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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 6, 1906)
ssSssrr- r A '-A ntnm f At FULL AMOOIATID 0 OWT bOVIftk) TM MONNINS FI1LO ON Trfl LOWIh COLUMwIA; VOLUME LX NO. 245 ASTORIA. OREGON, TUESDAY FEBRUARY 6, 1906 PRICE FIVE CENTS , VALLACE IS ON STAND Gives Senate Canal Com mittee Information. HE TESTIFIES CLEARLY Former Isthmian Can! Chief En flnecr Tills Why He Resljned. TAfT HAD IT IN FOR HIM Becaut Wallace Prtttd Agalaat De partat 14 Tip" method Taft Cot Angry aad Caatpired tt Rule, HI Reputation S K Rd. WASHINGTON, Feb. .Jobn F. Wat tare, former chief vglr o( th It fbiulaa caul oowuiWuo today trttl- JifdMM the an eirllle on Wer oceanic canal. It flUd Ih de tail of hia tfW'U"! a chief engineer and i4 ha protested at what be call 4 red tape method aad multiplicity ( Biltlr and tha he raad a long atatt- iiirnt. He apvk of Hia 'violent attack loa rm which Secretary Taft and Mr. from well gave the newspeper lat June" and declared I ha only bae U toe Itark u a difference .f opinion be 1wwn thera a to hi right to deckle fur himwlf whea k thought lb welfare of lh enterprise and hie own welfare loctifled him resigning. Ha aid hi p fmlntmint we named fur ao length of time and "I w liabta to be dismissed at any moment by telegraph piently b thought h had a r'ght to aeatga at any tlm ha wished o long a 1li work In hi charge did nut uficr by urh resignation. Ha aaid ba cam to Washington to Interview Taft, but when hen ha got there found Cromwell with tiim.' In order to avoid a dlculon ha aays lit ga kl reaaona for resigning a larger eompennthin he hoped to enure In anothef employment, "I n found they had both Mint to tha interview, determined to discredit in and if hm elbln deairoy any reputation Imply be tiux I Inflated upoa realgnlng hn I had Iws-om convinced aomo man In ny place would render) lirtter service. Wallace expressed a delr to giva the omniittee all th information in hi jMMae.ftion resulting from a year ex i'ienca on tk lathimia. PALTRY LOSS. SAX FRAXCINU). Fed. .Afer an Inajievtion of the troop lilp Mead, Major Fllii-nger rfoHed today that the damage to tha vre will not exceed IJO tint everl ontrera lot their personal rffett, exwpt what they oia at the tlm. TRAGEDY IN PORTLAND'S CHINA TOWN LAST NIGHT rORTLAXD, Fed. B.-Mah Rhuv a yell to do Chinese wa munleiad at hia rooms in thl city tonight by a fllow countryman named Look Fung Cheng, and hia companion a pretty Chinese t;lrl, waa stabbed but not fatally Injur ed by the murderer. Cheng wa cap tured by the police. According to the girl th murdered man md th murderer becaiu lavolv d In a quarrel over her affectlona and Cheng pulled a revolver and fired three COHTRACT BRANCH LINKS. Grand Trunk Pactl WU1 Build Twenty Tan Braach tinea. NEW YORK. tab. I.-A prktl to tha Trllnina from Toronto, aayai 'A great ytm,of braarh Une tribu tary to tha Grand Trunk IVifla will com tirforo parliament at tha earning session. The ennetntrtloa of m fewer than tl braarh tinea la planned. Many of them will aenra a feedere to tha flraad Trunk tyatea through the Kortk- weal, drawing bu.lne from point noiVi and aouth of th maia line. "TbU program la hardly likely to empe witavai oppu.it iua from the Caaadlaa Partfle whea aurh a aweeplag Inroad Into tha territory where tha lat ter company hat loaf enjoyed a monop oly la planned. The rry la bound to ba heard that tha Graad Truak kold a blanket charter but if tk company aaa how that it intend to five competition and Improved railway rviet to di- trlct in wkkk they are oaw tacking. parliament may lend a lympathetl ear to tha proposal" CAR CO RO fUBTHIK. HEWER, Fb. 8. Tk uprm court tixUy afllrwied tke action of tke lower court la Imputing a fine of $1,000 oo I'nited SUtee Senator T. M. l'atleraon, for contempt of court. The eae will anw be appealed to tha I'nited 8tate Supreme Court for review of tke action of (be Colorado court. Pititnort Resdt Reiolution 0p posin Democritic uucus, CONTRARY TO CONSTITUTION