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if Xj,mH )J0)U "0 S3 35 otitt UBLItHIWFUtL AttOOIATMO Pftltt ftlFORT COVIRS THK MOANING PIILO ON Trfl LOW! COLUMBIAN VOLUME LXI NO. 151 ASTORIA. OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 21, 1906 PRICE FIVE CENTS t(1 Clr i,CEi I J l r CZAR PARLIAMENT DEPUTATION REFUSED AN AUDIENCE Emperor Denies Receiving House to Present Reply to Throne Tells Members to Confer With Court. DEPUTIES CONSIDER THE REFUSAL AN INSULT REPLY OF NICHOLAS THROWS ENTIRE LOWER HOUSE INTO WILD RAGE AND PARLIAMENT AT ONCE CALLED TO MEET TO DAY TO TAKE ACTION-CIVIL WAR MAY BE THE RESULT OF THE NEW FRICTION. ST. PKTKKSJll'lMS, May 20. A bomb M-n throu-n into (he parliament iv ramp l lit afternoon by a note re ceived by President Mouromtseff of tint lower house, from Prterhof, which. In- Mead of making tin appointment at which Iip mill it deputation could pre sent the addro in reply to the speech from tin- throne contained the informa tion that the empcHir would not receive the iltiiitiition nml the address imit lie prf -.fill cil through the iniiiitry of the rourt. )iwomi-rtr,tl utterly at this un expected development thi leader of the majority hastily summoned a canon of the constitutional democrat. The presi dent Instead of sending tin addr to Itarnn Frederick. minister of the Im perial House, immediately railed a meeting of pitriiament for tomorrow morning. A mot heated meet in- It in proa pert. The first disposition of the caucus of the eonatitutlonnl democrat, which was in session nil the afternoon and even ing and which at midnight had not con cluded. wn to regard the refusal to receive the deputation as a challenge and nn open affront which wa only answerable- hy a counter declaration of war. The doputie were wild with rage hut after the flrt passion, the cooler MOB THE OFFICERS. SHELBY, Ohio, May 20. When Coir utable Iluck and hia deputy walked on tiio Diamond hero today, armed with warrant issued at the instance of the law and order league for the arrest of the player of the Mansfield and Shelby haselmll ten ins, 20.000 spectators swarm cd out upon the field nnd surrounded the officer, who were beaten anfl cuffed and jeered by the excited crowd. The olll ccr escaped under police protection, Justice Sattry, who issued the war rants, was aitting in a buggy in the ground nnd his vehicle was surround EXPLORATION EXPEDITION STARTS FOR FAR NORTH VICTORIA, May 20-Thc Duchess of Bedford with the Anglo-American Arctic exploration expedition on board, nailed this evening for the Arctic with the object of seeking a large stretch of un discovered land believed to exist in tho Bering Sea, Northwest of the Alaskan coast and incidentally to conduct goo logical, geographical, ethnological and other scientific work. The expedition THROWS Deputation from Lower leaders recognised the danger of too precipitate action and net for them aelrea the tank of brimming their en raged follower under control. The cool er head seemed ultimately to be pre j vailing, hut it i almost certain the radical group, accompanied hy a portion of the peasants will regain their way tomorrow and endeavor to force the i house into miiiip llcrv declaration i again"! the government and the em ! pcror, which might compel an imme it tit t i upline, entailing dissolution and I civil war. An interesting con-tit lit ionu 1 point i involved in the emperor' re , fiioul. According to parliamentary law the preKident submits to the emperor the transaction of the lower house, but it i not Htntel whether he doea o j M ronlly and n deputation is now nu- j thori.ed. According to a member of the I ministry, the emperor is willing to re ceive the President alone, hut believes ! it a dangerous precedent to permit the I deputation to escort him aa thin might ! eventually lie increased until the whole parliament should le included in the deputation. This milliliter intimated if the leaders desire to avoid a rupture. they would do so hy accepting instruc tions to present the address through the ministry or direct to the president of the house, who would alone apply for an audience. ed and the wheel removed bir the crowd, which, however, offered no vio lence to the justice. PIUS IS BETTER. ROME. May 20. Dr. Lapponi visited Tope Pius three times today. The tern peiature of his holiness during the day was somewhat over 00 degrees, but to night ho had no fever. Pain incident to the attack were somewhat diminish ed and the movement of the limb was eased. Liipponi considers his patient progressing satisfactorily nnd hopes the at tuck will soon be over. is headed by Captain Ejnar Mikellsen, the Danish navigator nnd Ernest De K. Lcfflngwell, the Chicago geologist. The others member of the party are Ejnar Ditlevson, the Danish artist and lioo logistj George Howe of Harvard and seven members of the navigating crew, making a total of eleven. Stefannsee of Harvard, an ethnologist has started for .Hersehcl Island where he