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VOLUME LXIII. NO. 291
ASTORIA, 0Rr'vo SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 1908
PRICE FIVE CENTS
MONEY RELEIF
PROPOSED
Address on the
Question.
Silver
WANT LAWS ENACTED
Petition Congress to Authorize
and Indorse the Calling of an
International Conference.
SILVER IN FAIR RATIO TO GOLD
The Memorial Say Xiut th "Decision
, by th Popl Against 6Uvr ia i$go
so If on Settled the Qucition That It
Did the Tariff Question,
SALT LAKE CITV, Ja 17.-TU fol
lowing addres on- tli tilvr question
which proposes congressional enactment
having for it purpose a relief of the
finance- stress, vm approved by the
Governor of tli Commercial Club yea
terday and sent to tb Utah delegation
In OmgtvM, With ths addles M a
pernuwtl letter to each of Utah's repr
entative in Congress, ssklng that he
do all in his power to support th legls-
Utlim suggested.
1 A law amending the present law
governing greenbacks to authorise the
government exnitcs for the succeeding
four months, amounting to perhapa $73.
000.0(H) per month to be paid in a new
Uaua of greenback.
; 2 A law authorising national deposl
torle and national bank to loan
money front Individual, firm or oor
porations upon purchase bond of the
United, States when presented and do
potited for audi alo or luanj the United
State treasury to attpply aurh depoal
torie and bank with peclal treasury
notat for tliat purpose.
- 3 A law requiring the purchase and
Immediate us in ubsidiary coin and
liver certificate of 50,000,000 ounce of
liver.
4 A petition to congress asking that
PA1F1C FLEET AT 110 JANEIRO.
JftIO II K JANEIRO, Jan. 17-Th
American battleship float wa joined In
till harbor thli afternoon by th tor
pedo boat flotilla numbering alx vessel
which arrived from Nernaiubueo. There
wa an enthusiastic reception. Nothing
occurred to break the abaolute peaceful
es of th awnt in the harbor and th
snjoymeut of th men asbon A fleet of
Brazilian war vessels In th harbor add
ed to th gala acene.
BUY GALL STONES.
CHICAGO, Jan. 17. Tb Reoord
Humid today aayt
Chicago packer ore telling gall ton
at high price to th Japanese. What tb
tubject of th Mikado do with tb
queer product of Packingtown it a my
tery, but they ua great quantities and
are willing to pay any price demanded
for them.
Th report of tb business, which had
been kept a trade aeoret a far a thl
city ia oncernsd, eomea from th
N&nadlan trade oommlMloner at Yoko
hama, lie aay on big Chicago flrm told
k output to a Japanea for U.M
pound, and that th importer retailed
hi product for 100.00 a pound. In order
to discover tb value of iU product th
firm increaaed it price steadily but tb
Japanea continued to buy ail th gall
etone they could procure.
TAFT THE FAVORITE
Politics' Simmering at the Na
tional Capitol.
Ing of nn International conference by
the President to consider and if possible
to agree upon the remonetlxation of all
ver on a fair ratio with gold, the ap
pointment of a commission favorable to
remonctiMtion and authorisation auch
commissioners to negotiate fop auch
remonetlsatloh when a majority of the
lending power consent.
The addreaa further declare that
"Between 1873 and 1800, because of the
'demonetisation of eilvcr miner of the
west lost quite $350,000,000."
The memorial conclude with the
statement that Mia 'decision by the
people against silver In 1800 no more
settled the question than It did the
tariff queatlon."
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! NEGOTIATIONS CLOSED.
v PEKIN, Jan. 1?. Th official of
Shansl province have recovered from the
Pokin syndicate, a British corporation.
all the concession rights held by the
syndicate in Shansl. Th long negotia
tion Jn an endeavor to reach a com
promUe were doted yesterday by the
eyndicate agreeing to accept 2,700,000
fuels, payable in ifour year, and quit
th province,
The matter of "right of recovery" re
cently ha brought about a revival of
the demonstration against the syndi
cate which held the sole right over tht
. immense mineral field in Shansl. So in
censed were the Inhabitant against the
granting of these concessions to the
, foreigner that a robelllon wa precipi
tated last year. ,
FAIRBANKS NOT VERY STRONG
Ifughes and Knox Boom Hardly Heard
of Yet, But Keep Your Eye on th
Latter Unci Jo Cannon Ha Only
Age Against Him.
