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A.-wo 4 .BSBahw nit U 2y - i-m.: UlUSHEt PULL AMOOIATIO rWOAT OOVIR THK MORNINa FIILO ON TH LOWS COLUMBIA VOLUME LX NO. 224 ASTORIA. OREGON. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 24. 190G PRICE FIVE CENTS i iirnm i lirti I aumiiia will Bl B SI H ; KEEP OUT To GItc France Free Hand Wsth Venczcula. FRANCE TO ACT SOON United SUUs Will Not Attempt to Hinder France's Actions. CASTRO WILL BE CHASTISED The Preach CreUtn Detail and Jaraa D It Crariert Bata Uiki Treat tha 114 of TtiaUtI Tor Mm Coast af Veaetatta. IWt OF hPAIN, Island of Trinidad, J, S3. The French cruiser Iplx and Jurea do U Gravlrr iuW from her today, presumably fr Ia Ouayra ,, WiikI. Tmca Cabinet Meets. PARIS, Jan. Sl-Presldent Lnubet presided today it a Cabinet Council brld In the Fdysee Palace, at which lemier Rnuvier anounml that h ltd received communication (nini Ambassador Ju- crud to tba effect lht two l niiea MtlM iltd not consider French aeval demonstration against Veneauela to be vluUlion of the Monro Doctrine. Frame. It U pointed out, time ha her hands free, but the situation U un ehanged (or the moment,' at the council will nut take decisive art Ion until tht ' report of a. iaiiny, tue lonner ciiargt d 'affairee at Caracas U received. The Foreign Office ha received con tinuation of the preae report that the lan of tha diplomatic ettrp and other Minister at Carao bar unsuccessfully demanded explanation from the Vene xuelan government with referenc to . their position after tha Tetany Incident Calls oa Soot. WASHINGTON, Jan. 2S.Tbe French AmU-mdor, M. .Iurand, called on Secretary Root thle afternoon and apetit half an hour with him. At tha conclu sion of tha interview which It la under stood related to the Veneanelau situa tion, h declined to mike a statement. It la believed SecreUry Uot. aa yet, l uninformed of the French prvca and then la reaaon to lliav th ainlma lr la not yet Informed of the final tcpa to bo taken. I TRIALS FOR HAZING rvtc a niATn rrwir 1 1 icmM ANNArOLIS, Sid., Jan. JS.-Ueuten-ant C P. Snyder, who baa been aeouaed by the teatlmony of acreral niidhipmen, wllnenaea in tha caae of flrt-clau man, tlaude B. Mayo, cbarjej with baxlng of blntiiig to upper elawmen that new mldablpmrn ahould be baaed and of go ing from tha building In order that the opportunity might be afforded, waa re called ia rebuttal by tba Judge Advo reta, . MEE ICOKSOTES SEE AUTO. Ifatlvta So CaaoilM Cart Tar tha Tint Tim aad An 8car4. NKSV VttUK, Jan. H.-A raid dia patch to the Herald from Maalla aayas Major Kdaln it. lUbbit, of tha ord nanra eorpa, baa jut reached Bagnio ia an autowoWte. it U tba flrl autoMoblia r aots by th Igomitoa, and baa ajivta than a gen eral acara. TSAIV WRECKED. ' 1JOH ANCE3.ES, Jan. 23.-TU woat bound paaatngef train on tba Santa Fa waa wrecked lata thla afternooa soar Ulrndora, nldway between 8aa IWrnar ditto and Ihia city, A number wart injured. ELECTED MAYOR. 1)1 DUN". Jan. M.-Jo)h Tatrict N'aunatl, a meitdtor of Parliament and ehicf oimMMhor of the Fmmao'a Juitrnal, waa elected Lord llayo of Ihihlln tiwlay. Spooner SpaKs In Defense of . Morocun Course. GALLERIES ARE CROWDED Senator Spaaki Threa Raara ia Dafasat of Coaraa af Admlniatratioa aUU ta Motoccaa Conferenca and Ita Con nect loa With Santa Do mine a Traaty. WASHINGTON, J.m. 3.