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VOVIHS TMI MORNINS PIILO ON THC LOWIfc COLUMBIA
VOLUME LX NO. 227
ASTORIA, OREGON. SATURDAY. JANUARY 27, 1906
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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IHAiRr.JAN IS
QUESTIONED
CanalCommlssIcncrShonts
; , Interrogated.
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GETS A BIG SALORV
Receives $12,000 From Clover
. Leaf Railroad for Doing;
V Nothing.
TELLS OF CANAL CONDITION
Shonl ia CII4 Befott Senate Canal
Committee tad A dm tit il Get I 81
ity Prea Railroad, Wkkh ia Govern
neat Official la Unlawful
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26. Theodora
J'. Shunt, chairman of .tha Isthmiaa
I'anaJ Commission, admit led to tat
cnata luia OuOmU CJ Commit Us
that Ve draw llS.noo annually a prrsl-k-nt
of the (1vc Leaf aRiiroad, though
astniltled beyond receiving Ilia re
HMi of the nthar official ha d voted Io
iiiii t It's Interest. 11a receive ,
annually a chairman of tha faaal
Com mis. ion. Kbonta testified that of
f WO bouse left by tha French about
lNW are now In pA condita. Shouts
aid tha house for tha laborer and
other purpose, a m1 tha fund iipilie
.were muck tur thia U u-unlly pro
vblnt fur ttirh purptiuNi In railnwi!
il nti'lUin wmk la thin country.
Mumt oaiil ahnra tha'nunp arrt lu--IhI,
tha umiiiihliiijr- ground a
ilmliml mil vrKtUin rut kma to
iimka madltUm liralthful Tba itir
iiiply la drawn front thw RUi (iiymlr
rlvr and ImptHMlnl nmr Aimin fur iim
fin tha Fananta tih. HhonU drnbl ha
Wl rvT rrltlrlitsl Chlrf lnglnror Wal-ln'-a
far diUtnrlnra. 8nator Qormaa
rondurlrd an attpndml aiianiiiiatbin of
MimiN mmvnilim tlia conditlmu tt
tba lima 8t4van tink rontrul. Hr
ahtmrd that Wara had InrmaatHl tba
ly ts from mm to I3,(KK) mn within
thm nMintha witlumt lining anything
toward d idling tlif ranal. (iormao
Lrought out from th ltar than the
irovrrnnirut had ald for tha lniMiria
tbm of women into tha Canal Zonr, thr
vuiiifn bring tba fonilliea of luiMirara
from .Mrllniiiw, Tha canal paid 17 a
hntd fur thaia wiunrn and Coriuan ai
d in what manure It wat rroon-rrd.
V. don't g-t it IhuI, it U a gratuity,"
lid Kliolit.
MO IHrORMATIOIt.
t ranch Imbaiay ia Dark aa te Govara-
ment'a Vanaaualaa Policy,
A;SIUNGTON. Jan. 2tt.-At a lat
hour tonight tha French rnilmy nud
rtwived no adrk-a rrfpirding tha dwi.
km of th Frt-nch guvrrtnmrnt a to
Vrnriimla. Thia govrrnnwnt bait givrn
J'imiri awuramwa that nrlthcr a boy
ntt on Vanrittwlan product nor a naval
iniunitrtion will in any way modify
tha wnndcnra of tha Unitd fttatrt in
tha ainrrrity of tha aanuranea of Franca
lrgnrilinjj hrr eomiIlanna with tha Mon-doi'trina.
EDITOR OF C0LUER3
SEV YORK, Jan. 86. An untttually
e national trial eama to an and today
when tha Jury In tha criminal branch of
1hea'liipnme court reported Konnan
Haprxl. editor of Col lien" VVUy not
guilty of eritnlnal libel. Tha rerdict
va rendered ten mlnutea aftea tha
. "SEE AMERICA FIRST."
aaMMBMa) m
CammlttM Hanal la Cfcarft of SiiM
Saaiaf Propiaaaa.
