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f Jtl0ttttSlg UBLI8HI "OILL AStOOIATBD PRIBft RBPOWT OOVIR8 THK MORNING FIELD ON TH8 LOWER COLUMBIAN VOLUME LXI11 NO. 30 ASTORIA, OREGON, SUNDAY. KRIMIJARY .h 1907 PRICE FIVE CENTS IS HILL PURCHASER? Rumor A.&C.R. Sold Great Magnate. to WOULD BUILD BY SEA Probably Intends Line From Sea side on Coast to San Francisco. MEANS MUCH TO ASTORIA Report Placet Sale Price at Five Mil lion Dollar No Official Advicai Have Been Reoelved in Oregon Confirming Rumor. PORTLAND. I'll). 2. -If Jiini" J Hill has ui fhatiert the Astoria & Co luinliln Ulver Railroad, n rumored ami fur iih local oinYlals of the two yslrms hvo learned I lie (It'll hits not not tx-"ii ronfUmd II ini'iiri I he con atructlmi 'if mi all-const Hun In Ore gon, elon Unit from Hcasldn io Hon Francisco, the southern goal I Hit In eitld to luivo selected alum hn hue paved the way for successful Inva sion of (ho llirrliimn territory In ore Un. Every rhlrf executive who haa rep resented tin H.ti rlitmii system In Hip Northwest allien the W'litaril of Wall Street took over tlio Southern Pacific nn.l I'tilon Purine properties under n combined organisation, ha recom mended n purchase of tho A. A C. No biter than August and September of last year un examination of the Ham mond line wim made hy Harrlman nifti and reported on to N'W York while the taut tnontli of the year a HIM of ficial Investigated tho load an to scv ral particulars and ho ntan sent a statement to KiiMtorn ottlelnls, Tho road haa boon reported sold several times, n ml alternately to tho Hill mid Harrlman Interests, hut tho latest In baaed on n rumor printed In Boston January IS, to tho effort that final pa per worn understood to have pttsed In th deal. Tho story crodlta 1111) with having paid 11,700,000 more for thn property than tho figure at which It had keen offered to him several years ago, and that the purchase price was $5,000,000. Tho Huston authority says Hill took tho property merely because Harrlman waa a clone bidder, hut locally tho c1h ciiMNliiti of tho situation, In the face of no confirmation, loads to tho nssump tlon that Mr. IIIII will construct a Count linn to the May City, not only to compete wllh tho Southern Paclllc on passenger business, hut to draw a Hharo of thn rich dairy truffle from that territory and tap Iho Immense timber lioltH. Tho latter is, a partic ular object In view of Mr. Hill's oft- repeated statement regarding tho trains from bundling that class of freight. The acquisition of tho A. & C. would aerve a two-fold purpose. Resides giv ing access to the Coast, It would ellm- Inato tho necessity of building along tho north bank of tho Columbia below Carrol's point, where tho Northern Pacific heads Almost due north to Ta coma, What Iho Hill Intorosts are nlmlnir nt In addition to aeourhiK a line to tldowater on the Columbia, Is a more advantageous route to the Oray'fl Harbor country to haul timber. Tho Columbia RIvor route affords a water grndo, but the principal problem confronting onglnoers Is the expensive rock work. Construction features of the north anJ south banks are entire ly dlfferont, the south bank offering many places for extensive fills when the A. & C. was built. Northern Pa cific officials pretend to know nothing of the real estate activity on the north bank below Carroll's Point, and as the Portland & Seattle has not been authorized to acquire right-of-way there, It would seem the Btir was caused solely by the Harrlman move ments In connection with the exten- jnnwn n easting about for ,,-) count r ! 0 I tin Coast th vicinity of Long l 0 Hefor ,ia transfer of llm plop oily run Im mini., n meeting of thu dl rectors m n Nt Ihi IiiiLI, and the sale rat lllnd. Also Stock held by them Will lie tninsfoi red, No meeting has boon convoiit-d - as la known beciiuso a ma jority of tho board relde In Oregon und any such mov would receive lm mediate publicity heru. FOR SHORTER HOURS. Typhoi and Proiaman Unit in Yaara Ayroment, Fiv. I'lTTHIitMKl. Kib. 2. Kollowlng two pilvato si-sslona today an aKreeiient whs reached between the I'nlted Ty- polhetae of America and tho Printing I'l i"tiiieM's t'til'di of America, The uk t.-r iio-iit h for five years, tint first two y.iis l.i-lng for a rdne hour day, the succeeding three years f'r an eight hour day. It l said that today's agn e ment will Incrtraso tho cost of proas woik 32 per cent. Over l,r,0 delegatea, ri pi esentli!g 10, GOO proxies with pres ent. Winn Hid vote on tho working nprrement was taken. It atood 7,000 for mid 3,T.0 nRalnM. DISEASE IS SAME. Tuberculosis of Caltla Doci Not Differ From Human Diasate. LONDON, Feb. 2. The Itoyul Com mission on tuberculosis has Just Is- sunl a lengthy report on tuberculo-ls, Tho report seta forth t;at man Is !lll to Infection by bovine tuberculosl and that cows' milk containing tuber cular bncrllll. Is responsible for a majority of tho rases of such Infec tlon. OBSTACLE REMOVED Lowest (Bidder on Panama Canal Complies With