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Motvm UBUtHI CULL AttOOIA UOVIRS THE MORNING FIILO ON THB LOWER OOLUMBIA.1 PRICE FIVE CENTS ASTORIA, OREGON, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11. 1906 VOLUME LXI NO. 5iB f . TO CANAL James J. Hill Delivers an Address In Chicago. TRADE WITH CANADA Of More Importance thanBuitding the Panama Canal for Trade. LIBERAL TRADE RELATIONS Increase In Canadian Trad of Mora Bn.M lo the Unitad States Than tha Trada Darivad from tha Panama Canal. CHICAGO, Nov. I0,Jnms J. Hill, president of the Great Northern Rull rond. wns the guest of honor at tho Merchants' flub tilght and dollvfrrd mi extended addresa upon "Chlco'i Interest In Reciprocity with Canada." H spoke of the transportation prob loin In general, t n t was partlrulnrly emphatic In the 'necessity of a fifteen foot ennui between New Orleans and HI. I.oua. Ha produced flirtiren to show that tha tnido with the United State and with ppoplo they would be In tourh, amounts to only $5i,fi00,00 by the con at run Inn of the Panama Canal, while the United Rate trade with Cnnnda amounts to over 1200.000,000 annual ly. He assorted that conservation arid Increase of thin trade w of greater Importance thnn anything else thnt could poHHlbly accrue to the Unit ed States, because of the construe tlon of the canal. Mr. Hill anld thnt It wim pure selfishness of unreason ing Individuals thnt had always atood In tho way of building up a liberal trade 'with Canaityt. He considered thla trade of vniitly more Importance to tho trado and commercial Interests of the United States than could pos albly accrue from the building; of the Panama cannl. Hla remarks were listened to with marked attention nno frequently applauded. MINES CONSOLIDATED. Several Goldtlald Mines Consolidated In One Company. BAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 10. The merger of four Ooldflold mines was announced on tho local stock exchange yesterday. The mines Absorbed byj tho new corporation, known as the Oolilflcld Consolidated Mines Com pany, capitalized at 50,000,000, are the Mohawk, Jumbo, Red Top and La gunn. Tho par value of the shares of the Goldtleld Consolidated Mines compnny has been fixed at $10. The properties acquired by tho company have been take.n over on tho follow ing baRls: Mohnwk 20 a share; Jumbo, $5; Red Top, r; Laguna, $2. These shares will be paid for In shares of the Ooldfleld Consolidated Mines com pany, It Is said, on the basis of econ omy. FOOTBALL GAMES. Several Interesting Gamea Played In Several Cltiea. ' PORTLAND, Nov. 10. The follow ing scores were made at the various football games throughout the country today: At Seattle University of Washing ton, 0; Willamette, 0. , At Cambridge Harvard, 5; Carlisle 0. At West Point Princeton, 8; West Point, 0. At Chicago Minnesota, 4; Chicago, 2. At Berkeley California, 8; Stanford At Princeton Tale, 14; Princeton, 0. STOCKS DEPRESSED. Raoant Elactlon Had No Influence on Market. NKW YORK. Nov. 10,-Thera was soma disappointment In financial clr cle thnt no activity In the stock mar ket followed the passing of the elections. Helling to realise by pre vlnus buyers on this assumption waa ii depressing Influence on the market, Of more effect was the tlgiitenlng of the money market. The scarcity of funds In tho time loan market and the high rates pnld for periods up to four months, gave rise to a con viction thnt tn immediate betterment of conditions wns looked for. The prospect for any market activity un der theso conditions waa considered discoursing. Demand wns dull In (on.Munce and amull offerlr.ga were sufficient to depress prices. HINDOOS A HOODOO. British Columbia Government Object to These Immigrants. VANCOUVER. H. C. Nov. 10. In addition to the large number of Hln dooa now In British Columbia thore nro now KO0 more en route. Already strong protests have been made from Rrltlah Columbia to Ottawa against the arrival of this class of Immi grant, who are considered more ob jectionable thon the Chinese from a labor st'indpolnt and who furthermore may become a charge on the commun ity. The Dominion government has onnounced that It will make represen tations to tho Imperial government to take the matter up with the In dian government and put a stop to this Immigration as the Hindoos are Hrltlsh subjects and this Is considered to be the only way the matter can be dealt with. People of Porto Rico Will Receive President Roosevelt. DINNER GIVEN IN HIS HONOR The President Will Remain at 8an Juan Only Twenty-four Hours and Will Be Given a Recaption by Governor Winthrop. SAN JUAN. Nov. 10. The people of Porto Rico are manifesting great Interest In