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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (March 29, 1907)
r:-- THE MORNING ASTOIUAN, ASTOWA, OREGON. FRIDAY, MARCH" 29, 1907. 8 i! WE CARRY THE CHOICEST OF GREEN AND BLACK UPTONS TETLEVS GATTS CEYLON SCHILLINGS En. BmKfast, Japan, Oolong. Sole Agents for Baker? Barrington Hall Steel Cut Coffee. A. V. ALLEN, THE GENERALPUBLIC nest week to apeak at the peace con ferrnce with Secretary Boot. Chief i Justice Brown, and other, will be en tertained at dinner At the Hotel Man hattan, on April 19. Air. Kt.'ud Is ilut here next Wednea . . K . a i NeW Official rOSItlOn treated Dy.day. He will attend the opening of Wacforn Railrftarfs. tl Carnegie Insiltute at Pittsburg and visit various other cities. TO IMPROVE THE SERVICE HARRIMAN STILL TALKING. I Magnate Say to Amand Laws and Lai i Railroads Fight it Out Will Not Act as "Spotter," Yet Will Examine Into Detail of Treatment of Publio by Railroad Employes, and Correct Abuses. CHICAGO, March 21 With a view '" to promoting better passenger service and also to get closer to the people and their transportation wants; several of the railroads in the west, including the Burlington, have created a new ' position. The incumbent really has no title, ' and the various vlce-presi-dents call him what they please. One , western vice-president calls his new official ' the "General public It is the sole duty of the "General public," to travel over his own roads and the roads of his competitors and take observations relative to. the ser- j vice, the way the trains are handled, ; . and how the public is treated. He IB la no sense of the word a "Spotter," but he is the man who tells the man agement how the public is handled on his particular road and on other roads and who draws comparisons regard-f tag the service furnished by the differ ent lines. The , "General public." is expected to travel in the day coaches and to buy t bis ticket at the stations where ' he 1 gets on trains. ' In doing so he notes how the station agent handles the. public in selling tickets, and giving the , information which travelers wish re- j gardlng time, connections' and other j matters, sees how the train Is hand-' led at stations and what can bo done to facilitate Its running. NEW YORK, March 28. E. H. Har rtman said yesterday when asked for his opinion of Jacob H. SehltTs plan for a conference between the Interstate Commerce Commission and a commu te of railroad presidents that the best way to clear up the railroad situation was not to arrange conferences, but for Congress to amend the Sherman anti-trust act . . "I have thought for years, and I still think," Mr. Harriman said, that the best thing to do to Improve the railroad situation would be to amend the Sherman act so that railroads could make agreements among them selves. Then we railroad men could look each other in the face and do business as other people do. Give the railroads a chance to make contracts between themselves regarding the handling and distribution of traffic and the railroad situation will pretty soon right Itself . '.?-,. THAW TOTAHE STAND Will be Important Witness Before Lunacy Commission. SHOWS EFFECT OF STRAIN END OF SEATTLE STRIKE. SEATTLE, Jiarca 28. The strike of the Seattle Builders, which for the last week has put the quietus on construc tion work, ended last night. Commit tees representing the Building Trade Assenibty and the Master! Builder Association, the warring factions, met by common consent in a four hours session. Their agreement was In the nature of an oral understanding but the likelihood of further trouble is doubtful EDITOR TO BE ENTERTAINED. NEW TORS. March 28. William T. Stead, Editor of the Review of Re views, who will arrive from London CASTOR I A For In&nts and Children. Hi Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of 7 ROYAL BAKERY SIS Good Friday HOT CROSS BUNS. SfAv 505 Duane Street . 275 W. Bond Street. Prisoners Wife Also Feels Rtiults of Anxiety Collapsed When 8he Was Told qf Change in Personnel of Com-mission. NEW YORK, March 28. This af ternoon will see the first session of the commission which Is to determine whether Harry K. Thaw la sane or In sane. It consists of David McClure, who became Its chairman upon the to- tall unexpected withdrawal from the commission yestenfuy of Ex-Justice Morgan J. O'Brien, Dr. Leopold llutspr, and Peter B. Olney. The hour when the commission will hold Its first sit ting Is 8 o'clock and the plac will be the courtroom where th trial of Thaw has been going o. J It Is uncertain what the commission will do today Nothing more may be accomplished than to organise and accept from counsel the affidavits filed with Jus tlce Fitigerald when he was seeking Information as to whether or not to appoint the commission. District At torney Jerome had copies made last night of all the affidavits and exhibits of the prosecution for presentation to the commission . Daniel O'Reilly of counsel for Thaw, said yesterday that Thaw will shortly take the witness stand before the com mission