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r USrttt mt AtSOCIAT MIt BtP , , I ' OVM.THC MORNING FIELD ON THE LOWER COLUMBtil VOLUME LXIII. kO. 308 ASTORIA, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1908. PRICE FIVE ENT3 SUBSTITUTE A NEW AN Schuebel's Name Will Be Withdrawn," CLEETON MAY BE NAMED Senator Fulton and Representa tive Ellis Decline to Dis ' cuss Situation. NO SETTLEMENT YET REACHED Bourn' Dltcomfitura Over th Da itc of Hla Man It Touched Upon in the Local Papert-By and With the Content of the Senate. WASHINGTON, Feb. S.-Aked this morning if he had Joined other member of the Oregon delegation in I! ' t - - rccoinmcuuing me piiuiiumcHi Thoma J. Cleeton at District Attor ney and would file a withdrawal of Schcubel's name. Senator Bourne re iterated the statement made by him taut evening: "No settlement 1ia been reached in the District Attorneyship matter." Asked if it wat not expected Clce ton'i name would be tent to the Sen ate thi week, he taid Mich action would be a great surprise to him. Senator Fulton and Representative EIIU decline to discuss the situation and will neither confirm nor deny the report that Cleeton i to be named and r Schucbcl dropped. Despite the asser lion of Bourne to the contrary, it is known, with reasonable certainty, that fcn agreement wa reached a indicated by. these ditpatchet to with draw Schuebd's name and substitute a new man, and it is' expected that Cleeton' nomination will be sent to the Senate without delay. Bourne' discomfiture over the de feat of his man is touched upon in the local papers. The Washington Post say that Bourne has elarncd through the incident that appoints are made 'by and with the consent of the Senate, ATTEND TO BUSINESS. Fulton Will Not Come to Oregon to Answer Heney at Tbla Time. WASHINGTON, Feb. S.-Scnator1 Fultin will not go to Oregon to an swer Francis J. Heney. Yesterday af ternoon Mr. Fulton Wat undecided. Last night he announced that he would go, and now he lay he will not Senator Fulton hat been ? de luged with telegram from friend in all part of Oregon, urging him to stay here, and takl care of Mr. Ilenoy later. This he decide to do and tayst' "Since announcing my intention of returning to Oregon, 1 have received a great number of telegrams from business men, urging me to continue at my post of duty, and I have con cluded for the present to remain here. My own judgment and inclination were to go to Oregon and make a speech, and perhaps several, In an swer to Mr. Heney' attack, but I am asurd by so many citizens of Ore gon that my duty I to remain here at work that I concluded to be guided by their judgment I shall at toon as i can get tome necessary data pre pared and forward to the press of Oregon a written statement refut ing 'he charges, and later, before the primary elections, will probably ar range to spend tome day in and de liver some speeches in Oregon." PITTSBURG UN-EMPLOYED. PITTSBURG, Fen. S.--With immc diate work for only 3000 men in tight, the city hall was stormed by the un employed and 6000 application blanks were ietued. A relief measure provid ed by an ordinance appropriating $220,lXX), for public improvements to employ the idle men is inadequate. FOFBID GIRLS TO WEAR HATS CHICAGO, Feb. 5.-Mcn students in the Psychological class of Prof. Win, Waugh of the University of Chicago, have petitioned their pro fessor to forbid the wearing qf pic ture hats by girls in the class room. They assort the forests of veils and plu.ne interrupt their gaze upon the ' sd during ,he trW ,f known tQ Thaw Wants Immediate Release From Matteawan Asylum LITTLETON FAVORS WAITING In Case Absolute Liberty it Denied Thaw Would be Willing to go to a Private Sanitarium Where' he Could Receive Treatment to Hit Liking NEW YORK, Feb. 5.-Harry K. Thaw has demanded of his attorneys that they take immediate steps to secure his release from the Matteawan Asylum for the Criminal Insane, It is reported that Thaw demands abso lately liberty but being denied this, is wining to spend a time in a private Sanitarium where he can receive treat ment that is to his liking. Thaw was acquitted on Saturday of the murder of Stanford White on the ground that he was insane when the crime was committed, He was immediately sent to the Matteawan Asylum. Martin W. Littleton, who was Thaw's chief professor and cause them to flunk On Monday the professor sent out -.M..n uutibH IV 111111 mice- fourths of the men in the class, and the petition was their response. Trof. Waugh said the matter would be taken to President Harry Pratt Judson. .. - SIR HARRY McLEAN. TANGIER, Feb. S. It is said that .Sir Harry McLean, who was kidnap ped iby Raisuh seven months ago will arrive in Tangier tonight and will probably be released tomorrow. The British government pay Raisuli $100, uuu, ana guarantee him protection .and immunity. .'SILVERTON SCHOOL BURNED. SILVERTON, , Or j Feb. S.