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VOLUME LXItl. NO. 267. PUBLI8HC9 fUU ASSOCIATED PrUSS IRIPORT COVCRSTHE MORNING FIELD ONTHC LOWER COLUMBIA ASTORIA, OREGON. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1907 PRICE FIVE CENTS FINANCES 1 GOOD SHAPE Uncle Sam's Treasurer Makes Report. , .1 SURPLUS OF MILLIONS Emergency Measures Adopted by Department During Financial Crisis. customs business Increase Bullet) Chang Hide is Inspection of Baggag Recommend Library for Life Saving Stations -Amendment Suggested for Banking Laws. WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 6.-ore tary of the Treasury George II. Cortel you. today prccntd to the Speaker of the Itoiix of Representatives Li report of the Treasury Department fop the fiscal year, ending June 30. Tbo receipt of the government from ll source for the fiscal year totalled imo.75tt.339.Oi. The total expenditure for the same period wont 70,J,4i8,733.32. Tbo surplus for the period being $S4,- J3tt.Swl.30. The publlo debt of the I'niM State at the close of the fiscal year was '.!. 457, lSS.Ofl 1.54 anl the cash on hum! In the Treasury for the Mint jteriod, WH,027,08U.H3. s The revenue of the Government for the eunrrnt fiscal year. llMW, are esti mated, upon the basis of existing law., as follow: Total estimated revenues, H44.tnifl.5Hl.l0, atul th total estimated expenditure for the aame period are $S02.02.'J.ftH1.10, allowing a surplus of 42.000,000. The available eah balance In the gen eral fund at the clos of the limn I year 1007 win $272,0(11,443.47, an Increase of Ol.372.01W.05 as compared with that of .liXXl. The report in part further atatea as : follow i Silver Purcha. During tha flacul year U.ODO.HflO ounce of ailver bullion wore purchased for tht eolimga of subsidiary pleece at ah aver age of $0.07727 per ounce 0.000 fine. When purchiiK'. were resumed the sup ply of coin in tJie Treasury was ow and tha iR'niand imperative, making heavy purchase necessary. Since a fair stock hat been accumulated the policy lis been adopted of spreading the pur chases uniformly over the year to avoid making the Treasury an uncertain and disturbing factor In the. market, ; Life Saving Service. Ooittrnrt was ontoivd into during the year 'for the building of two now sta tions one at Bethany Bench, Del.j the other at Garibaldi, Ore., at the entrance to Tillamook Hay, The former station ha just been completed and the latter , is now under construction. , ,'.-,,, The appropriation made for the main tenance of the service during tho eur- i Tent fiscal ycafwa Increased over that "for the year preceding by $100,000, with the Intention that ft good portion of the nmount should be expended In providing additional lifeboats .with power, and this Intent ion is being fulfilled. A brief account of the development of these boats was given in last year's report. The experience iwlileh the serv ice lia since had with them show that the prospective value of this Improve ment to the efficiency of the service was not then overestimated. The estimates for till maintenance of the service fop the ensuing fiscal year will contain an item providing for books for Hfo'savlng stations. Secret Service. , (The Secret Service Division , reports a continued and satisfactory decrease In tlie number of olTensea againsltbecur- raney of the United Htates. Of 15 new counterfeit Issue dlcovered and 'de crllHd during tha gflscal year only 6 were In the "deceptive" class, and the circulation of even tho beat of the counterfeit wa very much restricted. Most of tint counterfeits suggests the work of novice 0r ignorant foreigners. In the coin counterfeiU the spurious dollars and halves made of low-grade stiver have almost wholly disappeared and the volume of bese-mctal counter feit showed material reduction from the previoua year. There mere only 210 prosecutions for counterfeiting, s com pared with 705 ten years ago nd 305 Uiuing (he previous year. Customt. , The fiscal year ended July 1, 1007, was iy Tar the greatest In the custom hi tory of the country. The total value of Import of merchandise during the year wa I,4.'I4.42I,425, an increase of more than 200,000,000 over the preceding year, and for tho third successive year the largest in the country history. The Imports of merchandise have almost doubled In