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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (May 26, 1906)
W II Hi! OOVIRt THK MOHNINO FIILO ON Trtt LOWK COLUMBIA UailSHUI'ULL AMOOIATtO MMS MPOST VOLUME LXI NO. 150 ASTORIA. OREGON, SATURDAY. MAY 26. 1906 PRICE FIVE CENTS ; ''''''''''-' 11 1 1 Hi M FISTIC CARNIVAL THRONE 111 HOUSE THIS Premier Goremykin Will Read Czar's Answer to House's Address in Reply to Speech from Throne Reply Outlined By "Strana." REFORM IS SUGGESTED "STRANA," A CONSERVATIVE-LIBERAL PAPER SAYS GOVERNMENT'S REPLY WILL RECOMMEND REFORM IN LOCAL ADMINISTRA TIONS, BUT OTHERWISE IS FOR THE MOST PART NE GATIVE. st. ruTKHsnntii, May I'rrmifr Goremykln tomorrow afternoon will r.-atl liffyio the lower hou of pi liameiit ( lit government' reply to the address in rt-ply to the speech from ttii throne mill ii nnoii n tlic iro friiitrrnt ' policy. The eonnervativc-lilicriil newspaper, "St mini", which I'luiiiu to have inside inforinivtion say the ilrrlarntion will take up iiinl answer point by point to the house nddre. tin responses to tin' demand on nl! tlu iiiiport.int ngrariuu question, being n Hut pronouiiciaiiiciito on tin' n ioliihility of private property n n 1 1 the recommendation I lint solution should 1m- sought in improving ninl in ANNOUNCE REDUCTION. SAN' KUANCINCO. May 25. - The Southern 1'iicille anil Simla I'c ninl the Armour and Santa Fe Refrigerator Cur line have unnouneed a considerable re duction in refrigerator or icing rate on preen fruit shipment from California point to Chicago nnd New York for the dccidttouit fruit shipping boh mm, which tutu just opened, Orchard 1st and railroad freight peo ple state that, the green fruit shipment ent thin season will he very large and give promise of nmouuting to "fXMl ear, including heavy consignment of grape during the late Rummer nnd fall month, they cxtinmte the aggregate value of these shipments at Nomcthlng like $12, (11(0,000 or $U,000,(KM). There are still 5000 ears of orange to lie shipped east, while the number" ulrendy forwarded at 2r.(MK1 earn. These 30,000 ears represent 10,5(10,000 boxes and the railwuy people wty those shipment will average $.1 a l.oy or a total of $31,6SO,000 for the HOUHon, TRAIN ARRIVES. MADRID, May 2."). The royal train bearing Prince Una and King Alphonso arrived this evening at Pardo station. The prince was escorted to Pardo pal ace ,with imposing rarenionie. LEADING DATTO INSURGENT STILL IN LAND OF LIVING MANILA, May 25. Datto Ali, a lead- Jng Mindanao insurgent, reported killed . , . . , , ... , on October 22, lnt, i declared on good authority to bo till olive. It is said lie i with the Datto Knok nnd Mopak, an organization of insurgent betweon Davo and Dutunn. They ure suid to be buy , REPLY TO AFTERNOON BY THE GOVERNMENT tensifying the methods of agriculture ami by u migration of the surplus popu Ltiuu to Uio purmly cttle region o Hilwria and Central Acta. On tlm other point, tin "Strana says, it i largely negative, but thare Mill Ik- a poitive propoal for reform in the local administration including the ahnlUhmrnt of the htod "Zemsk Niichalnlk." or the petty adminislra tive branch and plm-i n the gendarme iiml rural police under tlii" control of the judiciary instead of the administrativ branch. In i (.'a id to amnesty th cabinet will declare a continuation o whole release, n fast, h piHilili' hut will iiifcit that general iiinne-ty is inexpedient. i JURY FINDS SCHWARTZ IS NOT GUILTY OF MURDER I UAKI'.lt CITY, Ore.. Mav 25.After j deliberating lens than one hour the jury in the ease of the state against William ' Swart., charged with murder in the ec- I ond degree, returned a verdict of not 'guilty. Swart., in an altercation with I I'reii Ncuhnu. a contractor, over a dog, i struck Ncuhau on thp bridge of hi breathing apparatus. The blow wo struck with the back of the open hand but blood (lower o freely that Wuhan died a few hour later. It was shown that Wuhan had been drinking heavily fur several month and that his. blood was so thin that it was impossible to stop the flow. CORNELL WINS RACE. IIOSTOX. May 25.- Cornell won her second annual boat race with Harvard thi afternoon by three length. liar vard made a much better showing than in last year' race. The official time of Cornell wa 10:41 3-flj nnd Harvard 10:52. The distance was one and seven- eighth mile. Cornell took the lead in the first quarter1 and at the mile hnd a lead of one and otie-uuarter length. Harvard held on tenaciously and tried to recover her lost ground, but it wa a fruitless effort. Cornell continuing to edge away, crossing the line three length to the. good. ing rifle nnd ammunition. The Sultan f "!nnushl confirm the report and say ho Iws communication with Ali, who at the time was reported killed. TIo is d(1(,porilto,y w0nded, but escaped, A man resembling Ali wa buried by Cap tiiln McCoy, who headed the column sent against him. SHOT ON PURPOSE. I 1 "OUTLAW), May 25. " I heard Wirtaiien toll hi wife that he had shot pui"pocly. She asked him if lie had shot accidentally when Matt killed. "tVirtancn replied: 'No, he