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COVERS THE MORNINQ PIELO ON THE LOWE COLUMBIA.
VOLUMK LX NO. 2
AST01UA. OREGON, SUNDAY. FKIJUUAKY 25, 1900
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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FRANCO-GERMAN WAR
ALQECIKAS CONFERENCE
IS DOOMED TO FAILURE
French Premier Says "France Wants Peace Only on
Conditions Assuring Her Rights and Dignity"
-Conference Can Go no Further.
FRANCE REACHES LIMIT
STATEMENT FROM PARIS SAYS THAT WHILE IT IS RECOGNIZED
FAILURE OF CONFERENCE WILL NOT PRECIPITATE IMME
DIATE WAR, YET IT LEAV ES FRANCO-GERMAN RELA
TIONS IN THREATENING SITUATION.
PARIS, Feb. 24-OfflcUl of the for
eign oftVs fmp(uiM Premier Jtouvier'a
utm-nt to tin Chamber of Deputies
yetrday, "that Franc want peace
only on condition auring her rtght
and dignity" an aummlng up the gov
ernment' Intention at Algccira.
Coupled with this U the view that
the government' right and dignity
have alitady reached their furthest
limii of concession ami that therefore,
from the standpoint of the govennm'iit
ilthoritl. it is preferable that the
agony of the conference be not prolong
hI, at France prefer to continue the
tatu quo in Morocco a though the
conference had not tried to deal with
the question. However, thi altitude
oe not Involve any thought of imme
diate war. On the contrary, the high
Jury to Investigate Steunenburij
Case Drawn.
Attorney Richardson, Representing the
Western Federation of Miners,
Closely Questions Each Juror
of his Knowledge in Affair
CALDWELL, Feb. 24. Attorney
Itichard-on closely questioned each
grand juror respecting hit) occupation,
bin relationship or business connections
with the late Frank Steunenbe.rg, hi
Attitude toward Union J-almr, and bin
in the case arising from reading news
paper reports.
Attorney Fred Miller challenged the
panel fop Orchard. He said ho had been
misrepresented by newspapers ns hav
ing deserted Orchard, and joined in
the defense of other men and on the
Htrengt.h of this Orchard bud rcfuaed
GRAND JURY CHOSEN
SENATE MAY CONSIDER
RATE BILL ON MONDAY
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24. The Sen
ate Republican lenders had under con-!
aideratlon today important pending
legislation. They determined that a
proposition will be ruado Monday to
displace the statehood bill and make
the railroad rate bill unfinished busi
ness. The Senate leaders believe there
will be little opposition to the passage
CLOUDS AR
OF HER C0NSESS1ONS
est authorities ai firmly convinced that
a failure of the conference will not
bring war, flrit ln-cause their advice
ahowi that Germany doe not want war,
and secondly, French official and pub
lic opinion I strongly against war.
War May Be Delayed.
PARIS, Feb. 2:i.VJiat it li recoguU
cd that the failure of the conference
will not pieipitat. an immediate war,
yet it will leave the Franco-German
relation in a state of uneaini'M threat
ening serious future complication.
However, in government quarter
lu re, it is aid European unrest i pre
ferable to France' aurrcnderlnfl all
her right and expectation in Morocco.
According a the government opinion
took a strongly pessimistic turn today,
it foreshadowed a dissolution of the
conference without a definite decision.
to sea him again, but he still wished
to protect the rights of the defendunt.
Judge Smith auid be would take under
consideration the request for an order
that Miller be permitted to see Or
chard. A. H. Mows, a Fayette merchant
ami bunker, is foreman of the jury.
Richardson left this evening for Denver.
He expects to return about March 7th.
Criminal Contributions.
DKNVF.lt, Feb. 24. Letters of en
couragement and contributions in de
fense continue to pour into the head
quarters of the Western Federation of
Miners. The cash contributions to date
aggregate twenty thousand dollars.
Help from many unions in the Fast i
promised.
BANK ROBBERS FOILED,
KANSAS CITY, Feb, 24. Three bank
robbers were discovered in the Missouri
State Rank at Missouri City this morn
ing. They hnd blown open the vault
door. After a fight they escaped. One
was Infer captured after being shot by
the sheriir, and was identified as a
former convict.
of the statehood measure if the Foraker
amendment providing for a referendum
vote in relation to New Mexico and
Arizona Is adopted, It is believed that
the Philippine tariff bill will be defeated
unless a compromise is effected, so that
sugar and tobacco from the Philippines
will be subject to a tariff equal to 40
or 50 per cent of the Dinglcy rates.
KILLS SISTER'S LOVER.
