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L Tu, A. -?lr - was, ."n ' w -' '-it- t ... iff m 1 1ll UBLItHI FULL ADDOOIATIO RIORT OOVMw THI MORNINa PIILO ON T4 LOW! COLUMBIAN VOLUME LX NO. 249 ASTORIA. OREGON. SATURDAY FEBRUARY 10, 1906 PRICE FIVE CENTS NOTHING 1 JAN 30 Fulton States Bristol Then Un-accuscd. WRITES FRANK GRANT Senator Answer's Grant's Letter Siyln Nothing Had Been Filed BRISTOL MYSTERY DEEPENS Grant Writ to Find if Charges Art FU4 asd Faltaa Aniwwi, taring Th.it Wtt Nothing Thirtieth of last Month. IMHTI.AM). Feb. D.-No charge of iinpru'esslunal conduct, Indeed, no rhargr of any tort, kail been filed against, W. a Bristol, with th Sen at Judiciary Committee on January ""Srt.-TMIT much U mud pubtle today. UblW an illuminating fact, it falls to throw any light on tAa mystery ur rniiiulirfg the all ark on I ha I'nited Mat District Attorn fur Oregon. The Information come from ona who would naturally ha supposed to know whilw-r anything hud been sent to Washington reflecting on tli rharaelcr air conduct of Mr, llriatol Senator Kul ton. And at it waa mad over hi slg nature and In reply to n letter that re titilred a direct 'yea" or "no," II may I taken aa official. Oregon Bar Inquiries, About January 19, Frank 8. Giant, who wa appointed iroairutor by the n levunc , cuinuilltr of the OregiHi Mai Bar Association, aftrr having read in tha public print a of I ha mi ,-allrd charge mada against Mr. Ilri Inl, thought tha matte of such lm"rt no that ha decided to take art ion n it. After consultation with tha grievance roinmllte, of which Warren K, Tlinui rhalrman and Hnrii'iMi (i. I'lalt li crreUry, Mr. (Irani wrota to the chairman of tha Judiciary Committee of that United States Senate, laying I fora him in formal way tha facta of (ha publication uf tha no-culled rlntrgr Itain-t Mr, Bristol. Aftrr informing Mm of tha writer's position in tha IUr Association of Oregon, Mr. Grant aked tha rhairman to iilve hint what facta liad bran presented to tha Judiciary Committee for use in tha In vest Ration h-re. Mr. Grant put this Idler In an en velope addressed to the rliairnuiii of tha judiciary committee of tha United Mali- Senate, and tht'ii wrote to Sena tor Fulton! WrUes Fulton, Too. 11liTI.AXD. Jan. lO.-Nrnator C. W. l-'tAltnn, Washington: Dear Sir Im-los-! Wlmse find n letter addressed to the 4-hniiYian of tha judiciary romniltlee of tha t'nitcd Klalra Krnate, ftlilih I la lrct fully ak you to deliver. Of Tiiinoa, you ara at lilxrty to rend. Noma davt later Mr. (imnt received a reply from Senator Fulton, dated Wash MOROCCAN SULTAN SENDS THE DELEGATES HIS REPLY ' ALOECIRAS, Feb. 0.-Th Moroccan delegate havt received the reply of the Sultan regarding tfa, prop-Aed regu lations for tha tuppreasion of the traf fic of contraband and arms. The Sul tan approve tha regulation! except wlierein they provide for the destruc ington, I). ('. January 30, , alikb old I No rharga haa yet bran (led agalnat Mr. Uri.tol with tha judiciary compiit ! of tha Heaatr, thrrefora It a un necaaaary to hand your letler to 'the ehaiiinan of that committaa. Latttr Htld Up. Thl eorre-iiondenca will a I tract at titin. Mr. (irant had nothing to aay ben ha wa flrt aakad If ha did not think that tha biter addraaaad to tha rhalrman of tha Judiciary mmmitteo bnuM bava bran banded to that of Mat. "Wall." k "Id at b-aat, "it waa "ad d rawed to a rertiiin pmnn, and I up boa that certain lieraoa akoubi havt recaivad It . Tba ntyatery that vrila the penpla ba kind tha rhargea ngalnat Mr. tirUtol appear to grow darker with aucracdlng dnya. No oww appaar retdy to Uka tba open tba aectiaer of tha IMtrlrt Attorney. WILL ACCOMPLISH NOTHING. WAKHINi;TON Fab. t.-It beewme eldant totlay durt.-i tha dlaruaaion of tba various amoiidinant to tha Stat bond bill liy tha InU-ratata eommerca coiniiiliiUm that tha arrangement to dlx uat tha bill next week would acrom plih no Important rasult so great wert tha differenio of tha opponent and champions of tha bill. House Committee Takes Up the Matter. OP THE CUSTOM HOUSE SALE Rtpromutivt Sutatr DacUrtt tka Traa action Wu An Untpaakablo Outrago tka Gorarnmtot Sacrttary Taylar of Traaiury Oepaitmaat Btpllta. WARIUXGTON, Feb. .