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lit IV? ; " f ? $ 4. t" ;ULIHItirULL AM00IAT1D PRIM ftfPOPIT COVINS THK M0RNIN9 NILD ON TH LOW! ft COLUMBIA VOLUME LXI NO. 198 ASTORIA, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 28 1906 PRICE FIVE CENTS . PCllr I it'll' PARLIAMENT IS DIVIDED Constitutional Democrats Defeat Program. SECRET MEETING HELD Members Not Yet Ready to Set Up the Program of an Open Revolution. HOT HEADS CRY "TRAITORS" Socialists Denounce the Course of tbt Constitutional Democrats at Be traying tl Cause of Liberty For Office. Martial Law at Cronstadt. CilOXHTADT. July 7.Iu view of the repeated attempt at demonstrations, the commandant of the fort rem end the chief of police have Jsnd proUmatlona da daring the fortma under martial law and announcing that meeting and detn onstrations of all descriptions will be dispersed by armed forces. ST. PETERSBURG, July 27.-The tf fort of the revolutionary part lee ex cept the Rightist In the late loner home of Pari lament, which at the proper moment were to proclaim a provisional government, came to naught today owing to the opposition of the constitutional democrats, who apparently are afraid of compromising themselves) while on wing, headed by M. NalioukofT, showed they already had been won over to the Mile of the niiniatry against a program of open revolution. In spite of the ac tivity of the pullet, representative of the ' four parties in the late house, the con stitutional democrat, the democratic re former, the Socialists and the group of toll, about 30 la number, succeeded in assembling thla evening in a private houe, where they delilieratcd on the pro posal of the socialist and group of toil to form a joint committee with power. "When the situation justified" an out break of a general strike or armed re volt, cither to convoke the old paclia merit and assume the rein of govern' feast or to proclaim a eonstltutent as sembly. The constitutional democrat objected to the plnn and proposed in cteiiil the appointment of four commit tee, which would work in co-operation, but without a formal union. Editor llessen favored more radical steps, but M. NuboukofT defended Premiei Ntnlypin. and denied that the administration had n yet proven itself reactionary, judging that it should be given a chance to justify itself. M. Itnm iMihwill, a socialist, and deputy from the CpuctiHU, In a rngo denounced M. Nabou kofT and hi friends as traitors who sold the cause of liberty for office. lie do mantled the immediate severance of all relation with the constitutional demo cratic party. Oothcw interposed and prevented nil open rupture, but the meet ing broke up without a decision. Further co-operation between tho two factions in improbable, The negotia tions and nrgunient of the cabinet no tice, has been completed, Former Premier Goremykin will leave next week fop France, Finance Minister KokovselT has com pleted the figures of tho revenues for the first five months of the year at $418,050,000 as compared with $301,000, 000 tho corresponding period last year, with the optimlstio statement, declaring Russian finances are more than satlsfac- CAPTURED WITH BLOODHOUNDS Negro Murderer Chased and Captured by Posse With Bloodhounds. IIARItf irUVILLK. Ky., July 27-AfUsr an exciting clia-n in which bloodhound were used, Jce Fitzgerald, a negro, wa arrested by a potse today and lodged in the local jail, charged with robbing and murdering Mrs. Robert UroiighUm at her home near this city on Wednesday night. Fltgcrald. It U stated made a full confession, and a woman servant, who was- the only other occupant of tho Ikiim U aUo under arrest. It is reporttd a mob U forming In the ndghborhod of the Broughton borne and that an at tempt will be made to lynch Fitzgerald and possibly the woman. County Judge Faulkner has announced he will bold i special terra of court on August 6 to try Fitzgerald and that troops will be sum moned will be summoned to protect him if necessary. BUZE AT ASYLUM AP REPUBLIC Russian Revolutionists Hard at Work. TOOL THE IGNORANT. PLAN ARMED UPRISING South Russia Inhabitants Will Re Proclaim Republic of Kharkov. 