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VOLUME LXII1 NO. Vi
ASTORIA, OREGON, Sl'NDAY. JANUARY 13, 1907
PRICE FIVE CENTS
ACT10NWAS
LYNCHING
Tillman So Describes Dis
missal of Troops.
RACE QUESTION AT ROOT
Attitude of President Makes Con
ditions Worse in the
South.
MATTER APPROACHES CRISIS
Th Question of th Continued 8u
pr.mcy of h Whila Rc Will
Be the Ntxt Ittue Before the
Nation.
WAHHINUTON, Jan. 12. Homier
TlllmKn pok on llm Brownsville In-
'diit in the Hcnittn today. II" chnr
iieterlxed the President' action In th
matter a "nothing more or lc thiin
Inching."
II rhalleiigd anyone to produce In
ih army rt-K'Untlunii or itrtlolea of
war any foundation for thi charge of
oiiMilrry if silence, mutiny nd
t; -ftimit made attalnst the soldiers, al
though lie declared llleti- Was IIO doubt
IhM (ho soldiers were responsible f.ir
the "murage (it Brownsville "
Mr Tillman held that It was con.
tmry In ihi? fundamental principles 'f
I'erty nf Kimll-'h uri'l Anni Ir.m lw
MlSt tile IlillOr.lll nhnlll'l Mllflil ll"
'iur of the sirs of tin' guilty; he
rlo declared Hint a man slmll lie mil
Ml i1rrct Innocent until he I -n
pullty.
"In this ease," lir h:iIi. "Ifi? nun
have been itinllii'il while not more
than 20 have boon charged with parti
cipation In tho crime. " Mr. Tillman
mnlntalnoil tlint the negro troops
hould not haw been sent tn Texan.
"key were sent there, In- m.1I, against
tl.f protests of one of tho Texas sen
ntors unil one congressman from that
district.
Thin wiw done, Mr, Tillman rx
I i Itif'il. without any thought or car
on tho part of the president or secre
tary of war as to the result.
The first thought of tho president
wu to protect Ihft negroes and to pun
ish thi- cltl'.i'MH hy alianilimliiK the
front.
"Kdpcclally Major 1'cnroni' ami Cap
Kin Marklln," Mr. Tillman hiiM, "arc
r.hown t" liuvt! aiti'il with kiosh ni'K-
llRrnCi! Will IliriimiH'tl'lH P."
Mr, Tlllrimn declurfil all tho hoMIoim
tn tho trouble woro from Marklln'H
ci nipaay, ami that Marklln ilhl not lie
1vo that a ncKrn hail Holmd Mr.
Kvnnn by tho hair, am! thai ho matlo
no effort to (lotoct tho Boldler. This,
If thoutfbt, nilw'd tho iioHtlon aH to
r.hothcr or not Cnptaln Miu-klln was
In sympathy with tho mhonic of ro
vonRe. "It h UHcdosH to dony that tho race
rtuoBtlon lien at th bottom of all this.
V Id oqually uho1o8h to nay those
t'oopn wero not dlsohw'Rod bt'oauso
they wero neRroos. If tho nwoos had
reon troatod tho gnmo wny ns white
vrldlors were troatod ut AthonH, Ohio,
tho civil authorlllos would havo nr
Tfited those believed to bo utility nnd
the matter dooldod In the courts.
In that Instance tho war depart
ment defondod the roRulars althouKh
they had committed murder, and It
wu declared the troops were tho
wards of tho nation, a very proper and
rlRht position to take.
"The whole lssuo Is one of race,
fnd the President In primarily more
responsible than any other mon for
the position the negroes In the South
lire taken on the question of negro'
t'KhlN. Ho mhvc I'i'CiiKliltl'ill to I took -
T. WashliiKton, In a social way, II
lid It knowing ho wan llyltig In tli
fai: of ct fticlliiit umoiiK sovonloon
II lllliuis of Houihi'in whlli) mim mid
I I'lllllHl I III- MUIIIU f'.'I'lllIK if two-
tl.lnlx of tho Nui'thi'in pi!Hili'. II"
III on not uiiih iHtiuiil tin! nugro or lh
ili-oi and vltiil iliararliT of the In
Mm Involved. Ho made 11 iih-hh of It
lii the first Insliiiiru and hits miido u
ttorno moss of (ho last,
"Tin) ntlltmlo of thii ndnilnlstratlon
MiH'lul nuestloiiH lias boon the iiiuko
i,t Kioat and nolabln ihanKi- In l.ie
1I1 iiieanur of tlm iMKroon throiiK.ioul
lh Houtb, mid tho Kroutor riui'sllon of
I'lutlonshlp bolwoon tho races cannot
bo much loincor ki pt down." Aftor
Moilli:tlii(c In tint near future a racf
conflict, Mr. Tillman mild:
"Itroiully Stated, tho white, people, of
llir I 'lilted Ktutvs are fueo to face
''th the vital Issue as to whether the
( Mil iinluii race shall share Its Inhor
llnliie with the other rare of tho
ei rth. In Cuba the question prcse
for solution and Immediate action.
