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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (March 23, 1906)
V ' ft' " t . I! UBLItHtt PULL AttOOIATCD ! RIPORT COVERS THE MORNINQ FIELD ON THE LOWER COLUMBIA;! VOLUMK LX NO. 21)2 ASTORIA. OUK(JON, FKIDAYlMAHCH 23 190(1 PRICE FIVE CENTS MINE FIFTEEN KNOWN TO BE SLAIN Deadly Gas Explosion Occurs in Ccntuiy Mines in West Virginia Pcarca Scvcnty.Five Men Are Killed By Catastrophe. PATHETIC SCENES ENACTED BY RELATIVES AT I'KESENT TIME FIFTEEN MEN A HE KNOWN TO BE DEAD 25 IN JURED, AND BETWEEN 1$ AN D 75 MISSING ENTOOMED MINERS' FAMILIES CROWD AROUND MOUTH OF PIT WAITING FOR RESCUE. WHEELING, W. Vs., March 13.-A report from the Century Mine it three o'clock this morning rtatei that nine dead men have been recovered. Sixteen men overcome by gas were brought up. They have recovertd. 1 MI-.MitNi, W. V, .M.n.1, 22- Fif teen men arc known to Ik dead, twenty five injiiK'il nml l'lri-ii t unity live mid . vi nty live me uiixsing mid believed tti In dead no the result of 11 n cvplmion of giis in 11 shaft of tin1 Century Coal Coin mi n v at Century, a mining town lilly mill', ttiiitli nl l .i 11 1 M m t Tin' iiln-iiill oceiim-d late this uf t I iinmi, lillt oh illy to lelcphi'lie com 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 .11 inll Ih i 1 1 illtl'll Uptcil nil account nl ii -Iiiim. detail .in- Licking. The Ci'iiliny mine employs over J-'11 men, hut fiiitiiimlcly for the gi outer p.nl of Hint iininlii r. tin' i'ilninii cum'- after t In-v llllil iilil Wolk, I'lllll 1 1TU subheadings al midnight V-rlC M l UIIOXplolVll nml SlIJII I illll'llill III MURDERS HUSBAND. Wife Pouti Moiling Water Over Sleeping Spouse. SAN l I! WCISCM, March 22 A lob phone message fiolu M.n ipo-.ii h.i" hlollglil iicWh n (he 1 1 1 1 1 l 1 1 1 1- iilillili'l ol ii man ti.inieil Dcilmiiti, (he iii,iKiii lie iug hi' wife. The crime n coinmilt-il in thcii home in llcar 'alle. Mm. )cd 1 1 1 1 1 miii-c at .'I o'clock iii the moiniug, blaiteil 11 lire ninl heated 11 large pot of water to the hulling poiul. While her hu-diiiud lay -deeping ipiiclly in lud, "he jioiiml the xcahling will it oxer hi head Mid liody. lie Ntlllggled out of hed and made an outcry, which iitliuclcd ticigh ) 11 1 1 - to the scene, lie made a d ing hlatemeiil that his wile had commit led the clinic, Iml she Miid: "It's none of my work," The coroner has gone to the ccuc, hut I he limd me hud and tele phono w iros are dow 11. PROPERTY TRANSFERRED. SKA TTI.I:. March 2J, The terminal propci'lic. Iieiv lioughl liy the lluiiiinaii ngculs were transferred today to Kliaheth dessup nf Califoi nia lor $1.1)110,0011. Who lOlinhclli doHsiip is the 1 lairiiiiiiu icprcsfiitnt ives pmlr--. mil In know, SNOW BLOCKADE BROKEN ON DENVER & RIO GRANDE l)l'l!AN(!0, Colo., March 22. The 1 since March lOth reached Alamosa to- snow blockade which has oxisled since day, Alter the train became stalled the .March llth on the Denver ami Uio ' snow continued falling until it lay on 11 Orando was broken today, but condil ions j level higher than the smokestack of the 011 the Rio (Irnnde Southern and Silver- loco live. The railroad employes car ton hrtinoh of the Denver and Rio ; riot! provisions to the imprisoned pas Crntide are unchanged. The train which songeiK on snow-shoos. Owing to the high has, been snow-bound in Ciimbrcs Puss altitude several passengers became sick. EXPLOSION Uiinl, who n -till in the mine, ent out word that owing to the prevalence of gas he w iinilcciilci! whether to puh wolk into the sob hen Hngii for an hour or ho, The mine i lieing rapidly freed from ga ninl the rescue woik will I pti"hed throughout the night. .Uter tin' explosion, nllii ialt began U canvas, to ascertain the number of men on the iii1,ht. This resulted in finding liHl, hut it i lM'liei'i ninny more lire outside, who are not accounted for. If tlii is not true, then seventy live men me in the mine with lit lie hope of being llllV c. The families of the tn i tit-1 quickly gathered at the opening nml the pithclio scones always witnes-ed at such acci dents uei i' enacted. Severn I foreign women insisted on going into the mine ninl wen- pievi-nlecl only by force. Many Women wete still hoveling mound the opening at midnight notwithstanding the w cat hot js hit t ci' cold. INSTITUTE PROCEEDINGS. HiST, Mass., Mnich '. Thnmiis W. I.asiui aiioiiticed la-t night that lie had M-nt 11 eoinmtiiiicul imi to Attorney-o-neial D.i 11. 