension of the Grain and Commission firm of Me- Reynolds and Company, one of the best known firms on the Board of Trade. Affairs will be wound up and the firm will pr, out of business." It is stated the creditors will be paid in full brought sews of the annexation by Great Britain of the Ashmoro Islind lying between Timor and King Sound. Fire person were drowsed at ink bad aa the result of the sinking; of steamer Kapanui after colliding with the Claymore. IA sickening scene waa witnessed at the' execution of aa Arab at Koarnea. Tho executioner, a novice, bungled in operating the guillotine, the khife not decapitating the victim until it had descended three time. Six whites were massacred by tha na tive off Port Keats, while sleeping. SURAL ENGLAND LIBERAL. LONDON, Jad. 18. Rural England ie now being polled aad is returning Liberal to the parliament with the same enthusiasm aa is already display ed by the town. WILL NOT COME. Cur Afraid to Come to St. Petersburg This Tear. ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 18.-IH. trustful of the spirit of the Capitol ml perhaps remembering the incident of but Jantiarr, wbea one of toe salut ing gun showered grape on the im perial chapel The Emrwror will not eome,lto St. Petersburg for the c re mo nr of the blessing of the water of the Neve tomorrow. French Govtrnment Hands Vene zuelan Minister Papers. S ESCORTED TO FRONTIER: Franco Breaks OS An Relations With Vcnesnela aad Gives Tenesaelaa Miav istKT Bis Walking Ticket. Ka corted to Belgian Frontier. PARIS. Jan. 18. The government to night issued a note that M. Taigny was prevented from landing from tha steamer Martinique at Laguayra, Sun day on the pretext that ho waa not provided with a sanitary certificate Instructions sent by the Martinique ordered M. Taigny to leave Venezue la and at the time a. French cruiser was ea route to get him. Tha not says that -although diploma tie rela tion were suspended for several days diplomatic immunity should have pro tected him from all rexatioua measure. For this reason the government today handed his passport to the Venesuel an charge in France, M. Mabourguet. and took measures to have him imme diately conducted to the Belgian front ier. - HONORS CONSTITUTION . WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.-After pay ing a tribute to the Frigate Consti tution toady aad ordering aa investi gation to ascertain the annual amount necessary to preserve the ship the house devoted the day to the perfec tion and passage of a bill providing for the final disposition of the affair of the civilized tribes of Indian Terri tory. HOUSE GIVEN SUSPENDS OPERATIONS snd the sssete will be fully equal to the liabilities. General ' manager Babcock "of tho Inn said the suspension waa due to high office expensee snd a poor run of busi ness. It m not believed the suspen sion will have any effect oa tho Board of Trade tomorrow. if