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Stefotrktt UBLIftHKB PULL ASSOOIATSO Pftltt HBPONT COVINS TM MOftNIN FIIL0 ON T4I LOWt -COLUMBIA VOLUME LXIII, NO. SO. ASTORIA, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1907. o ' -' - PRICE FIVE CENTS TAFT BACK ON THE JOB "rIL Inlcrrlcwcd on His Polit.- cai Boom. 0 SAIL FOR PHILIPPINES September 1st and Will Not Postpone Trip to Take Stump In Ohio. IS ADMINISTRATION FAVORITE Political Caldron It Ono Mor At the Bolting Point, Though Ropublloan Convention lo Far Off Many Other Have Aspiration. WABHINOTON, April 2J Secretary Tuft today roaumeJ hi routine lut( t ih White House. It li doubtful If In hi Washington experience the Secrutary Itaa over had to denl with more newspaper men than ho Mf to day, Their wore mnliily dlroua of learning, Jut what th, tcrelnry In tended to do In answer to tha chal lenge which Senator Foraker haa laautJ In regard to th contest In Ohio, i Taft frankly told tha newp. permen that ho had boon away for a long 1 1 ims that ho hnJ but scanty now of political event during hla absence and ho did not think thla a proper tlmo tor him to mnk any kind of a tatemsnt of hla oplnlona and plana. Ono point waa developed In the courae of the talk with tho newspaper men that may be regarded aa slMilfl cant, In view of tho fact It had been ! reported that ho lntndd to cancel hla proposed Philippine trip In order to go on atump In Ohio. Replying to a direct Inquiry, Taft suld ho Intend to fall for tho Philippines about September 1. That Mr. Taft la tho administration favorlta of all tho Republican pre!- dontlal candidate ha been known In A Washington for many month. Wheth r Mr. Taft can attain tho goal of hi Vmbltlon remain to bo Mien. Out In hla own itato of Ohio he mut battle for delegate with tho regular party organisation, headed by ' Senator Foraker and (Dick, utile a truce I patched up between the friend of Taft and tho two Senator, Everybody who know .anything about politic knowa that you can't run a flrt-claa, up-to-date political machine without Dimming In the ; shano of patronage. In the Ohio fight Taft would eem to have tho Ineldt! track, Innamuch a lie In In tho good grace of the Itlg Man who dlpeno tho good thing, whoreoa Forakor 1 ntundlng out In the cold. Hut, shoull It become apparent within the next Ix month hat tho Secretary of War I making no headway, ho will un ; doubtedly take tep to make It known that ho I not a candidate. It would ba hard to any whom tho ; administration would put forward In . such a contingency. In the meantime, an effort will bo made to harmonlso the difference between the factions In Ohio, and If that fall Mr, Taft will go In and make a fight agaliiBt For aker and Dick, If ho win hi boom will bo advanced; If he loses, hi ambition will havo received a blow that may prompt tha Secretary of War to change hi mind about the prosl dency ,and perhap after, all ho may don tho ermine. When the Taft boom was first launched some month ago the re sponse from the country disappointed the administration leader. Recently It has boon received with more cor diality. The administration therefore waits and hope. In the meantime, Vlce-Proldont .Fairbanks Is making hay In the form L j.i. cri' ahnur ( nurslnv his ML UOIOm.vd m boom: Cannon, from the West Indies, Is watohlng developments, while For aker believes that If he makes good in the Brownsville affair the lightning will strike him. Tho political pot Is I boiling over, although tho Republican national convention Is a long way off. Tha Indications are jthat In tho com ing 11 month Ohio will prov to be the dark and bloody ground of politic. BALLOON RACES. Pointer By lattorn Export On Nav. gating Near Atlantic , NEW YORK,riprir i.-Alan R. Hawluy oB Now York, who with Arthur T. Athorholt of Philadelphia, mado an IS mil balloon trip from Philadel phia, to Maltoawn, yterday, ha Issued a warning to aeronaut t'.iat they must bo cartful in making bal loon trip near tho coaat or tho ocean will get thorn. Ho haa observed, he sal J, thaall tho upper current near tho coaat tend to carry the ba'Umn out to sea. Kawlny Is qualifying for tho Inter- national balloon race to be held at St. Louis next October, LIVERY PIRE. NKW YORK, April M.-The Dl patch Stable at ISO to 142 Harrow street were burned early today. Thero were HO horse In tha building and moat of these prihoL The lo I estimated at 160,000. JUSTICE OP PEACE A SUICIDE. ROX1EWOOD. N. J., April J3.