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FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT 5tet0tkti COVERSTHE MORNING FIELD ONTHE LOWER COLUMBIA VOLUME LXIII. NO. 401 ASTORIA, OREGON, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1908. PRICE FIVE CENTS LAST RITES CONCLUDED King Carlos And His Son Arc Buried A GUTTERING PAGEANT Neither Queen Amelie Nor The Dowager Queen Maria Pia Were To Be Seen. IMMENSE CROWDS ON STREET Not in Untoward Incident Marred the Lett Act of Portugal'a Tragedy and There ia Relief Tonight That AU Paaaed Off WelL LISBON, Feb. 8.Vith the church belli tolling continuously, the bodies of the murdered king and Crown Prince in two golden chariots shroud cd in black velvet and drawn by eiulit hooded horses, were ecorted by a glittering funeral pageant today across the city to the I'antneon and laid to rest beside their ancestors of the Braganza dynasty. Seven hours elapsed from the time the for eign prince and special ambassadors of all the powers gathered at the palace for a ceremony there, until three salvos of 21 guns and three vol leys of musketry reverberating over terraced and sun bathed hills, and answered Ly the British war ships in the harbor announced that the last tad rites were concluded. Not an un toward incident marred the last act of Portugal's tragedy and .there is re lief tonight that all passed off well in view of the political turmoil which bas wrenched the country. Immense crowds aathcred on the streets and elsewhere and troops on duty along ill rmi! and at tmiflV points. It was a grief stricken palace and hearts turned in pity at the scene in the private apartments. Neither yueen Amelie nor the Dowager Queen Maria Pia were to be seen, but King Manuel carried" himself bravely as he might though he was on the verge of collapse when the ordeal was finished and tears coursed down the checks of the young king many times during the day. When the members of the court and the special ambassadors entered the chapel for the last brief services the king remained behind. Neither he nor the two queens followed the cortege to the chapel. The violent death of Carlos absolved King Man ticl from conforming to the tradition of walking behind the dead to the grave. Nevertheless his absence and the absence of Queen Amelie and the Dowager Queen has caused uni versal comment, being attributed to other reasons. A MATTER OF MONTHS. Prominent Republican Leader Stated End o! Monarchy is Near LISBON, vla'Badajos, Spain, Feb. 8.-The Republican leaders of Portu gal assert confidently that the Re public ia now a matter of months. A prominent Republican leader stated to the Associated Press that the end of the monarchy is near, that it will come as. unexpectedly as did the as sassination of King Carlos and the Crown Prince and the world will wake up one morning to find t re public in Portuital. The speaker said the revplution would be a peaceful one, and that there is a republican organization in every town supported (by prominent professional men and others. lie said King Manuel was welt iutentioned but that it would not be long before he falls into the hands of manipulators. GRUESOME FIND. OAKLAND, Feb, 8.-Workmen excavating for a sewer in Elmhurst today, foimd the dead body of a woman in a sack burled three feet under ground. A quantity of quick lime in the sack, had so badly de composed the remains as to be un recognisable. The body was found not far from the home of A, Wilkins, who is now in the Alameda county jail charged with the murder of Mrs. Vcrna Carmen, formerly of Kansas City, whom he says committed sui cide, though ha admits burying the body. The coroner is endeavoring to secure identification of the body found today, ' ' CHANCELLOR DAY'S SPEECH. ALBANY, N. Y., Feb. 8.