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VOLUME LXI NO. 151
ASTORIA. OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 21, 1906
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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.
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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. ' '