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THE MOKNIXG ASTOKIAN, ASTOMA, OUKGOX. FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 1007. JUST RECEIVED Our lage line of cut glass intended for the Holiday trade has just arrived, being de layed on account of the car shortage. The celebrated H. C. Fry's, which took Gold Medal at Lewis and ClarkFair. Latest Designs. Special Prices. A. V. ALLEN, CROCKERY DEPARTMENT. LOOKS LIKE 1 1 111 I I Ship Subsidy Bill is Not Placed in Hands of Representatives. tho nutomoMlo of I'l'ltn'os l.ubomlr ka. who belongs to an aneloitt Polish family, with rosUl.'tiifs In (l.ilU-iu, l'o lainl. and Tails, wont Into a ruvlno, The princess Is said to haw suflVivd Injury, bu; to what extent is not deil niti'ly known. Ono ivport says sho was mortally hurt and another that her injuries are not serious. UNDER MARTIAL LAW Troops Guard Devastated Kings ton from Lawless Theives. RESCUE WORK ALREADY BEGUN Estimates of Dead Run From a Hun dred to a Thousand, With Thou sands Injured, But Impossible to Verify Information. WOOL GROWERS MEET. FAVORS THE EXISTING TIMES Three Days' Session Begun at Lake City Yesterday. Salt Fight in Merchant Marine and Fish eries Committee Over Matter Was Remarkable Contrary to Cus tom Bill Was Withheld. CHICAGO, Jan. IT. A dispatch to the Tribune from Washington says: "There was a distinct condition of ferment in the House of Representa tives yesterday because of the fact that the members at large were de prived wholly of information as to the exact character of the ship subsidy bill which was supposed to have been reported from the committee on mer chant marine and fisheries Tuesday after an extraordinary fight which nec essitated actual adjournment of the House to permit the committee to act. To cap the climax of the peculiar tactics which have been adopted, the bill as reported, was withheld from the public printer so that it could not be printed in time to be put in the boxes of the members yesterday, ac cording to the usual custom. No member of the House had a draft of the measure and as it had never been formally considered in the com niitiee and never debated, members of the House are still in the dark. All they know is that the bill pro- SAT.T I.AKK CITY. Jan. 1T.-A thousand delegates are here to attend the forty-third annual convention of the National Wool Growers' Associa tion, which begins a three days' ses sion here this morning. The attend ance from Wyoming, Montana and Idaho Is especially large. In the ab sence of the nattlonal president, Sen ator Francis C. Warren, the western vice president. Pr. J. M. Wilson, will preside throughout the session. The features of today's programme are addresses of welcome by Governor John C. Cutler, Fi-her Harris, repre senting the mayor, and S. H. Live, for the Commercial club: response by Frank J. Hagenbarth; annual address by Vice President Wilson: address by Thomas J. Walsh, on "Forest Reserves from the Sheepman's Stanpolnt;" ad dress by Gifford Pinchot, chief for ester of the Department of Agricul ture, on "Forest Reserves and the Grazing Industry'." In addition to the other regular business of the meeting the delegates will devote much time to the enjoy ment of courtesies extended by the people of Salt Lake. These Include an organ recital at the tabernacle and a reception at the Commercial Club. STRIKE THREATENED. vides for actual subsidy of no less than : Another Effort May Be Made to Tie $1,000,000 in addition to $260,000 pay able under the existing law, which will be divided among Harriman, Hill and Spreckels, because they already have lines running over the routes indica ted in the bill, and no other man could afford to build a single steamship to compete with them, Up Portland Lines. PORTLAND, Jan. 17. An under current of feeling among certain em ployes of the Portland Railway. Light & Power Company indicates that an effort may be made by thoso belong ing to the union and thos favorable The subsides for these three lines'40 )ts '-"mentions to tie up th sys are certain to prove intensely uppopu- t,'rn Saturday evening, on the o'-ca-lar in the House and the chances are i of the parade of organized labor, they will be reported out by a comb!