UUtHIULL AM00IAT10 PRItt MPORT
OOVKRt THI MORNING rilLO ON Tell LOWI COLUMBIA;
VOLUME LXI NO. 145
ASTORIA. OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 16, 1900
PRICE FIVE CENTS
K008EVELT
REPLIES TO TILLMAN'S
SPEECH OF SATURDAY
President Says His Statements Were Most Plain and
There Was Not the Slightest Opportunity
for Misconception By Any One.
PLEDGED HIMSELF TO
DID NtT SAY HE WOULD BE SATISFIED WITH ANY AMENDMENT
WHICH PRESERVED FEATURES OF HEPBURN BILL AT IS
CAME FROM HOUSE NEVER COMMITTED HIM
SELF ON PROPOSITION AT ALL.
WASHINGTON. My U.-The ena
I tonal rate bill incident In the senate
Sutur.ltiy during which Tillman on au
thority uf former Senator Chandler,
nude taten-nU regarding the Presi
dent's MurM In connection with the
pending railroad rate legislation, tome
of which statements were denied by
Si-imtor Idgv on behalf of the Presi
dent, hud iU f. jin-1 this evening when
a ulatmcnt wa issued by the White
Houe giving an account of the ubjcrt
on the part of the President and Attor
ney General Moody. The etatcinent com
piled two letter, one from the Presi
dent t Senator Allinon ami miotli r
from the attorney general to the Presi
dent. IhiIIi were ilut'-d today.
President's Attitude Plain.
The Prcniilrtit ay: "In no ea
either in the cane of Chandler or anyone
el-, was there the klightt opportunity
for any honest mi-conception of my
attitude or any helirf that I pledged
mAself speciflelally to one and only one
amendment or act amendments, or that
I would not lie satisfied with any
amendment or net amendment", op that
I would not be satisfied with any
amendment which preserved the essen
tial feature of the If.pbuin bill a It
came from the house." The President
says that a to many of the amend
ment a, including the ao-culled Long,
Overman, Bacon and Spooner amend
ment, he had aaid he ahnuhl be entirely
satisfied to have them in the bill and
suggested modifications as to the other
amendment", but that "a to none of
the nmendinenta did I ever any. either to
Chandler or to anyone else, that I
should insist upon having them in the
bill a a condition of my approval," and
that on the contrary he (the president.)
was careful to state he was not trying
to dictate nny particular program of co
lon. The President a the statement
made to Senator Chandler were I fie
ame in substance oh those made to
Allison and the other senators of both
parties.
Representative of Tillman.
He sava ho wan asked to see Chand
ENGLAND ASSERTED TO BE
PRACTICALLY UNPROTECTED
LONDON, May 14,-The carl of
Wemyss and March asserted in tho
1Tow of Lords today that the country
was practically without an army and
there are not sixty up to date guns in
the country. The quostion. he said,
would be solved' if the government had
the courage to adopt a system of com
pulsory service at home and a volun
NO KIND OF AMENDMENT
ITS
ler a the representative of Tillman in
I .1 .1 t.. I. Ill .-.1 tV.i i
1'iia.ijjfT up- mil, huu uav kHf wu-
emnce attorney Ueueral Moody had
with Senators Tillman and Bslley were
uch a ha leen held with many other
Senator to determine Ui pharteology
and dicut the effect of the amend
jneuU propoM-d by them. The president
Mutes he became convinced that it was
iiiipoftihle for senator "with advant
age" to use hitn as an intermediary and
Mii'1'e..ii'il to all to whom he sooke that
they communicate with Senator AIlion
wlio purposes and the president' were
"identical."
President on Amendment.
The President aaya It in own opinion U
Unit the Alli'on ainendmeut in no way
change the court of review a provided
in the original Hepburn bill, which is
uIku the opinion of Attorney General
i .MikhIv and Secretaries Root and Taft.
The attorney general's letter gives an
account at the President's request of
conferences which Moody had at the
president's direction with Senators Till
man and Bailey regarding the court of
review feature. He says he advised the
president that he should not at any
stage become finally committed beyond
recall to any form of language in any
part of the bill, and the President af
firmed the wisdom of that course. He
reviews the discussion of interlocutory
( injunctions and concludes that there
was nothing in the conversations' ue
twien the senators and himself which
bound the president to nny particular
amendment.
Tillman Talks Freely.
Senator Tillman tnlked freely tonight
with a number of callers about the
statement issued by President Roose
velt. He expressed a preference, how
ever, not to be quoted, pointing out
that whatever he wished to say on the
subject of the stntement, he would say
on the llooc of the senate. He expected
that the question would he brought to
the front in some way tomorrow. He
discussed the' president's statement to
night with former Senator Chandler and
urged Chandler to issue a statement
tary service abroad. The earl of Ports
mouth, parliamentary secretary of the
war office, replying said the government
had a mobilization scheme under which
it was hoped it could mobilize its forces
for defense as quickly as any conti
nental power. The earl reaffirmed -the
principle that the country must look to
the navy and not the army for defense
against invasion.
