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UtLltHtt PULL AttOOIATID rlBPOrlT COVERS THE MORNING FIELD ON THE LOWEFi COLUMBIA'. VOLUME LX NO. 259 ASTORIA. OREGON, WEDNESDAY. FKHRUARY 21, t90 PRICE FIVE CENT S LONG .LOT OF Fit UNION OFFICIALS TO HAVE PI1H HEARING AT Special Grand Jury To Be Called Saturday-Miners Union Has Black Record of Assassination and Other Deeds of Violence. McPARLAND SAYS CRIMES WILL BE DISCOVERED HARRY ORCHARD WAS EMPLOYED BY CRIPPLE CREEK MINEOWNERS AS DETECTIVE DURING GREAT STRIKE, UNTIL SUSPECTED OF COMPLICITY IN INDEPENDENCE OUTRAGE, WHEN PURSUED BY BLOODHOUNDS AND JLNGRY MOB. BOISE, Frb. 20. It ha hern iVttiboue to b taken to Caldwell tomorrow una given a preliminary liearing. A wpeciaJ grand jury will be called on Saturday to be in readinm to meet any emergency, mieh as habeas corpus proceedings. Adams, who was arrested t; Haines yesterday, was in Caldwell shortly before tho murder and was seen walking with Orchard along the rail way in tho vicinity of the Stcnnenberg home. Vincent St. John, who . i tiit.. . : ! . .i. i t ...:tt : n-i.i n t was arnfsieu ai nBiiara, u in uioiigm, win ttrnvu iu vuiuhcii wuiwi., making five to be given a preliminary 'hearing. The- authorities are Jhottrly expecting the arrest (f mow men imiilieated in the alleged plot. Jack Simpkina is one of these. He is believed to be in Oregon. It was utated by Governor (.coding that a full abstract of the Orchard con fession will be prepared by the attorneys and will be given to the press mm as the rest of the men wanted shall have been placed under arrest. B. F. Richardson, of Denver, attorney for the Western Federa tion, arrived today and has taken up the defense of the accused men. Lilt of Crlmei. DENVER, Feb. ao (Special) The fol lowing U lift of the crimei which Detective McPartland decUrei will be cleared up ia the near future: April 29, 1890 Blowing up of the 4150,000 mill of the Bunker Hill-Sullivan Mining Company at Wardner. December 7, 1901. The murder of Martin Gleaion, manager of the Wild Horse Mine in Cripple Creek. Gleaion wai thrown down mine ahaft. June 33, 1901 The murder of J. W. Barney, a non-union shift boss in the Smuggler-Union Mine at Tellurlde, at tacked in a livery stable, dragged out by murderers and never seen since. March a, 190a Murder of Wesley J. Smith,: a-non-union shift boss of the Smuggler-Union Mine at Telluride. November 19, 190a Murder of Mana ger Arthur L. Collins of the Smuggler Union Mine at Telluride. Collins was ifired upon through the window, at his home. July 5, 1903 Power House ftf the Colorado Springs Electric Company blown up. The bungling work of the dynamiters saved the lives of seventeen men, September 1, 1903 An aged non-union RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONISTS ON TRIAL FOR LIVES OTCHAKOFF, Feb. 20. The trial of Lieut. Schmidt and thirty sailors of the cruiser Otchakoff nnd two students in the University of Odessa, has begun before the Naval Court.' The general charge against the accused is participa tion in a movement to overthrow the .government and an active and armed OF MM arrangwl for Moyer, llcywood and carpenter named Stewart working at the Golden Cycle Mine in Cripple Creek, beaten almost to death. November si, 1903 The murder of Superintendent McCormick and Fore man Beck, of the Vindicator mine at Victor. An infernal machine was plac ed in the mine ahaft. June 6, 1904 The railroad dlepot at Independence, in the Cripple Creek dis trict, blown up by dynamite, fourteen non-union men killed and many' crippled. December 30, 1905. The murder by dynamite, of former Governor Steunen berg, at Caldwell, Idaho. j McParland Does Not Know, DENVER, Feb. 20. Regarding the ullcgcd Orchard , confession, Detective MeParlliuid said loduyi "Orchard may or may not have made a confession. I will not say whether he did or did not make tho confession at tributed to him. I wns compelled in working tip my case to use some of, his statements ss well as the statements of other, but I did not call on him for a confession implicating Moyer, Heywood and Pcttihone. Numerous efforts were made to intimldnte him into saying resistance, the punishment for which is death. Schmidt is .charged, in addition, with activity Bince his youth, in re volutionary circles, taking command of mutinous ships, telegraphing insolent ly to the Emperor and ordering the sailors to open fire on the forts and local ships. Schmidt's defense is insanity. EMS nr things about himself, but I refused to allow this." Employed as Detective. The Time today ay: "Hurry Orchard was In the employ of Cripple Creek mine owners