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uovcns tmi MOHNiNa niLO on thi lowi Columbia; UtUtHKFULt AttOOIATIO Mitt RtPORT PRICK FIVE CENTS VOLUME LXI NO. 15 8 ASTORIA, OREGON, MONDAY. MAY 28. 1906 GLOOMY OUTLOOK IN EL POLICEMAN ASSAULTED BY ANGRY SEATTLE Officer Attempts to Arrest Escaped City Jail Pris oner and Mob of Socialists Attack Policeman Beating Him Up Severely. EXTRA PATROLMEN IS HOWLING MOB OF SOCIALISTS ENDEAVOR TO PUT POLICEMAN OUT OF BUSINESS ELEVEN MEN ARE ARRESTED BY OFFICERS AND HELD IN DEFAULT OF REQUIRED BAIL-WOMAN CAUSED IT ALL. SEATTLE, May 27 (Spe ial) -Eleven lirui.nl ami battered www are in jail mill M-vrml patrolmen are nuraiug minor injuria oiul rtra oflWr are. on duty in the vicinity of Second avenue and V imhing 1 1 m tret a the result of a ftimill ired riot pmlpitated early tlii evening when a policeman at tempted to apprehend an o-jiI pris oner from the city jiiil. Riley Buttt In. A large crowd gathered mi Wimhing- Inn street to ii'N'ii to tin customary Sunday evening socialist mid religion meetings held on (lie cinli. A woman evangelist wa preaching to the crowd when I'liil Riley, iin escaped t runty from the city jail, interrupted her. Putrid limn HiihbniM recognised tin mnn n in I placed liilil under arrest. Hili-y resisted and fought tln officer a he n being taken to tin- putrol box. The nmn fought no desperately tlmt the patrol, niiin vn obliged to knock liim down nnd liiindiiilT liim. Officer Assaulted. A crowd from the socialist gathering WRATH OF HEAVEN. MniHI.l-:, May 27.l)ui ing a ball game three mile from here thi after noon lightning struck in the midst of a crowd, killing Ave iiml more or len In juring twenty-five other. The field is strewn with bit of clothing torn from the bodies of the victim. CONDITION CRITICAL. Dl'BMN, May 27.-The condition of Michael Dnvitt is critical. He i hardly expected to survive the night. POPE PIUS PALE. HOME. May 27.-AU hough the Pope lias entirely recovered from hi recent illness he upprnred pale nnd weak to day, PRINCESS ENA PARDON MADRID, Moy 27.-The first notable act of the Princes Kna since her arrival In Spain has been to induce King Al phonso to pnrdon Fernando Lovora, who wns condemned to death after an excit ing trial. The dinmatiu circumstances under which the pardon was given, as the mnn was going to the gallows, at tracts widespread attention and further augments the popularity of Spain's fu ture queen. Lovera was to have been executed In the neighboring town of Bndnjose, but the "population solicited Mill! CALLED TO QUELL RIOT nearby immediately rtihed upon the officer with crir of "Kill the Cop," "Beat him up," uud "Go for him." Hub liunl w kicked nnd beaten, but uuaag rd to hang on to hi prisoner until the putrol wagon arrived. When Jailer Coming jumped from the wagon he was attacked ami with difficulty Riley wa taken to headquarter. Two other pa trolmen attracted to the acene kept the cloud bark and arrested Hugo Slieu, 'Edward linker ami Holwrt Jhonke. When Patrolman Huhlmrd returned to hit heat 1 1 him (lie police station he Wns llguill act upon and Chief of Police Wappenstcin sent out a detail of twenty patrolmen and detective to quell the disturbance. With handcuff a weapon the off'u-er men dispelled the iimli and arrested cv oral mure i inter after knocking several men down. The men under' arreat are: Phil Riley. Hugo Shea, Edward linker. Robert .llimike, (i. T. Andei-on, M. AI liin. Gust Swetisen, Dick Prat ley. Frank Brown. C. K. Cnrlcton and S. Duncan. In default of hail in the um of $I(K) each the men are held in jail. SLIDING INTO RIVER. I'OltT WILLIAMS. Out.. May 27. The grain elevator here started to slide into the river during the night nnd is considered imposible to save. The dis placement of n pile was found to be the rnuse. Nearly eighty per rent of the .'t.'iO.IHIII bushels of grain can be saved. The los is estimated at a quar ter of n million. RETALIATORY MEASURES. LONDON', May 27.-A dispatch to n new agency from Athens, says the Creek government has decided to break oft" diplimatic. relation with Roiinmnin. The dispatch add that this step will be taken owing to Itoumnnia's expulsion of the ti reeks. SECURES FOR CRIMINAL the princess' intercession nnd she spoke to the king, who consulted the cabinet. The government decided to grant the request as it wns the first petition the princess had made in Spain. When the purilon wn nnnounced nt Hndajose, there wns a remarkable scene of re joicing. The townspeople formed a pro cession and sang praising the queen-to-be. The people of Madrid also approved highly of the princess' humnntnrianisni. The newspapers comment on the com ing of the queen's first act as one of merey. FORM CABINET AT SIDEBOARD. Amatlnj Tale of the Historical Event In French Affairs. I'AKIS. May 27. - There i a very good story going the round of Pari at the exeriHe of M. Karrieon, the new premier. During the cabinet crisis, o the tale ha it. M. Karrieon called hi friend to a conference at hi house near the Pari olxervatorv. Mr. Krrieon himelf, in order to Insure privacy, performed the dutie of boat and waiter combined, doing to the sideboard, which win laden with light refreshment, tw'Hd and liquid, he aiil to M. Clemenceau: "What will you take!" "The interior," wa the as tonishing reKinw. The lioat wa for a moment at a Ion to find a suitable reply, and hesitated. Ill hesitation wa fatal. Itefore he could ahape an an- awer, M. llourgeola Interposed with: "And I. foreign affair," "And I. public in.tiuction." aid M. P.rinnd. After all. even if the Uiry i true, perhap the cabinet mi curiously formed will be tnble a ome French cabinet for the bint 10 or 12 year. WEAK IN SENATE Appropriation Bills Are on the Docket. $00,000,000 APPROPRIATION House Will Consider Sundry Civil Ap propriation Bill Carrying Very Large Amount of Money Oth er Important Matters. WASHINGTON, D. C, May 27.