-For mora than tbrva houra today Senator Spoon- er Occupied tha time of tha Senata la an expUnatiou and defene of the administration relatit-0 to tlt Moroccan eoferenco nA Ita connection with the Santo Domlniro treaty. Ilia ech waa dclWered to crowded iralleriea and a well filled Senate and received careful attention throughout. It waa In the main a iKpone to lUoon and Tillman and with a puripoaa to jua- tify the rreideitt't acta In both mat- teia, Thera wei frctiuent luterrup- tlone bv Tillman and tome abarp ex- rluiiigea betneen him and 8pooner. In tl Moroocan matter, Spoom-r con- tcndL tho President nierc'y followed precedrnta and aald if be failed to do o, lie had leen guilty of dorclictlon In duty ,wlul in tha ca a of Santo Do mingo be awcrted the pitvident made no effoila to carry the treaty into ef fiit In a!vm of Ita ratification by the Kcnate, , CullKrnn followed SmKuier In a brief peech in hih lie aid tba Ireident had taken complete juiMUtion of the aubject matter of the Pominican treaty, thus uurping tti power of tho Senata Immediately upon the conclualona of the cat .igalnat Mayo, who la from Co lumbua, Miaa,, the court will begin the trial of Midahipman Hirhard R. Mann. alo a flrat-claaa man and an appointee of Prealdent Rooeere.lt. The only other midshipman now un der arreat on fhargee of baring la Ned L Clutpp, of Paaidene, CaL Ha ia a trot claaa man alao and laat year atood No. S3 in Lit itudiea la elaai of 122 men. DEFENDS VALENCIA BIG STEAMER DRIVES ON lie ISLAND NFARLY EVERY PERSON Passenger Steamer Valencia Bound to Puget Sound From San Francisco Goes Ashore Monday Night at Entrance to Barclay Sound. SIX OF THE CREW MAKE SHORE AND REPORT THE DISASTER DUBIMC THE HEAVY WEATHER TBI C APT AM OF THE VA1XHCIA LOSES BIS BIAXMC8 AKD DRIVES BIS SHIP OH TBS TREACBXR OUS 10CXS AT THE EASTER HTRAJfCS TO BARCIAT 80T7BD, IB SAXI SPOT WHERE TBI MICBIOAB WEHT DOWB to TEARS AGO. VICTORIA, Jaa. a). Tba ataamer VaJanci ea route to Paget Bemad from Saa Traadaca, weat tahara at midnight Monday betweea Cape BeaJe and Clee Oaa. Tha point where tha wreck ia auppoead ta ha ia aa tha Sea Bird Bocka at tha aatraaea ta Pacaeaa Bay. Cape Beak at tha aaatey tatraaoa ta Barclay So ad aa the weat oaiat af Yaacoam IaUad. Tha aecideat happened la a deaea fog, tha eteamer haviag loat Ler aeariagi while trymg ta make aatraaea late tha Saa Jaaa Stralta. . Tha Valencia Bailed from Saa Traaciaca with aaaaeagera, tha Hat aamber lag too and with a crew af ffty-foar. According ta tha lateet reoerti than ware thlt afteraeoa too peranaa atiU aa board, aad abeat flity cerpeea Seating alongaide the veaael, twa were priaoaera aa tha rocka doe ta tha Valencia and will probably ha drowned, aeveral peraoaa are neportod la a boat aear tha wrecked itaamer, aad ala tuooeeded ia gaining tha ahora. Theaa latter were tha boatawala aad tve af the crew amt to aeck aaaiaUaca. Thoae oa board faced dtath ia the tarkaat fi rm if they bare not already met that fate. The vec went aabore on the rocka at the bae of an abrupt cliff and It ia only a queetlon of houra before the craft will be beaten to piecee by tha.forty-mila gale which la reported blowing off the wet eoaat tonight Every effort ia being made to ruah team veaaela to tha acene in reaponae to tlas pitiful appeala for help aent here from the ai men who came aahore. The ateamer Queen City wllch arrived here late today dieembarked her paa engera and Immediately r turned to Barclay N.und. The aalvaB . ateamer Salvor baa been diapatihed and a late report aaya the whaling eteimer Orion ia atanding near the wreck making every Hilde effort to recui t!i primincra on the ill fated ateamr. Though newa from the wecl ia ditrein,-ly meagre, yet even already atoriea of the horror are leaking through. One ia thnt two men, who escaped onto the rocka from the veel are unable either to ecale the cliff oa return to the'ahlp. The