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'lio, "III ,., rntti COVERS THK MORNINQ FIELD ON THB LOWER COLUMBIA; :UBLItHKt FULL AitOOIATtO MIM IUPOHT ASTORIA, OREGON, THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 2A 1906 PRICE FIVE CENTS VOLUME LX NO. 20 in, ! EBEIRATEON BS$E$ r y. HAVE ', ' . : "' ' , ,- t - MINERS ASSOCIATION ARREST ATTEMPT i Secretary of Miners Union Slates Mineowners Have Million Dollar Fund to Prosecute Union-Officers Will Be Defended By Association. CHARGES MADE ARE MERELY "TRUMPED UP" FEDERATION ATTORNEY SAYS THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO PREVENT HIS CLIENTS WITH BEING CHARGED AS ACCES 60RIES POLICEMf K REFUSE TO ALLOW PIC- , TUII3 Of AC CUSED TAK!f. HOUSE, Feb. 2l.-Tho proceeding In the cbm of Mfcyr, Haywood and Petti boiw today were brief. On tho demand t tbfir sttorney E. F. Rkhardon, they wrro taken to Caldwell thl morning and appeared in the probate court for letting, the date (or their preliminary hearing. The warrant waa read to each eparately. It charges each with the murder of Frank Steunmberg by caus ing a bomb to explode against hi per' on. By an agreement aoon reached the Varing will be postponed. The statute provides It may be deferred for two ly at a time but must be held wtthln lie days, If the grand Jury la In aa-slon. JU the grand jury i called to meet Saturday, the d fene will not object to hailfg the oa go before that Imdy, iind the hearing pnatponed until Fri day, with the agreement) that there, hall be a further adjournment. It i not likely the grand Jury will take up thsj eat whn It meetiy a several are ahead. The trip to and from Caldwell was without Incident. It had been arraigned to secure a photograph of the'pfisoners at the railroad station In Boise, but a polineman threatened to arret the photographer. Steve Adam, nrroa'ted at Haines was not taken to Caldwell today as Rich ardson rtated he hud not hud and In t ruction to defend him. Sheriff Sutherland arrived this even ing bringing Vincent St. Jolina, whom be left in the jail at Culdwell. Cap nin Swain eUite ho Is confident they will aoon have Jack Simpkina. Charge "Trumped Up." DENVER, Feb. 21. Acting Secretary Kerwin of the Western Federation of Miner in an interview tonight charac terized the arrest of Moyor-, Huywood end Pcttibone an a further attempt to lrenk up the Federation. The prime GAS OVERCOMES SIXTY MEN IN OLD DOMINON MINE GLOBE, Ariz. Feb. 21. Conditions In the Old Dominion mines are still .critical. Effort are now being direct ed at lining one compartment of the working shaft with canvass so as to fonn a fluo for the gases. The scheme Is nlready showing good results. The tenth level pumps, which raise a mil Jion and a half gallons every twenty- object, be declared, waa to force the Fed eration to drop the civil auiti against the mine owner. "The suite will be pushed," declared Kerwin, "aa long at one member of the executive committee la alive." Kerwin aaid meeting of the mine owner of the western atatea waa held necretely ta month ago, when a million dollar fund waa aubacrlbed "to further the effort to break up the We tern Federation of Miners." Moyer and Haywood, Kerwin aaert, knew a month ago that they were liable to arreat on "trumped up charge." Kerwin ays the Federation ho a million dollar avail able for the defense of the leader and bent legal talent will be engaged, both for the Idaho trial and the civil HlllK Not Employed by Mineowneri. DENVER, Col., Feb. 21. Represen tative of the Cripple Creek Mineowner' Association positively deny that Harry Orehanl, who in aaid to have confessed to the assassination of former Gover nor Frank Stcunonberg, of Idaho, and ami to have represented that he wsis hired by the "inner circle" of the Wee tern Federation of Miner Bo comit the crime, wan never employed by the association or any of its agent as a detective or apy. They nay that Orch ard offered to noil information to the mini-owners' agent concerning n plot to wreck a truiu on the Florence & Cripple Creek ruilroad, but that he waa regarded with suspicion and Ids proffer was rejected. After the Independence depot disaster. It it asserted, detec tive in the employ of the Mineowners' Association lmd been constantly search ing for Orchard who waa believed to have onimed the explosion which killed fourteen non-union minor, up to the time that ho waa arrested at Caldwell and chorged with the murder of Steun enbci"g. four hours, have been without atten tion for twelve hours and it is feared that unless they receive oiling soon, they will cease work, and the mine will be flooded. The interloper shaft, where the fire occured caved in last night forcing gas through the mine and driving the minora to the surface. Six ty men were overcome, but were re covered. - THIT3 A DECLARES TO BREAK l)i FAILED TO AGREE. PORTLAND, Feb. 21. -The jury in the ea4 of Ju Nun charged with the murder of Lee Vek Yee a Chinese mer chant failed to agreed and wa dia charged tonight. JAMES LAING DIES. HONOLULU, Feb. 20.