1 Ma lone, Di-trict Attorney I11I111 It. Mm .111 ami Stale liisiiraliee ( oiumissiiiiici- I'redelick I., t lilting, sug gosling that pioi dings he instituted in this county agaillst the New York Life and Mutual l.ile In-mamr Companies. Mr. l.nwMin siiid that he would make pilhlic today evidence siippoiliug the charges of irreguhii il ies which lm pre fers. FRESHMEN BARRED. AMIIKItST, Mass., March '22. The faculty of Ainhui'-d College announced a now rule yesterday hy which no member of the licshiiicn class will Ii:- allowed tn represent I ho itistilutimi on (ho college t fit 1 11 in an v luauch of at hlcl ics. AWAITS MRS. ROOSEVELT. KI'TIN ANDINA, Kla., March 22. The I ' ti i I iil Slates steamer Mayflower arriv ed loilay to await the arrival of Mrs. Koii'.cvclt and family for Hie trip to southern waters. TWO NEW VESSELS FOR ASTORIA U AMIINCTOV. Mau d i. 4 The (iiiteil State l.ighlhoil-e Itoiird today iiiiinilted a ropoit urging 1111 iippmpiialion of i'l.'n.- ihmi lui a 1 oliimhiii IIimi ligiit. Vl-sl-l llll'l ?l:IO.OIHI f a li;;it- hoiiM- tender at Atoiia( llregon. 'I he lion lighthouse tender will lake (In- place of the Mniijitiita. RATE BILL AGAIN. Senate Continues Arguments Over Rate Legislation. VSI!INiTftV, March 22. The rail road rate bill occupied piiictietilly all the time of the Senate today. Ixlge nxike on the ttdvocuey of his amendment, en larging on the interstate commerce 00111 miniion 11 ml in doiti; mo replied sharply to the recent iilterniioos of Coniinissioncr I'routy. SMoner devoted his iiltontioii to the constitutional powers of inferior court, contending t Mai these courts eouhl not Ik- destroyed nor their juri diction taken from them. He engaged in a controversy with rtnytior, over the (Hitter of Congicss to deprive the courts of the privilege of suspending the find ings of the interstate commerce commis sion rind the discussion cloed with the usual evchange of courtesies Ix-twccn Spooner and Tillman. PATTISON VERY ILL. cnl.l'MT.rs. March 22. Although Covernor l'.ilti-oii is reported to bo much impiovcd in an ollicial bulletin issued by his physicians tonight, the be lief prevails that his condition is very grave. The phy-iciaiN absolutely refuse to discuss the governor's condition, and all that is known to the public up to this lime regarding the tialuiv of the governor's illness is that he is mirror ing 1 1 1 1 1 1 nervous prostration. LETTER FROM DEAD McCall Writes Letter to Orr Be fore Dying. TELLSHOW HAMILTON WORKED States That Ih Employed Hamilton to Attend to Taxation and Legisla tion Matters of the New York Life Insurance Company. NEW YORK. March 22. --The day be fore ho died, February Itith, former I'rosident McCall, of the New York Life, wrote a letter to Alexander H. Orr, presi dent of thai company relative to the conditions under which Andrew D. Ham ilton was employed. The l.'ttei' stales McCall realizes ho had but a slight chance to recover, and wi-hes the condi tions known as ho would toll thorn if he were hero to be hoard. Ho says ho employed Hamilton in ISO.'i to attend to matters of taxation and legislation in the I'nited Slates and foreign countries. Hamilton refused to accept the duty unless it was understood that no moneys advanced him be accounted for. McCall adds that whether his action was legal or not will be left to others to decide. McCall, however, believes it was and ho was clothed with full power to so act nnd the interests of the company de manded that such stops be taken. KILLS CANNOT AGREE. Operators and Miners Far From Reach ing Agreement. Iiidaiiapiilis. March tl, Alter lii-ing in session th- gieatcr part of the day the joint scale committor of operators mid mine uoikei- ad join ii'-d until Imiioirow. ' i i !