-The school house in this district was con sumed by fire early this morning, due :to a defective stove. The lost is $1500 with no insurance. The school was -newly seated last fall. Dora Ross is 4he teacher, favor Thaw's remaining at the asylum to several months, or until public sentiment has had an opportunity to change before a move is made for his release. Mr. Littleton, however, was engaged, it is said, solely to conduct the case in court, and is therefore acting at the present time solely be cause of his natural interest in the case. Mr. Littleton last night attended a conference of Thaw's family and per sonal attorneys at which the matter of his removal to some other insti tution than the Matteawan Asylum bvas' discussed. It is said that he stated at this conference that he did not believe it wise to ask for a writ of habeas corpus at this time and! stated that Thaw might be removed to a private sanitarium by order of the state board of lunacy in case the board could be convinced that he would be better off there in such an institution, Mr. Littleton expects to leave for Florida today or tomorrow and ex pects to remain there for three or four weeks THE ISSUES OF THE DAY Payne Speech keceives Prolonged Applause TARIFF REVISION PLANK Devoted Attention to Bryan Whom He Accused of Crediting Roose velt With Larceny. IN PURLOINING HIS IDEAS Aa for the Republicans he Said They Would be at the Polls Next No vember with a Platform That Meant Something. WASHINGTON, Feb. S.-The tar iff revision and the President's recent special message to Congress were the main topics of discussion in the House today. As has been the case for nearly a week, the Indian appro priation bill it ostensibly before the House but in no quarter wat any word spoken in regard to it. The House had apparently made up its mind to discuss the issue of the day and no effort was made to check the flow of general debate, which will be continued tomorrow. The long speech of Payne, New York, majority leader, is considered important because of his assurance that a tariff revision plank would be incorporated into the Re publican nationii convention's plat form this year. He devoted some at tention to Bryan whom he accused of goin about the country crediting Roosevelt with grand or petit larceny in purloining his ideas. In his House today Payne paid a tribute (o Theodore Roosevelt. He said that he has a warmer place in the hearts of the American people ,in the hearts of plain men, in the hearts Of intelligent citizens, in the hearts of the righteous citizens of this country than has ever been occupied by any public man in this country! Here Payne received a prolonged applause. Discussing some of the President's recommendations Payne said he hoped before the close Of the session a bill would be passed modifying the employers' liability act, although he said it was one of the most difficult pieces of legislation with which Con gress had to deal. Payne said undoubtedly that some simple financial legislation was neces sary and he thought the Aldrich bill with some few additions Would meet the emergency. Payne charged that the Democratic party is a part. of negation. As for the Republicans he said they wouKTbe at the polls next November with a platform that meant something. They would declare on the tariff question' in no uncertain manner, and that they will declare for the tariff revision. SERVANT VS. SOCIETY WOMAN Mrs. Potter Think Si a Day Too Much For Hard Graft CHICAGO, Feb. 5,-A dispatch to the Record Hcarld from Boone, Iowa, sayti ... 