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ASTORIA, OREGON, WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 23, 1907
PRICE FIVE CENTS
0
RIVER
AND HARBORS
Oregon and Washington
Appropriations,
REPORT OF COMMITTEE
Mouth of Columbia Gets Nearly
Two and a Half Million
Dollars.
TWO DREDGERS ARE PROVIDED
On Drcdgt It Given City of Portland
to Maintain Channel to Sea The
Dallet Celilo Canal Gate a
Tidy Sum.
WASHINGTON, Jnn. The HIv
er nnd llttrbor Committee toJuy de
cided to report the following Oregon
nnd Wellington Item In tho River I
and Harbor bill, it It la to bo report
ed to the liouae:
Mouth of tho Columbia, $7&2,00tt
raU; 11,700.300 for continuing con
trai l, Portland t the sea $3,00,000 (of
this 1200.000 I for n dredge). Tlu
D.illen-Ollio Cuilnl, $100,000 ruh
$500,000 for i-oiulnulng contract
Dredge for Oregon und Washington
Const Harbor, $100,000. Columbia b
I ween (Vlllo nnd Snake, $120,000 (eon
tilt 1 on u t on alula approvement to nil
Improvement).
Upper Columbia und Snake, $t0
000.
Columbia between Wi'imti'bee and
HrlJgeport, $42,000.
Gray lliirbor, $300,000 cash, $300 -000
for continuing contract to con
struct the north Jetty nt rho entrance.
Gray's Harbor between entrance and
Aberdeen, $177,000, maintenance t'O.
000. 'Oruy'a Hlvcr. $2,600. Wlllapa Hir
Ixir, $25,000.
Puget Round nwl tributaries, $73,
000 ($30,000 to be used for romovul of
rock In Rock Harbor).
Cowllts nnd Lewi River, $5,000.
St. Michael. Alaska, $248,000.
Okanogan and Pond Orelllo, $20'
000.
Upper Willamette nnd Yamhill, $13.
000. The bill iiIho authorize a Hiirvey of
Coo Hay and the Coqulllo river.
FEAR DEMONSTRATIONS.
Annivertary of Red Sunday Finds Rus
sian Authorities Prepared.
KT. PKTRRSRL'RO. Jan. 22. Tod iy
1 the nnidvorfciry of "Red Sunday,"
when Father Capon led a demonstra
tion before the Winter Paluce nnd
many were killed by the troop. Th!
prefect of police bn ordered the po
lice reserve under arms the wholo
day and strong patrol of Cossack
and drugoon will be stationed In all
flection of the city to prevent deti
onstratlona.
Grand Duke Vladimir, regarded n
responsible for the slnughter, ha re
turned to Tsarkoe-Solo palace at t';e
requost of the police, who notified him
they would not guarantee hi safety.
CONSULAR BILL PA8SED.
Ita Consideration la Mada Oooanion
for Various 8peehs.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22. The
House today passed the diplomatic
and consular appropriation bill which
carries more Omn three million dollars
and the military academy appropr'a-
(Inn bill, currying almost two million
During the consideration of the dlp'o
nmllt! bill, dpeechc wf.rtt mad0 by
Blierlny of Kentucky, on "treaty irrik
lug txtwer," and by Hliiydon of Tax.ts,
who urged more liberal recognition of
Hie South In (lie mutter of diplomatic
appointment, and by lungwort h 'of
Ohio, who spoke In favor of the Unit
ed State ownlriK the residence of !t
foreign rpiirwffiitntlvfH,
LABORERS IMPORTED.
Authorities Prevent Landing of Jap
apes Brought Under Contract.
HAN FRANCISCO, Jnn, 22. The
lnmr Almwlu urrived today fr'un
Honlulu with two hundred Japan?
laborer on board. The wore refused
binding by Immigration Cornmlnlo"i
er North under Instruction from
Washington. It I preum'd the Jup
nn'e cume to Honolulu under contra. !
nnd after working a ehort time In thii
Hawullnn Inland were eent to Pacific
count point under contract.
BAILEY ELECTED.
Al'HTIN, Tex, Jan. 22.-The P?n
ate gave Ilnllry 19 vote und hi op
ponent ten. Tho JIue cat 89 vot.M
for llullcy and 35 ngalnnt him.
TILLMAN RETURNED.
C'OIX'MHIA, H. C. Jan. 22. Rod
hnue of the leglalnture today elect
ed Tillman to the United Stale en
ute.
FOR OPEN COLUMBIA
President Washington Senate
Names Committee.