HALT LAKK ffTT, Jaa. M.-Ia
harga of tha proagaada for innaaaittg
tba popularity of Anwrkma algbt-Ming
tour will ba, during tba coining year,
Itubrrt I- XM'ormk'k of TaooMa, Wah.,
former governor, DariJ R. Francia of
MUaoari, T. B. Waltrr of Minnpoll,
rtUrr Jordan of Rtaaford Lai
rai.Ity, Irving llowbrri of Colorado
spring awl Nathan C. fkbafer, praal
dant of tha Natinal Kdueational Aaao
fiat km of llarrUburg, Tran, Tha gaa-
tlrmaa named ompria tba axamttira
eonimltUa rtwwen by tba "Sea Amark
I'iref ronfarrtH'a hera today. Flahar
UarrU of tha Kalt Uka Commercial
Club la named permanent arratary.
Trtnorary headquarter will ba main
tained U frit Laka City.
IRREGULAR METHODS.
Shont Mai Hard Tim to Concaal Hi
IUt(al Tranttctiona.
WASIHXflTOX, Jan. W. i.iwii.o
irverrly rrlliiUed tha lax method of
hiokkieiiiig, citing aa an aximpW
vouehera mvrring tba tranpnrtatiun of
women, abhh railed fr tha traaporta
tlon of lahorrr. Slmnta axeuaad tha
laten.rnt of tha voucher on tba ground
that In reality tha women wrra labor
arw aa ny of them wera working
alpout hotel, et.
INCREASE IM REVEHUI.
XKW YORK, Jan. UuTka e4tltn
tiooality of tba atock Uamfar tax law
of N'ew Tork vat fflnard today by a
levjubm ia tha 'H', dlvtakw of tha
npraiua court. About 3),000 annual
Uxea am added to tha atata revenua
by tba devUkiO.
REBELS ARE ACTIVE
RevolutlonlsU Actively Appose
Advance of Troops.
RIOTING IN SOUTH RUSSIA
Raparta Suta That Ravolutiontata ia
Cavcaiut Aia Thoruhly Orgaaitad
ad Savarai Pitched Batttaa Hart
Takaa PUca They Art Will Armad.
8T. rKTKBSlll'KO, Jan. 2.-Kail
road ciimmuiik-ntion with tha CaucaMi
I re.torrd. Tha reolutUiiilt ara ob
tinately artiva In oiHnlng tha advance
of troop ami how great force. Kevrral
pitclmd baM4 bava occurml. Tlia rvo
lutloiii.t havn cavalry a well aa In
fantry. Two coiiimiiim of troop, bfr
legcil at Kairili bava been disarmed.
The raptaln in command kilk-d.
The revolt ha broken out In Northern
t'atik and frUent encounter ara
rcjMirtcd. .
Advk-ea from South BunMa tt Chat
(he Inlmbitanta of M-veral village are
engaged In Hot In, making neceaaafy the
cniploynient of troop to auUlua them.
The government i relaxing reprctnive
meamire ince January 22d (Ril Hun
day), ami the right of netidly wilt
lm re-4iirttl.
Fatlier (iHin who bad beea warned
not to appear in St. Peterburg until
January 3rd b returning to Ruia.
leniency will ilol extended to aer
erkl editor arrested for publiahlng tha
manifeio of the Workmen' Council
DECLARED NOT GUILTY
ttm waa given tha jury. The charge
afrainat -HapgooJ were brought at the
iatigatioa of Judge Joseph M. Deuel,
of tha court of pecll elone baaed
upon an editorial In which tha editor
criticlted Judge Deuel In kit connection
arlth Town TopkM.
ITCHED
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TO THEIR DEATH
THREE MEN ON CUFF SEE 45 PERSONS DROWN
Valencia Only Fifteen Yards Away Men Ha?e Ropes
With Them Bat Make no Attempt to Save
the Helpless Passengers.
STAND ON CUFF AND WATCH
WHEN SEEN BY FORTY-FIVE PEOPLE ON THE VALENCIA, CHEER
WENT OP, AT HOPE OF RESCUE SHIP WAS ONLY FIFTEEN
YARDS FROM BASE OF CLIFF BUT FOR SOME UNKNOWN SEA
SON NO EFFORT WAS MADE TO SAVE THE SURVIVORS, WHO
WERE AT LAST ENGULFED. .