PttUreoa, (Coierilo), Fotlewa Up Ba fueai ta Job) Democraia Caacai by latrodudaf Rtaelutioa Declaring Caa est Ceatrary ta U. t, Caaatitatioa. WASIUXGTOX, Fab. l-Tba aeoatel w treated to a t-ntla today by Pattemon, (IVmortatir), of (Colorado, ho followed up hia retirement of tt Saturday from th Drmonntia caucu by introducing In th ernate a reohi- tkn In effect declaring the action of the raiK'ii contrary to tha xpirlt of the eonMitutlon of the Vnlted RUte. The wnalor'a action waa apparently unex- petted and the eenator littened at tentively a th reading of th rather long preamble progreed, evidently not a little concerned a what would come next. Pattentun aaid he would ieak on the resolution tomorrow or th flit avail- ulile day afterward. It 1 expected the Deinocrut a 111 genpMlly re.Ut the adop tion of the revolution end th Repub lican will utln Pattrw)ii'a conten tion, tiallinger aiutvded during the day in Kci-iiring the fixing of th date for a vote on th ihippiug "bill, the hour be ing et for thren p. in. Wednesday, February Nth. Several bill med ttnlay and Tel- b-r made a eeeh in opposition, to th hipping bill. ahota, two of which took effect. One of tha bullet I believed to have pierc ed Han't heart, for death wa almost Instantaneou. After (hooting Shue, Cheng turned hi attention to the girl and stabbed ber la the right breast with an elghtfJneh boa la knife, and after throwing It away fled dowa atalra and Into the airret. Tha Dead man la tup posed to be wealthy and la aaid to have owned several hop famii in tha Wil- lamett valley. . . U. S. AnORNEY BRIS GOVERNMENT ATTORNEY Is purged With Being Federal Court Vrhicti He was ailed on to Prosecute HENEY SAYS HE KNOWS NOTHING OF THE CHARGES MADE REGARDING TBI CHARGES SAID TO TOL, BENEY STATES THAT HE IS HOT 1HP0RXED OF THE NATURE OF THE CHARGES FULTON CONFERS WITH ROOSEYELT REGARDING TBI MATTER SENATOR SAYS BRISTOL WILL NOT BE KEPT. SAX FRAXCISCO, Fb. 5,-Rrgardlng th charge aaid to have keen preferred at Washington, againat United State. District Attorney Briatol, of Oregon, which. It la aid, Indicate that Briitol'i ppolntmrnt will sot be cuafirmtd by the Senate, Franeie J. Heney today aaid r knew nothing of any cuarge agalnit ItrWol." Something haa heea aaid about a letter writtea by Briatol, which may have aome connect loa with tha matter but It-mey had ao knowltdg of Ita eontenU. Heney aaid ba held Bri.tol la high regard and that Brbtot had beea en dotted by torn moat prominent men in Oregon. Chart Preferred. WASiaXGTOX, Feb. S.-Chargea have been preferred againt JV. C Brtitol, United State District Attorney of Ore gon and the indication are that h wil not ba able to retain the office. The charge In effect are that he haa been on both aidea of one of the ease whk-h be a been called oa to prosecute. Senator Fulton of Oregon had a con ference with the President today after which he aaid that Bristol probably would not retain tha office. ' The trouble haa grown out of the pro- ' TO RAISE LICENSE Cititent Petition Chicago Council to Ralaa Saloon Llctnaea. CHICAGO, Feb. U.-With mora civic organization preparing to line up in favor of a $i,(XK saloon license in the interest of better police protection and with the pulpit ounding th alarm, four moiealdrnnen came out yeater day iu support of the plan. With elgh ttecn aldermen still undecided Uii bring the council practically to a tie on the question. All the influence of the local churches will be put forward in an effort to rou-a clt liens to the realliation of th criminal menace which overshadow Chicago. The need of closing up the disorderly saloon and of raising the standard of responsibility amutig all saloonkeeper waa dealt upon. In one of the itrongeat sermons of the day the Rev. W. A. Bartlctt of th First Congregational church described actual condition la hundred of saloon visited by a comiuitt of 23 church morlter. Ia mot of th pulpit from which thl need of the hour wat preached the voter of the congregation were urged to use