1 ubuh ull AtsootATio ) RiPonT "li'''iif . A jr? ' ui.. .uumna pn.BI mpo.t pS- VOVSRS TMK MOMNINtS. PIILD ON TrtB LOWIft OOLUMl;i VOLUME LXIII, NO. 87. ASTORIA, OREGON, SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1907. " ' 1 PRICE FIVE? CENTS ?. j. ; ,,: n . , "", " v,r , , 1 ' ' '' -f ' ' - ' - -. . .. - . ' ' - I ......... ..t I 1 - ' . i , i f. -. "."' 1 II IllfC IN- fi imiii ..LI,t III Hill. I I ". -"1 MM.h liH lHlllH l S Ilo Ilo Is Destroyed By Fire. 20,000 ARE HOMELESS Second City of Importance in Phllippene lsltndsnd Cap Ital of Panay. THREE SHOCKS IN MANILA Sever Bui Did No Damage Deetruo tlon Of Buildings In Other Provinces No Loss Of LIU Reported Commu nieatlon Cut Off. MANILA, April ll.-Tho town of Uo llo was totally destroyed by flr this morntni, itnd 20,000 people rendered homeless. The flames ere (HI raging nd fanned by a hoary wind which wspt tit city. The flro haa paad beyond control of th olvll and mili tary authorities Tha damage has nee bn estimated. - Only nwaiwr -port have so far boon received hero, a ttlrgrsphle communication la affect ed, Ilo Ilo la tha capital of tho Inland of ranay, located on tha eaat coast. The port, which la tha second Important In tha Philippines next to Manila, In theJ center of tha sugar Import trade. Report! hv ben received from South Luton of a severe earthquake tn the town of Nueva Caeeres, capital of tha Province of Art boa Camarlnes, and alao at Tayahas. In the Province of Tabnyas, In Northern Luson. The da" t ruction of bullJInga In reported, but ao far there la no mention of any loea of life. It la feared that communlea tlon by wire has been affected. A trembler waa experienced at Manila with Intermittent' shocks for three hours this morning, Three of the shocks were severe, but the majority of the othr-rs were scarcely perceptible. BOSTON MARATHON. Won By Thomss Longboat A Canadian Who Brok, The fUoord. BOSTON, April 19,-Thomns Long boat, the Indian runner of Toronto, Canada, today broke the record of the Boat on Athletic Association 35 mile Marathon race from Ashland to Ilos ton. He defeated a field of 114 run nora after tho moat closely contested race since the event was Inaugurated In 1807. Longboat covered the distance In two hours, twenty four minutes and 20 and 4-6 seconds, beating the previous re cord by fie minutes 2 and 4-5 seconds, established In 1901 by 3, 3, Caffrey, of Hamilton, Ontario, One hundred thou sand people cheered the Indian at the finish, ' Rain kept as many more at home. FELL THREE 8TORIE3. Wife Aoeussd of Throwing Husbsnd Blind Husbsnd Out third Story. CHICAGO, April 19. Joseph Smal ler, 40 years old, a blind newsman, was killed yesterday by a fall from the third story In which he Uvea. Mrs. Margaret Smulley Is under arrest on a charge of murdering her husband by throwing him from a window, The woman Is said to have been In toxicated at tho time and to have boon Infuriated because her husband was 111 and unable to earn money with which she could buy whiskey. PHILIPPINE Seml-flnals Aemrlea Defeats an Englishman, NBVV YOIIK, April 19, The victory of lh American D. P. Rhodo. over A. W. Clore, the fengtlsh en-champion, In the aeml-tlnals of the English Na tional, covered eourt lawn tennis championship, haa caused ft stir among aome of the Influential local players. It brought to light the unofficial state ment that had been aald since the rival of Beats C, Wright last Sunday, that BHuados was a possible player for the Amarloan International chal lenge team. Bines the practical with drawal of Raymond D. Little It was said that this chance had virtually be come , certainty and that Rhodes would take his place with Wrighf and Karl Behr, 3t when the two players arrived on the other sld efor the con W'Sta. i EARTHQUAKE DINNER. Celebrate by Persons Who Eseaped The Greet Qusks, NEW YORK, April 11-Flfty Call fornians who escaped the earthquake had ft dinner at the Lambs Club last night In celebration of the fact and to keep the anniversary of the great quake, Clay M. Oreena, presided the dinner, which waa quite Informal. Dolphin M. Detmas, Wilton Lack a ye and Willis Irvln, made speeches and predicted s. great future for Ban Francisco. MOSCOW RAILWA YlTRIKE. ST PSTERRDURO, April 1.