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' ' ,i--pS .V-" '.,1 :uiutHi run. AetOOIATIO PRIM MPONT COVin THC MORNINO FIILO ON THB LOWE COLUMBIA. VOLUME LXI NO. 209 ASTORIA, OREGON, WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 8. 1906 PRICE FIVE CENTS ' 2 a i a i & ROOSEVELT ONLY MAN Regarded as Only One to Oppose Bryan. BRYAN IS CRITICISED His Stand in lllionis Factional Fight Caused Friction. May Hurt Him. . SLATE MAKERS ARE BUSY Democrat! Looking Over the Field of Eligible For Brytn't Running Mate Senator Stone and Ch, Tows Mentioned, ASTOItlAX NEWS BUREAU. Wash- Ington. I), C, August 7. Member of rongm who com to Wellington the day, nd mot of them manag to get here at kat once during the cour of a summer, tvUU the Inter est in "Sir. Bryan' presidential boom overshadow tlmont every other xIitU-al question, aside from the query vital to republican, "Who can we name to ue- wfully oppoe Bryan in 100" t" Thoe who propound the tiieitiun almost in variably are ready with an antwrr. It I Roosevelt, they declare, cUe defeat A period of about S3 month must lnp to-fore the convening of the next f riiillii-an national convention, A great many thing mny happen In that time, but Just now republican are scared and they do not take the trouble to con ct wl it. Tix re is a xiilility, f rouse. tltiit within the next two year Roosc volt or Kigali, or lwlh, may do or ay tiouipthing to remove them ha piesiden- tial possibilities. But if thing go on unchanged, I the prediction that comes from tho four poititx of the compass it will be a walk over for Bryan unless Roosevelt in hit opponent. If, when the republican national con volition meet a lu tho summer of 11H)H, it appear that Bryan's election it certain unle. Roosevelt it nominated for n third term, what do you suppose the conven tion i going to do? Do you suppose Roosevelt's declaration that he did not want mid would not accept a third term would have great weight with the delegates to that convention t Do you suppose they would tamely nominate n man whom they wero convinced lied no chance to win, or do you believe they would follow the logic of the hit nation and place Roosevelt ugain nt the head of the ticket t And, if another question mny be nuked without lese majesty, what do you suppose Mr. Roosevelt would do if the convention nominated him for president and then ndjniirned nnd the delegates went home without waiting for any word from himt Bryan Subject of Criticism. Mr. Bryan is being subjected to demo erotic criticism just now because he 1ms taken n baud in the Illinois factional fight nnd demanded the resignation of National Committeeman Sullivan. Some of those who criticize nre Mr. Bryan's well-wishers; others are not. The well wishers fear it may mar his home coming and hurt his presidential boom. Ilis other critics hope it will do both these things. The chances are the both the friendly and unfriendly critics of Mr. Bryan are needlessly ngitated. The incident is not likely to make the difference of one vote either way in the nominating con vention. The trouble is that some peo ple refuse to see that a. new era has dawned in American. politics hnd that things 'are not as they were a genera tion ago. The time was when a per sonal quarrel between two men might (Continued on page 8) MURDERED IN BRAWL. Husband Killed by Friend In Drunken . ' RevelWife gsw Deed. NEW YORK. , August 7.-Thoimu Donnvr of the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn Is dead, his neighbor, William Cniiiptall, Is under arrest charged with homicide, ami Dotiner't wife is held as a witness. The charge againt Camp bell was made by Mrs. Donncr, who told the police that Campbell killed tier but band with an axe. She taid that Camp tall, her husband and herself had been drinking together yesterday and that the quarrel which reunited In Donner' death wt an outgrowth of their indul gence In llquoft WILL WELCOME BRYAN. NEW YORK. August 7. Thomas Crittendon of Kama City, who was elected governor of Missouri In ISftO and who Is the oldest living governor of that state, will be one of the MUsourl dele sates who will come to this city to wel come Mr. Bryan. In a letter to the re ceptlon committer ha wrote i "I am out of polltlct. retired more b; a than Inclination, yet I want to be li again to see Mr. Bryan nominated for and elected president, I was not in full accord with hit vlewa on silver, but believe then as I believe now, that he would make the best president ever In that chair." PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE. At Los Angeles Portland 4, Fresno 0 At Seattle-Seattle 7. Oakland 3. At Oakland Lo Angelet 4. San Fran cisco 7. IS DEEPLY IN DEBT Zion City Owes Nearly Five lion Dollars. VOLIVA PLANS TO PAY DEBT Overseer Proposes to Pay the Money Back by Funding Indebtedness for Eighteen Years and to Issue 6 Per Cent Bonds. CHICAGO, August 7.