value alnee 1800. The cus tonw duties collected In the past year amount to 133.230,120, an Increase of 33.000,000 over 1900, which up to that time was the greatest year In point of custom receipts. For the third sue ceaslve year the value of the exports of domestic merchandise lias also been the largest known, amounting to 1,854,853, 050, over 136.000,000 more than In 1000. A radical change has also been made in the matter of passenger baggage dec laration which I intended to do away with a system which has been a source of constant annoyance and much com plaint on the part of the traveling pub lic. There were two features In connec tion with tha examination of passengers' baggage that were especially the sub ject of criticism and complaint. These mere the herding of the passengers in the cabin of the steamship in the last hone of the trip In order to have iMa ration made before a customs officer. and the oath that was required when the declaration wa made, which Involved cnmNlling the passenger to twear to (Continued a Page 8 ) in imps oo TO NEVADA President Orders Funston to Send Regulars. STRIKERS HAVE ARMS Request for Troops is Taken as a Precantionary Measure. 8 AS FItAXCIS(XJ,.le. 5.-Arrange-nient were made tonight with the Southern l'aclllij for the movement of federal troop from California- to Gold fluid, Nevada. Two trains each carrying 1300 men will leave tomorrow morning. STARTWITHMONUNION MINERS Wine Ownert Are Preparing to Start Mines Camps Are Strongly Unionized and Trouble is Feared Strikers Al leged o Have Five Hundred Guns. , SUCKS OUT POISON. , - Owes Life to Lady Attendant When Bit by Gila Monster. NEW YORK, Dec. 5Frauk Gillian, an attendant at the Children's Museum, in Bedford Park, Brooklyn, is back at work after six week in a hospital, with the knowledge that be owe his life to the promptness and bravery of Miss Mary Dayice, formerly of Richmond, V, Hlx weeks Ago Gillian was cleaning Out the rge which Is occupied by the gila monster Iff the museum, when the venomous reptile bit Mm', Iti teeth wro buried deep in Gillian's hand and lie was forced to pry Its jaw apart. Gillian at once bathed) his band In al cohol, and then Jfiss Ia lacerated the hand iwilb a liarp knife and, applying her lip to the wound, sucked out the poison. In spite of her prompt action Gillian's hand at once began to swell and he wa rushed to a hospital where he was forced to remain for six weeks. INSANE AN RUNS Mill Fatally Wounds Prominent Labor Leader. SHOOTS TWO OTHERS TURF MYSTERY. HOLIDAYS WILL END December 14 Will See Business Resume Normally. CREDITORS WILL BE LENIENT Governor Firmly Believes in the Patriot lam of the People and Hal Confidence That the Situation Will Mend Rapidly Return if Absolutely Necessary, SALEM, Or., Dec. 5. Governor Cham berlain announced today 'that no more holiday would be proclaimed' in conncc tion with tho money stringency after the 14th of the present month. The Governor I firmly convinced that the reason for the. culling of the holidays is rapidly mending and believes that 10 days more shouldi place the bonks on a footing to meet any contingency that may arise. Governor Chamberjain has issued the following letter to nil the judge , in the state i "Dear Sir: I have just issued a proe laination continuing the holiday to and including tho 14th instant. Conditions are Improving nil over the state, and I cannot see any reason for interfering longer tlum that ivvith the business of tlm courts, and the contractual relations of the citizen. "1 have great confidence in the pntri- jotism of the people, and now that condi tions are understood by them, I am sure the creditors will be lenient with the debtor until confidence Is fully re stored and tho financial stringency en tirely relieved by further shipment ot money 'from eastern banks and individual;.- "I will discontinue these holidays after tha 14th instant and will only return to them in case it becomes absolutely necessary as a means of protecting the business interests and credit of the whole state. "GEORGE E. CIIAMBKROAIN, . "Governor, CARSOX CITY, Nee, Dec 5.