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OLUME LX NO. 241
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ASTORIA. OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1906
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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.COAL !JH
TO STRIKE
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Union Rejects the Opera
tors Proposition.
TO RAISE STRIKE FUND
Refusal (o Sljn Agreement Will
Result In Monster
Strike.
OPERATORS WILL NOT RECEDE
Joiat Conference Scheduled for Todsy U
Only Hop of Settling Strlka-MUieri
Moat Rait 4,ooooo to Uw la Pro
culiog Strike.
iMii.tAivi.i.i, rrn. i. ni rejec
tion "f th counter proposition offered
by coal operators of th central
competitive district by almod nnanl
' mail vol of th itiliwaoikcM, and tl
adoption nf a p-wtlnih-n ufhied bv
rUiv ltyn of llliituU. plating the
miner, na record a unit In refusing
in sign a agreement for any district
until lli agreement wa. signed fur all
th district unilvr Jurisdiction of the
foiled Mlneworkera created a eilualioa
which, in th opinion of th official, and
winces in (he organisation will result
In a disruption of th joint agreement
ami protably rati In oa of (ha grisliest
strikes of organised labor rvrr kimwa
Immediately following th rejection of
lb operator proposition, tli miner
mnventlon fl elmut to provide mean
for accumulating a plrika fund of W,
taln.niii In ad J il ion to a Ilk amount
whk-h tb miner, nrvanltallon alrraily
1im.
Th minor' convention then adjourn
d till tomorrow. A Joint conference
ehedued for 0 o'clock tomorrow morn
Injl U only ho of a settlement of
Ihe strik. r. P. Itobhin. of th Pitt
lmrf Coal ComHiny said toniylit th
in-raior would not . iwd fntm tb
ultinMima dlivrd thi aflrrnoon.
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SWIFT ON STAND.
Sward P. Swift Tfatlflet in Packer
Invtitlgatlon,
CHICAGO, Feb. I.-Kdwahl K. Salft
occupied moot of the day ill the l'ark
r' trlu I. The i ! pii(lvly tie
rlnrotl ComnilMbHier (larnvld had piv-
en all the Information he aked for, but
aeveral time admitM h could nut tell',
whether apeclflc lliformntlon had heenl
given th government agent or not.
fiaift tentified h did not know wheth-
er be wa a
atockhohli-r In the Kenooret care. He i having th cargo taken
Company, on of the concerna the gov
ernment declare. i waa funned by the
J'aiker to enable them to control the
output of byproduct. The other testi
mony introduced wa unimportant.
FRENCH CHURCH
PARW, Feb. I-Evrywhe1w in France
tha ailual putting into operation of th
claim of th church and at at ep ra
tio bill providing for making invento
ries of church property hat arouned a
torm of proteat. In aeveral provincial
pari.hea, th Catholic gathered In th
vhurche and mad o atrong a rwlat
anew to th government commlationeri
that they wer unabl to enter th di
lit. In Pari today violent cne took
IVADID STATUTE.
MAX FRANTIStt), tth !.-Vllliam
J, Vutlld and R. K. K. I)nift wr
oarMd tmlj(bt of avadlng tb fad
t atalula In lllinK out tb abip Car
mfW'ila on ai llltyal Mllln npHituM.
ACQUITTED OF XUKDtft.
iHiuyiK, rn, cum waa
aniiltld by a jury today of th mnrJr
of Ij-my hiimnrr, ahum k found with
M a If. A pla of tmporry inaaaity
a, mad, but tb ral pla wa dffrnw
of tk bom,
rOSBIO SWEABIRO.
tt. lault Poliea Pero Nat AIlw4 t
Uat Bad LRai.
ST. Wi ll, F.b. I-Rntly ' th
board of polka minllinr lu4 a
ordrr prolilliltlng .tb policcmra from
iirng whila dn duty, and tonight
CMrf of rlii Klrly tMUd a order
that polUvturn .ball arrrat all pron
.ho way li brarj tulng profana Jan-
fng on th atriwl and In pulilir
pluiv. A'lrr th plm- board rdr
a a lunl on patrolman wor and
.Kd
SENATE PASSES BILLS.
WASHINGTON', Ib. I.-Tb. Srn.1
today pwJ about thirty flv mUrl-
Urirou bill and vrr1 hour to
th ronldratiin of th bipplii( bill.
On bill proridod for a Congraxional
drliliat from AUka.
-V-T
HEROIC FIGHT MADE
Pircman ind Crew Fight Bravely
Flames on Meade.
DASTARDLY PLOT SUSPECTED
Official Art Working aa th Theory
That Pira In Big Transport Orlglaated
Prom Iafraal MacWn-Thrt EUled
and Fifty-tight Injured.