40,000 MEN ARE UNDER ARMS North Center Wing Gatches Fire Yesterday. PATIENTS ARE ALL SAVED Fire Is Subdued by Salem Fire Depart meat With Aid of Convicts aod Insane Loss About Hva Thousand. SALEM. July 27. The north center wing of the Oregon Insane Asylum caught fire In the attic over Ward 3, the convalescent ward, alwut 10:30 o'clock thin morning. After a hard fight the flumes were subdued, and the lost to the building will be at least $5000, and nos ibly much greater, damage by water in tinted. The patients were all In the yard when tho fire occurred, and there were no acci dent. The Are was a mean one to handle, on account of its being in the atie under the roof, but the employes sue i-eeded In keeping the flame from spread' ing until the arrival of the fire depart ment from Salem. The fire spread rapidly and gutted the entire garret and burned through the wall and ceiling of Ward 3. It is iinpoihte to estimate the extent of the damage, as the most serious harm was done by water which flooded ward underneath, which will have to be re paired extensively. One of the greatest features of the fire was the valiant work of a crew of a down convict, who were working at the nylum when the fire broke out. K.very one of them jumped Into the build ing and worked like trojiin. saving fur nitmv and fighting flames until the fire was extinguished. A number of the bct class of patient also helped, Owing to strict discipline of the in mates, maintained at all times, thcr were no accident and the bct of order prevailed throughout. All bed clothing nnd carpets have been scattered out on tho lawn and will be dry before night, so that the damage in this lino will be nominal, The cause of the flro is not known, but is thought to have been electric wires, although the engineer' Is. not certain, , There were about l."00 patient in the asvlum at the time of tho fire. Of these the more violent and those liablo to create a disturbance, the class known as the most unruly, were kept on the lower floors. On the upper floor of, tho wings wero located the best class of pa tients, including those convalescing. The mimes of the convicts entitled to credit fm valiant work at the fire are: J. C. Ryan, Napoleon Crancois, Tcter Dentin, It. Hell, George Allen, II.' C. Brown, A. Dcnnlmnn. Chief Parr (Indian), Charlos Bellinger and A. Smith, The fire was under good headway be fore It was discovered by Farmer" D. F. Brown, of the asylum, who was driving In from the asylum to the farm. At Yuzovlu Principal Smelting Centre of Southern Russia Active Military Preparationa Are Under Way Uprising in Autumn. KHARKOV. July 27.-A staff corres pondent of the Aoclated Press finds that the revolutionists are actively pre paring for an armed uprising and a re- proclamation of the Republic of Kharkov J in Autumn, - The French vice-consul here baa received very disquieting news from the French industrial establishment. At Yuzovka, the principal smelting center in the south of Russia, 40,000 men hare armed themselves, and have an organ ied rifle legion of 1000 members .under former army officers. The Russian troop are useless in the emergency, having fraternixed with the striker almost con tinuously. The workmen's demands amount practically to a confiscation of the plant. Parisians Manufacture Sporioua Works of Art For Sale. XKW YORK. July 27--C. E. Reed, curator of mediaeval art objects tn the British museum, who arrived here yes terdny from Liverpool had thje to say regarding spuriou works of art that are some time foisted upon visitors in Europe; , : "Pari is full of such things. Tbey are made there by men who make a busi ness of creating uch sham and selling them at high price. Thene spurious art treasurers are clcverlv built and to one not , familiar with the genuine article they look rather tempting. But at one glance a curator can tell they are fraud. Indeed, on the voyage from Liverpool two persons showed me several pur chase they had made and asked my opinion. They insisted on knowing. Painful though it was, I was forced to tell them the object of their1 purchases were valueless." ZION NOT DUE'S Etjah II Only Trustee According to Judge Lande's Decision. BIG UTAH LAND FRAUDS LESS THAN SIX BITS. Home Fire and Marine Insurance Com pany Cannot Pay in FulL Government Defrauded of Valuable Coal Lands. SA.V FRAXCISCO, July 27-The Home Fir & Marine Insurance Company of California will be able to pay only Cfl'i cent on every dollar of its $2,050,000 loss in San Francisco. Its directors, which announced the practical insolvency of the company last week, propose to divide the asset of the company equally among all the creditor, in this case the policyholders. They ak the insured to consent to thi ma,kJ ..... . I 1 ' . 