wa a member of the same gang.'" Thin testimony was given this morn ing by Victor Saxon, a state witness in the case of JosU Wirtonen, on trial in .fudge Fra.er" court, charged with the murder of Matt Watilo. Henry Ilokkanen testified that he was at the hotol at the time, and heard Wir taiien uy that the utii shot "belonged lo the same company." Itfstrict At torney Manning will seek to show that "they," a ued by the prisoner, meant the gang that had Is-aten Wirtanen just before Watili was killed. Anton Itamstejit testified that he had bellied wash Wirtanen' face after .Watilo wa shot. Uamsteat aid the hotol man wa very nervous and in great ngony, his face being covered with bruise and blood. , "lie asked me if Watilo would die." aid the witness, "and when I told him he would. Wirtanen aid 'Too bad!'" It is thought that the case will go to the jury lato tonight or tomorrow fore noon. GROW VERY ANGRY Representatives Cooper and Hep Burn Glare at Each Other. OVER QUESTION OF VERACITY Quarrel Over Conversation Relating to the Rate Bill Amendment Tur bulent Day in the House Amendments Argned. WASHINGTON, May 25.-In the House today a question of veracity was raised between Cooper of Wisconsin and Hepburn of Iowa over a conversation in which the latter is alleged to have par ticipated with a member of the senate ami in which Cooper asserted the mem bcr of the House and the senator re ferred to, agreed that the so-called ex press company amendment to the rail road rate bill should not remain in the bill. Both Hepburn and Cooper were ex ceedingly angiy glared nt one another during their eollocpuy. The House was turbulent during the consideration of the rule of sending the rate bill to a conference, the fear of many members being that the rule which i agreed to the senate amendments en bloc, might have influence on the con ferees and give them opportunity, if they so desired, to vote out the express amendment, and the amendment relat ing to pipe lines and the sleeping car amendment. With the assurance that the wishes of the House would be considered on a amendments the rules were adopted, twenty-five republicans voting with the democrat, taking the proposition that .they would like to vote directly in favor of concurring in the senate amend ments relating to the subjects named. fter the rate bill was disposed of the remainder of the day was devoted to pension legislation. SERIOUS CHARGE. SAX FItAXCISCO. May 25.-Ernost Denieke, a prominent young clubman who on April 20, shot and killed an unknown man on the waterfront ap peared for arraignment today. The hearing was postponed until tomorrow. Denieke is charged with manslaughter. The district attorney is considering the evidence with a view of prefering a more serious charge. He wa released on $uuu bun. A IN WARSAW BANK. WARSAW, Itussian Poland. May 25. A brief but bhxxly encounter took place here this aftomoon at the Industrial Saving Hank, which wa attacked by a band of aminihist. The latter, with revolvers in their hand, ordered the clerk and customer present to hold up their hand. TThe chief clerk promptly drew a revolver and flrpd at the intrud er. Thi wa the signal for a brisk fusillade, during which two of the cu turner were killed and two customers, five clerks and one of the anarchist were wounded. The anarchist escaped, carrying off their wounded member. LOCOMOTIVE BLOWN UP. Tl'SLA. I. T.. May 25. A locomotive of the Continnental Coal Company was blown to fragments this afternoon by dynamita presumably placed on the track by property owners, adjoining the railroad track who are opoed to it operation. The crew wa not injured, flreat excitoment prevails. F. W. Cash ner. cashier of the FiiVt National Bank of Tula wa orre-ted on a charge of having participated in the affair. Other arret are expected. More trouble is feared. The people are all arming them selves. COULD GET NO CARS Railroads Would Not Supply Small Companies. TESTIMONEY IS SENSATIONAL Independent Coal Operator States His Company's Business Was Ruined Because of Lack of Cars for Transportation. PIHLADKLPiriA, May 25.-Sevral interesting developments marked the closing session of the interstate com merce commission's investigation into the alleged discriminations by the rail roads in the distribution of its cars in the bitiminous coal fields. Testimony of a sensational character was given today. Albert Von Boyen berg, general manager of Eeakert Brothers Company, coal operators, stat ed that within the last two and a half years his company's car supply hod been so inadequate that the business had been practically ruined. He declared the other companies were favored in the dis tribution of care, and said he had no doubt that discrimination had been practiced against his company, because it failed to make gifts of stock to the railroad oMtrials. He gave it a his opinion that President A. J. Cossatt was responsible for the discriminations. BACK TD CHINA. OAKLAND, May 25. At a conference today there being present Chen Tung Liang Cheng, the Chinese minister at Washington, I). C, representatives of the Chinese