VICTORIA, Jan. Sd.-NVo tlie
wrecked etaamer Yafcodn broke tip
Wadnnalay, three eya wltnee etood
fifty yanie away, and watched forty
Rva pe ramie, both van and women
ttlagta to ttw r liming, wejt to. their
death in one great engulfing wan.
Tba party with ropca and luppliee faa
tendod to their backa, truggWd over the
trail by night, arriving at the wrack
Wedweday morning. On reaching the
top of tha bluff, tha wreck waa aeen be
low, partly aubntergeJ, fifteen yards
from tba face of tha bluff. TWIow them J
huddled on tha deck boute were many!
urvivor. WV tha party Arat ahow-j
ed themnclrea on top of tlia cliff the
paMtcngert began to cheer wildly. They
believed reacue waa at baad. Tba real
itatiun noon ram that ailnce couM
not reach them. Tha men ahore were
unable to do anything and they clung
in drapair to tha rigging. The end came
at 13 o'clock when a huge roller awept
In and crtihed eaecyUiing to piece.
When tha ebb came .only the atump of
tha mat and noma apart were aeen
above the water.
Another Mtrvlvore of the Valencia ha
been found In Frank' Connor, discov
ered on Turret Inland In a very ex
hausted condition. Thia ia believed to
ba the man who waa lost on tlia island.
Pkkt ap Raft.
Tba steamer Salvor reported at Bam
field Creek tonight that tlie picked up a
raft from the Vakmcl off Turret Ia
and. (ht the raft were three bodies
which were blent ifled a Wallace, a
waiter, Nelson, the third engineer, and
an American soldier and marine of the
United Mate ship Concord.
Liat af Survivor.
The corrected !Ut of aurvivora fol
low! C. Allison, passenger, 610 Omiltier
slivet, Nt. INiuli J. Johnson, third cook,
11.1 Ru street, Kan Francisco; O. L.
Willit. passenger, loj Julia street, San
Francisco t 1. IVdvner, fireman, 20 E
sex street, San Francisco; G. IX llara
den, paasenger. 41PJ South Main street,
Istm Angelc; M. Far prey, quarternma
ter, 1030 Minna stre.-t, San Francisco;
1. V. (VBrien, waiter, 233 Stevenson
strwt, San Franclooj K. f.4 Carrick,
first aitant engineer, 1S0J Sanchet
street, San Francisco; W. D. JohinVm.
roa1iser, SHi Plna itwl, San Fran
cisco; C, F. Ijihtrss, baker, Winchester
Hotel, Ran Francisco; J, Segaloi, fire
man, Q04 Third street, San Francisco;
F. Lchn, first assistant freight clerk, 70
Duboce street. Ban Francisco; Joseph
McCaery, pasnger, West St. John, N.
B.;,J. Waih, waiter, Sfi Chattanooga
streit, San Francisco; A. Hawkin, paa
eairer, 314 Fourth avenue, North Se-.
WARS IS GUILTY.
OMAHA, Jen. 28. The Jury, In the
trial of Her. O. C. Ware, returned a
v.nlir-t nt miiltv today on chanrea of.
eonstiiracr to defraud tha government;
bv mean of fraudulent land entries,!
Ware has been rector of tha Episcopal
church in Lead and Deadwood, S. D.
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MEN AND WOMEN ENGULFED
at tie; J. Hoddinott, waiter, 1918 Lear
enworth atreet,- San FrancUeo; , Peter
Peterson, second officer, 1127 Twentieth
street, San Francisco. At Cape Beak,
from landed lifeboat: T. McCarthy,
faoelwain T. Brown, sailor; W. Cot'
Hn, sailor) T. Shields, sailor; J.. Mark,
sailor; T. Lampen, tailor. At telegraph
hut, landed from lifeboat i F. F. Bonk
er, of San Francisco, recently named aa
itant superintendent of schools, Se
attle, who lost wife and two daughter;
J. Rltcbey, fireman; Char lea Samuel,
flrstclasa paaaenger, bound for Seattle;
Mike Howe, second-clase passenger,
bound for Seattle; R. Brown, second
claa pauenger; Yosukl Hosoda, Jap
anese, from Oakland; T. J. Campbell,
Alameda i B. X. Led has. firemaa; A.
