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PUBLISHC8 rULU A$OCUTID PRESS. 'REPORT NO. 264. VOLUME LXIII. COVERTHC MORNING FIELD ON THE LOWER COLUMBIA ASTORIA, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1907 VICTIMS OF FOUL FLAY Charred Bodies Found In Ruins. i ' -1- " , ' 'J ' f t' ''''' ENTIRE FAMILY KILLED Marion County Ranchers Meet Death From Hands of V Robbers. NO CLEW TO t MURDERERS "B fi. Mrs, Castecl, Daughter end Son, and Their Hired Mia JHteotmS tying la the Ruins of Their Ranch House Wear Mackiy. Vil Wlill she very busy with several new roles, she la to ilng and with her per formanoes, ih will devote til the time possible to hearing young women whom he think may be available for the company it the Opera Comlque. MIm Garden says that Americana ire very popular In Pari now becauie It eeerai tint la America only ran fresh, young voices lie found. 1 Tb first two of i number of young women studying In ew ioric whom the It to heir will ilng for hr todiy. "Of eourse, I shall not be able to heir II the voloei I ebould wlih In fact, I eball be compelled to limit mr engage nn( of that sort," ssld MIm Garden, In discussing her plans. ruthermore, I ahall not b likelv to go outalde certain well defined paths In nmung those whom I wish to hear. Perhaps there will be many hn wilt wish the opportunity that muat be dls- ppoiniea, because. My time la limited. Hut I ahall do my 'beat to And the beat that rto be found in my own way. PACE FIYE CENTS CONORESS IS IN SESSION BUCK HAND THREATENS. 6ALEM, Dee. 8. News 40 murder Bank Preaident Requested to Pay Italian Depositors. NEW YORK. Dec 2,-Wlliram B. Montgomery, who waa elected ureaident of the Hamilton Dank of the resignation of 1!. R, Thomas, three days before the bank closed, haa been threatened by the Black Hand Society. He haa received a letter which readi aa follows) ' " "If you don't par the Italian denosl. tori of the Hamilton bank, you will meet dUI." The threat Is spelled out with lettera Notable Gathering in Both Houses. CANNON AGAIN SPEAKER Brilliant Scene Characterizes ; Opening of the Sixtieth Congress. BRYAN RECEIVES OVATION Democrat! Receive Kebriakaa With En thusiastic Cheering Former Honae Rules Adopted-Committee Appointed by Both Eouaei to Inform Preaident , ' p p - .v -. m VMV lilt V I m of four pereoni on a ranch m Macltay 1 0,,t of newspaper and ll'not signed. . i. . i. i.,- ' . i .' ' ; ' i The ofltrlnal ! now in tfi. ymnAm-t v saenru am iouiit. xuo owice, a iura. . .; " . -- - v i..- j-.-n v-i .. iiiol ce; s ' ' WILL CURE LEPERS. Juat how the 1 '"ftw.ui.u, oec. a.-. Lor Wallach, were killed cannot be discovered but a T"0 " l"t been granted leave to at BEHIND WALL OF FIRE Miners Entombed in Fremont Mine at Drytown. Oaateel. her dausbter., aaed 24. .her aoni,0,le" aged 10 and the rincb, foreman itijmed jj Montgomery, were fount in the barred ruin of their abode on what la known aa "The Ilurat Ranch.' were ainea cannot be aiacoverea nui a . ' , v" 'v"'" "v tempt the treatment of 12 lenera from near the placa Indicate the weapona 1 U'i that be wlU ahortly uaed. There ia no clue to the murderers f"1"4 Pumi th9 of his leprosy rurtf. . Inn at, fas nmliuat I lanL (nr Kitt vitas I general impresalon la that tramps bent on robbery killed the people and then set Are to the building to conceal evi dence of the crime. The Caateel family recently came from r.vrtl Point and but little ia known of them but they are reported to be poaead of coaaid eribte money, Montgomery, aged 65. also came from Douglas county. The aheriff and deputies are aearchlng the vicinity for trace of the murderers. Search of the premises and Immediate . vicinity by the officers revealed nothing to Indicate the perpetrator of the cr'me. Bloodhound from the, Oregon peniten tiary apparently Uld good work in the immediate premises which fact seems to lurther complicate the mystery, A purse containing $00.25 In coin in a broken savinga bank waa discovered near the bouse. The bodies of the victims wers ao badly burned aa to be identified with difficulty. The Caateel family waa evi dently murdered as they slept. Mont gomery's body was found In the kitchen and appear to have been almost fully dressed. It Is learned that the family arrived from Myrtle Crock about a year ago. They are believed to have come from Oklahoma. RUSSIAN PIRATES, Mutinous Crew of Destroyer Forcibly Boards Ship. VICTORIA, D. C, Deo. 2. Somewhere In the eastern sens a runaway Russian destroyer with a mutinous crew is on a plratio crulne, If a story brought from Nagasaki the steamer Monteagle, which BELIEVED TO HAVE PERISHED Many Weeping Women Surround Shaft moke Drives Back Party of Res cuersMine Will Now be Flooded in Endeavor to Smother Flames. CENTRAL ISSUE BANC ' Foreign Banker Suggest! Remedy For American Finances. NEW YORK, Deo, a.