WASHINGTON', D. C, Jan. 17.-Now
that Congress i once more in full awing
and more ipolitician are in Washington
than assemble eh where except at
National Conventions, interest i about
equally divided between possible leg)'
lution and Fresidentsl booms. XX the
former there is little to be said at pres
ent iot the session ho not progressed
ullU-lcntly fnr to indicate what msy be
expected. Financial legislation, of
course, is scheduled, and there will be
the usual appropriation bills, but what
else it a yet problematical. Senator
Aldrich' bill, after it passes the Senate,
will be delayed ia the House, for Chair
man Fowler of the House Committee on
Bunk ing and Currency, hue ideas of his
own on the cunrdnoyt question. Mr,
fowler lia made the subject a study
for a number of year and discourse
on finance as fluently as Ptfyne on th
tariff or Morgan on the Isthmian Canal,
but up to dote must confess that hs
has mode little headway among his as
sooiatc Fow of the members of the
Uoue really make any exhausive re
searches into the financial questions and
fow care to follow the academio discus
sions Indulged in by Mr, Fowler, Kepre
sentativ Hill, of Connecticut, and
other. By, far th majority prefer to
take the opinion of the leaders and in
this instance the financial legislation
which the House will pass will be that
which best suits Speaker Gannon and
hit advisers. The ship subsidy people
will not make any attempt this year
to secure the passage of a general bill
but will content themselves with a
postal subsidy on the order cf the bill
which so o&ftowly missed passing lost
sesion. Next winter, however, the ship
ping, people expect that iwsut the elec
tions out of the way, Congress will do
something for ahlpplng in general, More
or less railroad leglslaton will be pro
posed and some will probably be en
acted, but It la too early yet to deter-
hilne just what alterations, if any, will
be made in the present law. Congress
ARE KILLED
Ten are Seriously Injured
Score Slightly Hurt
FIRE IN KNITTING MILL
Only One Exit, a Narrow Stair
way Cut Off by Fire and
Smoke.
STARTED IN FURNITURE STORE
Panic Stricken, tb Eighty-five Glrla,
Who Wer in the Building When the
Fir Started Jumped From th Three
Story Fire Escape. .
SCRANTON, Ps., Jan. 17Four girl
were killed, 10 seriously Injured, and a
score or, more slightly hurt in a fire at
th Imperial Knitting Company' mill
in this city today. FJghty-five girl
were at work when th fire broke out
on th ground floor in which men were
varnishing furniture in the warehouse
The girl were panic stricken, many
jumping three atories from the . fire
eacspe. There was only one exit,
narrow stairway, which was cut off by
(Irs and smoke. The loss is 175,000.
. LAND FRAUD CASES.
POHTUVD, Jan. 17,The entire ses
sion of the court In the land fraud trial
wa devoted to the Introduction of vat
ion letters written' by Kdward Putnam
on Fossil to Hall and May in wbich
Putnam told of alleged illegal acts in
the Butte Creek Land Company.
NO TRACE OF HARTFIELD.
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VICTORIA, Jan. 17,The search for
tb British ship IUrtfleld, supposed to
have been lost in the vicinity of Vancou
ver Island, has been abandoned. A great
deal of wreckage wa found but no trace
of the ship. Some believe the wreckage
wo washed from the deck during a big
storm and that the vessel is still afloat
and probably blown out to sea.
SNELL WILL TRIAL HELD UP.
CJJNTON, III., Jan. 17.-The illness
of Judge Cochrane today halter the suit
to sea aside the Snell will. It i report
ed tonight that the when trial resumes
the judge wil order all spectators and
newspaper men from the court room
while sensational letters are being read.
TROOPS TO REMAIN.
GOLDFIELD, Jan. 17.The announce
ment that the President will permit the
troops to reinaMn here until the legis
lature makes provision for tb state eon'
stabulary caused great rtjo?frng in the
tamp. '.
COIFFURE BUILDING.
NEWJ YORK, Jan. 17. Monotony In
style is the charge against the hair-
dressing of New York women brought
by Ceo. Gotirdeau, president of the
l"ari Hair Dressers, who had spent four
weeka studying coiffure buildings in the
theatres, at the opera, in the restaur
ants and on the street of New York
Women of the American metropoli.
say the Para sion, seem to confine them
selves to a score, almost, of styles.
whereas there are 300 separate and dis
tinct fahions of dressing the hair, he
kuuii. Mr.' Gourde u xis on a mission
from Paris where the hair dressers are
trying to encourage more diversity in
the style of hair dressing, hoping to se
cure the co-operations of American hair
dresser in this movement.
HIS CONSCIENCE TROUBLED HIM,
CHICAGO, Jan. 17. A dispatch to
the Record-Herald from Milwaukee.