-Th government in consequence of a par Hal atrlke on the Moscow Railway, which la spreading, haa ordered slg nlflcani precautions by the railway. Military trains are to be kept In read! ness at alt principal stations and the military train guards are being rein there Is a. military train equipped with repair material, This train carrlea machine guns and troops. NEW LABOR MOVE Metal Trades to Unite Full Nat ional Strength. G0MPERS BEHIND SCHEME Centcaets With Employers To Begin And Tsrmlnste At 8sms Tims Move msnt Sprsstiirfg Throughout The Country And Meets With Favor, CHICAGO, April 19.-A plan by which the metal trades of the United States may act as a unit and If need be call sympathetic strikes extending over the whole country Is suggested by President Gompeiw of the American Federation of Labor, who yesterday Issued a cull to John Fltxpntrlck, prcsl dent of the Chicago Federation of La bor, who In turn called a conference of the ofllclals of the metal workers un ions of Chicago. The object of the plan Is to have all the contracts made with the employers begin and terml nate at the same time all over the country, so that In making new agree monts the unions tn this branch of In dustry can have the full power of their entire national , strength to enforce their demands. There are hundreds of thousands of men engaged In these trades and the power which their organizations will have under the new scheme is enor mous. The plan was originated by GompermndlsbeIng!Passedl utlby him to the leaders of the local federations of labor which are allated with the national body. These will take the same action as that taken by the Chi cago federation. 1 Within a few days the movement will have spread all over the country and the labor loaders will begin work ing out the details which shall make the system effective. Members of the local bodies favor the Idea and will give It hearty support. GOAL STRIKE British Columbia Mines Practically Closed. . FIVE THOUSAND OUT President Mitchell of Internation al Mine Workers Orders Re turn to Work. REDUCTION NOTICE THE CAUSE Men Walked Out Because Of Misun derstanding Although The Owners Wer( In Aeeordsnee With Agreement In Posting Notice Of Reduct on. VANCOUVER, a C. April !. Practically all the eoal mines of eas tern British Columbia and Alberta are cluaed. It was rumored today that President Mitchell of the International Mine Workers has Instructed the Vice PreslJunt Sherman to order the men to resume, but Sherman denied thl Then manager LlnJaay of the Crows Nuet Coal Company gave out a copy of a dispatch received from Mitchell who said definitely, that he had order ed Sherman to get the men back to work. The men quit work but have not definitely gone on a strike so that they may not be prosecuted under new Dominion government law. Five thousand men are out. It looks though operators had violated the law In posting notices of re reduction pond" lug the dispute. The Canadian Paci fic may be embarassed for coal If the shut down continues. SEATTLE, April The Canadian Pacific officials declare that the road will get all the coal It requires from this side of the line. OTTAWA, Ont., April I.-The La bor Department haa received word that President Mitchell and Vice-President Lewis, of the United Mineowrkers, hav telegraphed the men at Fernle, B. C and the other Western mines urging them to return to work. Vlce-Presl dent Lewis has started from Indiana polls to the scene, and an Interview has bran arranged between him and the operators Tuesday next. The department Is taking steps to Investigate the situation in the West In view of tho . alarming statements sent out from Calgnry. . It seems un doubted that Borne men have left work. but nothing exists which can be vie scribed as a strike. The cause of the trouble so far as known here, seems to be a mlsundcr standing. The new act requires SO days' notice to be posted of any change in condi tions. One or two mines ,ln complt anoe therewith, posted a notice of re duetlon. The miners did not under stand that this was In accordance with the provisions of the act and declared they would work elsewhere. ' .RHODE ISLAND DEADLOCK. 