-The following is a forecast of the week's tvents: The Senate is counting on a busy week and prospects are favorable to long work days nnd few interruptions. After Mon day there will be nt least two appropria tion bills ready fop consideration and the sea level canal bill having been made unfinished business, will be pur sued n steadily as circumstances will permit. In addition conferees will be appointed on the railroad rnte bill, and the nomination of Harne to lie post master at Washington will receive at tention and the bill declaring the policy in the mutter of the purchase of Pana ma canal supplies will be considered. Woi"k on the sundry civil appropriation- bill will begin in the house this week. This bill is larger nnd carries more money than any preceding sundry civil act. The aggregate will lie in the neighborhood of $i!0,(XX).000. There will be great demand on the part of the members to make speeches relating to an item affecting their particular home districts, and Chairman Tawney esti mates it will require fully a week to couidcr uud pass the bill. The programme for the week nlso in cludes legislation for the district of Co lumbia, the completion of the diplo matic nnd consular bill, nnd the consid eration of the naturnli.ation bill. Fol- j lowing the latter will be a controversy between the pure food and immigration bill. The democratic filibuster to em phasize to the country that no progress is apparent on the statehood agreement, i consuming considerable time in the house. The statehood conferees announce ugreement on that measure is in sight and may be reached during the present week. ENGINES COME TOGETHER. OIL CITY, Perm., Mrty 27. One per son was killed and five injured in a head on collision between an engine and ' a freight train on the Pennsylvania near west Monterey todny. SHAUGHNESSY IS IN IRELAND. Canadian Pacific President Visits Old Country. JniU, May 27, One of the mot diliiiguiHhed of Irian-Canadians U jut now on a viit to the old country, Kir Thoma Khaugfinenay, the preaident of the Canadian Pacific. The growth and development of Canada and Canadian trade owe more to Kir Thomaa Khsugh- ney thnn to any other individual liv ing. He making the "great lone land" licgin to hum, and ha pushed out the arm of Canada until they reach to Australia on the one ide and Kngland on the other, while Japan and China are linked at Singapore with another of hi ramification. IrUo-Canadians nay that the president of the Canadian Pa rifle 1 a good mi Iri-hman a a Cana dian. Hi prewnt vUit to Ireland i under stood to be a tiling one, but he ha been taking advantage of it to ee the beau tie of Kerry and Limerick, the Irinh counties from whose sound old stock he descend. BOMBS ARE THROWN During Review of Troops At Seb- astopol NUMBER REPORTED KILLED Terrorists Thow Bombs and Some Peo ple Are Killed, and Several Hun dred Are Wounded Bomb Throwers Are Arrested. SEBASTOPOL, May 27--Several bombs were thrown here today while a review of troops was being held after Te Deura in celebration of the emperor's coronation. Three person were killed nnd several wounded. Among the wounded were the commander of the fortress, General N'eplueff. who received slight, injuries, nnd the chief of police who wns severely injured. Other high dignitaries escaped. Vice Admiral Chou knin, commanding the Black Sea fleet, who is the special object of terrorist re venge, wag not present. Tw'o bomb throws were arrested. Another Report. ST. PETERSBURG, May 27. Dis patches received here concerning the ImouI) outrage, says eleven were killed including five children and five hundred were injured. The dispatch also says four arrests were made. YOUTH A RIVAL KUBELIK. Russian Lad Sets London Aflame With Playing. LONDON. May 27. Little Mischt El- man. the wonderful Russian boy vio linist, is becoming almost as much the age as Kubelik himself. He was first heard in Pngnnini's concerto in D, which he played with effective brilliancy. The applause at the close was loud and long, and he eventually reappeared nnd gave as an encore Ignacr. Broil's "Scenes Espagnoles." His next performance was a selection from Bach's sonata in O minor, nnd last of all came Sir Edward Elgnr's "Romance" and a polonaise by Henry Wieniawaki. Though the hour was lute, the audience would not leave the building until the violinist had played four extra numbers, and when they did quit the place a number of them, principally ladies, rushed around to the stage door in the hope of once more