ISS
giving the full history of the natter.
Senator Tillman wanted the fact to go
into the newspapers that he did not
In any way initiate the negotiations
with democrats regarding democratic
supMirt of the railroad rate bill and that
he did not ak Chandler to go to the
White House.
NEGRO GETS DESERTS.
KANTMAN. ('... May U.-Mrs. Pope,
a widow, living six mile from here, wax
assaulted by a negro named Wommerek
on Friday night He told her if she
made the assault known he would kill
Mir, and he would I back the next
night. When lie returned Saturday the
woman emptied a revolver at him. The
neighbors, attracted by the shooting
went to Wommerek's house on hearing
Mrs. Pope's story and found him In bed
wounded. Wommerek confessed. He
was taken out and strung up and his
body riddled with bullets, after which
the mob dispersed.
SCHURZ FUNERAL THURSDAY.
NKW YORK, May 14 -The funeral of
Carl Sehurz. who died early today will
take place Thursday in the presence of
his family and close personal friends.
The interment will occur in Sleepy Hol
low Cemetery at Tarrytown.
KILLED BY A
Terrorist Kills Warsaw Police Cap
tain on Street.
SOLDIERS FIRE INTO CROWD
People Quickly Gather and When the
Trouble U Finally Ended Four
Are Dead and Nine
teen Wounded.
WARSAW. May M.-Wliile police
Captain Constantinoff was standing in
the street this evening with two police
men and four soldiers, a young man
threw a lomb into the group. The ex
plosion literally tore Constantinoff to
pieces and wounded the policeman and
six other persons. The assassin tried
to escape and firing his revolver wound
ed a soldier. Th- other soldiers replied
with a volley, killing the assassin and
two other persons. The soldiers then
attacked the people, who had gathered, j
with their bayonets and tine butts of i
their guns, wounding eleven and making I
a total of four killed and nineteen j
wounded. The terrorists iiav0 sought!
Constautiiiotl since May Day of last
year, when lie ordered the soldiers to j
llw on a procession of socialists, causing
the death of thirty persons.
REVOLTING STORY.
LONDON. May 14. A revolting story
of Macedonian barbarity is related by
the Telegraph's Vienna, correspondent.
In a recent conflict the Turkish troops
killed fourteen Greeks. They refused
to let them bury the dead. When the
Turks withdrew a band of Hurgiuians
appeared with a number of dogs which
devoured the bodies. The Greeks in re
venge ambushed the Bulgarians, captur
ing eighty, whom they massacred, in
cluding both women and children, after
subjecting them to the crudest torture.
FIND REMAINS.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 14,-After a
search of twenty-seven days in the
ruins of tliir former place of business,
E. J. Johnson today found the charred
temain of his partner and lifelong
frieni, Theodore Hansen.
BOMB
ES
DASTARDLY CRIME.
PKNKACOI.A, Kbi., May 14In Santa
Rosa County ten miles north of Milton
last night an itinerant preacher named
Akerman, his wife and seven children
were killed arid their bodies cremated in
their home, which was burned by the
aaiti. The crime was discovered this
morning. An examination shows that
Akerman and bis wife were struck on
the head with a blunt instrument, their
skulls being crushed. The citizens of
Milton offer IMXjO reward for the mur
derers' capture.
QUIET DAY IN SENATE.
WASHINGTON. May 14-The session
of the senate today passed without an
exciting incident and without the adop
tion of a single amendment to the rail
road rate bill notwithstanding that
measure was under consideration nearly
all the day. The most characteristic
feature of the day was the rejection of
amendments. This was accomplished,
either by direct vote or by process of
laying on the table.
QUEER FREAEI.
MADEIRA, Cab. May 14.-A sensa
tion was caused today when the sur
geon, who held the autopsy over David
Lichly discovered that bis heart waa on
the right side.
CHANDLER SILENT
Refuses to Discuss Statement of
the President.
DESIRES RATE LEGISLATION
Former Senator Chandler Will Not
Talk Concerning Roosevelt'a State
mentHe is Not an Emmis
sary of Tillman.
WASHINGTON. May 14. Former
Senator Chandler refused to discuss the
statement from the White House. He
indicated he did not expect to make a
statement. He also indicated that he
was very anxious to have the railroad
rate legislation enacted. Regarding his
visits to the White House Chandler said
that previous to his invitation to call
to see tho president on March 31, fol
lowing which hie conferred with the
President concerning the pending rate
bill, he bad not been to the White
House for1 about a month and previous
to the invitation had no intention of
going there. lie said he did not go to
the White House as an emissary of
Tillman, but in response to the Presi
dent's invitation.