8eat In United Stat.s Senate Will Pro- bnbly Not Bs Filled This 8ssion. PROVIDENCE, April 19, The Rhode Island Legislature will adjourn Tues day next and it appears probable that the United States senator will not be elected this session. Fifty eight bal lots cast have fulled to result in a choice, It is understood that only one more will be taken before the final adjournment. The vote today, was Goddard (Dem) 41; Colt (Repn) 38; Wetmore (Repn) 81. Nsbraska Professor Claims Orsdusttt Supplanting Self Taught Men, CHICAGO, April 1.-Tha Commer ciul spirit wblch has made great strides tnrougnout the country, so much that In past years It hss been customary for acadumic bred men to apologise for thwlr learning whan they rls to address audiences, bos risen and fallen and In every walk of life the men of acadnnilo training haa been ought as the means of rescue, ' In this vein, Roncoe Pound, dean' of the law school of the University of Nebraska, at the first annual banquet of the Chicago alumni Association of that Institution, placed In dispute the theory that a "Business educafon and training, Is sufficient for a successful man of today. ;. f "Men of academic training are be Ing elected as railroad chiefs now,' he salJ. "The 1f made lawyers who thought that they could satisfy the needs of Justice have tried, and gloomy was their failure. The academic trained lawyer Is taking his place. Today the era of commercialism stands discredited everywhere." Dean Pound came as a substitute for Chantollor E. Bcnjsimln Andrews who Is HI at bis residence at Lincoln Ne. The banquet was attended by 75 alumiil. AFTER ROOSEVELT. Central Federated Union Ask, Him to R street Statement NEW TORK, April 19. The execu live committee of the Central Federa ted union, acting under authority eon ferred by the members of the organ list Ion, sent a lengtiiy letter to Pros Ident Roosevelt last night expressing tndlgnalon at his recent action In de (-taring Messrs. Moyer, Haywood and Pettlbona, as undesirable cltlxens and requesting him to retract the state ment. , A ROOSEVELT PUN For Government to Assume All Election Expenses. NOW BEING CONSIDERED President Roosevelt Believes Soheme to be Feasible But Realises the Ob jections .To It Is .Giving It .His Attention. CHICAGO, April 19. A dispatch to the Tribune from Washington says 'President Roosevelt Is studying over a new departure In politics which, whether It la carried out to any prac tical result or not is certain to excite e widespread discussion among public men the country over. The agitation for publicity of cam palgn expenses and the various laws In the different states for the official primary elections has caused the presi dent to question In his own mind whether It may not be possible to de vise a scheme by whjch the govern ment may assume the responsibility, not only for the actual expense of the election as at present, but for the legitimate campaign expenses of the regular nominees. 'His Idea Is not formulated, he has no detailed scheme In view, he Is fully aware of the complexity of the subject and he sees tn advance the manifold objections that will be made to It. Nevertheless, he believes, the Idea ts worth consideration, and it Is receiving nis earnest attention at the present time." k DROUGHT IN JAMAICA. KINGSTON, April 19.-Great loss and much suffering Is being caused the drought which has prevailed on the Island for some time. EX-CONVICT I1II1MS aasaasBSBssasB"sisjsSBssa . j'",'.f-f Large NumberArrive from Italy, CAUSEWEAPONCRUSADE New York Legislature to Make the Carrying of Concealed Weapons a Felony. RICH ITALIANS AID POLICE Effort Will Be Made To Revive Law Providing For Th, Deportation Of Immigrants Convicted Of Crime Within Three Years. NEW YORK. April 19. Influential Italians who feel the stigma placeJ up. on their race In the arrest recently of their countrymen for carrying concea' ed weapons, ere pledged to help to era dicate the evlL Peter B. O. AcrltelU says that the Legislature will be ask ed to pass a law making It a felony and It Is thought that the law should be made to apply to revolvers a well. An effort will also be made to Save the Immigration law enforced which provides for the deportation of foreign ers If they are convicted of crime with in three years of landing here. Coro- ned AcrltelU says that the1 law Is now a dead letter and that If opposition Is shown to the endeavors to have It re vived they will carry the matter "Tnto the courts. There is no question, he says that ex-Convicts arrive here In large num bers from Italy. The police are energetically arrest ing Italians for carrying concealed weapons, but the number of cases is diminished owing to the accounts which have appeared In Italian and American papers, about the severity shown to ward offenders. The courts are In creasing the bail and the sentences In such cascfci and the grand Jury is hand ing auwn inuicimenia. BRIBEINQ ALLEGED. Juror Slid To Have Been Approached In Moyer Haywood Case. ' BOISE, April 19. Charged with ap proaching a Juror in the trial of Wll Ham D. Haywood which Is to begin hore before Judge Fremont Wood, May Tost must appear before Judge Wood, Tuesday, next to, answer for contempt of court. 