seeing their young hero. They had to wait half an hour before he came out, and as heentered his carriage there was an outburst of chering from the excited crowd and cries of "Bravo:" and "You are an angel." GOVERNMENT'S 'ANSWER AWAITED IN ANXIETY Lower House Has Thrown Down Gauntlet to Bureau cracy and Outcome Will Probably Be Bloody Revolution Between Forces. PEASANTRY APPROVES EMPEROR MUST CHOOSE BETWEEN REAL CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERN MENT, AND THE LOSS OF NOT ONLY HIS CROWN BUT PROB ABLY HIS HEAD-TERRORISTS ARE GETTING IN THEIR DEADLY WORK. ST. PETERSBURG. May 28 (1:10 a. m. With breathless anxiety society awaits the government's response to the bold action of the lower hoiue of parliament on Saturday, when action censuring the ministry and demanding it's retirement, a direct slap in it's face, and a direct challenge, which the government though inclined to prefer its usual policy of temporization and compromise can hardly avoid meeting. Parliament has burned the bridge and virtually declaring that it proposes to French states general did when it transferred itself to the national con vention. Virtually Revolutionary Body. By Haunting the fundamental law and virtually declaring that it prepoes to exercise full parliamentary hts with a responsible ministry, it has become in the eyes of the law a revolutionary body nnd from that position there seems no retreat. News of the action of the house came like an electric shock, the people generally being as greatly surprised a the bureaucracy at the promptness with which the whole government's policy was absolutely scorned. Both sides have recognized the acuteness and ser iousness of the moment, but the panic is in the government nnd not in the popu Inr camp. Premier Goremykin went to Peterhof immediately after the adjourn ment of Saturday's session to confer with the emperor, and Sunday was fol owed by another conference, between the administration and the leader. The con stitutional democratic chiefs are dis playing calmness in the face of the crisis. Parliament Will Wait. Having delivered their answer they purpose to go calmly ahead with the work before them, forcing the gov ennneut to take the initiative. The strength of their posit iou lies in the conviction that the Russian nation and especially the peasantry, who are sure to be discontented with the fiat con cerning the expropriation of lands, is be hind parliament in its rejection of the government's policy as utterly inae ceptable. , "The Government, if it dares to fight," said M. Kokoshine, "can disperse par liament, but the victory of the bureau TERRORISTS VAINLY TRY TO KILL HIGH OFFICIALS T1FLIS, May 27. While Governor- General Timoseiff and Chief of Police Martinoff were driving todav bombs ! were thrown at them. Neither was in jured but the Cossacks belonged to their escort were killed. The officials were riding in separate carriages on their SSIA PARLIAMENT'S ACTION cracy will be only temporary. It would inevitably be followed shortly by a bloody revolution, which would not leave a stick of the present government standing. The emperop must choose between real 'constitutional government i and the loss of not only his crown, but probably his head." Revolutionists Delighted. The social democrats and social revo lutionists are delighted with the turn of events, believing they furnish just the stimulus needed for the rising they are planning. The terrorists were quick to seize the opportunity for a series of blows in widely separated parts of the country, the news of which forms a prominent feature in this morning's papers instead of the expected decree of amnesty. Attempts at Tiftis and Se bastopol are convincing indications of the determination of the fighting orga nization to resume its campaign of as sassination with full vigor. The press today, almost without exception is pes simistic, recognizing the extreme gravity of the situation and the tempest, which the denial of the right of forced expro priation of land, will provoke among ! the peasantry. The "Reich" declares the government's reasoning is false and fal lacious, the expropriation of land stand ing practically on the same basis now as in 1861. French Revolution Parallelled. Professor Kareieff in a special article says, the parallel with the early stage of the French revolution i now complete. He invites the ministry to substitute the events of 1!M6 for those of 1789, and then consider whether they wish to con tinue their present course. The "Slovo" declares the government has declared war on parliament. Orders for the guard corps to go into summer camp, have been countermanded, and it is supposed they will be retain ed here in readiness to cope with -outbreak. PECULIAR CIRCIMSTANCE. HOUSTON, Tex., May 27,-While .taking part in a ball game, Stach Wis noki was struck by a thrown ball and after recovering the ball and throwing it to the base, fell dead. way to attend Te Deum celebration of th emperor's coronation. The bombs were thrown simultaneously, one of them failing to explode. Martinoff shot and killed one of the terrorists, but the other escaped. Timoseiff's assassin was wounded. An armed outbreak was feared.