-Jame Laing died today at Queen'a hoapital. He waa a Scotchman, nJxty two yr old and had been employed here aeveral year a a aearcher of record. He ia aaid to have been a fellow of the Royal Geo graphical Society arid to have conveyed the remain of Explorer Livingston from Zanzibar to London and ia aUo aaid to hare been a member of Henry Stanley' Niger expedition. HAD THE FORESIGHT Senator Pulton's Attitude on the Rate Bill. AND COURT-REVlErV CLAUSE Oregon Has Compel! Appreciation of Colleguea by Recof nliinf Instantly What Long Retcearch by Oth ers Only Hinted. ASTORIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington,' 1). C, Feb. 21. Aa the rate reg illation bill reaches the voting tge r ill the senate it i found that the first amendment proposed in that body which was by the senior Oregon senator enrrb'd tho substance of the court-re view provision which the senate insists upon. At the time that Senator Fulton of fered his amendment to the leading measure in th senate, discussion of the question had not been indulged this session on tho floor. His statement did not receive, greater attention then than tributes for its clearness, able argument Uml lemil iine.iiraev. But soon after the ...... .- p. . Fulton amendment, was submitted and spoken upon, Uio Hepburn bill came from the house, having no provision for court review. Champions of the Hepburn measure argued that the implied right of the courts to review when confis catory rates wera imposed, made it unnecessary to incorporate such s) clause in the proposed law. Senators began an exhaustive re search into tho legal aspects of the proposition, with the result it soon de veloped that the best lawyers consult ed thought a specific statement regard Ing the review of the acts by the In terstate Commerce Commission should be incorporated into the proposed law! Some held that the specific right of re view should be granted not only when a rate imposed by the commission was confiscatory, but when a prima 'facie case had been made out of the unreas onableness of the rate. These thought the court should be authorized to re view, and after finding the rate unreas onable toward either side, should have (Contingued on page 8) RING . FRID A PASS PURE FOOD BILL Senate Passes Measure After Fifteen Years. VOTE WAS DECISIVE Measure is Passed By Vote of Sixty-Three to Four. MANY IMPORTANT PROVISIONS BUI Prohibits Sale or Manufacture of Adulterated Foods, Drags, etc, ia Territories or District of Columbia. WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.-Aftr fif teen years, more or Ie of serioua eon sidcration of the subject, the Senate today passed the pure food bill by a decisive vote of 63 to 4. The bill makes it a misdemeanor to manufacture or sell adulterated or misbranded food, drugs, medicines or liquors in territories, the district of Columbia and the Insular possessions and prohibits the shipment or receipt of such goods from one state to another or to a foreign country. The punishment is a fine of $500 or one year's imprisonment on both. WILL NOT OPPOSE. President Will Let Committee Use Judg ment on Sato Bill Provisions. WASHINGTON, AuthoiiUtive an nounoement will be made to the senate committee on inter-state , commerce wlion it jjieeta Friday to vote on the rate i( that the president will npt at tmpt oppose the amendment to the Hepburn bill, that he will leave 0, com mittee free to exercise its petjndg ment, but that if congress passes a bill which doei( not meet his approval he will content himself with vetoing it Thi announcement followed a con ference at the White House and simi lar others, held last week. A comprom ise amendment, said to have been draft ed by Senator Knox is under consider ation. The dr&ft is revised form how ever is said not to be satisfactory to Hepburn. Briefly tho amendment gijes any complainant authority to petition the cireuit court by asserting the rate fixed ty the commission to be illegal, and tha,t the' order of the commission is unlawful and authorizes the court to determine whether the commission exceeds its authority. Conservative members of the committee assert they have enough votes to amend the Hep burn bil,l if they are not placed in a position opposing the President's policy. GARFIELD ON STAND. CHICAGO, Feb. 21. Commissioner Garfield waa lagain on the witness stand in the packers' ease today and made positive denials of the assertions of the packers that the information he receiv ed could