DESIRE IS UNIFORM WORK
Will Act in Concert with Similar Cot
mittaea from Oregon and Idaho
Washington' Legislature Ad
journs Early for Ball,
OLYMPIA. Wash.. Jan. 22. Unl?r
the resolution panned by both branches
of the legislature, President Coon In
the Senate today named Senntor
Stevenson, Pauly und IIutHon on the
committee to act with similar commit
tee from the Oregon and Idaho legl
laturc for uniform work toward th
open river. Tho memorial to O in
gress of the Open River League was
presented In the Senate today and ro-
furrcd to a committee.
Both House and Senate held short
session this morning and adjourned
until tomorrow, bo that the legHlu
tors may have plenty of tlnt to pre
pare for the big legislative ball to
night. A a Joke a resolution wni
ofTerj-d In the name of Senator Da 'a
today demanding that tho management
of the ball "cut out all two-step
lukkMtt'ps and like foolishness," and
have the programme tonight contlno I
to quadrilles and the Virginia reel.
A feature of the morning session vis
a heated debate in the House, over u
resolution by Gilbert tf Spokane, to
revoke the order of the chief clerk
that employes must report for ilut;'
Sunday. Tho resolution was adopt
ed. In the Senate a number of new bills
were Introduced. The more Important
of these provide that the Jury shall flt
the sentence In all murder caser;
granting Immunity to those who give
state's evidence in, gambling, graft anl
bribery cases; exempting money, mort
gages and bond from taxation; giv
ing prosecuting attorneys power to
compel evIJence prior to filing Infor
mation, and making saloon license
fees within Ave miles of cities no less
than within such city.
LABORERS KILLED.
ALBANY, N. Y., Jan. 22. Seven mon
wore killed and fifteen Injured on the
New York Central about half a m!le
west of here today In a collision b
tween a light engine and a caboose
filled with railroad laborers.
MULTNOMAH
GEIS PRIZE
Has Most Important Chair
Manships of House.
UGLY RUMORS AFLOAT
Some Say Machine to Protect
Corporations has Been
Organized.
WILL MUZZLE LEGISLATION
Portland Man Gat Nina Out of Twa'vo
Important Chains Two Astoria
Man on Joint Committe
jsu,iij uo
SALEM, Ore.,- Jan. 22. The Join?
committee on Ashing is composed of
Knowle, McCue and Farrell from the
Houe. and Scholfleld and Hedge frim
the Senate. The ame committee In
vestlgute pilotage and towage on the
Columbia bar and river.
On half the finger of one hand can
be counted the Important chairmen
ship that went outside Multnom ib
county nnd so apparent I the favor
itism for the city members of tl.e
House that within half an hour after
the session adjourned last evening
there were declarations of war from
members who had stood by Davey from
the start.
'Disappointment always come when
the speaker make his 'choice, but dis
appointment Is too mild a term for
what hit the majority of the members
of the House yesterday. There had
never been a time when less w?.
known as to whom the plums would
go; the chief clerk of tho House, the
majority of the member and some of
the men who thought they were In
side knew nothing worth while before
the speaker apologized for hla appoint
ment and read them late In the af-terno-n.
The vast majority of the
member are new, and were not Just
sure what they should be given, but
the list a read was enough of a sur
prise to stir the greenest and the lob
by wns busier yesterday evening than
It has been since the last senatorial
tight.
Why the House Is saying things can
be Been by what Multnomah captured.
The chairmanship of the claims, coi'
poratlons, federal relations, ways "ml
means, manufactures, food and dairy
products, Immigration and statistics,
railroad and enrolled bills went 10
Multnomah men. There are 12 Port
land men In the House; 9 of th.'in
have chairmanships, and not one Is
unimportnnt. There are half a do.n
Important chairmanships left for the
rest ef the party.
Committees having to deal with cor
porate abuses are the ones that are
going to be of utmost Importance th'.i
session; these, too, are the ones tht
are going to hold most closely to the
Interests of the people nnd these com
mittees almost without exception are
going to be guided by Portland mea,
as are those committees that will
chiefly direct the policy and parlia
mentary work of the House.