-At tha hear ing held totlay by tha hnuaa committer on public bulldirura and ground on tha resolution Introduced b Suiter of Now York In regard to tha sat of tha old New York custom houaa property, Sui ter asaallnd tha treasury department for the iraniartbs pronouncing it an Uti-P'-akalile nutraga on tha government and on tha rity of New York. Secre tary Taylor1 of tha Treasury Depart ment, replied to tha rharga. He said no deed had ever been executed thera. for it could not ba refolded. Tha deed wa not executed breauMi tha property wa not fully paid for, and under the contract, the National City Dank was not compelled to nmk final payment and get the deed until the new rutom liou wa completed. Heplylng In the charge tlwt the National City Hank had not paid a dollar for the property, he aid tha full amount had !ecn actually transferred to the credit of the govern- jnent at the sub treasury In New York. Tti) lor staled the transaction wa a J i Iran and Intelligent aa ever made by public ullice. "he eiuiiiuitlee agreed In make a favorable report on SuUer'a rexilutioii after a sliuht auieiuliueut. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. NEW MAItTINSVllXK, W. Va., Feb. 0. Fire nt Littleton, an oil town, fin al roved nearly every bu-incs house and the homes of eijillt hundred people. The loss is two hundred thouaand. tion of coiiflscatrd military weapon. Ha demand that tha eervlceable arma ment shall ba used for1 th equipment of Moroccan troop and that tboaa useless for military purpose lie sold abroad for tha benefit ot the Moroccan treas ury. Hi reply will be communicated to the conference tomorrow. WORKMEN ARE ATTACKED 'REDS" THROW BOMB Mob Surrounds Restaurant in St. Petersburg and After Exploding Bomb Fire Volleys Into POLICE EMPLOY ROUGHS TO RESTAURANT IS SURROUNDED AND TWO WORKMEN AND WOUND U-POLICE AND MILITARY TRY TO CAPTURE ATTACKERS, BUT HOST ESCAPE WHOLESALE AR RESTS MADE-EPISODE BELIEVED TO BI PRELIMINARY TO OTHER EVENTS IN REVENGE BETWEN TWO FACTIONS. 8T. PKTFJtSBUnO, Feb. .-Var be tween tha fighting organization of the revolutionist a and tha so railed black hundred auata4 a mw pbaaa tonight, when I band of IUd surroundej a res taurant, and I blew a bomb among the smblaga of workman. Tba Bcda then opraaj (Ira on.th panbj atrk-Lea in mate, killlug twoi and sariouily wound ing elghtaen, of whkh ona died. Tha military dcUrhmenU wara rvinforrrd iy dragoon and pollca from tha rity which throw a cordon around tha whole district. Moat of tha revolutionist made off, but a few bolder apirita ra malned and offered a desultory resist- anon to tua solaier. niioleaalo ai1 rrata wert mad. Tha restaurant la the rctrt of tha lower order of working men and rough ROOSEVELT ISSSUES STATEMENT. k WASHINGTON', Fab. President Roosevelt haa authoriied tha fol lowing atatement, given out at the White House today: "Tha President and Mr. Roosevelt ask the kind consideration of many friends, who would under ordinary circumstances receive invitationa to Misa Jtooaevelt'a wedding. The rapacity of the White House render it ao, that under exuding cirrumtme the invitation must be limited to the ekiaeat klnfolk, the personal frienda of Misa Roosevelt and Mr. Longworth, and certain classes of officials in Washington. No frienda of tha President or Mrs. Roosevelt are being asked unless they also come within one of these classes! and even with these limitation the number of guest threatens to overtax the capacity of the White House." HOUSE PASSES BILLS. WASHINGTON. Feb. 9.