and answer all Its questions and further that he will consent to a physical examination before any ex perts sent to him for that purpose. Thaw's other lawyers had nothing to say on this subject It was said about the criminal courts building last night that It may require a week or more for the commission to hear all of the witnesses who will be cited to appear. In any case the commission will expedite this work by all the means In Its power. As it is. Thaw is becoming nervous and excitable under the strain. His friends and relatives fear that he will break down unless the strain ends soon. His wife, too, ts giving way. When she was' In court yesterday with the prisoner's mother, sisters and brothers, It was noted that her cheeks were pale and sunken and her brow wrinkled. When she and Mrs. William Thaw went to Thaw's cell after . he had been told by his lawyers that Justice- Fitzgerald had 'appointed Mr. McClure In place of Ex-Justlee O' Brien it is said that she collapsed. Thaw is reported to have been almost violent over the prospect of further delay. iltlsa by the corporation of Cape Town yesterday and in replying to H snM that the Transvaal Ministry was re solved, to rescue South Africa front th depression from which It was suf fering, lie denied that the Bow' ami tho1 British' races, should make one fine race. All hud miule mistakes In the pn( ho said, he himself, 'conclu de l. Me was going to EitMHmd to look after the Interests of South Africa, find to show that portion of the Brit ish Empire was us snfeht the hands of a Boer ministry us In thost of oth er ministry, 'Ueuernl Botha Is to visit England now to attend the conference of Colo, iilul premiers to be hel din Imdon soon. r I ,.; VANDERBILT CUP. , Only American Cars to be Admitted New Associations Elsetsd Members. NEW YORK, March 28. -At a meet. Ing of the board of directors of the Amor ItH n Automobile Association held yesterday the advisability of holding a' two or three days contest on Long Island after the Vanderbllt Cup race next .full was discussed. It was suggusted that only American touting cars be allowed to compete. Tho race as proposod will be about 150 or 200 miles each day. All those finishing within stipulated time will be permlted to race each day. This style of a run would eliminate the slow cars the first days and would have only the fastest competing in Die final.' ' Two State Associations were elect ed to membership In the Connecticut Automobile Association and the Minn esota State Automobile Association. STOLE 8ACK OF GOLD. , Pueblo, Mar. 28. Thirty- six sacks of gold ore valued at $10,000 said to have been stolen from the mines at Ryollte, Nevada, and shipped Into Pueblo by high graders was seized at the local office of the express company today by a deputy United States mar shal. The sacks were addressed to George Richardson,. TICKET NAMED A WOODBURN. Woodburn, Ore,. March 28, At 'a citizens, convention held in this city last night the following ticket was se lected to be voted on at the city elec tion on April 1: H. B. Brown, Mayor; A. P. Branigan and Paul Sowa. Coun cllmen; S. C. Berry, Treasurer; J. A. Knight, Recorder; John Tyler, Mar shal. There will be two other tickets In the field. The license question will also be decided at the election. RECORD DAY FOR IMMIGRANTS. NEW YORK, March 28. A total of 26,05i immigrants and 1,896 cabin pas. sengers arrived in this port on steam ships yetrterday. It was probably the record immi gration Cay of the rush season. Only a few more than 5,000 wre handled on Ellis Island. The remainder-were here aboard ship. There were not enough deputy collectors, Inspec tors, appraisers and Immigration boarding officers to finish the work properly and hundreds of cabin pass engers were held, hungry and discon solate on piers for a long time. GEN. BOTHA IN ENGLAND. CAPE TOWN. March 28. General Louis Botha, prime minister of the Transvaal was presented with an ad- DOLLfcRS BREAK ARM. CHICAGO, March 28 r A dispatch to the Tribune from Omaha says: Waldox Foster, receiving teller of the United States National Bank I nursing a crippled arm, the result of having broken a bone In tho wrist while counting silver dollars. He did It the day the returns to the controller of currency showed the biggest depos its In Omaha banks of any .day at this season of the year. Business was rushing and the teller wan rapidly pulling In the coins and stacking them In piles, when something in his right wrist cracked. It pained him consid erably but he continued the counting of the money and stuck to his post until yesterday. His arm Is now badly swollen. ANNUAL MEETING. NEW YORK, March 28. Proxies are being solicited In the name of J. P. Morgan. H. C. Frlck, E. H. Gary, Nor man B. Beam and N. Thayer for the annual meeting of the United States Steel Corporation to be held In Ho boken April IS. The notice states that the business before the meeting will Include considering and voting upon the approval and ratification of all "purchases, contract. 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