tide will prolwbly reach them when it la at flood. An another la xtntcd that one woman while making an effort to paaa her little child to her husband who was in a mull boat dropped the little one into the aea. When tha boatt'a crew left the reeeel there waa a little boy running about the devk crying for hia mother who waa among the drowned. . The acene of the wreck U believed by Captain Jamei Gaudla, agent of Marine, to be between Cloo 0e and Cape Hea li on the notorioue Sea Bird Rocka, where tha ateamer Michigan foundered about ten yeara ago. The rocka are at the mouth of what ia known aa Pacen Pay and atand out bold and treacheroue where both the current and wind aeem to concentrate with tha greatcat force, and a landing, excepting under tha moat favorable oonditbaa would appear impossible. It ia expected tba Queen City will reach ON BOARD IS LOST the acene about daybreak. According to a apeeial from Cape Beale, tha Valencia met thick weather since leaivng Saa Francisco, and Cap tain Johaaoa bad consequently to navi gala by dead reckoning. Tha office re thought the ateamer waa on Umatilla, Reef wbea aba drove aabore Whea ihe bit the rocka her engine were reversed and the ateamer aucceeded in backing off into deep water. She immediately be hegan to fill ao quickly tUt tha en gineer were driven from the engine- room and the only chance of saving lives or of any oa board waa to drive the vessel on ahore. When the six tur vivora arrived at Cape Bea!a she waa lying wifti head to the aca ahout thirty yards from the high bluff oa ahore with water over her main deck. What were left of the passenger, and a large num ber had been previously drowned, were huddled on the saloon .leek When tha boats were lowered soon after the ves sel waa driven ashore nd after she be gan to sink, there waa grrat lose of life. Iloata filled with women and children were smashed against the ateamer' aide and all in them were !ot. Seven boat end three life raft were lowered, and only two of them have been heard from. There were thought to be about 100 persona still on board and tba aurvlvor who reached Cape Beale aay at least fifty were drowned alongside the boat be for) they left. The boatawala and five men were sent to secure asistanc and are tho only onea that rcai'iii-d Cape Beale. Kay Break Up. It ia reported a southwest gala la starting. A message from the Vancou ver Island roast tonight aaya: "It ia feared there ia little hope for those who remain on the Valencia tonight for ahe may break up in the gale. Paaaengera Oa Valencia. SAX FRANCISCO, Jan. M (SpeclaD- Tbe following ia tha list of first-cats passengers oa the Valencia: Flrat-claaa for Seattle J. S. Widraer, WRECKED J. F. Net, N. 11 Aadenoa, UiM Vaa Wyck, Alh SUdtenbcrg and two chil dren, F. T. Fondo, B. Brown, G. W. Taylor and wife, Burt Parker, CL A. Loban, William Sibley, Mra. W. C. Boa eonerger, Mi I Khar. F. Peteraoa, D. N. Petera, IUrry Ward, G. Walker, H. T. Telgman, W. C. Merle, IL U Hoal acber, J. 3. I)U"I, Mra. Wilkinaon, ilM W. O.Ie, C. Allim, Fred Krirkaon, Chaa. Rarrwel. G. KoneoWker, W. Looibar dirte, F. F. Hunker anJ wife, G. D. Kara dea. J. B. Graham, Mattie V. Haradea. For Juneau Mra. D. D. Stewart, For Bellingham llie J. C. Thompson and W. 8. Hum. For Vancouver Harry Woolridgo, A. T. Ralph, William Smith. For Victoria 3. .1. JeM, Donald Roe. Howe Duff. For Tacuma Mra. E. Bodoitadter. Followlnjr r tba 1t of officera: CapUin, 0. M. Peterwui; flrt mate. W. Itoliue; areond officer. P. Peterson; tbinl officer, J. II. Cameron ; fourth officer, A. A. Hcrg; pnixr, I. J. CFar rrll; freight clerk, F. Lelim aawUul