1 1 . CT 1 TP nr TTTHf CITCI I uuiunena. a uie M Alt Ur U J Ail OUtl) cheapest for all concerned. The policy holders will meet and decide whethen tbey will consent to tbi plan or ask a ettlement through the court. The fireman's Fund Insurance Com pany, which owns the Home Fire & Marine, will make its first payment on it policies August 18. President W. J. Dutton said last night that the Fire men's Fund asset will probably not be more than 5 per cent of its losses, al though he cannot make an exact eti- FRAUDS RUN INTO MILLION5 at the present time. Accused in Complaint of Selling Land Known to Be Valuable for It's Coal. VOUVA NOT OWNER EITHER SAIL FOR ENGLAND. Harvard Eight Leave on Cedrlc For the Thames to Race Cambridge. NEW YORK. July 27.-On board the steamship Cedrlc of the White Star line the majority of the members of the Har vard eight oared crew that recently de feu ted Yale on the Thame is sailing for England today for a race on the Thame there, on September 8 with the Cam bridge University eight. O. D. Filley. captain of the Harvard crew, arrived Here last night from iios ton and was met by those members who are not already In Europe. Those who joined him at the Harvard Club were: Captain-elect R. L. Bacon, John Richard son, Jr., J. O. Glass, R. K. Tappan and F. if. Blagden, the covswain. D. A Kewall and S. A. Fish are in England and C. Morgan who is attending the Havnrd Summer1 school, will not sail un til later. Other sailing with the Harvard crew today nre (Roger Crosby who managed the 1005 crew and who will act as treasurer of the expedition; James Wray, the coach; Samuel Warren, w.ho was on the varsity squad the greater part of the spring; R. F. Faulkner chaplain of the freshman crew and John D, Morrill. Thomas C. Devine who will act ns secretary of the crew, will be ono of the substitutes. Captain Filley is enthusiastic over .the news that Wray would be able to make tho trip. Wray succeeded in Inducing the Detroit Rowing Club to allow hint his release for the time being nnd ho started in time to sail on the" Cedrlc. A large delegation of Harvard mon ar ranged an enthusiastic farewell at the pier. . Judge Says Dowie Could Not Bequeath Property Merely His la Trust Election of Overseer on Sep tember 1 8. CHICAGO,' July 27. Neither- John Al exander Dowie, the founder, nor Wilbur Glenn Volira, the present overseer, is given the property estimated to be worth from twelve to twenty-one millions, in a decision handed down today by Judge Landis in the United States circuit court in the Zion City cae. Instead Judge Landi declared Zion City, a trust estate and named John IT. Hately, a member of an election on September- 18th, when tue people 0r the Christian Catholic Apostolic church in Zion City shall choose an overseer. Judge Landis will decide later what compensation Dowie shall be allowed for his past services, Landis declared the conveyance of the Zion City property by Voliva under power of attorney to John Alexander Granger to be void. Hately'a bond of $23,000 was filed and approved, RAILROAD RATE WAR. KANSAS CITY Mo., July 27.-A a esult of the action of the Chicago and Alton granting a rate of $11 for the round trip between Chicago and Milwau kee to Kansas City, other roads have put a a round trip into effect for the Eagles' grand aerie on August 13 to 18 and there nre indications that the great passenger rate war of 1890. when the rate from Chicago to St. Louis was $1 for one way and between Kansas City and Chicago Ihe present rote of $5 is in force on all the railroads west of Kansas City and for basing purposes on trips to Kansas City and St, Louis. Four Suits Filed For Recovery of aowo Acre of Valuable Coal Lands State Officials Charged With Negligence. HUNTING FOR CHILD Portland Police Search Gvdsv af t at Camps for Cecil Britton. BOY STOLEN FROM PARENTS SALT LAKE CITY, July 27. Four suits for the recovery of 20,000 acres of coal land valued at millions, alleged to have been acquired from the United States by gross frauds, were filed in the United States Court for this district today. i Attorney-General Moody and District I Portland Woman Informs Police She Has Seen Britton Child in the Gypsy Camp Near Portland In quiry Began. Attorney Hurara E. Bootn appear as complainants and the Pleasant Valley Coal Company and Utah Fuel Company and their officers as defendants. The State of Utah, according to one of the complaints "By and through the ! . a . I.. t !i. J uirar. oi cena u. - PORTLAND, July 27. On information to .Cgau , .8, furnished by a resident of Fulton, a sub- to appear an active party to gross fraud Lrfe of tUe of tUf upon the complainant. This fraud consisted, the complaint al leges, in the selection and sale by the year.old who disappeared from state, of agriculture and grazing land, and of land that was known to be im mensely valuable for it coal contents, are searching the Gypsy camps in this vicinity for little Cecil Britton, the 4- Toll PURSUED BY BLOODHOUNDS. POSSE RETURNS, WORSTED. LADYSMITH. Wis., July 27.