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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (March 1, 1906)
. . Arfy,,'fff;rTv K'iiJ. tVX-'ll -si', i k :UBUHI PULL ASBOOIATID PUIS' v 0'T COVERS THE MORNINQ FIELD ON THE LOWEFi COLUMBIA. VOLUMK LX NO. 2H ASTORIA. OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 190 PRICK FIVE CENTS ORCHARD TELLS OFFICE PLUMBER m Plumber Owns Shop in Denver Diagonally Across Street From Furniture Store of G. A. Pettibone Admits He Made Lead Receptacle. GRAND JURY WILL TAKE REPORT STATES THAT FIRST OF TWO UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS ON STEUNENBERC'S LIFE, WAS EFFORT TO SHOOT HIM, AND ANOTHER TIME BOMB WAS LAID IN PATHWAY, WHICH FAILED TO EXPLODE. M'.SVKll. Feb. 2. - Accoidiiig to Harry Ori-bnrd'n alleged nuid-Minn, il a lemncil today, that I lie IkiihIi vlii. l, u killed ex Governor Steuncn l.erg 'va innnufiietured lit llenvi-r. OrVhurd, it l .aid, rnnfM'l that lie ni-iiifi I li lrail receptacle in which the filoivi were pin I fi""i "Jui t ! 'I'. Itom'h, n ltitlilnr "'I Ih'iiwr, wlmsc -Imp i iliuL'iiiially rro the stici-1 from the furniture ttltuv of (icotgn A. Peltibolic one d tliB kiihvU now iinilrr uiii't. liiiiirli nii today made the h-tid re p.ptarle mill gave ii description of t li man who nnli'K'il it which tallies with thill of Olllllltll. IuUNK, Feb. 2. It i definitely - HOTEL MAN DIES. MOW YORK, L I). 2H..-I'lmrle. K. l.e liuiil, the hint of neven hrothera, u II of In mi were will known in the hotel luiin'" throughout the eountiy, died yetterduy, aged (13 yeara. Willi hi luotliets fur ninny yen i' Mr, l.elnnd w-iu inteivnted in New Yoik ioue nnd he niiled in thi- etiililih ineill of the l.eliiud Hotel. Itirriith Mr. 1'lainl'ti limit h hud heen mi pie carioiiK thnt he devoted himself to Miniiiur ri'HOiU of the atute. NOT CONFIRMED. lTITSIirUti, lVli. 2H. It ii reported here tonight, lliii! President lioosevi'll Iiiih ie(iH"tcd Prexideiit Miti'hrll und M'.r. l.'oliliiiiH to ii II on him in tho next two week, but tho report is not eon liiiiieil. PLEAD GUILTY. NKW YOltK, Feb. 28.-Snmuel .1. lIuinphieyM, Dunning K. Smith, n ml fluirlev A. Selin pleaded guilty in the Xoi-I'olk and Western $4,5(H),0(MI forrry ease today nnd were remanded for nentenee. ARMY APPROPRIATION BILL DISCUSSED BY THE HOUSE WASHINGTON, Feb. 28.-Th army Appropriation bill occupied tho House nil todny and several pages of the moas uro still remain to be considered. Throughout tho day members of the ap propriation committed were incontro versy with members of the military committee Knob will contest the ef fort to reduce or restrict tlie amounts curried in tlie bill. In some cases one UNENBERG PROCURED EN BENV! UP THE CASE TODAY tided that the lnw-itigntin of tin raf agaitut Moj-ir et al will begin before the grand jury tomorrow. It U not known whether diehard will 1 taken ln-fure the jury. Il in said thnt the ftut of the two iniKiici Tuiiful attempt made on StiuMieiiberg' life bcfoie hl in 11 1 It' r wits iirtmilh accomplished, vt nil -trt t to xlioot liim il Meek or no In-fore tlie munler. Prior to tliat it i" -till.-. I u ImhiiIi wiii luiil iii hit pnthwny o in liinfil thnt tlie fiivenior hiiifelf Himlil iliHi-lilirn it li.V eiitcliin the Miinc ilravvn ncron his puth with hii fiMit. Tho (Jovernor htepjH'il ovrr the iiin hM'I nexcr knew liow clone wo hi- eo'iipe fiNiin ihilth. BIG IRON ORE DEAL Rich Iron Properties of Hill Pass Into U. S. Steel Trust. United States Steel Corporation Leases J. J. Hill's Messaba Properties for Period of Thirty Years. CI.K KI.ANI), l'eb. 28.-It in Htated a deal involving iron ore amounting to us ffrertl touimge iih all the ore mined in the l.nko Superior rnnges for the past lil'ty )i'ius, und a dial by wliieh the iinmi'iiM'ly vulnnble iron ore prop erties of d. ,T. Hill on the Me-suba Itane me to iass into (he control of the t'nited Stated Steel C'oi point ion for a period of thirty yrnrs, is about to be consuuiated. Accordinjr to the iron Initio review, the consideration during Hie llrst. two years, ia 70 cents a ton. oommittee. is successful, and in sonic, tho other. The effort to reeognizo the heroism of Dakin and Tlcnnessy, two San Francisco firemen who lost their lives in tho fire on tho transport Meade by paying $5000 to each of the widows and provision for more than 800 em nloved on the staff and the nrmv di- vision at headquarters went out of the 1 bill on points of order, RS THAT IDE IC 1 and H centi for hmiling over the Great Northern to Duluth, after tlwt, the price will be Increoncd 7 cents for every two years until $1 in reiichrd. The tiieut Northern him (('"ranteed freight iiiiioiiutiiif,' to ten million ton annually during the life of the leiiKe. HITS PASSENGER. I'.rnK, Feb. 28.