-Govt nor Sparks today confirmed the report that he has asked the government for troop to hold the situation in hand. I Me today he said he expected two companies of troop to leave San Fran cUco tomorrow. This will practically place Goldlield under martial law. The action of the Tono)iaii mine owner in! closing the mines at that place may complicate the matter to a considerable extent and may make it necessary to send some of the sohKcrs there. The two towns arc 20 miles apart. WASHINGTON', I). C, Dbc 5. Presi dent Roosevelt tonight instructed Gen eral Funston to dispatch a audit-lent ores of regulars to Goldlield to control the situation there. GOl-DFIELD, Nev Dec. 5. The mine owners' committee which advised Gov ernor Sparks to mak a request for troops stale it is only as a precaution ary measure suggested by the recollec tion of the terrors of the Cripple Creek and Couer d'Alcnc strike. The min.- owners are preparing to start with non union miners. As the crimp 1 strongly unionized and led by desperate agitators, who haw been driven from one sUta pnd one camp to another, the attempt to resume operations with non-union men may result in trouble". The miners are quietly but industriously preparing for trouble and it is alleged have 500 stands of arm! stlieir headquarters. GoldtleH is quiet. , Yearling fa Scene Stable Who Can go Some. NEW YORK. Dee. S.-The first 1uy tery of the turf season of 1908 has ap peared in yearling colt in the stable of Jas. R. Kcene at Sheepsbead Bay. There is little information obtainable about the colt except that it is of a dark bay or brown color and is a won derful goer. The yotingater'a name and pedigree are not known to anyone out 'ide the stable and Mr. Keene'a em ploye do not talk about the horses they have in training. It is said at a recent trial the youngter did a quarter mile with weight up in 22 3-5, some of those who saw the trial from afar off making the time 22 flat. It haa been fully determined, it is said, that Mr. Keene' sensational three-year-old of last season, Peter Pan. will not be trained again owing to injuriea received late in the season, but will be sent to the Keene farm in Kentucky. o TOOTH WEIGHS SOME. Called to Kill Governor But Found the Door Closed; There Shoots. . FULT0W WILL AID. (WASHINGTON, Dec. Senator Ful ton today was tendered a place on the committee on committee, which has in charge the assignment of .Senate com rnittee places. ICe ha accepted the place and will take part in arranging commit tee for the present terml Congressman EIHa ha introduced in the house Fulton's bill levying a tax on stock margin transaction. The measure pertains to revenue, thatmust originate In the House, JUST RELEASED FROM ASYLUM John Steel, Released on Parol from Massachusetts Asylum Ha Hallucina tion That he is Not Getting Hi Rights and Goes Gunning for Governor. Four Poands of Mastodon Tooth Fouiti in Montana. JIEUvXA. Mont, Dec. 5. While at work on the Milwaukee road bed near Helena yeatenmy, workmen unearthed the teeth and bones of a gigantic masto don. The Iai0t!st tooth weighs more than four pounds. Dr. Charles X. Reinig, who has made many explorations in the wilds of South America and who has a large collection of mastodonic relics, estimate that the animal has been dead for more than 20,000 years. The fossils were found III Jiwbone Canyon and the theory of Dr. Rciriig" h that these monstrous animals flourished irt these latitudes at a prehistoric period, whejf the tilting of the earth wth reference to the' suit, had made tins a tropical region. BOSTON, Dec. 5. An insane man walked into the ante-room of the execu tive chamber in the state bouse this afternoon, and finding Governor Guild's door cloi-ed, turned on three prominent a.xt leaders and fired three shots ar them, probably fatally wounding d ward Cohen, of Lynn, president of the branch of the American Federation of Labor; seriously wounding Dennis D. Driscoil, of Boston, secretary; of the sam eboard and injuring with the muzzle of his revolver, A. M. Huddel, of Boston, former president of the Central Labor Union of thia city. The insane man is John A. Steel of Everett, released on parole last night from the Danvers la sane Asylum, lie haa a hallucination that he la not getting hi rights for which the Governor is responsible. The labor leaders awaited the Governor's pleasure when Steele entered the recep tion room. He glanced toward the Gov ernor' room and then fired Jwo bullets through Oohen'a bead and the one whicft struck Driacoll