-The House alar passed 4i9 private pension bills 7i minutes. Seventy-five per cent f the benefb-iarSc are bedridden or lind. It passed two amendment to he Philippine tariff, one placing Ameri an cotton good on an equality, in so far aa the cost of production i con- rnrd, with F.uropean gnodsi another admitting low grade bf shoe at a redtitd tariff. The house adjourned till Monday. DESTROY ENGLISH MISSIONS. Chinese in Amoy Province, China, De troy English Miaaiona. PKKIN, Feb. D. Dispatcher front Amoy confirms the report of the de struction of tha English Presbyterian and Roman Catholic mission at Chan gpu, thirty mile from Amoyi The damage waa fifty thousand dollars. The American mission were uninjured. De tails are lacking. It . ia considered strviie the American missions wort not molested aa the boycott against American good la strong there. BLIND GIRL SICK. WttENTHAM, Ma.. Feb, 9,-The, condition of Helen Keller, who 1 suf fering' from a breakdown following ex cessive study and work, ia somewhat improved tonight. Her condition Is not alarming. ON FRIGHTENED MEN in Midst of Workmen Terrified Crowd. ATTACK OPPOSING FACTION ATTACKED BY "REDS," WHO KOLL characters wbo ara believed to ba in (ba employ of the pollca and arc ac cused not only of furnishing Inform tion about the revolutionists, but also Liu aallying out at night, and ermduct- Nng, searches on their own account and ideating student who were member of the opposing faction. Tba killing nt three torkmen at tka Putiloff factory yesterday and tonight' epiole are brlicred to ba but a pro liminary to other event .in relation of revenge between tha two faction. A dia patch front Sevastopol aay a that Vice Admiral Chouknin, commander of the lilack Sea fleet, was wounded today by woman, who attacked him in kia oflb-o. The sentry rushed to the admlr ai a assistance, and shot the woman lead. No statement wa iaaued relative to tha extent of Chouknin' injury. WAGES RAISED. English Mill Owners Raiaa Employee Wages t) Per Cent LONDON. Feb. 9. The mill owners granted l.W.000 operative of the North Counties an increase in wage amount ing to two and one-half per rent. This is the first time in thirty yer they have been placed on the full wage standard adopted fifty year ago. PETITION THE KING. Colored Retidenta of South Africa Want Full Political Right. . CAPE TOWN, Feb, 9.-The demand of the colored inhabitants of the Trans vaal and Orange River colonies for full political right ara becoming more in sistent. A deputation of colored men from South Africa will visit London to petition the King. - - PETITION DENIED. NEW YORK, Feb. O.-The petition asking that the name and addresses of. 730,000 policy-holder in tha New York Life Insurance Company be made known to Clarence It Venner and oth ers, waa today denied in tha appellate division of the supreme court. ' TWENTY ROUND DRAW. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 9.-KU Hermsn of Chicago, and Aurelia Ilerrera of Bakerwfleld fought a twenty round draw here tooiiiht. Tha fight was a good one. HOLDS CONFERENCE. Lawsoa la Washiagtea Canerriag With Representatives. WASHINGTON, Feb.' v-Tboms W. Lawson had for ium-beon as guest Rep resentative Mef'all today. Other gut were Speaker Cannon, Representative John Sharp Williams, ' Representative W. Aldrn Smith and Representative Little tie Id. lie soured tha promise of Senator LaFollrtte to errkiusly consid er bis becoming a member of the eons- mltie- to vote at the coming annual meeting, the proxies of the policy holder of several life insurance com panies In New York. Ia Baltimore. BALTIMORE, Feb. 0. Lawsoa to night held a ronfereoer with Governor Itanb-y of Indiana, relative to the Gov ernor acting aa a member of the rem ittee to vote the proxies, at the an nual mretings of the New York Insur ance companies, which Lawsoa haa se cured. SIX INDICTMENTS. NEW YORK. Feb. .-Wx inJiot- ments charying nmapirawy in the aewer swindk-s by which the city of Brooklyn ia said to be defrauded of several hun dred thousand dollars, waa handed down by the grand jury. Among those in dicted i the former assistant district attorney of fWklyn, William O. Mile. CHARGE IS F.4LSE Emmons Says Ehler Shot Him self With Revolver. TO INSTITUTE PROCEEDINGS Tka Charg Mada by Skier That Em mons Shot Him Far Alleged Insult ta Wife, Characterised as Untrue Libel Action Proposed. 