the coming of President Roosevelt, but are disappointed In his Inability to remnln on the Island longer than twenty-four hours. The Iioulslnna Is expected to arrive at Ponce early on tho morning of No vember 22. Governor Winthrop will meet the warship and after breakfast a recep tion will bo given at the city hall. After tho reception the presidential party will leave at once In automobiles for a drive of eighty miles over the famous military road to San Juan. Governor and Mrs. Winthrop will give a dinner in honor of the President and a public reception will , bo tendered them In the evening at the palace. WANTS PROTECTION. Havana Sugar Plantera Ask for Unit ad States Troopa. HAVANA, Nov. 10. The feeling of Insecurity throughout the Island Is shown by numerous applications by proprietors of sugar plantations for details of Amorlcnn troops to guard the sugar mills during the approach ing cutting senson. The owners of fer to supply free quarters for the troops, hoping to receive such mili tary protection as was customary un der Spanish rule during the last rev olution. The military authorities have refuse (.a grant any of the applications. v MITCHELL 8TORM. DENVER, Nov. 10. Mitchell Storm, a pioneer mining man of Idaho and Montana, died of general debility to day at St. Luke's hospital, aged 83 years. He was the oldest native mi ner of Colorado, and founder of Col orado's first gold camp, now Central City. WILLBEENTERTAINED . 1 I MURDERED IN SALEM Sensational Murder Com mitted in Salem. FOLLOWED BY SUICIDE Victor E. D' Anna Shoots and Kills Benjiman Uholson Over Arrest. ESCAPES TO ASYLUM FARM Waa Arretted After a Night's Carousel and Feeling the Disgrace, Delib erately Commits Murder Whila In a Fremied State. SALEM, Nov. 10. As the result of a drunken dobach and the remorse over being arrested. Victor E. D'Anna. a civil anglneer in the Willamette Construction company, and a popular young society man, deliberately shot and killed Benjiman Gohlstori. an employe of the Farmers' Feed Stables In this city, out of revenge, escaped to the country and eluded arrest long enough to reach tho asylum farm six miles south, where he telephoned to a friend In this city, and then calmly went out behind a neaf-bjj wood-pile and blew out his own brains with the same revolver with which the murder was committed. Until he reached the asylum farm D'Anna wns seen only once after lenvlng the city by the railroad track no(ax the Reform School. He was first seen there at 11 o'clock, hat less, pale and nervous, at a telephone by A. P.. Dllley, an attendant. When he had finished talking he turned and walked out of the building, but nod ded an indifferent "How-do-you-do" to a like salutation from Mr. Dllley. and walked across the yard. Five minutes later a shot waa heard. His body was found by John Noyan, a farmer, behind a woodpile with a wound In the hend. D'Anna was In the habit of going out on periodical sprees and drank heavily all last night and up to an early hour this morning. While in a drunken stupor after his night's ca rousal, coatless and hotless, he put In an appearance at the Farmers Stables about 4:30 o'clock this morning, went lito the sleeping room occpled by young Oohlson and went to bed. Gholson called In Night Watchman John Longcor, who made 'Anna get up and took him to the police sta tion. D'Anna called up City Recorder Moores by telephone and was released on his own recognizance to appear at 10 o'clock this morning. After being freed he Is supposed to have gone to his room, secured his revolver nnd some cartridges and re turned to the stable, knocking on the door, and, when Gholson opened it, fired one shot which took effect in Gholson's left breast In the region of the heart. Gholson, who was up nnd dressed, did not utter a cry, but ran as fast as he could acrossi High street to the Low livery stable. Walter Low, the proprietor, saw him stagger about and thought It was a drunken man. He approached him and when near enough recognized Gholson in the dim light of dawn and Incandescent elec tric lights, and seeing blood gushing from his mouth In a stream, took hold of him and said: "My God, Gholson, what has hap pened?" "I am shot," Gholson gurgled In a weak voice, pointed to the region of his wound and sank to the floor. Low hastened to summon a physician, but Gholson sank rapidly and died In a very few minutes, before Dr. W. H. Byrd arrived. Several persons In the vicinity of the scene of the shooting heard the shot and a few claim they saw the principal in the cold-blooded deed. , INDIAN TERRITORY. United 8tatee Senate Committee to Make Investigation! KANSAS CITY, Nov. 10. The United States