- to b hM un'er th direction of the nation of Republicans and Democrats. I Portland Federated Trades Council. They are not included in the scheme! Organizer Burton, of the Street Car suggested by Secretary Root for steam Men's Union, refused to discuss the ship lines to South America and the possibility of a sympathetic move payment of this enormous annual sub-; merit, though members of the union do sidy to them would not result, In all ' nt de"y thy are aware there are probability, in the building of another i men ln tne service who will probably American flag on the Pacific Ocean. ' choose Saturday night as the time for leaving the company so their absence PRINCESS MEETS ACCIDENT. I wi" b the most effective. When J asked what procedure would be fol PARIS, Jan. 17. While touring be-1 lowed in getting the men off the ears, tween Cagnes and Antibes last night, ! as t0 tirne and place, one the strik- ! ers replied: "Well, you don't think we'd do It down town, where they could get i other men to run the cars, do you?" Do You Realize That you need shoes for the rainy ! seaaon that has now made Its ap- ' pearance. Just Arrived for MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN .FALL 6TYLES, SMART DESIGNS. That please the eye, lend comfort to the feet and give perfect durability, COULDN'T REACH ASTORIA. THE BEST MADE DR. A. REID'S CUSHIONED 8HOE8: Fet don't ache or tire. .Investigate tit quality and be convinced OUR 8PECIALTY LINE f Logger's Shoes Guarantees Satis faction to tho Wearer Nona Better but a Leader of All. S. A. GIMRE 541 Bond Street, Opposite Fischer Bros. Steamer Columbia Caught in Ice up the River, PORTLAND, Jan. 17. The Port- j land and San Francisco Company's j steamer Columbia which left here last I night for San Francisco with fifty passengers and eighteen hundred tons of general cargo, Is stuck in the ice at Warrior Point, a point In the Co lumbia river two miles east of St. Helen's. Her passengers are ma rooned on the vesBel, communication with the shore being Impossible, and it may be several days before the craft can be moved and the passen gers relieved from their uncomfortable imprisonment. The channel is narrow at Warrior Point and ice from the upper river has gorged until the chan nel is filled with great hummocks of Ice. It Is called to mind as a freak of fortune, that the Columbia, which kept the channel open from PortlanJ to the sea during the last freeze up in 1888, should be the only steel craft tied up during the present freeze. NKW Yl'KK. J. in. IT. -Reports of the damage done In Kingston, Jatn.ua by iHitlHuake and lire and as to ill, less of life altd (lie number of injured were still of conilictlng character today' This N probably due to the confusion In the stricken el'y, such as always ensues alter a great ll-'aster. News papermen and others who h.ive arm ed at the telegraph station connecting ulht Holland Hay. ail have different Versions of the catastrophe and the loss of life. The statements as to the l it ter must necessary, be largely con jectural until a search of the ruins his been made and this must , take some days. KsUmate of the number of dead vary from I no to l.im" while the num ber of Injured may run Into several thousand. The report from St. Thomas that 90.000 were Injured. Is on Its face, an exaggeration as the popul.ttl'n of Kingston did not greatly exceed sixty thousand. According to latest ad ices the city was not destroyed, but nearly every building In the place sustained some damage. Practically the entire business section however, was mined by the quakes or by tire. w hen the nrst great shiw k cam" Monday afternoon, many buildings all over tho town collapsed, burying hund red of persons In the debris. Of these many were killed, but the great er part were Injured and most "f them were rescued. The schock was follow ed by lighter tremors and then lire started in the ruins along the water front. The flames spread rapidly as the water pipes had been broken find there