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ASTORIA. OREGON, SATURDAY, FEIJRUARV 3, 1906
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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BIO STRIKE IS
LIKELY
Miners and Operators Un
able to Agree.
MINERS HAVE MONEY
Union AM Have Five Million
fi Dollars For Strike
Fund.
PRESIDENT MAY INTERVENE
ftooMttlt 01 th National Civic Federa
tloa May 8 Appealed to Use Good
Office to Bring About At Agreement
Between Coateetaata.
INDIANAPOLIS. Feb 2-WiUnMit llir
intertratioo if torn unexpected and
powerful influences an Industrial war
involvlag at boot WOWO miners inl
coal (iterator cannot Imif be tjr
ed. "W apparent determination of both
cpeiaWre Mil saleer Indicates that
ticitbrs iU snake overture for further
Begot tal loon and a walkout frum tbr
mines ta every section" of the country on
April Ut i Inevitable. There have
beea ialimationo that two agencies, lb
lresideet of tha I'nited Slain aud tbr
Natioaal Oslo Federation may be ap
ak-4 to, to (ft in motion negotiations
to a rehabilitation of the joint atate
agreement or at least a illiiicn of
eome possible mean of bringing lit'
iratora and miners together for fur
ther negotlationa. So far aa known
Imwrtrr, there I not Mug upon which to
Im an asacrtiiaa that either the presi
dent or Civic Federation haw decided
to offer their services.
Miatrg Should Prepare.
Perhaps tha moat significant state
ments mad by President Mitchell Jur
lnK sny session of the present con
vention were madi thia afternoon, flint.
In liia admonition to all miners that each
imliviilual should make prepaiationa to
tallish etrike a fund which will make
each miner sustaining for at trat a
reasonable length of time and again
lien, In iniwn to a ijnestion of a
(Hecate, who wished to I enlightened
a to rorrert aanne of the teuiliittun
aitiii(ed )aterday, ha aaid:
"The remdutioti adoplrd )rti'tilay i
capable of no two Interpret it inn, and
at the prnjier time nil aui'b irtion
hall w anawered "
Larieat Strike In Hiatory.
Diirinif an Inlerview tlii efteinotiti
rrroiilent John Milchi'll aaid:
"Never In the liiMory of thia country
1ia a trika of a far rcachiti)r effm't
1ern threatened. It mean national
anM-nlon of mining if the utrike cnmeK
at lha expiration of our niininp oon
contractu on Mart'h 3lt, and it IiicIiiiIck
the anthracite diMricK"
"I have eald," ha declareil, "Ihnt the
PACKERS ARGUE OVER
ADMITTING EVIDENCE
CHICAGO, Feb. t Argument con
cerning the admMbllity of evidence oc
cupied moat of the time in the Teilere'
rate today. Laat night Juat prior to
adjournment, Diatrkt Attorney forl
eon objected to any etatement of Jeaae
r. Lyman of Boaton, former preldent
tt the National Tacking Company re
lative to any converaatloa between Ly-J
man and Commiealoner Garfield. He
claimed Lyman waa not a party to thai
tiki nor waa the National Tacking Com-1
rrMiiallillity or brln(ing oa auck a
Irika waa a grwve re-ponllillty for
any people. We have bean alow to
iuuw, any eucb reponililily, and the
reponiliihty reat, aa anyone ran aae,
on ht oprratora.
"The proawroua condition of the
rountry warrant a an increaa for mla
era. We aen-pled a dacrwaaa by our
voice two yeara fn, wbea, at a liaM,
we Wrrw convini'ed that the eoaxtitioaa
of Ida country denianded it. We have
ever been ready to aland for the right
and we aland for the right now."
Fear DepeaA Oa'Ose.
I'reaiib-nt Mltcliell estimated four peo
ple drhnilrnt on every miner. Oa thia
otiniate a national atrlka, uk aa ia
planned will affect over two nillioa peo
ple dcpenib-nt on the mining Industry
for tbelr daily bread.
The dollar aaaeeament would ralee
approximately 1200,000 aatloaal trea.
ury funda by April lt.
LOYAL LECIOff BANQUET.
W A!it;TON', Feb. 2.-More than
I.Vxi member of the Military Ctder of
the U)al I'Kion of the I'nited Slate
participated in their annual banquet
lie i a lat niitht. Lieueenant Ueneral
Adna It. ChaiTee acted aa Uiaatmaatrr,
and after the commandery had Riven
ilent toate to "The Abaent Compan
ion!." Vii-e I'rcident Fairbanka re
sponded to the toat, "Our Country',
Future,"
RATE BILL IS UP
Houst Putcs in Six Houn Dik-sj-
Ing Mcuun.