-Chan-cellor James R. Day was the guest of honor at the annual meeting and ban quet of group V on the New York State Bankers' Association here to night, and in a speech denounced those who would create class hatred and prejudice and cause distrust and suspicions of business men, "Whose genius and money turn the wheels which give employment to millions of laboring men and women." , LOWTHER ACCOMMODATED. MARTINSVILLE, W. Va., Feb. a C. F. Lowther, president of the Lowther Kaufmann Oil & Coal Com pany, capitalized at one million, to day asked for a receiver for the com pany. C. B. Highland was appointed. MORAL INNOCENCE Convicted Counterfeiter Filling A Christian Pulpit PLANS TO PREACH TODAY HALL JURY SAYS 'GUILTY' Little Surprise Expressed At Verdict TWENTYTWONEW CASES Will Be Taken Up At The April Term of the Federal Court in Portland. ' WILL TEND TO FULTON LATER "There ia no Reason Why I Should Not Resume my Duties at Once," the Preacher Said, "and I ahall Cer tainly do so." CHICAGO, Feb. a -The novel spectacle of a convicted counterfeit er filling a Christian pulpit is to be offered tomorrow at the First Con Kregational Church of Wheaton. Rev. Jas. R. Kcycs, the pastor, who was recently found guilty in the United States district court at Springeld, 111., of counterfeiting, will, according to his own plan and that of the officials of his church, preach in both morn ing mid evening as well as directing the affairs of the Sunday school. The congregation is declared to be a unit in the "moral innocence" of the Rev. Keyc. The officials and members, therefore, sees no reason why their pastor should not lead them in ser vice until he shall go to fulfill his sentence of two years in the gov ernment penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kas., or shall be given his full liberty. ' Kcye himself last night expressed the emnhatic nninion that his rnnvits tion whs not the least bar to his ap pearance as an active minister of the gospel Kcye arrived at his home in Oak IMrk last night He was released vesterday morning from the county jail at Springfield, a supersedeas hav ing been granted by Judge Grosscup and Keye having furnished bond to the amount of $2500. Keye will now resume his pulpit pending the decis ion of the United States court of appeals in Chicago, which will pass on alleged errors in the trial. Luther Laflin Mills, Keye's Chicago attor ney, said last night that it might be several weeks or even months, before the appellate court could decide the case and explained that in the mean time Keyes would be at liberty. (Continued on Page 4.) Tracey C. Becker Will Conduct the Prosecution of All Except Her mann and Williamson Heney Left Last Night For San Francisco. PORTLAND, Feb. 8. -Following the conviction today of John H. Hall, for conspiracy in connection of fenc ing lands to the Butte Creek Com pany, it was announced that 22 un tried Oregon land fraud cases would lie taken up at the April term of the federal court Tracy C. Becker, will conduct the cases for the government with the exception of the Hermann and Williamson cases which Francis J. Hcney expects to prosecute late in the April term. On the motion of Heney, indictments are dismissed only against Charles F. Lord and Charles E. Hayes. The sentencing of Hendricks and Clarence B. Zach ary, who were convicted of subordi nation of perjury, and perjury, re spectively, in August, 1906, is post poned until April 13 next The same date is fixed for the sentencing of W, W. Steiwer, Hendricks and Zachary who, on January 22 last, pleaded guilty to the conspiracy indictment in the Hall case and testified for the government. Mr. and Mrs. Heney and their party started for .San Francisco to night to take up the graft cases in that city. , "I do not know that my engage ment in San Francisco will permit me to return to Oregon further to dis cuss Senator Fulton and his candi dacy for re-election before the prim ary election," said Heney. "When Fulton replies to my first address, I may have something fur ther to say ICE MEN IN JAIL. TOLEDO, O., Feb. a-In a com munication a prisoner in the county jail complains that the convicted ice men are enjoying special privileges such as receiving visitors at all -times instead of on visiting days; elaborate meals are sent in to them; the ice men are permitted to go to and from the jailors office at will and use the telephone and that rugs and other articles are brought into make the cells of the ice men comfortable. The prosecutor will investigate. JUROR KICKS. Said That the Attorney Bored the Life Out of Him. MACON, Ga.,"Fcb. 8.