- t 011 every point imulo during' the 1 day hy eitlici idc. They ; ie no liear-l an agiecmeiii in, 111 on 1'i-ln u.iry 2nd, 'when tiie loinicr joint committee djs agio"d and adjourned. Kvery iiidie;i tioii today pointed to a diagreemont toiiioimw an I the cotuciiing of the joint ooiiieiciii e. of fip- r.itors and tnilio work er, to rocciir I he commit tee's reports to that eflect. FOUND GUILTY. ni:v YiUK. March tl. - llolh-rl Spriggs, colored, resort w hero it i the ptopriotor of alleged w liite women were deained ugaiiist their will, was found guilty today on a charge of alidue tioii. The testimony of women wit nesses wiis to the effect that they had, while intoxicated, been taken to Sprigg's resort jind there, behind burred win dows nml door'. U'on held pri-oner. One woman testified she had lieen an inmate of the house for five years. HOUSE WRANGLES. Argues Over Statehood Measure For Short Time. i WASHINGTON. March '22-The state hood bill was taken from the speaker's j table todny. Bnd placed in the hands of three selected oonferers and the request made of the Senate for a conference. The action was not accomplished without ninny words and votes. It developed however, that there were votes enough to carry out the program of the lenders. Then followed forty minutes of fiery sn'eohe., some of which iifTunled much iimucmcnt. The remainder of the day I was devoted to the legislative appro- priation bill. ' THIEF PLEADS GUILTY. TOI.ONTO, March 22.-F. S. 0. Han- j well, toller of the Crown Bank, 1 charged with stealing $40,000 of the' batik's funds, pleaded guilty yesterday. ! Sentence was deferred. His wile, Norn. , pleaded not guilty to the charge of re- eeiving stolon money, and w ill be tried j later. j WANT LEGISLATION Labor Party Determinedto Remedy Grievances. j CALL ON CONGRESS TO ACT President Gompers Says if Congress Will Not Remedy Labor Evils, Labor Party Will Elect Other Men Who Will. J WASHINGTON. March 22.-The exo- culivo council of the American IVdoin i . 1 I tiou ol Labor today discussed the re- j I spouses of President Roosevelt and ! Speaker Cannon to the bill of grievances i presented by them yesterday regarding legislation 11 licet ing the labor interests. President- (jumpers said tonight if Con gress fails to remedy the grievances, the Federation will appeal directly to the p.'ople. In other words, he said the Federation would outer the lield of politics and urge organized labor to elect men of their own choosing and thus have a personal voice in the government. Gompers in sists t ho council is right, regarding the statement in the bill of grievances, and the conditions in the labor world every where urc the best proof of it's eonten-, lions. ROOSEVELT SUGGESTS A SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTE President Offers Suggestion of Mixed Police At All Moroccan Ports as Settlement of Franco- German Controversy Over Morocco. .'I HOPE FOR SUCCESSFUL PARIS TEMPS' ALGECIRAS CORRESPONDENT STATES THAT ROOSE VELT OFFERS NEW PROPOSITION TO CONFERENCE FRANCE, HOWEVER, BELIEVES THE SUGGESTION WILL NOT BE SATISFACTORY TO CONFERENCE. I'AIMS. March 22. The auggeslion of a mixed police at all the Moroccan port emanated from President Roosevelt, ac cording to the Temps' Algeeiras corres pondent. He says the idea is to avoid rivalry or the acquisition of special spheres of influence. The correspondent adds: ''The intention of this proposed solu tion may le excellent, but it is not practical and full of danger." Commenting on the dispatch, the Temps gives Roosevelt full credit for a desire to pre-erve the purity of the Franco-Spanish character of the police mandate, but points out that the pro position will be acceptable neither to Fiance or Spain, rersoti.il dirt'erences between the French and Spanish officers, the paper any, would undermine the character of the police organization and leave the Moroccan government open to tike advantage of these rivalries in order to continue the condition of anarchy. Meeting Postponed. AUiKClRAS. March 22.