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PUBLISHES full ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT COVERSTHC MORNING FIELD ON THE LOWER COLUMBIA VOLUME LXIII. NO. 411 ASTORIA, OPF;0N, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1908. PRICE' FIVE CENTS INJUNCTION DISSOLVED CANNOT Judge Beii Decides Against Stuyvesant Fish. BE APPEALED Judoo Farrar, Slid the Case Will Now Be Tried on Its Merits. CONTRARY TO PUBLIC POLICY Nona of the Principals in the Gate War in Court, Both Fbh and Har riman Being in New YorkAll th Attorneyi Pretent f , : CHICAGO, Feb. 20,-Judge Bell o( the Superior Court today dissolved the injunction secured last October by Stuyvesaut Fish, by virtue of which the Hariman Interests were re strained from voting 28,831 shares of. the apital stock of the Illinois Cen trnl Railroad at the annual meeting of the company. , . The theory on which counsel for FUh baited its arguments in support of the injunction, that it was contrary to the laws and public policy of the state of Illinois to allow a foreign corporation to own and vote the stock of domestic corporations, was denied by the court Under the ruling of the court the previously enjoined stock which is held by the Union Pacific Railroad and by the Railroad Securities Com pany can be voted at an annual meet ing of the road on March 2, There is no. appeal from the decision handed down today, but it is considered pos sible Fish will take further legal steps to regain possession of the Illinois Central. Judge Farrar, who acted as the leading counsel for Fish, said to- day after the rendering of the deci sion, that the case will now be tried its merits, but declined to say how many new proceedings would be in stituted. None of the principals m the case were in court, both Fish and Harri man being in New York. All the at torneys on both sides and many other lawyers and business men were pres ent and filled the courtroom to over flowing. Frcsdcnt Harahan of the Il linois Central came in while the de cision was being read and heard the luttcr portion of it. . When the con clusion was reached he said: "My head is too full of the decision to allow me to say anything but to say that I am highly pleased, and more than highly pleased, is putting it mildly." Judge Bell; who is somewhat (rail of physique, turned .over to his son the task of reading the decision, which contianed almost 10,000 words. As son as it was concluded there was a veritable stampede in the courtroom, brokers, lawyers and messengers niak ing a rush for the doors in order to announce the result. They ran into various rooms seeking telephone, and many tore headlong for the elevators, while others fled wildly down the stairway. Such excitement and con fusion has not been seen in the county courthouse for many years. The court declared that Fish had not been able to prove any of his contentions that the domination of the Illinois Central by Harriman would be to its detri ment, and also failed to show that the interests of the stockholders would be injured thereby. The Union Pacific and Illinois Central werenot competing, but connecting, lines, and ne could not be the commercial rival of the other in such a sense as to fall within the scope of legal decisions against alliances between competing railroads. ' ' , The two roads, the court declared, were not so situated as to make it possible they could combine to mon npolixe the traffic in any section of the country. The court further de clared that if the name of Harriman was not a name to conjure with .many of the allegations in the case would not bo considered seriously. He was compelled to act, he said, on the facts alleged and proved and not supposed prophecies. The record of the case, he declared, failed to substantiate many of the declarations made against Harriman. NINE WAR SHIPS. Will b in Frisco Harbor on Saturday. Admiral DAY'a Big Four. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 20.