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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (March 20, 1907)
M0Cttltt ttrt mlrl UatltHKt FULL AttOOIATtD MIS fllPORT UOVIRft TH MONNINO fllLO ON Trfl LOW! OOLUMIA;i VOLUME LX111 NO. CO ASTORIA, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20. 1907. PRICE FIVE CENTS SECOND LINE 10 ASTORIA The Pacific Railroad Ncars Reality. CONSTRUCTION BEGUN Twenty Surveyors Start Work From the Astoria End of the Line. NO RETRENCHMENT INTENDED Twenty Mile of Paelfie Railway and and Navigation Company Already CompMH President of Company Oeolaree Work Will Be Ruhd. It evening Portland Evening Telegram contain (ha following; Aitorta' dream of bolng tho tor mlnu of a second rallroaJ I inking on more of a realistic aspect through the departure for there lt night of a urveying party, numbering 20 men, In charge of Chief Assistant Engineer It. K. Abry, of the Pacific Hallway and Navigation Comony. Tphe party will work fro mthe clty-by-the-ea along tho Lewi and Clrk River and con nect with tho Nehiilem line of the P, R A N. In tho vicinity of Mist. Construction, ha been begun on the line from a point two mite beyond Ituxtan, In Washington County .toward Vwnonla. The surveyor will work to effect a connection from Astoria Until the location ha been made and map adopted It will not be known when construction work on thin action I to commence,, but It la' expected to be Ntarted during the coming season The lino of the P. II. A N., from Port lan J to Astoria, will be 112 mile long, while ho Astoria Columlba River le about 100 mile. The Increased dl tance by the P. R. ft N., I due to the fact that the line will be built via lllllsboro. from which point 20 mile of road, hove been completed. When tho laitt.llnk In the system I built from lllllsboro to nprtbtnd, by way of Oewego. train will bo dispatched di rect from the city, but until the Coast line are finished, business there will 1,., muted from Portland over the Southern Pacific to lllllaboro. E. H. Lytic, president of tho com pany, stated todny that there wa no Intention on tho part of the company to retrench In the present operations, iind that the tnsk of building the sys tem would bo carried (forward with as much peel possible. No branch Is to be built to Seaside or other points on the north coast of Oregon, but largo watering resort will be located near Garibaldi. Tho surveying party mentioned above arrived In thl city yesterday and n'e now at work In the vicinity. The articles! of Incorporation of this railroad calls for a line from Hllsboro to Astoria by the most direct route with branches 'to Tlllampok and Ne nalem. We suppose that this mean that the work will be pushed to com pletion a rapidly as possible. LEADS CHINESE REFORMS Kang Yu Wlt Probely Most Import and Progressiva Chinaman. t NEW YORK, Mar. 19.-- Kang Yu Wei president of the Chinese Reform Association arrived here yesterday with his Secretary on the liner Amer Ika. He was entertained last night by hla fellow countrymen at a dinner In Hott street. The affair wa also by wa yof honoring his Fiftieth birthday. He received many telegrams of congratulation. Kan Yu Wei In on 9t tho mot Important progiolv Chinamen In tho world. It l,uM, that tho Kin promt Dowager of China haV Mt a rice on hip head. Through an Interpreter ho mild yoaterday that fliu aoclaflon haa 3,000,000 member In China and 1,000,000 In other part of the world. The aim of the annoc latlailon, ha aald, to bring about eo nomlo reform peacefully. AMCRICAN SQUADRON ARRIVES Armored Cruiser Raohs Shanghai Pert From Nanking. SHANGHAI, afnrch U.-The Amer. lean armored cruiser squadron arrived her yesterday from Nanking. The oftlcor report a daring rescue by Knslgn John C. Fremont, Jr. It oc curred while the vessel were anchored of Chin Klang. Dr. Paul R. Btelnuker of tho West Virginia, fell overboard, Knslgn Fremont although wearing i heavy overcoaj, Jumped after the doc tor and saved htm. FILE LISEL SUIT. Owner of Frenoh Bark Want Com' peneatlbn For Damage. BAN FRANCISCO, March 1. A libel suit was filed yesterday for $70,- 000 la tho United Bute District Court by the Boclote Nouvell d' Armament, ownor of tho French bark Dollddlen, which wa' damaged by fir at an Oakland wharf on March 11. It I alleged that fuel oil escaped from tho Santa Rita and floated on tho waters of tho bay; that the oil caught oi fire, the