1 Hanna Olson, a servant girt, who declare ihat 4Qm$ict cannot gffofj to work for lest than one dollar a day, id yesterday she would accept the challenge of Mrt. M. J. Foster, so ciety woman, for a week' contest in housework. Mrs, Foster alleges that $1 a day is too much for servants, that most' of them are incompetent and that the will prove it by rolling up her own sleeves and going to work, i Plant for the remarkable contest are going forward. The majority favor setting the two women at work each in a home of the tame number of rooms and about the same conditions. A committee will be earned, of which the Y. M. C, A. will furnish one member, the Boone newspapers another and- the third will be chosen by these two. One judge will stay in each house the en tire week, while the third will alter nate. Credits will be given for' time consumed and for condition of kit chen, bedroom and bedrooms at noon. HAD ONE TOO MANY GIRLS. CHICAGO,, Feb. 5. In the midst of the preparations for his wedding, which was to have been celebrated last night at the home of his intended bride, Miss Yetta Wegmanrt, Joseph Weinburg, a tailor, was arrested on a warrant charging him with grand lar ceny. The ceremony had to be post poned. The arrest of Weinburg was caused by Miss Fannie Lewis who charges that Weinburg promised to mar.-y her and took some jewelry and money belonging to her. GGS INTO A DITCH PORTUGAL PACIFIED Hie Troops Are less Con spicuous. A MAKESHIFT MINISTRY Funeral Of The Late King And Crown Prince Will Be Heidi Saturday. . FRANCO'S FATHER ATTACKED MADE OPENING STATEMENT. Heney Griils Hall, His Associates and Hi Political Friend. PORTLAND, Feb. 5.-Franci J. Heney, for the government today, made the opening statement to the jury inlbe John II. Hall conspiracy case. Hit arraignment of Hall and hit associate and political friend wa terrible. He spared no word in hi condemnation and said Hall had" used hit) office to protect bit powerful friend but had vigorously prosecuted ' the smaller and less influential offend ers. Judge Webster, for the defente, will begin his final argument tomor row morning and will probably oc cupy the entire day. It is expected the case will be in the hands' of the jury Friday afternoon. , ' ASPHALT COMPANY. Assessed $200,000 for Failure to Keep its contract With Venezuela. CARACAS. Venezuela. Feb. S.- The first suit of the government against the New York and .-Bern. dese Asphalt Company for the annul ment of the company's concession to fake crude asphalt from Venezuelan territory, came to aH end yesterday when the high federal court of Vene zuela handed down, a judgment ap proving the -assessment of $200,000 made against the company for alleged failure to fulfill the terms of its con tract with the government. Westbound LosAngeles Limited Wrecked at Petley SEVERAL PASSENGERS HURT Petley Station la Seven Miles From Riverside All the Cart Left Track nJ Are Lying in a Ditch at an Angle of 45 Degrees. SAN BERNARDINO, Feb. S. The west-bound Los Angeles limited on the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad which was wreck cd la?t night at Petley Station seven mile front Riverside, is lying Jn the mien ai an angle ot degrees. . the cars have left the' track. . No one was killed but a number of the passengers were injured as fol- Iowk. J. P. MURRAY; Los Angeles; right sme injured. MRS. J. P. MURRAY. Los An gcles; collarbone broken and leg hurt. MRS. B. H. IRISH. Santa Ama: anklj injured and face lacerated. MISS F. I. FERGUSON, Chames dell; bruised about head and shoul ders. None of the injured are in a serious condition. PRAIRIE FIRE IN COLORADO. PUEBLO, Colo., Feb. S.-Driven by a high wind a prairie fire is rag' ing several miles cast of Holly, Colo., car the Kansas line and threatens the entire town of Coolidge. The fire originated one mile east of Hollys from the burning of some weeds in front of a farm house. The farmers in the vicinity of Holly are out en masse to fight the blaze. HAS MENTAL COfCEPTIONv WASHINGTON," Feb; -Senator Stone introduced a joint resolution authorizing the President to ', relin quish control of the Philippine in 1913 upon first securing a pledge from the other nations to preser.ve neutrality of the islands. Pessimists believe the Revolutionary Activity it More Widely Spread Than Appears on the Surface, and the Situation is Not Improved. LISBON, Feb. 5. The situation here is quiet. The troops are less conspicuous and if Saturday, the day of the funerals, passes without inci dent, the present crisis may be re-j gard as at an end. ; The funeral of the late king and crown prince on Saturday will be at tended with ceremonies of a most im pressive dignity and with tSe display of all that mourning pageantry which attends the obsequies of Portuguese monarch. The ceremonie will be gin at 10 o'colck in the morning. In spite of the present tranquility throughout the country there are pes simists who believe the revolutionary activity is more widely spread than appears on the surface and that the situation is not improved by the com bination of a young and inexperienced king under the dominance of his adored mother with reactionary cleri cal tendencies, a makeshift ministry and a premier who is a socialist rather than a statesman. - Pessimists oeiieve franco is ar ranging the selection, of a new leader ?F th? generator of the progressive party. Franco's father was attacked by a mob on the street today. The king today signed several de crees of conciliatory tendencies. SUNDAY EVENING CLUB. CHICAGO,xFeb. S.