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Jtlottttitfj a &sgs&& ' A 0a ft Ti fifH StflSE 3J W lulu 0AJA! UOVBR TMB MORNINQ FllLD ON THE LOWER COLUMBIA TOIUA, OKKGON, TUESDAY. JANUARY 22, 1907 PRICE FIVE CENTS "UBLISHt FULL ASS00IAT1D PRIBB RBPOP1T VOLUMK LXI11 NO. 10 TILLMAN IS SATIRICAL Makes First and Last Ef fort to Be Funny. GOADED BY SPOONER lllltiil pinily" Mil, prohibiting V W iitlon frniii making money roiilrlbu lloliil 111 connection with election. A litll wn niMi'd aulliorliiliiK the He-;-I clary of Commerce iiiiiJ Labor lo In vfMllKuiit ini'l report ii lion Iht! "Indus trial, (tor In I, moral, ! IJ Ht luntil and physical roinlltloii of Hie women inl chllil worker In the. United State." The ini'iiiiri) hn already iriMK-l 111" Hi-iint", IV : 1 . I ... . .. t r. A.1rr,fr.l Till I tflTtll 8T0P EXTRA WORK. Likens Senate to Minstrel Show and Rouses Storm of Protests. DOORS ARE FINALLY CLOSED Overtime Labor Suspended in Many Yard Because of Protest, WASHINGTON, Jun. a 1 . In con1 iin.iiic of the protest ai llui Navy Department from orgaiiUed lulior, tl) mretaiy telegraphed '' cninman limit f tin- Boston, New York an 1 Norfolk navy yard to suspend nil ex Ira work on warships In count': "f construct Ion or being Kt ready to Join th Atlantic fleet. The charge ' made that the men urj working more than eight hours. In mo lntanci tw lvfl hour, day a will u night, on Sunday nnd holiday, In violation of the eight-hour law nnd contrary it the. order 'f the president. REFUSES THE AID OFFERED Governor of Jamaica Says Help Not Wanted. MAY CAUSE SUFFERING Stormy Scant! In Sonata ov.r Raoi Problem Endtd by Profuaa Apol ogy Pn tha Part of Tillman to Advaraaritt. FRIENDS ARE FAVORED. Act of Englishman Condemned By Members of Kingston Council. ADMIRAL DAVIS LEAVES ISLE State navy urid'T Rear Admiral Da vi rendered to the Inhabitant of Kingston In their suffering." WASHINGTON, Jan. 21. Mr. Earne- Howard, charg'- d'affaires of tho Brit- IhIi embassy, tonight called on Acting Secretary of State Bacon and pre- minted a letter from Karl Grey, sec retary of State for Great Britain, re gardlng the Davl-Hw-tteiiham Incl dent. In hi message Karl Grey say h Is causing an official Inquiry to l, mad to determine the authenticity of the letter purporting to have been written by Governor Hwettenbam lo Bear Admiral Davis. Ot'ANTANA.MO, Jan. 21. Admiral Davis with tho Missouri and Indiana arrived h'-re yeHlerday preceded by tin- Yankton. There I deeply felt In dlgnatlon at Kington against the loc-l government on su'count of the refund of American aid. The American 'l." gcon treated sixty case the nHt day and forty the second. This wn done after the governor had refuse.' their aid. NO LONGER COMPETITION Effect of Merger on Rail roads in Oregon. HAD FORMERLY EXISTED competition between the Southern Pa ciflc and the Union Pacific. Farrell testified that he made reports concerning the operation of the Ore gon and Washington railroad to Harrl man, but he did not know who was furnishing the money for Its operation. BUFFALO HURRICANE. Conclusive Evidence at Last Se cured By Commerce Commission. SELL CALIFORNIA grants. FOUR WITNESSES TESTIFY Wind 8torm Sweepa Over Niagara Frontier, Doing Much Damage. BUFFALO, Jan. 21. A hurricane swept the Niagara frontier yesterda and caufied damage to the port of Buf falo alone of one million dollars. The high waters on Lake Erie recedeJ today, leaving some of the strandeJ liner high and dry. Three persun were killed by the collapse of build ings and one wa drowned. The Unit ed States government breakwaters were damaged in excess of a hundred thousand dollars. FLOODS 8UBSIDE. WASHINGTON. Jan. 21 A !"' tiuular pwih by Tillman win the feature of an exciting day In the S'i nt. Thn South Carolina enn tor's ef fort wit In reply to the went crl'. Iclsm of hliiicelf by Senator Spooner. Hn tH-Knii with tatlrlcal picture f thn Snate u a inliiNtrcl show, whlc.i Tillman later wtld wits lit tlrst md I.ihi itueiiuit to bo "fuiiny." an atlemp. which at It coiicIiibIo,, brought fo!h a hIIiikII'K drininchitloii from Hem'o t'nrina'k. In reeiitinenl to allurflo.i to him. This was preceded by it ' rloti rply from Hpoonr on the .it tltud" taken by THIiiian on the r'': problem, all finally ieultlng In a loti of nearly two hour behind clos-.l oor. The secret Helm wit f"l lowed by a brief open one In whirr. Tlllmitn mad.' a profuse apology to earmark, to all the enator whom I.'' had brought Into hi "llrst