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III UBLIttHIt PULL AMOOIATD POT UOVCRS THK MORNINQ PICLD ON THE LOWSh COLUMBIA PRICE FIVE CENTS VOLUME LX1II NO. 18 ASTORIA, OREGON, feUNDAY, FKBKUARY 2. 1907. LEGISLATURE ENDS SESSION Senate Kills New Closed Salmon Season. SOLONS MUST PAY FARE Plunderbund Strips the Senate Chamber of Nearly All Movables. SPECIAL COMMITTEE NAMED Special Bill Providing for Printing of 8uprsme Court Dellon Killed 8chofitd, Col and Wright to Meet Wihlnglor Fih Committee. HA I. KM, Or., Feb. 13 The Senate ad Journal nt 3 o'clock. When the iiinve to adjourn sine Ulo wait made, president lliiln announced that the conductor of the train had uld It would b more convenient for tho Sen ator lo buy llrk' iH it the depot than on the intin. F.vcryorm mut pay fare, panne nro no good. A special train will take the legislator to Portland. Tho rViwilo devoted tho morning to (AMlntf more thiin 20 bill, Indefinite ly postponing half a doen and acting favorably on several measure, amount tug to approximately $90,0n0, There was ao mm h business to ho disposed of that the Senate clm-k wna stopped and that body continued laborlnic. Early lii tho morning members of the plun dorbund appeared, stripping tho desk of everything movahlo, oven to wnto baskets, cuspidors, desk and chair wore safe, but only these, Not an Ink well tmr a pot of mucilage remain ed. Resolution expressing appreciation of tho service of tho (link clerks wore passed hut a resolution attempting to compensate tho enrolling clerks 15 ach for working all laat night failed. Tho most Important bill killed this morning wore ono regulating tho clon ed season for salmon and ono provlJ Ing for tho printing of Supremo Court decisions. Tho latter was considered a graft. Tho Senate appropriated $60,00.1 for minJry claims, $2(1,000 for orphans and wayward girl, $2500 for Improve ments nt fhnmpopg nnd other amount. Three special committee to Investi gate and report two years' hence wore uppoln,ted by President Haines till morning, Committee to procure new desk for Senate Chamber. Mullt, Ring ham, Hart, appropriation already made committee to' devise better ventilating system, Slchid. Miller of Linn, Bowcr mun; committee to meet a like com mittee from Washington and prepare f I Hit laws for mutual benefit, SchofJeld. Colo and Wright. SALEM, Ct.. Feb. 23 At 11:15 the House finished lis hist bill nnd the work of the House for the session was practically at nn end. RUN COMPANY AT LOSS. But Striker are Not Convinced That 8uch I the Fot. HELENA, Mont., Fob, 23 Confer ences lasting until midnight were held today betwoen representative of tho Merchants Association and Tele nhono Company and the striking oper ators at which It was agreed to reply that the clause relating to a closed shop, provldng the wage scale asked for was granted would be repealed. Tho representatives of the company aid the company could not do this, as the plant was being operated at a lo. Then the merchant said If this was a fact thoy would agreo to raise I ho rate, A committee was nppolntel to examine the book of tho company but It could not And that the plant was losing money. There will bo another mooting tomorrow. PATIENCE EXHAUSTED. LONDON. Feb. 28. Tho patience of Mr. Irishman, the Amorlcan Ambas sador to Turkey, Is exhausted accord to a Constantinople report by the 1'ortes non-fulfillment of Its prom ise In regard to the privilege of American mission establishments In Turkey,. Ho has mado It known, It I stated that ho can no longer toler ato tho way In which the Amerllcan srhools and hospital aro being ob structed. Certain members of tho Ylldl Cam arsllla, Mr, Lelshman Is convinced, aro responsible for the difficulties met, and ho 1 determined to take a strong line. MAY KILL ALL LIFE. LONDON.Fob. 23The Mall pub llhc ft Home dispatch which reports Professor Matleucil of the Vesuvius observatory a declaring that toward the end of March the substance of tho new comet, discovered by Marchette, will come In contact with the earth's atmosphere With consequences prob ably dangerous to the world. The professor I of tho opinion that tho danger will bo' brief but It mny be acuta. If the earth comes Into col lision with tho comet tall, the earth' atmosphere may possibly caue Igni tion and life would be dctroyeJ. WAS HIS BUSY DAY President's Little Trip to Harvard College Was Strenuous. MADE ADDRESS TO STUDENTS Favor 'Attainment of Hoalthy Athlet io Standard in College by Eneour- aoina Inter-Collegiste