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- U' wt-u:s . PUIUSHCS FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS Br NO. 223.. VOLUME LX!!I. ASTORIA, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1907 PRICE FIVE CENT tzzx&ztftjj. iv. -.ill v lviv ilv. n. hjh. bmk fv-: wm&?mm , TfggjtfiMWa ',. . .H -Jr w r. . r.. ..o w w-v ... L TOWARD STANDARD Hears That Oil Concern Is Not Only Company Receiving Rebates. WANTS JUSTICE.FOR ALL FIRMS Mo Who Ordered Ftmoul riot Bt lltvtt ha May Havt Beo Needlessly Harth If it li Provra That Many Other CoDctrai Ait Guilty. CHICAGO. Sept. 24.-U wm Heckled today by Judga Ltndlt la tht UnltaJ Matt district court that tht Chicago A Alton (bull not lit further prosecuted lor ttt connection with tbo granting of rebates to tho Standard Oil Company on oil thlpmenlt bttweeo Whiting, lud tad East St. Louis, Illi. It was claimed by Diitrict Attorney Sims that hit predecor In ofllct had promised the 'Alton Immunity for eo operating with District Attorney Sim, who therefore aaked that the inveatlga tlon by tht gram! jury of the Alton road bt discontinued and that the Jury I discharged. Laudia directed tht jury to dlscon tlnua He Investigation of the Alton but declined to dlacbargt that body. Judge fondle then directed the jury'a attention to the following statement of l"reldent AlotlUt, published in a clrcu lar, to the employe! and ttockholdert, recently United by the Standard Oil Company: "Thousand of ton of freight have been (hipped from these point during the last 13 yeart under the mm clr eiimslanres the Standard shipment! .-I 1 II.. Cl..,l.rl I. ....III.. In II. I. case to Is practically every other lilp per in this great uiauufacturing terri tory." "Is there a purpose in selecting the Standard as a victim t" said Judge Landlt, "I hope I need not say to you that it is my highest ambition to to administer affair in this court that no one can truthfully allege such things as this. Therefore, I direct that a subpena lit lsued for Mr. Moflltt directing blm to attend your tession. I charge you to js'ive diligent attention to his testl itiony," TAFT ENDORSED. Nebraska Republicans Are For Him Strongly. LINCOLN, Sept. 24. Tht conventions of the Republican, Democrats, Topu lists, Prohibitionists and Soon list parties met at the State House today to- per feet tholr organizations and adjourned ftfjiM' appointing committees on rcsoltt tions, Governor Sheldon was made chairman of the Republican convention and P.' K. McKillip of the Democratic convention. In the report of the Republican com mittoo on resolutions, Taft was endoraed In strong language, for the nomination for president In 1008. MISS WRECK BY FEW FEET. Empire Express Passing Beyond Utic Narrowly Escapes Disaster. UTIOA, N. Y., Sept. 24,-Just as the Empire Express, west-bound, on the New York Central, was passing through the village of Oriskany, eight miles west of here, this afternoon, a freight wreck oe curved mid one of the cars was swung over the trackt on which the express was speeding The last car of the Empire Express missed the wreckage by about 10 feet. READY FOR TRIP. , UTICA, N. Y., Sept. 24.-43ocretaryi of (Sljiite Ellhu Root and family left Clinton today for Washington, from whioh place Mr. Root will leave September 25 for Ids trip to Mexico. GERMANY AWAITS REYNOLDS. No Notict Glve of Early Visit of Export Commission. BlfltUN, Sept, 24,rhira appears to bt uncertainty In olllulal circles bent re garding tht real object ami scope of the so-called export commission from the United States, which Is expected to ar rive hcrt at tht dost o ft he month. It l remarked that tht American govern ment officially notified Germany of the advent and purpoot of tht North tariff commission, but so far It hat omitted to do this in the oast of tht Reynolds com mlilon. The statement that tht latter cotnmls ion Is cominir to see bow tht recently entered Into provisional agreement Is conaidered to lit too vagut to bt satis factory, especially as tht provisional agreement has been only alxmt three months In operation. CASHIER ABSCONDS. Louisiana Official's Defalcation li Sixty Thouaand. HATOX ROUGE, La., Sept. 24,-Oscar Kondert, formerly cash lar of tht Firtt National Bank here, U mlating, and the federal authorities are searching for him with a warrant, charging him with de falt-atlon to the amount of 60,000. It Is alleged the shortage waa discovered a month ago, but that Kondert and his friemla made good tbt greater part of the lots. GETS BIG CANAL CONTRACT. PimWKtl, Sept. 24.