-Fivo of the six men engaged in the fight against Diets are reported to have reached Win ter, the nearest town to Cameron Dam. The sixth man is supposed to be the one who was short. It was feared in some quarters tlie party had been captured by Diets or lost in the woods. MRS. MADDEN REMARRIES. NEW YORK, July 28,-Mrs. Annie M. Madden, formerly the wife of John E. Madden, the racing man, was, according to nn announcement today, married'last Monday to Louis V. Bell, the broker and turfman. The wedding was performed by Rev. George Webster, pastor of the Presbyterian Church of the covenant at 02nd street and Second avenue. Mrs. Madden began an action for di vorce and alimony in the courts In April last. Previous to that she began an action for alimony only. Mr. Maddon replied with a counter petition in the Kentucky courts. Mr. Bell was brought into this suit. Mr.. Madden eventually withdrew his suit. Mrs. Madden ob tained a divorce June 7th Inst. Gate near Walla Walla, where the Brit ton family were camping several weeks ago. The disappearance of the little fellow was most mysterious, and large bodies of searchers, some whom era- ployed bloodhounds, hunted for weeks for ATLANTA, Ga July 27. A dispatch the child. Traces supposed to be of the to the Constitution from Pensacola, I la., boy and his captors were observed, but ay! nothing of a really tangible nature was With big welts and bruises all over discovered to explain the lad's where- their arms and bodies and their clothing abouts. Recently several bands of torn by the fierce attacks of bloodhounds Gypsies from the vicinity of Walla Walla which trailed and caught them, three land Spokane have arrived in this city more men arrived here today from the and a Mrs. Poole of Fulton, who had seen camp of the Jackson Lumber Company's photos of the Britton boy, is positive camps at Lockport, Ala- and asked for Jin her description and the police have protection. ... been set to watch every Gvpsy camp ?n The men are John Cook and Harry this vicinity. Mrs. Poole is certain she Lyman, Americans, and Vendil Kelver-cannot be mistaken. shule, a German. - "We tried to escape last Saturday night," said the men, "but they put bloodhounds on us and we were trailed down. Cook was so weak and exhausted he could scarcely walk." "We were given forty lashes and tak MYSTERY IS SOLVED, CHICAGO, July 27. A dispatch to the Tribune from Sheboygan, Wis., says: The mysterious disappearance of 37 acres on the shore nf en back," said Lyman. "The bloodhounds du Ue Coty, was cleared yesterday by wotu, na,B u ni so p.ew. out i savea the divery thfi had loose and drifted into the lake as a floating bog. myself by a hard fight. Our second at tempt to escape was 'more successful and we came to Pensacola to report the matter." ARMS SMUGGLED IN. Chinese Government Alarmed at Immense Quantities of Arms Smuggled. VICTORIA, July 27. Advices from China state that the government i greatly alarmed because of the growth of HOLD PRIMARY ELECTION. DALLAS, Texas, Julv 27. Fof the first time in the history of Texas a primary election will be held through out the state tomorrow. This will be by tho clandestine trade in arms and am the democratic party, which is required munition, much of which is sent from by the new election law to so nominate America. Large quantities of arras are its eanoiuates. Because of the over- known to have been 'smuggled to the in u-llivnnr Tun mrif ina rt tKn4 n,f tin I a , hl : m . . , . - t mm r'v '""lienor oi .mna. me neiai'ious trade is result will be conclusive from a selection being carried on by secret societies at of all of the otlicers. from United States existing treaty ports of China. senator to Constable and the general election in November will be perfunc tory. Under the party rule in this state the legislature elects as United States Senators, whomsoever a majority of the democratic voters may ehoose. Senator Bailey has opponent. AH of the minority parties will also hold precinct conventions tomorrow as they are not regulated by law save as to the time they shall hold conventions. YESTERDAY'S BASEBALL SCORES. Pacific Coast League. At Portland Seattle 3, Portland 1. At Oakland Los Angeles 1, San Fran cisco 6. . ' At Fresno Oakland 5, Fresno 2. Northwest League. At Spokane Butte 5, Spokane 4. At Aberdeen Tacoma 2, Gray's Har bor 3.