-The drtailcd statement of the indebtedness of Zion City was given to the investors at a meeting in the college building at Zion City last night. The table showed a total of nearly $3,000,000, which it is proponed by Overseer A. 0. Voliva to pay by funding the entire indebtedness lo ...1 I..... 1. i.-..-:.. per cent interest. The proposition was accepted by en almost unanimous ote of the 850 investors present, there being but two dissenting votes. It is proposed to relieve the present financial illieulties by a mortgage on the 4000 ere of undivided land of the city. Twenty-live per cent of the gross earn- g of the city will bo set aside for a inking fund to pay off the principal in debtedness. WINDOW TRIMMERS MEET. NEW YORK, August 7. The Na tional Association of window trimmer' of America, is holding its ninth annual meeting hero. President John Graham says thut'the trade of making windows attractive is 30 yearn old. More than 500 persons belong to the organization which is practically a western concern. One hundred members were present nt the opening session yesterday and were welcomed by Secretary Mead of the Merchants' Association. RELIEF AT LAST. NEW YORK, August 7. Heavy thun der storms and deluge of raiu tonight brought relief, from the torrid head of the past three days. Ten deaths are at tributed directly to the heat reported today. FOR DEFAULTERS Police of Country Hunt for Bank Wreckers. HAVE FLED TO CANADA Both President and Cashier of Milwaukee Avenue Bank Make Escape. DEPOSITORS MAY 0ET LITTLE Hope It Held Out That the Defunct Bank May Be Able To Pay Seventy Cents on the DolUr. CHICAGO, August 7-Theodore Stent- land, vice-president of the Milwaukee Avenue State Bank wat arrested late this afternoon charged with violating the banklnt: lawn of the atat. Earlier in the day the institution waa placed in the hands of a receiver and Paul O. Stensland, president of the bank and father of the vice-president, together with Cashier Herring, were officially de clared fugitives from justice and their personal descriptions placed in the hands of the police throughout the country, This action was taken by the authorities after developments had shown the finances of the institution to be in lcplornble condition and had been so for i number of years. Even the safety boxes rented bv the bank to clients bad been rifled. Theodore Stensland was released on $5000 bail. The promise held out yes teixlny that the elder Stensland would appear in Chicago today are unfulfilled and it Is the belief of the police that he Iws fled to Canada. Herring is thought also to have fled to Canada. The days levclopments were productive of the first ray of hope for the depositors, who yesterday lelicved the savings of years hnd been swept away in the wreck. David R. Forgan. vice-president of the Firfet National Bank, and one of those to whom the status of the de funet bank's affairs, has been laid bare, declared that probably 70 cents on the dollar would be paid in final adjust ment. President Stensland loaned money to himself, it is declared by subter fuge, having his employes sign the notes, The belief that Stensland made his es cape into Canada is supported by report from Superior1, Wis., that the police officials iu that city saw the miss ing banker on a Duluth and Superior car carrying a- heavy valise. Another dispatch from Superior tended to show thflt Stensland made his way to Cana da bv boat from Duluth. Herring is thought to have reached the line by way of Detroit. The following message 1ms been sent broadcast over the country by the police: "Arrest for embeiidement, Henry W. Herring, cashier of the Milwaukee- Avenue State Bank, Carpenter street nnd Milwaukee avenue. Forty to 45 years old, six feet two inches tall, 275 pounds, stout build, dark complexion, chestnut hair, dark-brown mustache, ight suit. Ho is a good dresser. Send all inormation to Chief Collins. "'INSPECTOR. SHUTY." YEAST MAN KILLED. OAKLAND, Cal., August 7. -Mrs. Lola, Reed, nged 20, tonight shot and killed John P Million, manager of a local yeast and baking company and then killed herself by shooting. The tragedy took place at the home of Mrs. l)i, Luelhv Cool Walker. The motive Is said to have been jealousy. v NO ICE TO QUENCH THIRST. Company Goes Back on Contract to Fur Dish Ice to Government CAMP TAOOMA, Wash., August 7.