as a de tective during the great strike in the Cripple Creek district. This most im portant fact will be used in defense of the accused labor leaders, when brought to trial in the courts of Idaho. The following facts come to the Times from a moot reliable source. Orchard was a member of the Western Federa tion of Miners when the strike was or dered in November, 11)03, and approach ed a conductor named Jones and intro duced himself aa a brother Mason. Or chard told Jones be had heard that membera of the union were plotting to wreck the train and he did not believe in such methods and consequently told Jom-s of the plot. Jones immediately (Contlngued on page 8) SUBMIT PROJECTS Moroccan State Bank Project Sub mitted at Algeciras. GERMANS PUT IN BAD LIGHT Proposition of Germany Regarding State Bank Creates Worse- Impression Among Powers Than Rejec tion of Policing Morocco. ALGKCIRAS, Feb. 20.-France' and Germany's projects for the creation of a stuto bank, in Morocco were submitted to the conference today. Germany's proposition created even a worse im pression among the French and British delegates than did last night's rejec tion of the French project relative to the police. Both French and British delegates consider Germany's'.-position shows an absolute disregard of France's position na the largest and privileged creditor of Morocco, who should be giv en every power of controlling the ca pacity of the administrative body with out reference to preferential claims, re lative to existing Joans. Von Tatten b'uch, the German delegate, has repeat-' o'dly expressed the view that the set' tling of the batik question was merely delayed by the necessity of first deal ing with tho police. This led the French and British delegates to believe Ger many was willing to, effect a com promise on the financial question in return for French moderation regarding the police. They contend that France's contention on tho police amply proves her desire for the success of the confer ence and the uncompromising attitude of Germany to many is very disappoint ing. JUDGMENT AFFIRMED. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb.. 20. -The United States Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday affirmed judgment of the low er court in the case of Hugh Madden and William Donohue, appellants vs. Jennie C, McKenzie in the District Court of Alaska. CRIMES FEDERATION RELATIONS STRAINED Franco-German Tension is More Severe. SITUATION IS WARLIKE Germany Rejects French Proposal Parisan Journals Bitterly At. tack Germany. FRANCE aVILL NOT RECEDE La Liberie," a French Journal Says While Franc Wants Peace, lit Must Not Weaken Any Be fore German Pretension. PARIS, Feb. 20 Notwithstanding the renewed strain In the Franco-German relations growing out of the Moroccan question, public sentiment remains calm. The journal of this city, including gov ernment organs, bitterly attack Ger many's course. They agree France has reached the limit of her concesions. No allusions are made, even by the sensa allusions are made to war, even by the sensational papers, La Liberte alone saying: " While France wants peace she does not wont the government to show weak ness before the inflexible and almost humiliating pretensions of Germany." France Offers Concession. LONDON, Feb. 20 .The correpondent of the Daily Mail at Copenhagen learns that Baron de Courcel, the French am bassador to King Christian's funeral, tried to obtain an agreement with Ger many on the Moroccan question by us ing French financial influence. He offer ed in behalf of the French government, the correspondent asserts, to: open the Paris Bourse to dealings iu Germany in- dutr-ial shares, reversing the recent re fusal of France to accede to the re quest of great German electrical com panies, tovget their shares quoted at Paris in consideration that France be given a free hand in Morocco. He states Emperor William was most taken aback but later seemed to consider the propo sition favorably. , ,, ,. , & . BUYS FAIR SITE. PORTLAND, Feb. 20 It developed to day that the O. R. 4 N. has purchased Guild's Lake and property extending from a point south of the Government building to the Willamette, comprising in all about 250 acres. The purchase price was in the neigh borhood of $250,000. " The land was bought for the North Pacific Terminal Company, and will be used as terminal yards. SENATE DISCUSSES PURE FOOD. WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. The Son ate listened to a discussion for several hours today on th pure food bill, and listened to the reply of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad to charges of dis crimination preferred by the coal company in West Virginia and adjourn ed at four o'clock in memory of Repre sentative Castor of Pennsylvania. S. P. WRECKED. SACRAMENTO, Feb. 20.