K I. f. 1 Ithat Island be K"Veilied by lit:
rmvH or white men? Khali It be
doomed to tho fate of Hnn Iiomlnxo or
r luill It bo saved for the white man?
T'.e question of a protectorate or an
ligation and "f the fuuire status "f
the people there must ! determined
ts the rje.ir future. Th.Mt ! "fily
1 !iae of the (jiifStlon.
"On the Purine Coast, the relation
rhtp between the MoiikoIIuiis itml the
uuen"lans Is Involved. Tim Presl
dont Announces lilinulf favoring toe
Mlcy of absolute tbllterntlon of the
race lln, the icnintlnic of full citizen.
O.ip n the Japanrae. The Anwlrann
the Pacific ('oast, as I understand
U are bitterly opposed to this policy,
.md without reicard to parly lines.
These Americans ounht to know what
Is fur their best Interest and they
iiKht to nnd undoubtedly will have
thp .ympathy and aid of their fellow
("lit'im north and south In protcct
'11" their Interests. Hut those two
I based of the race prohloin sink Into
It slKnlflcance along side of the Brent -1
r and mure vital question of tho ro
ll tlonshlp of the races In tile South
1 1 11 states of the I'nlon."
PANAMA BID IS LOW
Less Than Seven Per Cent On
Cost of Construction.
GREAT DIFFERANCE IN BIDS
One Is Over Four Timet Much ai
Anothei" Lowest Meant Remu
neration of Over Nine Million
Dollars.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12. Proposals
opened by the Canal Commission to
iay for tho entire const ruction of the
1 iiuama Canal were as low as had
lien expected by tho experts on con
st Miction work. l''or some time It had
In en known that several members of
the commission believed that 7 per
cut on tho estimated cost would ho
n fair remuneration for the contractor
under the form prepared by tho com
mission. The lowest proposal, that of
William J. Oliver of Ktloxvlllo, Tenn.,
unil Anson Kwiks of New York city,
who offered to do the work for 6.75
per cent on the estimated coHt, Is low
er than had boon expected. Oruntlng
that tho estimate of $140,000,000 for
le.o construction of the canal, which
has been frequently spoken of In con
j?:ess, Is accurate, the remuneration of
the Ollver-Hans combination would
bo $9,450,000, In case It was to bo
warded tho contract. Much discus
sion has been caused by the great dlf
fi renco In the only four bids received,
us they ranned from 6.75 to 28 per
cent,
FAMINE IN RUSSIA.
ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 12. Th.
Minister of the Interior has asked the
Council of Ministers for further fam
ine relief credit of $35,500,000.
DEMOCRATS
ORGANIZE
Chance of Concessions for
Minority Party.
HAINES IS FOR CAUCUS
Others Believe an Open Floor
Fight Would Increase
Their Chances.
SICKEl IS LOSING GROUND
trunnla for Pratidanry jf SenStS C'-'!
minatet in Deadlock Between
Hodton and Haines and Dark
Horse May Win.
PORTLAND, Jan. 12. Democratic
State senators are being consolidated
aid organized today by Governor
ChamVrlaln; and other Democratic
bailors In order to take a hand In
the light fur president of the stuto
rcmitu and secure such concessions as
are possible. There are six Democratic
votes In the senate, and these, with
'he exception of Miller, appear In
1 lined to grasp their opportunity. If
the fight for the presidency Is carried
r the llor openly, the Democrats can
dictate their own terms, providing
il.iy are not unreasonable.
S. iitlment Is divided on tho question
f a caucus. There are 13 senators
in 'credited to Haines who favor a cau
us and II who do not, presumably
t least, there are a number who do
no', want to caucus since an open Hour
f ght would d-feat H''d.son and Haines,
the leading aspirants, and give others
who secretly nurse booms a chance
Hudson Is supposed to have eight.
Haines has 13. Kach appears to have
1 1 ai lie, I his limit.
II develops that the 13 names on
Haines' contract are not Irrevocably
pledged to hhn. Tho agreement If
that they will stand by him If he
'ins a chance, but In the evtn of it
1 1 lug apparent bo cannot win the
Mgncrs agree to abide by the ma
jority. Ity the wording of the agree
ment, tho Haines people can Hop to
-. 11 y one aftor a few ballots and as
1 teach is In the position of a recep
live candidate, It Is possible for him
ti. obtain some of Haines' strength
a1 well as some of Hudson's.