--A liKht engine riiili''l lut'i a paKenger train on a heavy grade west of thin city today, but through good fortune no one wan killi'd. The riwr coach of the train and th engine were badly smashed up. REAR ADMIRALS RETIRED. WASHINGTON, Feb. 2H.Rear-Ad-miiuli Chester and Chadwkk werv plac ed on the retired IK May. BLACK SAND ITEMS Reports from Washington on Doc tor Day's Findings. Senator Fulton's Hard Work in Behalf of Jetty and Dredger Work Not Much Promise of Success. ASTOIUAN NKWS lifUKAt', Wash ington, Feb. 28. Metallurgist of the Kast view the prospective electro smelting leta of the (!.-ologi -al Sur vey at Port In ml with ken invest. When the experimental work ceased there about the closing of the Fair, Dr. 1). T. Hay had just commenced the work of electric reduction. He was employ ing the mo' t approved applia'i -es that llave been projected bv scientists of litith continents, ami believed that the results obtained in the preliminary tests assured ultimate success. The presence of high-grade magnetic iron ore in the abounding black sand" of the Pacific slope, has been conceded for many years, and innumerable priv ate enterprises have been organized to save the useful metal. None of these have attained succe.-s in a commercial sense. Many concentrating devices, have been tried, some of which seem to be approaching the condition of economy a ud efficiency required. When tlie gov ernment authorized experimental work in both saving the magnetite and re dncing it into commercial metal, metal lurgists expected impoitant develop ments. The experiments in concentra tion threw no important light on the saving of magnetite. Well-tried wet I able processes and the magnet were employed, but the rough concentration required in the first stages of handling the sand to make the work economical, were not worked out. Concentration is something private enterprise would moro naturally work out than the difficult problem of smelt ing in a section that did not produce its own coal and coke. Hence the last stage, of tho government's experiments was the most interesting. When Dr. Day announced thnt he would reduce tho magnetite with the abounding "white coal" which the Pacific North west possesses in superlative measures, he aroused broad interest, and the sus- Pen8ion of te9ts JUBt nfter ettin tl,e (Continued on page 8) BOMB WA INCREASED SERVICE. IIAW.OR, M.. March 1,-Tlie Postal Telegraph (.'able Company has today completed a direct conneition with the Northern Telegraph Company op -rating linen on the ISangor and Aristook rail road, thus lidding to the Postal system .VSt miles of pole line and 150 places in the famous lumber, ngrieultmal, hunt ing ;inid fi-hing region in Northern Maine, Telegrams are now transmit ted via the Po-tol to the M'wme Head fjike region anil all points on the Ban gor and Arjstook railroad. PICKS UP WRECKED CREW. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 2H.-The transport Ilufoid which arrived today from Manila with eight troops of cav ulry. pieked up a wrecked crew of Jap-anes- and landed them at Honolulu. DEFENDS TITLE. SAN FKANCISCO, Feb. 28.-Franki Neil, the American bantam weight champion, nieeessfully defended the title by knocking out Hairy Tenny in the fourteenth round tonight. Neil out fought IVnny from start to finish. He played havoc with Tenny's face, while he himself received not even scatcb. SOLDIER ARRESTED Fort Flagler Private Says He Killed Man in Kentuckey. Private Howard, of Coast Artillery With Companion Shot Hobo Ejected From the Train. l'nUT TOWNSKND, Feb. 28-Charles Howard, a private in the 100th Com pany Coast Artillery stationed at Fort Flagler, is under arrest and is being held pending the arrival of an officer from Kentucky, where he is wanted for connection with tho murder of Harvey Jones, According to Howard's state ment today, he and a companion named Vernon Singleton were walking along the railroad track in the neighborhood of Somerset, Ky., several months ago. They had occasion to pass a cut wherv the trains were in the habit of slowing down. Howard alleges he nnd Single ton agreed that if a tramp should be ejected from a freight train Hearing the cut, the pair would shoot him. Harvey Jones was ejected at the designated spot and the two, he and Singleton, Howard assorts, commenced slltltll illg. dunes was wounded dangerously and both assailants fled, Howard soon after enlisting in l tie army in hopes ot sink ing his identity. Howard showed no hesitation in tell ing of the crime and averred that though both he and Singleton had been thinking neither were so under the in lliiemv of liquor as not to know what thev were doing PRIEST KILLED