- With the exception of National Guard, who will not be in camp until Saturday practically all of the troops to take part in the maneuver will be in ramp by Friday next, meaning a busy time for all the departments. The commissary department, under the active management of Captain Elliott aiwUted by three commissary sergeants, I prepared to handle that portion of the work without friction. The little office of the dcjiartment transacts a tremen dou amount of business. There It one hitch in the department at present. The Carstens hi Company of Seattle prom ised to furnish ice at 20 cent per hun dredweight. The firm did this for i time, and then discovered that the rail road company was charging 25 cents per hundredweight cxpresaage. Then the toe ceased to arrive at camp, and there is terlous need for it. The firm is under bond to carry out its contract in the sum of $1000. and the outcome U problematical. The company, should It tail to supply lee to Camp Taeoma may b debarred from future Govern ment contracts. The maneuvers at Camp Tacornn are to begin next Saturday, August 11. ARRESTED FOR EMBEZZLEMENT. TORONTO. Ont., August 7.-Clinon Wray, secretary of the Union Trust Company of Pittsburg was arrested here today accused of having stolen over $120,000 of the company's funds. PURSUE 01 POLICY Russian Government Will Ignore Parliament's Wishes. MOVE MAY PROVE STRONG Government Expects to Rally Landed Interests and Peasants by Giving Both Actual Relief Money is Lacking. ST. PETERSBURG, August 7.-The real intention of the government when it dissolved the lower house of parlia ment as revealed by a member of the cabinet to the Associated Press today, shows that Premier Stolypin at least intends to pursue and hold an affirma tive policy amounting virtually to t determination on the part of the admin istration to settle the agrarian question according to its own lights ,and irre spective of parliament -and then go to the country upon this issue. The gov ernment expects to rally not only the landed interests, but the mass of peas ants to its side by actually giving the latter some relief instead of merely holding out hopes of a more advantage ous settlement in the indefinite future. Politically this move may prove very strong. The actual bestowal of lands, even in smaller quantities than expect ed, and the division of communistic holdings will, it is believed, make the peasantry disinclined to vote for can didates to the lower house, who might propose a totally different solution of the question. The crux of the question however lies in its financial aspect. It will be an herculean operation to find the funds required to purchase the pri vate holdings, which project the minister of agriculture contemplated acquiring through land banks. PRINCESS MATHILDA DIES. DAVOS, Switzerland, August 7 Princess Mathilda of Saxeburg Gotha died here today. and ADOPTS ARBITRATION PROJECT RIO JANIERO. August 7. The In ternational American conference at its session today unanimously adopted the arbitration project. i. AMERICANS HILL JAPS Poachers On Aleutian Is land Slaughtered. !2 JAPANESE CAPTURED Revenue Cutter McCulloch Seizes Twelve Poachers Affair Reported. COMPLICATIONS MAY ARISE Stat Department Reports the Affair to Japanese Ambassador and Expresses Regret Japanese Are Illegally Landed. NEW YORK, August 7. A special to the Tribune from Washington says: A report of the killing of fire Japan- ese fishermen and the capture of 12 Japanese as. prisoners, on Attn Island, the westermost of the Aleutian group. the prisonen having been taken by the revenue McCuIloch commanded by Captain J. C. CantwelL was made to the department of commerce and labor to day by Edwin W. Sims, solicitor for the department, who is in Alaska to enforce the law prohibiting all persons not citizens of the United States from fishing in Alaskan waters. The Japan ese killed were shot by Americans on Attu Island, before the McCuIloch ar rived Lawrence O. Murray, acting secre tary of commerce and labor promptly turned the cable dispatch over to Rob ert Bacon, acting secretary of state. Bacon will immediately communicate the information he has received to the Japanese ambassador, and will express regret that the Japanese poachers were so summarily dealt with by the Ameri