-'The condem nation of your system Is found in the fact that you banks have more reserves snd are far stronger today than they were before the panic. This haa been a banker'e panic, caused by their fears of your currency system. While your industrial prowes. has been temoorarilv checked, the rebound frwn the present decline will be eharp and your prosper ity iwlll be continued. A centra.1 hunt of issue Is the remedy for your cur rency troubles, and the United States will ultimately come to it." v Witn this statement Prince Andre Ponlatowskl, president of the French Finance Corporation, who is here tn in qiilra Into the financial and industrial condition now existing, succinctly ex pressed himself last night on the pre ent monetary system. The prince today returned from .Washington, where he went after his arrival from France, to eonfer with President Roosevelt and Secretary Cortelyou. He declined to Ji. fliiss ', his conferences at Wahini?ton. though It la understood they had to do with the financial situation. BRIGS NE17S OF ALLIANCE DRYTOWN, Cal., Dec 2.-With imoke still pouring from the shaft of the Fre mont Mine, hope for the 11 miners who were entombed Saturday, was virtually abandoned last night, and It ia believed all . of them have perished , behind wall of flame which drove them toward the heart of the subterranean furnace whan the v 'tried to escape. 'James Drew Joseph Manley, Dandel O'Brien and L. E, Wilson are tho Americans anions victims, the rest of whom are Italians and Austrian. ' O'Brien and Wilson are married, the latter bavins eight chll dren. A crowd, anions which there mere many weeping women, surrounded , the mouth of tie shaft all day, A number VIhaJ iitfliaaa tat 1 l A 41 a v cu vvuiftjf a (,! ui , i -- . ----- A German steamer reported at Naga-'O' aiiempis were maae to get into tne - 1 1 1.1 . It t H.L. 1! tf iA 1 .1 sakl having been intercepted SO 'miles north of Tsushima Islnnu in the Sea of Japan by a Russian destroyer whose seamon boarded her and forcibly took a quantity of coal, statins that their vesxol, whlh escaped from Vladivostok, followins the mutiny, mas short of coal. SEARCHES FOR SINGERS. American Prima Donna Will Endeavor to Find Good Voices. NEW YORK, Deo. 2,-Miss Mary Gar den, the American prima donna, who is making her first New York appearance at the Manhattan Opera House this sea son, has been commissioned by the man ager of tha Opera Comique, In Paris, to And for him good rotoei in America. mine but all of them had to be a ban doited. 1 :;, , After the connectlnu" drifts of Ficniont and Cover shafts had, been bulkliuaded and the collar of the latter had been boarded up to smother fire, Superintendent Goodall started to Oood the mine. Later Goodall and a party of minlns experts went down the Govcr shaft and found their way to the bulkhead which they blew open ' with dynamite. , Goodall and the party then went to the Fremont shaft and mado an openlns by taking off the bulkhead from collar. They were about to descend in skip to. the , 300-foot level,' when they were driven bak to the surface by the stiflins smoke. Other atteiunts made to descend, met with the same futile result. the the WASHINGTON", Xor. t-A brilliant seem) characterised the meeting of the sixtieth congres today. In Senate and House there was a notable gathering in the saiieries ot tne representatives of the official society of the capital The strik ing scenes of the day were in the House, where the formal selection of Joseph G. Cannon, again to be Speaker of that body, and the placing of John Sharp iiiiams, by the Democrats, aa their leader, were occasions of ovations for those gentlemen. The speaker received as warm a reception from the minority as from his own party. The appearance of William J. Bryan on the floor of the House was