Contests Does Not Object to Foot Ball. BOSTON, Feb. 23 Visit to Harvard today by Theodore Ilooovelt, who canto not as president bbut as a "Grad" returning to meet his fellow Harvard men, Including his own son Theodore Jr., developed Into ono of the busiest days of his career. The principal event was tho Pros! dent's address to students In the after noon to the Harvard Union. Two thou sand Harvard men, mostly undorgrad uates, gathered In the living room and gHve the president a remarkable reecp lion, t'pim leaving the Union the Presl dent called at tho home of President 101 lot who however Is absent In Can ada, lie then wcut to tho Hasty Pud ding Club where a reception was held, and after that called on hla son In 1 muster Dormitory. Succeeding pinna of day Included return to Boston where the President was the guest of Bishop Unvreiico at ten, and then went to Cam bridge where ho attended the Porce lain Club Jlnto which his son was In itiated tonight. Tomorrow he will visit the Groton and will return to Washington In tho evening. Roose velt's reference to college athletics In his speech was discussed by undergrad uates tonight. Students are quick to notice tho difference between tho Presi dent's views nnd those of President El- lot who, has favorod discontinuance of football and other games iof like nat ure because the yare too rough. Today tho President declared em phatlcally that he thought collegos could attain a healthy athletic con dition by giving proper encourage ment to champions and this could be done only by encouraging lnter-col-leglate athletics. He did not want , to noo Harvard or any other college turn out "Molly Coddles" and added he did not In the least object to a sport be cause It was rough. SIXTY FKV Pennsylvania Flyer Leaves Track at Curve. GOING AT HIGH SPEED Track and Ties are Torn Up for Distance of Three Hun dred Feet. PULLMANSPLUNGEDOWN BANK Railroad Officials Attempt to 8uppri Fact Foreigner Loot Wrecked Cars Only One Person Received Dangerous Injuries JAMESTOWN, Pa Feb.23 In one of the most remarkable wrecks that ever occurred on the Pennsylvania Railroad, fifty four pussenger ani a railroad crew of ten people were more or less Injured this morning when the Pennslyvanla special, the eighteen hour train between New York and Chicago, wrecked while rounding a sharp curve near South Fork, six miles from this city. Seven passengers sustained serious hurts, necessitating their removal to hopltals. Among them being, Freder lek A. Busse, postmaster of Chicago and John F. Kline, postmaster of Jo llot Ills. All will be able to leave the hospi tals within a few days, except KIie, who has a serious wound In one lung. Tho (Iyer was about SO minutes late and was travelling over fifty miles an hour when It reached the curve. The accident was caused by the brake rig ging dropping to tho track on the first Pullman coach following the engine and combination smoking car. The great speed and weight of tho train tore up the tracks and steel ties for 300 foot. The engine and sleeper r malned on tho rails, but three Pullman man couches plunged down a sixty foot embankment on to the thick Ice cover Ing the Coimemaugh River, Much disorder followed the accident, which was greatly Increased by the attempts of the railroad officials to pre vent the newspaper men from getting facta. In the midst of the confusion a num ber of foreigners were detected plun dering the Pullman cars. One was ar rested. Considerable Jewelry and val uable wearing apparel was taken how ever. PITTSBURG, Feb. 23The Penn sylvania special, the Pennsylvania Railroad fast train between Neow York and Chicago, was wrecked a few min utes after midnight today while round ing a sharp curve at Black Diamond, Fa., about seven miles east of Johns town. Tho train was west bound and was running thirty-five minutes late when the accident occurred. At 6 o'clock this morning It was known that between 45 and 50 per sona wore Injured, many seriously, and about twolve passengers were missing. They are believed to have been burled under the wreck. There were many prominent persons on the train. Amongst them were the following who were seriously, prob ably fatally Injured. Frederick A. Buzz, Postmaster of Chicago, fatally Injured. Taken to the hospital at Altoona, Pa. Samuel F. Nixon, of Nixon & Zim merman, theatrical proprietors, frac tured skull and fatally Injured. Taken to Altoona, Pa. Felix Isman, theatrical proprietor, Philadelphia, seriously Injured and In Altoona