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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (March 28, 1906)
i V UBLISHIS PULL AMOOIATID PHIS MPORT UOVERS THC MORNING FICLO ON THE LOWEfi COLUMBIA.! VOLl'MK LXI NO. Hill I ASTORIA. ORKdON. WKDNKSDAV, MARCH 28 190fi PRICE FIVE CENTS 4 ROME ASKS 0 NATIONAL C0MIT1EE OFFICERS ' ACCEPTED MONEY FROM COMPANIES Cortelyou, Perkins and Bliss Charged by District At torney With Accepting Insurance Funds for Campaign Committees. EVIDENCE OF FRAUD JEROME APPEARS BEFORE MAGISTRATE MOSS AND PETITIONS FOR WARRANTS JUDGE ISSUES SUBPOENAS FOR PROCURING WITNESSES WHO WILL FURNISH REQUIRED EVI DENCE TO SECURE WARRANTS. NEW YORK. Mmrh 27. Di.lrlrt At torney Jerome today appeared before Magitrnte Mo ant applied for war rant to le H"l in toting the Ifalit y of the contribution of imoitame money to the f uttdt f the political campaign committed. Till" IHI Itl( of 110 JH-r-nl) Wllf. mentioned nt the lime. After liatening to Ji0C, Mo aid Irf'fol he wotid lue any warrant in the matter, evi dence would have to be presented that 11 rriinp linil been committed. To lliui e titlilili evidence di-rome kcd tlir is suance of u number of nubiioenn in lilntil. to ! iim'iI in John loc proceed ing before the luaKi1 rnt. Late today tin' ubpoena were issued. All of tin t idcuce at. th ilinMul of the district attorney, it wa sUted. will be presi nt ed to the court, and the magistrate will then determine whether or not tin- war rant hall he issued. In taking thi action loilay Jerome in carrying out the policy announced before Jutice O'Sulli San lu-t Friday, when li defended hi previously expressed opinion that no cilme hml been committed In connection with campaign contribution, O'Sullivan, however, held if it could SENATE BUSINESS. Tilman and McCumber Take up Time of Senate. WASHINGTON, Murch 27. -Tillman and McCumber divided the time of the Semite today, the North Dakota Sena tor devoting hlniBelf to railroad rate legislation excliiHivcly while the South (arolian disunited various intention. Tillman made special iittpi i i- concern ing hi reolut ion relative to I he ue of the national bank fund in politic, and incidentally Hpoke of district at torney Jerome's recent utterance and of Judge Humphrey' decision in the beef truit caeB declaring the govern ment had repented merely what hud been sown in the cuse of former sec retary Morton. Fomker defended Judge Humphrey, and Tillman declared he had not meant to attack tlie judge, but the law. PRINCE ARTHUR WELCOMED BY CANADIAN OFFICIALS VICTORIA. March 27.Trinee Arthur of Connnught, nephew of King Ktlwiud mill his suite arrived here today from .la pun on the Canadian Pacific liner Km r of Japan. The steiunsliip was tnet Licuteniint-flovernoi' Sir Henri Joli otbiner, l'tninier Mcllride and ineni of the cabinet. At the wharf an 'OR TEiK.EE INSURANCE TO BE GIVEN AT ONCE l hou'ii there won intent to defraud Hie rightful owner of property, It n for the grind jury to uy whither or not the rntw wan one of larceny, Jerome asked O'Sullivan to iue a warrant against George W. Perkins, former vice- president of the New York Life in order that a writ of haliean corpus might be obtained and that teh matter lie taken nt once to the highest court, Jerome aUi (indented that if contributing to I he campaign fundi by the insurance companies constituted larceny, tlie mat Icr involved chairman George H. Cortel you and Treasurer Corncliu V. 1111 of tlie Itepiiblican National Committee in the matter of receiving tolen goods. ('Sullivan declined to act in the matter aying there weer plenty of magistrates before whom the matter could lie plac ed, llcforc Magistrate Mo Issued the subpoenas today, he examined Darwin IV Kinksloy, vice -president of the New York Life. Edmond V. ltandolph, treasurer, and several employe of the New York Life eio examined in the district attorney's olllce this afternoon. It wad said to night that Perkins had agreed to ap pear at the proceeding tomorrow. PRAISE FOR WHITE. American Algeciras Representative Has Cracked Moroccan Nut, AI.tiKClUAS, March 27. American delegate hliowered congratulation over Ambassador White' aiigaeioii inter vention which has made possible a speedy termination of the conference After the AiiHlrinu proposal yesterday left the French and Ccinuins still oc cupying totaly opposite standpoints While and hi colleague drew up a fresh scheme wheivhy the inspector general will report simultaneously ti tin- Sultan ami the diplomatic corps, and giving the hitter authority to order in ipiirics into the working of the police, llins safeguarding the interests of any foreiL'ii L'overnmeut. .No one now sees I lie slightest plssibh- obstacle for final accord. The next plenary meeting will be Thiiivday. iiftmensc crowd assembled where a guard of honor was placed. The prince was conducted to the Parliament building where Mayor Morley presented an ad dress of welcome. I.ntci' luncheon and an olliciul dinner was tendered Prince Arthur. The