-E. W. Qardnor, Justice of tho peace, and a wealthy resident of thla place, killed hlmaolf with a pistol hut night Mr. Gardner followed her husband to the door of an apartment occupied by young woman. Whon Gardner saw hi wife bo drew a revolver and (hot him elf In tho head. STOLE A TUGBOAT Deckhands About to Be Discharg ed Decamp With Vessal. WERE FINALLY CAPTURED At Point of Revolver in Hand of Another Tug Boat Captain, After Nearly Wrecking tho Boat by Col lision and Explosion. NEW YORK, April 21 Olaf Wolf steen and Lorf Larsen, two Swedish sudors ran away with a 120,000 tug boat last night - and were captured after an exciting ehasaNm tho at River, during which snots were fired and collisions barely averted, while tho boat waa constantly In danger of being blown up. Tho two Swedes, who knew they were going to be discharged by the McNeil Towing Company, their employers, conceived the lnsano Idea of running away with the tug Florence on which they worked as deckhands, The boat had been tied up for the night in Bushwlck Creek, but the men mannged to gef up steam and casting a way tho lines, started for lower New York bay. v .. ' Captain McNeill, of the tug Clare mont, wu notified and hastily man nlng hla boat, pursued tho Florence. The latter vessel had fully a half mile start, but the Bwedoa were almont without knowledge of how to handle a steamboat, They also took some foolhardy chances In tho crowded river, They mannged however, to keep the tug at almost top speed. , Captain McNoll kept the Clalrmont's whistle screaming for hjlp. Soveral other tugs, attracted, by tho whistles, Joined In the chase. As the Claremont gained on the fugitive tug McNeil leaned from the pilot house window and fired two shot and called on the Swede to atop. Thoy shouted back doflantly and dodged In and out among larger boats, past tho navy yard and under the Williamsburg and Brooklyn bridges. The pursuit ended off Ham ilton ferry, the Claremont being the faster tug of , the two and better handled. When she drew abreast of the Florence McNeil levelled his re volver at the Swede In the pilot house and threatened to kill htm. The Swedes gave up and the Cloremonta crej Douna is iwo men wiin wes. mejr were locked up In a Brooklyn, police station on a charge of grand larceny. They explained Jjiat they were only skylarking but "McNeil Is positive thoy moant to steal tho tug.' x They also came near blowing her I up In their Ignorance, he says. ROOSEVELT WERS Flays Western Federation of'Mincrs. MOYER AND IIEYWOOD Stands Pat on His Former State ment and adds More To It TRY TO INFLUENCE JUSTICE I. President Say Thoy Not Ho Aro tho Ono Who Aro Trying To Influsneo Justioe Moysr and Hoywood Repre sentatives of Bloodshed and Violence WASHINGTON, April H.-In a let ter addressed to Honore Jackson, of Chicago, chairman of tho Cook County Moyor-Hey wood conference, made pubkj today. President Roosevelt's repllvs to tho criticisms of hla recent letter In which he referred to Moyer and Hey wood official of tho Western Federation of Mlneis, charged with Implication In tho Steunenberf murder as "Undeslrablo eitliena." Tne prel dent say h regret that any body of men should so far forget their duty to their country as to, by tho formation of societies or In other way, endeavor to Influence justice and coerce the court or Jury: that they, not he, are trying to Influence Justice and he con demn what he call their flagrant lm propriety In tho matter. He aay ho Indicated no opinion a to the guilt of tho arrested person but It was simple absurdity to assume that bo- cause a man is on trial he Is free from criticism as to his manner of life. He say ho might a well bo accuied of trying to Influence the suits against Harrlman, some of whose friend had also criticised htm. Ho said Moyer and Ueywood itand a representatives of those men who havo done aa muoh to discredit tho labor movements as tho worst speculative financiers or tho most unscrupulous employer of labor and debauchers of legislatures have done to discredit tho capitalists and the fair dealing business men. He said that Moyer and Heywood stand as representatives of those who habitually appear a guilty of Incite ment to, or an apology for bloodshed and violence. MICHIGAN AND RAILROADS. Hostility of State Prevents .Develop mont of Agricultural Resources. NEW YORK, April 23. The attitude of the State of Michigan towards the railroads Is criticized In the annual re port of tho Grand Rapid & Indiana Railroad, just Issued. Referring to the demands for a flat two-cent-a-mlle passenger rate Irrespective of condl, tlong , on Individual lines, the report snys that "This publlo outcry is un fortunate as the state Is already well advertised In tho financial world as hostile nnd unfair to Its railroads)." As a result of the state' policy the report declares, ; little new railroad mileage has been constructed In Michigan In the past four years. Be' tween (,000,000 and 9,000,000 acres of good agricultural land that He idle In tho northern part of the state would be developed, the report says If the railroads were built Into these sections. This land ha been taken by the state In non-payment of taxes. HARRIMAN ON WITNESS STAND. Testifies Against ormor Stenographer In Trial At Now York. NEW YORK, April 23. E. H. Har rlman was the principal witness to day at the final hearing In the cane of Frank W. Hill, Harrlman' former sec", retary who 1 charged with having sold, for publication, the now famous letter written by Harrlman to Sidney WeDster. Tho publication of which drew forth a spirited declaration from president Roosevelt that the state mnta mado by Harrlman were untrue. Magistrate Wahle announced after the hearing that ho would give his do ctslon May 1, Harrlman denied to day that ho ever ave permission to any newspaper t publish the letter. On the other hand M said when h learned that tho letter was in pog"es l"n of tho New York World ho tried, without lucceM, to prevent Its publi cation,.:. ' "Whon I learned It was In print I called up the American and tolj the man at tho other end of tho phono line that It wa only fair to let him know that letter was to bo published," said Harrlman. l , . I "Did you, then, give them permis sion to print tho letter V he was asked. 