-During the cross examination of a witness in a state case here yesterday Juror W. W. Aldoman arose and asked a ques tion which created a sensation. "What I want to know, your hon or,' said the juror, "is if we have to sit here and listen to the attorney examine the witness about something that has nothing in the world to do with the case, and by time is worth something to me and if the law can force me to sit here and be bored this way, I want to know it" Judge Holman, who was trying the case, remarked that he did not make the law and that as long as he had to suffer that way every day the court was in session, the juror ought to live through one day of it. The jury found against the attor ney who Aldoman said "bored the life out of him." ELECTRICITY MOTIVE POWER Perfecting Plana to Electrify Its System. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 8.-The statement was made today upon the authority of Guy C. Earl, of the Western Power Co., that the West ern Pacific Railway, now being built from the East to this city, will have electricity for motive power. The Western Pacific Railway Co, is now perfecting its plans for the electrification of its system and has been holding back only because it will be the pioneer in the movement and has no precedent to be guided by. HEATH & MILLIGAN FAIL. CHICAGO, Feb. 8.-An involun tary petition in bankruptcy against Heath & Milligan, one of the oldest and largest paint manufacturing firms in this country, failed here today. No formal statement of the assets and liabilities of. Heath" & Milligan has been filed but the attorneys of the various interests involved say the liabilities will amount to about $1, 440,000. The assets are estimated at one million. The inability of the creditors to agree upon a plan of re habilitation of the firms finances is the chief cause contributing to to day's action. 'LORD, HAVE MERIT Wailed The Boy Who Shot His Father. JUDGE HAD A BAD RECORD The Funeral of Judge Hargis He Was Buried Close to the Graves of His Three Brothers All of Whom Met Violent Deaths. JACKSON, Feb. a-The, funeral of Judge Hargis, who met his death at the hands of his son, was held to day. The body was interred close to the graves of Judge Hargis' three brothers, all of whom died from bul let wounds of implacable enemies, Beach Hargis, the murderer, was per mitted to view the body of his father Greatly overcome he fell on his knees and said "Lord have mercy." ROBBED AN ACTRESS. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 8.-De-tcctives Wm. Boyle and W. J Deevy of New York arrived in this city yesterday for the purpose of tak ing east Edwin Starr, alias Jos. Mur phy, now in custody here. Starr is wanted in New York for robbing an actress. The detectives will leave for the east immediately. FRENCH OCCUPY SETTAT. TANGIER, Feb. 8.-A wireless despatch received here that General Amadee .commander of the French military forces in Morocco has re- occupied Settat, from which place the French troops retreated after the re cent battle with the Moors in which the French losses are said to have amounted to 160 men including four officers, and those of the Moors to 10,000. "1 BATTLESHIP BUILDING down. The reduction affects 700 men and wages cut 15, to 25 cents per day. General Manager Franklin Guiterman says that the reductions . were made necessary by reason of the decreased production of the nniws. House Committee Naval Affairs Busy TO BLilLD FOUR OR TWO The Department Asks For an Appropriation For The Con struction of Four SUPPORTED BY REPUBLICANS The Committee Threshed Over the Greater Naval Question for Three Hours House Will Vote Monday on Recommendations Presented, WASHINGTON, Feb. a -For nearly thre hours today the members of the House committee on naval af fairs threshed over the greater navy question preliminary to Monday's vote which will decide whether the committee recommended an appro priation for building four battleships asked for by the department and ap proved by the President, or recom- mepded only two in accordance with the general policy of retrenchment supported by the Republican major 'ty. SUNDAY SALOON QUESTION. CHICAGO, Feb. 8 Thirteen thou sand and 50 feet of signatures rep resenting the desire of exactly 168, 062 voters to. pass upon the merits of the Sunday saloon question, have insured the appearance of a little ballot bearing this, at the spring elec tion April 7. The great mass of petitions which have been circulated by workers for the United Societies gathered last night, making a formidable appear ance as they were prepared for the binder. Stacked together they make a pile six feet and eight inches high? The saloon adherent declare the vot ers which these petitions represent guarantee an overwhelming majority for an open Sunday. Today the petitions will be loaded on a dray and carried to the office of the election commissioners in the city hall. ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE. CHICAGO, Feb. 8.-Headed by what promises t? be hot campaigns in Springfield, Bloomington and De catur, residents of several Illinois counties will vote on the saloon question in the spring. Yesterday was the last day for filing petitions asking that the issue be submitted to the voters, and reports received from many counties indicate that the ant saloon adherents have been suc.ess- ful, in obtaining enough signatures to allow the question to be balloted on at the polls. It is estimated that 1200 towns will take part in the con test Ernest A. Scrogin, attorney for the anti-saloon league of Illinois, and district superintendent declares that reports received within the last few days it is certain that 90 per cent of the townships in the counties in his jurisdiction will vote on the question. VALUATION RAISED. LOUISVILLE, Feb. 8.-The Tefc ferson county board of tax suoervis- ors today raised the assessment of the Southern Pacific Company from five million dollars to ten million dol lars. The Southern Pacific is a Ken tucky corporation. BASEBALL AT UNIVERSITY. NEW YORK, Feb. 8.-The Co lumbia baseball squad, it was an nounced yesterday, next week, wiU begin practicing in the Grim cage, Last year's players with the exception of Lee and Bradke, will report, and several new men, two of them prom ising candidates for pitchers, will join the squad. The team will be coached this year by Frank A. Good- man, who captained the Columbia nine in 1903, his coming marking the introduction of the graduate coach ing system at Columbia. TREATY CONFERENCE. . WASHINGTON, Feb. a-James Bryce, the British ambassador will leave for Ottawa, February 16, to confer with Sir Wilfred Laurier, the Canadian Premier and other Domin ion officials respecting the consum mation of a treaty between Great Britain and America for the settle ment of various issues between the United States and Canada. MAY MARRY AGAIN. BUDAPEST, Feb. a-A report that Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt is to marry Count Hadik has been receiv ed here but there is some skepticism concerning its authenticity. Nothing seems to be known in aristocratic circles here concerning the matter. 15 TO 25 PER CENT REDUCTION DENVER, Feb. a Notices were posted yesterday a; the Globe Smel ter, owned by the American Smelting & Refining Company announcing a reduction in wages commencing Feb rnuary 11. One of the company's smelters at Pueblo will also be shut RUSSIA ALARMED Unchecked Turkish Penetration Into Persia. MOBILIZATION IN ARMENIA The Government Has Decided to De spatch 60,000 Select Troops to the Frontier With View of Overawing Turks by an Exhibition of Force. ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. a -the Russo-Turk relations have entered upon a menacing phase. Alarmed at the unchecked TnrlUii r ,........: ... yviKUlUUU into Persia and the mobilization in Armenia the Russian government has decided to disnateh fifi (Wl e.i. awivt troops with full war equipment to the frontier with a view of overawing the Turks by a decisive exhibition of iorce. ' ,,2 " .-t MEXICAN TREATY. ' MEXICO CITY" Feb. $.-It is highly probable that ih w.- - - - - .IVHIJ ' UI t 1848 between the IlnifH' i . Mexico fixing the boundary line along the Rio Grande will be abrogated and another one signed and ratified as a,, result of negotiations now in prog- '" ress. The question at issue is not to make the Rio Grande navigable to a greater extent that at present' but to destroy its present navigability- in the interest of agriculture and the in terest of adjacent land on either side of the stream. fl'l SMITHSON WINS. ; NEW YORK, Feb. a-The annual indoor track and field games of the Irish-American Athletic Club in Madison Sanar OarHon i 1 - luiva jjiucc tonight. ' Forest L. Smithson, of uiinu, uregon, who ran unattach ed, won the hurdle event, 60 yards, in 8 1-5 seconds. MRS. J. P. MORGAN ROBBED CHICAGO, Feb. 8-A Record Herald desoatch from r.zU, - vovuil, Texas, says: Mrs. J. P. Morgan of New York who is en route to Los Angeles was robbed somewhere in lexas just before reaching EI Paso.