ray I'l the line of humor," and finally to the entire Senate, and withdrew all he hid ald In hi "funny t'May," and said It should not appear on the record This apology was ut once accepted by t'armark who regretted he hud quU- tlone.l the motive of hi friend and bo, too, withdrew the word he had uttered In protest. The Brownsville affair was the sub Jert of it controversy and the dav b- gau with the announcement of a coi promise resolution which brought It-' publican and Democratic senators to gether on tho basis of ordering an lo veNtlgatlon of the fails of the nffiMy without bringing Into tho question the authority of tho President to dlsinU the negro troops. The resolution w.i ' submitted to and approved by th' President ut it conference yesterday After the speeches and mutual apol ogies had been made Fornker attempt (! to get a vote on his resolution, ob jection was made ami the matter will b0 taken up tomorrow. Standing Committees of Oregon Leg'j lature Show Bias of Leaders. SAIJ'.M. Jan. 21. The Htuiidlng com milters of the Oregon legislature wrc announced today by President Haiti of the Senate and Speaker Davey of iho Bouse. In each cose the li place were secured by the support -f of Haines and Iavey. Governor 6wettenhsm Snuba Friendly Offer snd Alleges Americen Inter ference British Foreign Office Thanks Americs. 10 WORK HALF TIME Grays Harbor Timbermen Favor Decrease of Output. MOVE TO INCLUDE COLUMBIA Columbis River, Puget Sound snJ Other Lumbering Distriots Asked to Join Forces Due to Csr Shortage. TEXAS EDITOR DIES. HAN ANTONIO, Tex., Jan. 21 Frank Grlce, editor and publisher of the Dally lOxpress, died here last nlg'.if after a lingering Illness of sevwl months' duration. Mr. Grlce enmo to San Antonio In 1877. Ho began bis career here a city editor of the T3- press and In a few months aBsumel editorial control of tho newspaper. ABKHDKKN, Jim. 21. At a meeting of the Gray's Harbor Lumber Mann facturers' Association held In this cHy today tho following resolutions wre adopted; "KoHolved, That the lumber nmnu facturers of Gray's Harbor are In fa vor of tho curtailment of production by cargo mills of tho Northwest for a period of Hlxty days, equivalent to a thirty days' shut down, and effectlv Vcbniury 1. "Hcsolved. That the cargo mills on the Columbia liver. In Southwestern Washington and on Pugct Sound nr urged to Join In the movement looking to such curtailment. ' Resolved, That such curtailment b-J effective us soon us assented to bv r, majority of the cargo shippers of t'.i? Northwest." Secretary McFaiiane of the AssocUl lion staled that the curtailment would be effectuvi by working the mills !,:ilf time for sixty days. The uctlon wof taken because of the weakened con-ll Hon of tho lumber market, due I 'J .ver supply. A congestion has f-)l lowed the car shortage, mills In Gray's Harbor istjilct particularly and of the Columbia, river ond Tuget Sound generally being excluded from lh? Eastern markets. 1 STUDY SOCIAL CONDITIONS. Houts Wishes Information on Women and Children Workers of Amerios. WASHINGTON, Jan. 21. The House today pronounced unanimously In fa. vor f enlarging and making more ef fective the field and coast artillery. Aa Interesting political discussion grew NKW YORK. Jan. 21. A special dlf- patch to the Times from Kingston, Ja., says that Governor Swettenham, In addition to refusing aid from Bear Al- mlral Davis, ha declined an offer sent him by the United State War Depart ment to extend Immediately to King ston, lO.OdO ration which were In tended for troops In Cuba, and would have been diverted here. Tho governor's action, the Tlm-M correpondent says, Is disapproved by tho community, which appreciates th kindness of thn Americans. As soon as It became known what had ben ilone by Governor Swettenham a'vf that the American ships. In conse quence were to leave, an emergency meeting of the city council was culled. The discussion showed that the gov er.nor's altitude toward the Americans did not meet with the approval of those officials, and a letter to Admiral Davis was drafted and adopted li which the action of Sir Alexande Swettenham was wholly disapproved and the American government and ?f (leers warmly thanked for the thought ful, effective and timely aid they had given In tho emergency. This lettc was Immediately dispatched. Admiral Davis was also asked emuln In spite of the unfortunate In cident. The request was dispatched tt htm and he made a reply In which