1 did not." Alexander Miller, Harrlman prl vato secretary, testified, "That all the original copies of the letter aro In hi possession." ... .. STREET RAILWAY MUDDLE. At Cleveland In Whieh Mayor Tom Johnson f Concerned. CLEVELAND, April M. Tho first chapter In tho revival of Cleveland street railway fight came today, when a 'temporary Injunction was granted against Mayor Johnson and tho Forest City Railway Company on the appli cation of the Cleveland Electric Com p-my from operating on Central and Qulncy avenue, where the Cleveland Electric' franchise ha expired and on which line tho company proposes to suspend all operations at midnight tonight The application for the In junction Is baaed on tho financial In terest of Johnson In th Forest City Railway. Judge Ford set the hearing for tho permanent Injunction for eight o'clock tomorrow. LUMBER HILL FIRE Port Blakeley Mills Totally Dc stroyed By Fire. ESTIMATES DAMAGE $750,000 Fir Tug 8nt From 8attlo and Assistance Rendered by Bluojaokots Started From Hot Box and En dangorod tha W.orkingmon's Homes. SEATTLE, April 22. Fire which broke out at 10:t5 last night In the planer room of the Port Blakeley Mill Company's lumber mill at Port Blake' ley, wiped out the entire plant, the largest lumber manufacturing estab llshment on tho coast and 'one of the largest In the world, entailing a loss of between $500,000 and 1750,000. Of this 50 per cent Is covered by Insur ance, and the management of the mill said a new building will be begun at once.. The fire originated In a hot box. At the moment of discovery there was not a chance to saye the mill. Flames shot up Immediately, enveloping all that setclon of the plant. The night force was at work at the time and the 300 men were compelled to flee for their lives. All managed to escape. Helpless to v heck the flames In the mill proper, the men turned their at tention to saving the houses In Port Blakeley, many of which were not more than 800 feet from the fire. Every hose In the town was pressed Into the service, and by the use of the' reserve reservoir sufficient water was obtained to control the flames. Within a few minutes, 200 men with 20 hos were engaged In the work of saving the town. The main reservoir operated from the mill, was cut off. Th flreboat Snoqualmte, of Seattle, was sent for and put Into port soon after midnight and with the Wyadda, whlo harrlved 20 minutes later, havo five two-Inch streams of water pluylng on tho flames. The flre-flghtlng I In charge of T. C. Ford, resident manager of tho Port Blakeley mills., At this hour the mill Is still burning. The plant was destroyed once before, 18 years ago, just before the great Seattle fire, when the loss waa almost aa large as at the present time. At S a. m. the fire Is under control. Bluejackets from tho United State steamer Perry were landed and helped In checking the 'flame. TODAY'S BASEBALL SCORES. At Oakland San Francisco 6, Oak land 3. At Los AngeleB Los Angelos 3, Portland 2 (10 Innings.). PROTEST TOE ADVANCE Willamette Lumbermen Before Commission. SOU THERN PACIFIC R0AI Declares it Does Not Care to Handle Lumber Business More Money Elsewhere. WILL OPERATE HUGE BARGES Before Thoy Will Submit To tho Ex- horbitant Prices Asked by Railroad Hoaring Beforo tho Railroad Com mission. PORTLAND, April 23. A special to the Oregon I an from Salem says: The State Railroad Commission .to day held a hearing Into tha justness of tho complaint-made by the W1U llamette Valley lumbermen that the rate on lumber, of $5 per thousand. recently put Into effect by the South ern Pacific Company between Valley points and San Francisco Is prohibi tive. The complainant aver that their orders have been placed under tho old rate of 33.10 per thousand and they are morally bound to keep the contract They also contend that al though, situated on tho Willamette River, the present rate to Portland Is so high they cannot ship to that port and thence to San Francisco by water and compete with the Portland mills. The railroad, on the other hand, as serts it cannot do' business at profit at the 33.10 rate as it Is compelled in the great majority of Instances to haul cart north from San Francisco un loaded. The railroad men said fur ther they prefer not to carry any lum ber whatever aa