-1). L, Gillea- ple A Co., contractors of this city, have received the contract to supply 10,000,000 feet of dimension lumber for the Pana ma Canal. The price la $223,775. The lumber will be yellow pine and fir. Thtt pine will be shipped from the Atlantic oodt and the Or from the Paciilo Coast A OFFICIALS CLASH Attorney General to Force Com modity Law. , MAY BE SUED FOR CONTEMPT Fight Over State Law May go to the Supreme Court and Settle Right of States o Regulate Railroad Rate Laws Enacted. ST. PAUL, Sept. 24,-r Attorney-Gen eral Young today obtained from the county court a wjit of mandamus di rected agnitiKt the Northern Pacific roll, road to compel it to comply with the commodity rate law, tho operation of which was enjoined by Judge Lochren In the United States court. The railroad official will probably ask Judge Lochren for an ordor citing At torney-General Young for contempt. If the attorney-general la declared in contempt a writ of abeaa corpus will be lued and the matter taken to the United Statoe supreme court for a final declnlon at to the state's right to regit lute rates. i BOYS ADMIT FIRING CONVENT. Lives of 6oo Children Menaced at Spark hill Boys Were Tired of Routine. NYA0K, N. Y., Sept. 24.-Six young boys at the Convent ojf St. Agnes, Sparkhill, were arrested at that institu tion today, charged with seting fire to the convont early las Saturday morning when the building was barely saved from burning down yith 600 children sleeping therein. The boys made a confession, saying they were tired of the play and wanted to burn It down. District Attorney Gngan held an ex jimlnatlon this afternoon before Judge Levinwn, when the boys coolly told of the ciroumstances of the fire and appear ed to regret that their plans had not succeeded, The boys' ages range from 11 to 14 years. The boy were tent to the Cathollo protectory at West nFrms to aVult tho action oi the grand jury. , ASSAILS DEAD MAN'S SCHEMES Senator Borah's Prosecutor De clares Steunenburg a Leader in Land Frauds. TRIED TO INTEREST GOODING Repreaentatlvs Burcn, For United States Attorney-General, Will Prosecute Borah Until bt Is Proven Guilty or Innocent la Afttr Justice. BOISE, Sept. 24. The government to day revealed it's hand in the case of the United States vs. Senator Borah, charg ed wlta timber fraud. The Jury waa completed at the morning session and during the afternoon Judge M. CrBurch, of Detroit,, special assUtnnt to the attorney-general, made the opening state ment for the prosecution. 1M)1SK, Sept. 24 The opeulng address of the prosecution In the Borah case was made this afternoon by Mr. Burch, of Detroit, special representative of the at torney-general of the United States. He dwelt at length on the detail of the charge aet forth in the indictment that of conspiracy to defraud the government out of timber lands by inducing persons to make falmt entries and asserted that the prosecution was without malice, but Would lie carried on without fear or favor to the end o that no guilty man should escape. . Burch declared that former Governor Stcuncnberg was one of the leading members of the conspiracy and had open ly stated that he was interested in ob taining the timber lands by causing oth ers to enter claims for his benefit. "He Induced others to go in with him." SB id Burch, "one of those approached being the preent governor of Idaho,) Frank R." Gooding. There could be no reflection on Gooding, because he hadj tnrnct his hack on the Scheme and de-1 clined to go Into It. f BACK TO OLD STATE. Governor Folk and Thouaand of Former Tennesseeana Celebrate. NASHVILLE, Sept. 24. Tennessee home comers thronged the state fair; grounds this afternoon to hear Governor j Folk, of Missouri, himself a native of Tennmse. His address was delivered be- f., a ,,.-.! nf nn mm nemile niiit nrous. i ed much enthusiasm, Governor Patter- son. of Tennessee, delivered the welcoin-, inir address, and Governor Folk re spomled. 