J1SV1ii ' ' rtlTttlfiMfiill mm UBLIHI PULL ABBOOIATBD RBPORT VOVBRB TMI MORNING PIILD ON Trfl LOW! OOCUMHIU VOLUME LXIII, NO. 86. ' HASTORIA, OREGON FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1907. PRICE FIVE i CENTS EARTHQUAKE ANNIVERSARY Observed By Commcmbra ' tivc Exercises. BUNTING-FLAGS FLYING Principal Business Streets Dec orated With Incandescent Lights. MERCHANTS BANQUET FEATURE H.ld At Fili-mount HoUl Attended By Ovr A Thousand QutU Addrs By Hny, lymmn, Governor Oil ltt And Bishop Niohol. SAN FRANCISCO, April H. While there was no grnernl cessation of th work oft rehabilitation, tit flm nnl wry of th arthquak and fire which loft th city a maa of ruin", wat observed by appropriate rellglou erlvce and commemorative exwlaei by Building Tradea Council and other organisation. Th crowning vent of tha day waa the banquet of tha Merchant Association at tha Ho tol Fnlrmount, at which tha material and rlvlo rwnernilon of the city wai discussed and fnlth expressed In the new and greater Ban Francisco. The principal business street wer deco rated with buntlnK and Incandescent light. Flat were flying everywhere and the dome of the City Hull, villi In A partly wrecked condition, waa Illu minated at on gala Oceanian "before the fire." About one thousand guti assembled at the Knlrmount thla even ing for th Merchant' Banquet After a lengthy menu had been served, Froal dent Frank J. Bymnei of ihe Mar chanta' Association preened th elec trie button which et aglow 2400 elec tric light on th dome of the City Kail, Prenldi-n Symne aa toastma ter addressed the guest on "The City And th Merchant." After a corn-It review of the treat damage done by the Are, Mr, Symno aid: Tha Insurance companies of the world were called upon aa nevor be fore. I.oko claim were filed for $225, 600,000 and of thin aum $13,6110,000 war against two Ban Francisco companies. One of triese companies assessed Ita atorkholdor (fifty percent of whom were reldent of San Francisco) three time It capital, The othor having (90 percent of Ita cnpltnl hold In this city, assessed Ita stockholders alx and throe fourth time Ha cnpltnl. Such an example of corporate 41 ifor tho world hnd Jon na well. The uninsur ed los will never be known, Two hundred and fifty million dollar will not cover It From a building point of view, he continued, we are rapidly recovering our progros ha .been creditable and satisfactory and no man need fear the future In this city. Building permit to April 1, 1907 have been Issued to the extent ot $55,058,766, The labor commissioner report a wage payment of a million a week. The bank clear ing have never weakened but have shown antaverage Inorease of ten per cent over the oorreaponding period or 1905. Tho bank depoMt Increased $61,430,000.68 from April 11 to (Decern ter ai, 1906, There ha been no bank failure and not a ilngle Important mer cantlle failure a a result of the fir. The custom house dutlca Increased 17,137,000 In 1905 to $9,091,000 In 1906. Our export in 1906 were over $50,000, O00 and our Import In 1906 wer $18, Mr. Bymne urged th' j ,w city b built on mor ' in than tho old nd urgeJ pi of th public Ufa.. Oovemor Olllett,, took for hi sub ject, "Th City and the Stat." C. & Bently, President Ban Francleco Cham ber of Commerce, apok on "Th Com mercial Achievement of Ban FrancK co." Bishop N'lchola of th Episcopal Church dlacuaaed "Th moral outlook," Addresses also wcr mad by Die trlct Attorney LangJon and Assistant District Attorney Franel J. iieney. WESTERN PACIFIC. 1 Will., Cemmno Construction en TrnBy Terminal at Oakland. BAN FRANCISCO, April ll.-The Western Paclfle Railroad ha decided to commune Immediately th con iruction of Ita lrane-by terminal along the north training wall of the Oakland eiuary. Thla work wilt In- volv the filling In of a mot 1000 feet In width and between 4000, and 6000 feet In length, Th construction 1 of th mole, to gether with th erection of a modern depot building and slip approach at Ita western end, will take about 17 or II month and lovclv a financial outlai tyf something Ilka $1,6100.000. Th company la bending Ita every en ergy to complete It main tin between Oakland and Salt Lake City by the end Of September, 106. ARGENTINE REPUBLIC. BUENOS ATRK8, April ll.