Requirements. SECURES STABLE BACKERS Anociatei Are Among the Moit Prom' inent Contractors of the United State., and Will Undertake Work Under Olliver', Bid. WASHINGTON, Keb. 2. The an nouneemoiit was made this evening that William J. Olliver, the lowest bidder for the contract of digging the Panama Canal, had associated him self with a number of tho most prom inent contractors of tho country. Tho names were given to the Associated PrcHH ns representing the association, who, with Olliver, would undertake the work under Olllvor's bid. Some time afterward Olliver received a telephone message from New York and lift for that city. Ills secretary stated that this iiniiouni'cmi'iit made earlier In the evening Ih premature, so that the question who would form' tho syndicate was unsettled. Olliver has gotten together as his associates some of tho largest contrac tors In the United States, most of whom hnve been engnged In govern ment construction work running Into millions of dollars. Tho men whose names be will submit to the President are: John B. McDonald of New York, who built the subway there; John Pierce, of New York, who built the Portsmouth drydock and the Chicago and Washington post office buildings and other govornmont work amount ing to ovor fifty millions; V. H. Snyre, of the International Contract ing Company, of Washington, 1"). C; John It. Gnrrls, of the Eastern Dredg ing Company, Boston; and II. L. Walsh, of tho Walsh Contracting Com pany, of Davenport, Iowa. COMMISSION WILL SIT. NEW YORK, Feb. 2. It was stated last night that the Interstate Com merce Commission would take up Its Inquiry here Into the financial opera tions of thei Harrlman roads on Feb. 21. A subpoena for that date has been Issued for E. H. Harrlman, William Rockefeller, Jacob H. Schlff, D. O. Mills and others. Nlotl of the I, It. the Hill DIlKle CONTINUE 11 NORMALS The Other to Must go Says the Senate. ENDS YEARS OF GRAFT Measure Proposes One School for Either Half of the State. TO REDUCE APPROPRIATION Cut. Sum from Half Million to Hun dred Thousand Normal School Lobby Epected to Make Des perate Fight on Bill. 8AI.KM, Ore., Feb. 2. The most carefully laid plan to raid tho State treasury comes from the normal schools. "-They havu become such an Issue, these normal school appropria tions, that they have taken a political aspect of no mean proportions. Tho normal school raiders have de veloped such strength of recent years that they are able to affect the organ ization of House and Senate and the make-up of the education and ways and means committee. They are re sponsible for a lobby of large and ac tive proportions, they have engendered bitterness between members, have do feated bills with no bearing on the school question, have Influenced sena torial fights and have even gone down Into district and primary lights. As a matter of fact, the normals are not recognized as state Institutions. although mere is a general impression that they are. In locating normal schools and supplying them with state aid. no consideration was taken of their geographical position. The schools were given aid In exchange for a few votes In senatorial fights In years gone by. While the House has had Its pre liminary skirmish on the normal ques tion, the Senate has postponed It un til the latter part of next week. In the meantime, however, there Is a lobby laying wires with the skill born of long experience. The normal outlook has simmered down to two schools, one for Eastern Oregon and the other for Western or Southern Oregon. The Senate ways and means committee has been In structed to make nppropiJatlons for but two Institutions of this character. Consequently two schools will be dropped. The question Is, which two. Perhaps the key to tho situation Is Senator M. A. Miller's bill, which Is now In committee. This bill provides for two schools, one at Ashland and the other nt Weston, eliminating Mon mouth and Drain. It provides for one board of regents, appointed by the governor. The graduates under me Miller bill must tench at least two years, nnd traveling expenses are al lowed students. In round numbers the normal schools ask $500,000. The Miller bill cuts tho sum to $100,000. The committee Is now! considering an nmendment to Senator Miller's bill. This is that the gov ernor appoint three people who shall receive bids from such towns as want tho normal schools, taking into con sideration the location, sanitary con ditions nnd other Important matters. This board would decide by July 1. Inquiry among tho senators Indi cates that the Miller bill, with the proposed amendment has a good chance of winning, for It will receive the support of the Eastern Oregon delegation and Southern Oregon, as well as of certain of the Multnomah crowd. MOB WOULD LYNCH. GLOBE, Arl., Feb. 2. A mob of a thousand people surrounded the Gila county jail In this city, Intent on lynching Willam Baldwin, a negro, charged wllh the murder of Mrs, Mor ris and her child at Roosevelt, The prisoner was spirited out of the Jail and hidden by thn sheriff, who gave tlm key to thn leaders of the mob ami allowed them to search the building. GIVE8 TO 8CHOOL. Widow of Rut.ell Sage Gives Million to Troy Seminary. NKW YORK. Feb. 2.