prince and hi party will leave for the Kast on Saturday. REBATE CASE UP. I'llll.ADCI.rUIA, .March 27. Mem Im-i. of the til in of H. J). Wood 4 Co., iron manufacturer, were pluced on trial today in the United State court charg ed with accepting relmtei from the (ireat Northern Railroad ami the Mutual Tiaimit Co., on shipment to Winnepcg. The amount of the rebate is JI2.W. Thin i the first rebate case to come to trial in thin state under the Elkins' law. STILL RECOGNIZE STORER. VIENNA, March 27. Amba-yidor Ston-r in recalleil anil Secretary Rive of the embassy haw ben named a the chaige, and aiked that he be treated In that capacity. The disptched wa re ceived todav from .Secretary Root. HUNT GREEK EIRE Adams of Pocatcllo Digging Deadly Material. Up HIDDhN UNDER OLD SAWMILL Terrible Mixture Was to Have Been Used in Burning Alive Carload of Non-Union Men Men Es caped by Miracle. IIOISK, Marvh 27. Steve Adam, one of the men who confessed regarding their connection with crime in Colorado and in this state charged against the so called Inner Circle of the Western Fed eration of Miners, was taken to Poca tello today to dig up a lot of material designated as Creek Kire which he claim wa buried there in the summer of 1003. Adam in his confession said he was sent by Moyer and Haywood to Poca tcllo to inteivept a carload of non union men being sent from the Couer d'Alencs to Colorado, lie was, ho said, directed to kill the entire lot and ex pected to do so with the (!reok Fire, This was to be thrown into the car where it would immediately envelope everything with lire that nothing could extinguish. The ear did not come through as expected, and Adams buried j the stuff ill an old sawmill building, packing the bottles of Creek Fire in a tin can. He is certain be could go to the spot and uneaiHli the cache. A special to the Statesman from Po catcllo' uys the place is now used as a stable and Adams is digging up the lloor to Hud the ciichc. One glass stop per was found, which Adams thinks be longs to one of the small bottles. He says he took the stull' to Pocatcllo in n canvass telescope and threw that behind the mill when he buried the bottles. The owner of the building, J. C. Weeter. it is alleged, found the telescope exactly where Adams says he placed it. WILLIE WINS. NEW YORK, .March 27.-Willie Hop pe, the llt-year-old billiard champion of the world, successfully defended the title which he won from Vignaux nt Paris, by defeating George Slosson, the veteran player tonight by a score of 500 to 302. Hoppo also won a side bet of $500 and gate receipts which amount to over $5000. WARRANTS CONFER OVER BRISTOL. WASHINGTON. Maid, : A lengthy confeieiHi- was held tills afternoon lie tween tlie 1'iesident and several inem-In-r- of the cabinet, solicitor General lloyt and I'. J. Ib-ney, No statement wa obtained, but it is understood the conference related to the case of T'nit-d State. Attorney I'.ii-tol of Oregon. RUSSIANS COMING. OpKMIAGKN. Marc h 27. - Russian emigration to the I'niled States by way; of Copenhagen is on in full swing, lHWi having b ft last week. According to j the steamship agent- a weekly average, of 2Ki may Ik- exp ete,! this spring le- j sides the lar-je tratlic via the German. ports. THREE ARE IDENTIFIED. QUINCY. 111., March 27.-H is posi tively known that l-onard Keck, Fred crick Nicolay and W ilfred Dickhut, three young men who left her- for MeCloud Col., were killed in the wreck at Adol. One of the survivors has written he left them in the smoking car not ten minute before the accident and their Ixxlies must have been completely in chiernted. PROCEEDINGS ENDED Taking of Testimony in Standard Oil Suits Concluded. SENSATIONALISM IS DENIED Counsel For Standard Oil Charges That Hadley Tried to Conduct Hearings in Sensational Manner Had ley Says Charge is False. NEW YORK. March 27.-The taking of testimony in this city ended today in the ouster procedings of the State of Missouri against the Standard. Republic and Waters-Pierce Oil Company. At to dav's adjournment Attorney General Hadlev instructed Commissioner San born lief ore whom the witnesses testified to send certified copies of the testimony o the Supreme Court of Missouri, where t will Iwi-oiiie lmi-t of the records in the case. Practically the last move Hadlev made in the case wa to intro duce testimony showing the difficulty under which most of the witnesses who were in any wav connected with the Standard Oil Company were served. Tie put on record the fact that every effort had been made to secure the testimony of John 1). Rockefeller, but none had succeeded. During the examination of a subpoena server, the. counsel for the defendant companies brought out that the man hud received money from the newspapers for stories of his experiences in trying to serve some of the Standard Oil men. The counsel declared these fact were brought out to show "There has been a lot of grandstanding and advertising about this, and a lot of sensationalism." "The only sensationalism