1 John Di Has Welsh t film (W C0ATKANGER RATE PROTESTED. Middlt West Railroads Charted With Making Unjust Charges. WASHINGTON', Sept. 24. -Alleged unjust and unreasonable rates on ship ments of wire coat-hsngers between pointa in the middle west forma the basis of a complaint filed with the In terstate Commerce ComMon today. The complainant is th Forest City freight bureau, wliii-b names at defendants 50 railroads operating In the west. It ap pear that a coat-iianvinff concern it a memlr of the Forest City freight bu reau. Objection was made by It ar the rate exacted by the railroads for trans porting less than carload lots of coat- bangers, and hence the complaint. The petition filed In this' connection is a very bulky document and a lively fight airninst the offending railroadt is promised. DIES OF WOUND. EUGENE. Or., Sept 24.-W. G. (Bert) Xunn, Who was shot by Charles Crowley in a pistol duel at Marcola Satuday afternoon, in which Crowley met bis death, died at, tlie Eugene hospital at liU thi afternoon. Tht wound waa a very bad one and the physicians from the first cave no hone of recovery. The bullet entered his right side, passed di rectly beneath the livef, and came out on the left aide, fut under tht etomach, barely niUniru; both these organs. The intcstintes were not penetrated. N unn's family was at hi bedside at time of hit death. While it was considered that death was inevitable tt came sooner than the physicians thought. The matter of an inquest over the re mains wai discussed today by Deputy District Attorney Skipworth and Coro ner Gordon, but up to late this after noon there had been no decision on the matter. No funeral arrangements have been made. BLAME FOR WRECK NOT FIXED. CONCORD, N H, Sept. 24. -A state ment given out here at 3 p. m. today by the Iloton A Maine Railroad officials is to the effect that it is at present impos sible to fix the responsibility for the wreck at West Canaan lust Sunday morning. The train dispatcher at Concord seems to lwve sent the order properly, but the operator at Cannon received a different !oriUr ,rom tmu nl- mvesuganon nio J H8' 01 tinned. CHIN00KS SCARCE AT BAND0N. ' COQUILLE. Or., Sept. 24.-The Tim mons Cannery at Bandon began to re wive fish last week. The Prosper Can ning Company also commenced work. It reports' catch of 500 in one'seine and considers ,it good for the early season. Chinook salmon, are reported very scarce. 1 PIONEER DIES. JUNCTION CITY, OU., Sept. 24. . .... . . . 111 w ,rK. a pioneer- ot ine am, M the residence of Ins son, J. F. 'Kirk, at Franklin, Or., Friday night, at the age of 85 years. ' Rabbit Dream. Rescue Boat Captain Reports Thrilling Tale of Nature's Awsome Violence, J. CURRIER CREW RETURNS Thetia Savea Greatest Number of Lives in History of Coaet Trade Crew Give the Rescued Men Their Bunks and Show Great Kindness. SEATTLE, Sept. 24. Captain Hender son of the revenue cutter Thetis on his arrival here today from the Arctic, con firms with official reports accounts of a violent volcanic eruption of Mount ila kushin on September 1, and the exist ence of a new peak raised from the aea, forming a part of the Bogoslov forma tion. - The latest addition is the fourth and with its appearance the bottom of the ocean ha arised until its channels, for merly sufficient for the passage of ships, are now dry land. The Makushin volcano was threaten ing for six hours and ashes heavily im pregnated with- eulpbur fell to depth of thive eights of an inch. Reports were made to Henderson from the north Utate that three other similar volcanic dis- turances have occurred along the .Alaska coast during the preseAt summer. SEATTLE, Sept, 24. The revenue cutter Thetia retched, here tonight, bringing 242 survivors of the wrecked American ship John Currier, which went aground in a fog at Bristol Bay, Alaska, on August 9. The work of rescue con stitutes the greatest saving of Uvea with a single expedition in the history of the Pacific Coast shipping. The Thetis took over the survivors at Unalaska on her run down from the Arctic where they had been taken by the cutter McCulIoch afterthey had spent 34 days on a barren beach. Among tht rescued are 130 Orientals and 110 Eu ropeans, all fishermen. The crew of the Thetis gave up heir berths to the stranded sailors during the voyage south and, slept on deck. No sickness developed aboard the crowded steamer. BODY SHIPPED NORTH. WASHINGTON. Sept. 24. The State Department today received a dispatch from the American consul at Guanan juato, Mexico, saying that the body of George Rose, the mining engineer who was killed by bandits at that place, had been embalmed and shipped to Salt Lake on September 13. Mrs. Rose, whose home was formerly in Salt Lake and who was wounded by the bandits, is re covering, but is badly shaken in health at a result of her encounter with the rabbers. Mrs. Rose's body was shipped in charge of an employe of the mining company by which he had been engaged. PLAGUE CASES 4a; DEATHS 34. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 24. Dr. Du- pcrt Blue, Marine Hospital Service, and President William Ophuls, of the City Board of Health, unite in the following statement to the press relative to the bubonic plague situation. "From our knowledge of plague, the prevention of a sudden outbreak in epidemic form can be predicted with assurance, but a cer tain number of cases will continue to occur tof a considerable period, in spite of all preventative measures." The score to date is as follows: ' Number of identi fied cases, 42; deaths, 24; suspects un der observation and not yet verified, 25. YESTERDAY'S BASEBALL SCORES. At Portland Portland 3, San Fran cisco 4. ' At Tacoma Tacoma 4, Butte 3. At Seattle Seattlo 0, Aberdeen 9. WILL GIVE ROADS A BEARING. Public Service Commission Receive An- , twer to Men't Complainta. ALBANY, Sept. 24. The upstate public service commission undoubtedly will give a hearing on the complainta filed with the commission tome time ago by Arthur W. Evans, tnte represen tative of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, against te New York Central and the Erie Railroads. He alleged that the railroads have cut down the number of breakemen employed to operate their trains and that the force on trains at- present are insufficient to provide for their operation with safety. He also charged that the work required of tbt employes it more than they are capable: of doing efficiently. Both railroadt have replied to the com mission and enter a general denial. Tht complaints against tht New York Cea tral refer to tht operation of tht freight trains on the Pennsylvania divi sion. : CORPSE ON COVE BEACH. Being Held in Morgue For Identification Body Badly Decomposed. SOUTH BEND, Sept. 24. Monday morning the beach patrol of the North Cove Life Saving Station, William Dip- key, found the body of man on. tht beach dressed in overalls and a jumper and leather belt about his -waist Captain Gunderson of the crew brought word to Coroner1 Overmeyer and Wil liam Robertson was commissioned to bring the body here which be US Tues day. Eleven days before man working on the Columbia River jetty at Fort Stevens was drowned and word waa sent there. Instructions were received from there to bold the body and it is now at Cameron's morgue and will be held un til this evening though the body is quite badly decomposed. "-"" LOVED ANOTHER MAN Murdered Seattle Woman Favor ed Husband's Chum. VJCTIM'S FRIEND TELLS STORY Covington and Burilson Missing Ex pressman Tells of Carrying Trunk to ' Beach For the Two Men, 'Both of Whom Are Implicated. SEATTLE, Sept. 24. Less than month -ago, Mrj. Agnes McCombs Cov ington, whose body was found in a trunk on the beach at Alki Point on Sunday, told Miss Ada Kotkins, her closest friend, that she loved Charles Burilson better than she did her husband and that she did not know what she waa going to do. Burilson is Covington's closest friend. Both men are missing and the police are searching for them in the hopes of securing a solution to the mystery- P. McDonough', an expressman, informed the police today, that about two weeks ago he was summoned to' the Keswick Hotel, where the murder is thought to have been committed and removed a trunk to Galbraith dock. , Two men accompanied him and he as sisted them in putting the trunk aboard ' a vessel, which he thinks was the Flor ence K, which runs to Eagle Harbor, a small town across the bay The trunk referred to answers the description of the one in which the body was found. WARRANTS FOR RICH MEN. Millionaire Lumber Men Charged in Idaho With Defrauding TJ, S. BOISE, Idaho, Sept. 24. Warrants were issued today for the arrest of Summer G- Moon and James L, Barber of Eu Claire, Mis., millionaire officers of the Barber Lumber Company and Hor ace S. Rand of Burlington, Conn., in dicted for conspiracy to defraud the gov ernment. They were indicted with Sena tor Borah and others. They will be brought to Boise at once to answer the charges. j