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8 THE MORXING ASTOMAN. ASTOUIA. OREGON. THURSDAY, MARCH i, igoC. We Have the New Steel Gut Java and Mocha Coffee Baker's Barrington Hall See Our Window Display. SENATOR FORMER TALKS FAVORING RAILROADS A. V. ALLEN Gentleman From Ohio Does Not Favor Railroad Rale Bill -Believes Elkins Law Covers Ground Thoroughly With Few Amendments. HS SERIOUS L Oil Oriental Situation Begins to As sume Threatening Aspect. MANILA ARHY IS PREPARED Troops in Philippines Ready to Proceed to Chini on Short Notice Gen eral Wood Will Command Army in Case of Trouble. SAX FRANCISCO, Feb. 2$. "Things re beginning to look serious in the Fur Fast," aM 'ieneral Fuuston in ai; interview, "and the action of the war department in reinforcing the troop already in the Philippines will, in my pinion, be justified before the end of the present uprisings. Though the dis patches thus far received seem to inJi cate that the outrages have been con fined to English residents in China, it is unreasonable to suppose that the un controllable mobs which have hitherto wrought such havoc anbng foreigners vi!t nuke any distinction of nationality if they eer start a massacre." Spakmg of who would likely lx in j command in case it was necv-sarv to laud troops in China, the general sail that Major General Leonard Wood was the logical commander of an cpeditiei of the kind but that ho had a number her of generals under him in the mili- lary .lep.irimeiu o Hie .'uilippmes, any one of whom was available for service in China. DECLARES RATE BILL IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL OHIO SENATOR READS CAREFULLY PREPARED SPEECH ON RAIL ROAD RATE QUESTION OCCUPYING THREE HOURS OPPOSES THE BILL GALLERIES CKO WDED - DECLARES SU PREME COURT WILL 11 OLD BILL INVALID. BUCK SAND ITEMS (Continued from page I) experimental plant erected was a dis appointment. If electricity ha lieen review of it by the colli N, would be tlual and ctmclu-ive." Elkins Law Sufficient. He then declared thai little or no legislation is needed mid that the Klkins WASHINGTON', Feb. 2S.-4W neurit three hour today Foraker held tin at tent ion of the Senate while lie read a carefully prepared speech in the rail road rate iue-tioii. Hi t-pev'i was a protect against any eiieitol legislation ; law slightly amended is siiltuicut if en- on the theorr that the exis'ing K'kin forced. He pointed nut that the Hep. law could be extended so as to make it . bum bill does not deal with rebates or answer nil reoniremciit s. tfe iUo ooimI. I tirevcht curt-i.o-s fi-niii ..tt...i..ot.. i. ,.l),.,r been proved an economical smelting . .1.1 , ., , , ! , , , T . , . . . ed out what he considered the failure I kind of hu-iiioii and that It doe not of the Hepburn Ikdliver bill and declar- enforce uniform 1 !aMlii atioii nr deal 1 more than once It w.ci: . fail to with disci iinin.it ion as to localities. IB ni Your attention is called to bur new store, now open and ready for businefs We Do Expert Painting, Graining Paper Hanging and Frescoing GIVE US A CALL The Eastern Painting a Decorating Co. Xo. 75 9th St. agent, and magnetite can lie saved com m.icial'y from black sand of the Pa cific Coast, the future of the iron indus try will be brightened materially, and the Pacific Coast will le saved many million dollars annuallv. Dr. Day confidently states that there is enough magnetite in the black sands of the Pacific Coast to supply all need ed iron ore in that region for genera tions. More than that, the doctor also forecast development of commercial saving appliances. His work is calcu lated to hasten experiments, and will in all probability have the effect of draw ing to the field larger quantities of private capital. After being given joitie as-uranee that no emergency river and harbor ap propriation would lie permitted at thi session of Congress S.-nator Fulton put in two amendments for the Sundry Civil Hill, fur the Columbia River jetty and for the coast dredging plant to be u-ed in harbors to the -011th of the Columbia. Warning has been given that a sever.- struggle may be expected for the retrenchment -pirit is growing rapidly thi- c.ion. and numerous in tere.ts clamor for recognition. Hut one of the Oregon building meas 1... 