-- The Herald tomorrow will announce the gift by Mrs. Rus-ell Sage to the Ernrna Wlll ard Seuiln.try of Troy, N. Y., of one million dollars, arid t2f0,000 to the International Committee of the Young Men's Christian Association. Mrs. Sane finlHlo-d ),i.r education, at Emma WHIard Seminary and has been for several yiirs precldent of the Alumni Ass' cl.itlon. p.oth gifts arc uncondi tional. PASTOR RESIGNS. CINCINNATI, ()., Feb. 2.-Rev. G:o, Clark C' x, rector of Calvary Church of thin city, last night resigned. Ills ac tion Is due to the recent letter of Bishop Boyd Vincent In which the latter condemns the utterances of Mr. Cot ns herelral. After the appearance of the letter of the bishop Mr. Cox's supporters advised him to resign. The Cox c ase came to iiublic notice through an open letter from the cler gyman to P.lshop Vincent, which was published In the Living Church, In which Mr. Cox avowed his disbelief In the immaculate conception, bodily resurrection and other vital doctrines) of the church. Shortly afterward, an information against Mr. Cox charging hltn with heresy, was filed with the standing committee of the diocese. Upon the failure of the committee to find Mr. Cox liable for trial, the bishop wrote to the church chronicle, expressing his opinion on the matter. GHASTLY MURDER Young Man Found In San Fran Cisco Fearfully Mutilated. BEATEN TO DEATH SY BOOTS Own Shoes Wrr. Used to Kill Unfor tunate Electrician Robbery Was Not Motive At Money Was Found on Body. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 2. A terri ble murder was discovered this after noon when the body of Claude Young, nude and fearfully mutilated, was found In a room of a lodging house on 49 East Street. Beaten to death by his own heavy miner's half-boots and lit erally blood soaked, the corpse lay on the floor. Young was 2S years of age and carried a card showing him to be a member of the Western Feder ation of Miners. He came from Tono pah, Nevada, throe months ago, and worked In San Francisco as an elec trician. No clue has been found, but from the fact that money was found in his clothes, robbery Is not thought to be the motive. Apparently the man had been dead six hours when dis covered. The room bears evidence of a terrible struggle, though the body was not found until this afternoon and the noise could not have been very considerable. DIRECTORS MEET. RUTTE, Mont., Feb. 2. The Butte & London Copper Development Com pany, the controlling Interest of which is held by the Venture Company of London, England, held Its annual meeting of directors In this city yes terday afternoon, when Theodore Brantley, chief Justice of Montana, was re-elected president; James H. Lynch vice president, A. A. McMillan treas urer, and W. E. Reynolds secretary. Frederick W. Parkes, of London, rep resents the Interests of the Venture company, heading the directorate. Other directors are W. W. McDowell, James A. Talbot, Senator E. J. Ander son, Fred Whiteside ,G. W. Stapleton and C. J. Kelly. The Butte and London enjoys the distinction of sinking one of the larg est shafts In the Northwest, a three compartment affair, 1,500 feet deep, on territory adjacent to the North Butte Company. THOMPSON IS Murderer of Judge Emory Held Insane. SAVED BY HIS FATHER Most Spectecular Trial of North west is Finished at Spokane. JURY OUT BUT SHORT TIME Plea of Attorney to Save the Life of His Boy Overcomes Judge and Au dience Alike Dramatic Close of Speech. TACOMAr-Feb. 2. "Not guilty, by reason of Insanity," This was the verdict read by Judge Snell after the Jury In the case of Chester Thompson, charged with the murder of Judge Geo. Meade Emory, In Seattl e.July 7, 1906, had considered the evidence less than three hours. A large attendance was present In court, but no unusual scene followed the reading of the verdict. The usual handshaking and congratulations fol lowed. The boy remained In the cus tody of the sheriff until further dispo sition Is made of him by the court His face was Impassive as he was led from the court room. After his remarkable effort of the previous two days, Judge Will H. Thompson, who late last night had tot tered babbling from the court room, was somewhat recovered this morn ing, and was In the court room to wit ness the finish of the trial. The trial practically terminated at 10 o'clock last night in perhaps the most dramatic and remarkable scene ever enacted In a Western courtroom. When the aged father of the accused, with arms aloft, made his final sob bing appeal to the Jury, there was but one person In the room not In tears, and seemingly lacking all Interest in the .proceedings Chester Thompson. Judge, jurors and spectators made no effort to restrain their emotion and the situation became Intensely painful when Judge