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VOLUME LXII1 NO. 2
ASTORIA, ORKGON, h'ATURIJAY, FfclMUARY 2, 1907
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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CHANGES
LAND I AW
Bingham Bill Increases
, State Revenue.
PREVENTS BIG STEALS
Notary Public Must Know Per
sonally Witnesses and
Purchaser.
RAISES THE SELLING PRICE
Meaiwre Correct! Loopholes in Prei
enl Law Mtmbors of Legi.lature
Vols Thomsolves Rail in Sal
ary Houi Kills Bill.
HALF.M, (.. Feb, 1 - In order thai
Iho stale- will derive itifin; money from
Uk land Senator HliiKtiiiiii ha Intro
dined it bill nl tin- request (if lid
slate land nitciit. the measure being
drawn by Oswald West. It In also In
tended to fiirri loophole lit the prn
tit law and prevent land-grabbing.
perhaps Hit? radical change I"
that whin applying fr stale land II
will no lunger lii; iH-i i-hkiii y o ni'dir
t lint tin')- ur" nut being secured f'ir
speculative purposes. No one buys
land without expecting to dispose of
It lit It profit, UIHl people With H tellller
conilnico hesitate nl the present
clause. I
Tho slipshod method of making the
nfnlitvlt nn also amended. Tin- Illng
liiim measure provide t hit t I In no
tury public must know tin- man buy
Iiik th liitnl nml In iniiHt also know
Ihc witnesses and whore they II vc, A
provision of thin eharaolor would have
prevented tlin wholesale looting of
lands In thi past when anyone signed
hh witness nml lu iiinny Instances
tho notary t 11 not even moot the
witnesses. ThroiiKh the ring of land
robber lluiUHiiijilH of acre were dis
posed of to people In the Kant. Now
they will be compelled to come to Ore
Kurt to sign Did papers. If the Mil
passes no one ran remove timber from
state land until he has ft deed.
There are five kinds of land In the
stale. School land brings 12.50, In
demnity land fM'llfi at $!i, tide landn at
$2, Hwanip land nt $1, and college and
university . land at 11.2,1. The lllng
ham Mil empowers the State Land
Hoard to raise the price and provide
that Hwamp land mid college and mil -vei'Mlty
land shall not he Hold for loss
than $2.fi0 an acre. Thin Ih a raise of
$1.50 an acre on swamp land ami
11.25 on the colleKc and university
lands. The largest raise In In tho tlde
landH, The rnniiHUi'o provides that tho
State, Land Hoard shall Hell tldeland
to the highest bidder, but Hhall not
accept loss than 15 an aero, nncl that
no tldeland Hhall bo Hold for the next
ton years. '
With the bucking of tho State. Land
Board It Ih believed that the measure
will pas the Senate by a good ma
jority. SALEM, Ore., Feb. 1. Instead of
$120 a session, members of the legisla
ture are to get 1400, according to u
Joint HouHe resolution passed this
morning. An attempt was made to fix
the amount at $300 by the resolution
committee, but the House boosted the
amount $100 and allowed the speaker
and presldont $15 a day each. , Mem
tors are also to get $3 for every twen
ty miles traveled.
SALEM, Ore., Fob. 1. With a whoop
the House killed the resolution by
Purdy, Instructing the committee on
ways and means to provide for but
I wo Norma,) School n the next lttV
yeaiM, The final vote Htoo." ., c'
far an Indefinite piisii'- (. ,(u
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rnoii(ioii. ihlN Is tho .mm tho
Noimal Hi hmil laatin hasi(een brouKht
up and Inilli-itHoiiN nr nil four will
K''l h uHiiiil itllnwaiienM, The Mull
lioimih ili l-Kull'ill Hplll 0 tlllH (litem
lion, I In. li-adura cj,;niHlng appropi la
tln for miru than two schools. Those
favoring hut two mlion! wve: Har
l ell of Wnn)iiiKtoii, Jiayer, Heitls, S
kliltp, liones, llllx, Ciiiripbell, Coffey
t'oiiii'll, I'linvfiild, lioinii'lly, Itrlxcoll
Holt, Huntley, Jones of ('lii'kumaii,
Mi nyionii, Newell, I I k I'utdy, It. y
ti"l In, Simmon and I'pmeyer,
The Muvey renoiiHoii fur an amend
lli'-nt to the (iiivllhllloii, provl'lllitt for
Hi,, eli-clloii of I In. Hpiiikcr and toe
pivNldetit of llm Senate, was unfinoi
ably rcptirlud by tin. resolutions com
miller and tt'.tf killed by the JI'MIMe
without protest,
HAI.KM. ore.. .V,. 1. A BubHtltuK
I'ii-kii l.v I. I. bill, if.rnd by th'
roinmlttee to.lay, provides that thi
state shnll ritlso $300,000 for tho pur
cliiiH,. of a nlte niid construction of the
locus on tlid't-iut bunk, provided that
tho government gives a like mini to
own and up-tate ih" loi kr free to all
river truffle. This hill lakes the place
of No. 7, whlh appropriated lioo.ooo
fur ibe Imks and provided that the
dlale should tuko up the work ulonu
OBJECT TO VACCINATION.