8ACRAMXXTO,' Feb. 8.-Fo4roer State Senator E. J. Emmons, voluntar ily in jail preparing a bill of exception in the legislative bribery case in which ha with several other wa convicted of extorting money from the Building and Loan Association, denied as absolutely untrue and cowardly the atatement of Chartr E. Elder to the effect that Em- luon ihot him at Bakers fie Id last De cember for an alleged insult to Em mona' wife. Kmmone says Ehler shot himself with a revolver, which Ehler had purchased, with tha intention of using upon a fellow employe of the store in which he waa employed. To establish the falsity of the atatement Emmons ba proposed to institute libel proceeding. HELD ON SUSPICION. SEATTLE, Feb. 9.r-Ed Erickson, and nothcr man whose name the officer have refused to disclose is held here on uspicion of being implicated in the rest Northern roliltfry committed at Meadow Point, Octolicr 2nd. The men have been sweated daily, but refuse to say anything. MURDERER CONFESSES. WARREN, Feb. 9. Charles Deigan a confessed to the brutal and myster ious murder of Roland K. Lewis, a wealthy farmer and banker of West Famtinirton. The motive is not stated, LEWIS AND CLARK FAIR PAYS PORTLAND, Feb. B. Th sffsirs of the Lewis and Clark Fair corporation are rapidly being brought to a eloae and the stockholder' meeting will be held on March 1st to authorise a dissolution of the corporation and a division of the capital stock. The total cash oa band KING LEFOLD GRAFTED Charged He Drew $15,000 000 From Congo. 1 NO RECORD IS KEPT Book Published States Money Was From Rubber Trade Freely Used. EUROPE rVILL BE STIRRED If th Charges Caa Ba Verified Concern ing Belgium' King, Conscience of Europe Will Ba Stirred to It's Depth Report Unverified. .Jk.i'& LONDON, Feb. 9.-Tbe Standard thie motning draws attention to the alleged revelation contained ia a book on tha Congo Free Slate published at Pari and Brussels by Professor Ca liter, in dicating that during the past decade King Leopold has drawn aa amount 1. timated at 115,000,000 from tba rubber trade in Congo, Domains de La Couroa ne, there being no trace of thia in tha published accounts of the Congo admin istration. The newspapers aay: "If it ran be verified that such an incoma was drawn, while it haa been represent ed that doubtful expedient vera em ployed ia Congo in order to avoid tha carrying on of business st a loss, tka consience ot Europe will be stirred to it's depths," i The book shows that tha crown do main- which practically ia King Leo pold personal property, consists of ?M9,373 square kilometers of aa area two and one half times the else of England bringing him profit on India rubber alone of 113,147,000 during the last tea year. ANNAPOLIS GRADUATES. Midshipmen Will Receive Their Diplo mas aa Monday. ANNAPOLIS, Feb. 9.-The official figure of the standing of the graduate during the whole eoun-e was issued to day and place Allan J. Chantry Jr, of Malvern, Iowa, at the head with a multiple of M7.25. An even one bun dred will receive diplomaa from Secre tary Bonaparte on Monday. Among the graduatce are Fred M. Perkins of Salem; Randolph P. Scud- der of North Yakima Rah-iBh E. Hughe of Portland, Oregon, and Car roll S. Graves of Spokane. ' NICK IS SICK. WASHINGTON, Fek 9.-Rrpreenta. tive Longworth, who is to marry Mis Alice Roosevelt one Week from tomor row is HI at the bon.e of hi mother iu this city. Mm. Longworth stated to night th- illness of her eon was not serious, and that he will be down stairs by Monday. Ht is suffering from severe cold, accompanied by fever. A BIO DIVIDEND ja shown by the reports of Secretary Henry C. Reed today waa $116,000. Of this amount $16,000 will be required to settle the various obligation of the corporation leaving 1100,000 or 1 per cent of the capital to bt divided tmong the stockholder. i