Wis., says: f - :
Kinil Mittag of Everett, Wash has
written a letter to Pension Agent Co
informing hira that he will no longer
draw eight dollnra a month pension on
which he has been drawing from the
government, Ha ays
"God has convinced me to atop draw
ing tho pension," because he wa not
entitled to it, having himself shot off
the fingers of hi right hand to escape
service,. Mr. Mittng wa a member of
the 1 10th Coast Artillery and ha drawn
pension from the , Milwaukee nice
since June, 1900. ,, He says he lias given
himself up to the authorities at Van
couver. .
(Continued on Pag 8.)
BANK GOES INTO LIQUIDATION.
lumwruA uni., jaa. it. Xhe sov
ereign bonk of Canada has sons into
liquidation. The Bankers' Association
will take charge of the asset tomorrow.
The bank' had 76 branches. The bank
wa reorganized last June since wbich
time deposit have fallen off $3,000,000.
It is believed the depositor will lose
nothing but the holders of shares in the
banlc will probably not if are so well. '
NATIONAL HOUSE ADJOURNED.
WjASIHNGTON, Jan, H.-After pass
ing a large number of pension bills the
House adjourned until Monday. The
Ksnel code bill was not taken up,'
COMING TO OREGON
Col. Lockwood and Lleutenat.t
Colonal Leach. ,
RIVER AND HARBOR ENGINEERS
After Hearing Representative From
Eureka on Needs of Harbor There,
They Will go to Stockton and Benecio,
and Start for Oregon Tuesday.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 17.-OoL B
W. Lockwood and Lieut-Col. S. a
Leach, members of the United States
Board of Engineers in charge of river
and harbors arrived in 'this city yester
day after granting a hearing in San
Pedro on the recommendationa for im
provements to that harbor. The board
will grant a hearing this morning to
representatives from Eureka on tbe
needs of the harbor there. They Vill
then leave for Stockton and Benecia,
arriving at Sacramento on Monday. On
the following day the member will
leave for Oregon.
STEAMER
GOES ASHORE
It Is Not in- Imminent
Danger.
AT CAPE LAZO, COMAX
She Had on Board Settlers and
Cargo and Was Bound for
Graham Island.
QUEEN CHARLOTTE GROUP
Salvage Steamer Salvor to tbe Rescue
Left Esquimault Last Night to Try
to Get Her Off Particular Are
Meagre.
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VICTORIA Jan. 17. The steamer
adso, which left ancouver last night
with a cargo and settlers for Graham
Island, one of the Queen Charlotte
group, is ashore on the rocks at Cape
Lazo near Com ox. The salvage steamer
Salvor will leave Esquimault tonight to
try to get iter off. She is not in immi
nent danger.
MUST PAY QUARTER OF A MILLION
. BUTTE, l&rat., Jan, 17. Acting upon
tbe request of Attorney-General Albeit
J. Cairn 'and Bank Examiner Timothy
E. Collins, District Judge Geo. M. Bour
quia ha continued (he hearing on the
application for a receiver for tbs Stat
Savings Bank of this city, which uv
pended during October, until February
17, the court stating that while th
conditions be had imposed upoq tboss
interested in tbe bank luul not been
fully complied witb yet by F. Augustu
lleinze, the general condition of th in
stkution was such that ha felt th
bank would be in shape to resume busi
ness by the 17th of next month.
Yesterday was tb date set for F.
Augustus Heinze, who was the principal
stockholder in the bank to deposit
$250,000 iwhich sum he owed the bans.
Whether or not this deposit wa mad
the court did not state.
BAD FIRE IN CHNCAGO.
CHICAGO, Jan. 17. A fire broke out
in the six-story building occupied by
McNeill & Uiggias, wholesale grocers,
tonight Tbe loss is $400,000. .
MUTE ON FIRE.
PITTSBLTtG, Jan. 17. Tbe Catsburg
mine of the Monongabela , Consolidated
Coal & Coke Company near the Monon
gahela City, 30 miles south of here, ia
reported burning tonight. Forty men
were at work but they escaped.
LEGAL ARGUMENT
VERY PECULIAR WILL.
TO ERECT INDEPENDENT SMELTER
HELENA Mtont, Jan. 17.-That an
independent ameKer is to be erected at
Helena seems assured. After perfecting
tmporary organization today of the
Montana'' Mint Owners' Association, 12
leading operators tonight raised $100,-
000 and M. L, Hewitt, temporary resi
dent agreed to raise an additional $100,-
000 within a week. It is proposed to
erects the smelter in this city. ; 1
VERDICT AGREED UPON.
CHICAGO. Jan. 18. At "1:45 this
morning the jury has been deliberating
on the Walsh case since 3 o'clock Thurs
day afternoon, bad apparently ended
their deliberations. They sent for ink
and writing materials. The bailiffs deny
that any intimation had been given them
as to how the jury stood. The court will
not heap the verdict until 10 o'clock this
morning.