was nothing with which to fight the flames.. A strong wind was blow ing and this helped to spread the Mam cs. The (Ire raged until an early hour Tuesday when luckily the wind changed and the fire, having nothing further to feed on, burned itself out. All the buildings along Duke, Port Ro yal, King and East Streets were wiped out by the flames. The advices re ceived here Indicate that order was soon restored In the city so that the work of rescue could be begun. The two regiments of soldiers stationed in th city were (ailed on to do police! duty and they seem to have perfi'rmed this du'y well. The banks and oth places where valuables are stored were quickly guarded. There hav been some reports of looting, but lit advices say this was confined chiefly to petty thieving anil even this was speedl ly su ppressed. The rescue work was undertaken under the direction of the soldiery and the municipal authorities. The gen ral hospital which was not seriously- damaged was soon filled with hund reus or tne injured, as were severa temporary hospitals. When those pla ces were tilled, others Injured were taken out to boats In the harbor. A camp for refugees was located on the race track and there several thous and negroes are now sheltered. Thou sands or others are honi' leys and are camping ln the surrounding country, Hotels, banks, churches, and oftlo buildings are, without exception, lev elled In wreckage and ruins. The treasury was damaged but Is still standing. The city prison was destroyed, but none of the prisoners were Injured and none escaped. Tho port Royal battery was wrecked and two artillerymen there were killed. The people had a premonition of the coming disaster In the shape of a violent windstorm. Their fears were roused and many rushed from their homes. This undoubtedly saved the lives of many people as they were still in the streets when the earthquake came, This is especially true of the whites and accounts for the small loss of life among them. The loss of life was largest In the poorer sections of the city, so that most of the victims are negroes. Besides Sir James Fergusan, the most conspicuous white men killed were Captains Constantine and Young of the Royal Mall steamship service. Other whites killed Include Major Hardeman, Dr. Olbbs Varley, Dr. Men der, Dr. Robertson and wife, Miss Lockett, B. Varley, J. W. M. Bailey, and four members ,,r family named; I l Ingstone, tubers ,,, iepoife.1 , inl-stug. and aie bclleed In be dead.! A meat evodus to the hills Is repoi I ' e l, as the people feared a lecillicuee cf tho l returns. Medical supplies are1 the i hlef need at pie .lit , and there s a dearth of doctors, Volunteer nurses .lie plentiful, j It Is stated that there U no Itmno. ' dlate danger of a serious food fam ine. Fruit Is plentiful nod surround- ' lug towns have already begun to send In food. ' The w ot k of burying the dead w is begun Immediately, a nocess.uy pro. ccellng In a tropical climate, Many bodies hae been burled without l,ien- tlllcallon. Hcoies of bodies ule null ' In (he ruins and from a sanitary point 1 of view this causes iilatm. KtToits to recover the bodies are going on all Ihe time. While there s Uei-iss.ll'lly meat I nil- fusion, the panic Itself Is ever. The city Is praetlcilly under martial law. V late dispatch received here today sta'.ei that ill bodies mr already n buried. It also reports Ihe de struction of the Insane asylum and says hundreds of lunatics escaped and ire roaming at large Thousands of homeless people, this !l-"Pati'h says, are sleeping In the streets and parks, their principal food cing bananas. If rain should fill lie MifTetlng Is aui'f to be Ki.it. The damage eiilsl.l,. of King-don is ported as not being gie.it. Trains ire running to I.licln ll, Id. Tori An- o Is reported ll'tle damaged arid Spanish '1 ou n (lie same, The Old Stove Man Has been hunting around for a year or more to find a line of STOVES as good or better than the kind he eold here twenty years ago (some of the are beginning to wear out). He thinks he has found the lino. He will show them to you If you will eall at the