MAGISTRATE. Chinese Magistrate Jalain by French Catholic Priest. LONDON, Feb. 28. The Mail's Shanghai correspondent reports nn American gun boat (probably the Quiros), has arrived at Nanehang. On the Mime authority, it is stated Rev. Kingham's eldest daughter died from the effects of injuries from a Chinese mob which killed her parents. The Shanghai correspondent of the Tribune" says witnesses assert a priest named La Cruche stabbed the magis trate twice through the throat. The Post's Shanghai correspondent says the dispute was over the land, which occas ioned the trouble at Nanehang. RIOT AMI RUIN REIGN Mob Continues to Burn Houses and Assault Negroes Troops are Guarding Property People Crowd Streets and Excitement Is Intense. PROMISCUOUS SHOOTING MOB SETS FIRE TO HOME OF NEGRO PREACHER, BUT FLAMES ARE EXTINGUISHED BY MILITIA-MILITIA DEALING WITH LARG ER CROWDS WHILE POLICE HANDLE SMALL DIS- A TURBANCES BRAKEMAN DYING. SPRINGFIELD, Ohio, Feb. 28.-The riot and race war- begun last night as the result of the shooting of M. M. Davis by Ladd and Lean, colored, con tinued tonight. The militia while not able to prevent the destruction of two houses and the partial demolition of a dozen or more at the hands of the mob, hail up to midnight prevented any casualties. Hundreds of people are in the streets and the excitement continues intense. Davis, the injured brakeman is pronounced dying tonight. The house of Rev. Curry, a negro preacher, was stoned, and his family fled. The mob then set fire to it. but SEIZE SCHOONERS British Sealres May Be Seized By Revenue Boat. British Schooners Stella and Cascade to be Seized When They Reach Monterey, California. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 28. The Post says that when the British schoon er Stella May of Victoria puts into Monterey tomorrow to land a sick sailor she may find a revenue cutter awaiting to seize the vessel and crew. The schooner has one seal aboard and the laws prohibit British vessels from bringing seals into American waters. It is believed the cutter McCulIoch may be sent out for her and also to capture the schooner Cascade for a similar reason. DURAND DENIES TESTIMONY GIVEN BY THE PACKERS CHICAGO, Feb. 28. Special Agent Durand at the hearing in the packers' case today flatly denied the evidence of the witness for the the packers, the most notable instance being his contra diction of Arthur Meeker, Armour and Company's general superintendent, who testified he had answered all questions put to him by Durand. Durand testi fied and denied this and also said he EM AT SPRINGFIELD, OHIO ADDS TO THE TERROR the militia prevented its destruction. The homes of two other negroes were riddled with stones and at this point a boy was shot in the leg. The militia tonight are dealing with the larger crowds, leaving the police to control the smaller end of the riot. Promiscuous Shooting. Promiscuous and random shooting was a feature tonight and has added to the general terror. Two negro women were seriously injured by jumping from the -econd st uy of their homes. "Flickers Nest", wliieh figured in the Dixon riuts two y-fars ego, was assault ed lonight and several unsuccessful at- ten.pts were nuuL to fire il. DOMINICAN TREATY REPORTED. Lodge Reports Treaty From Committee to the Senate Yesterday. WASHINGTON, Feb. 28.-A treaty between the United States and the Dominican Republic under which the former agrees and undertakes to collect and disburse the customs revenues of the latter, was reported to the Senate in executive session by Lodge today. The treaty was amended in several im poitant particulars. Section 7, of which the committee has disputed for more than a year, has been shortened so as to merely read that the United States may take such steps as it believes nec essary to preserve order ami facilitate the accomplishment of the purposes of the treaty. Two sections added to the treaty are a disavowal on the part of the LTnited States of any liability to the Domiciaii government or the peo ple, or to the Republic's creditors for mistakes or omissions of it's agents or the officers of the United States. The United States assumes the right to de termine in what manner the debts of the republic shall be paid. Also the Dominican money?, which come into the hands of the United States will not be subject to the jurisdiction of the Do minican courts. asked A. IL Voeder, general couasel for Swift and Company and one of the men under indictment, to g!ve evi dence during Garfield's investigation and Veeder refused because it might destroy the chance of immunity for the packers. Judge Humphrey today re versed his previous ruling that the correspondence between - Durand and Grfield vas inadmissable. t