there has been in this ease has been the sensa tional attempts of these witnesses to evade the service of subpoenas," replied Hadlev. FOUR FOR THREE AGAINST. BELGRADE, March 27. According to the Tampa, the Servian commercial agent at London Informed the cabinet of Great Britain of the stipulated dis missal of eleven Regicide officials con- nected with the assassination of Alex ander and Queen Draga ns a condition of the preliminary resumption of dip lomatic relations. After a heated dis cussion four ministers favored the ac ceptance and three others opposed it. JOHNSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, IS SWEPT BY 1 FIRE Fire Which Started At Half Past Twelve This Morn ing Threatens to Consume the Entire Busi ness Section of the City. PROPERTY LOSS ALREADY OVER ONE MILLION AT THREE O'CLOCK THIS MORNING FLAMES HAD CAUSED DEATH OF ONE MAN AND PERHAPS ANO THER THE PROPERTY LOSS THREATENS TO RIVAL MEMORABLE JOHNSTOWN FLOOD ELECTR IC LIGHTS OUT. j JOHNSTOWN, PA., MARCH 23 A FIRE WHICH STARTED AT 12:30 THIS MORNING, AND IS STILL BURNING AT 3 A. M., CAUSED THE DEATH OF ONE ILiX, AND PERHAPS ANOTHER, AND THREATENS TO INFLICT A PROPERTY LOSS THAT MAY RIVAL THE MEMORABLE JOHNSTOWN FLOOD. THE DAMAGE IS ALREADY OVER $1,000,000. THE WHOLE" HUSIXKSS DISTRICT IS IN IMMINENT PERIL OF BEING FLAME SWEPT. THE TOWN IS WITHOUT ELECTRIC LIGHT OR TOWER, THE WIRES HAVING BEEN BURNED OUT. SPEAKER RILED. Charges of Shackleford Are Repudiat ed by Speaker Cannon. WASHINGTON, March 27. The house today witnessed a most unusual scene, the speaker rising on the floor in the midst of a spirited discussion on reci procity and tariff revision and disclaim ing responsibility for the difference between the minority members. It was toward the close of the debate on the urgent deficiency bill when Shackleford of Missouri, rose to explain what he intended to say last week in relation to the Missouri volunteers bill, when he wa- taken from the lloor by Tawney who objected to the personal character of his remarks. Shackleford read his remarks which charged the speaker with holding up the bill referred to. The speaker instantly arose on the comple tion of Shnek Word's statement, very pale, but carrying a look of determina tion, and said a voice which carried to every corner of the chamber: "If it atToitls him (Schaekleford) any consolation to make me a stalking horse on account of a quarrel with the minor ity leader, well and good." Applause rang through the hall which was hushed by the chairman's deter mined effort not to let the House get away from the point at issue. The major portion of the day was taken up with discussions on reciprocity and tariff reviison, incident to the passage of the urgent deficiency bill. CHANCELLOR CRISIS. German Emperor and Chancellor Von Bulows Are at Outs. BERLIN, March 27.-Chaneellor Von Bulows in relation to Emperor William ENRAGED CITIZENS TRY TO LYNCH A MINISTER LA JUNTA, Colo., March 27-Rev. W. Gourley Connell, former pastor of the Presbyterian church at Lamar, who is charged with immoral conduct and vio lation of the age of consent law, was safely lodged in jail here today after having been hastily removed from MEN has been the subject of much talk among ! the public recently. Now and then a German newspaper has printed a guard i ed intimation of a "chancellor crisis" which was prqmptiy denied by,1 the) newspapers having official connections. The case of the disagreement is said to ! lie appointments with the Emperor is j said to have made without either consul j ting the chancellor, or as has been the custom, of appointing the chancellor's j nominees. Outwardly there is no ap ' pearance of a break, the emperop and I the chancellor maintaining apparently t cordial relations. Nevertheless, the chan cellor's ill wishes here utilized the op portunity to conduct a limited press campaign against him. WOMAN HAD ACCOMPLICE. STOCKTON. Cal.. March 27. The be- lief is growing owing to the develop j ment of additional evidence, that Mrs. ; Le Doux had an accomplice in the Mc- 1 ': i ... . i icai iiiuruei , aim an uiiMiowu man took the north bound train the night the crime was committed leaving the woman to get out of the difficulty as best she could. NO AGREEMENT. INDIANAPOLIS. March 27. The joint scale committee of operators and miners today reported their disagree ment to the joint conference and after a session of three hours adjourned to meet tomorrow. The discussions this afternoon showed the miners and opera tors were no nearer a wage agreement than in January when the first confer ence was held. The present scale will expire Saturday and unless an agree ment is reached here, 125,000 miners will be called out. Lamar in order to prevent a lynching. Several hundred men thronged the streets threatening to hang the minister. On being arraigned in court, Connell waived examination, acknowledging his guilt. Under a heavy guard he was re moved to Las Animas where he was placed ou a train and brought here.