Hospital. M. A. Singer, manager LaSallo The atre, Chicago, seriously Injured. J. Wood Wilson, Marlon, Ind., s rlously, I. Wood Wilson, Marlon, Ind., se riously. Ooorgo W, Wood, manager Colonial Theater, serious. Llghtner Henderson, Chicago, of the firm of Purdy & Henderson, civil en gineers. J. J. Kern, ex-states attorney, serl ou. Oootgo B. Melon, serious. Wilfred Samuels, Klgln III. F. H. Hubbard, New York. C. W. Wlgler, Chicago. Fox Marshall, Chicago, S. L. Brown, San Francisco. John F. Cllne, Chicago. W. O. O'Oonnell, New York. About twenty-five of the Injured passengers were brought to this city on the first section of the St. Louis express No. 21, which arrived here at 1:30 o'clock. Ambulances from the Allegheny General Hosplltal fnet the ttraln at tho Union Station and a ma jority of the seriously Injured were taken to that Institution. A great number of tho Injured were foreigners and most of these were given medical assistance in the Union Station. , J. J. Kern of Chicago, In speaking to the Associated Press' of the accident! said: ' "As near as I could Judge we were going at" trie rate of fifty miles an hour. 'Vtljen the train struck the curve at Black Diamond there was an r . awful Jan, The engine and smoker remained in the track, but all the (Oontinued on Page 8 ) FIGHT COMMISSION Examination Into Thaw's Present Sanity Disliked by Defense. HIS MOTHER WOULD CONSENT Severity of Jerome's Cross Examina tion of Evelyn Nebitt Thaw Wa Duo to Desire For Appointment of Lunaoy Commission. NEW YORK, Feb. 23. Counsel for Harry Thaw spent a go"d part of the day reading the crop of press rumors which sprang up during every adjourn ment. The attorneys are particularly anxious to have It understood that they will fight any attempt to have a lunacy commission appointed. However it is tho growing belief that Jerome is point ing hla efforts In this direction, and that perhaps he was Influenced In this direction when he made his cross ex amination of Evelyn Thaw perhaps unnecessarily cruel. He hoped that tho attorney for the defense might pro fit by the nrst show of severity and agree to the appointment of a commis sion. When they failed to do this, Jerome maneuvered In another direction and undertook to have Mrs. Thaw's testi mony stopped long enough to have Drs. Deemar and Bingman, the pris oner's family physicians testify. It si said that since Jerome's conference with these physicians a day or so ago, Jerome had an idea of building up from the testimony of these physlcans a ground work for his application for a lunacy commission notwithstanding that these physicians were summoned from Pittsburg In behalf of the de fendant. ! It Is held that Jerome's eagerness to have physicians testify can only have ono meaning, that their testimony has to do with defendant's present state of mind as shown ' through heredity taint. It Is understood that the elder Mrs. Thaw Is also anxious to have the trial with Its shocking details stopped but If his counsel follows Thaw's wish es they will continue to fight any move o have a lunacy commission appointed. DEFEAT FOR THE CANTEEN House Adopts Amendment to Sundry Civil Bill. AFTER SHARP DEBATE Applies to the Old Soldier's Homes Supported By Government STOPS SALE OF INTOXICANTS After Speeches on Both Sides of tho Question By Members of tho House Votes in Favor of No Canteens. 000. ..WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 The Hous' cnlght adopt! the amor Sundry Civil Bill providing that no bar or canteen where Intoxicating li quors are sold shall be maintained in any National Soldier's Hames. Bowersock of Kansas, precipitated a debate by offering an amendment pro viding that no part of the appropria tions carried In the bill for soldiers homes be apportioned to any nation al home for disabled volunteers that Untains bar or canteen where Intoxi cating liquors are sold, the Bath N. Y. soldier's home said that since the canteen had ben closed 2 00 Goulden, of New York, as trustee of Inmates of the establishment had gone on record in favor of the old "beer hall' where they could have light drinks and music under normal conditions. Hepburn, of Iowa, closed the debate, supporting the amendment. He said more men were slaughtered by rum gach year than by wars In any ten yea of the world's history. At 11:35 p. m the reading of the Sundry Civil bill was completed. The committee rpse and the bill was pass Four hundred thousand dollars was added to the appropriation for geolog ical surveys. The Sundry Civil