-Pro- feasor President of Argentina haa of fered to select aa delegate to the Hague conference. Dr. Drago author of the doctrine which bear hi nam, Dr. Ruques Baens Pen, Minister at Rome, and Dr. Carina Rodrlguea Lare ta. Against Packing An Arsenal in New York. FOREIGNERS TOTE ,GUNS Arrested And When Found Carrying Concealed Weapon Ar Given Stiff Ssntsnoe Killing Of Twe Polio men Th Cause Of Stringent Rule. NEW YORK, April 18. The crusade against carrying concealed weapon thnt wns begun after the murder of two policemen Sunday ts going steadily forward. Today tho grand Jury will consider fifty case of prisoner, Italian and other, who have been tent up by the niagl4tttJ alnjce Monday morning. The Tomb la full of prisoner, It la asserted that moat of the otn cora who were arrested for carrying nssorted arsenals and who are called Italians, are really Sicilian. Coroner Acrltolll has received a long letter algned by some 200 Italian worn en, 'The letter states in picturesque language that Italians do not want to be. shouldered with the odium attach Ing to them because of Sunday's shoot ing, which they ay was really done by Sicilians. The magistrates are holding for trial all prisoner on whom concealed wea pom are found. Several have already been sentenced to serve six months In the penitentiary. negro who had In hi possession bras knuckles, was sentenced to Sing Sing for three year. CURB FOR NURALGIA. BERLIN, April 18. At the meeting of the MedlcaJ Congress yesterday, Dr. Schlosser said that after five year experimenting he had found that the best our for nturalgia ..was th In jection of ulcohol. It had proved suc cessful In 202 case when all other remedies had failed. THAW S In SOUR DEIS Ills Reason for Leaving Counsel. . -..i REFUSED THAWS OFFER Deimas Positively Refused the Berth of the Senior Counsel at the Thaw trial. H. T. PARKER MAY BE CHOSEN Attorney General Of Masaaehuaetta And Prooutor Of Th Slayar Of Msybsl Pag Jsrom T Investigate Report Of Juror Being Approached, NEW YORK. April lft. It became definitely known, today that th que tlon of counsel for Thaw at th -pre sent time. That Delma would not under any consideration be one ot th counsel In th next trial of Harry Thaw, waa the statement made tonight by on of Del rna' closes frlenda. According to this Information Deimas waa asked by Thaw and other member of his family to take hold of th case for the next trial but refused and wrote a letter to the family to that effect Deimas felt that to gratify Thaw's whims waa not In accordance with hi view of th dignity of a lawyer, It was said, and thl waa what determined him to get out of th case. It waa announced today that the Dlntrlet Attorney had begun an Inves tigation of the report that one of the Jurors In the Thaw trial had been ap proached by a policeman before the trial closed. Henry Brearly, on of the juror had an Interlvew with Jer ome today and It was announced that several of the other will be examined tomorrow, regarding the matter. Harry K. Thaw' xaae .remains at standstill as far aa local action Is con cerned. A statement to the public from Thaw wa expected today re garding hi selection of counsel, Mean time the queatlon of appiyng for the prlsoner'a release on tall In held In abeyance. s , Th latest .report regardng the man who will defend Thaw at hla second trial Is that former Attorney General Herbert T. Parker of Massachusetts may be chosen. Parker acted aa pro secutor In the famous murder trial of Charles Tucker who waa convicted of the murder of Mabel Page. 8TRIKE BREAKER KILLED. Chioago Northwestern Car Cleaner .'Struck on Head and Killed. CHICAGO, April 18. Because he re fused to go on a strike, Edward F. Fa go, a car cleaner, employed by the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, waa hit on the head last night with a brick last night, and then jumped on and kicked by three men. Ho died a short time later. The police arrested Paul Majkaand ar searching for Henry Wotka and Joseph Malka, whom they assert, aid- end In the attack on Fago. The strike which led to the murder occurred three weeks ago. At that time the men became dlsatisned with the waofea paid them and quit. Fago, who had been employed by the com pany for five years, refused to Join them, Other men were hired to fill the places made vacant by tha stri kers and the latter were refused em ployment. Last night the three men, It to al leged, tried to persuade Fag? to quit work, and he refused to listen to them. Majka, It I alleged, picked up a brick from th floor and struck Fago on the bead. Th otawr then jumped on him and left him unconscious on tha floor. HI death occurred after ward . . COWBOY BANDITS. Held Up and Turn Road Agent to Find Hi Own Property. NEW HAVEN, Conn., April 18.