Members of the House who hevj
been left out think there is something
back of the appointments besides that
old law Remember Your Friends. Jmt
why Multnomah delegation, that was
divided on Davey for speaker, Is fa
vored beyond all other delegations
many of whom stood solidly by Di
vey In the fight, Is what the men out
side cannot figure out except on the
theory that a House machine has al ¬
ready been put together, that corpora
tlon legislation Is going to be prune 1
until It won't hurt Portland Intereit
and Hint the Mnfe-and-sane policy i
going to tiuizzlo a ltoue that ha 'al
ready Known a ntcrn delr ,eofr4.i
ready nhown a trn delre, o far
the country delegate are concern?!,
to remedy otne of the thing that have
tied the atate In knot. '
It rriuy be all Occident, uy the ff'
Iowh who have been given a aeond
place on the military committee, i
third place on Indian affair, or tri
guidance of public librarlex, or uch
play committee, but from the car;y
? recy, the general Ignorance and t'ai
maHHliig ct Important chalrmannhlp'i
umofig a dow;n men who were already
working together, thee are not Indi
cation of chance, or the hadow!nga
of accident.
IS A. & C. R. 80LD7
ST. PAUL, Jan. 22. Atiimpt t ob
tain a statement from Jame J. Hill
of the Great Northern relative to tin
report from Portland that he had pur
chased the Astoria & Columbia River
Railroad were unsuccessful. Mr. Hill
had nothing to ay.
PETER'S PENCE FEWER.
ROMK, Jan. 22. Vatican officials
discussing reports a to the papal re
sources, declare that Jn France tfc
church ha lost an Income of $8,000.
000 a year. The needs of a propa
ganda are increasing constantly, whl'e
In all quarter the Peter's pence are
diminishing.
PAID TO SPOT CARS
Railroad Employes Accused o
Selling Cars to Millmen.
AT A DOLLAR OR TWO APEICE
Interstate Commerce Commission
Learns More of the Methoda ' of
Railroads Attempt Made to
Sell Car at Ten Dollars.
SEATTLE, Jan. 22. Evidence in.
dkating that lumbermen have been
paying money to railroad employes to
have car "spotted" on their tracks
was adduced before Interstate Com
merce Commissioner Lane today. Chas,
E. Patton, president of the Reliance
Lumber Company, and vice presldsnt
and secretary of the Atlas Lumber and
Shingle Company, who, in giving fneM
and figures showing apparent dlscrlv
Inatlon In distribution of cars at Tt
coma among mills, said it Is the prai
tlce of railroad employes to sell cars
for from one to five dollars apiece
that the practice had been eliminated
on the Northern Pacific, but still flour
ished in the South; that a few weLk?
ago a conductqr asked ten dollars of
Patten's foreman for-a car, which w.u
refused, Patton's company not being
in the car buying business.
FAVORS PENSION INCREASE.
Cannon .Believes Pittance Given Sol
dier' Widows Inadequate.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22. Commander-in-Chief
R. B. Brown and the
pension committee of the Grand Army
of the Republic were assured yester
day by Speaker Cannon that he fa
vored the McCumber service pension
bill and as an individual will give his
support in the House and believes It
will be passed at the present session.
Speaker Cannon also said he favors 1
an increase In the pension of soldiers'
widows, and thinks legislation should
be enacted without delay which will
give the aged widows of soldiers a
pension of $12 a month.
DECLINES STATE OFFICE.
OLYMPIA, Wash., Jan. 22. Former
Governor McGraw has decline to ac
cept the state railroad commissioner
ship tendered him by Governor M?fl(?
to succeed McMllan, resigned.
SENATORS
ARE ELECTED
Bourne for Long Term
Gets Eighty Votes.
OTHERS ARE SCATTERED
Mulkey for Short Term Has All
- of the Eighty-Seven
Votes Cast
PRACTICALLY NO CONTEST
For First Time Two Candidates for
United States Senate Each Obtain
Majority of Each House in
The Legislature.
SALEM, Ore., Jan. 22. Jonathan
Bourne with 80 vote out of 87 cast and
Frederick W. Mulkey, witl 87 out of
87, were elected long and short term
United States senators, respectively, it
noon by the Oregon legislature, Sin
ate and House balloting separate1.
Tomorrow at noon a formal Joint ba!
lot will be taken.
In the ,Senate' Mulkey received 27
votes, with Mays, Miller (Linn) anl
Hart absent. Bourne got (23. Thos
voting against him were Booth, Lay-
cock. Whealdon and Miller (Marion)
The other four votes went to Bean.
In the House Mulkey received the
whole 60 votes for the short term. Tor
the long term Bourne got 57, F. A.
Moore two and Mulkey 1. Rogers anl
Reynolds voted for Moore and Settb
meler for Mulkey.