HAVANA, Feb. l.-Th health au
Uiorl-M are having dlrTlculty with
the reslilenin if tho xone surrounding
him Animas hospital where tho small
pox hits spread. The people strongly
object to vaccination and are trying
to move nwny rather than submit. Thi
health ' ttlrlitlii are doing their bext
to prevent escapes In order to avoid
a further spread of the disease.
PITTSBURG BLAZE
Destroys Property Valued Over
One Million Dollars.
FIRE GETS BEYOND CONTROL
Starts in Hart of Buiinett District and
Spreadi Despite Efforts of Firemen
and Burnt 8verl Big Build
ing. l'lTTSHl'ltO, Feb. 1. A long dls
lance telephone message from Hurrls
burg, Ph., says that a serious conila
gntllon broke out In the heart of the
business district early today and many
buildings have already been destroyed
by fire.
The origin of tho fire Is not known
It was discovered In the Grand Opera
house, and thlH building, which ! val
ued at $200,000, Is entirely destroyed.
The firemen were unable to check the
flames and In u short time the Park
hotel was burning. Tho RIJou Amuse
ment Company, Hanna's drug store, a
cigar store nnd several other business
blocks were quickly burned.
At 6 o'clock tho fire spread to the
Columbus hotel which Is burning
fiercely with no hope at saving It.
As far as known there are no fa
talities, everybody In the hotel having
hud time to get out.
Soon lifter the fire was discovered
a general alarm was sent out sum
moning nil the fire apparatus In the
city. Notwithstanding the many
Htreams of wntor being poured on the
flames, the fire Is rapidly spreading
to adjacent property. A strong wind
Is blowing, causing the fire to bum
fiercely. At 6:30 the Are was not un
der control and the damage Is esti
mated at over $500,000.
Later The Are Is under control. The
damage Is estimated at over a million
dollars.
ALARMED TA8MANIAN8.
MELBOURNE, Fob. 1. Several
earthquakes occurred Tuesday, In Tas
mania. No damage followed, but the
people were greatly alarmed.
"TJleted
Twelfth Juior Selected in
Thaw Trial.
JEROME IS UNSATISFIED
Prosecuting Attorney Does Not
Like Certain Juror
in Box.
TRIES TO MAKE EXCHANGE'
Coniul for Defense It Satisfied and
Refutet to Contider Further
Change Plea Will Doubtlest
Be Emotional Insanity.
NKW YORK. Feb. 1 .-The Thaw
Jury was completed today by the se
lection of Hernard Gerstman as the
twelfth jury. This came as a com
plete surprise at the end of a long and
tedious day the eighth day of the
trial -and Immediately after this Jus
tice Fitzgerald adjourned court until
Monday.
lilslrlit Attorney Jerome who had
been contending yesterday for the re
moval of one of the men now In the
Jury box. but who has failed to gain
the consent of the defendant's coun
sel to an exchange, was still reluctant
as court adjourned today to begin act
ual proceedings without a further op
portunlty to plead with Thaw's attor
neys. At his request therefore, Justice
Fitzgerald ordered all the talesmen
who have not yet been examined to be
In court Monday morning ready for
Jury service In case any are needed.
Jeromo then announced If there should
bo no chaiuie In the situation In the
meantime, that the state would pro
ceed to place all Its direct testimony
before the Jury at the morning session
Monday. The defense was notified to
be In readiness to proceed by Monday
afternoon.
"We are entirely satisfied with the
Jury," said Clifford W. Hartrldge,
Thaw's leading counsel, tonight, and
he added the Intimation that he would
not consent to further alterations of
the personnel.
After Assistant District Attorney
Garvin's opening address, the state
will Introduce such witnesses as are
necessary to prove that Stanford White
was shot and killed by Hnrry K.
Thaw on Madison Square Roof Garden
June 25 last. In announcing that the
Introduction will not require more than
one session of the court, Jerome Is evi
dently of the opinion that Jhe cross
examination of the State's witnesses J
to the actual events associated with
the tragedy will not be very extensive.
From the fact thut Thaw's counsel
have closely questioned the talesmen
as lo nnv ureludlce airnlnst tho dei t
fense of Insanity, it is generally con
ceded that the plea of emotl6nal In
sanity will be the main reliance of the
young defendant. This will probably
lead to a cross questioning Pf the
state's witnesses, In which event the
conclusion of the state's direct testi
mony may take longer than anticipat
ed.
