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VOLUME LX NO. 239
, ASTORIA, OREGON, FRIDAY JANUARY 191906
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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.
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