their influence with their alder men to tcur support of tha ordinance doubling the license. The power of the liquor Interest we mentioned and the plea made that a united effurt must be put forth If tha aaloon opposition It to be overcom In th council Th campaign for a tlOOO licent will becom hotter today with th meeting of the council license committee to vote on the report which will be made to the council tonight. both if:; FOR OREGON ACCUSED on Roth Sides of Case in HAVE BIEJf MADE AGAINST BRIS i-ution of tha land fraud rase in Ore- iron which bare been handled by Fran i-i 3, Heney, special counsel for the government. Makaa Beply. Her k tha algned reply which Mr. RrUtuI made to the foregoing. 'I am not aar of any charge ol any kind, eiUMu;li I have aadewvaeed to ascertain ainca the article of the Ore gouiea of January I'M, by diltgt ia quiry, of what the rbaiye conit or upon what baaia they were made. I have never been upoa both aide of a pro- cut ion alnce ia office, nor at any other time. The story I a fabrication. "Aa to the matter stated ia the dis patch connecting Mr. Heney, ke I the proper person to answer therefore, aed not myself. "On January 90 I wired the Attorney Oeneral the full text of the Oregonian'a article of January t, and ia answer there to received a telegram from tha Attor ney General ttating that no charge of unprofessional conduct were filed in the Depart meat of Justice. 'I have alwaya expected that I would have the full and determined opposition of Senator Fulton, notwithstanding hia reported protestations of friendship for me. W. C BRISTOL. February 5, I90U." SYMPATHETIC STRIKE. Building Tradea Unioat Will Go Oa Strike aa Fifteenth. NEW, YORK. Feb. (l.-The re-olu tints paed by the executive ronmiitt-e of the Central Federation on Friday nijjbt Instructing alt affiliated union in the building trade to declare sym pathetic ttrike on February fifteenth tiniest the bouemith and bridgemen't union hi recognised by the. Allied Iron AsoucMtiona were endorsed at yeeter dar'e meeting of the central body. All union who refuse to declare sympathet ic strike when called upon will, it was said, tie suspended. MIGHTY POOR TASTE. SAN FRANCISCt Feb. S.-Certain enptaina of whaling vessel have been accused of kidnapping native Alaskan women, and the I'nited State hat or dered a rigid Investigation and direct that the offender be arretted. The charge it made in a report to tha D part meat of Commerce and Labor- by Captain Ilamet of the Revenue Cutter Bear. ALWAYS DOES DAMAGE. HARTVILLE, Wyo, Feb. .-By the explosion ot one of the four powder f us tt at tha Iron Mine, today teveral build ingt of th Colorado Fuel A Iron Com pany war demolished, and nearly every pane of the widow glaat in th town wat destroyed and a number of house unroofed. Only two men were injured. Th explosion followed a fire of un known origin. TROUBLE LIKELY. Army ia Manila Expecti Trouble ia China Seoa. . SAX FRAN'tTSCf), Fed. 5,-Army of (br who arrived ker on the traaaport Logaa yeatertkty, report that tha proa- pert of trouble ia China k the chief topic of di-uiiia in army eirelea la Manila. The thirteenth Infantry and itwe aijiiadroa of the elgbtk cavalry have heea ordered to prepare themarlvea fat Held arrvire. The dotinatkm of tbeae troop it main, a headiuait-r aeeret, but the only explanation of the order ia that they are to be held ia readine for China expeditioa at the flr.t out break. TImh who came oa the Ifran akd fjrt fur aewa from China, a they aaid that moat of the information oa thenub Jeot whMi wa current ia the Philip pine ram by way of Washington. The officer of the tmopa under field order have mad preparation to leave on twenty four hour notu-e and tbeir expertalion ia that they will be ernt to 'ekin. DIES FROM BLOW. SAX KKANTIWt), Feb. 5. Daring the proiiiv of an amaU-ur boxing maU-h at Col ma toaixht, Thoinaa laivaa wa tnak under the heart by "Chiefy" Ltohnwin nd no aeverely injured that he diet! in a few minute.' Johnx a arre-l d. l!c(calf Ts'-ej De'"tn:t Action "ttriH This Snd. V ILL RLVISE CUINESE ACT Secretary NTetcalf, of Department of Commerce and Labor, Approve Special CoamiaaioB'a Report, Recommending Seviaioa of Chine Exdutioa Act WASHINGTON', Feb. 5.