NEW YORK, Feb. 1. Harry K.
Thaw was the most disappointed man
In the courtroom yesterday, when af
ter another day of strenuous work,
counsel failed . to complete the Jury
that Is to try him for shooting Stan
ford White. Thaw has been exceed
ingly anxious for the real trial to be
gin, and felt sure, when court opened,
that this would occur yesterday. He
was soon apprised, however, of the
fact that there was to be another
weeding out of Jurors already sworn
and when this process finally took
place, his face showed tho disappoint
ment he fell. Today another attempt
will be made to complete the Jury and
while the prospects would be good
were the men already sworn, kept In
the box, there were reports that an
other weeding out would occur.
If the twelfth Juror Is chosen today
and none excused, Assistant District
Attorney Oarvan will address the court
and the Jury, and slate the case and
mi'. line the crime. He will be brief
with the witness In submitting the
fact of the tragedy.
In this event It Is hardly likely that
court will be held "n Katurday, but If
the Jury Is still Incomplete tonight,
'.here h every reason to believe that
the court will tit on Saturday and!
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the examination will be continued all I
that day. Testimony Is expected to.
begin Monday surely.
It Is evident that, while the selec
tion of the Jurors Is In progress, the
district attorney's office Is making a
close Investigation of those already
chouen, and Mr. Jerome Is determining
to be sure he has the best possible
Jurors from every point of view before
the court proceeds to the hearing of
testimony.
Chief Justice I'hippet of the Court
of Appeals of Manitoba, has spent a
good part of the time consumed In
the examination of talesmen, studying
the work of both sides.
The extent of the legitimate outside
interest in the trial of Thaw Is shown
by the visitors to the court, vhdtors
who are not, apparently, actuated by
curiosity merely.
"Among criminal lawyers, In the Ju
diciary and among the people the trial
Is causing the keenest Interest in
Virginia, us I suppose It Is In other
parts of the country," said Mr. Smith.
lllas Assassinated by Intoxicated
Followers of Gomez.
MURDERED WITHOUT WARNINC
Governor of Caracas Is Shot by Par
tisans of Vice President of Repub
lic, While Attempting to Quiet
Drunken Brawl.
CARACAS, Venezuela. Feb. 1. Gov
ernor Luis Mata Y lllas, of Caracas,
was assassinated last night by a crowd
of intoxicated partisans of Vlncente
Gomez, first vice president of tfie re
public. Among the assassins was Eu
zibo Gomez, a companion of the vice
president. They spent the evening
riotously, shooting pistols, drinking
and crying "Long live Gomez!"
General lllas drove to the cafe where
the men were, for the purpose of re
monstrating. They Invited the govern
or into the cafe to drink with them,
but he continued his remonstrances,
when tho crowd suddenly opened fire
on him. Castro, who Is 111, continues
to improve.
The murderers were later captured
and are irow in prison.
HONORS GORMAN.
Senate Suspends Business and Listens
to Eulogies of Dead.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. The Sen
ate today paid tribute to the memory
of the late Senator Gorman. All busi
ness was suspended at 2:30 In accord
ance with a special order and eulo
gies were delivered expressing the
profound sorrow and regret of the
Senate At the death of the Maryland
senator. Previous to this many bills
of minor importance were passed, In
cluding an increase of the salaries of
the city mail carriers, making the first
year's salary $600 with an annual in
crease of 100 until a maximum of
$1,200 had been reached. Another bill
Increases the pensions of Indian War
veterans from eight to ten dollars per
month.
GOVERNOR IS KILLED
WAR IS NOT
EXPECTED
Root Denies Reports That
Crisis is Feared.
NO ULTIMATUM GIVEN
Japan Has Taken no Official
Step in San Francis
co Matter.
MAYOR GOES TO WASHINGTON
Schmitz With School Board, Superin
tendent and Assistant City Attor
ney Go to Place Matter Per
tonally Before Authorities.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 1. Secretary
Root positively refused to make any
statement touching the Japanese
question In Its relation to the con
Terence which took place at the White
House Wednesday evening. He does,
however, deny the authenticity of any
published interviews attributed to
him as to the Imminence of war, the
state of the treaty negotiations or of
any phase of this subject, which he
regards as one eminently unsuitable
for public discussion at this time. The
Japanese ambassador declined to be
seen this afternoon, but members of
the embassy staff declare he has not
authorized any newspaper statement
on this subject. The fact appears to
be that the statement In press cable
dispatches attributed to Baron Hay
ashl, Japanese minister for foreign af
fairs, to the effect that in the event
of the courts upholding the San Fran
cisco school authorities, then the mat
ter of discrimination agalfist the Jap
anese, would require diplomatic treat
ment, was In some quarters erroneous
ly attributed to Secretary Root, who
has been put in the position of saying
he had received an ultimatum from
the Japanese minister for foreign af
fairs. Root denies that he has re
ceived any such communication, and
a careful scrutiny falls to show that
the alleged remark of Hayashl has
ever been officlaly made to this govern
ment. It was said at the Navy Depart
ment today as an evidence of the
slight Importance attached by naval
officers to the present discussion of
Japanese relations that there is not
the slightest intention on the part of
the department of strengthening the
American naval force on either side
of the Pacific.