six companies, of San Fran cisco, and Chung Pao Hsi, Consul Gen eral In San Francisco, it was determined to send more than 1000 aged and desti tute Chinese, who were rendered home less by the fire in Sun Francisco back to China to spud the rest of their days in peace at home. QUO WARRANTO PROCEEDINGS. DENVER, May 25. District Attorney Stidger today brought quo warranto proceeding in the district court against the Denver Tramway Company and the Denver Gas & Electric Canipany to test the validity of the franchises granted these companies at the city election on May 15 on the face of the returns. FAILURE NELSON-HEBRERA FIGHT HOES NOT TAKE PLACE Aurelio Herrera Refuses mum un AiKxiUK v vr Were Out Em; BOTH BLAME OTHER BATTLING NELSON APPEARS IN THE RING AND MAZES PROPOSI TION TO FIGHT HERRERA AT 140 POUNDS SCALES ARE OFF FIFTEEN POUNDS-SUSPICION OF FAKE SOME WHERE IS PREVALENT. U)S ANOKLKS, May 25. There was") no fight between Battling Nelson, the lightweight champion and Aurelio Her rera, tonight as scheduled because Her rera refused to weight in. Both men made charges of sharp practices. So far as can be learned tonight the situation, which led to calling off the fight is as follows: The articles of agreement call ed the men to weigh in at 131 pounds at 6 o'clock. The men w-ere on hand at the stipulated hour. The scales were there, but Herrera claimed they were out of order and could not be adjusted. Aftor half an hour's argument, Jacobs, Hep- ra s manager, sent nerrera to runner. After that he refused to allow the Mexican to weigh in. Xelson offered to go to the baths to weigh, but Jacobs declined. Jacobs made the following statement: "I had Herrera at Mc Carey's (manager of club) office before 6 o'clock. I tried to balance, the scales, which by the way were the scales that IN BLOODY RUSSIA. Engineer Assassinated. TIFLJS, May 25.-M. Lofevre, princi pal engineer in the Caucasus railway shops here, was assassinated today. The crime is attributed to political motives. Rich Peasant Killed. WIXDAU, Coartland, May 23. A large peasant property owner named Kronberg, a German descendant, was killed todav bv a Lettish revolutionist. Killed For Politics. VITEBSK, May 25. M. Belkine, di rector of the Vitebsk tobacco factory, was assassinated today for political rea sons. Policemen Killed. GROXDO. May 25. A sergeant of police was assassinated on the street today and the assistant captain of po lice was wounded. There is great feel ing against the terrorists. The straw hat next shows which way the wind blows. REFUGEES FIGHT FATAL DUEL WITH PICKAXES SAN FRANCISCO, May 25. A refugees dispute over tent rights was duelled with pick axes in Columbia Square last night. The battle was to be to the death and ended only when Ed ward Kilcline fell mortally wounded, by William Bell. Kilcline lay upon the ground, the blood gushing from his wounds. All the ribs of his right side were fractured. Bell's pick pierced a to Weigh in at the Last uuu tut zi&ics of Order. FOR FAILURE TO FIGHT Nolan (Nelson's manager) brought in from Nelson's quarters, but could not do so. They were six or seven pounds off. We argued and squabbled until 6:15 p. m when I sent Herrera to eat. After that I would not consent to weigh in. I claim the weight forfeit, and the ap pearance money, because my man was in tae ring at 8:30. I lived up to the articles and don't think we are to blame for it." Xolsan said: "We found the scales out of order. I wanted to go to the baths to weigh, but Herrera refused. I then stated we would claim the weight forfeit, and went back to the baths. Xelson came into the ring as you saw, and made his proposition to fight Her rera at 140 pounds. Nelson wanted te satify the crowd." McCarey said: "It was during the afternoon that the scales were tested and found correct. At 6 o'clock it was fifteen pounds off and impossible for th men to come to an agreement." ATTACK GRAIN INSPECTION. WASHINGTON, May 25.-During & discussion which preceded the passage of the agricultural appropriation bill by the senate today Senator MeCumber at tacked the grain inspection service at Minneapolis and said the North Dakota farmers suffered a loss of millions of dollars by having their wheat graded a an inferior quality. Senator Me Cumber said he could prove his state ments. He advocated a national inspec tion system. Senator Hansbrough supported the contention and assertions of MeCumber. DEATH LIST 40a. SAX FRANCISCO, May 23 Accord ing to the records of the coroner's office the death list in the fire and earth quake is now 402. Missouri Democrats have clearly reached the opinion that their fighting chance in the state is gone unless they can bring out again the old Bryan fop tow-line. lung. Bell was arrested a he stood over Kilcline's prostrate form with his weapon poised for another blow. There will be no charge pending the outcome of Kilcline's injuries. It is expected he will die. The two men are the best of friends. Each desired to move his tent in the heavy rain storm to high ground, and each desired the same spot. A quax rl ensued, followed by the fight.