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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
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ROME ASKS
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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.