-About nine o'clock this evening the outh bound Oregon Kxpre, due here tomorrow morning, ran into a landslide half a mile above the Delta, According to meagre reports two en gine were reduced to scrap iron, and two mail cars rolled down an embank ment into a ditch. While the train crew were working among the wreckage a econd slide oc curred binding a portion of the wreck. Engineer Freel of Durwmuir was in the track of the slide and was hurled into the midst of the wreckage. He was dead when taken out. DID NOT CRITICIZE. MADRID, Feb. 20. -Premier Moret in an interview yesterday said he had not criticized Germany's policy in connec tion with the Alegciras conference. The premier said that all the powers in-1 eluding Germany were doing their ut most to reach a satisfactory accord on the subject of Morocco and were hope ful of success. OFFICERS KILLED. LONDON, Feb. 20. An tmeonfirmea dispalcli lias reached the government reporting that five British officers and a company of native troops have been killed by fanatics near Sokoto, Northern Nigeria, Trans-Pacific Subsidies For Port land and Puget Sound. THE BRISTOL NOMINATION Oregon's Whipping Post Law Not Suf ficient as an Example to Induce Congress to Apply Statute to District of Columbia. ASTORIAN NKWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Feb. 20. Northwest Senators were gratified over the incorporation of the Fulton amendment to the ship subsidy bill, which has passed the Sen ate. As Senator Gallinger reported this measure to the Senate, provision was made for a line to Asia and the Philip pines via Hawaii, and another to the far east without touching midway, each line to maintain 17-knot vessels. An other line was provided for, which was to have at least 13-knot vessels. After a conference with Senator Piles, of Washington, over recognition of the Northwest, Senator Fulton made his. amendment substitute this last provis ion, giving two lines, the ports being specified as Portland and Puget Sound. Thee lines will meet subsidy require ments when running 13-knot vessels. As the average speed across the Pa (Continued on page 8) STATEMENTS OF DENIED CHICAGO, Feb. 20. Commissioner of pensions Garfield took the stand in the packers case today and denied the many statements made by witnesses for the packers. Garfield denied he told the packers he had power to compel them to give information if they re fused to give it willingly. He denied WASHINGTON IRES SITUATION UNCHANGED 'I Russian Cabinet Portfolio Remains Same. RETIREMENTSEXPECTED Wilte Resigns Thrice But Em peror Refuses to Accept Resignation. DEVELOPFMENTS AWAITED itexl . Public Has Been Expecting Fall of M. Witte and Durnovo, But Retire- -t ments Have Not Yet Been Made Timiriazeff Retired ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 20.-The day passed without further signs of resignations in the cabinet The min isterial situation is unchanged though all circles are awaiting with keen at tention new developments which are expected day by day. The public has been expecting the fall of M. Witte and Durnovo but the retirements and ex pected retirements announced yester day finds political wiseacres all at sea, M. Timiriazeffs resignation, it trans pires, was entirely voluntary and handed to the Emperor personally. He explained, he based bis action on the disapproval of the law extending sum mary court martial, for the trial of political offenses. The survival of both Witte and Durnovo in the cabinet, is causing clouds to gather ominously over the head of the premier, who, his ene mies declare, can no longer disclaim re sponsibility for the repressive measures. An inspired statement says Witte thrice handed in his resignation to tire Emperor, but the Emperor refused to accept it. MAKE NO SPEECHES. PARIS, Feb. 20. Prince Von Rado lin, the German Ambassador, to France, gave an official dinner at the embassy last night. The guests included Prem ier Ronvier, minister of War Etienne, Minister of Marine Thompson and Count Tornielli, the Italian ambassador to France, and their wives . There were no speeches. PACKERS BY GARFIELD he ever promised immunity to the packers, saying the only protection promised, was protection for indlvidus' packers of their confidential figures, f also denied he promised all inform? j would be regarded as conir ,-t.lal. Garfield was the first witness for th government, the packers having rested shortly before noon. ; i