-Ix roy Taylor or "Bob" Taylor, who says h I 24 year of age, a cowboy, and come from Broad Bent, Mont, waa arrested here yesterday and helj In $1,000 bond for breach of th peace. Th arrest followed from complaints from Con to wen and Northhaven that several persons had been held up by a man riding wildly through the dl. trlct clad In a gray suit and sombre ro, armed with two big revolver and mounted on a fast horse. Taylor, the police aay, answered the description. He claim to 'nav been robbed anJ while admitting he held up everyone he met says he did so to e If he could And his own property and not to take theirs. ' CARNEGIE IN BRONZE. NEW YORK. April 18. More hon or are to be heaped upon Andrew Carnegie. Th Board of Trustee of the Brooklyn publlo library are plan ning to Immortalise aim in bronse. A baa relief In bronse of Canwgl ta to be put In each of the 26 public libra ries In Brooklyn. MANILA EARTHQUAKE. MANILA, April 18. Two earthquake shock were felt her thl morning. No damage waa done however. HAUGI1 EXECUTED Ohio murderer Expiates Crime In Electric Chair. MURDERED HIS OWN FAMILY SuspsoUd Of Having Killed 8vral Woman In Various Part Of Middle West Convicted On Circumstantial Evidence Was A Dop iFend. COLUMBUS, O., April 19. Dr. Haugh of Dayton, convicted of the murder of his father, mother and bro ther on the night of November 4, 1905 waa electrocuted In the annex of the penitentiary a very few minutes after midnight Haugh manifested an appar ent Indifference to his fate until the Inst. After the fl which destroyed the home of Haugh' parents, the re mains of his relations were found In ruins. Investigation showed that they had been murdered and the house burned to conceal tho crime. Dr. Haugh barely escaped from the house, he declared, with his life, and though he denied that he committed the crime suspicion pointed toward him and strong case of circumstantial evidence was made against him. Haugh Is also declared to have been Implicated In the murder of several women at Cln clnnatl, who were mysteriously Strang another at Lorain and of another at Chicago, DETAILS OF EARTHQUAKE. Associated Pros Wa In D I root Com munication With Striokon Territory. CITY OF MEXICO, April 18. Today the Associated Press was In direct tele graphic communication with a number of towns In the district affected by Sunday' earthquake. From the tele' gram received, it la certain that the death list will exceed 100. There are a number of small towns yet to be heard from. In Chllapa 88 were in jured and 779 buildings destroyed, GILLETTE ON GRIDIRON Expert Gives Testimony In Rate Case. SPOKANE RATE CASE Facts and Figures on Cost of Constructing and Operating of Railroads. RATE EXPERTS TESTIFIED Developed During Investigation That Mm Brought From Eat To Labor On Road DetorUd Bfor Arrival Or In A Vry Short Tim After. PORTLAND, Oregon, April 18. W. W. Cotton waa tho first wltnes sworn and ho testified as to the value of certain Spokane property owned by the O. R. A N., with reference to which W. G. Merrlweather wa questioned yea ter Jay. Mr. Cotton recited the con demnation proceedings which preced ed the building of the Une on a 13-foot strpl past the Dennison-Bradley ad' ilitlnn which waa aoaulrwl by the Wash Ington A Idaho, since Joined with the O. R. N. The damage were first assessed at $155,000 and on the case being tried by a Jury they were low ered to $80,000, later being reduced to slightly over $25,000. The witness said he hired lawyers to talk on street corner in favor of the entrance of the road Into Spokane, while Mr. Hill changed his surveys to the north and got three routes. In examining jurors he said lawyers on th other side questioned them as to whether they believed in giving rights of-way to railroads. Mr. Gillette, in taking the