HAN' FRAN'ClStt), Feb. l.-Tbre
ilnid and fifty el((lit Injured, moatly by
iirTin-.ti.in U th record of a Ar that
raired on the tranort Meade thi
morning. For thre hour after mid
night the forward hold of th bin troop
hlii wa a roaring furnar. Tona of
high exptmiv wera loaded in th after
part of the vel and the herole tire-
flghira workod with th poaaibility ever
befor them that th flame would reach
thi. ennipurtnient and ran an exph-
iiiii that would have ahaken the whole
rile and fivm which no man on hoard
ould have eccl. Owing to, the pmb
ability of the fact that an Infernal ma
chine, waa found In the bunker of the
trnnMirt Tlmum on her lnt voyage,
the rumor wa rirculatnl of a plot laid
Are the t ade at aca, a lie wa to
have departed frf Manila tlay. Major
Dev. if, chief of the tran-port wric l
Inventigating thin theory with the great
from the roiuiiailment where the Are
atarted with a view of dlncovering tlie
real cmi of th diater, Iba-k Cap
tain Dunn guv it aa hia opinion that
mnn otTii'era packed matchea ia their
OPPOSES
APPRAISING. PROPERTY
uUe In aeveral churchea. The Stroche
church congregation ancceatfully oppoa-
ed th authorities and aa Inventory of
St. Clothllde wa not mad until a re
ort to armed forr. Ia th Chamber of
Deputie th rremler' ttattment that
tha government waa dealraua of uaing
tact, bbt intended to enforce the law
no matter at what coat, waa give amid
a grant uproar. Th gorcrameat how
ever aecured a rota of eonfiJnc.
BUNKER GIVES DRAW
T
BREAKS DOWN IN THE
Relates Vivid Description
States There Was Lack of Discipline Among
Crew Audience Moved to Tears.
SECRETARY METCALF ORDERS
PILOT OP STEAMER QUEER TESTIFIES BEFORE BOARD OP INQUIRY
THAT THE SHIP WENT WITHCT HALF MILE OP VALENCIA, BUT
WAS TOO ROUGH TO LOWER A BOAT BUSIER GIVES A CLEAR
ACCOUNT OP DISASTER-WILL INVESTIGATE CIRCUMSTANCES;
SKATT1.K, Feb. I-At th VlencU
Inquiry today Pilot llwh.T who wa in
charg of th Queen oa tha day tb
went to kx-te the wircked craft, testi
fied ha wcat vlUtia half a mil of the
wrack. When tb waler ho led to I
fathom, be thought that too ckwe for
th heavy mm ami gut out The witue
tatad Captain Onwdna, Captain. Lang
Icy, fox, Irving and hiin4f di-uad
th adviaability of lowering a boat
They rain to th derUlott that it wat
impoille to get any boat they had
away from lb tid of th rerl. The
wit nee. did not think th tug Caar went
in aa rloae a poaoibl. H tetifled be
did not go chaw enough to arrtaia
whether lif wa on her. The witn
thought a regulation lit aaving boat
could have reudered valuable aaoiatance.
Bunker TwtiAca.
F. F. Hunker, itant aupertntenkBt
of the Seattle acboola, whoa heroic con
duct ha been widely noted, wa the
next witna. Bunker recounted in
vivid language th awful event of th
night of tb wruk. II told of taking
hia place with hia wife and two children
in the Ill-fated life boat, of it' eapoix
ing, of regaining th boat to And hi
wife and ona child ia It. 6f th manner
it waa daahed oa th rock and th k
of hia hived one, and after regaaing
conacbm.nea of Anding th other aur-
vivora and their periloua trip to the
telegraph hut. In an.wer to queatWns
he meutbined the lack of diaciplin after
th ablp (truck, the ennfuaion of order
and the fact that no officer w- ent
out with th lif boat.
Affcting Seen.
A dramatic acene occurred when Bun
ker abided to the charg that h rfud
to go hack to th wreck. He had prev
iously dewribed the crippled condition
of hia companion, and atatcd it would
have been a physical inioiiibility for
him to have returned to th vewl al
though a robu.t man, lie related hi
acta after the wreck including hia aearch
for the dead and waa in th act of dat
ing hi dread at Anding the mangled
bodic. of hia family when he broke
down. Tear glitened in th yea of
hi. hearer and Captain Turner .aid:
"Mr. Hunker, my opinion of tli l mat
ter ha changed materially aince I hav
heard your etat'menl." The inapertora
i ,
trunk and they were Ignited in blad
ing. The Veascl waa not erlmrly Injured
and will be ready to tail oa Saturday.