A dispatch from San Francisco
says: After a conference at the home
of Mayor Schmitz this morning, mem
bers of the Board of Education de
cided that the entire board with Supt,
Roneonvierl and Assistant City Attor
ney Williams will go to Washington
to confer with the federal officers on
the Japanese question. Mayor Schmitz
will also be one of the party. The de
termination of the mayor to accom
pany the directors came as a great
surprise. In explanation It was stat
ed that a telegram had been received
from some one In Washington stat
lng his presence was strongly needed,
As Schmitz Is under a bond to appear
for trial, it will be necessary for him
to obtain Judge Dunne's permission to
leave the state. The party will leave
Sunday.
CANAL CAUSES DEBATE.
Many Speeches in Houte on the Pro
posed Project.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. The appro
propriations for rivers and harbors
again f occupied the attention of the
House today. The speeches again dealt
largely with the proposed canal from
Chicago to St, Louis and the deepen
ing of tlfb Mississippi river from St.
Louis to the Gulf. Clark of Missouri
delivered a characteristic speech In
behalf of the Mississippi river project
Others who discussed the bill wer
Rodenberg, Rainy, Crumpacker, Graff,
Shackleford, Chanter, Mahon and Gar
rett. Bills were paused fixing the
boundaries of the lands adjoining the
Couer d'AIene reservation in Idaho
and creating two additional land dis
tricts in Alaska, located at Nome and
Fairbanks.
COMPETE WITH ARMOUR.
Pacific Company Orders' Six Thousand
Refrigerator Cart.
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LOS ANGELES, Feb. 1. Six hun
dred refrigerator cars, the first of a
total of six thousand, ordered by the
Pacific Fruit Expess Company, for
use In handling Southern California
fruit shipments In opposition to Ar
mour & Company arrived today. The
cars will continue to arrive at the
rate of 1,200 per month until the or
der is filled. The Pacific Fruit Ex
press Company is known as an aux
iliary to the Harriman roads, but it Is
claimed will furnish competition to
Armour, who has hitherto practically
had a monopoly of this business.
ACTRESS DYING.
NEW YORK. Feb. 1. WlncheU
Smith, the manager of the Herald
Square Theatre, received a telegram
from Rochester last night, stating that
Isabella Urquhart, the actress who Is
111 in the hospital there was not ex
pected to survive, through the night.
TERRIBLE BLIZZARD
Sweeps Canadian Plains to the
Destruction of Stock.
WORST IN TWENTY YEARS
Famished Wolves And Coyote Pur
sue Cattle and Feed on Laggards
Snow Plows Are Useless
Against the Storm.
VANCOUVER, B. C, Feb. 1. An
other terrible blizzard Is sweeping
the Western ranges, cattle are dying
thick and fast, trains are stalled ev
erywhere and famished wolves and
coyotes are pursuing stock. The storm
is the worst in 20 years.
This is the burden of special dis
patches received this morning from
Winnipeg. Calgary, Medicine Hat,
MacLeod and other prairie points. The
only pleasant statement is the predic
tion of the Stoney Indians that the
present storm will break the back of
the hard winter.
A Winnipeg report says it is esti
mated that 23 per cent of Alberta's
cattle perished. One concern alone
lost $100,000.
A Carey special says: The storm
which raged all yesterday covers the
whole division. The Canadian Pacific
Railroad cannot keep its trains mov
ing, as the snow Is drifting and as
fast as It is removed by plows drifts
back again. Several trains are stalled.
Medicine Hat reports the cattle sit
uation desperate.
A MacLeod special says: The out
look on the ranges Is becoming daily
more desperate. Cattle are dying
thick and fast. It was 18 degrees be
low zero Wednesday night, but Thurs
day morning a chlnook blew up and a
thaw began. Unfortunately, the hopes
of the ranches were speedily blasted,
for the warm wave was suddenly dis
placed by a raging blizzard. The cat
tle are skin poor, and if the cold con
tinues the majority will be food for
packs of wolves and coyotes which are
now eagerly traveling on the trails of
famished and tlred-out herds, devour
ing those that fall' from weakness.
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