-Seeretary Metcalf, of tha Department of Com merce and Labor today took action which i expected to amelktraie the considerable friction between thit country and China, and perhapt cause an abandonment of the boycott whea be approved the report of the special com mission, composed of Assistant Secre tary Mtirvy, and Solicitor Sim and Campbell, of the Bureau of Immigra ion, providing for a radical revision of the existing regulations under which Chinese nuiv enter this country. The commissioner report tourhe the issue by way of either the excision of amend ment of rule '24 of the existing regu lations. Itciude it contain certain al teration that promii. to avoid all de lay in admitting Chinese who apply for admission, and other alteration have b.-en made with a view of avoiding an action that may seem offensive, pro vided the object intended by uch regu lation could not be accomplished otherwise. HOUSE FINDS FAULT WITH THE RAILROAD RATE BILL WASHINGTON, Feb. . Considerable fault wat found with the railroad rate hill in the bouse, today, considering the Tact that it ia a easure of both par ties, LittleAeld of Maine opened th de bate in a whirlwind speech, ia which be pointed out the drattio and far reaching effect of itt provision, Groa venor ridiculed the alleged popular de mand for legislation, picked flaw in tit construction of th bill, complain ed because no amendmeuta were to be allowed and concluded with tha atate- FREIGHT NITS PASSENGER Five Persons Killed in Snasbnp on N.P. CARS- CATCH ON FIRE Runaway Freight Crashes Into a Passenger Train.Near Helena. TWO MEN BURNED TO DEATH Freight Traia at Aaitia Station Breaka Looaa and Deihea Dowa Steep Grade lata Paaacnger Cara All Pile Up aad Catch Fire. .! :. I, Feb. 5, A runaway fr.-iglit - to a passenger traia oa tha I S .t; .u tonight at 11:20 about r ', ' at of Helena, resulting ia '! i : f ire person. Th .dead . tobiaM of Slitsowlai Charlra i, : . tduetor aa the p scaler; C. i. ' Kxpreaa menarngar aad two i- ;er , aa buroed b dratk Ul tb wir.ii V- aamet are sot kaowa," i.'.r. i t 3rr brakeroaav ia a serlouxly tojured that ba wfU 4'i. Several paasengert were tllghtly. hail. Every coach in the passenger traia waa burned and th freight train, which waa made up of cart loaded with lumber al to burned. The paasenger traia pre ceded the freight out of Austin, At aua tia the engine wa detached from th freight. There i a heavy grade front A as tia to Helena and tha freight traia got loose and came thundering dowa oa tha , passenger traia which had coma to a stop at the crowing. All the paaaeag er car' were throw a into tha ditch. When tha freight bad gone a quarter of a mile past the paasenger train it also went into a ditch and caught fir. A carload of ahingle waa dumped oaj the passenger train and catching Ira caused a 'terrific blaae. WORK THE LIMIT. Employee Should Giva Employer Due Amount of Service. CHICAGO, Feb. 5. A di-patch to the Tribune, from Clinton, Ia, sayt: ArchbLhop Keane of Dubuque deliv ered a termon in St. Patrick' church here yesterday. The Archbishop aaid in the course of hi remarks "The man who alight work and givea hi eaiployer es than he agrees to give ia a thief and any labor union that uphold him in this slighting of .work is a school of thievery. ment that he would do the beat he could to get tha bill out of tha House at the earliest possible moment. Ten other speeches were made, all by mem bert who will vote for tha bill, though aome would like an opportunity to am end the measure. M tha conclusion of the day Hepburn, in charge of the measure aaid it looked as though tha debate might conclude on Wednesday. The bearing of th bill will begin at once all proposed amendment are die poed of, and the bill will be passed on, the day be?or adjournmeat.