CHICAGO, Jan. 17. There shall be
inscribed upon my tomb in German and
in golden letter this epitaph: Here
lies the sleeping beauty." This i
one of the order provisions of Mrs.
Alwyn Schaeffer which was filed ' for
probate yesterday. She was 46 years
old and died two weeks ago.' She was
the divorced wife of Henry Schaeffer. a
well known Chicago hotel man.
Mrs. Schaeffer disposes of $30,000
and practically all of it, except small
annuities to brothers and nephews living
in Magdeburg, German, is to be de
voted to the purpose of giving festival:
for tbe German orphan children in this
city.--.' :v::y,- y" -vV-:";- 'V
The will provides that a "weeping wil
low tree and a .tombstone, the two not
to exceed $500 in cast" be placed above
her grave.' -;.'.:: l'C. i- ;'
It is also requested that Mrs. Schaef
fer'. poodle dog "Lottie" be given to
"One of the richest families in the city,"
and that two dollars a week be set aside
for the dog's maintenance.
Mrs Harry Thaw's Story Will
.Precipitate it
HIS MOTHER ILL IN NEW YORK
Wrs. William Tnav Was Hot Allowed
to Her Story at the Last Trial
Asked "Is This AH I Can Do?" Public
and Reporters May be Excluded.
HAYWOOD GREETED BY SOCIALISTS
NEW YORK. Jan. 17. William D.
Haywood, who was recently acquitted
on a charge of murder at Boise, Idaho,
ia in New York, having arrived last
night. ' He was received with enthusiasm
by the New- York Socialist and tonight
will address a Socialist meeting. He
will also confer witb Eugene V. Debs
presumably regarding the move to make
Haywood the Socialist candidate for the
presidency at the next election.. Debs
was the Socialist candidate at the last
I presidential election t
REDEEMING CERTIFICATES.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan, 17.-Clearing
house certificates are being redeemed at
the rate of $300,000 a day and at the
present rate , the paper practically wrill
have disappeared from circulation 'be
fore February 1.
PETITION FOR ENFRANCHISEMENT.
SALEM, Or., Jan. 17. The women of
Oregon who wish to be enfranchised, to
day filed with the Secretary of State,
a petition 'have the question of amend
ment constitution submitted to the peo
ple at the election next June. The peti
tion purported contains 8959 signatures.
RESTAURANTEUR FAILS.
CHICAGO, Jan. 17. Abraham J. Sad
den who conducts five restaurant in the
downtown district, yesterday filed a pe
tition in bankruptcy in the United
States district court, scheduling his lia
bilites at $234,723 and hs assets at
$2515.
NEW YORK, Jan. 17.-A series of
surprises brought the Thaw trial near a
crisis today. Both Evelyn, bis wife, and
Mrs. Thaw, mother of defendant, wer
on the witness stand and just as th
former was about to relate anew the
story of her life as she toll it to Thaw
in Paris in 1903, Jerome arose and said
in the interest of public morals that all
persons save those interested in the case
should be excluded from the court room
during what be claimed was tb rcital
of a "Horrible tale." This included tb
reporters as well as the public. Attor
ney Littleton joined in the request to
shield the young woman from the cur
ious eyes and said he was ready to waive
an open hearing in any iron clad man
ner the court might suggest. "The pro
ceedings were suspended until Monday
morning when Justice Bowling will an
nounce his decision as to the exclusion
of the public. Jerome's request was a
surprise, and Judge Dow ling remarked
it would have come with greater force
at the first bearing of the case. ' 4
Yesterday was. however, one of good
progress for the defenee. The Eider
Mrs. Thaw, pale and weak from recent
illness, was assisted to the witness chair.
repeated a large part of her testimony
given a year ago. Owing to her weak
condition the examination was inter
rupted, to be resumed next week. Ef
fective testimony was given the defense
by MSss Alice C. Fletcher, an old time
friend of the Thaw family and by Miss
Catherine 0"Neil who nursed Thaw as a
boy, both testifying to Thaw's strange
tendencies asa youth. 1
Jerome had previously objected; to
Mirs. Thaw's detailing the conversations
she had with Thaw three years prior
to the tragedy but Justice Dowling ruled
the declarations to be admiss&blA on
general principles. Jerome then attacked
the witness by objecting to every que-
-n Littleton asked her atto her early
history thus cutting the young woman'
recital from the effective narrative form
it assumed last year, into hundreds of
fragments. Many of Jerome's objec
tions were sustained by the court.
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