A surprising fact developed bit today
that the property loss amounted to only
133. Thia wa Devol'a estimate. When
the water waa pumped from th hold
and the debris removed, it wat found
the Are had been confined to a tpace
about alx feet aquar. There wa very
little flame, the flrw being of a imothtr
ing nature, which emitted a great vol
ume of .moke. Investigation showed
the officer effect to be aafe. It ia be
lived by eom official th Art origi
nated in (pontaneout combustion of gua
oil and cotton. A board of Inquiry hat
IC
OF WRECK
MIDST OF HIS STORY
of (he Valencia Disaster-
A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION
and other prewnt ahook hand with
th witne t the conclusion of the
hearing and extraled their aympathy
to him.
Bodies Scattering. -VICTORIA,
Feb. 1-The bodiea of th
vk-lima of the Valencia' diater are
beginning to aratter, tb laat neoverwl
waa picked up k Wet Bereiay Round,
thirty die mile from the wreck. Twen
ty-two bndic. .re imivrreJ to date,
A an incentive to the Indiana, a reward
of I0 i. ofTered by th Provincial Gov
erament for each body found.
Governmrat to lareatigat.
WWSHIXC.TON', Feb. I.-Hecretary
Mctcalf, of tb Department of Com
merce and labor, Ute thi afternoon or
dered a thorough and an-hing Inveati
(ration of the Valencia wreck off Van
couver Island, and th conduct of officer
and crew of that ateamahip aa well aa
of the officer of th ateamer Topeka
and Queen, whVh went to the aaaiatanc
of the disabled rmtL
The order I contained in tha follow
ing telegram aent by him to the local
innpectora of the ateamahip inspector
eerviee at Seattle)
'Mak a thorough and searching In
veal igat ion of the conduct of tha officer
of the ateamera Topeka and Queen, pur
auant to aectioo 44.V1, Reviaed Statute.
Alao inveatigat all cauae of the wreck
the ma of life and anr misconduct or
neglect oa tb part of any connected
therewith. Give public hearing., and
take th testimony of all available
survivors of the Valencia and of anv
witneaa of the Valencia and of any
witnraa who may desire to be heard.
Your investigation must I thorough
and complete, and your report, with all
evidence, forwarded to the dewrtment.
Also forward nie immediately full pre
liminary report of facta as now under
stood."
The Secretary' action ia based on in
formation rvceived by him that thia
investigation should be ordered at once.
When the report called for ivachc here
il will be immediately turned over to
special committee, consisting of Assist
ant Secretary Murray, 8iiHrvMng In-iector-C.eneral
I'lilef and Herbert Knox
Smith. Deputy Ctmmisioncr of Corpo
ration. These three office r were mem
ber of the comminaion which investi
gated the Slociim' disaster.
been appointed to consist of Captain
Simpson, Captain William and Lieuten
ant Campbell.
MRS. YEREES SILENT.
Widow of Lata MiUionaira Neither Af
Arm Nor Denies Marriage.
NEW YORK, Feb. l.No statement
from Mr, Yirkr wat obtained here
today at to wketbef the had been mar
ried to Wilson Mitner. The Rev. An
drew Gillie, of St. Andrew' Methodist
Episcopal Church, however, declared
that be performed tht ceremony and
AVilaoa M liner waa quoted today aa eon-
Arming the newt of tht marriage.
TBAIS DITCHED.
Bail Spread and All Cars Ar Throws
Proa Track.
GREAT FALL8, Feb. I.-A apn-ial to
tb Triliune from U'UIUton, Xortb Da
kota. iy Th (Jrt Xortbera at
hound pawwnjrr tr.ia wa wrrkd a
fw mile from Towner tfafaa moral ng
by upreadiny of th ralbk Tb cngia
pd over, but rrery ear wa ditrbeiL
It 1 .aid every ear turned romph-tely
over and the aiaoker turned over thre
tlm. Xo ona wa fatally injured out
ixtera were anor or lex hurt. Fa-
enyer on the train rel.t thrilling ex
perfemtw."
IR SURAHCE XOMVEHTIOK.
National Insurant Convention I Now
in Station.
CHlCAtSO, Feb. 1. Four Corernora
th Representative of thirty-two
States, the member of the State Com
missioner. ronferVBc on uniform legis
lation, and the representative of the
National I'nderwriter.' Ao i.-ttion were
recognized duly an-reditel delegstet
to the Xatioiml Insurance Convention
calh-J at the Instance of Presid-nt
RmMevelt. The discussion of th de
ferred dividend v-tcin of life insuraiM
occupied the dclcgatra attention. This
tofiic and a nnmlsr o' others were re
ferred to a committee later in Cue day.