also the occasion for enthus iastic cheering by the Democrats. When the adoption of the rules for government or the House came up to the rules of the last Congres were opposed bv John Sharp Williams and he was joined In his opposition by the Democrats and by a single Republican, Cooper of Wiscon sin. The old rules were declared to be too autocratic, placing too much power in tha hands of the Speaker. After a somewhat acrimonious discussion they were adopted by a hearty vote. A committee was appointed by both houses to Inform the President that Congress had met and waa ready to re ceive any message, he might wish to communicate. New Senators and Repre sentatives were sworn in and both Houses adjourned out of respect to the memory of members who have died dur ing the recess of Congress. ' . AJUtT MANEUVERS. ' ' aputas Engage in Practice Tactici and Trooperi Are Hurt. VICTORIA, B. C Dec. 2.-The steam- jer Monteagle from Yokohama, brought news that the Japanese army maneuvers which were in progress when the itanmer sailed, proved to be the largest ever aitemptea in Japan over 40,000 troops being engaged all armed with the newest patterned weapona and discharging their ' unoiions a tfiouch on active service, so much so that a squadron of . cavalry wmca mistook signal and failed to re- tine when ordered, waa charged uith bayonets by an.infantrv battalion end one trooper andwo horses were severe iy bayonettcd. The artillery engaied have 220 'mine -Numerous special corps experimented aim new schemes, notablv electrinul signalling of orders from balloons and neid use of heavy artillery. The flcht ing was a replica of the Sahho in the recent Manchurian war. Forty-two at tachea were present, including Major General Pershing of the United States Tatoosh Stood by to Ren der Aid. OFFERS ARE REJECTED Steamer Headed for Sea in Teeth of Southwest Flurry. RUDDER G0NE-HAS JURY-RIG Remained Outside All Night Expected fi& Todiv British Shin Budeuch ; Reaches Port From Hamburg Num ber of Vessels Depart Other Notes. PEDDLES ADVICE. Colored Principle Hands Out Line of Conduct for Negroes. CHICAGO. Dec. 2.-A despatch to the Tribune from St. Louis. Mo., savs If the negro wishes to advance hi race, be must behave himself in atreet cars," said Prof. Arthur D. Langdon, tne colored principal of the Dumas school, yesterday, to delesates of the wssourt .fcegro Republican League. He said no negro should occupy a seat while a white woman stands and "dirty ne groes should not be allowed on the can at all." ' The first word direct from the dis abled steamer Alliance, for the safety of which there has been all sorts of anxiety 'since her departure from Coos Bay last Thursday, when it was known sue had struck on the bar going out and had suffered some radical damase. reach ed this city last evening at 5:30 o'clock when the fine bar tug Tatooeh, tied up at her berth at the O. R. & N. piers, af ter a day spent outside in company with the injured ship. ' ' - r Captain Charles Bailey went to sea with the Tatoosh yesterday morning early, on a quest for the Alliance, and picked her up. to the southward rf the lightship about' 10 o'clock. ' Ranging alongside he hailed Captain Olsen and onered him a hawser and a tow into port which was promptly declined when Cap tain Bailey refused to name any terms for the service, on the ground that be was not in a position to quote any figures and that they must be left for adjustment to the respective owners o the two vessels, after the Alliance was safely inside. - Captain Bailey then offered to take off the passengers of the Alliance, and this was also declined by Captain Olsen; and there being 'no apparent use for more dickering in the premises, Captain Bailey hauled off, for. the time beins but stood by in readiness to render any aid khat might be essential later. He made a run in to the bar a little later. and finding things smooth and feasible, put to sea again and went alongside the Alliance with final offers paralleling those mad earlier in the day, and add ing to them the proposition to put i hawser on board the Alliance and tow her all night if the bar did not suit Capt Olsen when they reached it. Each and all were declined 'by the master of the dis abled ship ;and after repeating the sev- eral proposals and' again offering to teave it to the