IHU'SKF.I.S, Feb. 24.-Mr. Wadding
ton, son of the Chilean charge d'affairc
here, hot and killed the secretary of
the conaulute, Balfiiaceda. It i alleged
flalinav(!a threatened to break ria
engag.-nient with Waddinton'a sinter.
Waddington took refuge in the Chilean
legation and cannot !e arrested. A
great sensation wa canned.
HAGUE DELEGATES TO MEET.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.- Root ha
iamcd a call meeting In Washington
next week of the American delegate to
the approaching Hague conference.
The purpose i for considering the pro
gram and making the necessary arrange
ment for the trip. It will be impoa
iblc for the conference to meet before
next fall at the earliest.
THREE DROWNED.
SPRINfi VALLEY, III., Feb. 24.
While crossing the Illinois River at
Hennepin, Blaine Kenkins, a mail car
rier, l'ercy McWborter, a grain buyer,
and William Bentey, a borb.r, were
drowned yesterday.
HAY GRANT RAISE
Coal Operators Propose a Com
promise Agreement.
WOULD RESTORE OLD SCALE
Bituminous Operators Propose to Re
store Former Scale of 1903-1904,
an Increase of 5.55 Per Cent
Compromise May be Made
1'ITTSRNURO, Feb. 24. The Fitts
hurg Dispatch will say tomorrow that
the coal operators of the bituminous
fields have presented a proposition to
the miners restoring the scale of 1903
1D04. Thin will be an increase of 5.55
per cent. The operators also request a
modification of the demands for in ad
vance of 12 per cent, and ask the new
contract to be for two or three years.
If the United Mine Workers accept the
compromise proposition, 150,000 coal
diggers in the four competitive states,
including Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois,
and Indiana, and about 100.000 of the
United Mine Workers in the Southwest
ern States will receive an advance in
wage.
President John Mitchell of the United
Mine Workers was apprised of the turn
of affairs, in New York today and he
immediately flashed back the pleasant
news to personal friends in Pittsburg.
FATAL DUEL.
Two Youths Quarrel Over Affections of
a Girl.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 24.-A pistol
duel with all the regulation accessories
and having for a motive a dispute for
the affections of a girl was fought to
night in the marshes in South San
Francisco. The body of one of the par
ticipants is now lying on a slab in the
morgue. Neither is over 21 years old.
They were Benjamin Meyers and Ernest
Bergillion, residents of the, Potrcro dis
trict. Last night the young men quar
reled over a girl and decided to fight
out the dispute. Accordingly they met
tonight after dark and after paying at
tention to some few customary pre
liminaries, began firing at one another.
It is said several shots wore exchanged
before Bergillion fell. Ho never moved.
A bullet entered his right eye and pierc
ed his brain. Meyers fled and when the
inlOUSl DESTROYSKENYON
MILITARY ACADEMY AT GAM6IER, 0,
authofliti were notified a pos of
police and detectives started to search
for him but up to a late hour be had
not Wn captured.
HOUSE PASSES BILLS.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24. In a two
hours' session today the House passed
410 private pension bilU, besides a num
ir of minor measures by unanimous
consent. An effort was made to secure
the pa-sage of a bill making the records
of the international revenue bureau
available for court evidence againit vio
lators of the prohibition and local op
tion laws, but as the proceedings were
by unanimous consent a single objec
tion blockaded the measure.
THE PUBLIC DOMAIN
Question of Range Leases a live
One at Present.
NO FEDERAL LEGISLATION
The Issues May Be Defined This Session
But lio Culminative Action Likely
Until Next Winter West
Must Study the Matter.
ASTORIAX NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Feb. 24. Western states will
be compelled to face a range-leasing
policy in due course of time, if the
present trend of events in regard to
public domain continues. No such a
low will get through the present Con
gress, as the leaders of the two houses
are not ready to precipitate discussion,
but it i apparent to observing men
that the time is not distant when such
will be the case, and leading stockmen
are already preparing for the issue.
Those given to careful researvh are en
deavoring to get facts for presenta
tion. Texas, in her career of liberal
and independent treatment of public
binds is a shining examplet for the
range leasers Wyoming's experiences
are also being exploited. The customs
of the entire country based upon the
principle of getting public land into
the private ownership of the individual
are In-ing offered on the side of those
opposed to the leasing system.
Since the Public Land Commission
reported in favor of leasing that part
of the public domain adapted to range
purposes, the policy is regarded as hav
ing administration backing. President
Roosevelt's reference to the subject in
his message was the last endorsement,
which was expected to force the ques
tion this Congress. As the first session
draws toward its close, there seems no
room for range-leasing before the sum
mer adjournment. The next session
will be short, and unless the adminis
tration presses urgently for considera
tion of this measure, or pro-leasing in
terests perform the same service, it is
hardly probable that the short term
will create the law that is bound to
have broad influence upon the entire
West.