flame spreaJlngg to tho Frtneh boats and damaging her In the sum mentioned. CASE YET UNCLOSED Delmas Will Probably Rest Today as Little Evidence is Left ER0ME HINTS NEW WITNESS Half Day Will Probably Finieh Cs Cat For Offense Delmas Will Be gin Summing Up Speech Thursday Jerome Will Reply Friday. NEW YORK. March 19. By pro longing hi crofcs examination of one of the. seven alienists Introduced by the defense to testtfy that Thaw was Insane when he shot and killed White, Jerome made It Impossible for tho -de fense to vlowe their ease today. When tno aajournment until tomorrow was taken there was ponding only the mut ter of the admission of a letter writ ten by Thaw to J. Dennlson Lyon, a Pittsburg bunker, which Delmn' said would help to tlx young man's state of mind before the tragedy, and there In a llkllhood that Evelyn Thaw will be called tomorrow briefly to contest the testimony of Hummel. Jorome hinted that an Important witness for tho prosecution might reach the clfy tonight. The chances are that a half day's session tomorrow will be suffi dent to conclude all the testimony that is to be offered by either side. . Adjournment then will be taken un til Thursday morning when Delmas wll begin his summing up speech. He will have all Thursday to himself and' Jerome will reply on Friday. Judge Fitzgerald many charge the Jury that evening or may hold court for a while on Saturday In order to conclude the case beifore the week ends. With the exception of the last few minutes of this afternoon, the netlre day was giv en over to expert testimony. LEADING. CITIZEN. NEW YORK,. March 19. The New Jersey Assembly In session at Tren adopted a resolution congratulating Orover Cleveland "The only living ex President of the United States and the leading citizen of the Republic," upon his seventieth birthday, RETURNS NO INDICTMENTS San Francisco Grand Jury Walls for Papers. t FINDINGS SENSATIONAL Investigate Granting of the Tel ephone Franchise to Low er Bidder. PROSECUTION AFTER BIG GAME InvestigateAots of City Government In eluding Trolley Transaction And Deal Between Supervitor And Tele graph Companl. SAN FRANCISCO, March 19. Con trary to the general expectations the Grand Jury after a three hour session this afternoon adjourned until "tomor row at two o'clock without returning and Indictment. District Attorn ey Langdon and detective Burns both stated however, that when the Grand Jury meets tomorrow It will be for the purpose of finding the Indlctements and reporting them to Judge Coffey. Langdon wa authority for the atate ment that the failure to return indict ments today was due to delay In pre preparing the forrnal papers, on which the district attorney's office was en gaged nearly all day. It Is said that between fifty and sixty indlctements will bo returned when the Grand Jury meets tomorrow. Following the alleg ed sensational disclosures of whole- ale bribery by public servlcJe corpo- ratons In the Grand Jury's room yes terday by members of the board of su pervisors, today's session of jtbe Jury was devoid of sensational develop ments. W. J. Phillips manager of the Pac ific States Telephone and Telegraph Co., F. W. Eaton, secretary and treaaur er of the same company, Ferdlna But- terfleld, representative of the Indepen dent Telephone Co., and Hugo Ashor, attorney for the latter company, were examined today. From this it was gathered that the Grand Jury was completing investigations of the grant ing of a franchise to the Home Tel phono Co., for $25,000 when Butter- field had put in a bid for the Indepen dent Telephone Co. for ten percent mdfe. ButterfleJd awierted that th"e franchise as worth $1,000,000. In an Interview with the Associated Press, -angdon stated tne presecutlon was after the "big fellows'" bribe givers, and declared Indlctements that had not been seriously regarded but were merely to "talk the game." It was developed tonight that Ruef Is not bolng Incummunlcado by Eli sor Biggy. He told the Associated Press that qll visitors were dened him at his own request In order that he might consult with his attorneys. He declined to make any statement. . STRIKE STILL PENDING. Walkout On Hjarrimanl . Railway Cheoked Waiting Negotiations. CHICAGO, March 19. A strike in shops of all Harrlman railways sched uled to begin yesterday was held pend ing the outcome of negotiations In Chicago, between officials of the In ternational Boilermakers