-The U. S. battleship Nebraska, Captain Nicholson, arrived yesterday from Magdelana Bay at tht vanguard of a fleet which will be in this harbor by Saturday and which, though riot to large a that on its way here under Admiral Evans command, will be the most imposing array of fighting ma chines ever assembled inside the Golden Gate. Admiral Dayton's "big four," the West Virginia, Maryland, Colorado and Pennsylvania and Ad miral Scbree'i big armored cruisers Tennessee and Washington wilj be here Friday and will be joined in Man- of-war Row Saturday by the South Dakota and California now anchored between here and Mare Island. These with the Nebraska will make nine first class warships with about 600 officers and men on each. L da; PROHIBITION FAILS. CHARLESTON, W. Va., Feb. 20. The WU to submit a prohibition amendment to the state constitution which passed the house, was defeated in the Senate this morning by a vote of 19 to 11. ON KlAYOR Thousand Foreigners March to Philadelphia City Hall. CHARGED UPON BY POLICE Twenty Persons Were Injured and Fourteen , Arrested Carried Red Flag 'With Black Border-Mostly Italians and Poles, PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 20.-The marching of nearly a thousand for cible" upon tlje City Hall, where they said they intended to make de mands upon Mayor Reyburn, precipi tated a riot in Broad street late this afternoon in which twenty persons were injured before the police could disperse the marchers and they ar rested fourteen of them. Most of the marchers were Italians and Poles. who carried a red flag having a black border. CO I" liW TO DEATH Sentence Is Passed Upon General Stoessal. iif' FOCK IS REPRIMANDED '"'V There Was a Dramatic Momen After Reading of Sentence. Women Fainting. SYMPATHETIC EXPRESSIONS PROPHET JONES. Haa the Presidential Nominees All Picked Out All Prohibitionists. NEW YORK, Feb. 20.-C.R. Jones, chairman of the Prohibition national committee is in New York on his way to New England where he will visit a number of places in the interest of his patty. He said in an interview that President Roosevelt had lost the confidence of the Prohibitionists be cause he had not arrayed the powers of the government against liquor. Bryan had no chance of election to the presidency and Taft no chance for the Republican nomination because they are not in sympathy with the prohibition movement. " Mr. Jones is enthusiastic over the rapid growth of the prohibition sentiment. He said: "New York is the worst state we have to handle, and this city, next to Chicago, is the worst." , The Court Recommended That Swea ters Sentenca Bo Commuted to Ten Years Imprisonment and That He Be Excluded From the Service, ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 20.-Gen-eral Stoessal was condemned to death this evening by the military court for surrendering Port Arthur to the Japanese. General Fock. who commanded the First Siberian DM sicn at Port Arthur, was ordered rep rimanded, and General Smyrnoff, act ing commander of the fortress and Major General Rciss were acquitted for the lack of proof. The court rec ommended that Stoesscl's sentence be commuted to ten years' imprisonment and that he be excluded from the ser vice. General Voeder, president of the court, read the sentence amid in tense silence. By a great effort of self-control, Stoessel maintained rigid soldierly impassivity, Smyrnoff was also unmoved, but there were tears in Rciss's eyes. The comnrata Hon is recommended on the grounds that Port Arthur was overwhelming ly surrounded and that he had con ducted a stubborn defense that filled the world with astonishment, besides having previously taken an energetic part in three campaigns. There was a dramatic moment after the reading of the sentence, when detachment of soldiers entered the hall. The spectators, thinking they were about to seize Stoessel, dis played great excitement, several wo men fainting. It developed that the soldiers were merely there to clear the room of spectators. Stoessel, who was accompanied by his son ,was the object of a sympa thetic demonstration, his friends kiss ing'and shaking him by the hand as he left the court. The SNOW, RAIN, SLUSH. Streets of New York Wretched Condition. in a NEW YORK, Feb. 20.-Lower temperature this morning has brought measurable relief to New Yorkers from a spell of about as disagreeable weather as has fallen to their lot in years. The trouble started with yes terday's early snowfall, and became decidedly accentuated when a rise in temperature of ten degrees about noon brought on a rain that of itself was sufficient to flood streets and on top of the snow fall produced con ditions that made the city's streets for several hours resemble a net work of canals Cellars were flooded by hundreds, water kept out of the sew ers by dams, of combined snow and mud, over-flowed the .sidewalks in innumerable places and made them impassable. At most points it was impossible even to board a trolley car without a thorough wetting and car riages were at a premium. By mid night conditions were considerably relieved the rain having ceased early in the evening, after having washed nway a godly proportion of the snow fall. According to Commissioner Crowcll of the street cleaning depart ment the rain hat probably saved (he city a bill of about$200,000 for snow removal, as the contractor were not called out. SALOONKEEPER ROBBED. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 20,-Last Saturday a lone robber held up the proprietor of a saloon on Cliff avenue named Vcrvaris and took $80. He threatened to be avenged if the old man informed the police. On Sunday Varvaris summoned up sufficient courage and reported the robbery. Tonight the same robber reappeared and beat the old man almost to death. Hit condition it very terious. The robber escaped. SPEEDINO AUTO Cost Seattle Man $20, but Ha Got a Gold Coin Worth $80. LOS ANGELES,' Iftb. 20. Richard S. Eckridge, of Seattle, was arrested here yesterday for speeding his auto- mooue seventy mues an nour during the slow periods," according to the policeman who made the arrest, and wat fined $20 in police court Eskridge produced a $50 bill and laid it on the desk. In exchange he was released from custody and re ceived a number of coins, including a $10 gold piece. Eskridge started down Spring street to a curio store to secure a curia He secured one and laid down the $10 coin in payment. The dealer examined the coin close ly. Inquiring the cause of the exami nation, Eskridge was told that the coin was dated 1849 and was one of the very rare gold coins minted in California, and that its value to any collector of coins was $80. Eskridge secured the return of the coin, paid for his purchase in silver, and figures that the $20 paid for speeding his an tomobile was well invested. PERIODICAL EXPLOSION Several Tons of Dynamite Went Up. TWENTY-EIGHT KILLED Every Man Who Worked in the Packing House Was i Killed. THE SCENE WAS VERY PITIFUL ON IN DEAD EARNEST Fight Between Engineers and Schooner Owners. MEr? AFFECTED NUMBER 1000 Marine Engineers' Association and Steam Schooner Ownera Engaged in Contest Which Means Much to Both Lumber Schooners Affected. SAN FRANCISCO; Feb; 20.The fight between the Marine Engineers' Association and the steam- schooner owners of San rancisco is' now on in dead earnest, a committee which controls 90 per cent of the steam ves sels carrying lumber on this coast having today decided to lay up every one of these vessels, with the excep tion of the steam schooner Westport, which will carry foodstuffs exclusive ly to Crescent City. Nearly 1,000 men will be affected by the action of the owners and 1,500,000 feet of lumber per week will cease to be handled through this port. . v SIGHTED BURNING SCHOONER SAN JUAN, P. R., Feb. 20.-The steamer Coamo, which arrived here yesterday from New York, reports that at 4 a. m,, February 11, she sight ed a burning four-masted schooner, the name of which was not learned. The Coamo did not stop to ascertain whether any assistance could be giv en or whether the schooner was abandoned. MILL RE-ELECTS DIRECTORS. GREENVILLE. S. C, Feb. 20. The stockholders of the Vardey Mill have elected the same directors as last year, The mill is now shut down pending improvements in the yarn market. Charlea Birmingham, Jr., Who Led the Army of Dynamiters at Great San Francisco Fire, Hastily Organ ized Fire Brigade. BERKELEY. CaL. Feb. 20,-With a force that shook the entire bay re gion as an earthquake and the deto nation, heard for miles, the Judson packing house of the Hercules Pow der Works at Pinole, 14 miles north of here, blew up at 4 o'clock this aft ernoon and in the explosion four white, men and twenty Chinamen were killed. Tons of dynamite went up in a terrific blast, shattering sheds to dust and splinters. AV. W. Still well, the foreman of the packing house, was blown to atoms at his post of duty. Not a particle of his remains have been recovered. The 28 dead include every man at work in the packing house, not one escaping. Flames burst from the ruins and threatened the gel atine house, where two score of girls were at work. A panic ensued and many were cut by flying glass and crushed and trampled in the mad rush for the doors. The scene was pitiful The families of the men came running from the little hamlet of Pinole, seek ing news of their loved ones. The danger of an additional explosion prevented those who escaped from ap proaching too near the