FUNERAL OF KING.
COrKXHAGKX, Feb. l.-lt i
said the funeral of King Christina
now
will
Jake plaiw on February U or l-i.
PROSECUTE BUN
Heney Promises President to Prose
cut2 Ore jon Congressman.
HIS STAR WITNESSES GONE
Heney Stya That Notwithstanding Ab
sence of Pater, McEinley, and Emm
Watson, He Win Be Ablt to Put Up a
Strong Cast.
RAX FRAXCISCO, Feb. I-Framia J.
Heney, former United States District
Attorney of Ort-gon and special assist
ant to the Imted Statea Attorney-
General, who recently returned from
Washington, D. t where he conferred
with the President and Attorney-Gen
eral on bind fraud matters, save that
he has promised the President to prose
cute Congressman Pmcer Herman, of
Oregon, at both Portland and Washing
ton, and to finish all the pending bind
fraud caaea in Portland and the Hyde
and Penson case in Washington.
Kegiinling the star witnesses for the
prosecution in Heney's land fraud rases.
who disappeared from Portland, vis.,
A. 1). Puteft Horace (J. MeKinley,
Marie Ware MeKinley and Knini L.
Watson. Mr. Heney said ttxlnv:
I can get along without these people
In probably tvery pending case except
one. But I believe we will locate most
of them. I know where Marie Ware
MeKinley is. She i in San Francisco,
and I. have every reason to believe does
not intend to refuse to be a witness
again. I have understood that Horace
0. MeKinley ha gone to the orient, de
serting his wife."
RAILROAD RATE BILL
DISCUSSED WITH VIGOR
WASHINGTON, Feb. I. The discus
sion of the iwilroad rate bill was pushed
with vigor in the House today. So
many speakers have come to the front
on tha measure, that the House will
moot at II o'clock hereafter until tbe
debate U finished. The feature of the
debate today waa a lengthy speech by
Sibley, of Pennsylvania, in opposition
to the bill. When he charged auch legis
lation to be socialistic and a step to
tUDIVOSTOli
.E
Impressive Services for
Murdered Men Held.
HUNDREDS WOUNDED
Fighting Lasted Two Days When
the Cossacks Were Re
moved. CITY HAS QUIETED DOWN
Terrible Fighting Occur. Between tha
Coaaacka and yolonteera AnthorUie
RcmoTt Coaaacka and Place Volun
teer! on Guard Bed FUgi ia Evidence
VLADIVtJNTOK, Feb. I.-Tb fun--
eral of thirty-two men killed bv ma
chine giiiw on January twenty-tltiid
wer held today. The cannon on Tig
er Hill thundered a salute while th
chorus composed of soldiers ' chanted
dirge. Two immense promwiona com
posed of aolilii-rs, tailors and civiluin
carrying red flags and singing revoluti
onary songs escorted the bodies to tb
cemtegr. The coffins wnr covered'
with wreathes bearing inscriptions ss
To tbe Eternal Memory of Martyr
and to the Eternal Shame of Their
Assassins." In addition to the men
killed on January twenty-third. 400
were wounded. The Aghting continued
two day. after that until tbe command
ant agreed to remove the Cossack aad
releawe the prisoners. Next day a proc
lamation was issued stating that volun
teers instead of Cossacks were guard
ing the city, and commanded Aghting to
cease and order to prevail. The city,
then calmed down. ,
The reason for the obstinate and my
terious silence in the dispatch from
Vladivostok with the regard to the sup
posed termination of tbe mutiny inti
mated in General Linevitch's laconic, dis
patch of January twenty-eighth saying!
"The city is quiet, and the mutinous
sailors are disarmed," is explained to
night in the Vladivostok dispatch which
serves to relate the actual condition in '
the fortress. Instead of the mutiny be
ing crushed a tacit armed truce exita,
conditioned on the removal of the Cos
sack from the city. Trouble ia likely
to flare until the emperor answers the
pet it km to -St. ePteivlnir) praying for
amensty to the mutineers if they volun
tarily return to duty.
TOGO TO AMERICA.
Will Visited America ia April With Two
Armoured Cruisers.
TOKIO, Feb. 1. It i announced upon
reliable authority that Admiral Togo
will visit America iu April with two
armoured cruiser.
ward government ownership and the
dream of Bryan and Hearst, James, of
Kentucky, asked the reason lor the
right about face of the Republican party
in tha direction of Bryan leadership.
"I will gracefully place tbe responsi
bility on my colleagues of broader
shoulders," retorted Sibley,
Knapp, of Xew York; Shacklcford, of
Missouri, and Heflin, of Alabama, spoke
for the measures.
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