0 Juror J. L. Waggoner, a farmer, char ges Yost with having asked him how he stood In regard to the cases of Hay, wand, Moyer and Pettibone and of of fering his $20 to poll the upper part of the White Cross precinct in order to learn the sentiment of the people there regar to the approaching trials. Judge Wood has excused the Jury un til the beginnln got the Haywood trial, A ROCKEFELLER MARRIED. NEW TORK, April 18. Miss Ethel Rockefeller, daughter of William Rocke feller married Marcellus Hartley ley, today at the home of her parents. BASE BALL SCORES. SAN FRANCISCO, April 19. Port- land 2, Oakland 8. ' . LOS ANGELES, Los Angeles 7, San Francisco 10. EARTHQUAKE IN CHARLESTON. CHARLESTON, April 20. A slight earthquake was felt In this city and SummervlUe at 3:23 this morning. The damage was trivial. SIMILARITY IN OUAKES. Conditions in Mtxioo Identical Those of San raneiseo. With NE WTORK. April 19,-Projfessor Uerkey, of the dpartmcnt of geotogy at Colombia, says that the earthquake conditions prevailing In Mexico, are exactly similar to those , which pre vailed In Ban Francisco, a year ago, Mexico Is a comparatively new region according to Professor Berkey, where the process of mountain formation is still going on, causing earthquakes. Professor Berkey continued. . 1 "I cannot connect the present dis turbances with any particular volcan ic eruption, although there were In Mexico four active volcanoes. There Is not, however, any necessary connec tion between these volcanoes and the quake. OLYMPIC GAMES. Carnegie an , Honorary Vice President On American Committee. , NEW YORK, April 19. Secretary James Sullivan, of the American com- mltee of the Olympic games to be bald In London, in 1908, has received front Andrew Carnegie, his consent to serve as an honorary vice-president of the American committee of the Olympic games of 1908. Among the others who will serve as honorary vice-presidents are Grover Cleveland and J. P. Mor gan. OREGON LOST AT SEATTLE. Seattle, April 19. The Pacific Uni versity of Forest Grove, Oregon, to night lost the third annual debate la the University of Washington. "This is the first defeat for the Pacific The University "resolved that Beat and Most Practical Means of Upbuilding American Marine Is by the System of Subsidies te- the American ships." Washington had the affirmative. MUMMER I,', TOM Thaws Family's Actions Indicate Bail Situation. EVELYN TO STAY WITH KIM M-ither And Sister , Have Gen. To Pittsburg And Brother Sails For Eu ropeNo Immediate Step Will Be Taken By Counsel. NEW YORK, April 19. No move to attempt to secure the release of Harry K. Thaw on ball has been made and none .In likely for some time. Dan O'Reilly, and Clifford Hartridge, the two lawyers, still In tits employ said esterJay that no Immediate steps would be taken regarding the bail. That Thaw and the members of his family are resigned to the fact that Thaw must spend another summer In the Tombs Is apparently indicated by the departure from the city of nearly every member of the family, Mrs. W. A, Thaw, mother of the prisoner, and the Countess of Yarmouth are now In Pittsburg and Mr.' and Mrs. Edward Thaw have sailed for Europe. Miss Evelju. S'jsblt Thaw remains at the hotel Lorraine. She visits the prisoner datly and declares she will continue to do so as long as he Is In Jail BRANDUS ART SALE. NEW YORK, April 19. High pri ces were obtained in the second day's sale of the Edward Brandus pictures. In the Fifth Avenue Art Gallery last night. Altogether $193,085, was real ized before the sale closed. The 'highest prices were obtained! for the "Rainstorm," of Corot, which brought 816,000, and Sir Alma Tade ma's, "Bacchalta" for which $18,00 was paid.