the cars cannot now be had In quantities sufficient to upply the demands of more profitable traffic The commission will not render a decision in the matter until the evi dence la fully considered. In case the railroad men are upheld and the evi dence presented Is deemed sufficient to warrant It, an appeal will be taken to the Interstate Commerce Commis sion. It developed after the commission adjourned that the up-river mills plan In case the railroads do not reduce the rates, they will put into operation large barges between their mills and Portland. . They believe in that way they can force the roads to come to their terms. . INTERNATIONAL FIGHTS. Englishman Wins Bantam Champion' hip and America Middleweight. LONDON, April 23. A large crowd attended the two international fistic contests here tonight Owen Moran, of Birmingham, defeated Albert Del- mont, the American, In ' a 20-round bout for the bantam championship of the world and a purse of $2000. Sam Langford (colored), an American, de feated "Tiger" Smith, a Welch fighter, In four rounds for the middleweight championship of the world and a purse of 32000. , MATT HICKS DEAD. NEW YORK, April 23. Matt Hicks, an old time baseball player, who play ed with the old New York Mutual! and the Cincinnati Red Stocking! and was credited with being the first man to catch off the bat, was found dead In a room la Naegales Hotel In Hobok en yesterday. Hicks, who was the manager of the billiard room at the hotel, was asphyxiated by gas which had been turned on accidentally. He was 60 years old. 61 FT OF MILLION. To Enablo NogiVosn South To Secure BeHor Education. PHILADELPHIA, April 23. Tha gift of a million dollars for tho estab lishment of fund for rudimentary schools for the southern negrtet was announced hero tonight. Tho donor la Miss Anna T. Jcanes a "Quaker" of this city. Booker Washington, bead of the Tuskogee Institute, and H. B. Frlssell, president of the Hampton Normal and Industrial Institute aro named as trustees of the fund, but neither of those Institutions are to share in the gift The Income Is to be used for tho sole purpose of assisting "Southern United States community, rural and county school for the great class of negroes to whom tho small rural and community schools aro alone available." ' Miss Jeanes la 80 year old, and comes from an old and wealthy family which for more than a century haa been members of tho Society of Friends. ARRANGED EFFECTS. Thsn Took Poison and Tried to Plung : Into tho 8oa. SANTA BARBARA, Cat, April 23. After selling: to hi brother today his half Interest In a dairy In Carpentera and mailing to his sister In Switzer land the $100 he received for It, Bat- tista Lamarone today took poison. In a few seconds he was dead. Thirty- four cento were all that was found In his pockets. Lamarone evidently In tended to jump from a wharf and end hi life in the ocean. Men at the foot of the pier saw him rush for the rail but before he reached it he was dead. ARSENAL BURNED Believed to Have Been of Incen diary Origin. TOULON ARSENAL FRANCE 8oldir and Sailoro Fight Fire and Over Thirty Aro Injurod by Falling Walla Some of tho Men Aro Fatally Hurt Inquiry is Being Conducted. -1 TOULON, France, April 23. For sixth time within a few months this port has been stricken by disaster from fire and this time the resultant damage Is principally material. Short ly after midnight a sentry at the ar senal noticed a glare of flames In the storehouse used for rope yams, and at once gave the alarm and the soldiers, crews of the warships and employes of the arsenal were turned out to fight the flames which spread with Incred ible rapidity. , The buildings In the vicinity of the storehouse contained 200,000 pounds of material with which to clean machinery, 00.000 pounds oak um, 6000 sponges, enormous quantities of ballast baskets, hampers, soil cloth, turpentine, linseed oil and other In flammables. Every available man was engaged in the efforts to control the conflagration. It was late this after noon before the fire waa reported under control. It Is reported . that more than 30 sustained injuries from falling walls and some are npt expect ed to live. The finding of two pieces or fuse of the kind not used In the French navy has aroused suspicious that the fire was not altogether acci dental A rigorous Inquiry Is being conducted. ARMY CHANGES. Grant to Replace Greeley and Lottor Comes to Pacific CHICAGO, April 23. Major General A. W. Greely of the northern division of the United States army returned to headquarters In Chicago yesterday from an Inspection trip In the eastern part of the division, Several posts were visited during his absance. The contemplated change of the general form the northern to the Pa cific division with headquarters at San Francisco will not take place, It was announce yesterday, for several months. It Is expected the change will not be made until May, when Major-General rederlck Dent Grant will probably return here to succeed General Greely.