cans on Attu Island. The cable dispatch from Sims does not make entirely clear the character of the offense of which the Japanese were guilty, but it does show the olhcer and crew of the McCuIloch, were in no way responsible for the killing of the fisher men, and that those who were captured were trespassers on American territory, bavins come ashore probably to salt and cure their catch. There is no reason to expect international complications as a result of the incident but there is no question that the situation in the Aleu tian Islands, especially as it affects the Japanese is a delicate one, and that difficulties will be encountered in en forcing the laws protecting American citizens aud their rights. SUBTERRANEAN LAKE IS TAPPED. Man Digs Down 81 Feet Near Bend, Oregon, and Strikes Pure Water. BEND, Ore., August 7. James Spicer, who lives near Agency Plains, has tap ped a subterranean lake at a distance of feet down, while drilling for a well on Ins homestead, lie had dug aowa 50 feet with ft pick and shovel and had gone 31 feet farther with the drill when it suddenly broke through into what is pparently nn inexhaustible body of water. The water is cool and clear. This is welcome news to the ranchers of Agency Plains, as the Spicer ranch is not to exceed 100 feet lower in altitude tlian Agency Plains. JOHN N. HOFFMAN RETURNS. FOREST GROVE, Ore., August 7. Attorney John N. Hoffman, of this place, who left here about two months since for London, England, in the interests of the hopgrowers' association of Oregon, Arrived home last night. SUES FOR BIG SUM. Doctor Wants $299,980 For Professional , Services at a Sanatorium. PITTSBURG, August 7. Dr. C. a Hendircks of Atlantic, N. J., has en tered suit in the county court here against Mrs. Laura Biggar Bennett, widow of II. M. Bennett, a former thea trical manager of Brooklyn and Pitts burg, claiming $290,980 for professional services. Hendricks allege that he at tended Bennett in bis private sanitarium in New Jersey for two years and that he wat only paid (20 during that time. CLERK DISAPPEARS. NEW YORK. August 7.-Matthew Brandon, 30 years old, a confidential clerk and messenger, employed by Thomas Faulkner, agent for the com bined railroad line of the United States at Ellis Island has not been seen since last Thursday when he left Ellis Island to deposit $5000 in checks and $1100 in cash in a New York bank. It waa stated at the bank that Brandon had failed to make the deposits. JURY STILL OUT. PORTLAND, August 7. The jury in the case of Charles A. Watson charged with perjuiy committed in swearing to testimony given in hi final homestead proof before the United States commis sion, was still out at midnight and prob ably will be locked up for the night. The defense submitted the case without argument and the jury retired at 5 o'clock this afternoon. S ME HEAVY West Central Texas Suffers From Torrential Showers. NO CASUALTIES REPORTED Canyon City Said to Have Been Wiped Out by Tornado Which Killed Several People Re port Unconfirmed. FORT WORTIL Texas. August 7. According to advices received here, west of central Texas has been visited by torronffial rainsl, and considerable damage done to growing crops and rail road traffic is badly crippled. However no casualties so far as known have oc curred. At Amarillo, the family of a farmer was killed by lightning during severe electrical storm. It is report ed that Canyon City, a small own, was wiped out by a tornado that killed sev eral people, but as the wires are down this report cannot be confirmed. LOSS OF LIFE EXAGGERATED. FORT WORTH. Texas, August 7. The statements sent out today from here of a large loss of life caused by the flood in Texas, are greatly exaggerated. Heavy rains occurred in western and central Texas, but none were as serious as reported today. de.tr Ssad.acnetaoin .... . . MILITIA GUARDS JAIL. CHARLOTTE, August 7. Rumors that an attempt would be made to res cue from prison George Hall, an ex convict, nnd an alleged leader of the mob which last night lynched the three negroes, caused Governor Glinn to issue orders for the militia to surround the jail. No attempt to make good the threat waa made. Long before the sun rose curious persons went to the scene of the lynching and cut off the toes, fingers and ears of the negro victims of the mob. FRANKIE NEIL BESTED. LOS ANGELES. August 7. Harry Baker was given the decision tonight oven Frankie Neil after 20 rounds of fighting. Neil was a slight favorite in the betting. RAIN