1 i ... . me, ji.-i- neen fliiopioii, although ov ne-.m ujl' i.a 1. 1 anile proposition strenuously now, Senator Fulti.n lio,t to have it -o far advanced that it will be accepted readily at the next -cs-ion tip n-'f-Mty of struggling haul and long in appropriation work is more at parent now- than at an v time in the lii-torv of the Senate. SURVEY APPROVED. VALLKJO, Cal., Feb. 2-S. The navy department has approved the survey of the Wyoming, which lie, at the yard under repuiis. 1 he amount of the proved -iirvey i, .stio.OOO. ap "Billy Buster Shoes" AMERICAN JAILED. NEW YORK, Feb. 28-A Havana dis patch to the Herald rays that it is re ported that an American, acting as postmaster for the territorial aspirants in the f -If- of Pine, lias been arrested and confined to j ; 1 J 1 . 'Ph.- -i:i,,iti; s),uid not really be ex ; peeled to do anything in a hurry. It I has been -0 long taking its time to do not lung. CHEAP RATES FROM THE EAST VIA THE 0. R. & N. CO. The foiowing li-t represents a few of the Eastern points from which Colonist rates shown below will apply via the O. It. & X. to Astoria from February loth to April 7, I0OG: Atlanta, Ga., $40.75; Pittsburg, Pa., $42; Baltimore, Md., $49.75; Washing ton. D. C,. $40.75; Iio-ton, Mass., $49.90; Peoria, 111., $31.; Buffalo, N Y., $42.50; Oklahoma, O T., $30; Chicago, 111., $33; .St. Louis Mo., $30; Cincinnati, 0., $39; Kansas City, Mo., $25; Cleveland, 0 $40; St. Jo-cph, Mo., $25; Detroit, Mich., $39.75; Omaha, Neb., $25; Mon treal, Que., $48.90: Sioux Citv. la.. $25; They have a sole that won't wear out. ; Ncw yorkj x y pau Min $25; Philadelphia, Pa., $49.75; Minnea- 1 polis, Minn., $25. Money can be deposited here for tickets which will be delivered to pas sengers at any point in the east without extra charge. For further information apply to G. W. Roberts, agent, 0. E. & N. Company. S. A. GIMRE, AGENT FOR THE DOUGLAS SHOE 543 Bond S.reet 0pp. Ross Higgini & Co. reined v the evils coinidained or. Foraker conceded there was some evl- Icnce that evil exist in connection with the railinads, but urged that all of them could lc more affectively met by amending the Mkins law than ly pass ing the (wilding bill. He iinnounc. d hi regiet at differing from the president. but said he could not see hi, way clear to pursue any other course. He gave a general review of the history of the railroad development of the country and parsed to the evils of the system. which lie ayg are necessarily incident to the upbuilding of so vast an inter est. Hi attitude toward the pending railroad rate bill wa correctly outlined in his first paragraph, in which he snid of the bill, "it is so contrary to the pirit of our institutions and of such Irastie and revolutionary character that, if not in its immediate effect, at lea-t as a precedent, the chances un likely to be most iinu-ua! and far reaching." Three Railroad Evils. If - discu-,ei the railroad evil, a of 'hive cla---s, excessive rate-, rebates and discrimination- lie found little to complain of under the freight charge-, but -aid there are -ome in-t.in"-s of charges that are too high and he thought n prompt and effective remedy -mild be provided. A more -eriuu- cil he found in re bates and he traced the pies..it exten sive railroad consolidation, to the fact that the -uprenie court deei-ion- against pooling had left the road, without pro tection from the rebate svstem exc pt to te-ort to -ome general mnlci -landing. Rate Making Powers. IJegarding the right of Congre-s to make rate-, he d -elared, "the -uprenie court has never yet pas-ed on that iiir-tion and that there are many emi nent lawyers who are of the opinion that the court will hold, when it does decide tnat oues'ion. that 1 ongross does not have that power." Their reasoning," be said, 'Seems to me to be -ound and the effect of it. ab-oliite)v fatal to thi, entire scheme of legislation," Heavy Penalties Provided. Di-cus-ing the penalties provided by the bill, he said they would amount to 1 50.000 per month, and declared that the penalties prescribed are of such exii'-me eiimuiauvv and luiidi-nsoiiie character a- to deter a carrier from reporting to the courts, except only where either the case i- entir-lv clear as to its final outcome or tha con-e-iucnces of an abeyance of the order are of such bankrupting' character as to make it impo-sibl , w ith due regard for the rights of its creditors and stock holders, for if to submit. 