Thompson lost control of himself and In tones of anguish walled: "I have lost my Chester. I have lost my boy, my boy, my little boy. God Almighty, I have lost him." For a full minute he stood swaying like a drunken man and closed his re markable argument In a subdued, low voice, as follows; "May God Almighty enable you to do your duty and may he enable you to do it now." The uplifted hands dropped. Wrlth ii sob that reached all parts of th courtroom he fell Into his chair and his bead sank into his hands. There he sat until his weeping sons each took an arm and led him away. WILL BE EXCOMMUNICATED. Threats Against Performers of Schis matic Mass in Paris. ROME, Feb. 2. Officials of the Vat ican declare that the sohlsmatlc mass which is to be performed In Paris to morrow by Archbishop Vilatte, head of the Independent Catholic movement in America, and Father Roussln, of Paris, priest of the Church of the Holy Apostles, is sacrlllglous, and that in the end they will be excommunicated. STRIKE AT WILLAMETTE. University Students Threaten to Quit Unless Professor Apologizes. SALEM, Ore., Feb. 2. Willamette University is threatened with a strike. Unless Professor Louie Bach makes apology to the student body In gen eral and to C. Belknap In particular a majority of the. students say they will quit at the end of the semester, FREED according to secret action taken yes terday afternoon by the student body. Yesterday was the most exciting day the school ever had. A special meet Ing of the college body was called at 2:30 p. m. by President Coleman, an J the announcement made that C. Bel knap had been suspended. Then the president warned the students not to side with the "lawbreakers," but to be good, or there would be trouble. The student body went Into execu tive session and asked President Cole man, the president of the faculty, and the presldln gelder. Dr. Rowland, also a trustee, to leave the room. All but Coleman went. He stayed for a time, but the debate grew too warm, and he escaped, remarking as he went: "I'm going because I want to, not because I have to." During the student conference Bel knap apologized to the students and later to the faculty, and the suspen sion sentence was removed. The stu dents then resolved to force an apol ogy from Professor Bach, who was chief caue of the trouble, or to resign In a body. Each refused, refuses and will refuse, and the faculty and stu dents are at a deadlock. The semes ter is near an end and the expressed sentiment among the students seems to be to take their credits and go else where, unless Bach makes reparation. DIES SUDDENLY. WASHINGTON, Feb. 2. Mrs. Ja cob H. Gallenger, wife of Senator Gal linger, of New Hampshire, was taken III at the Belasco Theatre tonight and died before the ambulance could be summoned. Death was due to angina pectoris. Mrs. GalUnger was formerly Miss Mary Anna Bailey of Salisburg, N. H. Two sons and a daughter and the wid ower survive. FRETS AT SUSPENSE Harry Thaw Impatient for Re New of His Trial. CHANGES IN JURY P0SSABLE May Mackenzie, Close Companion of Prisoner's Wife, May Be First Witness Defense Is Prepared to Submit Case Monday. NEW YORK, Feb. 2. His trial hav ing been adjourned from yesterday un til Monday, Harry K. Thaw sat Im patiently In his cell In the Tombs to day, regettlng that some arrangement could not have been made to avoid the week end truce In his battle for life and liberty. Thaw's attorneys were busy all day rounding out the mass of testimony which the defense will sub mit to the jury. They will be ready to proceed Monday, but were inclined today to doubt that Jerome will find it possible to introduce all the direct testimony which the state has to of fer in two hours and a half of the Monday morning session as he yester day declared. It Is reported that May Mackenzie, Mrs. Thaw's constant com panion, will be one of the first wit nesses for the prosecution, which hopes to prove by her that Thaw made threats against the life of Stanford White. Miss Mackenzie was sub poenaed immediately after the tragedy. The report could not be confirmed to day. Thaw's counsel today denied that Thaw had decided to take the stand in his own behalf. Such an event Is possible, but a decision In the mat ter has not been reached. Rumors of possible changes Jn the jury continue to circulate and when the trial Is re sumed Monday Jerome may spring a surprise. Thaw Is pleased with the jury and unless extraordinary press ure Is brought to bear It Is not likely that the defense will consent to fur ther changes. MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 2. It has just been learned here that Wilbur F. Steele, a juror on the Thaw murder trial, has been a long time friend of the Thaw family and was for years agent for the prisoner's father In North Dakota . CHICAGO GALE CHICAGO, Feb. 2. A gale is blow ing at the rate of sometimes fifty miles an hour today, the most uncomfort able of the winter. The mercury Is dropping steadily toward zero. 4