ap propriation Is the largest in the history of the government and carries $105,000," STORM OF ORATORY. Breaks Loose While House Considers A .IP. II ounary ivn Din. v WASHINGTON, Feb. 23. Over Monument Hall near Greenville Tenn, the last resting place of Andrew Jack son, a storm of oratory broke out to day while the house in committee of the whole was considering the sundry civil bill. The place was made a na tional cementry a year ago and there is a paragraph In the budget carrying $32,000 for a superintendent's lodge and other improvements. Gardner, of Mich igan moved that the paragraph be stricken out because only four Union soldiers are burled there and asserted It was only an ingenious way of tak ing care of Johnson's grave. Brown low, of Tennessee, whorepresents the District spoke earnestly against the motion. He stated that Greenville, though 100 miles within the Confed erate lines, sent more soldiers to battle for the Union than any other congres sional district in the country. Gard ner's motion was defeated. SENATE ACCOMPLISHES LITTLE. Devotes Nearly All of Day to Making of Speeches. WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 Although the Senate devoted four hours to leg llatlve matters today nothing was ac complished except speech making. The Agricultural Appropriation bill re ceived further criticism. It I proposed that a million dollars be added to tht fund at the disposal of the forestry service to make up for revenue taken away from It and turned Into the trea ury. While this amendment probably will be accepted, Senator Hepburn will not permit It to receive final action until he had exhausted every legitimate means of opposition. Senate leaders express their dlsln cllnatlon to permit much more talk on the bill. Hate said today if necessary, should the bill fall, the Senate would provide for the support of the Agrrl cultural Department by adopting a resolution continuing the appropria tions of the last seslon. Aldrlch prevailed on Proctor to lay the Agricultural bill aside f about I o'clock that he might call up his cur rency bill. In the hour that remain ed before the special order for eulogies was reached, nothing was accomplished beyond explanation of his proposed amendment to the measure taken by Nelson and explanation of the pur poses of the bill by Aldrlch. Theft came eulogies on the late Senator Al ger and Representatives Hltt of Illi nois, Hoar of Massachusetts and Les ter of Georgia. STOCKHOLDERS CONTROL. NEW YORK, Feb. 23 Frederick Gates, the representative of John D. Rockefeller, who made an official an nouncement that Mr. Rockefeller" for tune could not exceed $250,000,000 or $300,000 added to hjs statement yesterday In an Interview that Mr. Rockefeller does not control the Stan dard Oil Company now, nor has ho ever controlled It VOTE UNANIMOUS Sixteen Hour Railroad Employ6 Bill Bettered by House. FIXES THE RESPONSIBILITY Elimination of One Word Make Road Responsible if Employes Are Work ed Overtime Work on Geological Map Ordered Continued. WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 Under the rule recommended from the committee on Rules by Dalzell, the House to-day amended the substitute for the La Fo lette 16 hour railroad employe bill by an affirmative vote of 279, there being no negative votes cast Both Repub licans and Democrats agreed that the amendment to the bill strengthened it greatly and it will be satisfactory to the President The most Important amendment ad opted by the House is the elimination of the word "knowingly" whenever it occurs, which had the effect of reliev ing railroads of the responsibility for overwork unless permitted or required with the knowledge of the railroad management that the employe has worked overtime. The House agreed to the conference report on the Legislative, Executive and Judicial bill and then resolved it self into a committee of the whole for the further consideration of the Sun dry Civil Bill, holding a night session in hope of completing the measure. By a vote of 112 to 53 an amendment was adopted which provided for the continuance of the work of the geolog ical map of the United States. ART COLLECTION 80LD. NEW YORK, Feb. 23. P. B. Widener, of Philadelphia, paid the highest price, $12,500, at the first eve ning's sale of the Fischof collection of pictures at the Waldorf-Astoria last night. This was for a Galnesbo rough, the portrait of William Pettey, first Marquis of Lansdowne. It la a signed picture bearing the date of 1773. . . ,