Senate committee on Indian' affolra, consisting of Senator C. D. Clark of Wyoming, chairman; Senator Chester I. Long of Kansas; Senator F. B. Brandegee, of Connec ticut; Senator H. M. Teller, of Colo rado and Senator W. A. Clark of Montana, will assemble In Kansas City today and Sunday. On Monday morning an official session will be held at the Hotel Baltimore and on Monday afternoon th committee will leave on an extended trip though Indian Territory, to hold hearings at Vlnlta, Muskogee, McAlester, Ard- more, Tulsa and Bartlesvllle. At these hearings, which are to be open and public. Information will be sought relative to coal lands, as- ohalt leases, removal of restrictions on Indian lands, and other things vi tal to Indian Territory affairs on which legislation is apt to be had In Congress this winter. Complaint of any kind may be presented to the committee. Its meetings are espe cially designed to give the general public of Indian Territory an oppor tunity to make known its wants and Its onlnlons. This trip was arrangea by special provision just before the Senate adjourned at Its last session. The object sought is an intimate anft close acquaintance with affairs in the territory at first hand, as an aid in the committee's deliberations this winter. TWO NEGROES KILLED. EL PASO. Nov. 10. In a quarrel In a gambling room saloon near Fort Bliss, two negro soldiers were killed. Anojer negro soldier was arrested. 1 J tiSfflS RESTLESS Slight Earthquake Shocks Felt at Naples Yesterday. GREAT ALARM IS CAUSED Investigation Showed That a Part of the Crater Had Fallen In, But No Indicationa of an Earth quake. , NAPLES, Nov. 10. At noon today Mount Vesuvius and the surrounding villages were shaken by a slight earthquake, followed by a consider able fall of ashes especially over Ot- tajano, which was destroyed during the eruption last April and which is now In the course of reconstruction. The phenomenon caused great alarm. An Investigation showed that a part of the crater had fallen In. During the afternoon three more slight shocks and a further discharge of ashes blown in the direction of Pompeii and Ottajano. Naples has not been affected by the eruption, although dark columns of smoke can be seen hovering over the crater. Professor Matteucei, director of the Royal Observatory on Vesu vius, said td an Associated Press representative: "I do not believe this Is a new erupttlon, as all phenomena preceding such is lacking. I think the rain of ashes is caused by the slipping down of the superior Hp of the crater and that the earth trem- hUnsrs are; dlie to the water from recent heavy rains having reached the fire zone Inside the volcano, prouc Ing Internal explosions." ANOTHER MONOPOLY. EL PASO, Nov. 10. What Is per- hops the greatest monopoly of its kind In the world has just been ac quired by John C. Miller, a mining engineer of El Paso, Texas, through a concession granted by the govern ment of the Republic of Mexico to the exclusive fishing right on the west coast of Mexico from Guayamas on the north to Manzanollo on the south of the east coast from parallel 24 on the north to the Bay of Com peche on the south, including all the rivers, bays, Inlets and also the lakes for 20 miles Inland. This covers, per haps, the finest fishing and oyster territory in the world. ELECTION INK NewspapersDiscuss Result ofthe Election. HEARST A CANDIDATE Opinion Expressed That- He Will Be a Candidate for President DISGRACE TO THE POLITICS Eelection in New York Considered a Painful Proof of tha Degradation of Publio Life in tha United States. LONDON, Nov. 10. The leading weekly reviews make the recent elec tion In New York state a feature of their comment The Saturday Review describes William R. Hearst as the Catiline of American politics, and President Roosevelt as Cicero and fa. ther of his country, "who saved It by coming from Oyster Bay to vote in New York." Continuing the paper says Mr. Hearst did not altogether fail in doing what he set out to do. He is defeated but not crushed as a presidential candidate, "Who should be Mr. Bryan and Mr. Hearst rolled into one. Such a candidate would have a magnificent chance." The Outlook says: "The election from first to last Is among the most dramatic episodes of American politics. President Roose velt In his tremendous indictment of Mr. Hearst imperiled his own credit. Nothing but the overwhelming re sponse of the people could have jus tified this extraordinary appeal and this was not forthcoming." The Spectator believes that defeat by so narrow a margin shows "Both the reality of Mr. Hearst's power and the depth of the grievances which he professed to remedy," and adds: "Mr. Hearst remains a vigorous and dangerous force in American politics." Then, speaking pessimistically, the paper says: "The conduct of the campaign was a disgrace to both parties; the whole business from beginning to end was a painful proof of the degradation of public life In , the United States." In conclusion the Spectator says the fact that almost half the people of the States should regard Mr. Hearst as their "political savior," and 'bow grateful knee to Tammany Hall shows there is "something very rot ten In American society." UTAH COAL LANDS. Government Claim Lands Were Pro cured by Fraud, SALT LAKE, Nov. 10. The argu ment on the demurrer of the Utah Fuel company to the complaint filed by the government in Its efforts to recover coal- lands alleged to have been secured by fraud, was finished in the United States District Court to day. The closing speaker was At torney John M. Waldron, for the coal company. The government has fifteen days in which to file a brief covering the questions raised by the defend ant. DECLARE DIVIDEND. New York State Bank Declares Divi dend of SO Per Cent. NEW YORK, Nov. 9. The directors of the State Bank of this city de clared a dividend of nine hundred per cent, payable In cash, on bank's cap italisation of one hundred thousand dollars. Also declared the usual semi annual dividend of 50 per cent. It was also, declared to increase the cap italization of the bank to one million dollars. ACQUIRING INTERE8T8. Standard Oil Company 8cure Mer cantile Marina Company. NEW YORK. Nov. 10. The Journal of Commerce today says it hai learned from a responsible source that Standard Oil interests have recently acquired a substantial Interest In tha securities of th International Mer cantile Marine company. This Inter est is so extensive that the Standard Oil people have asked representation on the board of directors of the trust In compliance with this request Thomas W. Joyce, one of the repre sentatives of J. P. Morgan & Com pany, handed in his resignation early this week and at a special meeting; of the board yesterday, John F. Arch bold was elected to fill the vacancy. Mr. Archbold is the son of John D. Archbold, vice-president and director of the Standard Oil company. WANT VOTES COUNTED. Republicana of New York Contest the Election of Bruce. NEW YORK, Nov. 10. In view of the differences In the vote for lieu tenant governor, it is reported that the Republican leaders will make ap plication to the supreme court Mon day, by the lawyers for the Repub lican candidates on the state ticket to show cause why the void and pro tested ballots should not be counted. WOMAN IDENTIFIED. CHCAGO, Nov. 9. The woman shot and killed last night in Lincoln Park by a man said to be Charles Grant was today identified as Augusta Ray, a domestic. Unrequitted love Is al leged to have been the cause for the shooting. SELECT CANDIDATES Boss Bonaparts Wants Legalized Political Boss Elected. DO AWAY WITH CONVENTIONS The Boss to be Elected at Primary Election and Have the Naming of Candidates, Democrat and Republican. , BALTIMIORE, Nov. 10. In an in terview today, Secretary of the Navy Bonaparte advocated the establish ment of a "legalized boss" In each of the political parties in each of the states and cities, the bops to be empowered to select the candidates for the various elective offices, there by doing away with nominations. It Is hard, he said, Indeed often impos sible, to get men fit to become can didates. Unfit candidates can be se cured by the bushel. By "legalized boss" I mean an Individual author ized art behalf of both parties to choose all candidates of that party In the elective offices within a desig nated territory. Of course, every facility should be afforded for making Independent nom inations whether within organized parties or without, so that all citi zens who may be dissatisfied with regular nominations may be able to vote effectively according to their con victions. Mr. Bonaparte says the boss should be elected annually at a primary held under the law at which but one office, that of boss, should be filled. DEATH OF JOCKEY. L. Sewell Most Successful on Amer ican Turf. NEW YORK, Nov, 10. L. Sewell, one of the most successful Jockeys of the American turf, died last night as a result of injuries received at the Aqueduct track yesterday. Sewell had the mount on Llchtmas and fell with his horse as the result of crowding at the half mile post. Sewell was a finished horseman and rode many notable winners. He ro,de Ram's Horn in the $25,000 Brighton Handicap last July. Sewell, before riding In the fatal race yesterday, had announced that it was to be his last ride for the season. ,