"I am even loss than a receptive
t r. ml Ida to," declared Malarkoy this
afternoon. "I nm not actively en
. "god In the contest. What I want
to see Is the senate organized with
out delay. There has been no agree
ment between Senator Hodson and
r.iyself."
The movement toward Slehel has
abated through his own Inactivity and
the Malarkoy prospects are, at the
1 utsldo, throe votes. Aside from Hod
sen and Haines, who are deadlocked,
P e Indications point toward Peach, a
Hodson man. In the event of a break
tn either Hodson's or Haines' forces,
l each would be the most likely nom
inee, since he has not made himself
bjpctlonablo to either crowd. How
long Hodson would stay In the game
before withdrawing Is a problem. The
i'mo is true of Haines. One or the
other must be compelled to withdraw
before either can win, nnd the moment
one pulls out a dark horse will jump
Irto tho race.
INSTITUTE ASSURED.
Million and Half Will Be Used for
, Fine Portland School.
PORTLAND, Jan. 2. The time lim
it has elapsed within which the Cal-
Ifornla heirs of the late Amanda J.
fteed might make appeal to the Hu
lieine Court of tho state from the
decision (if the Huperlor Court of Is
Angeiim, ari'l now the establishment of
tho magnificent R'od Institute In
Portland Is absolutely assured.
'Die lapsing of this time limit ter
rr.'nates one of the most stubbornly
ei'titeste( will eases In the history of
the Pacific Const, and It was not un
t'l they were defeated In the County
Court, State Circuit Court, and Su
premo Court of Oregon nnd the Su
perior Court of their own state that
tie California heirs at last gave up
Hi. Hght.
It Is estimated that $'.00,000 will be
available for the Institute. Of this,
ly the terms of the will, the amount
to be placed In buildings Is $100,000,
I'.avlng about $1,400,000, according to
intimates, to be employed as the trus
tees direct In conducting the Institute.
In her will Mrs. Reed directs that
t- Institute shall be devoted to the
teaching of the arts, sciences and lit
erature. The scope of the Institution,
under these terms Is bread, and it l
expected that the Reed Institute will
become one of the leading Institutions
cf learning on the Pacific Coast.
BATTLE ON BAILEY.
Senator Accused of Aiding Standard
Oil Company is Centsr of Fight.
AUSTIN, Jan. 12. The suggested
lialley Investigation consumed the en
tire session of the Texas leb'Hature
today, and bids fair to continue well
Into Monday without a vote being se
cured. The antl-P-alley factions claims
ti' victory u pto now and assert they
will yet make greater gains. Ralley
tonight stated In emphatic language
his willingness to meet any charge
rnv man may make against him.
DRUNKEN MEN FREEZE.
MAC KAY, Ida., Jan. 12. Two
1 anchors, the Reel Brothers, wre
fiozen to death on the desert sixteen
t.'lles south of Arco last night. They
nere Intoxicated.
TANNER SUSPENDED
Former Law Partner of Senator
Mitchell Receives Rebuke.
CONDUCT UNPROFESSIONAL
Judge Who Committed Perjury in
Connection with the Mitchell Land
Fraud Case Cannot Practice
Law for Ninety Days.
SALEM, Jan. 12. A per curiam
opinion rendered by the Supreme
('curt this morning holds that it Is
very questionable whether the mere
p'ea or verdict or guilty Is a con-
tctIon within the meaning of sec
tion 1.0G7, but ns a rebuke to Judge
. H. Tanner, he Is suspended from
practicing law for 90 days.
This disbarment proceeding was
1 1 ought by the grievance committee
ol the State Bar association against
Judge Tanner because of perjury in
relation to the Mitchell land fraud
i rise and unfropesslonal conduct.
'The decision of the Supreme Court
suspending Judge Tanner from prac
tice for 90 days Is entirely satisfac
tory to me," said Frank S. Grant,
reclal prosecutor for the Oregon Bar
Association.
"When Judge Tanner's offense was
taken In hand by the grievance com
mittee of the Bar Association, It was
he Judgment of the committee that
be had violated his oath as a lawyer
!o the extent that punishment was
merited. The decision of the Su-
rt erne Court sustains the judgment of
tve committee."
NEW STEAMER ROUTE.
BERLIN, Jan. 12. A service be
tween Bremen and ports of the West
Coast of South America will be be
gun on Jan. 26 by the Kosmos steam
ship company.
LIKE BOLT
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President Sends Message
On Colorado River.
SITUATION DANGEROUS
Sudden Move is Surprise to Re
clamation Service Work
ers There.
INTERFERENCE NOT REILSHED
Foosevelt Declares That Unless Some'
thing is Done Before the Spring
Floods, Great Injury Will Be
Done Private Property.