in the head, rendering him unconscious. Huddell grappled with his assailant, and received a severe in jury on the cheek from the muzzle of the maniac's revolver. Other rushed to the rescue, including the Governor, who assisted in subduing Steele. BREAK INTO BANK. '"v MODEL JUROR SECURE?, BOISE, Idaho, Dec. 6.Work of secdr' log a jury In the Pettibone case 1 pro gressing aWfy. The result of today' work is exercising two more peremptory by ttatie, and one by tho defense. A model juror was found in George Perkins, a man who had never1 read of the case. II had talked with two men one of whom believed defendant guilty and tha other innocent. Ferkin is a stock raiser. His nearest neighbor is fourteen mile. GIVES ENDORSEMENT. KANSAS CITY. Dec 5. President Woods, of the Xational Bank of Com merce, which failed to open for business today, announce that he ha given hi personal endorsement to three million to dollars of collateral pledged to secure his depositor. Woods is reputed a mil lionaire many time over and has valu able real estate holdings. KILLED BY FOOTPAD. XORTH YAKIMA. Deo 5. A dis patch from Ellensburg says William' Hampson, foreman of the construction work of the Milwaukee railroad was shot dead by a footpad early this morn ing on the main street of that town. He had $200 in bis possession, but the thief interrupted made bis escape without the money. JAPAN LIKES MESSAGE. TOKIO. Dec. 5, 5 p. m. President Roosevelt message has been generally well received here in official circles. WE KNEW IT WOUILD HAPPEN. The rings of Saturin have disappeared. -News Item. Robbers Secure $400 From Safe of Car ney Bank. CARNEY, Okla., Deo, 5. The citizen of tins place were startled' at an early hour this morning by the report of five shots emanating from the direction of the Carney Bank. An Invdstigatlori dis covered that five men had broken into the sa'e of the bank and $4000 had been taken. Nitro glycerine was used to effect the entrance into the safe. The robbers held the townspeople at bay fir ing at" anyone who appeared. After obtaining the money the robbers walked calmly from the. scene of the robbery the. vanished in the darkness just as armed citizens were preparing to attack them. ACTRESS SUICIDES Mrs. Clara Bloodgood Shoots ' Herself at Hotel. DOOR BARRED WITH TRUNKS Dead Actress When Called to Appear for Performatuce Places Revolver to Head and Polls Trigger .Husband Hurrying to Baltimore on Special Train MACHINE SHOPS BURNED. BOSTON, Dec. 5-The East Cambridge machine shops of the Boston & Maine railroad were burned , tonight. The loss is half a million. ALASKAN Bat. W1ASHTNGTOX, Dec. 5.-Mr. Cale; delegate from Alaska, offered a bill con ferring upon Alaska a territorial fora of government. " ADOPT MEASURE. GUTHRIE, Okla, Dee. 5. By a , vote of 95 to 10 today the House passed the "Jim Crow" measure, which provides for separate coaches and waiting rooms ior hites and blacks. BALTIMORE, Mi., Dec. 5.-Mrs. Ciara Bloodgood, the actres, committe suicide in her room at the Hotel Stafford this evening. She shot herself through the motuh. She was i apparently cheerful when she returned from the matrinee this afternoon. Mrs. Bloodgood was ap pearing in "The Truth" at the Academy of Music and when she did not report at the theatre for the evening perform ance a messenger was sent to her room to ascertain the cause of the delay. Ho fouud no difficulty in opening the outer door of the suite but the inner door at which be knocked, without receiving any reply, resisted his efforts to open it, but he finally managed) to open the door slightly. Through the aperture he saw ' Mrs. Bloodgood standing with her back toward him, quite naked, but holding a wrapper in front of her. The boy hastily closed the door but instantly a shot rang out. The boy summoned help and the door iwas forced open, trunks having been placed against it. According to the coroner three shots wore fired, one going into the ceiling of the room and , tw' into the roof of the dead woman's mouth. The revolver was new, evidently having bean purchased tot the purposj for which it was used. The coroner say that the shooting was unquestionably' suicide. The dead woman's body is not greatly disfigured. William Laimbier, ' the' husband of the dead actress is hurry ing to Baltimore' on a special train.