MANY SPEECHES ARE MADE
Authoritative Statement Seat Oat From
White Houaa That ProeUeat Ia Not
Trying ta InSutaca Coagreealoaal Ac
tion Retarding. Railroad Rata Bill
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8-Preaid.nt
ItiMmevelt la not trying to dictate to
Congro w hat it ahall do of not do, re
garding the railroad rate or any other
problem of legialation. He ha, not de
livered to the Senate or Itouae any aort
of "ultimatum" ou aubjecta of legisla
tion and hee not held over the head, of
Congreaa the "threat of extraordinary
eion," If he doea not obtain legiida
lation fof which he ia hoping. Thi
talement U made by authority, and
al-o that ut!gc,lkna of rompromiiie of
any aort on the rate regulation, wliii-h
do not embody the nub-lance of the
Preoldent'a mcinfte on the aubjeel have
not apN-a!rd to the rreilenl. It ran
alo lie aaid he will doubtlea refime to
accept a compromise which would a(Ti-ct
any eential fmlure of the proMVM-d
IrgUlution. What U known aa the Hep
burn bill, now under ilieiion by the
Hoiikc, eiiihoilica milMlnntially the I'le-ti-dent'
tlcwe a act forth in la in lnt an
nual tuoNif.-e.
The I'imidciit i intei-entcd deeply in
Ik.Hi the Philippine Tariff and Statehood
!iir;ime. t'oiiceiiiiin aa to either one
of them, have not, it i atated, been
given nerioii, consideration.
pany and therefore that hia evidence a
to a plea of Immunity ahould lie ruled
out. Judge Humphrey finally permit
ted Lyman to relate the eonveraation
It did not difTer materially from other
eonveraation, of the aame kind that
have been previously reported.
Iio in the day when under croaa ex
amination by DUtrirt Attorney Morri
aon, Lyman admitted the National
Tacking Company had nevei alaughtered
an animal or made a ale. He declared
it la a holding company only.
COUSINS SAYS SEA
If
CAPTAIN OF QUEEN TESTIFIES BEFORE BOARD
Wares Were Breaking Twenty-Two Feet High and
Captain States He Could Not Venture in
Closer Than One Mile.
SEVEN OTHER BODIES ARE FOUND BY SEARCHERS ON BEACH
TESTIMONY BEFORE VALENCIA I.1QUIKY B0ASD BY CAPTAIN COUS
INS OF STEAMEB QUEEN, SHOWS THAT THB OCEAN WAS VERY
ROUGH-SHIP COULD NOT COME CLOSER TO STRANDED VESSEL
THAN ONE MILE INDIANS REFUSED TO BELP RESCUE PARTY.
STTLK, Feb. 2. -Captain X. E.
Couiina, coniDiandoli of the ,teniblp
Queen waa the principal wltnee today
in the Valencia Inquiry. He told of hia
veiwel being aent to the aaaistance of
the attended veaarl and having to give
np the effort to locate the wreck until
tbe morning folowing oa aocouat of the
torm and darkneM. He could nut ap
proach nearer than ona mile of the Va
lencia aa the weather wae ao thick be
could not aee the ehora line at timee.
Ordared ta Saa Fraadaoa.
The ateamahip Topeka arrived on the
arcne and conveyed word to Counin
that he waa to proceed to San Francico.
Couninn leatifled that tbe aeaa were
breaking twenty-two feet high. The
witnea told of the tug Cur being almut
three quarter, of a mile off the acenc
of the wreck. Couaine told the com
mander of the Cur that he believed he
ww people on board, but the Czar re
plied ha could not go in closer owing to
the weather.
Captain 8. W. Burkman, for eleven
yeara pilot along the weat coa-t of Van
couvcr laland waa on the Queen when
he waa at the acene of the wreck and
testified that in hia judgment Captain
Couina did right not to lower (rata or
go rloaa to the Valencia than he did on
account of the aurf and thick weather.
Captain John Irving, for forty yearn
a mi lor, and twenty year on the Sound,
wa aliHi on the Queen tlait fateful
flight, and e&prcaaed the opinion thai
Captain Coimin ued good judgment in
Jii action with rpect to the Valencia
wreck.. The witnea aaid:
"I am confident no aninll boat couM
have lived in the aca mwr the wreck."
If. F. Hulten, aecretary of the ltiitUh
Coliimbia Salvage Company, owner of
the Salvor and Captain Charlea Camp
liell gave aimilar tetimony. The board
ha adjourm'd indefinitely. Several more
witiuMnee will lie called, who are not in
Seattle at preRent.