Willia, second rlasa passenger, bound
fur Spokane. At Toqnart, taken from
Turret Island: F. Hancock, chief cook;
M. Stanslar, fireman; George Long, fire
man; one man, name unknown, remain
on Mand.
This n wkes S? in all, none women or
children. Two men and a boy ara re
ported to bava been aeen af a camp fire
on tlit beach near Klanawak. When
tug approached shore they made no
eflWt to come down to ber. It ia not
known whether or not they ara from the
Valencia.
Searching tha Coaat.
SKATTLE. Jan. 26. Mora than one
hundred people ara now tearching the
coast of Vancouver within a radiua of
twenty milea on either aide of the
wreck of the Valencia with tlie bop of
finding some? survivor from tha vea
set In order to assist in tha search.
tha Pacific Coast Steamship Company
tonight dispatched a tug in command of
port Captain Pattcrsen to the scene of
the diaaten Captain Pattcrsen took
with him two Newfoundland dorie with
flidtcrman to man them. Captain Pat'
tcrsen expects to find tha weather sufllC'
icntly calmed by the time he reaches
there to enable him to make a landing.
Parlies of men on tugs have been sent
out frtim Vh-torift and are now on the
fcene, Indiana bava been employed to
Vat tha bushct in ena any atirvivor
tave wandered Inland.
I'p to the present time 37 men hare
been saved from tlia wreck. This leaves
117 still unaccounted for. Soma hope
is still held out for the last boat to
leave the ship. It has not been report
ed, and It Is possible that It hat made
shorn somewhere in the vicinity of the
wTeck,
,The 23 men who were brought to
Seattle on tha Topeka wera aent to ho
tel by tba ateamshlp company to be
kept them until they have arranged
their plana for the future.
NOW IS CHIEF.
GUAYAQUIL, Jan. 2fi.-C.enaTaJ Al
faro, a former President of Ecuador
er of the
eoent revolution
which overthrew President
Garcia, is
now supreme chief of tha republic. The
'Cabinet waa appointed today.
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TO REPORT FAVORABLE.
Senata Committee Will Report Faver
abry ta Statehood Bin.
WASHINGTON. Jn. 24-The Senate
eommitUM on terrirtoriet today author
ized a favorable report on the Joint
Statehood bill passed by tha House
yesterday. S aator Beveridge, chair
man of the committee, said later be
would present report in the Senate next
Monday. Nona of tba Democratic mem
ber of tha eommittea' wera present
when tlie agreement to lake a vote waa
reached.
Senator Patenum and Franier re-err
ed the right to present a minority re
port. The bill waa amended in several
pla, but ' tlie amendments related
largely to governmental machinery pro-
vkied by tha measure, such a judiciary
methods of voting.
FEAR SALE OF ISLAND.
Governor Ida Atki Secretary of War
to Deny Rumor.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26. The fol-
kiwing cablegram has been received by
tha Secretary of War fropi General Ide
at Manila:
Natives much dioturbed by cable
statement that AmlMssador Wright has
been authorized to negotiate' sale, of
ilanl to Jitpan, Authentic deuiil
from you would be useful." -
Secretary Ta t replied to th. cable
gram a follow:
"Tlie cable statement referred to ia
your cablegram ha not the slightest
vestige of truth. It is not only, untrue,
but absurdly w." '
MANY KILLED.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. The bulle
tin of interstate eommerea show thai ia
tba month f July, August, and Sep
tember but, 1003 wera killed and 16,386
injured on steam railroad ia the United
State. ' 1 ; ., .