freight clerk, E. E. Jlojkin; chief en gineer, W. Downing; flrt ailant en gineer, T. ("arrirki aecond aitant aa gimrr, 8. Davi; thirl aitant engi neer. R. M. Nelson; chief attward. J. E. Uoddiiinott; ecoud ateward, N. II. CompbelL ' - v trau jurats PUn to Fihf Ajalnst Hamilton Bi!!. i CLAIM HAVE SIXTY VOTES Thirty-fear Repablicaa Statehood laaar geata Bold a Caeca sad Outline the Fight Against Bamiltoa Bill Claim They Caa Defeat the Measure, WASHINGTON, Jan. S3. Thirty-four Republican Statehood Insurgents held a caucus today in Representative Bab corks committee room aad outlined their fight against the Hamilton bilL The insurgent leader now claim aixty Republican vote against the proposed rule preventing amendment to the bill and say thera b no truth la the rumor that tha Democrata are leaving tba city and have beea induced to remain away so they cannot vote with the Democratic organisation which ia in harmony with the Republican insurgents. The Demo cratic whip, Lloyd, said tonight that be hoped to have at least 12C Democrat though the in-urgenta claim they are in the House tonwrrow to vote againat the rule preventing amendments, al sure they have plenty of vote against the rule. Thia number ia ufficirnt to defeat the Republican organization, if it doe not succeed in mllyiug most of ita absentees. DECISION REACHED. PARIS, Jan. 23. Imiulry at the for eign ogice confirmed the statement made this afternoon that a decision regarding action toward VeneiufU had beea reached. ' BULL GIVES BATTLE TO RAILROAD LOCOMOTIVES SACRAMENTO, Cal, Jan. !3.-An in furiated bull gave battle to a rapidly moving Southern Pacific locomotive one mile south of Brighton last evening. The onslaught proved disastrous to both the bovine and the Iron monster, the animal losing its life and the engine be ing disabled. Another locomotive was GOULD IS THE Harriman Meets Defeat at Gould's Hands. AFTER HEATED FIGHT Western Pacific Granted Terminal Franchies At Oakland Over IP. Land. COUNQLMEN FAVOR .COULD Octopaa Lawyer Vainly Plead Far a Delay, Contending That City Baa Ba Right ta Grant Right Over Privately Owaed Laad. - i " . '''' ' V SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 21-Atcr a spirited fight before the committee of the whole of the Oakland City Oua cil, tba Western Pacific Railway Com. pany wo it fight for francihsea for a terminal crossing tha land of tba Southera Pacific Company north of tha Peralta street (lip, aad for the eonstrne thin of wharves at the end of tha north restraininj wall of the est wiry. Lengthy argumenta were mad oa each tide of the ease. The fight of representative of the Southera Pacifie waa for delay. It waa contended that no action could be taken aatil tha West era Pacific had fully revealed ita plan for crossing First and Third atreeta, aa well aa at the PeraJU alip track. It waa further contended that tba council had no authority to grant franchises across property owned privately, aad that ao action could be taken until tha aubject had been thoroughly investi gated. . All the eouncilinea expressed them selve in favor of the competing rail road. By a vote of 3 to 5 the motion to postpone action on the f ranch he wa dee fa ted. By a unanimous rot tha franchise were then iceora mended to passage, Thi action I particularly important, a it mark the first victory for Gould over lUrriman in the present terminal war. CONDITION UNCHANGED. NEW YORK, Jan. ?3.-It wa an Bounced this afternoon that the condi tion of General Joe Wheeler who ia uf fering from a (light attack of pneu monia ia unchanged. sent from this city to take the pas to Stockton.