WASHINGTON', Jan, 12. In a spe
cial message to the somite today,
President Roosevelt urged Immediate
r.rtlon, looking toward the permanency
cf the repair of the breaks on the Col
(ado River, which threatened prop
'ty In the Imperial Valley, Califor
nia, The President believes that the
expenditure of two million dollars will
icsult In again confining the waters
o their former channel. If the work
is not done before the spring floods,
1. Is not Improbable that thousands of
fettlers will be driven from their
homes and hundreds of thousands of
Fores lost to reclamation for ever" and
millions cf dollars damage done to
government works and private enter
prises. "LOS ANGELES, Jan. 12. "Such a
n:ove on the part of the President will
b like a thunderbolt out of clear sky
foi everybody working at the Colo
rado River," said O. H. Ensign, chief
electrical engineer cf the United
States reclamation service, today when
told of the President's message on the
Imperial Valley situation.
"This undertaking Is the most dif
ficult engineering feat in the world
at this time, and the situation is se
rious In the extreme."
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12. The mes
sage from President Roosevelt was
referred to the committee on foreign
relations, because of the fact that
Mexico Is Involved In the proposition
breaks In the Colorado having oc-
( urred four miles below the boundary
line in Mexican territory.
CARS FOR LIVE STOCK.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 12. Senator
Culberson introduced a bill today to
require common carriers to furnish
cars for shipment of livestock within
s reasonable time. Hansbrough called
attention to the necessity of extend
ing the scope of the bill to cover
shipments of grain.
POPE THANKS PRELATE.
PARIS, Jan. 12. The Pope has sent
i letter of encouragement to Cardinal
Richards, the aged archbishopj of
Paris, thanking him for his new year
letter. The Pontiff hopes the Car
dinal will be spared to see better days
c-nd he sends his benediction to the
pged prelate and to the clergy and
faithful of France.
ENGINEERS GET RAISE.
Increased Wages Will Affect Entire
Western District.
CHICAGO, Jan. 12. After dally ne
g'cutiations over a period of several
weeks, the western roads today decid
ed to give the locomotive engineers
increased wages aggregating between
five and six million dollars annually
The increase will affect between 15,000
and 20,000 men, on all railroads west
of Chicago to the Pacific Coast, north
to the Canadian border and south to
the Gulf of Mexico. On passenger lo
comotives engineers will receive a five
cent Increase on the hundred mile run.
On freight engines the Increase will
range between eight and twelve cent
per hundred miles. In all larger yards
the switch engineers will receive ad
ditions of fifty to seventy-five cent
j.er day with the assurance they will
not be kept out more than twelve
hours.
BANK WRECKER DEAD.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 12. Georgs
S. Work, who was sent to prison for
wecklng the Bank fjf America and
the American Life Insurance Com
pany 16 year ago, died here last
tight. The collapse of these Insti
tutions caused a big sensation.
RAISE LEGATIONS RANK.
BUENOS AYRES. Jan. 12. It la
plated that the government has in
contemplation the raising of the
Washington legation to the rank of
rn embassy. The United States ba
Intimated that it Is agreeable to the
change. A special law will have t
be passed here authorizing the higher
dlDlomatlc rank.
ALARMS BRITONS.
LONDON, Jan. 12. Th great tin
centers of Cornwall are agitated over
he report that an American syndicate
Is buying u pthe richest tin mines
here, A representative of the syndi
cate. It Is said, has been In Penzance
for some weeks. The report Is not
confirmed.
ROOSEVELT HONORED.
LONDON, Jan. 12. President Roose
LONDON. Jan. 12. President
Roosevelt has been elected an honor
pry member of the Royal Geographical
Krcietjf. Those so honored Include
Emperor William, King Leopold and
King Oscar.
BIG BONANZA SAFE
Bark Feared to Have Foundered
Reached San Francisco.
CAPTAIN IS BADLY INJURED
Reports Having Received a Rough
Handling by Storm, Losing One of
Her Sails and a Portion of
the Forecastle.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 12. The
bark Big Bonanza, which it was feared
had foundered with all on board oft
tie coast of Oregon, crept Into port
th's afternoon under her own sail.
She had a rough experience during
the storm, but beyond losing one of
her sails and having a portion of the
forecastle torn away, suffered no great
damage. , In the rough sea last Sun
day Captain Cameron fell from the
fore ward house and was badly in
jured. The tug Samson, which cast
the vessel adrift during the storm,
has arrived In Portland, Oregon, In a
battered condition.
SLAYS BEFORE DAUGHTER.
NEW YORK, Jan. 12. Harry
Schnellberger, a saloon-keeper, shit
and killed his wife and himself at
Jersey City In the presence of his 11-year-old
daughter, the eldest of six
children.
HILL HELPS COLLEGE.
MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 12. James J.
K'll, president of the Great Northern,
has given fifty thousand dollars to
MoAlester College on condition that
the productive "endibwmen fund be
taised to two hundred thousand.