-Voti Rado witz, the (ierman representative, was slightly indisposed today, and as a conse quence, the meetings of the delegates which wore to have boon held today, were postponed until Saturday next, when the new Austrian police proposi tion will be presented. Ambassador White. Sir Arthui' Nicholson, and Count Wolscisheimb. respectively American. HORRIBLE DEATH. lioul) i;'i:U. Ore... March 22. An unknown man has been found near a camp lire on the north bank railroad roasted to death. In company with two other men ho had been at I.ylo hist night drinking heavily, and, according to I he stiiiy of his companions, they pro cured a bottle of whisky and wont down to the camp, whore they built a big lire and laid down beside it to sleep. After sleeping for a time two of the men went back to I .vie. leaving their companion asleep. In the early morning when they returned I hey woiv horrified to find that he had rolled into the lire and had been burned almost to a crisp. The men are Russian Finns, and had been employed bv the railroad but a short time. AUSTRIA WILL NOT AGREE TO AMERICAN REQUEST VIENNA. Maivh 22. Secretary Rives of the American embassy informed the foreign ollice that Hellaniy Storrer, the retiring American ambassador, ceased connection with the embassy 011 March 10th, and requested the Austro-Hun-garinn government to agree to the ap pointment of Charles S. Francis imme MANY ENDING IS BRIGHTER Ilritish and Austrian delegates, conferred during the day, but the result id not known. There is an impression, how ever, that it was satisfactory and con fidence is felt that the way is being paved for an early agreement. It is under-tood fresh Austrian proposals farmed the subject of discussion, and though the nature of the proposals was not officially stated, it is believed they contain a revised suggestion for a mixed police at all the Moroccan ports includ ing Ca-a Blanca, instead of French offi cer controlling four ports and Span iards four. The French and Spanish make no direct objection to the plan, but allege it will prove inefficacious. Should the remainder of the delegates, including the Germans, appear deter mined upon such a solution, it is prob able France and Spain will suggest that it be limited to Tangier, and that the other ports be divided. The mixed police scheme which will be proposed by Ambassador White under iustinctioiis from President Roosevelt appears to be the solution of the Franco tiorinan controversy with the greatest possible chance of success. It is stated in influential circles that the delegates have decided to place Tangier and No gador under mixed control, the other ports to be divided, France and Spain each taking three, with an Austrian in specting ollioer who will report monthly to the Sultan and to the diplomatic corps at Tangier. TO ABANDON MARQUAM. PORTLAND. March 22. Calvin Heilig has secured a live-years' lease, begin ning April 1. on the lielasco Theater from lSehisoo, Mayer1 & Co., will abandon the Marquam Grand and will take the Ixlaw & I'.rlanger attractions to the Washington-street house. The Marquam will bo converted into a store and office building. TERRIBLE STORM RAGING. SKATTI.K, March 22 Fishing schoon ers arriving here report terrible gales off Cape Flattery and Northward to the Alaskan coast. It is feared several of the licet are wrecked. diately. This, the foreign office declares, is a most unusual proceeding. Accord ing to European diplomatic traditions Storrer remains ambassador until the presentation of his letters of re-call, either by himself or his successor, and until this is done it must regard Storrer us the American ambassador. V