h said there was no misunderstanding with the Jamaican authorities, but be ... .1.. I.. i aibled signiiicaiiuj m request to remain: As a foreign naval officer I am bound to respect the wishes of the onslltult'd authority of Jamaica." Up lo the time of Admiral Davis' departure, the situation was improv ing, but the work hail been much re tarded by the governor declaring in terference by the Americans. Much suffering will result from their tt- parture and the refusal of supplies. SAN- UBANCISCO. Ja.il. 21. A! Ian la of the Southern Pacific Company In eluded In the government grant of Cie Central Pacific Railroad In this stale, Nevada and Utah, with the exception of the timber property, w ill be plae.-d j on sale not later than July 1 of this year. The railroad company's holi Ings in these states amount approx' mately to 6,000,000 acres. While son II pieces of the government grafts wer? sold from time to time through the land office, this will be the first gen eral disposal. Effort Made to Belittle Past Compet tion Unkind Words About Port- land Route O. R. & N. Orien tal Service Run at Loss. TO HASTEN REPORTS Ohio Reaches Sixty-three Foot Stage and Then Recedes. CINCINNATI, Jan. 21. High water Is receding after having reached th3 65-foot stage tonight. It Is thought all danger will pass this week. Coll weather Is largely responsible for the stoppage of the flood, but It has caused great suffering among the refugee The property loss Is Immense. Bill to Cause Court Opinions to be Issued Within Ten Days. PRESENT METHOD IS SLOW Provides for Sale of Opinions at Ten or Fiften Cents Apiece Suggests Office of Supreme Court Re porter Be Abolished. COFFEE GROWERS COMPLAIN. RIO JANEIRO, Jan. 21. A com plaint regarding the manner In which the coffeo convention was being en forced was made to the President Sut urday by a committee of coffee grow ors. They stated that tho new law allowed only the quotation of higher brands of coffee, while Inferior ones remain without sale. The President replied that the law could only be modified by act of Congress. LONDON, Jan. 21. Replying tD . telegram from the British charge d'af faires at Washington, reporting tlmt tho state department had Inquire! whether Great Britain desired or was willing to accept further assistance lo money or other forms of aid for th? . . 1 . Di.ffaia tV.-, Kingston eariitquoive ' foreign office today replied as fololwa; "The offer of the American govern ment to give further aid Is grateful:1 aimreclated by His Majesty's govern ment. The governor of Jamaica has not as yet reported his requirements fully, but now that the first few days are over, It appears likely that there will be no Justification for further cal's on the generosity of the United Statn In the meantime, His Majesty's gov eminent has been requested by S'r Alexander Swettenham to convey t.i tho government of the United States his cordial thanks for the prompt and powerful assistance which the Unltid SALEM. Jan. 21. It Is understood that a bill Is being prepared requiring tho court reporter, or whoever may be designated to secure copies of th opinions rendered by the court, pre pare syllabi and hand them to the state printer within ten days after they are handed down. It is also proposed to have the opinions struck oft in pam phlet form In the same style and size as used in the regular reports, to b furnished the attorneys of the stafe at 10 or 15 cents a copy, and when a sufficient number of forms have been printed to have them bound and is sued in volumes ns at present. It 's also suggested that the office of Su preme Court Reporter be abolish! and that tho work be performed bv the chief stenographer of the Suprem? Court, who shall be known as ex-offloto Supremo Court reporter. Copies of the opinion are now fur nished the Wost Publishing Compan, of St. Paul, Minn,, which Issues them In pamphlet form. They are thn printed In volume form and sold to the attorneys at the rate of 4 a vol ume long before the reports are Issmd by the Oregon reporter. Consequent ly when the $600 volumes are finally issued to practicing attorneys at cost, $3 per volume, there Is no great d3- mand. SEATTLE, Jan. 21. The first hear ing on the Pacific coast Into the Har- rlman merger was held In Seattle to day by Interstate Commerce Commis sioner Franklin K. Lane. After four witnesses had been heard the hearing was continued until Thursday morn Ing in the federal courtroom at Port land, Ore. Ben Campbell, fourth