will meet the .vessel on August 20. ORDERED TO SANTO DOMINGO. PHILADELPHIA. May 21. The crui ser Columbia is being hastily prepared at league Island for sea and will leave for Santa Domingo tomorrow with 000 marine, t'nder hurry order from the Navy Department a detachment of ma rine from Boston, Hrooklyn. Washing ton and Norfolk arrived here during the day and went aboard the Columbia. Stop at Guantanamo. WASHINGTON. May 20-The rrulser Columbia will make her firt stop at (iiiiinlanaino, where further orders will be given her commander. The navy de partment declines to indicate the pur pose of sending marines to the West Indies, but declared it had no hearing on the Kanto Domingo situation. The navy department i watching closely for any sign of the reported filibustering movement from Porto ltieo to Santo Domingo. STEAMER FLOATED. NAGASAKI, May 20.-The German mail steamer Roon of the North Ger man I.loyd China line, which ran ashore on Okl Hand on May 1ft, ha been floated and arrived here today. Her paftctiger were reeued and landed a Moji. DAYS ARE NUMBERED Russian Parliament Has Not Long to Live. PLOT TO ARREST MEMBERS Court Party Already Regards Parlia ment as Dead Crowns Will Prob ably Dissolve Parliament in the Near Future. LONDON, May 20.-The Tribune's St Petersburg correspondent claims to have obtained information of a plot to sur round Tauride Palace, and arrest the members of Parliament and proclaim TrepofT dictator in the event of Nicho las failing to abolish parliament. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Telegraph declares that the days of the , Russian parliament are numbered. He says: "In the eyes of the court party, par liament is already dead and the only question being how and when to arrange a decent burial. My belief is that the crown will dissolve parliament, anil promulgate a narrow electoral law and order new elections which will result in the return of it own partisans." FUNERAL DRIVERS STRIKE. NEW YORK, May 20. The strike of the funeral drivers' association, local No. 104, which involved the whole ter ritory of Manhattan below 140th street went into effect today. The fact that twelve of the thirty-five conch owners ncccedcd to th dinands of the strikers lessened the ineonvenenoc, but about thirty funerals had to be postponed and others were conducted under difficulties PALMA INAUGURATED. HAVANA. May 20,-Fresident Palma was inaugurated at noon today in the presence of the high dignitaries of the country and the members of the diplo matic corps in full uniform. None of the liberal members of congress- attend ed. The oath of office was administered by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. DOWN CORONATION OF KING HAAKON. CIIKJ.STIAXIA, Norway, May 20. I'lepurationn are already been made for the coronation of King Haakon on June 22. That day ha been selected because 22 is King Haakon' lucky num ber. The king ha resolved decidedly that there shall l no procession, though en energetic agitation ha sought to move his objection, which is of a relig ion character. The bishop of Trond join will pour the sacred oil on the king' naked breast. after which Premier Miekelscn, aisted hy a priest, will set the crown on the king's head. The Price and Princes of Wale are confidently expected to ! present. FATAL AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT. Miir,, i'a.. Alav so, one woman is killed and three other persons are in the hospital in a serious condition as the reult of an automobile accident on (he jke Rosid shortly after midnight this morning near (iirard. The party left Cleveland early in the evening to make the run to Erie with the intention of going to Buffalo in the morning. In turning a sharp curve at high speed the machine crashed into a telegraph pole throwing the occupants out. The machine turned over on top of them. FIRE BURNED OUT Disasterous Forest Fires Seem to Be Over. THOUSANDS MADE HOMELESS Almost Certain That aooo Persona Are Homeless, Besides iooo Left Deso late at Quinnesec People Aie All Hopeful. MILWAUKEE. May 20. The staff correspondent of the Sentinel who has toured the upper peninsula telegraphs that the fire appears practically out. It seems certain that now 2000 persons are homeless, besides 1000 left desolate at Quinnesec. The Quinnesec fire how ever was of different origin from the Kscanuba fire, having started in a field where the men were burning debris. This fine spread to the city, wiping out everything except three residences and the paper mills, end then spread into the timber nnd running north for forty miles joined the flames east of Eecan aba. It was also learned today that Woodlawn, Kingsley and Terkins are destroyed. Stories of kittles against the flames are numerous. Downs of towns were saved only by the most desperate battle with the flamos. Northland, a town of 10(H) inhabitants was three times threat ened. The fire was checked each time at . distance of only ten yards from the houses on the outskirts of town. A emarkable feature of the fire is the fact that nearly all the refugees are not disheartened, but 'determined to return and begin over. CRISIS IMMINENT. VIENNA, May 20. A new Hungarian erisi is imminent owing to the refusal of Emperor Francis Joseph to approve the Hungarian cabinet's demand for an autonomous' Hungarian tariff. The Aus trian premier holds an independent tariff incompatible with what the common Austro-Hungnrian customs are. BOMB EXPLODES. T-OniYW ITranon Mav 90 A Kitmk exploded at St. Charles today.