It was the first time In the history
of Oregon that two candidates for
United States senator each obtained a
majority of each House in the Leg
islature. It was the first-time, alfo,
that the people of the state ever hid
an opportunity to express their pre'
erence for thes positions, amounting
practically to the election of senator."
by popular vote.
The method of electing the senates
has been a subject of controversy for
several days past, opinion differing on
law. To settle this, President Haines
prefaced the ballot by reading the law
at the time the vote was to be taken.
The law says the name of the person
voted for senator who receives ami-
jority of the whole number of vot.-s
cast in each House, shall be enterel
on the journal of that house. At 12
noon on the day following the mem
bers of the two houses shall convene
In joint assembly and the journal of
each house shall be read, and If the
same person has received a majority
of all the votes In each house, he sh.nl
be declared duly elected.
Even now that Bourne and MulkiV
have received majorities, many sena
tors and representatives are hazy on
the status of the case and assert no
joint assembly is necessary tomorrow.
Never before has the senatorial to?.i
been delegated without a bitter po
litical contest. Today two togas were
distributed on one ballot each, prac
tically without opposition, and wUh
but seven dissenting votes all told.
DEMAND INCREASE.
Trainmen and iConidHictora West of
Chicago Want Big Raise.
CHICAGO, Jan. 22. Trainmen and
conductors on every road west of Chi
cago are demanding advances In wag
es which, If granted will increase the
payrolls many millions of dollars an
nually. The demands affect more the
200,000 employees and are now being
Iscussdd by committees represent
ing the general road officials and the
labor organization. The first con
ference wa held In Chicago yesterday,
It I understood the men were em
phatically told all their demand could
not be entertained.
In some case the Increases askel
amount to 35 or 40 per cent a they
comprehend a raise of 15 per cent fo
the wage scale and a reduction of th
working day from ten to eight hours.
It Is understood the railroad are will
limjf to give their men an increase af
about ten per cent but no more.
TRIAL TIME 8ET.
Standard Oil Must Face Eight Indict
ment in March.
CHICAGO, Jan. 22. The trial of
the Standard Oil Company of Indiana
on the charge of receiving concession
upon shipment of oil from Whiting
a set forth In one of the eight Indict
ments recently sustained by Judge
Landls In the United States' District
court, has been set for March 4, 1907.
CALL OFF 8TRIKE.
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EUREKA. Calif., Jan. 22. The mem
bers of the local longshoremen's un
ion decided last night to call oft the
strike which was called five months
ago on the local shipowners. The m"n
will return to work tomorrow and will
be employed by the Humboldt Stevv
dore Company. The latter organiza
tion has made no concessions to the
union.
BRYAN IN PORTLAND
Great Commoner Speaks in Rose
City for Star Lecture Course.
MAKES TOUR OF INSPECTION
Visits Points of Interest During Day
Makes Fraternal Call at Elk Lodge
Will Speak at University of
of Oregon.
PORTLAND, Jau 2. William Jen
nlngs Bryan, the Nebraska Commoner,
leader of the National Democrat'c
party, twice its candidate for Pres
ident, and its generally conceled
standard bearer in 1908, is within tUs
gates of the Rose City today.
Just as the sun rose over the Cas
cades this morning the celebrated No
braskan arrived in Portland from the
Sound. He was met at the union i -pot
by a reception committee and
driven to the Imperial hotel, wheve
he will make his headquarters during
his stay in Portland.
This forenoon he was shown the
sights of the city. A drive to the ex
position grounds, where he saw the
magnificent Forestry building, thenc9
to the City Park and last a whirl over
Council Crest, where his eye met the
greatest panorama of his lifetime
were features of the first few hours of
his visit.
This evening at 8 o'clock Mr. Bryan
appeared at the White Temple to de
liver his lecture on "The Old and the
New World," under the auspices of
the Y. M. C. A. Star Lecture Coursa.
This was his only public address while
In Portland.
Tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock Mr.
Bryan will visit the Elks' Club. IPs
visit to the Elks will be a purely fra
ternal affair.
From 12 until 2 tomorrow Mr. Bry
an will hold a public reception In the
lobby of the Imperial Hotel, to! which
everybody is invited, and at 4:15 he
will take a train for Salem, where he
will lecture in the evening at the op
erahouse. The next forenoon he will
address the legislature in joint assem
bly, then leave Salem at 11 o'clock
and deliver a short speech from the
car platform at Albany.
Friday morning he will address the
student body of the State University
at Eugene, and then continue on his
way south, speaking from the car
platform at Grant's Pass, Medford
and Ashland. This will end his itln
ery In Oregon.