wreck, and it was not until late this evening that the number of dead and injured was known. Charles Birmingham, Jr., who led the army of dynamiters who fought the great San Francisco fire, hastily organized a fire brigade, and in the face of hazards that might mean death for him or his brave men, hero ically fought the flames. Four white men were injured by flying timbers. As far as Oakland and Berkeley the shock of the explosion caused intense excitement. People rushed from their houses and stores thinking another earthquake had come. The plant be longs to the Dupont-De Nemours powder trust. riages in one swoop by the arrest and conviction of the officials of the com bination. Secret service men, given the lead by information secured in the Marian Grey trial, have shown all matrimo nial agencies in the country use the tame testimonials as tent out by Mist Grey, as well as the tame stock pic tures,":', ..;Vii NO DECISION YET. VANCOUVER, B. C. Feb. 20.-No decision has as yet been rendered on the application of writ of habeas cor pus on the Japanese arrested under the Natal act Counsel for the Japan ese told Chief Justice Hunter today that the case will be taken before the privy council in England if necessary. HOSIER MILL BURNED. TRAFFIC IN MARRIAGES. Matirmonial Bureaus Operated in All . Parts of Country. CHICAGO, Feb; 20.-The Tribune says today: A gigantic matrimonial trust, embracing all "Cupid hunter' agencies, similar to the Marian Grey Searchlight Club of Elgin, was un earthed in . the federal grand jury room. Information leaked out that evidence had been secured positively proving that the hundreds of "soul mate" bureaus operated in every sec tion of the country were controlled by a Chicago and a New York man, and possibly by two other men. Secret service men, hdaded by Col. Stuart and Walter S. Mayer, chief postoffice inspector of New York, were called as witnesses before the grand jury and gave valuable testi mony in regard to the" matrimonial trust. The government attorneys ex pect to break up the traffic in mar- Twenty Girls Overcome by Smoke Several Hundred Employed. -. . - . PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 20.-Sev"-' ral hundred girls employed id the hosiery mill of Thomas Henri & Son were driven from work by a fire which destroyed the mill Twenty girls were overcome by the smoke, bn toon revived. The loss it esti mated at $150,000. ANARCHISTS LITERATURE. NEW YORK, Feb. 20,-The police after, three weeks' search have given up the attempt to discover the print ers and circulators of a circular, thousands of copies of which have been distributed on the East Side . and thrown from elevated trains. The circular is addressed to working- men and calls' on them to procure arms and not only help themselves to what they need or want but to kill "the Wall Street parasites." Several foreign born members of the detec tive force have been unsuccessful and have finally given up the search. GENERAL CHANGES May Be Expected From the Rail- road Companies. RETURN TO OLD WAGE SCALE Instances of Proposed Readjustment Are Cited in Three or Four of the Southern Systems No Concerted Action Is Anticipated. WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.-The in dustrial and financial circles have been more or less concerned today over what they regard as a prospect that the railroads in the country have in contemplation a general reduction of the wages of employees. Such appre hension is practically groundless. The information which reached the Inter state Commerce Commission and other officials of the government in dicates clearly that there is no con certed action toward making general changes in the wage scale schedules. Instances of proposed readjustment are cited in three or four of the south ern systems. The proposition ,in a general way, will be to return to the scales in force about a year ago, at which time a general advance was made throughout the country. As surances have been given by, railway officials that they have no disposition to impose any hardship on their em ployees and that they will not do so. EDUCATED FARMERS. Special Course of "Three Years in University of Chicago. CHICAGO, Feb. 20.-The Univer sity of Chicago proposes to establish a three-year course in agriculture to meet the demand for "educated farm ers" in the Middle West. The new department will be termed "The Ag ricultural Guild of the University of Chicago " and will be under the direc tion of Prof. William Hill