Union. It Is said the danger of a tie up has not been passed. President George D. Duffy of the union,; held a conference with President S. . M. Felton of the Chicago & Alton road. At night the organisation met, Ie wa announced executive board of the bollermakers that th union will demand the rein siaiemeni m tne men wno struck a month ago In thv Alton shops at Bloom ngton. Thc'Vrlkc wa declared off but the comply refused to restore all the trik?i to their position. President Feltoi, hold that the walkout It a closed Incident. CRUEL TO ANIMALS. Railroad Keep Horses' in Cars Long Tim Without Attention. LOS ANGELES, March 19. Dis trict Attorney Lawlor today filed com plaints In the, United States courti charging the Santa Fe and the South ern Pacific companies with nine speci fic violation of the federal statute prohibiting cruelty to animals. It Is charged that they kept horse and cat tie from Arizona olnta In car for 36, 39 to 4 hour without rest or atten tion. OREGON CITY IN FLAMES. Town of North Powder Threatened With Destruction. . . .. BAKER CIXY, Ore, March 19.-A dispatch to the Democrat from North Powder says' that town Is burning and liable to be entirely consumed. The North Powder Hotel, livery, opera house, and saloon, are in flames and it la expected that the depot will go. No fire department It la possible as stance will go from Baker City. The damage already done is estimated at $25,000. PROMISES OF LOOT Sinister Proclamations Found on Captured Nicaraguans' AMERICANS ARE ALARMED Ar Principal Property Property Own r in Honduras Cities and Burden of Looting Would Fall Upon Thorn Same Tactics Adopted Before. PUERTO CORTEZ. March 19. A turn of sinister significance was given to the Central American war today by tinting on captured Nicaraguans pro clamations' promlsln gthem the loot of the first cities which they can cap ture in both Honduras and Salvador. Americans in Puerto Cortex are anx ious because the American residents are the principal properiy holders in most .of, the Honduras cities. It s re called that in 1894 a similar proclama tion was issued when the Nicaraguan solders, aided by about 200 of their women, pillaged every house but one In Choluteca. The worst feature was the Indignities offered both women and helpless persons. REAti NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS BOISE, March 19. The entire town of the district court at Caldwell to day. was taken up with the reading of clippings of newspapers wheh the de fense claims have been read In that county to such an extent as' to pre judice the public sentiment. Most of the clippings appeared In the Blose Statesman dumg the political cam paign last fall. This matter Is now all being presented as' part of the motion for a change of venue. It is expec ted that the reading of clippings will be completed by tomorrow noon, when the affldavts, of which there are ap proximately 600, filed in support of motion will be taken up. FORMER MINISTER DIES. SAN REMO, Italy, March 19. Count Vlaimlr Nlcholatevltch Lemsdorff, for mer Mnster of Russian Foreign Af fairs died here this evening at eleven fifteen. . , PORTLAND STRIKE ENDS Lumber Mills Will All Be gin Monday. LONGSHOREMEN WORK American Federation Refuses Aid to the Industrial Workers. LUMBER IS AGAIN DEUYERED Contractors Supplied With Lumber industrial Worker of tho World Ask For Aid From Labor Organization They Attacked Lat Week. PORTLAND, Ore, March 19. Every lumber mill whistle In Portland" will shriek on Monday mornng, and when the echo des away against the hills the citizens of the Rose City will know that the strike of the employes of the sawmills Is a thing of the past Un less some unexpected hitch occurs with In the next few days, the men who went out oo a strike will be back at work not as members of the Indus trial Workers of the World, but as men who want employment, and who have secured Jobs through the Inter vention of the American Federation of Labor. ' . The opening and operating of the Union Box Factory was a signal for activity all along the lne. When load after load of lumber came along the streets, with union teamsters as drivers the Inldcations became more pronounc ed and the atrlke was declared by many to be on the wane. "No, sir. We will not help you In this fight Furthermore we are going to handle all the lumber which is of fered for stowing In vessels until such time as you