7lr. Foraker, said that if the bill is to become a law it should contain a court review provision. On that point he Kaid in part: "Fortunately some of the most im portant questions to which attention has been called and cannot be withheld from the court, but the. power to re view the qu.e-.tion as to whether- a rate condemned or a rati; made by the com mission in a given case is reasonable, is, unfortunately, not one of these. Hut between extortion on the one hand and confiscation on the other, there is in most cases a considerable latitude with in which the action of the commission without special statutory provision for The senator stated that the bill had passed the hoii-e without amendment because 11 I he m w -paper anuounce.1, "the order had gone forth" that while thcie might be debate, no amendment 110 matt. i how n-ic-s.H v it might np pear should be allowed. Mr. Foraker concluded : "It is not either e.iv or agreeable to differ with the Picsident. He i the head for the lime being, not Mil,' of the nation, but also of the political party of which I inn proud to be a member. 1 U'lieve that the welfare of the mi lion is most beneficially affected and promoted y fh supremacy of the Re publican policies, and on thi account think cvei"y man who Im-Iiovcs; in the policies of that party should do all in his power to secure harmony of purpose and unity of action among its member with respect to national nffaiit. In this lM-half, he should Ik- willing to make coiices-ioiis in minor matters; but when situations ari- i4 -uda manding importance as tho-e now under con sideration, it is the duty of eveiv man who has an official 1 e-pon-ibilii v to di,. charge with e-pect of them, to make earelul investigation and to net .iccOUlailee Willi Hie conviction reach as a re-ult. His speech was i-', ,,cd 1,, ,v ., h,,-,. attendance and at tue ( ,, I or. k r was warmly con-iv ul.ited I..' a mini her of hi, colleague. ' 1- I llbo.ld h.nd grant in the Indian 'lerritoi.v and a number of private bills occupied the icmainder of the da v. PIANO NUMBEE Free of Charge to Wise's Customers With Every $5 PURCHASE Herman Wise ASTORIA'S RELIABLE CLOTHIER r in mav FIX SCHEDULE. in Kansas Railroads Fix Oil Rates Defiance to Freight Law. KANSAS CITV, Feb. Feb. js. Hep- icsclitatives of all the lailroads of Kali--as have fixed a schedule on oil rates in Kansas in defiance of the maximum freight rate law pa--ed by the, la,t legislature. The new schedule amounts to an imivase of fit t v- per cent. The Standard Oil Company having a mono poly of oil tanks will not sutler from the new schedule as will the, independ ent oil men who are forced to -hip oil ill barrels. ASTORIA COMMISSION and AUCTION CO. oC5 Commercial Street AUCTION EVERY SATURDAY at a p. m. PRIVATE SALES during the week Ask Us for Price 305 Commercial Street Latest Pooular Hits DIRECT FROM THE EAST Every month we r-ceive the ltet popular vocal and instrumen tal hits direct from the great Kastein publishers. We receive fiom 20 to 50 of these new piece, each mn'h and it will pay ymi to drop in at I a-t once a month and look them over. We keep them eparate from our large general stock of mulc and it need take but a few mlmitoi of your time. Keep an eye on the show window also. "I J. N. GRIFFIN wis is iutl VJ ij Beer. First National Bank of Astoria, Ore. i:ST AIH.ISIIII) 1N80. Capital and Surplus $100,000 Sherman Transier Co. UENltY SHERMAN, Mima Hacks, Carriages liaggage Checked and Transferred-Trucks and Fur mture Wagons Pianos Moved, Iioxcd and Shipped. 433 Commercial Street phone Main 121 J. Q. A. B0WLUY, President. 0. I. PETERSON, Vice-President. FRANK PATTON, Cashier. J. W. GARNER, Assistant Cashier. Astoria Savings Bank Capital Paid In $100,000. Surplus and Cndlyldod I'roHU INS 000 Transact, a General Banking Busings. Interest Paid on Tin.; Deposit. 168 Tenth Street, A3T0RIA, OREGON.