TRY. FIUBUSTER1I
Democrats Try to Defeat Provision
of Deficency Bill. "
WAVING EIGHT HOUR lArV
When tha Bill te Which Amendment
Waa Proposed Waa Finally Fiaiaand,
Demand for Separata Vata Waa Made
and Ordered Taken.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2fl.-The first
attempt at filbustcring during this a
sion occurred in the House today in tbc
Democratic endeavor to defeat the pro
vision of the urgent deficiency bill,
waiving the eight-hour law for foreign
laborer on the Panama Canal. An
amendment pkwed in tha bill ' in the
committee of the whole, after the House
had divided many time on every pre
text, which the minority leader, Wil
liams, could make, waa the cause for
the vote. When the bill, to which the
amendment wa proposed was finally
fluished, lata in the day, a demand for
a separate vote and roll call on that
amendment was made and ordered, at
which time tha House adjourned. The
vote will occur tomorrow. The only
other eontorversy of the day resulted
from the t tempt to increase by $115,-
0O0, the amount for meat inspection by
the department of agriculture. Thia In
crease waa refused after afi animated
debate.
MUTINY AT VLADIVOSTOK
- ASSUMES SERIOUS ASPECT
ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 26,-That
there ha been a renewal of the mutiny
it Vladivostok I confirmed in a die
patch from that city filed Thursday and
received here late tonight. Tha dis
patch indicates the mutiny, which be
gan lt Monday bad not been subdued
LETTERS JADE
Roosevelt Exposes Packers
Wron? Methods
BRIBED A REPORTER
Packers Give Inter-Ocean Reporter
Money to. Favor
Them. .
HE HAS NOW LOST HIS JOB
Aa Scon ai the Xanasfrg Editor of the
Chicafa Inter-Ocean ia Informed af
Reporter" Graft, Ha Diamiaaea Him
Summarily.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 26,-By author
ity of the President, tha correspondence
waa made public at tba White House
tonight relating to tha method alleged
to hav!" been employed by toe attorney
foi tba Beef Packer who ara under
indictments in Chicago on charge of try
ing to inHuence public opinion ia behalf
of the Packer.
The document consist of a communi
cation made to Attorney-General Moody
by United SUte District Attorney Mor
rison of Chicago act ting out certain al
leged facta regarding the payment of a
sum of money to a reporter on tha
Chicago Inter-Ocean by one of tha at
torney fo the Packer a letter from
tha Attorney-General to the Preaident,
transmitting Mr. Morrison' report, ax
pressing the pinion that no way exist
ed waiter the law by which the alleged .
offense could be punished, aad the letter - '
from th President ta the Attorney. . '
Genwj directing tha publication af th ,'.
enrrespawdeaea' ia oii that U yub-
Ik atigut be itrforMed.oi one aitaalwH. .
at hast, which tht government aa to . '-.
meet in prosex-iituig the caaa ? against
tb pecker. ' .
. . ; Ia Diamiwed.
CHICAGO, Jan. 86.-G. W. Hinman,
editor in chief of tba Inier-Oceaa to
night issued tha following statement:
0dr. Hasler, the accused reported eeaa
ed tonight to have any connection with
thii paper. Ha undertook to report tha
trial of the Packers under theae instruc
tions and no others: Tell tha truth
and treat the Packer fairly'."
NEW OFFICERS CHOSEN.
United Railway Stockholder Hold
Election in San Francisco.
SAX FRANCISCO, Jan. 26. Tho
stockholder of tha United Railway
tatty electa Thornwell Mullaly as
sistant to th Prwident, and G. F.
Chapman, vice-president and general
manager. Charles Holbrook wa re
lieved of the office of vk-president,
and made chairman of the board of
director. Tha ofiiore of assistant to
tha President, and chairman of tho
board of director were "created today.
G. H. Davit of Xew York waa elected
a director. Mr. Mullalv I a New York
attorney. )
and that the eitua'i Mas far fit;,
serious than waa ttu out1 i:k w ,,.
vember as tba mv-'iiii-Ts tret, id.- jj,, ,
the sailor and ariileHta, 'io ,
posion of a buttery, amM
with rifle and nwc'iine gun. ',.u K
having heary fortress g-tni.
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