stand. allowed the Northern Pacific 20 per cent for bank widening, placing the total cost of reproduction at $27,000, 000. In reply to a question from Mr. GUman as to the extent of hla rail road experience tint witness said he spent two years aa a railroad engineer and .contractor, one year as builder in the capacity of assistant engineer 01 the Falrhaven & Southern, In Wash Ington. He acted a an expert in New York state in determining the cost of construction of the !D. L. & W. and on the Pennsylvania lines. WISCONSIN DEADLOCK. Legislature Deadlocked On Th Filling Of Spooncr Seat In Th Senate, MADISON, April 18. A deadlock exists for the seat In the United States Senate, vacated by John C Spooner. After several caucuses held by the Re publican members of the legtslatun and the taking of two formal ballots, In Joint' session, there were no Indica tions of an election. There are about 10 candidates In the race, five of whom lead with about an equal number of votes. MONARCHS VISIT SPAIN.- -.. MADRID, April 18Mt Is rumored that after th birth of 'an heir to the Spanish throne, King Alfonso will re ceive visits from the King of Italy and the Emperor of Germany. Great Importance is attached to the former's visit ,, JAPANESE TO PROCEED, SAN FRANCISCO, April 18. Com missioner of Immigration north re ceived Instructions from Washington to permit the 29 Japanese who arriv ed on the Corea to proceed to British Columbia. They came In transit and were referred to th contrrilaaloner for Instructions. . FOR ASTORIA Last Evening's Ttgrm Ha Thi To y Say Of Astoria Elks. Stat Repreentatlve John McCu. of Astoria, recently elected exalted ru ler of Astoria lodge of Elk, No. 180, I in Portland for a couple cT'dayTToS I getting pointer relating to th con struction of a magnificent Elks Tem ple at the cannery town. At the last meeting of the Astoria lodge I wa de-. elded to purchase a sit for a new bom at a cost of $8500. The property In question waa, owned by a member of the lodge, and ha a market value of $10,000, according to Mr. McCue. ' The lodge t planning to erect a building, a portion ot which will be used for office, and store, and th balance for loJge and clubroom of the order, at a cost of from $40,000 to $50,000. Steps have already been tak en by th Astorlans to sell sufficient stock to float the project the stock ha been disposed of plan and specifications for the Temple will be advertised for. The Elks' Temple la to be one of the most up-to-date and sightly buildings of the City-by-the-Sea, CHICAGO POLICE INVESTIGATION. CHICAGO, April 18. Charges that the police department has, been col lecting money from dive and disor- derly houses will tv investigated by the Civil Service Commission. This de veloped during the examination, today of Capt Gibbons who testified that he collected $2500 from bis men for tho promotion of Mayor Dunne' candida cy. Stokes Says He is Not a Mil- lionaire. MEMBER OF WORKING CLASS Held Legacy In Order That Other Might Not Us Wrongly Married Working Girl From Th East Sid, Of New Yoifc. CHICAGO, April 18.-J. G. Phelps Stokes of New York, Socialist and set. tiement house worker, denied last night that he was a millionaire and said that his highest ambition was to be a consistent Socialist and remain a member of the "working class." In demonstration of this and In or der to prove his sincerity, Mr. Stokes announced that for a year he had not used any of the income, due him from the few thousand dollars his father had left him, but had devoted and would continue to devote it all t th( Socialist propaganda. He said he kept hold of it simply in order to keep It out of the hands ot some other man who would make wrong use ot that which he had not earned. Mr. Stokes spoke at a Socialist ga tering at Hull House. He arrived from New York yesterday with hU wife, who was Rose Pastor, a cigar worker ot the East side slums of New York when Stokes met her. OFFER ACCEPTED. MADRID, April 18. It Is said that th Yarrow Shipbuilding Company and the Armstrong-Whitworth Com pany are the British firms which have offered to lease the arsenal at Ferrol and that the offer has been accepted. BASEBALL SCORES. , San' Francisco. April 18. Portland 5, Oakland 4. Los Angeles, April 18. Los Angeles t, San Francisco 3.