-iA rival of the Sunday theatres, music halls and sa loons in the downtown district as places of Sunday evening resorts has entered the field. It is the Chicago Sunday Evening Club, organize by business and professional men who have guafahteW r an expenditure of more than $15,666 for the coming year to provide a olace ttW iefranor- ers in Chicago and Chicago's down town hotels can gather on Sundav evening for reiigious services in pref creuce to the attractions that cater only to pleasure. Orchestra Hall has been leased hv the club for the Sunday evenings for uie remainder ot this season and all of next season, beginning: with- Octo ber and ending with July. The first service will be on February 16. The services will be strictly unde nominational Both Protestant and Catholic clergymen, in addition to public men from Chicago and else wheie( will appear on the platform. ENGLISH CAPITALISTS VISIT. SAN JRANCISCO, Feb. 5.-Sir Edgai Vincent, an English financier, who is now a guest with Ambassador Whitelaw, Reid at the home of D. O. Mills in Millbrae is making his visit to the Pacific Coast, it is said, a part of a trip devoted to studying the con dition of railroad stocks and securi ties in the United States with a view to directing the investment of Eng lish capital in Amercan transporta tion enterprises. Sir Edgar's visit to the coast is un derstood to have as its object an in vestigation of Harriman's interests in the west and also of the United Railroads of San Francisco. Before leaving the coast Sir Edgar will jqurney as far south as Los An geles and then will return and make an extensive northern tour, carefully, inspecting the physical condition of the Southern Pacific throughout Cal ifornia and Oregon. HABEASCQRPUSCASE Guilty of Conspiring Against Republic of Mexico. OF INTERNATIONAL INTEREST HUDSON TUNNELS TO OPEN. NEW YORK, Feb. S.-The tunnels New York and New Jersey will be opened to the public February 25. President Roosevelt will touch a but ton on his desk in the executive office in the White House at Washington which will mark the formal opening of the tunnel, trains on which' will be the governors of the two states and various other distinguished guests be ing started on the signal which the President will give. Three Men Arrested by a Deputy U. S. Marshal at Los Angeles on a Warrant Sworn to by the Mexican Ambassador, Antonio Lozano. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 5.-Tbere will be something like international interest in , a habeas Corpus case which comes up before Judge Ross in the U. S. circuit court of appeals at 9 o'clock this morning. The ques tion will be raised whether. f noV Ricardo Flores Magori, Antonio J. Villareal and Librado Riviera are guilty of conspiring against the Re public of Mexico and its ruler, pof firio Deiz. . They were arrested In Los Anirele on charges of criminal libel and re sisting an officer, August 23 last, but this proved to be only a subterfuge, for they were soon released and im mediately re-aested V a deputy U. S. Marshal on, a warrant based on a complaint sworn to by Antonio Lo zanc, the Mexican ambassador to the United States, which charges that trio- murdered an unidentified "man and robbed the postoffice at Jiminez, Mexico. Their attorney bases the petition for a writ of habeas corpus on the ground that neither the origi nal complaint filed before the com missioner in Los Angeles, the indict ment based on the removal proceed ings, nor the evidence taken before the commissioner and district attor ney show conspiracy. , TO THE MINES FOR LIFE. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 5. The Norwegian steamer Rygja, which ar rived here yesterday from Chilia. via Sydney, Australia, reports the murder of a seaman named Walter Neden, shortly after the vessel started on her voyage. On arrival at Talta the mur derer, Bernt Brunskowsky, was turn ed over to the authorities there who tried him and sent him to servitude in the mines for life.