HUGE SCANDAL.
Government Sells Property Worth $io,-
000,000 for Three Millions.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.-Repreent.i-
live Sulrer today introduced a resolu
tion in the Iloute, calling upon the
Attorney-General for inrurutatn a to
when the (Sovernment executed the deed
for the Cuatoma House property in
Wall street, where the deed Is, and why
it haa never been recorded in the County
of New York and other facta in connec
tion with the transfer of the Custom
House property to the National City
Hank.
In explanation of the purpose of his
resolution, Suiter said the bank waa
dodging taxea. He charged that the
sale of the property to the bank waa
acandaloua, aa the property is aaid to
be worth $10,000,000, while tbe bank
agreed to pay only $3,263,000, and baa
not paid anything aa yet.
IS
luuGf
Lerae Haa Screa Bodiea.
VICTORIA, Feb. 2.-The tug Lome
kit Bamneld today with aavea bodiea,
ona a woman auppood to be Miaa Vaa
Wyck, of Saa Kranclaco. Two bodiea
are idenlified aa J. B. Graham of Baa
Francisco and Fred Efjckatm of St.
CauL The bodice of two children were
landed henTwitaS that of William Sib
ley Jr., of Seattle, identiArd front the
Ataociated Treaa deaeriptiona aa the aon
and daughter of Wa. Ogle and wife.
ho were alao drowned. Tbe children'.
name, do not appear1 in the paaaenger
liar.
Bnryiog Bodiea.
Since the Valencia broke up Lineman
Logan and Iaiykin and Martin hare
been buty collecting aad burying the
bodice temporarily. Tea on eleven
have been dipocd of thia way, being
firat placed in blankde, "then put ia
email excavationa in ti e aand, and cov
ered with aeaweed to keep the bird.
away and ao that they might be aa well
preserved aa poaible until taken away.
.lending, the cable operator from Bam
field, ay, had it not been for the ob
duracy of the Nitinat Indian Lineman
Logan and party would have reached
the acene of the wreck by aundown
Tuesday. Upon arriving at Nitinat
Creek from CToo-Oae, with ropea they
asked the Indiana to ferry them aeroe
but the Indiana would not do to unleaa
four dollar a head wa paid. The men
haJ no money and a they could not
er-aude the Indiana to ferry them.
(hey were considerably delayed, aad
ditl not reach the shoiv opposite the
wrvck until late that night, and were
forced to rrmain inactive until the next
morning when it wa too late to aid
Ilia vessel.
Ordered to Attend.
SEATTLE, Feb. 2.-Cnitcd Statea
District Attorney Frye today received a
telegram from United Stale Attorney
General W, It. Moody directing him to
e preent at the invest igat ion of the
alencia.
BIG HOP DEAL.
Krebs Bros, of Salem Sell 1500 Bales to
XUber, Wolf k Netter.
PORTLAND, Feb. 2.-The largest tale
of hops ever made in Oregon waa cfoeed
today when Krebs Brothers of Salem
sold to Klaber, Wldf and Netter of this
city 1300 bales, their entire holdings of
19A4 hope. Tha terma are private but
the ruling price of old hop is $ to $
cents. The Krebs bop were put in the
famous Oregon Holders pool at the
time hops were selling at 32 eenta in
the hope that the market would be
forced to 35 or 40 cent. The high price
checked the demand and the market
since haa steadily declined to the pres
ent level. The shrlnksge in value on
this lot represents about fifty thousand
dollars to the sellers. The lot will be
exported to London where there is a
demand by ale brewera for old hops.
TO OPPOSE MOTION.
Patrick's Motioa For Near Hearing Will
Bt Contested.
NKW VOHK, Feb. 2. Preparation
are being made by tbe District Attor
ney', office to opmae the motion of Al
bert T. Patrick for a near trial. Aa
iatant District Attorney Garvan had a
conference with Dr. S:bulUe yetterday
to go over the aih'la't of persons who
swear to the evident to siiov that Wil
liam Mrb Rice wa chloroformed and
that embalming fluid could have reached
the lung in Rivet body.
The district attorney'a office ie also
looking into the history of Alexander
ft. Stanbury, who make the princi
pal affidavit concerning statements niair
by ( harb-a F. Jones in Texa.
Attorney Frederick B. Hou-e was
asked yesterday aliout tlie etatement of
Jone. on tbe stand that Patrick made i
confession before him. Mr. House aaid
that there waa a statute in lgard to
lawyers divulging privileged communi
cations from clients and that he bad uo
desire lo violate the statute.