BODIES BURNED.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 14. The fate
of three girls who perished in the ruins
of Prost's bakery on Sixth street as a
lvsult of the earthquake and fire, was
established today. Sometime ago the
charred remains of a girl named Bock,
were found. Today William Burmister
searched the ruins for the remains of
his sister. Tlie girl wore a peculiar ring,
which her brother found together with
some human teeth and bones. A third
girl, named Allen, who was employed in
the bakery has not been soen since
April 17. Three young women slept in
the rear of the store.
FIRST TRAWLER ARRIVES.
VICTORIA, May 14. The steam
trawler Celestial Empire arrived today
from Liverpool. It is the first vessel
to engage in trawl fishing on the North
Pacific Coast.
STATEMENT
COLD RAIN CAUSES MUCK
MISERY 10 HOMELESS
San Francisco is Deluged By Cold and Disagreeable
Rain, Which Is Source of Discomfort to
Thousands of Shelterless.
ASHES IN SKY BELIEVED
COMMITTEE ON SPECIAL SESSIO N OF THE LEGISLATURE UNANI
MOUSLY DECIDE TO EXTEND PRESENT FIFTY-YEAR LEASES
TO NINETY YEARS REGARDED AS A GREAT STEP
TOWARD PROGRESS. '
SAN FRANCISCO. May 14.-The
cold, disagreeable rain which fell this
afternoon created much misery among
the refugee in the camp and even
caused annoyance to house holders who
were cooking in the street. Though it
is the middle of May the rain is un
usual at this period, and the - ashes
which drifted into the sky during the
conflagration are believed to have con
centrated sufficient moisture to cause
many drizzles for some time to come.
It is most unfortunate at this time when
CONSULS WILL EXPLAIN.
WASHINGTON, May 14. Two other
ex-consular officers, besides Robert Mc
Wade, who were mentioned unfavorably
in the famous "Confidential Report" of
Assistant Secretary Pierce have taken
exception to the charges made against
them and appeared at the state depart
ment to get an opportunity to clear
themselves. They are 0car E. Wil
liams, former consul to Singapore and
Richard F. Greener, former commercial
agent at Vladivostoek. They will be
permitted to make further replies to
the senate.
AFTER INDIAN OUTLAWS.
VINITA. I. T May 14. iAn Indian
runner arrived late tonight with the
news that the Wickliffe's, the Indian
outlaws, are located, being on the hilts
near Shavinaw. Marshal Darrough is
sending bloodhounds. He will go him
self w ith a pose in the morning. A fight
tis expected.
TRAIN STRIKES CATTLE.
SEATTLE, May 14.-The Seattle
Tacoma Interurban Limited was behind
time and while running fifty miles an
hour, struck a herd of cattle near Orilla
late this afternoon and was derailed.
The train slid 100 feet before it stopped.
The forty passengers escaped with slight
bruises.
PARLIAMENT POSTPONE
REPLY TO THE THRONE
ST. PETERSBURG, May 14.-Fornier
Premier Witt again took a prominent
part today in the conference of the
council of the empire, successfully in
sisting that the adoption of a reply to
the speech from the throne be post
poned until a regular meeting of the
council, when the members of the press
were present. Nevertheless a preju
TO HAYE CAUSED RAIN
a third of the San Francisco people is
camping. Happily the rain was of anon
duration and was followed by sun
shine. At a meeting of the committee on a
special session of the legislature today
it was unanimously decided that in the
present fifty-year leases the law be
changed to permit ninety-nine yean
leases. This is looked upon by real es
tate men as an important step and that
under the hew conditions rebuilding will
progress rapidly.
SUIT BEGUN.
NEW YORK, May 14. A suit haa
been begun by the Mutual Life against
Robert Oliphant, Charles E. Miller and
James C Holden. trustees and member
of the Mutual'. committee on expendi
tudes, and against the estate of the
late John Herrick, a former member of
the committee, to recover such sums at
have been wasted through alleged negli
gence of the defendants. The suits were
begun by serving the summons on May
9th. The action is the result of revela
tions of mismanagement in the Mutual's
supply department.
NO QUORUM IN HOUSE.
WASHINGTON. May 14. The house
had under consideration today bill's re
lating to the District of Columbia. The
house adjourned in the absence of a
quorum postponing action on the bills
under consideration, which will be tak
en up tomorrow.
MAY DAY DISORDERS. 1
ST. PETERSBURG, May 14.-Tele-grams
from many towns in the province
reports no May day disorders, though
most of the morkmen have ceased work,
except at Vologda where serious rioting
has occurred during which the Governor
and many others were wounded.
diced reply is already prepared and haa
been sent by the Associated Press.
Though delicately expressed the reply
virtually contains a demand for amnesty
of political prisoners not guilty of mur
der or robbery. In other respects the
reply seems designed to disarm the sus
picion that it is to be the rule of the
upper chamber to block the legislation
proposed by the lower house. .