In whatever is done, there are sure
to be provisions that will facilitate the
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LOWERING
Three Cadets Burned and Nine Injured-Flames
Cause Panic Among Students Who Forget
Training Rules and
STUDENT MIPS FOUR
EIGHTY-FIVE BOYS WERE IN DOS
OUT-AN EFFORT WAS MADE
CIPLINE TO NO AVAIL L
GREGATE $50,00)0 IN
GAMBIER, O., Feb. 24.-The build
ings of Kenyan Military Academy burn
ed at an early hour this morning and
are a total loss. Three cadets are dead
and nine are seriously injured, three of
whom probably will die.
Names of Missing.
WINIFRED KUXKLE, Ashtabula, O.,
returned to the building for some pur
pose and was not seen afterward.
! 1 nrro T T'T "T T 1'Tl T ' -
J. EDWARD HENDERSON, Indiana.
Fuller and Henderson were room
mates. List of Injured.
HARRY BARNES, Cleveland, prob
ably fatally injured.
RENNOX BAXTER, Cleveland, slight
ly burned.
JOHN X. NICHOLSON, Steuben ville,
badly burned and will not recover.
RUPERT STEARNS. Cincinnati,
burned about face, not serious.
HART SHANNON, New York, arms
and body badly burned; may not re
cover. J. DORSEY, Dallas, Tex., slightly
burned about face and head.
HOMER THURMEICHLER, Oak Har
bor, slightly burned.
S. R. SALLAWAY, business manager
of the military academy, badly burned
about face and bands.
S''eral others were slightly burned
in escaping from the buildings.
Jumps From Fourth Story Window.
Barnes was one of the last to leave
the Delano Hall and jumped from the
fourth story window into a blanket,
which gave way and he was precipi
tated onto the pavement, sustaining in
juries to the back. One leg was broken.
He will die
Eighty-five boys were in trie dormi
tory when the flames broke out. An
effort was made to observe military for
mation, but the younger students for
got their military training and rushed
about the burning building in a panic,
shrieking and crying for help. The
CINCINNATI BANKS PAID
FOR USING COUNTY MONEYS
CINCINNATI, Feb. 24. Sensations
were the order of the day in the Sen
ate investigation of the Hamilton coun
ty affairs; the positive refusal of coun
ty Treasurer Ilynlcka, to produce his
private accounts and bank books' and
the statement of Banker Hinsch that
his business would have been paralyzed,
had the county funds been retained in
Rush Madly About.
SfORIES INTO BLANKET
MITORY WHEN FLAMES BS0KE
TO PRESERVE MILITARY DIS- (
OSSES ON BUILDINGS AG- ;:" a
SURANCE IS SLIGHT.
buildings destroyed were Delano Hall,
Milner Hall and the annex.
The losses on the buildings and their
contents will probably aggregate $50,
000. The insurance is slight.
The origin of the fire is unknown.
This is the second time the academy
buildings have been destroyed.
Students at Kenyon College held a
mass meeting and arranged to provide
homes to the military academy stu
dents it Baxley, Theological Seminary,
Old Kenyon Dormitory, Hartcourt La
dies' Seminary and the village school.
NOT WANTED.
BOISE, Feb. 24.-Detective McPart
land says he does not want Ed Munson,
arrested in Tacoma. He does not know
of such a man in the Steunenberg case.
KILLS F
Shoots Negro Monster and Burns
His Body to Ashes.
Governor Blanchard of Louisiana Sends
Company to Scene But it Arrives
Too Late Negro Confessed to
Brutal Crime on Girl.
SUREVEPORT, La., Feb. 24. A mob
of 500 men shot to death Wiltse Fage,
a negro aged 30 years, afterwards burn
ing bis body, in the town of Beinville
this afternoon. The negro was captured
last night. He was suspected of being
the one who attempted to assault Sarah
Gunt, an 11-year-old school girl yester
day. He was identified by the girl.
The mob overpowered the officer, and
took the negro to the soene of the
crime, where he made a confession. The
mob stood him up against a tree and
shot him to death. More than 500 shots
were fired.
the treasurer's vaults. He said that 95
per cent of all the business was done
on paper and the tying up of so much
cash would be a great hardship. Banker
Kleybolte testified ' that his bank, the
Western German Bank, had paid "Com
pensation" to the county treasurers for
the last sixteen years for the use ot
the county moneys. t
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