be regarded) as confidential or that they would be compelled to give up the information. The latter part of the day was occupied in the identifica tion ol letters. TO NO DETAILS OBTAINABLE. LONDON, Feb. 21. No detail of the lo of a BritUh foroa in Northern Nigeria were received here owing to the distance of the place from a tele graph Hue.' It is lieljeved the French troops also suffered, as they are men tioned in connection with the affair. It is Ix-lieved there is serious trouble to the nirtht of Sokoto, where a New Maluli has appeared. RE-INSPECTION ORDERED. SEATTLE, Feb. 21. As an outgrowth of the Valencia inquiry a re-inspection was ordered by the secretary of the navy on the reqni-t of the department of commerce and labor of all the ves sels in the Seattle harbor. The Re-inspection which will begin Friday will be under the direction of Lieutenants Reshaw and Coontz and Carpenter Ham burger of the navy. G. A. R. CHAPLIN DIES. CHAPMAN, Kansas. Feb. 21. Rev. Father J. F. I-eary, chaplain in chief of the Grand Army of Republic, died tonight after a long illneati, aged CL He was bom in Ogdensburg N. Y. HAS MET FOUL PLAY Nephew of Ex-Senator Bard Be lieved to Be Murdered. DISAPPEARED IN BRUSSELS Young Bard Went to Brussels to Study on Violin, Becomes Infatuated With French Girl and Sud denly Disappears. NEW YORK, Feb. 21. That Albert M. Bard, a nephew of former United States Senator Bard, has dropped out of sight in Brussels, Belgium and that it is believed he has met with foul play, is the statement of detective John I. Forgarty, sent by Bard's relatives to Belgium to search for the young man. Bard who was an accomplished musi cian, went to Brussels to study with a prominent teacher on the violin. The young man notified his uncle that he intended to leave Brussels so as to ar rive in this country on October 20. His uneie met the boat, but the young man faiied to arrive. The senator cabled his bankers at Brussels, and found the young man had drawn his money and disappeared frpm t5ie hot?e4. Frogarty then went to Brussels, He found Bard's possessions intact at hia room in the hotel, where he had been staying, but no trace of young Bard. Fogarty aJflo learned Bard was intensely interested In a young French woman, also a musi cian who has also disappeared. Re plying to questions, Fogarty said Bard is dead and is believed to have met foul play. . i HULL URGES READINESS FOR ORIENTAL TROUBLE WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.-Chairman null, of the military affairs committee, in presenting the army appropriation bill to the house today urged the neces sity of readiness for trouble in the Ori ent. Ho took Minister Rockhill at Pe kin to task for indicating to the Chin ese officials that the United States in PESSIMESTIC FEELING Moroccan Conference Be lieved a Failure. NO PROGRESS MADE Unless Germany Modifies De mands Conference is Bound to Fail. POWERS SIDE WITH FRANCE "vl AH Powers at Moroccan Conference, Ex cepting Austria, Sympathize with , Franco Germany May Give is Because of This Fact LONDON, Feb. 21.-Great Britain is still pessimistic in respect to the Mor occan conference. Officials believe tho delegates will leave Algeciras without solving the question of policing Moroe co, unless Germany withdraws her de mands for international control of the Gendarmie. In some quarters it U believed Germany at the last moment finding all the powers excepting, possib ly Austria sympathizing with France, will agree to m compromise offered by the French delegates. On this account France will bo urged to allow a continu ance of the conference, i Suggests Solution. BERLIN, Feb. 21. The Cologne Ga zette expresses the belief that a possi ble solution of tjhe Moroccan police question lies in the appointment of French and Spanish officers over tho na tive force, the officers themselves to bo under the inspection of eome neutral power, but in Moroccan service. Not Advised. WASHINGTON, Feb, 21. A, state ment was made in official eircles today of proposals and counter proposals be ing made at Algeciras, hut the outlook is not quite so favorable as two days ago. So far the officials are not advised of the intention of the conference to terminate its sessions within a fort night REPORT UNTRUE. LONDON, Feb. 21.-There is no con firmation of the reported explosion of the British barracks at Khartom as published in the Evening News Tues day. It is now believed the report is untrue. tended returning the $20,000,000 Boxer indemnity paid. Statements of this kind, he said will be considered an in- , dication of fear on the part of tho Unit ed States rather than generosity. Hull does not believe Japan has ulterior mo tives in China, but her interests ar identical to those of America. .