vice president of the Great Northern and head -f the traffic department of that road. who was formerly connected with the traffic department of the Harrlma.i lines aa assistant to J. C. Stubbs, was the first witness examined today. Mr. Campbell was head of the traffic de partment of the O. R. & N. before the merger with the Southern Pacific. Mr. Severance sought to show by Camp bell that previous to the merger com petition did exist between the South ern Pacific on the one hand and the O. R. & N., the Oregon Short Line and the Union Pacific, and that after the merger this competition ceased. The affairs of the O. R. & N-'s Oriental service were gone into and it devel oped that these various lines, Includ ing a service by contract with Dowell & Company and the O. R. & N.'s own line, the Portland ajid Asiatic, were operated at a loss. "Why were these lines established? asked Judge Lovett. Solely for the purpose of affording an outlet at Portland in competition with the Northern Pacific at Puget Sound ports," said Campbell, who also stated that the Portland route to C Atlantic seashore was an Impractical ANOTHER REVOLUTION. ASUXCTION, Paraguay, Jan. 21. Great political unrest prevails In thJ District of Matto Groso, Brazil A ne revolution seems imminent. HELP FOR JUSTICES Proposed Law Creates Two Of fices forTheir Aid. UNABLE TO COPE WITH WORK LONG SERVED NATION. CHICAGO, Jan. 21. George W. Young, chief clerk of the railway mall service, In charge of the Northwest ern railroad, died suddenly yesterday at his resMenee here. He had been 111 for two weeks, with bronchitis. Air. young was 63 years old and had been In the service of the government for thlrty-flve years. Campbell admitted that mild comoe tition existed between the Southo-n Pacific and the O. R- & N. river se.- vice on the Willamette. W. W. Cot ton, attorney for the O. R. & N stat ed the Willamette service above Salem is inconsequential. It was brought out that the service could be maintained but three months in the year aboo Salem. Cotton characterized this boat service as a "skimming dish," carrying a little farm product at rates perma nently established for many years. Un der further examination Campbell ad mitted the O. R. & N. and the South ern Pacific competed In moving wool to eastern markets. Summed up, Campbell's evidence showed there wa3 competition between the different Ore gon lines until the merger by Hand- man. He belittled the extent of this competition when under examination by attorneys for the Harriman inter ests. J. D. Farrel, director of the Pacific Coast Company, testified that while Harriman was a director of the com pany he only held a nominal amount of stock. The agent of the O. R. & N. and the Southern Pacific at Tacoma testified that prior to the merger there wa. Two Commissioners Are Suggested to Assist in Work of Court, at an An nual Salary of Three Thousand Dollars Apiece. SALEM, Jan. 21. To afford relief to the Justices of the Supreme Court from the congested condition of the work before them until the constitu tion Is amended so as to provide two additional Judges, It is proposed in a bill being prepared to create two Su preme Court Commissioners, to be ap pointed by the Supreme Court. Under the state constitution, an amendment will have to be voted upon by the people before the Justices can be increased, and a resolution provid ing for this amendment at the n?xt general election in June, 1908, has bsea drafted. The proposed commissioners would sit with the court during tha hearing of cases and assist in the pre paration of opinions. They would probably receive a salary of about $3. 000. The Supreme Court, now composed of three Justices, has been running be hind with the work for the past three or four years. Last year there was a total of 127 cases in which opinions were handed down, besides a great number of motions and orders, and there are now about 116 cases In whhil argument has been heard and upon which opinions are pending. The present Justices receive a salary .if R00O each annually. ADVERSE TO BRISTOL. Sub-committee Makes Report Against Confirmation as District Attorney. WASHINGTON, Jan. 21. A sub committee of the Senate committee o,i Judiciary, which investigated the pro test made against the confirmation of W. C. Bristol to be United States at torney for the District of Oregon, to day made an adverse report on the nomination to the full committee. .out of tho passage of the so-called po