owners and receiving a peremp tory, refusal of all assistance, the Tatoosh was headed for port and "ar rived in at the hour named. ' It seems that the Alliance's engines . . . . eie worKing in good order, and her propeller was, to all apeparances, in ex eellent condition: but the shin was work. ing under a iury-ruddei her rudder and part of the rudder-'post being carried away when the vessel struck the Coos bar. She had made her own iway ud the coast at two or three knots an hour, and, save for the trouble1 she waa in a to her steering gear, was all rurht in all other particulars, and her people well, but eager for relief from the stress they were in, and such as might further arise, under the conditions besetting her. When the Tatoosh left her yesterday evening, at aundowm. she had headed for sea again in the teeth of a southwest nurryj and unless the weather abated during the night she must have taken a northerly drift and it is expected that sne will be off Gray's Harbor this morn ing. J'"'.,', '., : , ''V It is plain, from the manner In which BIDS FOR MILLIONS. Mads $10,000 On Investment of Two , .r Cent Stamp. f NEW Y0C5. Dec 2Samuei Byerly. tlie man, who ahhoagg unknown to tha financial world, secured an allotment of 15,800,000 of the first issue of Panama bond while a clerk? in a local express office and made 10,000 on the Invest meat of a two-cent stamp, has bid for 120,000,000 of the new issue of Panama bonds, fought to be the largest btL with th exception of the National City Bank, Which bid for the entire- isstss- of $50,000,000. There are eight item in the Byerly bid, the average price offered being 103.65, which calls for a premium of $730,750 on. the total amount bid for. Mr. Byerly says he is well backed and will be able to take care of the entiro amount bid for in case the bonds are alloted to him.. LIVES ON CACTUS. ' Scientist Subsists on Thornlesa Variety to Prove Theory. f LOS ANGELES, Dec. 2.-In an effnrt to prove that thornless cacins. as an iv. tide of diet, contains properties suffic ient to enable a man to continue work ing 18 hours a day, Dr. Leon Elbert Ion- d ine, well known as scientific lecturer,. has been since Friday last, subsist! exclusively npon- cactus, supplemented by a,few nuts ani"a, small quantity of. celery. , The leaves of the , plant are eaten" fried and the fruit raw or eooceft. A stenographer and secretary, with Dr. bonaone, constitute a "cactus squad," a men will continue on this novel diet for A period of two weeks. Because of the scarcity of thornless cactus, the" common species of the plant will be largely employed in the test . BURNS DEFEATS MOIR. LONDON, Dec. 2. Tommy " Bimi Canadian, tonight became the heavy weight, champion of the world by de feating Gunner Moir, the Englishman. Burns was too clever for Moir, who waa knocked out in ihe tenth round. DEFENDER HIllAJ Coeur D'Alene Boat Believed to be Lost . - DISTRESS SIGNALS BLOWN Fifteen Passengers and Crew Were on iu-Lated Lake Steamer Thick Fog Covers Lake and Boats Can Not Ven ture to Rescue. BPOKANE, Dec 2. A Coeur D'Alene special to the Spokesman-Review says it is believed here tonight that the steamer Defender was wrecked on a reef a mile and a half from Mica Bay in Lake Couer D'Alene. Fifteen passengers and crew were lost. The lake is covered br a thick fog and boats will not ven ture out. It is thought the passengers : are mostly lumberjacks returning from the camps. The Defender's whistle wan heard blowing distress signals and a steamer lying in Mica Bay answered hep call but got no reply. No life boats and but few life preservers were car-;' ned. ,, . . . GRAND JURY BUSY. Returns Indictments Against Fight Trust . and Others, NIGHT BEFORE THANKSGIVING A TURKEY- DREAM. (Continued on Page 1), SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 2.-The grand jury returned indictments against the members' of the so-called fight trust. E. M. Graney. J. W. Coffroth. Willis E. Britt, and Abraham Ruef and former Mayor Eugene E. Sohmits, for alleged giving and accepting bribes in connection with fight permits three indictments against Former Supervisor Duffy for alleged acceptance of bribes from public service corporations; Luther Brown for subordination of perjury in connection with the Older kidnaping case. iWSiw!wifisiisiwiiiiiawi'iW'M !