- Seeral were dangerously wounded and seTeral slightly. . - GAUNT CONGRESS TO CONSIDER MANY IMPORTANT BILLS Railroads, Statehood, Consalar, Naturalization, Pure Food', Indian and Army Appropriatons Are Among Matters to Come Up. SITUATION IN RUSSIA COMING WEEK EXPECTED TO SEE IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS IN RUSSIAN POLITICAL ARENA ANNUAL REGATTA OF AMER ICAN ROWING ASSOCIATION TO OCCUR ON MAY 6 HARD CONTESTS EXPECTED. WASHINGTON. D. C, May 20. The following is a forecast of the week's events: The railroad rate bilk the statehood bill, the diplomatic and consulate hill, the naturalization bill, the pure food bill, the conference report on the In dian and army appropriation bills, are all possibilities of the present week. The diplomatic bill, according to pro gram, will be called tip Tuesday. It is a small measure, and unless it is made the vehicle for a set speech it will require but a day or two. The bill w ill likely be the subject of more or less discussion when the motion is made to ,the conference. Just what will be the character and length of this discussion cannot be definitely ascertained. Con ferences on the statehood bill indicate a preliminary report is not a distant possibility. The pure food hill will be called up at any time when the appro priation bills or other privileged mat-( S. A. D. PUTER IS ARRESTED IN ALAMEDA. SAN FRANCISCO. May 20. S. A. D. Puter, wanted by the Federal authorities of Oregon to answer to a charge of complicity in the land frauds was arrested at Alameda tonight. SAVING MONEY. CHICAGO, May 20. W. G. Voliva. the present head of the Christian Cav alry church announced today that be tween January 15 and May 19 he had reduced the expenses of the church from $9800 per month to $3800 per month by a reduction of the working force and the cutting of salaries. In the same manner a cut of $70,000 per annum was made in the eeelesiatical department. Voliva announced the resignation of John G. Excell from the office of gen eral ecclesiastical secretary owinj to his INDICTED LAND VIGOROUSLY DENY GUILT LOS ANGELES, May 20 The several Los Angeles business and professional men indicted at Portland in connection with the land frauds in that state, all deny that they have any connections whatever with the alleged crime. War ren Gillelen, president of the Broadway Bank & Trust Company and among the best known of the indicted men states positively that he is not interested in LET IS NEARINC A CRISIS ters are not under consideration. The senate today will take up the legislative, executive, and judicial ap propriation bill, and after that the im migration bill. Owing to the attention paid the rate bill ol late, there is no well defined program for future legisla tion and no one has definite authority to state just what course will be pur sued. For all who have followed the pro gress of Russia's struggle for govern mental reform, this week will hold great interest as it is expected an an swer to the replies to the speech from the throne will be made today or to morrow. The annual regatta of the American rowing association, often called thej "American Henley" will take place at Philadelphia on May 26. The crews of the prominent colleges of the country will be entered and spirited contest are expected. lack of sympathy with some o the doctrines of the church. The condition of Dr. Dowie today was said to be un changed. "V , IMPORT NON-UNION MEN. T! STEUBENVILLE, . May 20. Two more carloads of non union men were brought into the neighborhood of the United States Coal Company's mines today and an attempt will be made to operate the mines. Another lot is ex pected tomorrow. There is no trouble with the union men although they ap peared sullen. All were closely guard ed. Union workers are firm in their refusal to return to work. BUSINESS HOUSES BURN. " MEDICAL LAKE. May 20. Fire this morning on Lake street destroyed four frame business houses. The loss Was $13,000 and the insurance $6000. The principal losers were David Gribbling and the Harris Drug Company. FRAUDERS any Oregon land deals and insist there must be some mistake. R. W. Kenny, while admitting the above named insti tution of which he is cashier, made a loan on some Oregon land, says they had no connection with the matter, fur ther than the simple transaction of an ordinary business proposition. The oth er indicted men are equally strong in their denial. ' '