people show that you have the principles of the American Federa tion of Labor behnd you. And you haven't got that yet" That was the message delivered by Secretary Hall, of the Longshoremen's Union to a delegation of the I. W. W. which waited upon him this mornng, and wanted the assistance of the mem bers of the organization in carrying on the strike of the millworkers". Lumber was delivered to contrac tors this morning, and "dimension stuff' was as abundant as the mud on the uncleaned streets. Every team ster was happy, and frequently en swered the red beribboned striker with the Jolly call that he was busy. BIG STRIKE THREATENED. Trainmen and Conductor Refuse Of fer of General Manager. CHICAGO, March 19. Trainmen and conductors on all lines' west of Chi cago have rejected the offer of gener al managers of the systems for an in crease in wages according to the in formation of the Record Herald. As offclal canvass referendum vote which has been In progress for a fortnight will begin tomorrow. It Is stated further that the train men have voted to strke if their de mands are not granted. Unless the railroads offer (further concessions a strike of fifty thouand men is like- tq result. RUMORS OF STRIKE. Report That Boiler Makers on Harrl man Lin Will Walk Out CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 19. A meetng of the executive board of In- ternatlonal Boilermakers and Iron Shp Buiders was held at Lorain today. Af ter the meetng, it I reported that strike of bollermakers on the Harrl man , system lines wtouldf be called within 4 hours in the event of fav orable acton not taken on the demands made sometme ago by the employe of the Chicago and Alton Railroad, which still suspended. It is Imposlbl to confirm th report. NEW YORK, March 19. So far a could be learned tonight no formal demand has been made by the Boiler makers of the Chicago and Alton up on the executive officer of that road. T. H. Harrlman ha heard nothing about the proposed strike. INTERVIEWS PRE8IDENT. Mellon Consult With Chief Executive on Railroad Situation. WASHINGTON, March 19. Tho In terview between President Roosevelt and President Mellen of the New Tork New Haven and Hartford Railway Co. recentl y arranged for the purpose of discussing the railway situation took) place at the White House to-day. Tho Interview lasted more that 35 minute. No statement were made. Mellen said he did not expect again to. visit the White House unless sent for. . , - . 3 WALTER PELHAM DIES. NEW YORK, March, 18. Walter Pelham an English author and play wright died suddenly at the Mansion. House, Garrison-on-The-Sound In his 73rd year of pneumonia. He had Just completed a tragedy called "Rosimond" which he was arranging to prduce on the American stage. MARKET SENSITIVE Slight Slump in Stocks Makes Prices Irregular. OPENING OF DAY BEARISH Rumor of Failure of Two Commission Houses Contributes to Decline Re action From Low Pricoa Weakens At Closo of Tho Day. ' t . .NEW YORK, March 19. Heavy sel ling of stocks during first hour, of which the bears took prompt advan tage, followed by persistent rumors that some stock exchange houses were embarrassed by the events of the last few days, combined today to make the the stock market sensitive and feverish throughout the day. The, losses on the slump during the opening hour ranged from 4 to 7 points, Union Paci fic heading the list wfth a loss of 7 1-4. Great Northern pfd, Smelting, Reading and St Paul suffered losses of from five points upward and North Pacific of 2 1-2. A reaction quickly followed in which a part of the early losses were made up but the market continued weak and alternative periods' of decline and reaction followed dur ing the rest of the day. Alarming re ports as to the stability of two un named commission houses contributed largely to this condition and prices were extremely rregular. The passage of the delivery hour without any fail ure, together with the active cover ing, restored confidence somewhat and there was' an active rebound n the last hour, when many saocks regained their opening level. At the close there was a very sharp' reaction from this recov ery. T. B. ALDRICH DIES; BOSTON, March 19. Thomas Bail ey Aldrlch, tho well known author, died at bis home in this city today. He (failed to rally from a surgical opera tion performed about a month ago and since which he has been in a very serious condition.