store of W. C. LAWS & CO. Plumbers and Steam Fitters, TO INCREASE POWER, WASHINGTON, Jan. 17. Congress wll be asked by President Komi, . It 'O give the Interstate I'ommcice i'.oii mlssloti Iticfeas, d poweis to enable that body to deal with such emergen. , les as the car shortage question. The commission has submitted to th President Its preliminary repot t ,,n the Investigations made by smite of Its ni'-inbers In the Northwest In this matter, and it will submit recommen dations s"on. When thes are ready, the President will prepare u special message to Congress, urging the nec essary legislation. The President made this announcement today at a con ference with Messrs. Kitapp, Clem- ' cuts, Harland and Clarke of the In terstate Commerce Commission, and four members of the National Hot Ip rocal Demurrage Convention, tcceiitlyj held at Chicago. They Include among others, George II. Kno-i n, of j. quiam, Washington. The President took a de.q, inf r. t in the appeal presented to hliti by Ihe demurrage rcpre "i-ntatlvi-i, asking that the Interstate 'ominciee Com mission's powers be ampllfb',) (,, In- elude the ar shortage ones: Ion. and ttlng out lb,, serious condition re sulting from the pre--, -lit situation. The Interstate Comitc n fomniMoiiers illiotlli (ally say iliejr recoiinm-iida! ,ons to the President will include some form of reciprocal .iemuiiage ,.o that a i ar tier may ! penal!..-, for delay In moving as well as eons gne,. f,,r delay In unloading, and probably some sug gestions for Interchange of cars by the railroads to meet the extraordinary ' demands. One of the demurrage rop- resentatlves told the President that because of u dispute between the' railroads and consignees l.,oa car- loads of coal were held at Mlnnoapo- lis and several hundred at Chicago, i The President directed the Interstate, Commerce Commission to Investigate 1111 in MAKES OLD THINGS NEW v ear v 1 1 vr-iiL " i n4 EMiild Unttr U n wnihU-rl It will make the whole interinrof yotirhoti-.c Mittic: like new, m.ikifio; ri-fijiit.liitt trrc-V!irni?.liiiifiitirc-ly uinirivs.s:try. i h tl(,t a varnish, hut it stuf.u'c f-xnl ntnl cltam r, IdiiMisio; tip the original finish nm! nuking it brighter than ever. It is njijilied with a j-itvc of cheese cloth unit no c.erieii e is nivessary. Xo drying to wait for. Heiimve till m ratchet, stains, dirt, dullness;. It can lx. rtjijilicd t any finish with U-ucfk-i.d results. Nat lira! wikkI, as well an any color of paint, will k- kttvrfortm application of Liquid Veneer. Liquid l)cnr will improve? even the most l-eatitifitl furniture. It will take thatMtiokv look from the Piano and other Mahogany, and is highly U uc fkial to Golden Oak, White Kii.um l.Gilt, Silver an! other finishe. Liquid UtMCr sells at 50 cents a Is.ttle, and a ldtle is enough to renovate the ordinary home. Try it and you will nlways Luy it. "waio Cln t ?; ..J MOUl IIV B. F. AILEN 8 SON IB THE GEM C. F. WISE, Prop. Choice Win.t, Llquori Marchanta Lunch From and Clgari 11:30 a. m. to i:jo p ja. Hot Lunch at ail Hour a s Onta Corner Elerent h and Commercial ASTOKIA OREGON SCOW BAY IRON & BRASS IfOBB ASToitiA, oui:;on IRON AND BRASS FOUNDERS LAND AND MARINE ENGINEERS Prompt HttetitiiMi'elvin 1(1,1, repair work Up to lint Hnw Mill Muililnenl INIIi and Franklin Ave. Tel. Miiln '2 mi CASTOR I A For Infants and Children. The Kind Yen m Always Bought Boars tho gigu.Uuro cf Sherman Transter Co. UENKY HIIKKMAN, Manager Hnik, CarTlnKM-naflgafre Checked and Trannferre.1 Trucki ard Furniture Wagont Planoi Moved, Itoxed and Shipped. 433 Commercial Street; Main Phone 121 Our Doors Are Open n f Wc ..x. .v. uunjwunj; your patronage auci will appreciate it. We will do business on the basis of "A Dollar in Value for a Dollar in Cash." We offer nothing but the best and genuine Liquors and Wines Our reputation going with the goods as they are sold. Drop in and look over the stock we are handling. We dispose of our wares only in bulk, bottle and package. A wholesale li w v nuuikpaii, American - Importing - Co. Successors to Foard & Stokes, 589 Commercial Street, Phone Main 1883., H I: I 1