EXTREME COLD WAVE.
WASHINGTON," Feb. 2 -The Weather
lluieaii rcMrts tonijjltt that a ild wate
ext.-n.ls over tlie eastern Krtion of the
I'nit d States, tlie Ijike rejrion and var
ious (HMtions of the West, with extreme
ly low teiiis-ratures in many place.
The cold we came from the extreme
northwest.
IS NOT DIC
President Roosevelt is Not Trying
to Run Congress.
HAS SENT NO "ULTIMATUM
McCall Attack, Opposing FoBiameaUl
Features of Measure Rnscell Argues
For Bill, Giving Democratic Party All
Credit For Perfection ia Every Part
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.-Orstory on
the railroad rate bill held the attention
of the House for six hour today. Tbe
speeches of Burton, of Ohio, McCall, of
Massachusetts, and Russell, of Texaa.
were the features, while Thomas, of
North Carolina, Burk, of South Dakota,
and Goulden, of New York, took up the
particular and specific topic.
Burtoa discussed the broad field cf
proper national ideaa and the growth
of industry, corporation development
and truffie increase. McCall made an
attack in opposition to it'a fundamental
feature and making, aa ha knew, a
vain effort to have the power to regu
late railroad rates administered by the
court. Point after point he made to
show what he contended were the weak
nesses and the evil of government m'e
making. illustrating by the records of
foreign countries.
Russell argued for the measure. He'
poke as a Democrat, and gave that
party the rredit for sustained effort an!
for careful scrutiny in the perfection of
the measure.
Burke, a member of the committee in
which the bill originated, explained it's
detail.
THE SHIPPING BILL IS
DISCUSSED IN SENATE
WASHINGTON. Feb. 2.-In the Ren
ate today the shipping bill waa made
the baaia for a running debate between
Patterson, in opposition, and Gallinger
and Perkina in support. Patteraon
criticized the provision for a subsidy of
1230,000 to the Oveanio Steamship Com- j
pany, saying the concern waa now under
a contract to carry the mails at a good
comensMtion and that the request fori
a subsidy amounted to a demand for
more money on it's contract. Messrs. Gal- i
linger and Perkins replied that the com-
pany was losing money. Gallinger said
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RED PEPPER
THRO N
Paris Catholics Resist In
ventory Taken.
FIGHT IN CHURCHES
Police Have Hard Time Taking
Inventory of Church
Property.
DISORDERS ARE SUPPRESSED
Government Firmly Resolved to Persist
ia Coarse of Appraising Church Prop
erty ta Spite of the Fierce Resistance
of Church Members. .
PABIS, Feb. 2.-Tbe net result of to
day's rioting, though an Inventory was
taken in but one church, that of SU
Pierre GretoaiUm, was over fifty par
sons injured and a farther consid arable
number were slight hurt. Tbe Utter ia
eluded a number of police and firemen
who were aloraat blinded with eayeana
pepper. Fifty arrests were made. Tha
storming of the building wss greatly
protracted owing to tha uaa by the "de
fenders" of red pepper. After repeat
ed efforts by tha police and firemea,
they only succeeded ia entering the
church by employing shields. The firat
two who got through the doors were
knocked unconscious. It Is Said th
clergy did their best by advice to their
congregations to remain calm but with
out avail, the militant Catholics being
firmly resolved to reit what they term
the spoliation of many of Paris churches
containing many millions of franca
worth of jewelry, modets and decora
tiona given by devoteee as thank offer
ing. The authorities are determined,
however, the law shall take it'a course
ind the disorders will be suppressed with
the utmost vigor.
Twenty-two hundred inventories a!
ady have been made throughout
France, many without incident, but
Pari contains sixty-nine Roman Ca
tholic churches of which but half have
been visited bv the officials.
CAS COMPROMISED.
Salvage Case of Canadian Pacific
Against Schooner Turner Settled.
VICTORIA. Feb. 2.-The salvsge case
of the Canadiun Pacific against the San
Francisco echooner M. Turner was com
promised for f2-"M. Tbe Canadian Pa
cific asked thirty thousand because it'a
team Queen towed the Turner off a
dangemua place on the Vancouver coast.
The Turner will proceed to Bcllingham
to load lumber.
if Congress did not come promptly to
the support of the Ocean io Company it
would be forced by heavily subsidised
Japanese ve-sela to go under foreign
flag.
Patterson contended that the country
had been most generoue to the ship
owner, and declared that the shipping
industry had the "Moat persistent and
successful lobbyists that gather at the
national capital."
The discussion throughout was most
heated and afforded the hearers rnucb
interest.